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Kelly McCausey - Relationship Building
Here at Elite Writer's Lab, we often stress just how important building relationships and networking is to make it as a writer and online business owner. Our June case study, Kelly McCausey, is an amazing example of how focusing on creating partnerships, connecting others and building a community comes back to you tenfold.
We asked Kelly to tell you a bit about herself and this is what she said...
I got my start as a Solopreneur in 2002. I was a single mom with one young son at the time. My focus then was on creating graphics and websites for other home based business owners. I launched Work at Home Mom Talk Radio in November of 2003 and discovered the power of content to build a community. In 2004 I launched the Mom Masterminds membership program with Alice Seba. I began creating my own information products and working one on one with coaching clients in 2005.
WAHM Talk Radio was rebranded to Solo Smarts in 2011, at the same time I embraced my empty nest and all that meant for my life. (Hooray for freedom to travel!)
Today I blog, podcast, design, partner, create information products, run membership programs, hold live retreats and coach others to get where they want to be in an online business. Finding success in serving others set me free from debt and the day job. It has given me freedom I once considered unbelievable.
Watch her interview below and consider joining us as we speak at Kelly's Exposure and Profit conference in July 2016.
[00:00:07] Alice: Hey it's Alice Seba from writer help wanted an elite writer's lab and here with our special guest Kelly McCausey. I'm thrilled to have her because the tables are actually turned on me because it's usually Kelly who is interviewing me on her podcast or whatever she happens to be doing.
She's been doing a lot of audio and video interviews for a long time and I'm always very shy about that. But Kelly was one of the first to get me out there talking so I'm glad to have you here and I think this the very first time I've interviewed you, isn't it Kelly?
[00:00:36] Kelly: It might be.
[00:00:37] Alice: I think so, I think it is. I've known Kelly for 14 years, and she was one of my first business partners. She's the owner of solo smarts podcast and the brains behind the Exposure and Profit conference but I've always been proud to be a part of. This year Ron and I are both speaking. Ron is on vacation, lucky guy.
So it's just me and Kelly today. But one of the reasons we wanted to bring her here for you is because she is always great at bringing people together, collaboration, working with other people, and bringing other people together not for just her own benefit, but really helping others do that as well.
Let's start with maybe a big question then and go from there talking about more specific things you've done over the years. How important do you feel like relationships are in growing your business?
[00:01:40] Kelly: Everything and then some.
[00:01:41] Alice: Mhmm
[00:01:46] Kelly: I can't even imagine what my life might look like today if I hadn't met you back in 2002. If you hadn't encouraged me to start my internet radio show, if you hadn't invited me to partner with you on launching my masterminds, I just don't know if I would have had the guts to do so many of the things that I did then and that I do now. So you know what if that relationship hadn't existed?
[00:02:25] Alice: I totally know what you mean. It is all that and then people who try to work in a bubble. If they're writers for example, writing their books, then hoping that their audience will grow. Audiences grow from knowing other people and those sharing you and if you try to work completely isolated then you are going to stay that way. It's tough to build from there.
[00:02:56] Kelly: It is, and I'm the kind of person that is really comfortable working at home alone. You can leave me alone for days at a time and I'm not going to freak out, I'm going to feel comfortable. I will eventually come out of my hiding-hole and seek human companionship, but I can do it on my own for long chunks of time. I think if other people hadn't reached out and invited me into partnerships, I don't think I would have done it naturally, but now all these years later it is natural to seek out partnerships, and to foster partnerships. It was something that I had to grow into for sure.
[00:03:45] Alice: That's really interesting that it wasn't a natural part, because it seems natural as you do it and bring so many people together. But I think that back then you were still out there even though you were maybe not connecting on a personal or strategic level, but you were on forums and things like that, you were connecting with people that way.
[00:04:14] Kelly: Yeah, well the internet of today is almost unrecognizable compared to what we were dealing with back then. Private forums was where I learned, I didn't have money to buy information products so I had to ask questions and read endless threads of communication to pick up the knowledge and then sometimes the knowledge wasn't good which is what ultimately led to what you said about starting a paid membership.
This would provide a space where you can curate the content for people who need it to be correct who are willing to pay for it to make sure it's good stuff. It's funny that we are talking about this. I'm just wrapping up this stretch yourself challenge, which I've run many times over the last five or six years.
[00:05:29] Alice: Do you want to explain what that is a bit?
[00:05:32] Kelly: Sure, I created a 30 day content marketing challenge where I designed 9 different content marketing tasks that range in a time commitment and intimidation level. If you're brand new, you would pick something with a low time commitment and a low intimidation level and if you have those things already licked, and then you would pick something with a greater time commitment and a greater intimidation level.
Like hosting your first webinar. I run it at a live group challenge once or twice a year, where I invite everybody to report daily on the forum. We get together and have live sessions where there is a lot of motivation and I invite guests to come in and encourage and teach something and this particular challenge brought out some OG mom mastermind members like Marie "Enami" "unintelligible" and Shell Neisler, Carry Willer, Carry Louth popped out to say hey I haven't done anything in a while and that this sounds like a great excuse to give myself a kick in the butt.
10 years ago these gals were extremely involved, motivated, and encouraging members. They were just as much showing interest in others and giving each other support and encouragement. I have seen people that have found accountability partners during this month, some people coming up with some ideas to JV together and it's so exciting that if you make a safe place, and turn up the temperature a little bit, amazing things will happen. People are just waiting for an invitation to be a little more awesome. It's been really fun.
[00:07:49] Alice: Well that's cool. I have seen it, but I didn't know exactly how it worked. That's great. I like the time commitment because that's one thing people have a challenge with and also doing something that is not so comfortable because the more you do those things, the easier things become. Great to hear those names again. There are so many people over the years and people just getting started often are like how have you been around so long?
We weren't always around for so long, we started somewhere and it takes time, but it also doesn't have to take too much time to start seeing something. I mean you and I, when we started Masterminds was back in 2004. We knew each other just for a few months before, I think.
[00:08:46] Kelly: We met in '02. I started my podcast in November '03 and you sponsored me and it was that summer.
[00:08:57] Alice: We were still starting out, and then we were bringing those two minds together, different skill sets. I like writing stuff; we had Lynette with us who did all the technical stuff, because we had no clue back then.
We were running membership site software that I still use and you still use today, and it's come a long way. It's still pretty complex, but over time we have figured it out. We had Lynette do all the technical stuff. You were doing all the audio courses and things and I had no idea how you record an audio. We have technology on our side now.
Those things are easier. It just takes that group. A lot of people are concerned with connecting with the big people, but you can look at people at your level. When you bring that together it's huge.
[00:10:08] Kelly: One of the challenges that I designed is to create some intentional connections and I tell them to find someone brand new in your niche and find someone who is a contemporary to you and equal to you and then find someone who is a big dog and sow seeds and intentionally create relationships with all of those people. Don't just focus on who you see as a big dog. You just don't know who the big dogs of tomorrow are.
[00:10:56] Alice: Exactly. Very good point. So what do you think when people are trying to connect with someone is the big dog as you say. I see a lot of different ways people approach, so what do you think is the best way to start getting on someone's radar?
[00:11:17] Kelly: My favorite way to get started is to curate them. We admire them because they are creating great content, at least that's why I usually admire someone, and they are a great blogger, great podcaster.
They're creating great stuff on social media. I'll curate them, so I will write a little post on my blog quoting them and linking to the rest of the content on their site and tell my audience why I think they are going to be interested in reading that. In linking to them, I'm showing them some support. I also of course comment on their content and let them know that I liked it so much that I shared it with my audience and then share it all over on social media and I loaded it up on MeetEdgar.com.
I'm using MeetEdgar as a way of continuing to give attention to things on social media so that it repeats every month. On MeetEdgar.com you can create a library of social posts, and then Edgar will cycle through and continue to post it according to your preferred schedule. If there is someone that I have curated a couple of times, every month or so that re-posts somewhere, whether it's LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, or whatever. I continue to give it social love. That's my favorite first step because it's one thing to see something on Facebook and click like or even to share it on Facebook. They may or may not ever notice that, but when you link to them from your site, some of them will get it if they have pingbacks turned on or trackbacks turned on, they will know you did it, but it depends on how busy their blogs is, but if you actually send them traffic, and promote it will and send some people over, they are way more likely to notice it.
This is what I've experienced a few times now, I've curated somebody once or twice and have given it good promotion and commented that I liked what you had to say so much that I shared this point with my audience and sent them over to read it.
Those people come back and comment on my curation and say hey thanks for sharing, when I see them do that then, boom, okay they've seen my face, and they've seen my brand. Boom, I'm back. Hopefully, I've friended them on Facebook and I will send them some type of message, hey thanks for the comment, I love everything you do, I hope we find some way to work together sometime. It has totally worked to start relationships, I'll take it even further and submit their content to BizSugar, which is a social bookmarking site specifically focused on business.
[00:15:14] Alice: So it's BIZ in the United States Sugar [laughs]
[00:15:20] Kelly: Yes, I'll submit their content there. I don't' submit my curated content there. That would be kind of stinky. I submit their content link to BizSugar and then I ask a few of my friends to give it some sugar with the hopes to driving it to the home page, making it hot. Once it's hot, it gets mentioned in their weekly newsletter.
[00:15:45] Alice: How does the person know?
[00:15:50] Kelly: Then, I tell them. I forward them the email and say "I don't know if you use BizSugar, but I submitted that post you wrote about blah blah blah, and hey it got featured this week." It sounds like I'm being a brown-noser, but I am and I'm serving my community great content which is the point. I'm not just brown nosing, I'm serving my community at the same time.
[00:16:27] Alice: Yeah, I liked what you said tonight, that you're trying to get their attention, but I think by curating something and putting some thought into what you write when you share it too speaks to a lot of people. They like the flattery, but I like it when someone tells it's great, but why do you think it's great. I think adding that extra step would make me pay attention a bit more and remember that person a bit more as opposed to just someone who just likes something or shares it on Facebook. You haven't put that extra thought into it.
[00:17:07] Kelly: Yep
[00:17:08] Alice: Cool, good tips. You're at an advantage too because you have a podcast, so that is a great way to open doors. Interviews are just such an easy way to start building a relationship with someone because everybody likes to have extra exposure. I'm sure it's sometimes hard to get some people, but generally speaking I bet a lot of people will agree to an interview, would they not?
[00:17:40] Kelly: Yep, if it is on topic, definitely. If I have invited you to be on my podcast, it is because you are a solopreneur. If you happen not to be, it is because you have some nugget of special knowledge that I believe solopreneurs need, and I'll point that out real clearly. I have a pet peeve when people contact me to be a guest on my show.
[00:18:20] Alice: And they don't know what it's about?
[00:18:21] Kelly: Well it says solopreneur all over the doggone site, but then I cannot believe how many people pitch me on how to manage your employees, how to manage retirement programs for you staff, and it's like really! You think solopreneurs got a lot of retirement programs for their staff going on.
[00:18:46] Alice: Yeah always add that extra too. "unintelligible" You just said when you contact them you're saying why they are a good fit, and that's the same whether you want someone to promote your product via your podcast or whatever it is you want them to do. We know that if you are receiving these emails, we know that you are sending them to a lot of people, but if you put in that extra effort that you know what we are about.
[00:19:15] Kelly: I don't send a lot of queries for guesses anymore. If I invite you, I pitch a specific topic because I think it's really important in order to establish relationships in some way. The person who does the asking out plans the date. You don't ask someone to come be on your show and then ask them to pitch you a topic or ask them to provide you with questions. All they should ever have to do is show up and be awesome. You do all the work. You do all the background, all the prep, and make everything easy for them.
[00:20:04] Alice: Yeah, definitely. Have a plan; I think that's good too. A lot of people tell me too, that I would like to do something together, but I'm like what, okay that's great. What do you want to do together?
Why do I have to think about it? You know better and even if you're new and you're talking, you're trying to come up with a project to work out with somebody. We all have our own set of skills, even when we're new, whether you're someone who's willing to get out there and talk to people and be more aggressive than some of us writer types who like to be quiet you can see you don't have to be an experienced business owner to be able to bring something special there into a project so think about what you can bring to the table as well and let's get out there.
So what ways have you over the years built up relationships, in what ways do you work together? What benefit do you have? One big list.
[00:21:10] Kelly: It's funny because when you and I partnered on masterminds and then a couple years later you said I'm ready to move on into a different niche. How about you buy me out, I wanted to go off into a corner and just cry myself to sleep. I just imagined Alice and I are conquering the world forever and this is it.
This is my strategic partnership with which I will face everything in the future. When you were heading a new direction, it scared me half to death, but again I looked back at that and I just think how smart you were and how silly I was to think that one partnership would meet all my needs forever.
What are the different ways I've partnered and I've done lots of project partnerships where there is a finite beginning and end. I have some ongoing partnerships that I have to know you for a really long time before I do that. For example, Beachpreneurs — Nicole Dean and I are partnered on beachpreneurs for entrepreneurial women.
The deal that it started out as a project partnership, let's give this a try and turned into a whole brand that we both love and adore. I've never had a crappy failed partnership ever. Have you ever had a crappy failure?
[00:23:11] Alice: No.
[00:23:12] Kelly: I have had projects that a friend and I will get together and daydream about. We will put it together, but then the act, the actual reality turns out to not be at all what we were thinking it was going to be and we go like nah, forget that.
There are failed projects, never mind projects, but I have never had that sour relationships. That is something that I'm so happy about. I feel like I'm doing a terrible job at answering your question.
Partnering on a product, partnering on a virtual event, I've done a lot of big group projects. Mom masterminds, and solo masterminds members would get together and run a group sale, back before those were real common. Now bundle sales seem like they are going on all the time these days.
[00:24:29] Alice: Speaking of bundle sales too, I'm thinking a couple of times you have rallied people together not to just do a bundle sale to benefit the group, but a sale for people who needed some extra help. Would you like to mention a little more about that?
[00:24:50] Kelly: Sure, well specifically mom masterminds and solo masterminds membership there, the community provided a platform to do a lot of really cool things to raise money for people who were going through something tough. We did a fire sale for Tisha Lee a few years ago.
We called it the Smoked Out Fire sale, because her landlady smoked and it was coming into her apartment making her sick and she needed to get out. So we put together fire sale, and it totally paid to get her into a new apartment, a new house. There have been other not necessarily bundle sales but lots of times where people have come together to give back to someone.
We bought a work at home mom a computer when her computer died and she had no other way to make an income. A good friend many years ago, her son passed away, and the community rose up and completely paid for her son's funeral. It was one of those times where being in the process of buying a house, being financially on the hook for two houses and to have this trauma happen.
I could never, I don't know if I should say never, I have not as of yet been in a position to say oh hey let me help you. Let me open up my wallet and solve this problem, but I can engage a community. I can invite a community to join me in meeting the need and what I found in all those different situations is that people love it.
People love being able to come together and meet a need because none of us on our own can just open up the wallet and make it happen. But when they can come along with the group and do their part, they're just tickled pink and I'm that still just blows my mind.
[00:27:22] Alice: And I know when you have done things like this, you're doing it solely to help, but I also notice that because you're such a good community leader that those people who follow you, they're the ones always talking about you and praising about you.
You also just get such good publicity in that way. You got these cheerleaders, which I'm using that word purposely because I remember many years ago, I think you were talking about yourself and I really don't remember where it was or what it was about but you said that you weren't really an expert, but you were a great cheerleader and that you like to help bring those good things out in people.
You absolutely are, but it's funny how in turn people do it for you. I think that it's great to think about a lot of people were taught thinking about those big dogs and how I can be with them. When you have all of these people, I don't know what term to use, little dogs, lots of little dogs can do a lot great things. It can be very powerful. Do you want to talk a bit more about beachpreneurs?
I also want to talk you about exposure and profit where we're going to be speaking this month. Oh my goodness, or yes, it's not July is it. Beachpreneurs what is that all about it?
[00:28:57] Kelly: To explain beachpreneurs I have to start with some history. Before, I was a full-time solopreneur; I worked at my church as the office manager and the co-leader of the women's ministry.
We planned women's events and I always knew if you took a bunch of women out of their natural environment as wives, mothers, and just did something fun together, they would relax and let their walls down and really cool things would happen.
I've always really enjoyed creating a space and seeing what happens. Back in 2012-2013, I was bugging Nicole about doing something expensive and it's funny that it wasn't even that expensive.
That's how my mindset has changed in the last few years. I wanted to do something to raise the water level, to give people an opportunity to invest a little more money in working with us and have it change how people looked at us as business coaches. Nicole finally agreed that while if we could do something at the beach, then I think I could be down with that and that's where beachpreneurs was born.
She loved that idea and brainstormed and came up with that domain and nabbed it. Then 6 weeks later, we had our first retreat. We rented a big beach house on Pensacola beach and invited women to come and join us. We had 7 guests at that first retreat. Now every house is full.
We're doing our fifth retreat this October and our first reunion retreat. People come and spend 3 nights with us in the beach house, we cook together, we tackle setting goals, crushing roadblocks, and making plans for the first 30 days after you get back home.
We do not pack the weekend. We leave a lot of open space, so you can go out and enjoy the beach and a lot of it is that magic of knowing that if you create a safe place, put a bunch of women together, take all the pressures off and something cool is going to happen. It always does. First of all you have to apply to come, and we have to want to spend a weekend with you and in order for you to come.
A rule that morphed a year or so ago, we have to believe that you add something to the weekend, so you have to have some experience some little nugget of knowledge or just something about you, we really feel like you're going to add something to the group dynamic. That is what really creates something awesome.
These are already women who we like and have respect for. Alice, you have always seemed strong to me. I have never sensed insecurities in you. I've never sensed you holding back or playing small. You've always been willing to risk. Alice has big balls.
A lot of women, even really successful women have some insecurities and things that hold them back and keep them playing small, whether it's some lie they believe or who knows. Magic happens when you come together in a safe environment and when other women who you like and respect look you in the eye and say I would buy that. I would hire that. I would do that. That sounds awesome. That affirmation, I just see women leave that house just with "Roar!"? "Unintelligible" go home and do amazing things. That's what I love about it. You create space, and magic happened, nothing that Nicole and I do necessarily.
[00:34:01] Alice: Oh C'mon. I'm sure you have a lot to do with it, but I know what you mean. To not also have it so overwhelming, "Unintelligible" It's customized to that person, so that whatever conversation happened — happened around what they need and they are probably not going home overwhelmed because they focused on what they needed. That's very cool. You know you'd be wrong about me not having any securities, as you know; I will be doing something on July 22nd that still terrifies me.
The Reds? "Unintelligible" public speaking, this is not so bad, and I've come a long way, but I always do it. I'll say okay I'll do it, but I don't want to do it, but I will do it. I will be speaking at Exposure and Profit and that will be on a stage and every time I start to think about it, I get a little nervous. But I'm excited to be there and when you asked me, I said yes, because I love you Kelly, but also because you create an environment where people are comfortable, even in a bigger event that's not a little beach house, it's going to be a bigger seminar room with people staring at me.
You still create an environment where people are comfortable. Do you want to talk a bit about this; this will be your third Exposure and Profit conference. The thought you have behind it, not just me, but people praise it well and people with great experience and amazing businesses have come away with a lot from what you do.
[00:35:55] Kelly: So Exposure and Profit 3 is in Atlanta, Georgia July 22nd, 23rd and 24th. The first two events were held in Toronto, Canada, just because that happens to be a lot closer and more convenient for me here in, Michigan.
It's a content marketing conference and Mastermind. I've been to enough different marketing events, I had seen big conferences with multiple tracks and I've seen smaller conferences where I've seen big room masterminds and I just thought why isn't anyone doing small group masterminds at a big event.
That is one of the things we do at Exposure and Profit. I initially set out to create an introvert friendly event. I would tell my speakers don't make people clap, or get out of their seats, we hate that crap. Don't make us raise our hands 15 times to just to make you feel better. I created a situation where you could ask questions by writing them down and turning them in as opposed of having to stand up and come to a microphone.
I did a small group Masterminds where you could spend enough time with someone to feel safe and I no longer choose to describe EP as an introvert friendly event because we are stretching you. Just the fact that you show up is stretching you. I still have that same kind of rule with speakers, don't make my people do dumb things, just so you can feel like they're engaged with you.
You do your job and they will be engaged. If I didn't think you couldn't engage people, then you wouldn't be speaking at my event. The people of Cart Launch "unintelligible" are my keynote and they are welcome to stretch people, but it's because I trust them to read people well. EP3 is all about content marketing.
There is a small group mastermind on Sunday morning. In addition to the content marketing, we're putting a high emphasis on relationship building. Something especially with this third event, I felt I could have easily expanded to have breakouts because they had so many people who were interested in speaking.
I really struggled with the decision to say no and stick to my single track plan because I really like having an event where everyone stays together, where they're not moving from room to room and catching some things and missing other things.
[00:39:15] Alice: Too many decisions. You're worried about where you should go. When we went to Traffic and Conversion another something and something it was so huge. It was so overwhelming and instead of making it easier there were five rooms you can probably be at once and instead of making decision I decided to not do anything. I even got lost on the way to the room. Obviously those events draw the big crowd because they are worthwhile, but it's not for me I think. Even talking about your small group Masterminds, we are all still in the small room right?
[00:39:58] Kelly: Yes.
[00:39:59] Alice: Everyone introduces themselves. If someone doesn't want to go up and talk, he "Unintelligible" would read out what they wanted to say. You get to know who they are a little bit. Nicole is going to help you divide up people into groups and matching them up with the speakers who think they would be able to help them best. You do a great job with that.
[00:40:30] Kelly: I tell people that I want you to come make friends. I want you to have space to find out what you have in common with other people. So we start late in the morning. No eight o'clock call for my events.
The earliest we start is 9:30 and Sunday we don't start till 10:00. I give you a two hour lunch break so that there's plenty of time to enjoy one another. Then we wrap up around 6:00 or 6:15 so you have plenty of time to hangout before you go to dinner.
I like having that relaxed schedule because there's such a temptation to pack things so tight in order to put more speakers on the roster and deliver more. If I pack it so tight, then you have no room to walk up to someone and say "hey, how are you." Then, I don't feel like I'm providing the situation and experience that I want to provide.
[00:41:48] Alice: It helps reduce some overwhelmed people to be able to talk about what you just heard and be able to process it. Masterminds put a lot of what you hear and how you're going to put it into practice for your business. Before we wrap up, any thoughts on whether trying to get on someone's radar, or actually working in a partnership or anything to do with a business relationship. Any mistakes you recommend avoiding or what do you see people do that they could do a bit better.
[00:42:29] Kelly: Well, failure to convey your message in obvious places is a big mistake. Your about page, social media profile, if they don't say who you are, what you do, and what you want people to do about it, then when you catch someone's eye and they check you out, you're failing. An about page or social media profile, it's really common for people to be cute, like I'm a cat lover, I'm moving to Canada if Trump wins.
It's cute, but is that what you really want me to know about you, if I just found you and am checking you out. Who are you, what do you do, what do you want me to do about it? I'm using the wise stamp email signature in my Gmail. I don't know if you're familiar with that. It lets me create a special email signature and it lets me include my most recent podcast link and upcoming events.
Wise stamp is a chrome add-on that works with Gmail and automatically adds it into all my emails. Every email that I write you know that I'm Kelly McCausey from Solo Smarts, I podcast, here's my most recent episode and look, I have an event coming up in Georgia. All those little spaces, profiles, email signatures, about me pages, if you're not telling them what you want them to know and you do get their attention, you might miss that opportunity.
[00:44:42] Alice: That's true and I make that mistake too. I use my Facebook, unless I'm actually doing group or working on a business page, for personal purposes, but I still connect with other online marketers and writers, but sometimes people will tell me when I get their attention not intentionally, just being friendly, making jokes, so I don't really know what you do.
It's not like my mom asking me that, because my mom still has no idea, but it's online marketers who would understand what I do if I actually tell them. You have to think about how people are looking, and how people will see what they will see. I can't remember if you're using AliceSeba.com. I finally updated the page. Now people are going to look at it, and I didn't know what to put there. I struggled because it's trying to say everything I do in one spot. I tried to make it just an about me page as opposed to a website like a single page.
[00:45:58] Kelly: It looks nice. Yay. It makes me want to check on my other speaker who I don't think his site is done yet, nope.
[00:46:27] Alice: It's been a couple years since I've updated mine. Kelly, I think you will provide some inspiration, also you're amazing but you're humbleness about it "unintelligible." Do good for people, look where it's taken you. It really shows that relationships do work and it's worth working out. Thank you. We will see you soon. I will be on stage somewhere.
[00:47:23] Kelly: I can't wait.
[00:47:25] Alice: Take care.
[00:47:28] Kelly: Bye


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Nollis rightly gives full credit to the Lions
Few would have disagreed with Bulls coach Nollis Marais when he gave the Lions full credit for their dazzling 56-20 victory in their SuperRugby derby at Loftus Versfeld at the weekend.
"The Lions were excellent, they played for the whole 80 minutes and showed us how far behind we are, the score reflects that. The Lions showed why they are a top-class side, they are all excellent rugby players and definite title contenders. We learnt a lot tonight because they are similar to the New Zealand sides," Marais said.
Although the Lions backs scored some spectacular tries, it was up front where they first got their hooks into the Bulls, with a mighty display from their pack.
"We stole a couple of their lineouts early on, but then we lost two or three and the lineout became messy. The first scrum was a penalty against us and the next one was fed on to the prop's leg and bounced out, plus we were penalised a lot at the breakdown. We couldn't get our set-pieces going, so we were just hanging on, we couldn't play," Marais said.
The Bulls coach said he was gutted, not so much at the loss – because the Lions are a brilliant side – but at the performance which was nowhere near the levels they reached the previous weekend against the Stormers.
Lions coach Johan Ackermann agreed that the display was one of the best his team have produced this season.
"Obviously we're very pleased, we played for the whole 80 and it was probably one of the better performances we've had. The credit must go to the players because they've worked on some of the lessons from the Hurricanes game and worked really hard on the contact area which is so important to our game.
"The Bulls are definitely a good team, big and physical with a strong defence, so I would have taken any win. Credit to the whole pack, who put in a lot of hard work, and the exceptional finishing of the backs," Ackermann said.


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Friday, August 17, 2007
Da Yu Ling Oolong - Spring 2007
Hand harvested on May 20,2007.
Altitude: 2400 meters, one of the highest tea plantations of Taiwan.
Color: The dry leaves have an intense, shining green color. Some open leaves show a few signs of damage. it seems some insects have feed on their leaves. This is actually a good sign that the farmer used little pesticides. The color of he brew is of a light, clear green blue color. Transparency is very good.
From the color alone, it's not possible yet to see that this batch of Da Yu Ling Oolong is a little more oxidized than most Da Yu Lings.
Scents: Vegetable and flower smells also let pierce lightly fruity, peach fragrances. The whole is very fresh and light. Da Yu Ling's other characteristic appears clearly: a mineral taste coming from its rocky, high mountain soil. (This is one of the big difference with Li Shan Oolong, which grows on more fertile soil. That's why Li Shan is also home to many fruit plantations).
Taste: This Oolong brings a feeling of freshness. When you breath with the mouth open, you can feel a minty freshness inside the mouth. The tea itself is sweet, round and as a very long aftertaste.
The best word that comes to mind to describe this Oolong is 'finesse', if you pardon my French. This Da Yu Ling is to fresh, green Oolongs what high quality Champagne is to white wine.
Brewing parameters for this tasting: 3 grams during 5-6 minutes in awhite competition tasting set.
Advice: Such high quality Da Yu Ling Oolong tastes best light. I recommend to use just a few grams and brew it long at a high temperature.
Trick: With the first brew, the goal is to open up the rolled leaves. That's why it's best to pour the boiling water with more strength than for later brews. Ideally, your first pour of water will make the leaves turn several times inside your gaibei/teapot.
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I just received a packet of Dragon Well Tea from my friend. its from the Zhe jiang province. I must say that while the aroma is pretty strong, I like the taste of the tea leaves more than the tea.
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The widow of a suicidal taxi driver who wiped out a family in a horrific road crash has claimed she was responsible.
An inquest opened into the tragic head-on smash which claimed the lives of four people – including a Cork father, his son and unborn baby girl.
They died when death-wish Polish cab driver Marek Wojiechowski deliberately ploughed into them in July last year.
Little Oisin Twomey, 16 months, and his unborn sister were killed.
Their dad Con passed away 10 months later while his wife Elber was the only survivor.
The inquest in Devon, England, where the family was holidaying, heard from Wojiechowski's wife Agnieszka.
A week after the accident when she was interviewed at Torquay police station with a Polish interpreter she said: "Marek wasn't coping well. He didn't kill himself. I killed him. I took hope away from him. I took everything away from him."
The inquest had heard Marek had left a four-page suicide note after arguments between the couple worsened and they agreed to separate.
The jury also heard evidence from friends who didn't realise the couple's problems were so bad.
Agnieszka had found the note and called friends for help.
The couple had both worked at the Toorak Hotel in Torquay.
Wojiechowski worked as a kitchen porter and later as a chef while Agnieszka had a job as a housekeeper.
They started having financial problems and Marek got a new job working six nights a week for Torbay Taxis three weeks before the crash.
The Twomey family, from Meelin, Co Cork, were on the last day of their South Devon holiday when the crash happened on July 6 at 2.47pm.
Elber, 36, and 39-year-old Con were treated for serious brain injuries at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
They were transferred to a hospital 60 miles from their home in Cork a month after the crash, but Mr Twomey died in May.
Wojiechowski was arrested by police at the scene before he was taken to hospital.
However, the 26-year-old father of two died from his injuries later that day.
Elber is said to be making a slow recovery and is out of hospital.
It is believed she had been visiting her husband's bedside on a daily basis before he passed away.
A fund was set up by people in Torbay who raised more than €4,000.
A jury of 10 people were yesterday sworn in by coroner Ian Arrow and the inquest is expected to last up to a week.
The two inquests opened yesterday were into the deaths of toddler Oisin and Wojiechowski.


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WINNIPEG -- This Winnipeg Jets' season is brought to you by Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
After a disappointing 4-1 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night, the good Dr. Jekyll Jets reappeared on Friday night to defeat the Nashville Predators 5-0 in front of another sellout crowd at the MTS Centre.
The win boosted the Jets' record to 7-9-2 while the Predators fell to 8-6-2.
The Jets jumped out to a rare four-goal lead in the first period but weren't able to coast to the end as a persistent Predators' team outshot the home squad 32-17 over the final two periods and 41-32 overall.
Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec earned his first shutout since March 2012, a span of 71 games.
The Czech native, who sat out the previous two games against Chicago and Detroit -- a loss and a win -- knew it had been a long time since he had completely stoned a team, but shrugged it off as "just another game."
"I wanted to win the game and of course I wanted to show that I'm able to win a game and able to play. I took some days off and Monty (Al Montoya) played really well," he said.
"(The shutout) means nothing, to be honest. It's nice to have a shutout but tomorrow morning, it's going to be about two points in the standings. That's what I was focused on."
Jets coach Claude Noel was pleased with his team's start but he wasn't crazy about the middle or end. Considering some of the late-game breakdowns over the past couple of weeks, however, he was more than happy with the result.
"We'll take a 5-0 game. It wasn't necessarily a clinic. We've had enough heartache for awhile," he said.
"You have to give some credit to our goaltending; the way we managed the puck in the second and third periods, it could have been a pretty dangerous situation.
"We don't win 5-0 very often. I think it's important that we enjoy it."
It was hard to believe this was the same team that sleep-walked their way through a 3-1 loss to this same Predators team in Winnipeg less than three weeks ago.
Predators coach Barry Trotz, a native of Dauphin, Manitoba, couldn't believe the 180-degree turn for his team, either.
"We were all in for the offense and the first eight minutes we talked about how this is going to be a hard building on a Friday night. We've got to be ready in the first eight minutes of the game. We were late and we were on the wrong side of the puck and puck watching and they lit us up," he said.
Defenseman Shea Weber agreed. He said his team gave up too many odd-man rushes and turned the puck over too often.
"All the damage was done in the first half of the first period. We weren't ready and they jumped on top of us," he said.
Center Bryan Little opened the scoring at 3:04 of the first period with his team-leading ninth goal of the year, assisted by left-winger Andrew Ladd.
Less than four minutes later, center Olli Jokinen made it 2-0 on a nice setup from right-winger Evander Kane and defenseman Keaton Ellerby, who was playing in his third game since being claimed off the waiver wire from the Los Angeles Kings.
Left-winger Eric Tangradi gave the home side a 3-0 lead, tipping home a point shot from defenseman Dustin Byfuglein at 8:23. (The goal was originally credited to Byfuglien, who celebrated by reaching back and tossing an imaginary monkey off his back and into the crowd.)
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Right-winger David Setoguchi gave the Jets a rare four-goal cushion at 16:45 when he converted a pass from Jokinen off a faceoff in the Predators' zone for his fourth goal of the year.
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Predators right-winger Patric Hornqvist had a shift to forget late in the second period. While on the forecheck, he was laid out by Byfuglien into the corner glass. Seconds later after the puck moved down to the other end, he stepped in front of defenseman Zach Bogosian's slap shot and was barely able to hobble off the ice.


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Patience, Persistence and Passion
In the four years I've lived in California I've met a lot of what I would call "successful people". Some have been successful in business, some with their marriage/family and others with various personal goals they've set for themselves. With each of these people I've noticed some traits that makes them different from others. They have something driving them that most don't have access to. They have patience, persistence and passion and a mix of these three is what gives them the seemingly superhuman power to do the amazing things they do.
This isn't something that is only unique to a select amount of gifted people. If any of us can get this mix right with the things that we're trying to accomplish we can have similar success, too. It's usually not all one or the other, but it's a nice mix of patience, persistence and passion that keeps them moving along. Here's some more detail about each of them and how they can help you get to where you need to be.
No matter what you're doing you need to be able to see it through to the end. This requires more patience than most people have access to and no one wants to spend a lot of time doing something that has a high likelihood of failing. Time is always against those who are trying to do something new, innovative and important but if you can wait it out longer than others then you're much more likely to be rewarded.
From a business standpoint this is being able to outlast your competitors or waiting for a market to mature despite all signs saying it probably won't happen. Personally this is having the patience to lose weight the right way, with good nutrition and exercise and not with stupid diets and weight loss pills. Giving yourself the right amount of training on the way to running a marathon and not ditching it a couple months in. This is also having the patience to stay in a relationship that doesn't seem to be working at the time and needs some time for issues to be resolved and not pulling the plug just to make it easy. Valuable, sustainable things don't happen quickly and you need patience if you want them to be successful.
If patience is being able to wait for the right things to happen, persistence is doing all of the right things (and some wrong things, but pushing through them) along the way and sticking to a plan of action no matter what happens. Patience without persistence is just dragging out the inevitable result of failure and persistence without patience will burn you out and take away your focus. I guess this would be a good time to give an example so this makes more sense.
Let's say you're training for a marathon that's six months away. In your head you really want to run the race the best you can and you're prepared to do whatever it takes. That's a good first step, nice job. You decide to make some time for your training and you're going to run in the morning. You look up a training schedule and start to follow it. You have a long time before you're running the race and the training moves up your mileage slowly, so sticking to it will require patience. If you run on all of the days you're supposed to and get up in the mornings you've got the persistence taken care of, which is great. But, you also need to follow the training and not push yourself too much, too quickly. You need to have the patience to follow what the training says and even if you feel like you can do more you should stick to the plan.
If you don't have the patience and push yourself too much and don't follow the plan you're going to get injured or burn yourself out. If you don't have the persistence to run when you're scheduled to run, keep the pace you're supposed to or run the right distances you won't be prepared for your marathon and the results will show it. Will you finish? Most likely, but your time won't be the best it could be and you might hurt yourself in the process. Be patient, be persistent and you'll be prepared and perform like you should.
Personally I feel like this is the most important of the three because being passionate about something can all of a sudden give you the patience and the persistence that you never knew you had before. Passion is what keeps you up at night playing around with that thing you're building or that canvas you're painting or that video you're editing. You love it and what you're doing gives you the energy you need to keep on going, even when other people think you're crazy.
Whether it's public knowledge or not, nothing and no one starts off awesome. It always takes patience, persistence and some real passion to keep pushing through pain, failures and setbacks but the ones who do get rewarded for it. Need proof? Just look at some of the most famous people who you admire the most and find out their story. The things they've done and the time it's taken to get to where they are is nothing short of insane, but they somehow made it through. It's awesome and intimidating at the same time.
So, I ask you — what goals do you have and what things are you pushing for right now and how does your mix of patience, persistence and passion look? Are you missing one of them with what you're doing? If you are it's likely that you're not doing the right things with your time. Take a good, honest look and see where you're at. It's something we should all be aware of.
Also, I wanted to give a shout-out to Dan Oshinsky and Brittany Lauren for helping me get some insight for this post. Thanks!


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WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 – Over 8,700 letter carriers are set to convene in Anaheim, California August 9 to 13 as elected delegates to the 67th Biennial National Convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers — the largest convention among AFL-CIO affiliated unions.
The week-long event at the Anaheim Convention Center (ACC) will bring together unionized mail carriers from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam. The 295,000-member union, founded in 1889, represents active and retired city delivery letter carriers employed by the U.S. Postal Service.
NALC President Fredric V. Rolando will deliver the keynote address August 9 shortly after the convention convenes.
Delegates will discuss issues critical to the future of the Postal Service, including the union's campaign to block a proposal by Postmaster General John E. Potter that would curtail mail service to the American public by eliminating delivery to homes and businesses on Saturdays. The proposal by postal management would require approval by Congress and has met a firestorm of protest from senators and representatives throughout the nation.
The convention delegates will also discuss the evaluation of postal delivery routes, resolutions and constitutional amendments submitted by delegates, contract negotiations set for 2011, and will nominate candidates for union offices, including 10 national resident officer positions, including national president; three national trustees' posts, and national business agents for the union's 15 regions.
Speakers scheduled to address the convention include: U.S. Reps. Loretta Sanchez, and Susan Davis, (both D-CA); AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka; United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts; American Postal Workers Union President William Burrus; National Rural Letter Carriers' Association President Don Cantriel; Billy Hayes, general secretary, Communication Workers Union (CWU), United Kingdom; Odd Christian Overland, president, Norwegian Post and Communications Union (Postkom); Jeff Faux, founding president and distinguished fellow, Economic Policy Institute; Neil Anderson, head of Post and Logistics Sector, UNI Global Union; and Bob Forney, president and founder of the Global FoodBanking Network.
Registration will be August 7 and 8 at the Anaheim Convention Center. General Sessions will begin Monday, August 9 at 10 a.m. and continue daily through August 13. Daily workshops will be held at 7:30 a.m., prior to the General Sessions, and again in the afternoon following adjournment.
The NALC represents all city delivery letter carriers employed by the U.S. Postal Service throughout the 50 states and U.S. jurisdictions.
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So, I did this 3 day Potty Training adventure this past weekend, Sept 16, 17, and 18, 2011.
Here we go:
Jaxon: Really liked mommy playing with him all day, throwing out the "gross baby diapers" and enjoyed having fruit snacks in the house! Didn't do well on the large amounts of fruit juice (diarrhea), so we just did LOTS of water in a water bottle. Had 6 accidents and 3 successes, and STAYED DRY for his nap and all night for the first time in his life! And asked me ONCE to take him to the potty.
MYSELF: As sad is it is, I was BORED to death and antsy all day from being concentrated on ONE thing all day long… however, we made it and the positive bond I felt with my little guy was boosting my morale. I love that the method is NOTHING but positive reinforcement and that the words to say are there! Just two phrases- "Jaxon- Are you clean and dry?" and "You are SO BIG! Such a big boy. You tell mommy when you need to go in the potty, ok?"
Jaxon- Jaxon starts to see the pattern, only has 2 accidents (we made it to the potty together all the rest of the times) and he asked me to take him 3 times! He also STAYED DRY through the nap and night time again!!!
MYSELF:I am REALLY liking this method! Although I am still feeling useless to the rest of the family since I am tied to my son's side 24/7, I feel that my son is really appreciating the parental love and support for this HUGE change in his life and I am loving praising him so much!
Jaxon- Stayed dry ALL DAY!!!! No accidents!!!!! Asked us to take him 5 times!!!! (The other times he went, it was like after or before nap time when you just tell them that they need to sit on the potty at that time each day.) Stayed dry all night AGAIN and is telling everyone he is a BIG BOY!
MYSELF- So proud of my effort! Honestly, I didn't know if I could stick to it! But we did it. Last day and lots of success and praise.
Well, today was the first day that I wasn't constantly "on him" about it and he did SO WELL. Asked me to take him each time except ONCE at the babysitters that he was at for 2.5 hours- I wondered how he would do at someone else's house… but judging on how sad he acted for the rest of the day, I think he was disappointed in himself.
Some of the things I loved about this method:
*The fact that the snack you give them after they have a success, is not labeled as a "potty treat". You just give it to them and don't tell them it is because of the potty. Just gives them good feelings when they succeed.
*I had never heard of putting your child on the potty BACKWARDS until I read this, but both my husband and I agree that it is GENIUS. There is plenty of room to "see" what is going on, lost of space to aim, and they don't feel like it is too small, they have to lean forward not to fall in, ect.
*It is all about positive praise and parental involvement and love for how BIG the child is. No reward vs. punishment or consequences like most other methods people use.
***So, ultimately I will use this method and share it from here on out! Good luck to you with your potty training endeavors!!!***
So, I did this 3 day Potty Training adventure this past weekend, Sept 16, 17, and 18, 2011.


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The Velvet Chair
My thoughts maddeningly returned to Jennifer.
I wanted to make that woman bleed so badly. Already, I could picture myself wrapping my hands around her neck and squeezing until every last breath of life inside her evaporated. Lucky for her, they were just dark thoughts. I was not a murderer. Well, not yet at any rate. In a couple of weeks' time, after the traitorous, lying bitch had walked down the aisle with me, there was a possibility I might change my mind. Scrap that. Death wouldn't be nearly as painful as the torments I had in mind for my bride, and I fully intended that she would pay dearly for her crimes. If she wanted to play with me, then I was more than capable of fighting back, except this time I would fight dirty. If Miss Morreau was in for a hard time, Jennifer Redcliff would be made to think that an eternity in hell was a summer camp, when compared to a week with me.
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The territory where the National Park is located is characterized by a temperate continental climate of hills with moderate winters, warm summers, with rich rainfall, low thermal amplitude, and clear Mediterranean influences. The average annual temperature is of 10 ° Celsius, the lowest being the month of January - 2 ° Celsius and the highest in the month of July -20 ° CelsiusThe average annual precipitation value is of 900 mm / sqm. The frequent winds are the Austru wind from south west and Coşava wind in north-east direction.


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The "DIGGITY DESIGNS" car's (plural) look dialed. The rear pivot is very unique, not your typical pivot ball setup. Being able to move the cell weight left to right on the cd12 is really neat for people who have oddball sized electronics. Instead of adding weight you can just move the batteries a bit. You cant go wrong with Quasi-Isotropic Graphite either. No tape, no o-ring to tweak your car, perfect!
Good luck with your new cars DAMON, cant wait to get mine!!!!!
I would like to take this time to introduce the rest of the team to Dave Graboski, He is our newest Team member and will be helping with R&D of our new 1/12th 3D12 and CD12 kits. He has many many years of racing experience and he is the product manager over at MRC/Academy USA. We look forward to good things in 2007! Happy Holidays!
All you 1/12th cats!!
Wanted to let everyone know that we have been designing 2 new 1/12th kits! Yep not 1 but 2 kits! There is the improved and redesigned popular D12 version labeled the 3D12 that has the mid battery layout with adjustable battery positioning. There is the classic rear battery layout edition with adjustable battery positioning labeled the CD12. Both kits have an all new rear pod design that uses the proven CRC side springs and a brand new mid pivot design only found here at Diggity Designs! Both kits are all new chassis designs!! The servo position has been revised to allow for the turnbuckles to have proper angle! There is a front cutout in the chassis for the AMB transponders that are comonly used in the RC industry but our cutout includes a small strip of carbon fibre still in the cutout for those people, like some I know, that have cut the side tabs off of their AMB transponders. This small strip can be cutout with a dremel in about 30 seconds for those who have a new or noncut AMB transponder. These kits will be available in January 2007 and they will be complete kits only! Here are a couple exclusive prototype pics!
Originally Posted by Bad-Andy
Hey Damon,
What about us guys who just got the D12V2? It's cool that cars improve and get better, but to buy a newly released kit and have it discontinued by 2 newer and completely different versions in three months sucks.
Andy, Hey bro, sorry about that its just that we are moving on and making better products! I dont think we will discontinue any of these new ones for awhile ! I did give you a discount on the first kit and although you decided to run a different car anyway, I can hook you and anyone up who has purchased the D12V2 with 50% off what ever the conversion kit will be! Just email me or let me know.
Later, Damon
Speedie: Great looking Oval kit. Thanks for posting the pics, I like the rear wing on the body
I dont see the mounts being a problem to make. I can have something available by next weekend. If you want to send the people that want it to our website then I will make sure to have them posted by next weekend!
Thanks again, Damon
Originally Posted by TENCHO
you say they will come in silver and black? do you mean the carbon or the aluminum? i hope it's the carbon....i'm not to partial to the SSG type material.
The production kits will only be available in Black 3mm guasi carbon. If anyone will want a SSG version then it will be a special order. The traditional black is stronger than the SSG, although the 3mm SSG is not bad!
Since the kits will be available as conversion kits and full kits we are not going to be anodizing the kits aluminum. The kits will be in silver aluminum and most likely will be compilated with CRC aluminum parts.
I dont see the mounts being a problem to make. I can have something available by next weekend. If you want to send the people that want it to our website then I will make sure to have them posted by next weekend!
Thanks again, Damon


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In a PIL filed with the Nagpur Bench, of Maharashtra High Court, clarifications, data and figures have been requested regarding Action Taken Reports (ATR), submitted by the state government.
Exact figures and data, have been requested for Kolam Habitation, Yavatmal, deaths between July 2006 - December 2006.
The Honourable High Court has asked for the comments to be returned within 15 days.
1. The State of Maharashtra,
Through The Chief Secretary, Mantralaya, Mumbai – 32. 2. The Secretary,
Department of Tribal Development, Mantralaya, Mumbai – 32.
3. The Secretary,
Department of Food & Civil Supply, Mantralaya, Mumbai – 32.
4. The Divisional Commissioner, Amravati Revenue Division, Camp, Amravati.
5. The District Collector, Yavatmal, District – Yavatmal.
The Petitioner Kishor Tiwari, strongly objected the Govt. of Maharashtra's submission, and told to High Court, that Govt. of Maharashtra, is not serious in saving Kolam tribals in Vidarbha as they have acted just against their Action Taken Report in areas of health care, food supply, housing, child and women welfare etc.
He pointed out that the Govt has reduced the staff and fund on these programmes and over thousand Kolam tribals have been deleted from the list of BPL families in the recent past. The ICDS scheme has completely failed and more malnutrition and child deaths have been reported in the Vidarbha.
The High Court was shocked to learn from the govt. reply on the final report that Kolam tribals are asked to go to work 140 k.m. away from their actual habitat and they have not even provided basic facilities of shelter, food and education. The govt. has misused the 9% reserved fund meant for tribals for the salaries of babus in the state, which is against the constitutional provision, Kishor Tiwari informed the honourable court.
The Kolam starvation PIL has been listed in next 15 days
Points raised in petition are :
1. The beneficiaries of Annapurna and Antodaya Scheme are not included in the list of below poverty line.
2. Supply and quality check of the food-grains of PDS :
3. Clothing to the Kolambs :
4. Shelter to Tribal families: It was found that the Kolams are not having shelter and in monsoon season they have to pass sleepless nights on trees and hence a special project for housing is required.
5. Drinking Water : The report demonstrated the sorry state of water supply so also the availability of potable drinking water to the tribals and also the fluoride contaminated water.
6. Health Services Recommendations is to have qualified Doctors, trained staff and adequate medicines.
7. Regular Employment to the tribal.
8. Education to Tribal Families. The Commissioner has found in various villages the nutritious diets in the schools was not supplied, neither the Khichadi is distributed. The post in Ashram Schools were found vacant.
9. Benefit of various schemes of Central / State Govt.
10. Budgetary allocations for Tribal sub-plan for implementation of the basic schemes of food, shelter, health, education and water.
11. Sensitization of Government officials, about the Tribal issues, for understanding their problems.
The petitioners have pointed out, with disappointment, that the Action Taken Report is not at all a report but is an eye-wash having not a single statement about what action in which area is taken.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Kolam Starvation Deaths Data - ATR
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We've seen reveals of Bubi Au Yeoung's new Treeson and Ren with Fluffy House thus far (They've even "visited" Taiwan!) … and now folks do not have to wait any longer to snag them!
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It's almost 100% bo3 objects, and it's all underground! If you use proper block checks, appropriate dontPlace settings, and sequence objects correctly in the resource queue, you can spawn tons of things almost entirely seamlessly. For reference, here is the resource queue for this biome:
The biome is called TallForestCave and has really high vertical caverns and spawns within a parent ForestCave biome which has a completely different style of cave pockets around it resulting in what you see in the photos! I actually put thought into this!
I have been going places with cave experiments as of late and think I'm getting a firmer grasp on them every day (I have leveled up, as Pitman said). I might make an "advanced bo3 cave tutorial" one of these days if there is any interest in one.
Here's a for-fun E X T R E M E version with the object rarity cranked way up:
(second pic is actually kinda nice)
Oh I thought you were responding to me lol. I'm thinking "what landscape? it's underground"
I responded to both you and MCPitman :). So what exactly do you mean by "proper block checks" and "appropriate dontPlace settings"?
dontPlace settings to prevent caves from eating everything - in this case, only placing inside stone, or occasionally grass and dirt for some objects. And blockchecks of course to make sure everything is spawning onto/within/adjacent to the right blocks at the right height.
One of the nice things about bo3's that I've learned recently is they actually do well when told to layer and interact with other bo3 objects. In the mesa caves, I have bo3's that are replacing the biomes stone block (hard clay to sand), and then another bo3 coming in afterward and replacing both the stone block AND that bo3 (hard clay and sand to air), and then ANOTHER bo3 placing cactuses on top of the newly created sand block. This would work just the same for Pitmans branching rocky plain hills - you could easily come in after they are generated and have trees spawn happily on top.
I'm currently working on my own gamemode using TerrainControl to generate custom Terrain and Dungeons. It's basically like Trove, so there is a "hub world" where you can upgrade you stats and items, buy/sell stuff and start ventureing out in to random generated worlds with dungeons to loot and bosses to kill. I'm using TC to generate pre-build dungeons (not random ones, because i think there would be chance of not being a boss in it). I'm not really good at developing, so all that programming is done by 2 other persons, i just build everything and write the generator
I need to warn you on this though, I know for a fact that having too much Bo3's isnt healty for the server haha.I've already changed my metods in favor of this
I'll read the rest tomorrow!
Did some more work to the sandstone mesa
So, I'm back with another couple of screenshots, the first one shows the layout of 2 connected sections. The right side has a maze like dungeon with a whole lot of chests. These chests will be modified within the .bo3 file to have a 50% spawn chance later on. Then on the other side is a crypt filled with skulls and ofcourse more chests!
In the below screenshot the crypt in another angle, do note that the crypt is not finished yet as it looks pretty empty aswell.
And at last we have the crypt entrance ( Under which the maze is which leads to the crypt entrance )
Crypt Finished: ( Do note that there are serval levels in the crypt )
Aanddd I couldnt let myself but add this screenshot of the pillar hallway below the crypt
Overhauled one of the cliffs biomes in bbundle recently:
Finished the whole deep dungeon part and moving on to the shallow dungeon part + above ground structures.
I will make them look more ruin like later on
After my vacation I will make a video on how it's like to survive down here I'llalso add dungeon guards later on ( Golems which are aggresive! )
Love the layout of the dungeons, and the shapes to the buildings are pretty cool - but I think there are too many slabs, maybe it is just me but the complex shape and almost checkerboard mix of slabs and bricks make it quite hard to make out the detail. I think maybe it would look better if at least some of it (maybe the top half) was all stone brick?
Here is the new sandstone mesa biome I posted earlier appearing 'naturally' in a biome bundle world:
For this build it's too late to change it all, but I'll keep it in mind for the next one I guess I simply love working with a bit of a chaotic contrast haha.
Anyway, moved on to the testing phase in which all the errors except for the scripting part has been resolved. this is the first result: in a empty forest biome:
Heavy Bones spawn nicely into the dispensers aswell:
Since I don't post in this topic too often, I hope you won't mind me posting a whole bunch of pics at once :P. I've been:
Making some small improvements and testing the PG Islands world
Working on some mob spawning features
And some entity spawning features
Also I've been testing MCW with a mutant hybrid bastard baby of MCPitman's Biome Bundle and the PG Islands world (made it in like 10 minutes with TCEE and Notepad++)
Looks nice!
Andddd one question, do those dragons fly through blocks?
I just finished 2 new custom mobs for the dungeons
Created some RTG'ish dunes:
This is not for Terra Incognita, but for a different project...
Pfffff, I dream of being able to make RTG-like dunes in TC.
Actual RTG dunes use complicated noise to achieve a real windswept dune look, nice mountain though.
RTG Dunes:
You could make them just like I made the waves in the ocean in MCW
Don't think so, those waves in the ocean dont look like noise, they look like repeating bo3s. You could end up with something that more resembles the dune noise than is possible through normal TC, but repeating bo3s will never achieve as good a result (or imo anything close to as 'smooth' and consistent).
I know, it's not real RTG, but this is as close as I could come with just one biome.
Some more images of WIP thingies:
This is all just one biome. (with too many poppies, I know)
My new project is thus a generator which is a bit similar to Terra Incognita, but has biomes adapting vegetation to height as far as that's possible, and not the other way around.Basically one and the same biome can look completely different when it generates higher or lower. That, combined with a whole bunch of biomes which work that way + some border systems and biome zones to create smooth transitions + this time not too many weird bugs with vola1 and vola2 = as much variety as possible in Minecraft terrain generation.
So, in this generator, a biome is not a biome and the next biome isn't just the next biome. It should be one continuum of "world", with variety in tree density and height.


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ReviewI knew I wanted the Challenger and that was it. The lot my sister deals with called and said they had just gotten a deep water blue, SE, the the preferred customer package. Looking at the R/Ts and the STR8s, and then seeing the difference in price, I TOOK THE SE! I was in denial about the lackluster performance, however, from previously owning a 4 cylinder Camry, I soon realized I was being greedy. I just have to not bark too much when I pull next to a Camaro at a red light. I, like many others, traded performance for beauty. In the vanity department, you can't come CLOSE to this car, SE, R/T or SRT8, and thats something camaro and mustang owners will just have to accept.
Best FeaturesI love the touch screen radio, along with the extremely smooth ride. Im a big guy, 6'2", 260 lbs, and this car has plenty of room. I can't drive this car without being complimented. I like something unique, and I am the only deep blue with silver strips in the area.
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National Chairman of the Donald Trump for President Agricultural and Rural Advisory Committee, Charles W. Herbster of Falls City, Nebraska announced today two more Nebraskans on the Trump Ag team's advisory board:
Nebraska Farm Bureau President, Steve Nelson of Axtell, and former President of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and a past President of the Nebraska Cattlemen Association, J.D. Alexander of Pilger.
Nelson said, "Donald Trump cares about the most important issues – jobs and the economy, and he respects the tremendous role agriculture plays in the well-being of our country. His commitment to reducing regulations, repealing WOTUS, and limiting the over-reach of the EPA and the rest of the federal government is certainly needed. When you look at the candidates, it is clear that Donald Trump is the only candidate who will help our industry thrive."
Alexander said, "After eight years of the Obama administration, our country desperately needs a new direction and a new voice that cares about agriculture. Donald Trump is a businessman, not a career politician. He will work for increased exports and expand international opportunities that are vital for our industry. It will be a welcome opportunity for agriculture to have a seat at the table."
Herbster is a 5th-generation farmer, Owner of Herbster Angus Farms, and Owner and Chief Executive Officer of the Conklin Company, a company that specializes in agriculture and animal health products, among others.
He has been traversing the country campaigning for Trump and talking about ag policy for a Republican administration.
Herbster said, "Steve and J.D. are two outstanding Nebraska agriculture leaders for our country. I am pleased they are joining me in leading the agricultural advisory committee for Donald Trump who is clearly the only candidate with the best interests of the agricultural community at the heart of his policies."
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Endorsements in Congressional and other races usually don't get noticed until they're the man-bites-dog type.
Here's one that you probably didn't see coming:
The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Union – Transportation Division endorsed retired Brigadier General Don Bacon today for the 2nd District Congressional race. SMART-TD represents over two thousand members in Nebraska.
State Director Bob Borgeson said, "At this critical time for our nation, it is imperative that we elect proven leaders like Don Bacon."
Bacon noted, "My grandfather was a train engineer and was involved in a near fatal accident. I know firsthand that safety is paramount and this understanding shaped my leadership in the Air Force. When I am elected to Congress, I will work to pass the Safe Freight Act which is essential to protecting the lives of countless people."
I totally would have gotten this through…
New Yorker Bob Kerrey likes to stay in the news here and there, and he has a piece out today in the Daily Beast demanding that the Presidential candidates discuss Social Security reforms.
Kerrey's point is that both Hillary and Trump are old enough to receive Social Security, but neither really needs it — and so maybe its not as important to them (or, in theory their children or grandchildren).
Kerrey argues that it needs to be addressed, but that neither of these candidates or candidates for Congress will touch this Third Rail, because they know the Oldsters vote more than anyone else.
Kerrey always has some interesting plans (some argue that it was HIM who came up with the Cornhusker Kickback), but there is one other point with him: He was IN Congress when there was a Democrat President, and a Democrat controlled Senate and a Democrat controlled House. And look at all of the Social Security reforms that Kerrey won during those years……….
At this point Kerrey seems to be arguing simply for a discussion of the issue. And that's fine. But hopefully some of that discussion is peppered with a little more realism of what can get done, or is likely to get done.
Or maybe some sort of suggestion HOW it could get done.
Politically, that is.
ICYMI, Governor Ricketts and Husker anthem-kneeler Michael Rose-Ivey, because of schedule conflicts this week, will put off their McMansion summit until AFTER football season.
Will the point be missed by then? Will other events take precedence?
Who knows.
Of course at that point, basketball season will have started and there is a great chance the whole thing will have reached another level…
Then there was this re-Tweet on Rose-Ivey's Twitter feed:
Rose-Ivey will hopefully have the opportunity to ask Ricketts if he knows anyone who is a fan of this horrible racist, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker…
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Follow along @LeavenworthSt for a Live Tweet of the goings-on!
But be sure to tell your friends! And you can also follow the @LeavenworthSt List "Debate Pundits".
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