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Chuck is a Certified Athletic Trainer and Exercise Physiologist with extensive sports injury rehabilitation experience working in professional athletics and healthcare settings. He is the Clinical Director of the Omega Rehab & Sport and Director of their Occupational/Industrial Testing Services.
After graduating from the University of Kansas, Chuck moved to California to pursue his carrier in rehabilitation. Chuck currently holds certifications in MedX Lumbar & Cervical Testing/Training (specific testing and rehabilitation devices for spinal disorders), Lumbar & Cervical McKenzie techniques (Mechanical assessment and treatment of spinal disorders), Ergonomic Assessment Specialist, Drug Collection/Testing, and has been a Certified Athletic Trainer for the past 25 years. Currently, Chuck oversees all aspects of the occupational/industrial testing division at Omega Rehab & Sport. Over the course of 25 yrs, his experience in rehabilitation, training, and employment testing has allowed him to work with many organizations, including the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL, the athletic departments of the University of Kansas and University of Oklahoma of the NCAA, National Cheerleading Association, USA Rugby, and numerous high school and youth sports, to name a few, as well as, varies global and local corporations and municipalities. Chuck is also Post-Graduate Faculty of Texas Chiropractic College for whom he teaches rehabilitation techniques and program development nationwide.
Currently, in addition to his many responsibilities with Omega, he is the Girls Varsity Basketball coach for Westlake High School, the high school coach for the VC Elite Girls Basketball Club's high school team, and provides strength and conditioning programs for youth athletics. Chuck enjoys running, weight-training, coaching/training athletes, and being active in his church, but his greatest love is spending time with his beautiful wife Dana and his own three athletes, Giavanna, Madison, and Kade.

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The kitty
Posted by Henry on April 21, 2003
In Reply to: The kitty posted by al on April 21, 2003
: : : : : Put money in the kitty. I've searched all over the internet and can't find any meaning for this term; however, I can find endless uses of the term.
: : : : It's used primarily in the game of poker, and I believe that its origin may be found there as well. It means to put money into the pot (i.e. ante). However, its usage has evolved to refer to contributing to any pool of money.
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: : : : Main Entry: 1an·te
: : : : Pronunciation: 'an-tE
: : : : Function: noun
: : : : Etymology: ante-
: : : : Date: 1838
: : : : 1 : a poker stake usually put up before the deal to build the pot
: : : The Oxford English Dictionary has a quotation from 1892 using "kitty" in this sense. Earlier (OED has a quotation from 1825), "kitty" was "north. dial. and slang" for a prison.
: : : OED says of "kitty" in these two slang senses "Origin uncertain; cf. 'kidcote.'" "Kidcote" is "the name formerly given in various towns (as York, Lancaster, etc.) to the lock-up or prison."
: : : So maybe--speculating here--the kitty is called that because it's an enclosure (for money) and there are strict rules limiting when a player may draw out the contents.
: : In my 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 'Kittys' is defined as:
: : 'Effects, furniture: stock in trade. To seize one's kittys: to take his sticks.'
: : A clue here?
: I would have thought it came from "kit" meaning a collection of things for a similar purpose.
Kit and caboodle -
This provides a link to both collection and money.
Meaning in Phrase Finder - The complete collection of things. Origin - US origin.
Kit is the usual meaning of the word, i.e. collection, as in toolkit. Caboodle is a corruption of boodle, an archaic word meaning much the same as kit. The alliteration is probably the reason for the redundancy of words here, like 'time and tide'.
Boodle -
1. The whole collection or lot; caboodle. [Low, U. S.] --Bartlett.
2. Money given in payment for votes or political influence; bribe money; swag. [Polit. slang, U. S.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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VANCOUVER - Vancouver's Pacific National Exhibition is cutting prices and the number of days it's open in an effort to boost attendance.
PNE president Michael McDaniel says prices for general admission and parking will be reduced by 20 per cent, falling to $16 from $20 last year.
The fair will also be open for 15 days instead of the usual 17, closing the first two Mondays of the fair, which are traditionally the slowest days of the annual event.
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Despite the good weather last year, about 760,000 people went to the fair, a drop of 180,000 visitors compared to the 2010 figures.
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I recently had my first ever Personal Quarterly Offsite and it was both rewarding as well as challenging. I'd like to share some of the things I learned and what I will do differently next time.
You may be wondering…what is a Personal Quarterly Offsite?
It can also be called a mini-break, a short getaway or a personal retreat. The idea is to go away from your normal environment (your home and work) and take some time out to reflect on your life.
As a business owner, I've known about the importance of getting away from my business, however I just hadn't made it a priority.
A few months ago, I listened to an interview Michael Hyatt, author of Platform and founder of Platform University did with Greg McKeown, author of Essentialism. During that interview, Greg stressed the importance of taking a Personal Quarterly Offsite so I made a decision it was something I absolutely had to do.
I booked a room for a couple of nights at a resort in a tranquil location, an hour and a half from my home, and drove there late on a Friday afternoon. I took most of Saturday to reflect and capture my thoughts, while allowing myself to experience the beauty and stillness of being in a natural environment.
Why is it important to have a Personal Quarterly Offsite?
Taking time out regularly to reflect is one of the most beneficial things we can do for ourselves especially since we are living such busy lives. Even just taking a day out for reflection is a good start. Anywhere from one to three days is a good period of time to stop and assess what we are doing.
A Personal Quarterly Offsite is important because:
- It allows us to get away from the busyness and noise in our everyday lives.
- It forces us to stop and think about what is really important to us.
- It provides us the opportunity to make adjustments or changes to what we are doing at present.
- It gives our mind and body a little break from being on-the-go all the time.
- It makes us align things we do everyday to the bigger and more important things we want from our lives.
5 Lessons I Learned From My Personal Quarterly Offsite
- It was long overdue. I hadn't realised how much I had been caught up in my day-to-day activities and allowed myself to get so busy with things that really won't matter at the end of my life. It was an opportunity to let go of a few things so that I can focus on what is most important to me right now.
- My needs are important and I shouldn't feel guilty for doing something just for myself. I think one of the reasons I had been putting this off is because I didn't want to upset those who would be affected by my decision. At the end of the day, I will be the best I can be if I am doing the things that support me being the best I can be like exercising regularly, eating well, getting enough rest, maintaining a healthy attitude and taking the necessary actions to move me closer to my goals.
- The quieter my mind, the greater clarity I will have. Although I meditate daily, I found the experience of getting away from my normal environment much more beneficial because I didn't have to "get back to being busy" again after a typical meditation session. Giving myself the gift of not having to do anything for a couple of days was huge as I received new insights for projects I am currently working on.
- Continue to say "no" often, including saying "no" to myself. One of the most valuable things I have learned is how to say no without feeling guilty so I feel quite comfortable with it. The new insight I received is to start saying no to myself. This means I will say no to new projects or new opportunities if they are not aligned with my highest intentions and visions. I have been guilty of being attracted to new projects but have let myself down by either not finishing them or letting them drag on unnecessarily.
- Continue to be my true self without compromising my values. I know things are not right with me when I am not being authentic and trying to please others by compromising what is important to me. One of the insights I received was I should share what is going on for me without trying to keep an appearance that everything is "fine." Whenever I am not feeling my true self, I will welcome it and address it rather than pretend everything is okay.
Things I Will Consider Doing Differently Next Time
- Choose a better location. Although I was in a natural environment, away from the usual city noise and atmosphere, I really did not feel comfortable at the resort. I will pay more attention to the quality of the room I will be staying in because I know the more comfortable I am, the more creative I will be.
- Have better food options. The resort provided a buffet breakfast however they didn't necessarily have a lot of healthy options. Since I had booked the resort literally the day before, I didn't give myself enough time to explore healthier food options. The lesson for me was to give myself plenty of time prior to going away to select a place that will best serve my needs.
- Do not skip my routines. I thought because I was going away, I could give myself a break from sone of my routines, especially exercising. That had the opposite effect as I felt out of sync for a good part of my time away. Therefore next time, I will ensure that I continue my normal routines so I stay in my usual rhythm and flow.
- Avoid putting pressure on myself to relax. As I had worked the whole day on the Friday and drove for an hour and a half at the end of the day, by the time I had gotten into my room, I felt this pressure to actually relax. That was counterproductive because the harder I tried to wind down and relax, the more unsettled I was. So the lesson for me is to experience what I am going through fully without resisting it and allow it to dissipate naturally.
- Consider adding an extra day, if possible. Getting away on a Friday evening and returning early afternoon on a Sunday felt a little rushed so maybe next time, I may add a third night. While it is not necessary, it will be interesting to try it out to see if it makes a difference or not.
Overall, I was extremely pleased with my first ever Personal Quarterly Offsite. I know I will reap the actual benefits of it in the days and weeks ahead, plus it has given me a clear incentive to make more progress in my projects before my next trip.
If you haven't allowed yourself to take some time out from your busy life, I highly encourage you to consider having a Personal Quarterly Offsite. You could start off with taking one day out to reflect on what you have been doing, where you want to go and what your focus will be over the next 90 days to help you get there.
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Shepperd's Expertise to lead Engineering for Liquid Web's Cloud and Managed Applications Products
Liquid Web, LLC, (www.staging.liquidweb.com), the market leader in managed hosting services to SMBs and web professionals, announced today the hiring of Wendy Shepperd as Vice President of Engineering. Shepperd brings nearly 25 years of experience to her role, which includes leadership roles with hosting providers, WP Engine and Rackspace. Most recently, Shepperd was Vice President of Engineering for AllClear ID, a Global leader in data breach response services for enterprise customers.
Shepperd will lead Engineering teams focused on Liquid Web's legacy Cloud Server products; Cloud Sites, a platform-as-a-service product; and the company's new and growing Managed Applications product lines Managed WordPress and the newly announced Managed WooCommerce. Her addition demonstrates the company's commitment to product innovation for mission-critical sites, stores and applications for the small and midsize business market and the designers, developers, and agencies who create for them.
"We are excited to add Wendy to our leadership team because she has a solid track record of creating mission-critical products. With her engineering leadership experience at Rackspace and WP Engine, she understands our industry and will be able to make immediate impacts in our commitment to deliver the industry's best hosting products to web professionals," said CTO Joe Oesterling. " We look forward to adding her experience leading engineering of high availability, full-stack web hosting solutions and products."
"With Liquid Web's emphasis on helping customers and leveraging cutting-edge technologies to create business value, I am excited to be a part of a company who is viewed as a partner to SMBs," said Wendy Shepperd. "Small and mid-size businesses rely on their web presence and need managed hosting offerings that enable them to do what they do best — create content and commerce— without the headaches of worrying about things like server uptime, scalability, and performance. I look forward to delivering new and innovative features and capabilities for Cloud Servers, Managed WordPress/WooCommerce, and Cloud Sites products to help Liquid Web customers power their business potential."
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Marking its 20th year anniversary, Liquid Web powers content, commerce and potential for SMB entrepreneurs and the designers, developers and digital agencies who create for them. An industry leader in managed hosting and cloud services, Liquid Web is known for its high-performance services and exceptional customer support delivering reliable, highly-available, secure and hassle-free hosting backed with a human touch. Liquid Web offers a broad portfolio designed so customers can choose a hosting solution that is hands-on or hands-off or a hybrid of the two. The company owns and manages its own core data centers, providing a diverse range of offerings spanning from bare metal servers and fully managed hosting to managed WordPress and continues to evolve its service offerings to meet the ever-changing needs of its web-reliant, professional customers. With over 32,000 customers spanning 150 countries, the company has assembled a world-class team, global data centers and an expert group of 24/7/365 solution engineers. As an industry leader in customer service*, the rapidly expanding company has been recognized among INC Magazine's 5000 Fastest Growing Companies for ten years. Liquid Web is part of the Madison Dearborn Partners family of companies. Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC ("MDP") is a leading private equity investment firm based in Chicago. For more information, please visit www.staging.liquidweb.com, or read our blog posts at https://www.staging.liquidweb.com/blog. Stay up to date with all Liquid Web events on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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The fastest Maserati to set wheel in Australian showrooms will go on sale next month, with the arrival of the GranTurismo MC Stradale.
The "fastest, lightest and most powerful" model in the Maserati line-up, the MC Stradale is powered by a retuned version of the same Ferrari V8 engine that drives the 'regular' GranTurismo.
Now, power is rated at a goodly 331kW and 510Nm of torque - up from the GranTurismo's 324kW and 490Nm of torque.
Thanks to that boost and a reduced weight of 1670kg (110kg less than the GranTurismo S), the MC Stradale is the first Maserati to crack 300km/h - just. According to Maserati, the special new GT will hit 301km/h.
The 0-100km/h sprint is covered in 4.6 seconds, and fuel consumption is listed at 14.4 l/100km - three-hundreths of a second quicker than the GranTurismo S, with a 13 fuel economy percent improvement.
"The Maserati MC Stradale meets demands which, for any other car maker, would appear to be in direct conflict," Glen Sealey, General Manager for Maserati in Australia and New Zealand, said.
"On one hand it is a road going version of the Maserati Trofeo and GT4 racing cars. Yet, at the same time, it offers exemplary road comfort, refinement and even lower fuel consumption."
Other performance upgrades include a revised MC Race Shift transmission that cuts shift times to 60 milliseconds.
The MC Stradale also gains a dedicated Race mode on top of the upgraded Automatic and Sport modes.
Suspension is lower and there are now larger anti-roll bars. There are also new Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes, custom-developed Pirelli tyres and carbon-fibre race-inspired seats. Only in the front, mind - the rear seats have been dropped all together.
The Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale is on sale now with a recommended retail price of $364,900, excluding statutory charges, on road costs and dealer delivery charges.
Available in limited numbers, the first Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradales will arrive for delivery in June.
Transforming the GranTurismo into the MC Stradale
Exterior Changes
- Air intakes on the bonnet
- New side skirts
- New front bumper with new aerodynamic splitter
- Integrated boot lid lip spoiler
- Revised rear bumper with Splitter
- Exhaust pipes reposition to allow larger rear splitter
- New front guards with trailing edge vertical air vents
- 20 inch wheels with new Pirelli P-zero Corse tyres
Interior Changes
- Front carbon fibre seats
- Alcantara and leather upholstery
- Redesigned main instrument cluster
Weight reduced by 110 kg
- Flow formed 20 inch alloy wheels: - 5 kg
- Wiring optimisation: - 2 kg
- Sound insulation reduction: - 25 kg
- Two seat configuration: - 16 kg
- Carbon Fibre front seats: - 26 kg
- Sealing and body optimisation: - 12 kg
- Carbon Ceramic Brembo brakes: - 18 kg
- Exhaust System: - 6 kg
Aerodynamic improvements
- Front: 25% more down force at 200 kmh
- Rear: 50% more down force at 200 kmh
- No change in the drag co-efficient, despite extra down force
New Driving modes
- Race
- Gearchanges in 60 milliseconds
- Gearchange mode: Manual shift
- Exhaust silencer by pass: Open at all engine speeds
- Sequential Downshifting
- Sharper response from the accelerator
- Sport
- Gearchanges in 100 milliseconds
- Gearchange mode: Manual shift
- Exhaust silencer by pass: Open over 4000 rpm
- Auto
- Gearchanges in 140 milliseconds
- Gearchange mode: Automatic shift
- Exhaust silencer by pass: Closed
Engine, compared to GranTurismo S
- Up 7 kW to 331 kW
- Up 20 Nm to 510 Nm
- Fuel consumption: down 13% to 14.4 l/100 km
- 80% of torque available from 2500 rpm
- Diamond Like Coating (DLC) cuts internal engine friction
- 8% stiffer springs
- Front roll bar increased from 20 to 25 mm
- Ride height lowered
- 10 mm at the front
- 12 mm at the rear
- Tyres – new Pirelli P-Zero Corsa
- Front: Up from 245/35 to 255/35
- Rear: Up from 285/35 to 295/35
Brakes – New Brembo Carbon Ceramic
- First production Maserati with Carbon Ceramic brakes
- New brake cooling system and heat extraction vents
- Front: 380 mm x 34 mm with six piston callipers
- Rear: 360 mm x 32 mm with four piston callipers
- Braking distance, down 6% for 100 kmh to Zero, now 33 metres
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According to Food & Water Watch, the UK Department of Food and Rural Affairs has decided to make a "significant shift" that "puts business in charge of driving reform", to "lightening needless burdens without weakening essential controls." Businesses will be able to review enforcement of regulation in their areas. The press release had a statement from Business Manager Matthew Hancock which said, "businesses will now have the power to lead the reform of counterproductive, time consuming or bureaucratic enforcement of regulation that can get in the way of growth." Food & Water Watch points out that horse meat is still present in European beef supplies, that Food Standards Agency has concerns about filthy conditions in the UK poultry industry, and salmon in the marketplace … [Read more...]
Nevada Regulations Prohibit Ill Workers From Handling Food
The Communicable Disease Protocol of the state of Nevada stipulates that restaurant employees should not work if they are ill. The protocol states that "A person excreting Salmonella spp. shall not work in a sensitive occupation unless authorized to do so by the health authority." The Salmonella outbreak at Firefly on Paradise in Las Vegas may have been caused by employees working while they were ill. Three of the 33 employees interviewed by public health officials indicated they were sick with "gastrointestinal symptoms" in the days before the outbreak began. The problem is that many people do not realize they have Salmonella infections, and continue to shed the bacteria even after they feel better and return to work. According to NAC 441A.680, an employee sickened with … [Read more...]
Missouri Bill Would Exempt Non-Profit Dinners from Regulation
In the Missouri Senate, SB 432 was passed last week. The measure would allow non-profit organizations to prepare food without regulation, pre-empting local food codes. The bill now goes to the House, where it is being discussed in the Professional Registration and Licensing Committee. The bill would require organizations to post signs stating that the food being served is not inspected or regulated. According to the language in the bill, "the nonprofit organization shall inform the consumer by placing a clearly visible placard at the serving location that the food was prepared in a kitchen that is not subject to regulation and inspection by the regulatory authority." Republican Senator Mike Cunningham is sponsoring the bill, claiming that inspectors are acting as "food Nazis" by … [Read more...]
Canadian Government Updates Some Food Additive Regulations
The Canadian government is updating rules to regulate food additives. Last week, the Honorable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced the changes. She said in a statement, "these changes are further proof that our Government is serious about protecting the health and safety of Canadian consumers and their families." Food additives are those ingredients that affect a food's flavor, color, consistency, and texture and remain in the finished product. According to the news release, "even when scientists showed a new additive could reduce the risk of a potential serious food-borne illness outbreak, it took an additional 12 to 18 months for the regulatory process to actually change the list and make the product legal." New additives will still have to undergo safety assessments, but … [Read more...]


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- Introduction to Magnetic Particle Inspection
Introduction Introduction Basic Principles History of MPI
Physics Magnetism Magnetic Mat'ls Magnetic Domains Magnetic Fields Electromag. Fields Field From a Coil Mag Properties Hysteresis Loop Permeability Field Orientation Magnetization of Mat'ls Magnetizing Current Longitudinal Mag Fields Circular Mag Fields Demagnetization Measuring Mag Fields
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Magnetic particle inspection (MPI) is a nondestructive testing method used for defect detection. MPI is fast and relatively easy to apply, and part surface preparation is not as critical as it is for some other NDT methods. These characteristics make MPI one of the most widely utilized nondestructive testing methods.
MPI uses magnetic fields and small magnetic particles (i.e.iron filings) to detect flaws in components. The only requirement from an inspectability standpoint is that the component being inspected must be made of a ferromagnetic material such as iron, nickel, cobalt, or some of their alloys. Ferromagnetic materials are materials that can be magnetized to a level that will allow the inspection to be effective.
The method is used to inspect a variety of product forms including castings, forgings, and weldments. Many different industries use magnetic particle inspection for determining a component's fitness-for-use. Some examples of industries that use magnetic particle inspection are the structural steel, automotive, petrochemical, power generation, and aerospace industries. Underwater inspection is another area where magnetic particle inspection may be used to test items such as offshore structures and underwater pipelines.


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Marica smashed the 46 year old record on a fishing trip to Finnmark.
It's just two weeks left before the World championships in cod fishing in Lofoten, but already anglers in Northern Norway are setting a standard that will be extremely hard to follow.
Sunday, the swede Marica Eriksson from Uddevalla actually set a new world record, when she reeled in a cod weighing 38 kilos (83,7 lbs) from the ice cold waters. The catch was made outside the island of Sørøya in the far north of Norway.
This is the biggest cod caught by a female angler since the last record was set in 1970, according to the newspaper Finnmark Dagblad.
"It's very fun to have caught a big fish like that. I felt it would be a big fish [from the way it was pulling], but I didn't realize it would be that big until we came into the harbour!", Eriksson says to Thelocal.no.
She was on a week-long fishing trip with her father, organized by Nordic Sea Angling when she caught the beast - only a few minutes after her father had caught an arctic cod weighing over 30 kilos as well.
Vakker vinterdag på Sørøya, Finnmark. #tv2værbilde #yrbilder #godmorgennorge #ilovenorway #visitnorway #Sørøya #ig_nordnorge #finnmark
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"I haven't partied much, I just enjoyed the catch (...) But I am gonna take it to my home and eat it", Eriksson says.
The cod was caught using a Westin Big Bob 480 grams with the colour Fancy cola, in case you were wondering.
In Norway, Lofoten and Nordland county are mosly associated with the arctic cod, but travelling even further north to Sørøya can be a hot tip if you are really serious about catching big fish. Here, the arctic cod ("skrei") season has only lasted for two weeks, according to the angler website Hooked.
"The avarage weight of the fish is increasing year by year, and we are really excited to see what this year's results will be. We are having a really good start to the season, with good conditions and a lot of fish. During March and April the weather here is usually unstable, and the conditions can be rough, but when you get to the sea, one or two days are usually enough to catch large fish and sore backs", says the guide Johan Mikkelsen to Hooked
By the way, the male world record was also set outside Sørøya, when the German Michael Eisele pulled a fish weighing 47 kilos in April 2013.
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If your list of advantages is longer than your list of disadvantages, it might appear that stress isn't that big a deal for you. If it is the other way around, you have work to do regarding your stress.
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There are a number of reasons for and against working on stress. What about you?
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Remember I mentioned from previous blog posts that stress is not all bad. In fact, you need a certain amount to do your best – whether it's in school, at work, on the ball field, when making important decisions, or in your interactions with other people. So, it shouldn't surprise you that the goal of managing stress is not to eliminate all stress. Life would get pretty boring without some changes or challenges from time to time. And remember that some sources of stress are positive events that we wouldn't want to do away with: weddings, promotions, births, building that new dream house, and so on.
Most important, though, it would be impossible to eliminate all sources of stress – and stress itself for that matter. So, what is the goal? That depends on things such as the nature of your individual stressors, your personal situation, personality style, and priorities. In general, though, the goal of stress management is to help you learn to regulate your stress level so that you can choose how much you need based on your circumstances, personality, and priorities.
Ultimately, this will help you maximize your performance and your personal satisfaction. You can achieve this goal by using a blend of helpful strategies for problem solving, communicating more effectively, managing your time more efficiently, reducing the influences of stress-inducing damaging thoughts and beliefs and learning to relax your body and mind. By learning about and practicing using these tools, you'll learn how to cope effectively with the stressors in your life.
What You Can and Can't Change
As I've mentioned, some situations that provoke stress can be controlled by directly confronting and changing one of their aspects so that the situation becomes less stressful. For example, let's say you're extremely stressed because you have several work or school projects due at the same time. To change the situation you could ask your boss or teacher for an extension, which would solve the problem and reduce some of your stress. But there are other sources of stress that you just can't change, such as a serious illness or a death in the family.
It can also be very difficult to get people to change their behavior. And even in the deadline extension example you just read, simply because you ask for an extension doesn't mean it will be granted. So, the reality is that while we can try to change some stressful situations, this won't work all the time. That's why it's very important to have a back-up plan just in case there's not much you can do about the situation itself. It turns out that the best back-up plan is learning how to correct exaggerated or damaging thoughts and beliefs about these difficult situations that make them seem worse than they really are.
Remember my blog post on day 24 (just 4 days ago)? Two friends getting ready to go on vacation when a snowstorm hits and their flight is canceled. When there was nothing they could do about the snowstorm that grounded their plane, one friend was able to control her stress because of how she thought about the situation. The other one, on the other hand, became extremely stressed because she believed it was a true catastrophe.
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Biologos and Biblical Warning
Many thanks, especially for the report on BioLogos. I have always been suspicious of the compromising nature of the entire "Intelligent Design" movement, but found it hard to put my uneasiness into words. Many thanks, AiG, for helping to protect believers from the type of savage "wolf attacks" the Bible warns us about!
Laura M., Mountain Grove, Montana
I just want to agree how true it is that we must not compromise for the sake of science. For a recently saved Christian (6 months ago), the theory of evolution was a major barrier for me in regard to believing the Bible. I will continue to use [your magazine] to teach a biblically sound young earth creation by our amazing Creator!
Ryan B., Lawrence, Kansas
Obvious Yet Unseen
I enjoyed the special article about "Noah's World." The idea that he had the same diversity of land types (desert, rain forest, etc.) is so obvious; and yet I had bought into the idea that there was only one type. I was amazed at how I still have to learn so much to remove the indoctrination that I have grown up with.
Kevin D., Facebook
Answers in Prison
I subscribed to the Answers magazine for my daughter who is in prison. She was thrilled almost beyond words when she received her first issue. She read it from cover to cover the first night she got it and has allowed others to read, including an atheist friend there. Did you ever think you'd have a prison ministry? You do now.
Audrey D., Franklin Furnace, Ohio
Knives For More Than Just Steak
In "A Closer Look at T. rex" you say that "most theropod teeth are thin blades, often possessing serrations, like the edge of a steak knife." This language makes it sound as if they were designed to eat meat. Your error is in assuming that only meatcutting tools have serrated edges. Nothing could be farther from the truth. There are many tools for cutting vegetation that have serrated edges, a saw being the most obvious example. Also the blades of the combine to harvest wheat and similar crops have many serrated and replaceable teeth, and they are even referred to as teeth. If someone already believes in evolution, the steak knife analogy creates another hurdle for them to get over, but the saw analogy makes the eating of vegetation seem as natural for the theropod as it actually was.
Dale F., Colorado Springs, Colorado
Author's Response: You are absolutely correct that serrations are possessed by both carnivorous and herbivorous organisms, and their presence or absence does not, by itself, determine what an animal ate. The question then moves to what kind of serrations and what other features of that animal point us towards its mode of life. With regard to T. rex, the serrations seen on its teeth are very similar to those of the (decidedly carnivorous) modern Komodo dragon. Serrations of herbivorous dinosaurs like Hypsilophodon or the modern marine iguana look different, as do the overall shapes of their teeth. Other clues about diet come from the muscles of the jaw, the size and shape of the gut, and from coprolites (fossilized feces) from the rock record. While all land-dwelling "beasts of the field" were initially created as herbivores, we must remember that the fossils we have come from the world destroyed at the time of the Flood. That world was "filled with violence" (Genesis 6:13) and far removed from the original goodness of creation. By the time of the Flood, the combined evidence affirms that T. rex was one of the most fearsome predators on earth.
"Adaptations" Evolutionary
I was thoroughly disappointed to read the following statement in Melinda Christian's "When Sloth Is Not Sin" article: "In fact, the sloth's remarkable adaptations—including the metabolism that has made it the slowest living mammal—are necessary for its survival." As a graduate from a secular university with a B.S. in geology, I can say with experience and authority that this usage/context of the word adaptations was frequently employed by my professors as a catch-all explanation for the intricate design of creatures. I suggest being clear on God's role in the specific design and equipping of creatures to adapt to their environment, not using the term in anonymity.
Lydia M., Woburn, Massachusetts
Editor's Response: We agree with the need to be careful with some word choices, even if technically accurate, because of evolutionary connotations. Since the name of the department is "Created Creature" and the focus is upon glorifying the designs of the Creator, we make more assumptions about the reader than we might in stand-alone articles. We'll try to be more careful. We asked Answers in Genesis researcher and biologist, Dr. Georgia Purdom, to comment on adaptations: "I understand your concern of the word choice of adaptations regarding the sloth's characteristics, such as its metabolism. As a biblical creationist, adaptations are understood as part of God's amazing design and care for helping organisms survive in a fallen world. Adaptations by no means allow an organism to gain features that turn it into a different kind of animal as proposed by evolution. The magazine has published numerous articles on this topic such as 'Creation's Hidden Potential' (January 2009)."


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Haven't posted a sermon in a while so thought I'd post one today, just so you know that I still do write them ;-)
Sometimes the words of Jesus are very difficult to accept. When they are we need to have the courage not to run away and pretend we never heard or read them but to face them head on and WITH HIS HELP seek ways that we can let Him transform us into the person He made us to be. Hopefully this will become clearer in a few minutes.
At the Prep school I attended there were a number of boys who had very wealthy parents. On a Sunday evening when we were brought back to school by our parents after a weekend at home, there was an expectation on the parents to come to the evening chapel service, which most did. We had a very godly School Chaplain and I remember one evening he spoke on the passage of scripture that we have for our Gospel reading for this morning, about the rich young man and the bit about how it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Thereafter, there were a few parents who no longer came to chapel when dropping their sons off on a Sunday evening. I happened to be there when the chaplain quietly asked some of the boys why their parents no longer came. One of them replied that it was because of his teaching that rich people can't go to heaven!
Of course there will be many rich people in heaven! What Jesus is teaching is something more subtle than simply how wealthy we are, He is warning us to have a correct attitude to wealth and possessions. Money should not be more important to us than God and money should not be more important to us than helping our fellow human beings in need.
The rich young man in our Bible reading falls on his knees before Jesus and says:
"Good teacher … what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
In response the Lord gives him a summary of the Commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honour your Father and Mother.'
To be honest, I find it hard to believe the man when he responds to Jesus, "all these I have kept since I was a boy."
Jesus though looks at the man and loves him, "One thing you lack," he said, "Go sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come follow me".
God can ask us to do some very uncomfortable and very difficult things but when He does so, we can be sure that we will get infinitely more back from Him then we could ever give up.
I think we can have a lot of sympathy for the man at this point. In response to what Jesus asks of him, his face falls and he goes away sad because he had great wealth.
J.C. Ryle describes Jesus' attitude towards this rich young man wonderfully. He writes:
"Just as we look with sorrow at some noble ruin, roofless and shattered, and unfit for man's use, yet showing many a mark of the skill with which it was designed and reared at first, so we may suppose that Jesus looked with tender concern at this man's soul."(1)
I suppose it's not hard for us to imagine Jesus looking at us like that too. He looks at us with a great deal of love, mercy and compassion, yet like a ruined house he sees that we are far from a completed work and there is so much that needs to be changed and transformed in our life, so much renovation is required. We are indeed 'human becomings'(2) and it is up to us whether we let the Great Builder work away at our hearts and lives or whether we resist Him at every turn. Sometimes it might be painful, maybe He needs to demolish an area of our lives before He can build it back up again but let us always be confident that God knows what He is doing, even if at times it is a struggle for us to understand.
You can just imagine the expressions on the faces of the dumbstruck disciples as Jesus turns to them and says:
"How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!"
and then:
"Children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."
A Sunday school teacher was telling about a little girl who had gone to the zoo with her Sunday school class. There, she had spent an inordinate amount of time at the camels' enclosure. Her teacher finally made sense of her fascination when the girl asked, "Where do they keep the ones who can go through the eye of a needle?"(3)
Perhaps one of the most misquoted verse in the whole Bible is the first part of 1 Timothy 6:10 which is often quoted as:
Money is the root of all evil. (Including by the band Pink Floyd in their song "Money")(4)
But in actual fact is:
For the love of money is the root of all evil.
Having money is not the problem; it's what we do with it that matters. It might well be that we don't have a problem with money, our master well be something or somebody else. For this young man, it was his wealth that was getting in the way of him becoming a disciple.
It is said that in Jerusalem at the time there was a narrow gateway and because of its shape it was called the "eye of the needle". If you tried to get a fully laden camel through the gate it would have got stuck. You first had to unload the camel before it could pass through the gate. So it was with this young man, he could not pass through the door to God's kingdom, because he was fully laden with the love of his money. He first had to take off this load before he could pass through the doorway to a new life in Christ. And of course the same is true of us. If we are to pass through the narrow gate to eternal life, we first have to shed our load of all that hinders us. We all carry baggage, and that baggage is no doubt different for each of us, it might well be money, but it could just as easily be something else, but before we can be truly born again we have to shed our load, lay it at the foot of the cross, and then, only then can we pass through the gateway.
As usual, Peter is the spokesman for the disciples, and he says to the Lord:
"We have left everything to follow you."
There seems to be an element of doubt in what Peter says, yet where the rich young man had failed the disciples had not. Each one of them had given up a lot to follow Jesus and as we know, many of them would later even give up their lives for Him. Peter himself (according to tradition), was crucified upside down because he insisted he wasn't good enough to die the same way that his Master had.(5)
Jesus' reply to Peter and the other disciples must have been a very comforting one to them:
"Yes," Jesus said to them, "and I tell you that anyone who leaves home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and for the gospel, will receive much more in this present age. He will receive a hundred times more houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields — and persecutions as well; and in the age to come he will receive eternal life.
It is clear that this is a promise for all believers, not just the original disciples. For all who have put Christ first, over their possessions and even over their relatives, for all who have made a sacrifice to follow Christ motivated by love for Him and for the Gospel, they will be reimbursed many times over for what they gave up. In these uncertain times, where financial investments are so fragile and once great banking institutions are being artificially propped up by tax payers money, it is good to remember that one investment is sure and certain and guaranteed – investment in our relationship with God through Christ.
A very sobering thought indeed is that one day we will have to stand before Christ (Heb.4:12)
What will we be able to say that we gave up for Christ? Will we be like the Rich young man and walk away in sadness, or will we be able to stand up like Peter and say "Lord I left everything to follow you."
(1) J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, Mark, Banner of Truth, 1985, p.209
(2) Phrase attributed to John Macquarrie – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Macquarrie
(3) http://www.preachingtoday.com/illustrations/weekly/98-07-01/3091.html
(4) http://www.pinkfloyd.com/dsotm/content/setup.html
(5) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Peter


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I am fuming. I am so angry. My heart is racing, my head is fuzzy. I've written this frantically in one hour. I cannot believe that our country, one of most educated countries in the "developing world"—a country with so much tolerance, so little racism and so much unity—is filled with such hate and such ignorance.
LGBT Rights—everyone's talking about it of late. Yes, LGBT rights: the ability for a consenting adult to love any other consenting adult that they desire. Why, how can this be a problem?
Hey,you who has a problem with this; do you realise that you are trying to control someone's right to love? You are deliberately preventing people from loving each other. Isn't that messed up?
People naturally justify their homophobic behaviors by covering it up with various lame, pathetic and irrational excuses. Blah, blah, blah. Let's closely examine each objection the public claims is grounded in reason and common sense, so you can realize just how ridiculous you sound.
God said it's bad.
Woah, God also said that shellfish is bad. He also said that wearing mixed fabrics is bad. Read the Quran and you'll see that eyebrow plucking is cursed and forbidden. Guess what? Scripture is full of rules that hold strong double standards in today's society—people conveniently choose which to follow and ignore.
And God didn't speak, by the way. His "words" are actually the writings of men who believed they had a connection to a voice in the sky, and we are using these ramblings to control others. Cool. Have a look into the history of the writing of any scripture. You'd be amazed how much of it was used to control the lower classes.
Also, very importantly, when this grand ole country of Trinidad and Tobago was created in 1962, we wrote in our constitution that the Church and the State were SEPARATE. So, if your church bans a person from blowing their nose, that's you and your church's business. Please keep your opinions to yourself and stay away from our legislation. The law should govern us, not the works of fiction from 2000 years ago that were poorly translated and edited thousands of times, depending on who was in power. (Look up the history of the King James Bible; it was literally edited to control the working class)
It's not natural.
It's not natural you say? Cool. You know what else isn't "natural"? Polyester, bi-focal glasses, candy, Snapchat, gas-lit fires, multivitamins, air-conditioning and television. When you swear off all of these "unnatural" things, then we can chat about what is natural and what isn't.
And also, by the way, here's a FACT. An actual fact for you. Being gay? It's genetic. Like your skin colour or your love of chadon beni or your height, people are born that way. What you are essentially doing, by banning homosexuality, is banning something that a person has no control over. Would you chop off the legs of someone who's born too tall? Would you really punish someone for their (to borrow your word) NATURAL state?
Being gay is a choice; they have chosen a life of sin.
Riddle me this: If being gay is a choice, who in their right mind would choose this awful life that you have given them? Who would choose to be ostracised and victimized because of their sexual preference? Given the backlash that the LGBTQI+ community has faced in recent history (being gay was totally cool in Ancient Greece, by the way), I hardly think anyone would truly choose the far more difficult path to spread love.
Letting the gays marry would destroy traditional family values.
Okay, I really need someone to explain this one to me. What are traditional family values, anyway? You say that the "word of God" says we are to marry and make babies and that's our one goal. Again, this is you picking and choosing which bits of scripture you like and casually ignoring the bits you don't like (like the shellfish one, because as a Trini myself, I cannot think of anyone who would turn down a shrimp roti). This whole "go forth and prosper"/anti-contraception thing, really only came about during the Dark Ages in Europe, in the heights of the Black Plague. The population was so low that the Church had to encourage reproduction. Feel free to Google this.
"Traditional family values" do not exist. Children are not only raised by male and female parents. Single parents raise children, grandparents raise children, children are raised by older siblings and children are adopted by people—people that are completely genetically unrelated. Yet, adopted parents are allowed to be part of the "traditional family values" crew? Why would a same-sex couple be so detrimental then?
The only prerequisite for a healthy family life is love. That's it. Love from another human being(s) regardless of their class, race, gender or sexual preference. Simple.
Look, they can be gay in private if they want but they have to stay in hiding because I don't want to see it.
Don't use this scapegoat, please. This is a childish and cowardly way to hide behind your beliefs. I hate to see you and your friends eating doubles like absolute slobs in public but frankly, I've just got to get over it because you should be able to eat however you please, because you are a consenting adult and that is your right.
Also, there was a famous group of men who were very private about their gay tendencies. It didn't work out for the best. Don't remember? I believe it was over 4000 priests in the US (read the John Jay Report, I dare you). Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
In conclusion, we are all humans. We are born with a right to love who we want. As long as both are consenting adults, they can and should lawfully be able to love WHOMEVER they want. Certain people are born with a preference for one gender over the other, furthermore, there people who are born with no preference (search for asexuals in the dictionary) and others who enjoy love from both (OMG! Wow! Yes, bisexual people exist, too).
Punishing someone for wanting to choose who they love is disgusting. It is utterly disgusting. Controlling a person's right to love is evil and in my eyes, if you think that way, so are you.
See you in hell! xoxo


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Have you ever played with a spirit board? You know, like one of those Ouija things that Parker Brothers sells. When I was a child, they were incredibly popular! Well, at least among my little circle of friends…
Now, I was probably the only child in our neighborhood who ever played with a Ouija board without ever trying to "cheat" on my friends to scare them. I swear this to you on Sarasvati, and on my vows as an Upashika. I never faked a Ouija reading. My friends were rarely so pure-hearted. I had a babysitter once produce a reading that said I would marry the neighbor boy I always hung out with. Of course, she also gave me the nickname "Anus," so there is that…
Then there was the one time I actually managed to get something on the "other end," so to speak.
My friend and I were alone upstairs in the aforementioned Anus-nicknaming Babysitter's house. It was very, very quiet. We'd done a couple of "readings." (My friend pushing the planchette, I'm sure). This time, there was something…different…about the way the planchette was moving.
My friend stared at me. Her eyes were wide. She was startled. Terrified. I smiled at her. Why not? I was still having lots of fun. Why was she looking at me like that?
Stop pushing it! she gasped.
I looked down at the planchette. It kept moving. I looked up and furrowed my brows. "You stop pushing it," I said, certain she was trying to play a trick on me. But when I looked back up, she was still staring, wide eyed. Uh…no. She was scared.
Then she started screaming her head off.
What else was I to do? I began screaming as well, and we both ran out of the room and down the stairs looking for Anus Babysitter, convinced that some horrible evil spirit was chasing us.
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UK Celebrity Big Brother Attacked For Airing David Bowie's Ex-Wife's Reaction
Broadcaster Channel Five is copping social media backlash after broadcasting footage of David Bowie's ex-wife Angie Bowie being told of the death of her former husband. Angie Bowie was married to David Bowie (1970-1980), the couple had one child.
British media regulator Ofcom has received several complaint about the footage shown during the Celebrity Big Brother program, as well as the promo before the episode.
A spokesperson for Channel Five said "Angie Bowie was told off-camera about the tragic death of David Bowie by her agent. She then took the decision to remain in the house of her own accord. Last night's preview of the upcoming programme included footage of Angie in the diary room after she had heard the news about her ex-husband."
Angie's manager Ray Santilli said: "She had plenty of time to consider her position. She made the decision to go back in the house, she made the decision to be interviewed afterwards."
"Obviously when Big Brother was talking to her and asking questions, it is emotional. The whole Big Brother experience is emotional and she knew that before she went in to the house. Channel 5 have been magnificent. They've left it entirely up to her to make the decision. She had no pressure."
Twitter criticised Big Brother for taking advantage of her grief:
The way #cbb channel 5 have handled Bowie's death is below disrespectful.
— Sam McKnight (@sammcknight1) January 12, 2016
I absolutely love #CBB but this #CBB2016 is painful to watch I don't know if they should've televised this stuff, seems insensitive to Bowie
— Idlewriter (@Idlewriter) January 12, 2016
Big Brother is a distasteful programme for showing the Angie Bowie reaction to being told about David. Pathetic, just for some ratings. #CBB
— Chris (@ChrisW93_) January 12, 2016
So despicable that CBB showed Angie Bowie's reaction to her ex-husband's death even if she was told off camera. It should have been private.
— Adrienne (@adriennerennie) January 12, 2016
Still can't believe C5 – even C5 – did a "Coming up tomorrow, David Bowie's ex-wife weeps in the diary room at the news of his death." #CBB
— Ian Hyland (@HylandIan) January 11, 2016
Low blow from #CBB to show Angie Bowie's reaction despite saying she was told off-camera.. Literally no one needed to see that
— Ellie (@eleanorrrrrrrr_) January 12, 2016
Screw #CBB for showing Angela Bowie's 'reaction' to Bowie's death. So distasteful and disrespectful. Why is that entertainment?
— Rowena (@Row_96) January 12, 2016


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About Me
Who are you?
Real name is Barry Smith and I've been in online marketing for a fairly short two years. In this time I have discovered that there's no such thing as easy money and anybody telling you that there is, is selling you something.
However there are ways to make money and the internet lets anybody with the know how and the elbow grease do so.
I've read countless forums, papers and attended conferences to try and gain the know how. That said I have been somewhat lax with applying the elbow grease to my own advantage.
I am currently contracted by the Gaming Media Group, which includes Poker Heaven and Casino Joy. I also worked for Betfair (poker) before they upped sticks to Malta.
I have a fairly big digital footprint and you should be able to find some of my aliases and smaller sites (I hide the bigger ones :p) all over the place, but to get you started I'm J8Diamonds on the PAP Forums and Digital Point (plus prolly some other places). I'm StalkerB in most other places. Occasionally I'll be FRHound, STBHound or Captain Quads.
Why are you telling us this?
Probably to show off, partly my altruistic nature and lastly that at some point I may need a job and this is a record that I know what I'm doing.
Ultimately though I just got fed up trawling through layers of misinformation to get to anything useful and keeping all the things I learn down here means I don't have to carry around a 1,000 page notebook if I forget what I'm looking for.
If nobody reads this I'm not bothered


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Here we are in front of the Plaza de Espania in the Parque Maria Luisa, built as part of the Expo exhibition in 1929.
We enjoyed a late lunch in the Plaza de San Francisco, situated quite close to Plaza de Nueva and City Hall, which are at the end of the Avenida de la Constitucion and in the heart of the historic area of the city. Markets, fiestas and processions are often held in this square. I just love the balconies on these old buildings. The tapas were good too.
After lunch we visited the Cathedral, which was magnificent.
The second day we explored the city with the help of a hop-on and hop-off bus at very reasonable cost, returning to the park to visit the various museums and explore at our leisure. We particularly enjoyed the Museum of Local Customs and Culture, and also the Archaeological Museum with its Roman statues and mosaics.
Can you see the three ladies on the stone seat? This is a statue of love sought, love found and love lost, in the Park of Maria Luisa.
The greatest treat was on the third day when we visited the Real de Alacazar, every bit as beautiful as the Alhambra in Granada, which we've visited several times. Excavations show that this royal palace was built in the 10th century, adapted and added to over the years, the upper floor still the residence of the present King of Spain, King Carlos. Much of the early palace was built by Peter I in 1364, and provides a dazzling display of Moorish tiling and plasterwork which is quite awe-inspiring.
I can easily imagine some ancient King lounging by the water channels with his many mistresses, or taking a siesta in the cool, open bed chamber.
Later in the afternoon we took a boat trip along the Rio Guaudalquivir. Along this stretch of river we had a close view of the Torre del Oro, or Golden Tower. This was very likely named for its former purpose of guarding the King's treasures, now a maritime museum.
The end of the boat trip was marked by the Puente de la Barqueta, an amazing bridge built for the 1992 World Fair with a 138 metre pylon, a symbol of contemporary Seville.
We concluded our city break by doing some shopping, admiring the fans for sale in many of the shops. Still needed in the summer in these parts, even if you are not a Flamenco dancer.
We then spent the evening watching the Flamenco in a nearby restaurant. What astonishing stamina the dancers have. It's such an exciting dance we happily found ourselves calling out Olay, and Bravo.
We shall certainly go again as this is but a sample of all Seville has to offer.


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10 (+ 10 more) tips to help you create an All-Star LinkedIn profile
I have been preparing my LinkedIn profile to use it as one of my social media platforms of choice in 2017. This preparation has included reading many blogs and ebooks, attending a few workshops, attending seminars and one-to-ones with LinkedIn experts, watching videos and researching other profiles. I don't now profess to be an expert, but I have learned a lot which you might find useful when creating or improving your profile.
Below is a list of 10 things (to see 10 more go to: www.linkedin.com/pulse/20-tips-help-you-create-all-star-linkedin-profile-giles-etherington?trk=prof-post) I either already knew or have learned, that have made my LinkedIn profile more effective. Hopefully, they will do the same for yours. Some are little things. Some are things you should be thinking about way beyond your LinkedIn profile:
1. Decide why you are creating a LinkedIn profile
Seems obvious, but I bet most people haven't thought about it. For example, I want my profile to position me as an expert in creating and developing brands and therefore hopefully attract new clients. Your purpose may be different. You might be using it to find a new job. Or, you might want to use it to stay in touch with old friends and colleagues. You might be using it for new information and insights, to help you do your job better. By deciding what you are using LinkedIn for will help you create the best profile for that purpose.
2. Think of yourself as a brand
As a brand expert, this is how I think about most things. If I want the readers of my LinkedIn profile to, at some point, use me to help them create, develop or communicate their brand, then I want them to a) believe I am the right person, and b) like me. I use words like 'believe' and 'like' because creating a brand is about creating an emotional connection between you and your customer. Neurologists have proved that people make most of their important decisions using the emotional part of their brain. One of the strongest emotions you can get on your side is trust. Being believable and likeable is a short cut to instilling trust. Think about what emotional connection you can make with the reader. Dr. Tiffany Watt Smith, author of The Book of Human Emotions: An Encyclopedia of Feeling, from Anger to Wanderlust, says there are over 150 emotions and counting (like one of the latest ones: FOMO - fear of missing out). So, you have plenty to choose from.
3. Make your Professional Headline search engine friendly
My Professional Headline used to read 'Owner at Brand Satellite'. OK, that is true, but what use is that information to potential clients? At least Brand Satellite sort of describes what the company does, but imagine if the company was called Etherington & Associates. It now reads: 'Branding expert helping start-ups and SMEs with brand creation, brand development and brand communication.' Much more useful. These are all terms that a) clearly describe what I do, and b) are search terms that potential clients may be using.
4. Use a professional looking photo - of your face
Rightly or wrongly, first impressions count. LinkedIn is a professional network, so make sure your profile Photo oozes professionalism. Save your action shots and fun selfies for Twitter and Facebook. Also, don't use avatars or logos. This is an opportunity to make a human connection with your human customers. Your LinkedIn profile picture should be a head shot that represents what you look like now. A lot of people I spoke to during my research told me that they use LinkedIn to find out/remind them of what people look like before meetings and networking events (saving them from that embarrassing nonplussed look in reception, or at an event without name badges).
4N online member Claire Watson Photography offers a very reasonable profile photo service (Claire took the picture I now use).
5. Make your Current Experience, Previous Experience and Education relevant
The Header section might be as far through your profile as some people go. Below the Professional Headline, LinkedIn only shows three Current, three Previous experience listings and one Education listing. Are they relevant? If your education has absolutely no relevance to what you do now, consider leaving it off.
6. Make sure your Summary is talking to your target audience
This is essential to all marketing communications. The Summary section is one of the most important parts of your LinkedIn profile. Think about who is reading it (or who you want to be reading it). What do you want them to learn from reading your summary? How are they going to benefit from what you say? Most people won't read any further if you haven't 'grabbed them'. Don't talk about what you do. Talk about what you can do for them.
7. Remember it is a single human being that is reading your Summary
Your LinkedIn profile is visible to three billion internet users worldwide! But every viewing is one, single human being. Make your Summary conversational. Imagine they are standing in front of you. Talk to them in the first person. 'I can help you…' is better than 'Giles can help you…'. Being professional doesn't mean you can't be friendly.
8. Put a 'Call To Action' in your Summary
Finish your Summary with a call to action. Yes, there is a contact section on LinkedIn - which you should fill in too - but that is another click away. Make it as easy as possible for someone to get in touch with you by adding your contact details.
9. Add images and video to your Summary
You know what they say a picture is worth? Well, currently your LinkedIn profile will be a whole lot of words. Make it stand out from other people's profiles with images and video. I know it's easy for me to say because can just add the latest brand identity I have designed or the latest client video I have created. But you might have some product images or website images you can use (if you don't, I would seriously consider getting some). As well as adding some much needed visual interest, images can portray more about what you are about than words alone.
You can also add video to LinkedIn. Have you got ads, how to videos, video testimonials you could add? If you haven't, you should think about adding video to your marketing mix for 2017 (but that is a whole different blog). If you do add video, then you will probably do so by uploading it to YouTube first. Which is good news - after Google, YouTube is the world's second largest search engine, so another chance of you and your business being found.
10. Make your Experience relevant to now (and make it interesting)
This might feel like I am repeating Tip No. 5. That was about making your Current and Previous experiences relevant in the header section. Now, I am talking about the Experience in the Background section. Remember what you are on LinkedIn for and tailor your Experience to help you achieve that. This section isn't about everything you have done in your life. It is about everything you have done that is relevant to where you are now.
The fact that I used to work at Little Chef when I was at college, or packed lawnmowers as a holiday job is totally irrelevant to what I do now. So you won't see it in my profile. Also, people aren't going to spend ages on your profile, especially the further they go down the page. Keep it concise. You can be more descriptive and expansive in current positions, but the further you go back time, the more concise you should make it. Just highlight the highlights.
To see the next 10 go to: www.linkedin.com/pulse/20-tips-help-you-create-all-star-linkedin-profile-giles-etherington?trk=prof-post


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Sen. Baucus marries in Montana
HELENA, Mont. — U.S. Sen. Max Baucus on Saturday married the former state director he once recommended for Montana's top attorney job.
Spokeswoman Kate Downen says the wedding Saturday at the Sieben Ranch was casual, with close friends and family, but did not release a guest list. Several Montana media outlets reported Air Force Two carrying Vice President Joe Biden landed in Helena earlier in the day.
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The 69-year-old senator recommended Melodee Hanes for Montana's U.S. attorney post in 2009, a move that came under scrutiny because of their relationship. She withdrew her name from consideration and took a job with the Justice Department in Washington.
The couple plans to honeymoon in Glacier National Park in August.
Baucus, who was first elected to the Senate in 1978, and his second wife, Wanda, divorced in 2009 after 25 years of marriage.


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With the Safari Keyword Search extension, you can look up different websites (like Google, Amazon, and Wikipedia) for information right from the address bar.
For example, to Google Jared Leto, you'd just type "g Jared Leto." To look up the potato famine on Wikipedia, you'd type "w potato famine." More keyboard searches here.
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Cyber Crimes
In order to combat the growing number of people who prey on children via the Internet, the Beaver County Sheriff's Office under the direction of Sheriff Cameron Noel and in partnership with the Internet Crimes against Children and a multitude of other federal, state, and local agencies has initiated the Cyber Crimes program. This program is designed to prevent and react to the explotation of minors over the internet and other electronic mediums while following guidelines set-forth by the Internet Crimes against Children Task Force. This webpage is another tool of this program and is designed to provide an information resource to the public while also providing an easy place to ask questions or report online crimes.
Children are particulary vulnerable when they use the Internet. They are usually trusting, curious, and eager to explore. Unfortunately that means that they can find themselves in areas of the Internet they shouldn't be or end up chatting with people they shouldn't be talking to. The Internet offers a sense of anonymity that results in people of all ages doing and saying things they wouldn't normally say to someone they know. That anonymity also allows for a person who is a 45-year-old child molester looking for an easy victim to claim that he is actually 12.
Our Cyber Crime unit is here to help prevent the explotation of minors and apprehend those who endanger our children by commiting crimes via the Internet. This is accomplished in part by providing educational information to the public, pursuing tips, and actively searching out online criminals.
Report It
If you believe that you or someone you know is a victim of cyber crime or if you know someone commiting cyber crime, you can report it by calling dispatch at 435-438-2862 or by email here.
Information & Education
- If you want to schedule an educational event for your school, community, youth group, or organization, please submit your name, organization name, and contact information along with the date(s) you would like us to appear here and we will contact you.
- Sexting is the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photos electronically, primarily between cell phones. If done by minors, it is still considered by law to be manufacturing and distribution of Child Pornography.
Cyber Bullying
- "Cyberbullying" is whan a child, preteen, or teenager is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed, or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen, teenager using the internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones. It has to have a minor on both sides, or at least have been instigated by a minor against a another minor. Once adults become involved, it is a plain and simple cyber-harassment or cyberstalking. Adult cyber-harassment or cyber-stalking is NEVER called cyberbullying.
Cyber Stalking / Cyber Harassment
- "Cyberstalking" and "Cyberharassment" are very similar. Most people use them interchangeably, but there is a subtle distinction, typically relating to the perpetrator's intent and the original motivation for their behavior.
While the two situations usually involve many of the same online tactics, cyberstalking is almost always characterized by the stalker relentlessly pursuing his/her victim online and is much more likely to include some form of offline attack, as well. This offline aspect makes it a more serious situation as it can easily lead to dangerous physical contact, if the victim's location is known.
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It is interesting and fun to see how many celebrities are flaunting vintage in their own way. The ever inventive Lady Gaga who is continually pushing the limits of fashion by creating cutting edge new looks adds vintage into her wardrobe...
A bit more demure, is Alexa Chung who is often seen wearing classic and fun vintage styles. Fresh!
Our First Lady, Michelle Obama knows how to wear vintage. It must be the importance of historical works that make her such a great ambassador for vintage style. Or maybe she just loves it. In December 2010, she made media waves by wearing a 1950's dress to a public event. This is believed to be the very first time a first lady wore vintage clothes to such an event. Aside from vintage clothing, Michelle LOVES vintage jewelry. She has a special penchant for vintage brooches...
|wearing a 1950's Schreiner brooch
|wearing a 1960's paper mache brooch
Check out that giant statement flower brooch! It makes the whole look. It takes a simple dress to a whole new level. No wonder she's smiling. I think we should invite her to visit Vintage Underground the next time she comes back to Chicago. She would LOVE our selection. Come Down...It's Fun, Michelle.
More vintage sitings to come...watch this blog for more fun pix of vintage mix.


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Whether you are a seasoned veteran or a new goat owner, kidding season can be a white knuckle, adrenaline filled time of year. As I go into my……..20th+ kidding season, there are lots of things that I look forward to and dread at the same time. It is a time of excitement; to see what you get from some promising breedings and your illusive doe to buck ratio for the year. What pairings work and what pairings didn't. In the end all I hope for is LIVE and healthy kids and easy birthing for the mamas'.
Invariably, some kiddings do not go as planned and we all have to say goodbyes and hang our heads. Even the most seasoned of goat owners can have bad kiddings…it is no one's fault, it just happens. I know….. it feels like crap. Then the woulda, coulda, shoulda (WCS) starts and that makes it no better. Being prepared for kiddings as best you can be does help with the WCS. So, we will go there, here is a list of MY essential items to have on-hand for kidding season.
- Old towels: Love thrift stores for these. You can get them cheap and if they are too gross, you can just toss them. I use these for drying off the kids.
- Paper Towels: Just go ahead and buy stock in the company…hahaha. As soon as the kid comes out I use the paper towels to pull all the gooey off the head, including the mouth and nose. (I use paper towels first to get most of the goo off then the old towels to finish drying the kids.
- An old feed bag: I put all the trash in the feed bag so I can burn it
- Molasses: If you can't get molasses, then dark Karo syrup. I put a tennis ball size amount in the bottom of a 2-gallon bucket then fill it with hot water for the doe to drink after kidding. This will help replenish her and get her back on her feet quickly.
That's my basic kit. I know everyone has lots of other items, but everything else can wait. Get those babies out and dry.
My rule of thumb is if the doe is in active labor, she should progress in less than 1 hour. By "progress", I mean you should be seeing feet, or a head or something. If not you should be calling your veterinarian, or mentor, or if experienced go in and find out what the holdup is.
Just remember not to play the WCS game with yourself…things happen for a reason. Heck, just last year I pulled a baby and she wasn't breathing, I had my friend put her in a feed sack while I delivered the other 2 kids. 10 minutes later, I hear a baby crying, it was the baby in the feed sack, she was alive after all! I almost threw away a perfectly good doeling!! Of course, she lives here now and trust me her lungs are FULLY developed!!
Don't get stressed, all of us do, and it is OK. Call another goat person and let them talk you off the ledge, LOL. Happy Kidding Season from the girls at Yellow Rose Farm! I hope your kidding season is uneventful, and mine as well!!!


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Trump vs Cruz: The Battle of the Liars
There's a new cartoon on Pliny the InBetween's Evolving Perspectives website that speaks to what I've been saying about Ted Cruz for some time so, of course (blame physics), I felt compelled to share it with you:
Pliny really has this race pegged!
8 Responses to "Trump vs Cruz: The Battle of the Liars"
In the words of my state Senator Lindsey Graham, whom I generally despise as a pol, "Bullets or poison. Take your choice."
Picking your favorite candidate is like trying to decide which STD is right for you.
Hahaha! Humor seems to be one of the only antidotes to our current Repub. candidate situation. Surreal.
We have to laugh to keep from crying. Fortunately, I'll be too busy on election day to fret about what's happening. Otherwise, I'd need a lot of brandy to quell the urge to hysterics.
I'd rather have Trump's clap to Cruz's Aids 🙁
Excellent cartoon! Very true.