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PROVLT - 10.14@133mph New PB
Photo's and Story by Brett / PROGMH
Originally Mark bought this VL from a car yard as a stock standard non turbo VL SL. Back in those days it was just another VL running around and not many people gave it too much credit, but Mark loved it non the less.
It was like this for a few years until he finally did something about the issue of power, or lack of. He turned up to a cruise one Friday night with a new shiney intercooler hanging off the front and a stock VL turbo conversion. He ran it around like this for a while on around 10psi. He also bought a built up full manual 4 speed auto.
Again being secretive about his plans he didn't tell anyone that the car had been to Bresciani Racing and copped a cam, injectors, microtech and tune! So again he rocks up to a Friday night cruise and blows everyone away with his 'standard turbo conversion' that we all assumed he was still running. He had to come clean and tell everyone it had finally been tuned properly.
Bresciani's dyno showed 171rwkw @ 6psi. Now this might not seem too much in todays speak but back 5 years ago that was some pretty serious power. At this stage having run a best time of 12.3 @ 108 mph down the quarter mile Gen III's were a small dot in Marks rear view mirror.
Mark moved over to Perth at this time and loaded his VL on to a transporter and took it across with him. The 200,000km old non turbo engine was still very healthy and Mark's main aim was to run an 11 second pass as it was with a few more pounds of boost rammed down the engines throat. Unfortunately while the 25 spline LSD was still going strong and not missing a beat the engine failed. Mark instantly knew that this was an excuse to step up and build himself a better motor.
Again Bresciani Racing were contracted to build up a tough little motor for the VL. With Marks instruction to 'build me an engine that can handle a 10 second pass', John Bresciani whipped up a nice little RB30 with all of the goods to handle that pass and push the envelope even further as he knew once Mark tasted a 10 second pass he would want more.
The RB30 consists of a balanced bottom end, shot peened rods and hypertech pistons while the cam and valve gear remain the same as the old set up he originally had. Mark went out and bought a brand new Garrett 35/40 turbo with the .82 rear housing and an external wastegate.
After months of waiting on the engine and getting it transported across the country the engine was dropped in and sent off for tuning. As soon as it was set for the run in tune the auto went to automatic heaven. Now quite frustrated as the engine was finally done and now having a box in pieces Mark set out to find an unbreakable auto. He bought a 2-speed powerglide with the works. Capable of handling 1200hp, the full manual and transbraked 'glide is something that won't need to be looked at for quite some time.
Mark eventually moved back to Melbourne and set out to run the engine in, get a tune and go racing. He also got the plates PRO VLT to show that this VL was a serious contender and not your garden variety VL turbo.
This time around Anthony Rodriguez at Maztech was very helpful in tuning the car. On pump fuel and 22psi the car made 298rwkw. Being a bit disappointed with a low power figure Mark was assured that this was due to the large 5500rpm stall convertor giving a low dyno reading and that he should take the car for a drive and see for himself. At this time Mark phoned me and said 'Anthony took the car for a drive and says it smashes the rear tyres at 100kmh'.
That night the car was picked up and Mark drove over to my house to show me how it went. With small street tyres on there was no chance it was going to hook up and indeed mashing the pedal under 100kmh ended up with two massive liquorish straps down the road and a battle to keep the car in a straight line. The car definately had some go. On the way home Mark stopped in the middle of the road. We both knew instantly that it was transbrake time. Mark said 'I havnt used the button yet... let's try it', I don't think I even had time to respond as I was too busy grinning.
Button engaged the revs were bought up. The boost gauge sitting on 20psi and the button was released. As soon as the button was let go the engine was on the rev limiter over 7000rpm and with a quick throw of the left arm the car was in top gear. I looked rearward and saw nothing but a huge trail of smoke. This was fun!
One weekend he set off to Heathcote to get some track time on the car. He managed a string of 11.8 second passes on the 16psi run in tune. Unfortunately things didn't go as planned and with one huge transbrake launch the diff said no more. This was a known problem and a major weak point in the driveline. This was replaced with a fully rebuilt 3.45 VL turbo diff with billet Moser 31 spline axles and a full spool.
Shortly after we set off for the Heathcote Drag Nationals with some slicks and front runners aiming to hopefully crack a low 11 or maybe even that 10 second pass. As Mark lined up for his first run I had a chat with Liam from Street Commodores who was asking what we were hoping the car would do today. I just finished telling him that a low 11 was being hoped for when Mark rolled up to the staging beams. First run with a 5psi transbrake launch yielded a 10.50 second pass @ 128mph!
I ran over to the return road with the pass print out and I said 'TEN FIFTY'. Marks reply was 'bullshit. What did I really run?'.
When I finally convinced him with the print out he was absolutely wrapped.
Unfortunately due to traction issues that was the fastest pass for the day as any more than about 7psi off the line would blow the tyres off, although the car did run 8-10 more 10 second passes for the day.
This brings is to where the car currently is. Once funds allow it's back to Maztech to get another tune and make some more power. With some more go under the pedal Marks new aim is to have a 9 second street car on pump fuel, pretty distant from the old 12-second daily driver that it once was.
In Brief:
Engine: RB30ET
Mods: Balanced, shot peened rods, hypertech pistons, cam.
1600cc injectors, Bresciani plenum.
Trans: 2 Speed Powerglide, 5500rpm convertor (GONZO), Transbrake.
Diff: 3.45 full spool, Moser 31 spline billet axles.
256rwkw @ 16psi - pump fuel
298rwkw @ 22psi - pump fuel
More to come with new tune.
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Excellent write up Brett! Really educational and exciting to read. Congratulations to Mark for such a beast. Good luck with future modifications, and hopefully that 9 second pass is around the corner!
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Aaaaaaand it's gone.
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Looks really great mate. I didn't realise you've had it for so long.
Are you still running the 35/40 .82?
|07-12-09, 18:05
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Awesome work mate, one of my top 10 VLTs
|07-12-09, 21:30
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Car: The BAT MOBILE
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i love PROVLT... it's such a nice clean VL. A real sleeper and i absolutely have fallen in love with your enginebay... it makes me wanna do things to it
|08-12-09, 12:42
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Nice car and nice write up Brett well done mate.
|08-12-09, 17:57
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Location: VIC, eastern suburbs
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great work mark, I see my injectors done u well ;-) lol Good work dude there is way more in this thing!!
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Nice work PROVLT, Very nice car! alot of time n effort gone in! great right up to!! hopefully mine will be up there soon!
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- Action Step 4: Recall Vocabulary Learned with Image Training
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Recently, Bill Levine of LDRC taught at the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers' (AAML) 21st Matrimonial Arbitration Institute, a training program for 52 family law specialists from 13 states, in Chicago, Ill. During the program, participants received a fact pattern for a pending divorce case involving property distribution and alimony issues, to be resolved by the student-arbitrators, each in a written "award", or arbitration decision. The faculty reviewed and critiqued the submissions as the attendees completed their course requirements.
The exercise revealed a fascinating diversity of alimony outcomes. Spousal support, maintenance or alimony (as it is known in different states) is strictly a creature of state law. We in Massachusetts are in the second year of adapting to comprehensive alimony "reform", just now approaching the first appellate decisions that will shape the 2011 statute (eff. 3/1/12) for years to come. From an outcome perspective, it appears that we fall in the middle of a very broad national range.
Simplified, the fact pattern was: a husband with earnings of $150,000 per year and a wife with a $24,000 annual salary, at the end of a 20-year plus marriage. Both parties were in their mid-40's. Fairly predictably, in Massachusetts, the Husband would pay alimony of $40-45,000 per year, for 16 years, or for an indefinite durational term. Contrast that with the outer range of outcomes that we saw in Chicago: from $60,000+ per year with no fixed duration to $12,000 annually for a fixed term of five years. We assume, given the nature of this group, that each attendee's award fairly reflected a sophisticated understanding practice in the writer's jurisdiction.
We are used to hearing about polarization between "red states" and "blue states" on the gamut of political, economic and social issues in 21st century America, but we don't hear much about the "alimony gap". No doubt, this is partly driven by disparate regional costs of living, but there must be more at work here. Federalism produces other stark family law differences such as child support approaches and sums, emancipation ages, mandated or no required participation in college costs and health insurance obligations, but none more dramatic that this apparent spousal support chasm.
One more sign of a Balkanizing America?


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One of my enjoyable tasks over the summer is running the Geography sessions for 'Access to Southampton' which is a widening participation program aimed at bringing in students to Southampton University whatever their educational or social background. We do some teaching with 6th formers and then offer them a better A level offer to come to Southampton if they successfully complete an assignment.
Students had about an hour face to face teaching on how to use Google Earth and were asked to use some online materials I prepared to produce a "space story" an activity I've discussed before ("space stories" section here) . The example below is from Shaheer and is a tour around Mt St Helens Volcano discussing the 1980 eruption. Given Shaheer's age and the amount of teaching time given, I thought this was a fantastic piece of work.
Well done Shaheer!
It should be said that there was some other great work done by the other students but they didn't record their work on YouTube (they didn't have to).


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Club Penguin Catalog Cheats
One of the best parts about Club Penguin are all the catalogs of items that you can get. Many of the catalogs contain clothing items for your penguin, but others exist for purchasing furniture for your igloo, adopting puffles, or getting special exclusive gear once you become a ninja. The most famous of the catalogs is Penguin Style which is accessed from the Gift Shop and is the main catalog for outfitting your Penguin. But there are many other catalogs available in different parts of the island, and this series of guides will introduce you to each one, including highlighting all of the Club Penguin catalog cheats and secrets.
A big part of all the catalogs are the hidden items and secrets that appear in each one. Many of the catalogs are updated monthly, and each month's issue brings special items that can only be unlocked by clicking in a particular place. The guides here will tell you how to find the latest cheats and secrets in each of the catalogs.
A word about the catalogs and cheats: unfortunately most of these only work for paid members in Club Penguin. That's because in order to buy anything from the catalogs, you need to be a member. Non-members will still be able to browse through all the catalogs, and even discover the hidden items and cheats, but they won't be able to purchase the items.
Club Penguin Catalog Cheats List
- Club Penguin Clothing Catalog Cheats
This is the main clothing catalog, called Penguin Style and you'll find it in the Gift Shop.
- Club Penguin Furniture Catalog Cheats
Want to make your igloo look a lot fancier? Tired of the same old snow on snow style? Turn to the pages of Better Igloos for all kinds of new furniture.
- Club Penguin Igloo Upgrade Catalog Cheats
Use this catalog to upgrade your igloo from the basic offering to all sorts of fancy new igloos.
- Club Penguin Stage Catalog Cheats
Whenever a new play arrives at the Stage, it comes with a new issue of the Costume Trunk featuring special outfits and props related to the play.
- Club Penguin Sports Catalog Cheats
This catalog only updates a few times each year with the change of seasons, but it's filled with fun sporting goods and gear.
- Club Penguin Puffle Catalog Cheats
Use this catalog to purchase furniture and toys for your adorable puffles to play with.
- Club Penguin Ninja Catalog Cheats
Once you complete your training and unlock the secrets of the Ninja, you'll gain access to Martial Artworks the secret catalog for Ninjas in Club Penguin.
- Club Penguin Treasure Book Catalog Cheats
This is filled with all kinds of fun gear that can be unlocked with Club Penguin coin codes, which are available when you purchase Club Penguin books, toys and merchandise.
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- March 23, 2012 at 6:24 pm
I do not want any members !I think that because it is not fair to the people that are not members!
- March 24, 2012 at 10:31 am
why u no post codes?
- April 14, 2012 at 4:01 pm
I agree with poptropica spy and mohammed! you should put codes and i dont think that club penguin should have memberships!!!!!!!!
- May 3, 2012 at 9:38 am
hey guys how are you ps. why where you talking about poptrapica and iwas playing poptrapica today
- May 3, 2012 at 9:41 am
well im going to play club penguin now dudes
- May 23, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Gaby u can stop sayin that by the way im a mod so ill ban u! i like my free stuff becay=use im a mod:P
- November 13, 2013 at 12:17 pm
i agree with mohamed, poptropica spy and Gaby
- November 24, 2013 at 9:28 am
I really don't think the club peguin shouldn't have a membership cause its no fair for the people who cant get one cause people that have membership get to do whatever they want I really think that they should really take off the membership that's because I don't even have one that makes me really sad well bye who ever runs club peguin 🙁
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Both the spider and the silk worm spin silk. One day the spider said, "I admit your silk is better than the silk from the spider, your silk is both yellow and white, dazzling and bright. You use the silk that you spin yourself, to make a beautiful cocoon, then live inside thinking falsely you are kings.
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You'd think, considering what I do for a living, my holiday shopping would be done by August, my presents neatly wrapped by Thanksgiving and come Christmas Eve, I'd be sipping eggnog and watching "It's A Wonderful Life."
You'd be wrong.
Instead, I fall in the bargain hunter's trap of always waiting for a bigger and better sale before putting my credit card on the line — which usually means gifts left to purchase and a frantic flurry of retail activity right up until it's time to fill the stockings.
I'm not proud of my holiday shopping dysfunction, but it's not just me.
According to this year's holiday survey conducted by BIGinsight for the National Retail Federation, only 11.3 percent of Americans say they have completely wrapped up their lists, which leaves much shopping left. Ten percent of shoppers will still be buying gifts on Dec. 24 and, on Christmas Day, 8.2 percent of respondents said they'll be shopping on line and close to four percent admitted they'll be scouring shelves in stores.
(Four percent take last-minute buying to an extreme and say they'll be completing their holiday shopping after December 26.)
"There's no question that holiday shoppers wanted to make the most out of retailers' promotions as early as they could, but as personal schedules get even busier these days, we know there are plenty of people who haven't even made a dent in their list yet," said NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay in a press release when the survey was released.
But where to go when the countdown calendar reads "0 Shopping Days Until Christmas"? Time was, your options were limited to what you could scrabble together from the offerings at 7-Eleven. (Not that I would know this from personal experience, of course.)
A challenge, but not impossible, especially if the recipient was your car-loving, sports fan of a brother-in-law. The stores stocked caps and T-shirts with team logos, maps, atlases, jumper cables, ice scrapers and travel mugs. Not glamorous, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
These days, even 7-Eleven has gone more upscale, with prepaid phone cards and iTunes, Visa and Google gift cards.
And there are other options. If you're traveling into or out of Bradley International Airport, you could be picking up gifts there as well. Paradies, a chain of 550 stores in more than 75 airports across the country, carries a wide range of merchandise, including jewelry, books, travel accessories and apparel. At Bradley, the chain operates a full-line Brooks Brothers store, which begins its semi-annual, 50 percent off everything sale on Dec. 24. Time it right, and you could grab some deals.
"Paradies operate a number of stores, including Travel Mart, which carry sport-related merchandise and travel accessories, Brooks Brothers and newsstands," says Jill Nidiffer, director of marketing and communications. "Stores are open 365 days a year."
More than 1,200 company-operated Starbucks stores across the country will be open on Dec. 25 and for frantic gift seekers like me, that's very good news. Along with java, the shops have gourmet gift baskets, chocolates, mugs and for anyone who has been very, very good, the company's new Verismo premium single cup coffee maker. The sleek machine with European styling comes in an assortment of colors, including silver, black, burgundy, and champagne, and is available in two design options, the 580 base model for $199, and the V·585, which offers additional features for $399.
Some health spas and yoga studios are open on holidays as well and sell gift certificates, athletic gear and yoga wear, which means you can also give the gift of post-holiday good health and stress-relief.
Got foodies or movie fans on your list? Many restaurants and movie theaters are open and all sell gift cards and movie passes.
Most chain pharmacies — Walgreens, CVS and Rite-Aid — will have some stores open on Christmas Day. They, too, stock gift cards for retail stores and national restaurants, along with watches, books, digital cameras, small appliances, compact disc and MP3 players, toys, cosmetics and at this time of year, plenty of gift items.
If a supermarket is open in your area, you've got it made. Most stock bestsellers, toys, kitchen gadgets and cookware, flowers, plants and seasonal gifts.
Magazine or newspaper subscriptions are the gifts that keep on giving throughout the year. Grab one at your corner gas station Xtra Mart and give it to your favorite newshound. (Just remember to follow through and place the order.)
Finally, remember, Amazon is open 24-7, 365 days a year. Log on, pick out your gifts, print out pictures and wrap them up. (If you have gifts sent directly to recipient's homes, they won't have to pay extra baggage fess to tote them home.)


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Three Envelopes (2011)
Concerned about the inevitable death of their parents, filmmakers Joseph and James Gannon sit down with their parents for an intimate conversation about death. Hoping to get answers from them before its too late. They ask what its like to go through the loss of a parent and how to deal with it. What follows is a very personal observation of the open wounds that never fully heal from the loss and the realization that your parents are thinking about their own death as much as you are.
Elizabeth Gannon ... Herself
John W. Gannon ... Himself
director ... James P. Gannon
director ... Joseph K. Gannon
writers ... James P. Gannon & Joseph K. Gannon
producers ... James P. Gannon & Joseph K. Gannon
editor ... James P. Gannon
sound recording ... James P. Gannon
sound mixer ... James P. Gannon
music by ... Joseph K. Gannon
Running time 15 mins.


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Osama building operations hub in Pak tribal areas
The Al-Qaeda has set up a band of training camps near Afghan border, say US officials.world Updated:
Senior Al-Qaeda leaders operating from Pakistan have re-established significant control over their once battered worldwide terror network and set up a band of training camps in the tribal regions near the Afghan border, counter-terrorism officials said.
The officials said there was mounting evidence that Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahri had been steadily building an operations hub in the mountainous Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan.
<b1>Until recently, the Bush administration had described bin Laden and Zawahri as detached from their followers and cut off from operational control of Al-Qaeda, the New York Times reported quoting US intelligence and the counter-terrorism officials.
The United States has also identified several new Qaeda compounds in North Waziristan, including one that officials said might be training operatives for strikes against targets beyond Afghanistan.
American analysts were quoted as saying that recent intelligence showed that the compounds functioned under a loose command structure and were operated by groups of Arab, Pakistani and Afghan militants allied with Al-Qaeda.
They receive guidance from their commanders and Zawahri, the analysts said. Bin Laden, who has long played less of an operational role, appears to have little direct involvement.
Officials told the paper that the training camps had yet to reach the size and level of sophistication of the Qaeda camps established in Afghanistan under Taliban rule but groups of 10 to 20 men are being trained at the camps and the Qaeda infrastructure in the region is gradually becoming more mature.
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Radiation therapy for skin cancer works using high energy rays to disrupt the growth of cancer cells by damaging their genetic material. The goal is to eradicate the cancer cells and to cause minimal damage to the surrounding non-cancerous cells. Radiation therapy used by our Dana Point dermatologist is effective because your normal cells generally are capable of self-repair from any radiation damage, while cancer cells do not possess that ability and are destroyed.
While radiation therapy is an efficient too in the fight to treat skin cancer, you also need to be aware of the side effects that can occur as a result of this treatment. Many of them are temporary, such as fatigue; red, flaking, peeling, or shrinking skin; nausea; vomiting; and hair loss in the area of the skin that is being treated. Our Dana Point dermatologist will work with you to weigh the benefits of radiation therapy against the possibility of side effects and how they may impact you. There is a risk of side effects that are permanent. Among these is damaged salivary glands due to radiation. It is also possible to experience side effects long after your treatment. Among these are infertility; vaginal scarring; changes to the skin; bowel problems that can cause diarrhea, blood, or obstruction; memory loss; and chronic bladder or rectal irritation. Unfortunately, it is not possible to predict the precise likelihood of any given side effects, but your knowledge and understanding of them will assist in making an informed decision about your treatment.
Discuss your concerns and questions with our Dana Point dermatologist. Radiation therapy may not necessarily cure cancer, but it is a frequent and well accepted choice in the treatment of skin cancer.


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So I have two questions:
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2. If so, is there a workaround for IE? (I'd rather not take a copy of the file, and give it a .txt extension.)
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The only way I know of to display js in IE is to put it on a page. Hopefully someone else will have a better idea.
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Industry Expansion Initiative (IEI) founder and Mash Media MD Julian Agostini on resetting numbers as a New Year's resolution.
As we start a New Year, we all think of resolutions and how we are all going to change for the better. Fitness is normally high on the agenda in this regard and I for one, have decided to have a dry month (I'm already cheating a bit though because I'm not starting until 10 January but ending on 10 February...so please leave me alone until then!).
This dedication to get leaner and meaner might also be a good project for visitor numbers at exhibitions.
I know that goes against the grain a little in that we should always be striving to look for more visitors, and of course I agree that we want to expand numbers to shows in general.
But, in order to do that efficiently I believe that it is time that we stepped off the numbers spiral that has been in existence for as long as I can remember with exhibitions.
What is the number spiral game? Sounds like an unwanted Christmas gift but in reality this is a state of mind that the exhibition organising community has been sucked into. It starts with how many people visited your show last year?
Answer: XXX thousand
Next step...how many people will be coming next year?
Answer: YYY thousand; whatever this number is, it has to be more than XXX...but why?
Firstly most people have no idea what XXX thousand looks like, so it is almost impossible for exhibitors to really judge how many people came to an exhibition but we seem to have made our exhibitors greedy by always telling them that we gave them more.
I don't believe this is necessary. It is too easy for a show that supposedly delivered 5,000 visitors last year, to claim 5,650 for the next year...but is it what our exhibiting community now expects? Organisers should not feel the pressure to increase numbers in this way – we all want visitors, of course, but only if it's real.
As it happens, we are looking to increase the circulation of some of our magazines this year but this is the first time for a number of years.
Our advertisers don't expect a continual uplift - just a quality audience - which you all are of course!
That's the same for many trade magazines, so why should exhibitions be any different?
Exhibitors too get carried with the numbers without any real thought. If asked how many people they want to attend the show, it is always: "There has to be at least XXX thousand to make it worth our while." Why is this?
Have you ever thought of the maths on this? Here's some 'back of fag packet' calculations:
Let's say a decent conversation to create a lead from an exhibition takes 10 minutes (minimum)...
- Four people on a stand. Even if they worked flat out for three days – no breaks and continual stream of relevant prospects....
- At six people per hour per person...that is:
6 x 8 (hours) x 3(days) x 4 (people) = 576 visitors
Now I accept that they all have to walk past the stand but there really isn't a need to get carried away with our numbers. Just deliver the right buyers and everyone will be very busy.
So if we all reset our numbers to lean and mean, we can then start building something with a little more substance. Now that's a resolution.
Happy New Year!
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Hello PPMA members and friends,
Here's a question for you: Can you think of something significant that you have learned in the last 6-12 months? Take a moment or two to reflect on that, what you learned, how it happened and what you have done since with that learning.
Sometimes it might be a light bulb moment. On other occasions it might be a build up of several experiences that gradually come together into a coherent thought. Sometimes it will be something you have read, sometimes an event you have attended, or simply a conversation with different people who help you to see things in a new way.
Talking to a group of senior managers recently, we were reflecting on the challenges ahead and what we would need to equip us to meet those challenges. We were unanimous that we would need fresh insights but we also reflected that looking back over the last 12 months it has been difficult to find the time and opportunity to pay attention to our own learning.
Why? Well, in many ways the "age of austerity" has been a wake-up call for the public sector. It has reminded us of the fundamental importance of the need to get the best out of the resources available to us and it has caused us to re-think how we do that. But there is a danger that we are now throwing out the proverbial baby with the bathwater. Caught up in the back wash of justifiable criticism of unnecessary public sector spending, are many of the valuable learning opportunities we need to ensure the fresh thinking and new insights that are so important to improving public services.
This is a "must address" issue for those of us working in HR in the public sector. We must continue to champion learning as an essential part of improvement and change.
The public sector holds a huge amount of talent, but to thrive, it must be nurtured and given the confidence to do things differently. So think hard about the learning that is going on (or not) in your own organisation right now, for your leaders, managers, teams and individuals. Has the pendulum swung too far to a place where learning is being neglected or is there investment in the right things and at the right level? There is an art and a science to this. The data is important but so too is talking to your people to understand if and how new learning is getting into the organisation. Try asking my first question in a few places and reflect on the answers you get.
And finally, don't neglect your own learning! PPMA is committed to supporting our members' with new thinking and fresh insights. The latest opportunity to do that will be at our PPMA private members' event at the CIPD conference in Manchester on 10th November, when we will be debating the most appropriate responses to the challenges we all currently face. You will also be able to access the extensive CIPD exhibition and explore new ideas and thinking about HR issues and activities. For details see PPMA's website.
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This pulsating documentary reconstructs the deadly 48-hour period on Aug. 1 and 2, 2008, when 11 out of 18 mountain climbers died on K2, the second tallest mountain on Earth and the highest peak in Pakistan. Remarkably, "The Summit" achieves some of the same dizzying impact as "Gravity" – by philosophical and psychological means, rather than special effects.
Using tingling documentary footage and recreations as sharp as ice-cutters, the director, Nick Ryan, and the writer, Mark Monroe, construct a heart-stopping adventure that's also a searing morality play. It dramatizes the fogginess of ethical and practical decisions made in "The Death Zone" – the 8,000-meter (26,000-foot) height where oxygen is so scarce that the human body refuses to acclimate.
Writer Monroe, whose stellar documentary credits include "The Cove" and "The Tillman Story," takes an audacious, organic approach to the material. He hooks us with a bare-bones account of the story, but then leaps back in time, to 1954, the year an Italian climbing group became the first to reach K2's summit. Team member Walter Bonatti fills the audience in on the preparations required for an assault on the peak. Critical to success is acclimatization – getting the climbers used to thin air. (Journalist Concetto La Malfa plays Bonatti, who died in 2011.)
Bonatti lays the groundwork for a dominant theme of "The Summit": the difficulty of piecing together reliable memories about events that occur at rarefied heights. It took decades for writers and mountaineers to credit Bonatti with a key contribution to the Italians' success. He and a Pakistani porter carried the oxygen that made it possible for two other climbers to reach the top.
"The Summit" is full of stunning, lucid moments of truth, as climbers succumb to disorientation and weakness. It also brilliantly renders moments where communications break down among individuals and national teams. Groups from Serbia, Norway, Korea, Holland, France and Italy (among others) plan to make the ascent on Aug. 1 (bad weather stymied efforts to climb in July). Together they deputize the Korean team leader to direct high-altitude porters through the crucial task of fixing ropes to guide the climbers. When the most experienced porter falls ill, chaos ensues. Rope runs out because it's planted where it isn't needed and must be taken up and re-planted further up. The delay eats away at daylight. It also causes a bottleneck at a crucial, hazardous turn called … the Bottleneck.
The solo Spanish climber Alberto Zerain contends that conquering a mountain alone, rather than working as part of a squad, keeps him alert. The movie respects his position – he is first on the summit, and makes it down unscathed – but doesn't support it. The friends who emerge as heroes, Irishman Ger O'Donnell and Pemba Gyalje Sherpa, a native Himalayan, challenge the notion of 8,000-meter climbing as a loner's sport. (They both scaled the mountain as part of the Dutch-sponsored Norit team.)
According to the movie, most climbers believe that the ethics in the Death Zone are based strictly on self-preservation – if another climber collapses or loses his or her way, you move on. Sherpa, however, makes it on his own to a base camp, and then repeatedly ventures back up the Bottleneck and even into unknown territory to save his comrades. (His exploits earn him the title of National Geographic's Adventurer of the Year.) He testifies that O'Donnell was with him a good part of the way, and disputes a widespread story about O'Donnell's fate that we hear from Italian climber Marco Confortola, one of the men Sherpa rescued. Confortola survived the grueling descent that was caused by a sliding ice-block cutting the guide ropes. The filmmakers emphasize that the Italian performed heroically under duress, too.
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'Girl band' of popular teen writers at Bellingham library
A trio of popular women writers will appear this weekend as part of a whirlwind U.S. tour promoting the paperback release of their bestselling young adult novels — including the winner of this year's Printz Award, the top honor for teen literature.
Ally Condie, Meg Wolitzer and Jandy Nelson are part of what Entertainment Weekly called a "girl band" of writers.
Condie is the author of the bestselling dystopian fantasy "Atlantia" and the acclaimed "Matched" trilogy; Wolitzer wrote "Belzhar," about a boarding school for smart but angst-driven teens; and Nelson's award-winning "I'll Give You the Sun" explores the complex relationship between fraternal twins, a boy and a girl – with shocking and heartbreaking results.
My friendships are essential to me, and always have been.
Meg Wolitzer, author of "Belzhar"
"I adore writing teen characters, love how heightened emotions are at that age, how it's a time full of first loves, first losses, first everythings," Nelson said by email. "It's always a wild roller coaster of a creative experience writing teen characters. I love it."
Their tour started Monday at a bookstore in Coral Gables, Fla., and continues with appearances in Texas, Kansas, Illinois and California.
Their finale is free at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, in the downstairs lecture room of Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. Village Books will have copies of their work for sale.
Wolitzer either plays lead guitar in the "band" or hangs in the background, clanging a triangle. Nelson plays clarinet and you'll find Condie on piano but not behind the mike.
Wolitzer's earlier books — such as "The Interestings" — were aimed at adult audiences but featured teen characters, and frequently delve into the nature of friendship.
"My friendships are essential to me, and always have been," Wolitzer said by email. "My first writing teacher said, 'Write about what's important,' and she meant what's important to each writer. So friendship is a good and durable subject to explore in a book."
If you're wondering, Wolitzer said she either plays lead guitar in the "band" or hangs in the background, clanging a triangle. Nelson plays clarinet and you'll find Condie on piano but not behind the mike ("I definitely don't sing," she said in a phone interview).
They haven't chosen a band name, but were kicking around ideas like the Grateful Read, Misplaced Modifiers, Oxymorons, or Mixed Metaphors.
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During my long absence from the site, a few dear readers posted their contributions to the Dropbox. It looks like some of these might have been deleted by the system, because I see some text comments with no corresponding picture. But, for the first post of 2015, here are some of the delightful pictures that survived the purge with their contributors comments.
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Thank you so much, and I'm sorry it took me so long to post your pic. Here it is:
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"We Can't Redo Life Mommy"/
A Six Year Old's Words of Wisdom "The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience." – Eleanor Roosevelt
My son, who was born at least 40 years old, said this when he was 5 or 6. I have spent the past 8 years writing quotes from my children on scrap pieces of paper to do what with I am not quite sure but this quote, "we can't redo life mommy", is posted on my wall so I can see it every morning when I wake. He has surprised me from the moment he started talking with the depth of his thinking and the insight he brings to my world. His first word was clock. Not mum or dada or dog or tat, but clock?!?
I can't remember the context from which the quote came but I do remember the impact. Have I lived? If I were to die tomorrow or 50 years from now for that matter, how would I want to be remembered by my children? How did my life impact them and how did my life impact their children? Will they want to follow in my footsteps or will I be a faint memory of brown hair and blue eyes?
As I pondered this quote I made a list of all of the ways I'd like to be remembered… as a loving, happy, present, caring, compassionate, patient, wise, strong, playful, fun, funny, forgiving, grateful, giving, tender mother who makes a difference in the lives she touches. Most importantly, though, I want to be remembered as a mother who loved her life. I want to be an inspiration to my children to love their lives. This might have been the moment when I started breaking my life apart, inspecting it piece by piece under a microscope, and vowing to live the next half of my life much differently than the first if only to be an inspiration to my children. I don't recommend doing this all at once, as I did, as it really rocks the world of those around you and once it's out it can't be stuffed back in. I know this…I tried! I'm still working on it but I love my life so much more these days as I make a conscious effort to live authentically in hopes that my children will do the same.
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Top 10 Posts from First Year
As we celebrate the 1-year anniversary of LeadingSmart.com, here were my most popular posts, along with my commentary on why I think they were interesting to you...
#10 A Busy Week - outlining our schedule of workshops on the road in Kansas City and Ocala, Florida. Uh, perhaps you like watching others travel while you sit at home sipping your latte?
#9 Recent First Impressions -- I listed my experience with several products or brands including Sirius, Doubletree Hotels and Equifax. I think we all enjoy reading about someone else' pain with customer service. Relieves that lonely feeling.
#8 I Pity the Fool -- I first reported that someone was remotely taking over my computer, and then promised to castrate the individual who was responsible. Of course, later on we discovered that it was Mark Beeson unknowingly controlling my PC through his uber-powerful wireless mouse. (It should be reported that I chose not to follow through on my threat).
#7 Tim and Tony Discuss Transition -- I announced the recording of the final episode of the Simply Strategic Show when Tony and I discussed his departure from the promised land.
#6 A Book About Mavericks -- a review on the book Mavericks at Work. I actually hadn't even read it yet, but mentioned I just purchased it. Interesting.
#5 Q&A With Bill Hybels -- My report on a small group (40 pastors) meeting with Bill Hybels to ask any question we wanted. I reported on Willow's findings related to helping their congregation grow spiritually and "right-sizing" the expectations of the body. I found it very interesting and so I'm not surprised it was the #5 most popular post.
#4 This Isn't Indiana -- a picture of some of my peeps on the Granger senior management team sitting in Oceanside, California, for a time of learning and growing. This is interesting?
#3 Communication Ability Matters -- In this post, I questioned whether there are a lot of pastors who should give up teaching and focus on their strengths. This is another one that doesn't surprise me that it has been the third most read post.
#2 Full of Vision -- another report from our senior team retreat in California. This one included a picture of us beside a Hummer and I mentioned that we were more full of vision and excitement about the future than I could ever recall before.
And, the one post that received more clicks than any other during my first year of blogging...
#1 Extreme Surfing -- okay, I'll admit, I just don't get it. This is a picture of Butch Whitmire surfing in the Pacific Ocean when it was 25 degrees outside. Why was this the most viewed post? Was it seeing Butch in a wetsuit? That's hard to imagine. In order to drive my numbers up, perhaps I should enter a partnership with Butch to appear in various extreme sports photos. I'll check into that.


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Friday, April 10, 2009
Eye Surgery - Follow-up
Everything went really well. All the people up at Vision Associates are so great. I cant believe I even thought about going somewhere else. They got me right in and all setup and it wasnt too long till I was loaded up with some good drugs and off to surgery I went.
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I was pretty wiped out the rest of the day and basically came home, took my first round of drops and antibiotics and slept. I got up the next day and off we went back to Toledo for my first follow-up appointment.
They removed the bandages for the first time and light and shadows started streaming thru my new cornea. Then shapes and colors. Even though my eyelashes were pretty mated down I could see way better than what I thought. I could see my doctor's fingers in front of my face, then from halfway across the room and then all the way across the room. He fired up the eye chart and I read about 5 lines of it pretty well. The best they could've hoped for was just me counting fingers in front of my face. The doctor even said he could see signs that the top was beginning to heal.
They went thru some more questions I had and made sure I was good to go until my next follow-up appointment and cleared me to drive when I felt well enough. I didnt drive home, or have driven yet. My eye's still pretty weepy and honestly I feel like total poop. No pain or anything, apparently it's a side effect of the oral anti-biotic I've been taking (Cipro) that and I get some pretty rough sinus type headaches from all the drainage. Other than that stuff though I feel pretty good and very excited to see how well my eye continues to heal.
I'm going to take off and get some more rest. I need to make sure I'm in good shape to color easter eggs this weekend and for work on Monday and dont want to push myself while I have time to rest. Thanks for all the emails, phone calls and well wishes. I really appreciate it.
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Thanks for the update, man. Glad to hear things went well.ReplyDelete
Have you seen any dead people yet? Let me know. I recommend walking around in dark attics and old abandoned buildings with questionable histories.
Do you have any nasty post-op photos? Hehe. Welcome back! : )
No photos yet. The cipro and surgery itself left me near death and immobile for about 2 days and bright lights and stuff are not my friend right now.ReplyDelete
I will try to take a pic or two today, but my eye isnt as bad looking as it was. Other than the light the only real problem I have is the sinus pain from all the drops and stuff like that. I quit taking the Cipro completely and am feeling better each day since stopping that stuff. Here's the wiki on Cipro, that's some super level anti-biotic crazy.
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"...The licensed uses for ciprofloxacin in the United States are quite limited as ciprofloxacin is to be considered a drug of last resort when all other antibiotics have failed."
" In Mexico it is available over the counter..."
Wow. Hahaha
Man, I hear you on the bright lights. Reminds me of the lacerated cornea days. Bleh. No fun.


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