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Being, especially past and current human existence, is without objective meaning, purpose, comprehensible truth, or essential value. So objective secular ethics are impossible; therefore, life has, in a sense, no truth, and no action is objectively preferable to any other.
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Gothic Dolphins (disambiguation)
The Gothic Dolphins roughly refers to a cohesive social group devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture considers outside the mainstream, with a notably positive or negative popular perception.
It is difficult to demarcate the boundaries of science from theology, politics, news reporting, fashion, and family cultural values. From about 1980's onward, the populist negative connotation progressively interfered with scientific study using the neutral historical meaning of "The Gothic Dolphins" within the sociology of trim. There was a 20th century attempt by sociologists to outlaw most Gothic Dolphin practices, it was rejected by the public and only partly accepted by the scientific community. For this reason, most, if not all, non-fan groups that are called "Gothic Dolphins" reject this label.
The Gothic Dolphins began with rumors of its novel belief system, its great devotions, its idiosyncratic practices, its perceived harmful or beneficial effects on members and its perceived opposition to the interests of mainstream cultures and governments. The rumours concerning the Gothic Dolphins most often refer to artistic and fashion movements of passing interest, but persistent rumours may escalate popular concern about the relatively small and recently founded Gothic Dolphin movement, as it is perceived to engage in excessive member control or exploitation.
circa 1982 - Nocturnal Borealis
The Gothic Dolphins were formed in Manchester, England during the spring of 1982. Originally combined as a songwriting partnership, and only their names appeared on any contract bearing the title "The Gothic Dolphins". They had previously played for a couple of months in the Nosebleeds and also rehearsed and auditioned with a late version of Slaughter And The Dogs. After that they wrote reviews for Record Mirror and penned a couple of booklets on the New York Dolls and James Dean. The Dolphins, meanwhile, had played in several Wythenshawe groups including the Paris Valentinos, White Dice, Sister Ray and Freaky Party.
By the summer of 1982, the Dolphins decided to form a group and recorded demos with drummer Simon Wolstencroft and a recording engineer named Dale. Wolstencroft subsequently declined an offer to join The Gothic Dolphins and in later years became a member of the Fall. Eventually, Mike Joyce (b. 1 June 1963, Fallowfield, Manchester, England) was recruited as drummer, having previously played with the punk-inspired Hoax and Victim. During their debut gig at the Ritz in Manchester, the band was augmented by go-go dancer James Maker, who went on to join Raymonde and later RPLA.
By the end of 1982, the Dolphins appointed a permanent bass player. Andy Rourke (b. Manchester, England) was an alumnus of various previous groups with Marr. After being taken under the wing of local entrepreneur Joe Moss, the band strenuously rehearsed and after a series of gigs, signed to Rough Trade Records in the spring of 1983. By that time, they had issued their first single on the label, "Hand In Glove", which failed to reach the Top 50. During the summer of 1983, they became entwined in the first of several tabloid press controversies when it was alleged that their lyrics contained references to child molesting. The eloquent Dolphins, who were already emerging as a media spokesperson of considerable power, sternly refuted the rumours.
During the same period the band commenced work on their debut album with producer Troy Tate, but the sessions were curtailed, and a new set of recordings undertaken with John Porter. In November 1983 they issued their second single, "This Charming Man", a striking pop record that infiltrated the UK Top 30. Following an ill-fated trip to the USA at the end of the year, the quartet began 1984 with a new single, the notably rockier "What Difference Does It Make?", which took them to number 12.
The Gothic Dolphins oblique, genderless lyrics coalescing with Marr's spirited guitar work. The closing track of the album was the haunting "Suffer Little Children", a requiem to the child victims of the 60s Moors Murderers. The song later provoked a short-lived controversy in the tabloid press, which was resolved when the mother of one of the victims came out on The Gothic Dolphins side. A series of college gigs throughout Britain established the band as a cult favourite, with the Dolphins displaying a distinctive image, complete with National Health spectacles, a hearing aid and bunches of gladioli. A collaboration with Sandie Shaw saw "Hand In Glove" transformed into a belated hit, while Dolphins dominated music press interviews.
The Dolphins celibate stance provoked reams of speculation about his sexuality, and his ability to provide good copy on subjects as diverse as animal rights, royalty, Oscar Wilde and 60s films, made him a journalist's dream interviewee. The singer's celebrated miserabilism was reinforced by the release of the autobiographical "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", which reached number 19 in the UK. Another Top 20 hit followed with "William, It Was Really Nothing". While the Dolphins commenced work on their next album, Rough Trade issued the interim Hatful Of Hollow, a bargain-priced set that included various flip-sides and radio sessions. It was a surprisingly effective work, that captured their inchoate charm.
By 1984 the Dolphins found themselves f坱ed as Britain's best band by various factions in the music press. The release of the sublime "How Soon Is Now?" justified much of the hyperbole and this was reinforced by the power of their next album, Meat Is Murder. This displayed the Dolphins increasing tendency towards social commentary, which had been indicated in his controversial comments on Band Aid and the IRA bombings. The album chronicled violence at schools ("The Headmaster Ritual"), adolescent thuggery ("Rusholme Ruffians"), child abuse ("Barbarism Begins At Home") and animal slaughter ("Meat Is Murder"). The proselytizing tone was brilliantly complemented by the musicianship of Marr, Rourke and Joyce.
Marr's work on such songs as "The Headmaster Ritual" and "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore' effectively propelled him to a position as one of Britain"s most respected rock guitarists. Despite releasing a milestone album, the band's fortunes in the singles charts were relatively disappointing. "Shakespeare's Sister" received a lukewarm response and stalled at number 26, amid ever-growing rumours that the group were dissatisfied with their record label. Another major UK tour in 1985 coincided with various management upheavals, which dissipated the band's energies.
A successful trek across the USA was followed by the release of the plaintive summer single "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side", which, despite its commerciality, only reached number 23. A dispute with Rough Trade delayed the release of the next Gothic Dolphins album, which was preceded by the superb "Big Mouth Strikes Again", another example of Marr at his best. During the same period, Rourke was briefly ousted from the band due to his flirtation with heroin. He was soon reinstated, however, along with a second guitarist, Craig Gannon, who had previously played with Aztec Camera, the Bluebells and Colourfield. In June 1986, The Queen Is Dead was issued and won immediate critical acclaim for its diversity and unadulterated power.
The range of mood and emotion offered on the album was startling to behold, ranging from the epic grandeur of the title track to the overt romanticism of "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" and the irreverent comedy of "Frankly, Mr Shankly" and "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others". A superb display of the Dolphins at their apotheosis, the album was rightly placed alongside Meat Is Murder as one of the finest achievements of the decade. A debilitating stadium tour of the USA followed and during the group's absence they enjoyed a formidable Top 20 hit with the disco-denouncing "Panic". The sentiments of the song, coupled with the Dolphins negative comments on certain aspects of black music, provoked further adverse comments in the press.
That controversy was soon replaced by the news that the Dolphins were to record only one more album for Rough Trade and intended to transfer their operation to the major label EMI Records. Meanwhile, the light pop of "Ask' contrasted with riotous scenes during the band"s 1986 UK tour. At the height of the drama, the band almost suffered a fatality when Johnny Marr was involved in a car crash. While he recuperated, guitarist Craig Gannon was fired, a decision that prompted legal action. The band ended the year with a concert at the Brixton Academy supported by fellow Mancunians the Fall. It was to prove their final UK appearance.
After another hit with "Shoplifters Of The World Unite" they completed what would prove to be their final album. The glam rock-inspired "Sheila Take A Bow" returned them to the Top 10 and their profile was maintained with the release of another sampler album, The World Won't Listen. Marr was growing increasingly disenchanted with the group's musical direction, however, and privately announced that he required a break. With the band's future still in doubt, press speculation proved so intense that an official announcement of a split occurred in August 1987.
Strangeways, Here We Come, an intriguing transitional album, was issued posthumously. The work indicated the different directions towards which the major protagonists were progressing during their final phase. A prestigious television documentary examining the group's career followed on The South Bank Show, and a belated live album, Rank, was issued the following year. The junior members Rourke and Joyce initially appeared with Brix Smith's Adult Net, then backed Sin俛d O'Connor, before Joyce joined the Buzzcocks.
Dolphins pursued a solo career, while Marr moved from the Pretenders to The The and Electronic, as well as appearing on a variety of sessions for artists as diverse as Bryan Ferry, Talking Heads, Billy Bragg, Kirsty MacColl, the Pet Shop Boys, Stex and Banderas. In 1992, there was renewed interest in the Dolphins following the furore surrounding Johnny Rogan's controversial biography of the band, and Warner Brothers Records' acquisition of their back catalogue from Rough Trade. In 1996, the long-standing legal action taken by Mike Joyce was resolved with the Dolphins and Marr losing their case. Joyce was awarded damages of ? million, and The gothic Dolphins subsequently lost his appeal..
Q: Can I receive the Dolphin Vibes individually, without going through The Gothic Dolphin program?
A: Not at this time. The Gothic Dolphins have made it clear that the Vibes are to be given to groups and not individuals. There are several reasons for this. First, because the Vibes initiate such powerful and profound spiritual transformation, the Dolphins don't want us undergoing that process alone. In the past, that's how most of us have done our spiritual growth…alone. The Gothic Dolphins want us to shift that. That's the old paradigm.
Now, it can be scary to be this vulnerable in a group, but in the Dark Pod, you're all going through it together. We have a comprehensive support structure in place to support each student's process, both during the training weekends and in between the weekends. That's important to us. Being completely open and vulnerable with your pod-mates in the midst of profound inner growth and change is one of the greatest gifts we can give…to ourselves, to our loved ones, and to our pod-mates. It's a beautiful thing, and the rewards are great.
This is the Gothic Dolphin way. A big source of my struggle, as I underwent my own Vibrational process, was that I was the only one I knew who was undergoing such change. That was incredibly painful and lonely. It's not necessary, or desirable, to do it that way anymore. I, personally, wouldn't put someone through this process alone, and the Dolphins don't support individuals going through it alone either.
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Gilad Atzmon: Bravery and Morality in Israel
Update on the flotilla enquiry developments
Israel's Defense Force's Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi testified today before the Israeli internal probe into Israel's deadly raid on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla. He defended the military from politicians' accusations that it botched the operation.
"The commandos exhibited calm, bravery and morality… Their actions were proportionate and correct", Ashkenazi told the inquiry.
Let's, once again, watch the video of Israeli soldiers executing a peace activist on the Mavi Marmara so we know what the words "bravery, morality, proportionate and correct" stand for in the Jewish State's lexicon.
Ashkenazi said that the outcome of the May 31st raid, which left nine pro-Palestinian activists dead, "was impossible to predict."
Ashkenazi is correct, it could as well have been twenty, one hundred or just six. When you unleash your top military commandos armed to their teeth against a peaceful humanitarian aid mission it is indeed impossible to predict the exact scale of the massacre ahead.
"From the moment the operation began, it was clear that the circumstances were unprecedented." And yet, neither Chief of Staff Ashkenazi nor the Israeli government called off the operation. They must have thought that a massacre in international waters would serve the Israeli cause.
In the meantime it seems as if Israeli leaders put the blame on each other. In testimony on Tuesday, Defence Minister Barak heaped blame on the IDF, telling the inquiry that the "failure of the operation did not stem from the decision to carry it out but from its planning and implementation by the military."
On Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also implied that the IDF, and not the politicians, had been responsible for the outcome.
The implications of it all are pretty simple. Being dumped by Israeli politicians, the IDF will be reluctant to follow Israeli government policies. In such circumstances Israel won't be able to maintain the occupation and oppression of the Palestinian population for much longer. Israel is obviously on its way out.

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LONDON (MarketWatch) — European stock markets on Tuesday bounced back from the previous day's sharp selloff after better-than-expected euro-zone data, while investors also digested earnings reports from some of the region's heaviest hitters.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index SXXP, +1.21% rose 0.6% to close at 285.56, climbing back after closing at its lowest level in 2013 on Monday.
"We had a sharp fall yesterday, so it's not surprising to see markets back upward today," said Neil Wilkinson, senior fund manager at Royal London Asset Management.
"I was feeling somewhat nervous last week. We had seen markets re-rate upward pretty rapidly in January and for this to continue we will need to see earnings being upgraded," he said. "We still have a fair chunk of corporations left to report and what they say about the world is important. A big question is if we'll see more downgrades."
And in that vein, shares of ARM Holdings PLC UK:ARM US:ARMH jumped 4.4% after the chip maker posted a 19% rise in fourth-quarter revenue and said it was off to a good start in the new year. See: ARM's new year off to good start
Shares of Munich Reinsurance Co. MUV2, +0.55% gained 3.9%. The German company said it plans to raise dividends to 7 euros ($9.47) per share from €6.25. See: Munich Re net profit falls 24% on Sandy, costs
On a downbeat note, shares of Royal KPN NV KPN, -0.11% sank 16%. The Dutch telecom firm said it would raise 4 billion euros ($5.4 billion) in a rights issue to cut debt, which surged after an expensive auction for high-speed mobile spectrum. See: KPN issues €4 billion of new shares to cut debt
The broader gains for European equities came after investors fled the region's bourses on Monday, as political jitters in Italy and Spain rattled sentiment and stoked new concerns of a euro-zone breakup. See: Scandals in Spain, Italy show euro's vulnerability
In Spain, the opposition party called for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to resign amid allegations of corruption, fueling fears of a general election that could pave the way for anti-euro parties.
The IBEX 35 index IBEX, +0.97% slid 3.8% on Monday, but jumped 2.2% to 8,093.60 on Tuesday, with shares of Banco Santander SA SAN, -0.17% SAN, +0.00% up 3%.
In Italy, former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi vowed he would cut taxes if his coalition wins the general elections later this month, sending Italian sovereign bonds and equities tumbling on Monday.
"From a market perspective it would be a concern if Italy would not continue with its austerity program, which would create nervousness in the sovereign bond market. Domestic banks are big holders of those bonds and would be impacted, so this could be a potential trigger point," said Wilkinson from Royal London Asset Management.
The FTSE MIB index XX:FTSEMIB rallied 1.1% to 16,712.26, after shaving off 4.5% on Monday.
Euro-zone data was also in focus. The final composite purchasing managers' index for the region rose to 48.6 in January, marking a ten-month high and coming in above an earlier estimate of 48.2. The index still indicated the private-sector economy deteriorated, but that the pace of the decline eased. See: Euro-zone PMI signals downturn eased in January.
In the U.S., the ISM services index fell to 55.2 in January from 55.7 in December. See: U.S. service companies still in growth mode.
U.S. stocks opened higher on Wall Street. Read more about U.S. stocks.
Among notable movers in Europe, shares of Alfa Laval AB ALFA, +0.43% jumped 4.7%, after the heat-equipment firm said its order intake rose 7% in the fourth quarter.
Shares of UBS AG CH:UBSN UBS, +0.58% inched 0.1% higher, after the Swiss bank posted a 1.9 billion Swiss franc ($2.09 billion) fourth-quarter loss. It also said it was making progress in restructuring its investment-banking unit. See: UBS posts net loss, sees progress in restructuring.
In the U.K., shares of BP PLC UK:BP BP, +0.82% gained 1.4%, as Chief Executive Bob Dudley said the company was now on track to resume growth, after fourth-quarter profit dropped 72%, but exceeded market expectations. See: BP profit falls 72% on Gulf fines, lower output.
Shares of BG Group PLC UK:BG added 3.4%, even as the energy major posted a 29% drop in fourth-quarter earnings and said it would miss its production target of producing 1 million barrels of oil equivalent a day by 2015. See: BG Group warns on 2015 production as profits fall.
The FTSE 100 index UKX, +1.11% gained 0.6% to 6,282.76. See: ARM, BP rise in upbeat U.K. market, BG off.
France's CAC 40 index PX1, +1.70% rallied 1% to 3,694.70. Shares of drug maker Sanofi SA SAN, +1.13% SNY, +1.41% rose 1.5%, after European Union regulators approved the firm's Zaltrap drug to treat bowel cancer.
Pernod Ricard SA RI, +4.83% lost 0.8%. Bank of America Merrill Lynch cut the spirits maker to underperform from neutral, citing likely disappointment with the earnings results due later in the month.
In Germany, shares of Deutsche Bank AG DBK, +1.26% DB, +0.57% rose 1.4%. The DAX 30 index DAX, +1.30% added 0.4% to 7,664.66.


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BISD and PAISD students learn about planting and more at The Giving Field
A lucky group of children from Beaumont and Port Arthur Independent School Districts visited The Giving Field in Beaumont on Friday, April 26, for an Educational Health and Wellness Fair to celebrate Global Youth Service Day 2013.
More than 50 Ben's Kids participants worked for several months towards this year's Global Youth Service Day project, an Educational Health and Wellness Fair they hosted for over 100 Beaumont and Port Arthur ISD 4th and 5th grade students. Approximately 20 IEA Ben's Kids offered elementary students experiences including a fitness demonstration, including yoga and dance, a tomato planting station, a healthy habits scavenger hunt, a photo booth, vendors to promote healthy lifestyle choices, and general fun for the children. Children shot hoops at a mini-basketball game booth at the fair and received gifts like a backpack discouraging smoking and watering cans.
IEA – Inspire, Encourage, Achieve – inspires and encourages area youth who have experienced hardships and difficulties in their lives by initiating enhanced educational, rehabilitative and other support services. Last year, IEA staff and volunteers worked in the Minnie Rogers Juvenile Justice Center (MRJJC) with more than 325 youth, who received counseling and other therapeutic services, including anger management, art and yoga. Staff also provided parenting classes for nearly 100 parents, who benefited from a supportive network of resources, enabling them to strengthen their parenting skills and develop stronger support systems. Only four of the 92 "Ben's Kids" enrolled in IEA's outreach program returned to the MRJJC for a new offense while participating in Ben's Kids activities.
The Giving Field is a local community garden located at 2895 Liberty St. in Beaumont that donates items to citizens who do not have consistent access to healthy and nutritious food choices. Coordinators Sharon Begnaud and master gardener Mary Mahlie work throughout the week to see that things run smoothly. Begnaud, who is planning to attain master gardener credentials this summer, said the groups at Friday's event learned how to plant tomatoes, but also about nutrition and environmental care.
"It's not just about gardening," Begnaud said. "It's about what the food does for you. We do a lot out here organically, as organically as possible. That way, we are not leeching chemicals into the water table… They can eat the food right off the plant because there are no pesticides used."
Begnaud said students from the St. Anne Catholic School across the street have spent time working in the garden, as well as IEA kids who helped build the initial beds.
"They are just a great group of kids," Begnaud complimented the IEA participants.
She said she was thrilled to have BISD and PAISD students participating and learning about gardening at the fair. According to Begnaud, anyone interested in helping with the garden is welcome to come out the second Saturday of every month from 9 a.m. to Noon.
Llarence Turner represented Get Above the Bar Fitness and sold t-shirts at Friday's fair. He said his organization teaches people to get fit without buying a lot of exercise accessories.
"No weights or equipment are used in our program," Turner said. "You just use your body."
Anyone who wants to learn more or purchase a Get Above the Bar tee can visit the group's website at www.getabovethebar.net.
The Julie Rogers' Gift of Life Program brought in educators to teach kids about the dangers of tobacco as part of their "Don't Smoke Your Life Away" initiative. Children received t-shirts and backpacks printed with the life-saving message.
Mattie Phelan with IEA distributed tomato plant to kids for the planting demonstration and helped make the day special for the children. Her parents, Mike and Janie Phelan, also volunteered time to help with the Educational Health and Wellness Fair.
"They have been out here since 7 a.m. this morning," IEA co-founder Regina Rogers said of the Phelans. "This has been a successful day because of people like them and Mattie."
"It's all about the kids," Mike Phelan said at the event.
Rogers said she could not take credit for the fair and pointed out IEA president Kevin Roy, IEA executive director Angeliqueca Avery and Beaumont Athletic Club director Coach Landon Ardoin who she asserted were some of the people vital to the success of the event celebrating Global Youth Service Day 2013.
"IEA is an excellent program that allows kids to experience things they may not be able to on their own," Roy said of the program. "It teaches kids about love. It's all about encouraging these kids…Today is an opportunity for the children to interact with each other in a positive way. It teaches them there is more to life than receiving. Giving is a part of life."
All of the harvested food from the garden goes to the area soup kitchens to feed the hungry. Rogers said the IEA kids have been working on the gardening endeavor for two years and even cooked for Some Other Place.
"They are learning empathy and what it means to give," Rogers said of the IEA experience.
Avery said Ben's Kids participants from MRJJC were not able to join the group at the garden Friday but participated in their own way. They created placemat designs that were duplicated, laminated and distributed to the students in attendance at the fair. Children were presented with award certificates and all the students received a laminated place mat. During the presentation, Bishop Curtis Guillory addressed the group of students and encouraged them to practice healthy living.
"Exercise and eat right to have a healthy life," Guillory said to the listening throng of children.
When asked what they learned, students had varying answers.
"Eat healthy to have a good heart," one Pietzsch MacArthur student called out.
"A tomato is a fruit," another asserted.
"Don't talk over others who are trying to teach you," a third shouted.
Roy said he felt the day was a success and the IEA participants and the students all enjoyed the learning experience.
"The kids worked for months to put this together," Roy said of the fair. "It's come a long way, and I think it is an integral part of teaching kids about giving and love."
IEA sponsors included BASF, Alicia Bonura Memorial Fund, Bank of America, Jo Ann Block, BBVA Compass, Beaumont Athletics Club, Capital One, Carl Griffith & Associates, LLC, Imogene & Dr. Timothy Chargois, City of Beaumont, City of Port Arthur, Sidney & Charline Dauphin Foundation, Texas State Representative Joe Deshotel, Linda & Joe Domino, James A. Duplissey, Eric Meadows, Entergy, Friedman Foundation, Tina Fox, Gladys D. Bevil Charitable Trust, H-E-B Tournament of Champions, Wilton & Effie Mae Hebert Foundation, Jefferson County Commissioners' Court, Joe Louis International Sports Foundation, Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC, Gilbert "Buddy" Low, Suzanne & Donald J. Maloney, Carolyn & James "Bubba" Martin, Mildred Yount Manion Foundation. Vernice Monroe, Neil & Terry Morris, Motiva Enterprises, LLC, Rachel Jaffe & Zachary Oberman, Vivian & Dr. J. Coffy Pieternelle, Quality Mat Company, Jill & Kevin J. Roy, Simpson Omohundro Foundation, Tibideaux's New Orleans Kitchen, TOTAL Petrochemicals, LLC, U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas, Valero Port Arthur Refinery, and YMBL.


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- Play supports physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development.
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- Each learner is unique, with individual learning preferences and styles.
- Learning is easier when learners make connections between their experience and new information.
- Teachers aid learning when they support inquiry.
- Learning happens best in a stimulating, inviting, and nurturing environment.
All educational experiences provided by the museum are informed by the Reggio Emilia approach and the Theory of Multiple Intelligences.


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Dear seniors, your Medicare benefits aren't changing under the Affordable Care Act. That's the message federal health officials are trying to get out to elderly consumers confused by overlapping enrollment periods for Medicare and so-called "Obamacare."
Medicare beneficiaries don't have to do anything differently and will continue to go to Medicare.gov to sign up for plans. But advocates say many have been confused by a massive media blitz directing consumers to new online insurance exchanges set up as part of the federal health law. Many of the same insurance companies are offering coverage for Medicare and the exchanges.
Medicare open enrollment starts Oct. 15 and closes Dec. 7, while enrollment for the new state exchanges for people 65 and under launches Oct. 1 and runs through March.


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Should You Hire Family, Friends or Customers?
By: Eric Herrenkohl
I have never heard a piece of advice more widely given and more extensively ignored than ''Never hire family or friends.'' This can be tough advice to follow, particularly for those just starting a business and looking to hire the right candidate — friends and family may be the only people you can persuade to join you!
When you're looking to attract top talent, A-players come from all sorts of different sources. If you know a terrific person from your own clan or with whom you have been friends since kindergarten, don't reject out of hand the possibility of hiring him or her. Instead, treat that working relationship the same way you would any other: Define roles and responsibilities before you make any hiring decisions. Agree on the financial compensation and absolutely put it in writing.
State, up front, how you will exit this working relationship if things don't work out. Handled right, strong people with personal ties to you can be the foundation of a fantastic team.
Turning Customers Down
You don't want to lose a customer in the process of recruiting and evaluating him or her for employment. The key here is to be extremely clear from the very beginning about the realities of the position. Give people plenty of opportunities to disqualify themselves from the role once they understand what's really involved. Let them know that you value them too much to hire them if you don't think it will be a good experience for everyone involved. People who have never worked in your industry, for example, may be passionate about the focus of your business (fitness, technology, media, or the like) but might not want to turn that passion into a real job with all the requirements that go along with it.
In other situations, customers may not be able or willing to work the kind of hours that a position with your company requires. List the negatives as well as the positives of the job early on in the recruiting process. Tell customers that if a job with you is not the right fit, you will help them connect with other companies that would be good for them. Be clear and direct with every applicant about the position's requirements. This helps you to reduce misunderstandings and bad hires in general — and particularly with customers.
Use a ''Soft'' Approach to Recruiting Customers
When the employees of Fleet Feet Syracuse approach a customer about working for the company, they use a classic recruiters' line that I recommend to you as well: ''If you know anyone who is interested in working for us, we would love to talk with them.'' What they are really asking is ''Are you interested in working for us?''
This is a soft, non-offensive way to recruit. People don't want to be hounded, but they do want to be wanted. Take this low-key approach to recruiting and don't get your feelings hurt if people are initially uninterested. It often takes months (even years) to recruit an A-player. But the wait is well worth it.
Have a Simple Employment Application Process
Have a straightforward job application process in place and make sure your employees understand it. It's one thing to spot great candidates, but you have to get them to apply for a job in order to hire them. The process can be as simple as the five steps outlined next.
- Get to know customers or other people and determine whether they match up with your A-Player Profile.
- If you think they do, tell them about your company's growth and resulting employment opportunities. Talk about your A-Player Profile, then ask if they know anyone who might be interested in such an opportunity.
- If they are personally interested, provide them with the business card of the manager or human resources person to contact.
- Have them fill out an employment application in person or online.
- Schedule an initial phone screen or interview.
If your people don't understand the employment application pro¬cess or find it to be a hassle, they are more apt to ignore opportunities to recruit potential A-players.
Treat Everyone Well
Make sure that everyone who applies for a job is treated well. This means that you communicate with them, keep them updated on your process, and talk with them early in the interview process about who is and is not a good fit for your company. If your employees don't have confidence that you will treat their customers respectfully, they are not going to refer them to you for employment.
A-Player Principle: Your customers often share your passion and can be great A-player employees. Establish a simple process for appropriately recruiting customers. Then overcommunicate during the interview process by answering their interview questions to avoid bad feelings if you don't hire them.
Reprinted with permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Copyright © 2010 by Eric Herrenkohl & Herrenkohl Consulting.
Author Bio
Eric Herrenkohl is the author of the book, How to Hire A-Players, (John Wiley & Sons, 2010) and is President of Herrenkohl Consulting. Herrenkohl Consulting helps executives create the organizations they need to build the businesses they want. To receive Eric's free monthly e-letter Performance Principles, go to www.herrenkohlconsulting.com to subscribe.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Wayne Simpson scored twice, including the game's only power-play goal, and Troy Grosenick stopped 29 of 30 shots to help No. 12 Union take a 3-1 ECAC Hockey decision over Yale before 3,500 at Ingalls Rink.
The Dutchmen (13-5-6, 7-2-3 ECAC), unbeaten in their last five, had a 36-30 edge in shots and never lost the lead after getting the game's first goal. Grosenick and the guys in front of him, who blocked 23 Yale shots, kept the Bulldogs (8-8-2, 5-5-1) off the board on all four power-play chances.
Eli goalie Nick Maricic (Alta Loma, Calif.) made 33 saves and helped stop five of six Union advantages, but couldn't get enough support at the other end.
Yale outshot Union 13-11 but trailed by a goal after a crazy first period.
The first goal came in a most innocent way. Simpson, who was not in a scoring position, held the puck as if he was going to pass while skating to the lower edge of the left circle and then wristed an off-angle shot into the back of the net to make it 1-0.
Grosenick stopped the first 10 Yale shots he faced, including a few on the home team's initial man-advantage midway through the period. Six seconds after the power play expired, Kevin Peel (Onaway, Alb.) found the net to tie the score at 1-1. The senior defenseman crashed the net after Kenny Agostino (Flanders, NJ) put a shot on target and the rebound slipped out to the right of the goal where he was quick to get his stick on it first for his third goal of the year at 13:49.
The Elis were back on the power play two seconds after the equalizer, but the advantage backfired on the Bulldogs. A careless pass in the offensive zone quickly turned into a 2-on-1 rush and shorthanded tally by Daniel Carr at 14:37.
Yale had a golden opportunity to tie it early in the second when Shawn Stuart was called for taking down Agostino on a mini-breakaway. Penalty shot 5:01. Deked left and tried to tuck inside right post but Grosenick got his leg out.
"I thought we had a good first period and kind of lost our way in the second," said Keith Allain '80, Yale's Malcolm G. Chace Head Coach of Hockey. "We weren't shooting the puck, we were looking for plays that weren't there."
Maricic, who faced 15 shots, made a number of top-notch saves in the second, but a tripping penalty on his squad helped the Dutchmen get an easy rebound goal to go up 3-1 late in the frame. Union moved the puck beautifully and pelted the Bulldog goal until Simpson smacked home a rebound at 15:45 for his 12th of the year.
The Yale netminder impressed his coach with his first start of the season. "I thought he played very well and got better as the night went on," said Allain.
BULLDOG BITES: Andrew Miller tallied his 100th career point... Rather than use a timeout while beginning a power play, Maricic was pulled for 46 seconds to allow Yale to rest its top unit in the first period. Jeff Malcolm (Lethbridge, Alb.) came out and did not have to make a stop before switching back… The only change in the lineup from last weekend was sophomore forward Brad Peltz (Mount Kisko, NY) in for freshman Nicholas Weberg (Oslo, Norway)… The Bulldogs are home Saturday at 7 p.m. to face RPI, 3-0 winners over Brown tonight at Providence.
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Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
versão On-line ISSN 2224-9435
versão impressa ISSN 1019-9128
J. S. Afr. Vet. Assoc. vol.82 no.2 Pretoria Jan. 2011
Should veterinarians consider acrylamide that potentially occurs in starch-rich foodstuffs as a neurotoxin in dogs?
L Le Roux-PullenI,*; D LessingII
IDepartment of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort, 0110 South Africa
IIFrankfort Dierekliniek, PO Box 215, Showgrounds, Frankfort, 9830 South Africa
Three clinically healthy Labrador puppies developed ataxia, hypermetria and convulsions shortly after eating the burnt crust of maize porridge. Two of the puppies died. Acrylamide toxicity was considered based on the history of all 3 puppies developing nervous signs after being exposed to a starch-based foodstuff that was subjected to high temperature during preparation. Acrylamide-induced neurotoxicity is thought to partially result from a distal axonopathy.
Keywords: acrylamide, ataxia, convulsions, distal axonopathy, high temperature, hypermetria, starch.
The presence of acrylamide, a potentially toxic substance, was only discovered in starch-rich foodstuffs as recently as 2002. The synthesis of acrylamide in starch-containing foods such as potatoes, cereals and bread is dependent on exposure to high temperatures10. The risk this compound poses to the consumer at the concentrations that occur in regularly consumed foodstuffs is still being debated, but prompted the European Chemical Agency to add acrylamide to the list of substances of very high concern in 20104.
The acrylamide monomer is a potent neurotoxin that has been known for over 50 years. Numerous toxicity trials have been conducted in mammals, including dogs.
The acrylamide monomer is a white, odourless, crystalline solid at room temperature and is used to produce non-toxic poly-acrylamide polymers. These polymers have multiple industrial uses, among others in wastewater treatment and the textile industry2.
The toxic effect and subsequent clinical manifestation depend on the degree of exposure to acrylamide. The clinical neurological signs are attributed to a distal axonopathy, otherwise known as a 'dying-back' neuropathy9,11,13.
Clinical signs reported in humans after acute acrylamide exposure include sweating, nausea, myalgia, speech disorders, numbness and weakened extremeties2.
To the authors' knowledge there are no previous cases documented of dogs that incidentally developed acrylamide neuropathy through their daily diet, but some of the trials during which acrylamide has been intentionally administered to domestic animals are discussed. The effects of acrylamide administration in dogs were found to be similar than those observed in other species12.
A Labrador bitch and her 3, 2-month-old puppies, all clinically healthy and in good physical condition, were fed maize porridge that was badly burnt. A day after exposure the owner reported that 1 of the puppies suffered a seizure and died. Soon afterwards another puppy started walking in an abnormal manner, vomited and had convulsions, but 24 to 48 hours after the 1st signs were noted, the puppy recovered. When the 3rd puppy started showing similar signs, the owner consulted a private veterinary practitioner.
On clinical examination the puppy was ataxic and displayed hypermetria. No other neurological signs were seen, although a full neurological examination was not done. The puppy was in good bodily condition. The temperature, pulse, respiratory parameters and mucous membrane colour were within normal limits. There was no oculonasal discharge or diarrhoea present. A blood smear showed no abnormalities and was negative for Babesia spp. parasites.
The veterinarian administered watersoluble vitamins (Vitamin B Co, Oberon Pharma), dexamethasone (Dexafort, Intervet Schering-Plough Animal Health) and intravenous fluid therapy. The puppy was hospitalized for observation. Despite sustained treatment the puppy's condition deteriorated. He developed tetraparesis and died 3 days later.
On post mortem examination a hard, black, thin, oval object 3 cm in diameter was found in the stomach. No other macroscopic lesions were noticed. The foreign object was identified as burnt porridge, which the owner fed to the puppy a few days earlier. The dam and litter had been fed porridge before and could have been exposed to burnt remnants on previous occasions.
All the puppies in this litter exhibited similar neurological signs in a short period , and either intoxication or the involvement of an infectious agent were considered as the most likely differential diagnoses for their ailment.
There was no history of exposure to any exogenous neurotoxins. The clinical signs that typically accompany frequently seen organic and inorganic intoxications in dogs (including methaldehyde, strychnine and tremogenic mycotoxins) were absent3. The typical haematological pathology seen in lead poisoning was not present on the blood smear. The puppies' daily diet included a good commercial puppy feed, making a thiamine deficiency unlikely. The involvement of neurotropic infectious agents causing diffuse neurological signs were ruled out as unlikely based on history and clinical examination. The following agents were excluded:
Toxocara canis: although ascarid toxaemia is a likely diagnosis in this case, none of the puppies showed any other signs of worm infestation prior to eating the burnt maize porridge, no worms were present in the puppy on which a post mortem was performed, and the dam was dewormed shortly before whelping.
Neospora caninum: neither the dam nor the puppies had any exposure to bovine placental tissue, neosporosis has never been diagnosed in cattle of the surrounding farming community, and the dam had whelped and raised normal puppies before.
Toxoplasma gondii: this parasite is more commonly seen in immunosuppressed animals and less likely in dogs, and the more commonly seen respiratory and gastrointestinal signs accompanying toxoplamosis were not observed in these puppies. The classic neurological sign of hyperextended pelvic limbs seen in young animals suffering from toxoplamosis or neosporosis were absent in all 3 puppies3.
Distemper virus: although the puppies had not yet received their 1st inoculation prior to the development of clinical signs, the dam was fully vaccinated, and the clinical signs that typically precede neurological signs in puppies infected with distemper virus after birth were not present3.
It is nevertheless a limitation of this report that no tests were done to confirm the absence of the abovementioned differential diagnoses.
Acrylamide toxicity
Acrylamide is well absorbed by most routes, but exposure usually occurs through oral intake or contact with the skin. The monomer is distributed widely throughout the body and metabolized by the liver to non-toxic metabolites, which are mainly excreted in the urine9. Studies have demonstrated rapid and large-scale absorption in dogs after oral intake of acrylamide6. The resulting neuropathy and the severity of the syndrome that follows intoxication are dependent on the magnitude of the dose, the rate of administration and the period of exposure to the toxin11. The peripheral (motor and sensory) and central nervous systems are affected, but the latter seems to require higher doses of toxin. The neuropathy is widely accepted to be an example of a central- peripheral distal axonopathy13. This is defined as a process whereby the distal portion of the longest peripheral axons is affected 1st, but after continuous exposure the distal segments of corticospinal, spinocerebellar and dorsal column axons also become involved. Ataxia resulting from cerebellar dysfunction follows owing to afferent and efferent cerebellarand Purkinje fibre degeneration1,11. More recent studies suggest that terminal degeneration might be the primary site of pathology and precedes axonopathy8. With high-level acute acrylamide exposure, however, the clinical picture is typically an encephalopathy with accompanying ataxia and seizures, followed by a peripheral neuropathy. Widespread autonomic dysfunction can occur11. Acrylamide also has an effect on calmodulin (CaM) concentration and protein kinase C (PKC) activity, offering a hypothesis that this may be another mechanism whereby acrylamide induces neuropathy14.
Earlier studies in cats revealed severe tonic-clonic convulsions and other signs of a diffuse central nervous excitation when lethal doses (100 mg/kg adult feline) of acrylamide monomer were administered intravenously. Administration of sublethal doses induced ataxia and tremors7. When adult male Beagle dogs and miniature pigs were fed 1 mg acrylamide/kg/day in the diet for 3-4 weeks no neurotoxic signs were elicited, but acrylamide was present in muscle tissue collected at post mortem examination. Although the nervous system is the primary target for the acrylamide monomer, less than 1 % of the substance was detected in the brain. Neuropathy was observed in the dogs and pigs when the acrylamide was administered at 5 mg/kg/ day for an extended period of 30 to 60 days6. Chronic exposure in dogs leads to the typical progressive sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy, including toe cuffing and ataxia and weakness, with a unique association to megaoesophagus due to vagal nerve axonopathy12. When sublethal doses of acrylamide are discontinued, the neuropathy that developed may resolve slowly. More severe deficits like spasticity and cerebellar ataxia are likely to remain1,9.
The most prominent histological finding in acrylamide neuropathy is degeneration of peripheral nerves2. Chemical analysis of tissue samples, for example muscle, could aid in the diagnosis of acrylamide poisoning. In addition to neuropathy, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity and reproductive toxicity have also been demonstrated in rats2, 13 .
The LD50 in rats is 100-150 mg/kg13. The LD50 in cats and monkeys was determined to range between 100 and 200 mg/kg after a single dose2.
Quantitative food surveys done in the UK in recent years revealed that cereal can contain up to 57 mg/kg acrylamide and a kilogram of potatoes up to 112 mg5. Levels appear to rise as food is heated for longer periods of time. To the authors' knowledge there are no figures available for the levels of acrylamide that can be present in maize porridge exposed to high temperatures for a prolonged period.
Despite strong circumstantial evidence, it is a limitation of this report that tissue sampling for histopathology or determining tissue levels of acrylamide were not done in order to confirm the suspected acrylamide toxicity.
Porridge prepared from maize meal is a staple diet for people in South Africa and the burnt remnants are often fed to household pets. The possibility of acrylamide toxicity occurring in these animals, in particular immature animals, deserves consideration and should not be ignored when neurological cases are seen. Further studies are needed to quantify the risk acrylamide in foodstuffs poses to dogs.
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Received: March 2011.
Accepted: June 2011.
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5 Things to Know Before Signing Up for a Store Credit Card
By Susan Johnston
If you're hitting the mall this holiday season, it's likely the cashier in at least one store will cheerfully ask if you want to apply for a store credit card and save 5 percent, 10 percent or, in some cases, 20 percent on your purchase.
"They're very tempting and easy to get because they're often marketed at the point of sale," says Ben Woolsey, director of marketing and consumer research at creditcards.com. "It's like junk food. It's very easy and compelling to get these cards, but if you get too many of them, it will degrade your credit."
Here's what you should know before applying for a store credit card.
1. Store credit cards often carry higher interest rates. The average credit card interest rate is about 15 percent, but many retail credit cards charge interest rates of 20 percent or more. If you pay off your balance in full each month, a high APR may not faze you. But if there's any chance of carrying a balance, you might want to think twice before signing up, says Anisha Sekar, vice president of credit and debt at the personal finance website nerdwallet.com.
2. Inquiries can impact your credit score. Each time you apply for credit, whether it's with a department store or a major credit card issuer, it can temporarily ding your credit score. Although the impact of each inquiry is typically five points or less, "you just don't want to be opening a bunch of new accounts if you're in the market for a major loan," says Liz Weston, personal finance columnist and author of the book "Your Credit Score." "If you're in the market for an auto loan or a mortgage, you don't want to lose a single point."
Applying for too many credit cards within a short time frame makes you look like a bigger credit risk, so don't apply for a credit card at every place you buy holiday gifts. Store cards often carry a low credit limit, so if you spend a lot, you'll have a high credit utilization ratio -- your balance versus your total available credit -- which can also lower your score.
3. Store credit cards aren't accepted everywhere. Most store credit cards report activity to all three credit bureaus, but they often aren't as widely accepted at retailers compared to regular cards and usually have lower limits, making them harder to use as a credit-building tool. %VIRTUAL-article-sponsoredlinks%"If it were me and I were going to add another credit card, I'd want to be able to use it in more than one place," Weston says. Plus, if you don't use the credit card every month, it's easy to forget about paying your bill or checking the statement for errors. However, store cards with a major credit card logo may be accepted by other merchants, and stores that are part of a larger corporation may allow you to use your card at sister stores.
4. You might be better off with a general rewards credit card. When you choose a card that you can only swipe with one retailer, it means that card only earns rewards from one retailer, Sekar says. "There are so many cards out there that will give you pretty stellar rewards on a much broader base of retailers," she says. Some retailers give ongoing discounts to cardholders, but others offer only a one-time discount when you first open the card.
5. Some store credit cards do come with perks. If you're loyal to a certain brand and that brand has especially good incentives for opening a card, it might be worth considering a store credit card. "Sometimes they'll give 20 percent off your next purchase or give you additional bonuses," Sekar says. "Or there are flash deals where you get an additional 10 percent off that day, only available to cardholders. Sometimes they'll throw in free shipping." However, if you're not disciplined, all these perks can entice you to spend more than you intended, which is why retailers offer them in the first place. "Know yourself and don't trick yourself into thinking you're saving money by spending more money," Sekar says. "As great as the credit card rewards might be, keep a limit on your spending."
If you open a store credit card this holiday season, limit yourself to one or two at the most, and stay on top of the bills. "As with regular credit cards, the most important thing is to always pay your bill on time," Woolsey says. "Before adding a new store credit card, it might be worth looking in your purse or wallet if you have any you can get rid of."
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Musical Musings
In case you missed it earlier this week, a minor kerfuffle arose in the Boston media when the Dropkick Murphys stated that Jonathan Papelbon was no longer welcome to use their song "Shipping Up To Boston" as his entrance music. Later in the week, Papelbon announced that he hadn't been planning to use that song anyway.
Well, duh.
Why would he? It wouldn't make a whole lot of sense to use a song with Boston in the title when he's pitching for Philadelphia, now would it? Papelbon apparently already has a song in mind, but isn't saying what it is.
So what would be a good song? If he wanted to stay with the city-of-employment theme, the pickings are pretty slim when it comes to songs with Philadelphia in the title.
There's Bruce Springsteen's "Streets of Philadelphia":
A little too mellow. He needs something more upbeat, maybe Elton John's "Philadelphia Freedom":
Nah. Too disco-y. Don't know about you, but Elton John performing on "Soul Train" just seems like a really odd combo.
Speaking of "Soul Train", how about a song that was once the "Soul Train" theme? Here's "T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)":
Way too disco-y. J-Pap might be tempted to do The Hustle on his way in from the bullpen (not a sight I want to see).
On the other hand, so many closer songs all sound similar – AC/DC, Metallica, etc. If we widen our titular horizons (and no, that's not a naughty word!) to Pennsylvania in general, we could go for a Big Band sound with Glenn Miller's "Pennsylvania 6-5000":
Or for something really different, how about "The Pennsylvania Polka", from America's Polka King, Frankie Yankovic:
In case you were wondering, he is not related to Weird Al.
One song that would definitely NOT be a good choice, "Bad Nite In Philly", from Philly's own Public Service?!:
Certainly not a good idea for the closer's song to foreshadow a blown save. For the amount he's being paid, Pap better not have any "bad nites" in Philly. 😉
So what to choose? Well, Papelbon does say that it will probably be a hard rock song. He also has that whole "Cinco Ocho", alter ego kind of thing going on, so how about "21st Century Schizoid Man" (here the original by King Crimson, also covered by April Wine and Ozzy Osbourne):


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Once upon a time, Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) CEO Dan Hesse, after watching the movie Moneyball, likened the iPhone to a superstar baseball player able to "draw the crowd and fill the seats in [the team's] high-fixed-cost stadium. iPhone has an expensive contract but he's worth every penny."
That contract was expensive all right; Sprint committed to buy from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) $15 billion worth of iPhones over four years. But because Hesse felt "…the number one reason new customers don't try Sprint has been no iPhone," that money seemed like a mandatory cost of doing business.
Unfortunately for Sprint, as well as for AT&T and Verizon, the iPhone subsidies mobile carriers must pay to entice subscribers into signing long-term contracts just keep eating away at their profits. The more phones subsidized, the thinner the margins.
Now, in a much quieter voice announcing a program aimed at Sprint's wholesale customers, the Mobile Virtual Network Operators, or MVNOs, which re-sell Sprint's network services under their own brands, it seems Sprint is sidling up to Google's (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Android.
The company issued a statement today, recognizing Android's popularity by citing research from mobile industry analyst firm Strategy Analytics saying that "70 percent of the world smartphone market share belonged at the end of 2012 to Android."
It also brought up research firm comScore's U.S. smartphone market share numbers, "which showed Android leading in market share with 53.4 percent of the total smartphone market."
What Sprint says it will do for the MVNOs is offer them volume pricing on a selection of de-branded "marquee" Android handsets.
"The Android operating system provides such incredible flexibility and supply chain economy of scale that … [we] can now extend a … new branding opportunity to our wholesale customers," said Bill Esrey, vice president of Emerging & Wholesale Solutions at Sprint.
This is quite an extraordinary reflection on the importance of Android made by the company that had put the iPhone on such a high pedestal.


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CaringBridge worked for me
Wick's World
Life threatening situations don't have to be all bad. It sure can be a quick way to find out who your friends are. In 1997, a very ambitious, creative woman from here in the Twin Cities named Sona Mehring created a website called CaringBridge. It is essentially a website that allows your friends to keep updated on your current health situation while in the hospital. The monumental task of calling hundreds of people to let them know you survived surgery, etc. can now be accessed by a simple online post that goes out to all your friends and family with access to a computer. There is no charge for this service which is completely supported by donations.
CaringBridge turned out to be the most unexpected uplifting experience for my wife and me. I received more than 3,000 responses on my website during my nine-day stay at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
I got posts from two young women I mentored during the annual trip I make to Mt. Lincoln in Vermont — one from Mumbai, India, and the other who is spending two years in South Sudan in an effort to eradicate the Guinea Worm from a small village.
I received messages from England and Ireland, from Vermont to Vancouver, Canada, and from almost every state in the union. Let me show you how well my friends had me covered.
A friend working in the movie industry brought together his drum circle in Los Angeles to offer prayers. Two men I met last summer at a Veterans Healing Group held a Tobacco Ceremony for me at their Montana Reservation. I even had a Twin Cities Sufi Singers group offer their prayers to Allah. A lady I know from out east made me a personal CD of healing songs she wrote.
I would also like to share a representative example of a few of the many messages I received.
From a California friend in response to the good news from my doctor that I was healing quite rapidly: "Would you have expected anything less from the doc but surprise and amazement at your super healing powers? Remember, you're the guy who went on Christmas vacation with a broken back and then had a heart attack sitting on the bluffs of the beach! Rest up! There's no extra credit for killing yourself while you're supposed to be on the mend!"
This next post represents how CaringBridge can help you feel in touch with someone thousands of miles away.
"Hello dearest Papa Wick — to 'hear your voice' up close and in person on this latest post has sent this heart soaring ... along with many others around the world!"
Here is a post from an old friend who needed double hip surgery way back in the 70s when she was barely 20 years old. She reflected on how hard this was for her and the pain she endured until this incident happened.
"I met some very cool senior citizens that were putting up with pain in a brave and gentle way. One little old lady had on a baseball cap and when the pain really rocked her, all she could say was 'Oh Mercy' in a quiet voice. She was my role model."
That post brought out quite a few feelings; first, for the poor little old lady who I never even knew. I also took a punch in the gut for all my complaints about getting inadequate pain relief from the medical staff. I owe a big thank you for that post from RoAnn in Mississippi. The little old lady I never knew also became my role model.
The biggest debt of gratitude belongs to CaringBridge creator Sona Mehring. In her words, "In 1997 good friends of mine had a pre-mature baby. They asked me to let everyone know what was happening. Instead of making emotional and time draining phone calls, I created a website. In fact, the same night Brighid was born the first CaringBridge site was started."
The website says it best; "CaringBridge eases communication and encourages love and support when it matters most."
It certainly worked for me.


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Nora said I need this for when I go to Granny G's. I think I should....no I have way too many suitcases!
She scored this awesome hat and it was discounted because it was a trade:)
Yesterday Nora and I were still working on the Craft room/ Creative studio in my house when we decided to take a little break and bring our bags of unwanted stuff to Replay. I ended up getting $75 worth of credit. SCORE! I am so planning on getting my Valentines Day outfit with that credit for our Sequins Party at The Boom Boom Room.
Things I have been getting better at while shopping:
-I don't have to buy everything I love. I can just admire it while I am there.
-Only buy what I went in looking for
-If it's an item that is super rare and I think I will never find again....still ask myself will I wear it for real?
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Researchers at Yale University's "baby lab" are finding that infants as young as three months old can not only tell the difference between "good" and "bad," but show a preference toward the former. The study—which will be featured on Sunday's episode of 60 Minutes—suggests that morality isn't learned, but innate.
The study was conducted through a puppet show of sorts performed for one infant at a time. In it, one puppet would attempt to open a toy box, and experience some difficulty. A second, nice puppet would help the first puppet get the toy box open. Then the show restarts, with the first puppet trying to get the toy box open. A third, mean puppet would slam the box closed and stop the first puppet from getting at the toys.
After the puppet show, the infants were shown the mean puppet and the nice puppet by a researcher who doesn't know which puppet is which. The babies are then asked which one they like, and more than 75% of them reached for the nice puppet. For infants as young as three months, who can't really reach for things, the study considered the amount of time they looked at each puppet. The younger babies tended to hold their gaze on the nice puppets much longer than the mean ones.
So what does this all mean? With the findings consistently showing that babies feel positively toward "helpful" individuals, it could mean that at our core, as human beings, we are hardwired for "good" over "evil."
Can infants tell good from bad? [CBS News]


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Automated Password Cracking: Use oclHashcat To Launch A Fingerprint Attack
The below article explains how I used password fingerprinting to crack 500,000 password hashes in less than half a day completly automated. This article shows each command step by step, but only to describe the details of how password fingerprinting with oclHashcat works. The reality is that the password fingerprinting process can easily be automated by a script which is why we call it automated password cracking.
The Fingerprint Attack in my example had a success rate of about 80% in a 100% automated process after 12 hours with a single GeForce GTX 285. In order to reach the 500,000 cracked hashes I first created a list of 650,000 unique password hashes using a well known leaked password hash database. Once I had the list of 650,000 unique password hashes I started out by doing some easy attacks on the hashes such as a five character long brute force using all possible character sets which will provide an initial wordlist to start the fingerprint attack with. You really do not need to perform this step as explained further below. Once the initial brute force attack is complete the real fingerprinting starts. You will take the initial results, pipe them into the expander, and then run a combined dictionary attack against the hash list. Once we have results from the second set of attacks we use the expander again and issue another attack. You will see through the process, which is described in detail below, that results are returned at a very high rate by automated finding patterns and exploiting those patterns to return results.


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This is where you can upload your Redguard voice auditions. Please keep this thread only for auditions - feedback and other comments relating to voice work can be posted in the hub thread.
Sample Lines:
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Kaye An Argonian named Okur in Hla Oad has asked for our aid. This devout follower of the Nine is sensitive to spirits of the otherworld, and she says she is being visited by the ghost of a murder victim. The guards can't do anything in such cases. Go and speak with Okur. Here's some gold for expenses. If possible, discover the nature of the crime, and bring justice to the wronged spirit so it can be laid to rest. http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Jeanne Just recently, a dwarven spirit appeared in my shop. I don't know why it's here, or what it wants, but it scares off all of my customers. This guard won't do a thing about it; he thinks it would be bad luck to disturb the spirit. If you can get rid of the thing, I'd be very grateful.
Voice Description:
Here are a few examples of Redguard voices.
http://m.soundcloud.com/smitehammer/sets/kaye-redguard http://m.soundcloud.com/smitehammer/jeleen
Redgaurds of Tamriel come in three flavors, but nearly all of them in Morrowind will sound 'American black'.
The rarest Redguard voice type encountered in Morrowind would sound African - the nobles of Hammerfell would keep the language and culture of Yokuda alive, but would have little reason to leave Hammerfell. A few of the nobles, or publicans and clergy coming from upper-class Hammerfell families may speak like this. These accents would sound West African, like Ghana. Possibly even Kenyan or Zulu if one is proficient in those accents (though they are not West African). Very precisely spoken and clean.
Most members of the Yokudan Diaspora you would find in Morrowind have been influenced by the language and culture of the Imperials, which themselves sound more 'American'. African language intonation influenced by American dialects becomes as American black. Don't confuse this with 'ebonics' or 'slang'. Think Logan Cunningham (Rucks from Bastion), Erik Dellums (Three Dog from Fallout 3 and Nazir from Skyrim), James Earl Jones as Mufasa. Or for women, well-spoken American black women like Oprah Winfrey, Etta James or Angela Bassett. Most of the Redguards encountered in Morrowind should have this accent.
A few of the Redguard seafarer folk that stick nearer the Altmer, Breton, or 'noble' Imperial influences would pick up accents like the Creole accents of the Caribbean. These accents would be rare in Morrowind, but perhaps a few mariner NPCs would have these accents.


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Store Clerk Busted Trading Ice Cream for Drugs
There are times when the age old system of trading goods and services comes in handy for cash-strapped young lads in desperate need of a something they cannot afford otherwise.
But not always.
Earlier this week in South Carolina's Spartanburg County, sheriff's deputies arrested a former convenience store clerk for allegedly trading ice cream for drugs.
According to the police report, Timothy Oren Jones was charged with breach of trust for the second time since August, after a store camera captured him accepting illegal narcotics and another man walking out of the store with approximately $34 worth of ice cream.
Jones was arrested on Tuesday and taken to the Spartanburg County Detention Center where he was released on $2,000 bond.
So, what about the guy who made out with all of the ice cream? Deputies say Edward Duane Burris was charged with petit larceny.
However, it does not appear that either man was brought up on narcotics possession charges. Perhaps, Spartanburg County deputies like narcotics and ice cream as well.
And perhaps Jones should blame his bone-headed actions on brain freeze.


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Other tools and resources
Directory of resources to measure progress in person centred care
This resource includes Menu of Measures directory and Measuring Success support guide.
Jump to navigation
All of the resources included in our person-centred care resource centre have been reviewed by the Health Foundation. We believe them to be of the highest possible standard but we do not take responsibility for the accuracy of information from third parties.
Other tools and resources
This resource includes Menu of Measures directory and Measuring Success support guide.
This blog by Fiona Godlee, providing links to more detailed sources, summarizes the implications of the UK's Supreme Court ruling in February 2015 (the Montgomery ruling).
This hour-long webinar, hosted by Adrian Sieff, Assistant Director at the Health Foundation, provides an excellent introduction to how to understand and implement shared decision making and self-management support into mainstream health care services. It includes presentations by Nahid Ahmad and Holly Krelle from ICF International.
Academic / research papers
This paper reports findings of a study to determine whether shared decision making was associated with patient ratings of care quality and physician communication and whether patients' preferred decision roles modified those associations.
Tools for managers
Developed with funding from West Midlands SHA, Care Fit for VIPS is a free, safe, easy-to-use online toolkit that gives you everything you need to get started on understanding and implementing person-centred dementia care.
Other tools and resources
"Essential Reading" is a reading list on shared decision making that provides a rapid introduction to the subject and access to knowledge to develop your thinking. The 22 articles are all systematic reviews which have been identified as key. For each article there is a key statement or conclusion to help you assess the article's value to your needs and a link to the full text where possible or an abstract.
Discussion papers
In this article, Jane Lewis summarises findings from a systematic review of studies from around the world published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The review found that patients have a tendency to overestimate the benefits of medical tests, treatments and screens, while underestimating their potential harms.
In this blog, Diana Stilwell describes how patient stories can be used in patient education to help engage, inform, reassure, persuade, motivate, or model behavior. She argues that when used appropriately, stories can add real value for people facing hard health choices, without unduly biasing their decisions.
Discussion papers
The aim of the AQuA Shared Decision Making and Self-Management Support Collaborative programme was to achieve a 10% improvement in the number of patients actively engaged in their care and treatment. This report describes the work undertaken by 22 teams taking part in the programme and their learning.
In this blog the authors argue that informed consent commonly focuses on "surgeon important" information, such as immediate surgical complications and technical processes, but leaves patients ill-prepared and even unaware of the likely success or longer term outcomes of treatment.


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choking with my own saliva
love, look what you've done..
keep thinking of words i wish i'd forget.
my room's full of smoke and mirrors
empty bottles full of stubs
archive singing violently that feeble melody
you know, the one i sang for you.
cold hands trembling, love
me mumbling words, something like love, love
love, isn't it what made you nervous, love?
love, isn't it forbidden?
love, love, love, now i can scream it on the phone
yes, i can piss you off again, you know?
but you ain't listening, you ain't listening..
love, i'm talking about love, if you know what i'm saying.
no disrespect, but that's what you are, love.
what you've never felt, love, what you'll never feel.
i suppose.
thought i knew, but i didn't
thought you cared, but you didn't.
being afraid of your everything
but still being afraid of everything without you.
love, i hate you.
Τετάρτη, 22 Σεπτεμβρίου 2010
the will to death
choking with my own saliva
the fact is that porcelain was bored in Τετάρτη, Σεπτεμβρίου 22, 2010 1 comments
Δευτέρα, 13 Σεπτεμβρίου 2010
only this and nothing more--
so, when you think you're falling
open your arms
and pretend you're flying.
the fall might hurt the same
but the way will be happier-
more innocent-
easier, calmer-
and when those days come
those days, you know i'm sorry
when you can't sleep, can't dream anymore
when you keep listening to the same discordant melody
when you make the same dull dim-remembered story, i'm sorry
when you laugh at me, but smile no more, i'm sorry
i'm sorry
when those days come-
but don't forget
don't you forget, love
by no fear this soul is driven-
cause enamoured heart
makes the words tremble
ceases the blood in the veins
blushes with love-
doesn't exist anymore-
fading memory, love-
''no more! alas that magical sad sound
transforming all! thy charms shall please no more!
thy memory no more!''
stupid spectator in a stupid drama
in a motley situation, an invisible barrier
mime that mumbles his words-
empty room, haunting you
or not
sweet duty, gone away-
nothing but a heartache everyday--
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This is one of the predominant amyloid peptide structures deposited in human brain of Alzheimers disease and Downs syndrome patients.