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I am sure all of you have you own pet peeves. I decided to make a list of my own pet peeves. This list is not all-inclusive it's a representative sample of my pet peeves. I intend to follow the example of David Letterman, and just present my top ten.
- I just can't stand pharmaceutical advertisement on TV; I count on medical advice from my doctor not television.
- Another of my pet peeves is all the ambulance chasers on TV. I find it particularly crude that the late Christopher Reeve's late wife Dana's sister is a paid advocate against lung cancer, mesothelioma. When my brother and sister died from any disease I would gladly advocate against that disease for free, but not Dr. Debra Morisini. She plugs the law firm Baron and Budd, PC. http://baronandbudd.com/
- The shenanigans of our representatives in congress also piss me off. It's really a Kabuki dance. None of these people give a damn about us, their constituents.
- I really hate it when the telephone rings (or whatever ring tone you have), then I look at caller ID, and see UNKNOWN CALLER/ UNKNOWN NUMBER.
- I really just love starting my morning by opening my email and having an inbox with 100 emails of which 96 are SPAM or SCAMS.
- I really get peeved when I hear myself referred to as a senior citizen when I really know I'm just an old fart, and I'm not in my golden years, I'm over the hill. If I was really in my golden years where is the bullion (bullion=bullshit).: D
- Even though I made my living employing technology, I really get peeved at the concept of planned obsolesce. Don't you just love buying a new thing then finding out it's been replaced with a better model?
- It really peeves me when value is used interchangeably with cheap goods made in China, India or any other place that utilizes slave like labor practices. Not to mention it's really not merchandise it's really just junk and that makes me want to just puke. Once a person gets the junk home they think to themselves what was I really doing buying this stuff I'll never use it's useless it's only crap?
- Another thing that really peeves me is our media centric culture. I hate it that people are famous for being famous much like Paris Hilton. I also get peeved at the media butting into people's private lives. I don't care if Tiger Woods has bonked every woman in the world. I still like him as a golfer. Let him and his wife work out their own problems in some modicum of privacy. They have young children. I don't revel in the misery of others.
- I get peeved at my computer. This is manifest on the Internet when I click on a link, and the resulting message is " ERROR 404 FILE NOT FOUND". Then there's the dreaded message "FATAL ERROR". I know in my logical mind it's ridiculous to pray to a computer, but I just can't help myself after I try to re-boot I pray until the re-boot is successful. Once it works I let out a cheer and even do a fist pump. One would think my favorite football team had just run back a 100-yard kick-off.
I guess these are the top 10 pet peeves I have at the moment. Please do not hesitate to share yours with all of us.
Dear Tom,
You can't make this stuff up! Ridiculous..
Dear Tom,
I agree with everything on your list. I seethe when commercials for drugs and their hideous side effects come on. What is the point of this massive waste of money? So, so annoying.
I hate listening to lists of what bothers people, just joking. You put some of Letterman's crap to shame.
Totally relate! Your #3 is a biggie for me. Great hub!
Great Hub, brother. I have to agree with you on the list. Especially "Unknown Caller." I will never answer that call. :-)
Watching golf with my daughter or mom is a bit uncomfortable with the "Going Going" ads and the "Erectile Disfunction" ads. Sheesh. Enough already.
Great List, I have experienced almost everyone of them,( except, I don't look that old yet) So instead let me insert one in its place.
Ignorant or self-absorbed, selfish people that block choke points in stores or public places, I might add they are mostly always fat, some even so fat and too lazy to walk and use a motorized chair to get around, which is usually blocking the aisle or path everyone else has to use.
But do they realize it, do the move their fat asses on their own? No.
To get by, you have to point out to them they are selfish idiots and so fat THEIR BLOCKING THE AISLE!
(thats the only part I like. lol)
tiger woods, the saint. Our culture just has to run everyone into the ground. Anyways, it"s Pretty obvious to anyone what happened.
As for ads, don"t you just love it when the cereal business gets into the health business?
Good list to start. My pet peeves have evolved over the years to the point that I have become immune to them. To many to worry about now. I want to live my golden years happy.. :0)
LOL! Amen to ALL of these, Tom. What's really nuts is when you see a drug advertised on TV and then the very next commercial is some ambulance chaser with a class action suit against that same drug. And you're right, it seems that 89% of the people in Congress don't give a damn about us one way or the other. I'm so sick of it. Great list.
Good list Tom. My pet peeves include most of yours but I must add any lawyer that advertises. I mute the TV. Number 3 is my biggest pet peeve.
Yes, I have pet peeves but probably too many too list.
LOL, I can relate to these, especially #3 & #9...and of course the praying to the computer gods. :D


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Wednesday, September 24, 6-8pm
With readings by Michael Dean and Karl Holmqvist,
and books launches by Michael Dean, Arnaud Desjardin, Karl Holmqvist, Sara MacKillop, Dan Mitchell, Kristen Mueller, Sophie Nys, Simon Popper, Erik Steinbrecher, Erik van der Weijde
The Library Vaccine presents a number of discrete collections of books in order to sample art's distinctive relationship to the book form in its singularity, and in its states of reproduction, distribution and accumulation. The exhibition addresses the book as a particular technology, and in its collective state of the private collection, reading room or library, as a social machine – registering social and personal histories, and articulating structures of knowledge and value through the relations between its parts.
The exhibition title is taken from a text by the curator and writer Edit deAk that introduced the 1981 Printed Matter catalogue. In this short piece she referred to artists' books as "the library vaccine, a healing agent formed from the very disease they cure." Each section of the exhibition presents a collection that loosely corresponds to a decade between the 1960s and the present day, yet The Library Vaccine doesn't seek to survey a recent history of books in or as art; rather it takes the tension between book-as-text and book-as-object as a starting point. The exhibition marks a movement from the egalitarian, curative aspirations of the book as distributed artwork, to these aspirations' subsumption within broader tendencies towards collecting, archiving and the re-circulation of knowledge.
Some sections of the exhibition revolve around curatorial or editorial frameworks that highlight artists' use of the book form, while others focus on the collection or library as a holistic entity. In these contexts the act of collation emphasizes shifts between the private and the common, the artwork and the artifact. The roles of artist, publisher and collector are seen to overlap, and the sequenced content of both the individual book and the massed collection provides sites for the production and articulation of meaning.
The Library Vaccine is presented across Artists Space Exhibitions and Artists Space Books & Talks, and will feature a number of talks and programs that both reflect on and activate the books and collections exhibited.
The Library Vaccine is supported by The New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; The Library Vaccine Supporters Circle, and The Friends of Artists Space
Artists Space Exhibitions
38 Greene Street, 3rd Floor
Beginning in 1959, the playwright Joe Orton and his partner writer Kenneth Halliwell undertook an illicit project, removing books from the shelves of their local library in Islington, North London, collaging their covers and adding sections of text before returning them to the shelves. Their London apartment on Noel Road, Islington, became the center of this work, its walls serving as surface for an immersive and carefully wrought collage made of plates removed from art history books. While the discovery of their interventions into the circulating library books was initially treated with humor by library staff, increasing complaints from the public resulted in a period of police surveillance of the library in an attempt to catch the culprits in the act. Eventually, in 1962, an elaborate ruse resulted in the matching of a sample from Halliwell and Orton's typewriter with the overwritten texts in some of the books, and they were promptly arrested and charged with "malicious damage." The subsequent discovery of the scale of their ongoing project in the form of their collaged bedsit drew particular opprobrium, and their room was photographed in detail as evidence in their trial – the fact that Halliwell and Orton kept two single beds became the only obstruction to them being additionally charged under British law at that time, that deemed any sexual act between men in "public or private" a crime.
Serving six months in prison for their actions, Orton's writing obtained the acerbic edge that brought his plays great notoriety and success in the mid 1960s, work characterized by anger and dissatisfaction with the Establishment. For Halliwell however, the experience accelerated a fragile mental state, and he attempted to take his own life. After prison, he focused on working as a collagist, yet his artistic production went relatively unrecognized and his relationship with Orton became strained. In 1967, in the apartment at Noel Road, he tragically murdered Orton before taking his own life.
Artists Space Exhibitions
38 Greene Street, 3rd Floor
Since the early 1960s, Hansjörg Mayer (born 1943, Stuttgart) has been actively engaged with the production of printed matter. While the manner in which this engagement has manifested itself has shifted from the production of artwork, to the design and then publishing of the work of other artists, Mayer is a singular figure in his life-long address of the book form. His work over five decades has been marked by ongoing collaborations with artists, and his commitment to removing the barriers between the conception and production of artists' books.
Mayer has acknowledged that his interests have always been in processes of mechanical reproduction, not in any "primary" artistic production. His typographic practice led him to work directly with concrete poets from Europe, the US, and South America, mediating their text and form based works through the recurring use of the Futura font – which Mayer considers the most functional, least intrusive typeface – and a concern for the particularities of letterpress printing.
Mayer founded Edition Hansjörg Mayer in 1963 as a vehicle for the production of artists' books, and between 1966 and 1969 ran a gallery in Stuttgart that focused on exhibiting the work of artists with whom he'd begun to collaborate, such as Dieter Roth, Robert Filliou and George Brecht.
In the mid-1980s, Edition Hansjörg Mayer began publishing ethnographic books, a strand initially driven by Mayer's own research and collecting of artifacts, but later extending to other areas of knowledge. Driven by a desire for ethnographic research to be more widely accessible, especially that which focuses on disappearing cultures, these books have been distributed and translated around the globe.
Artists Space Exhibitions
38 Greene Street, 3rd Floor
"Something's different. Art is changing. Maybe it's the threat of ecological ruin, or maybe it's the current energy crisis, or maybe it's the ability to willfully obliterate the planet in an instant. The politicizing of art stems largely from these international anxieties, but it is also a result of dissatisfactions within the art world itself. The art distribution system has promoted the concept of the star – the isolated genius. This extreme individualism has led to an unhealthy competition resulting in jealousy, isolation and alienation. Also, considering world needs, the prevailing art about art aesthetic seems absurdly estranged – almost nihilistic in its separation from life. Fiddling in the art world seems too much like fiddling in Nero's Rome. A new evaluation of art and society has begun. Artists ask "For whom am I making this? And for what purpose?" The next step is to give form to these realizations, to become effective, and to communicate to a diverse audience. Enter the artist's book.
Although it is far from living up to its populist potential, the artist's book can be produced in great numbers and distributed internationally. Even though it has volume, it is intimate much like a letter, and, like a letter, it invites dialogue between the sender and receiver. The artist's book is a successful democratic form looking for compatible subject matter."
– From the poster for Vigiliance: An Exhibition of Artists' Books Exploring Strategies for Social Concern, curated by Mike Glier and Lucy R. Lippard. Franklin Furnace, 1979
Artists Space Books & Talks
55 Walker Street
"The Colin de Land Library" is the title given posthumously to the collection of books and shelving that were in the possession of the art dealer Colin de Land, and his New York gallery American Fine Arts, Co, at the time of his death in 2003. From its founding in 1986, A.F.A. became synonymous with an unconventional approach to the model of the commercial gallery. Its program of exhibitions often conspicuously evaded the development of artists' positions towards the market, instead privileging an open "situation" – in the words of curator and A.F.A. employee Jackie McAllister, "when entering American Fine Arts, Co., the viewer was invited to engage any number of strategies and effects pertaining to questions of meaning/production/display." Accordingly, the artist positions de Land worked with were diverse, but often grounded in the critique of artistic and social institutions.
The formalization of this eclectic book collection is itself evidence of the influence the amorphous nexus de Land instigated through A.F.A. continues to have. After his death the books were sold to Berlin-based collector and dealer Alexander Schröder, who organized a comprehensive inventory of the contents and made the library available for viewing and browsing. It has since been exhibited on a number of occasions in Europe, gaining the title "The Colin de Land Library."
Artists Space Exhibitions
38 Greene Street, 3rd Floor
Including books by Kasper Andreasen, Linus Bill and Adrien Horni, blisterZine, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Arnaud Desjardin, Michael Dean, Karl Holmqvist, Louis Luthi, Sara MacKillop, Dan Mitchell, Kristen Mueller, Sophie Nys, Simon Popper, Preston is my Paris, Alessandro Roma, Karin Ruggaber, John Russell, Erik Steinbrecher, Peter Tillessen, Erik van der Weijde
Artists Space Exhibitions
38 Greene Street, 3rd Floor
Writer Helen DeWitt, author of the novels The Last Samurai (2000), Your Name Here (with Ilya Gridneff, 2008) and Lightning Rods (2011), has since the late 1990s waged a quiet war on the intransigence of the social machines that govern language. While she has described the intellectual and artistic urge towards the purification of language as "something like display of impotence in the face of chaos," in her novels and blog-writing she has addressed "debugging the system of signs" from the perspective of linguistics, coding, the visualization of data, and the vagaries of the publishing world. She sees her own writing, and the revision and editing it's subject to, as an epistemological open field in dialogue with that represented by her library.

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Oh My Gosh
I promised myself that this year if a card was needed I would do it! so I am so far keeping my promise... Just a month late
But I hope I can be forgiven, My January Birthdays are finally up to date to hahahaha - deary me I'm an awful being! but better late than never I spose
This card uses a gorgeous image from the Moonbeam Meadow range
These are so super cute!
You can have a peek in the Crafter's Companion Shop to see more
I wanted to keep this very clean and simple as I coloured the image quite heavy. The embossing folder is my fave at the moment grande dots, the cardstock is centura pearl and coredinations, embellies from my stash and the sentiment done on the comp.
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Blue - TB1,3,BGR3
Aqua - BT1,2
Lilac - HB1,2,3 LV2,3
Green - DG2,3
Pink - FS6,8,PP4
Yellow - LY2, GB11
Grey - BG4,5,6,9
Cream = EB1,2
Moonlight Sparkle pen
White gel pen
Now I hope I am forgiven for being soooooooooooo late!
Thanks for popping by
Until next time
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This week, I'm going to deviate a bit from my normal science activities and share some ideas for filling in that last week or two of school. You know, those weeks when you're still responsible for educating your students, but they are so far done with being educated.
ETA: As I'm putting together this series of posts, I've been looking up the original sources for some of my favorite end-of-the-school-year science activities and I'm noticing a common theme: The Science Spot. I didn't set out to highlight everything Tracy's done - I just wanted to share things that have worked for me. That so many of them come from the same spot is a testament to Tracy's great ideas and her willingness to share freely with everyone. If you haven't already, please go explore The Science Spot.
Survivor Science, from The Science Spot.
I found this to be a wonderful collection of activities that keep my students reviewing science concepts, and a brilliant theme that inspires competition and thus motivates the students to participate.
There are very few supplies needed - perfect, as no one wants to be getting out all kinds of things while they're trying to pack up their classroom for the summer.
I found that it could be very flexible, which was of great importance to me. The last week or two of school were marked with crazy schedules, such that I rarely saw every class every day. I scheduled the Survivor Science challenges in my plan book and then whichever classes I saw on a given day completed that day's challenge. The other classes missed out on that challenge, but had their chances with other challenges. All of my classes were participating, but I didn't have to worry about which class was on which challenge. They weren't competing amongst classes, just amongst the teams within their own class, so it made no difference if one class had completed more challenges than another.


text: IMAG0824 By Masala Skeptic / On March 19, 2012 / At 7:35 pm / In 172 Views Maria Walters (a.k.a. Masala Skeptic) has spent a lot of time in 'furrin parts,' including Hong Kong, Trinidad, and Pittsburgh. Although her passport is from India, she's spent most of her adult life in the United States. She currently lives in Atlanta and has an unhealthy affection for science fiction, Neil Gaiman and all things Muppet. By Masala Skeptic


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We've now been in the Atlanta area for three days, visiting with Keith's family, celebrating Christmas and enjoying relaxing times with loved ones. We attended a beautiful Christmas Eve church service with full band and lots of joyous singing, and today---Christmas Day---was simply a feast of good food, cheer and excellent company.
With the rig parked in the driveway, we have the entire house to relax in, do laundry, stretch out, and relish the expansiveness of a cozy home. It's a novel experience for which we're very grateful. Tina is especially enjoying the luxury of being in a house, not to mention the turkey and treats that come her way!
We are blessed to have family with whom to spend the holidays, and we don't take that blessing for granted. We acknowledge that there are so many people who are sick, lonely, bereft, or otherwise suffering, and Christmas is a very good time to recognize one's gifts and give thanks for the abundance in one's life. We are lucky and blessed indeed, and time with family is irreplaceable.
And before we forget, today marks 8 weeks on the road!
And before we forget, today marks 8 weeks on the road!
Happy Holidays to all, and to all a good night!


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2012 HIV/AIDS poll - Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation
Q: As I read each of the following, please tell me if, as far as you know, a person can become infected with HIV this way or not. Swimming in a pool with someone who is HIV positive.
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The Washington Post - Kaiser Family Foundation poll
Question 10 of 90
In this poll:
Over than one in five incorrectly believe HIV can be transmitted by sharing a drinking glass. Low sense of risk named as biggest reason for not getting tested.
This Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll was conducted by telephone June 11 to 24, 2012, among a random national sample of 1,524 adults ages 18 and older. Interviews were conducted on conventional and cellular telephones, and carried out in English and Spanish by Princeton Survey Research Associates International of Princeton, N.J. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points for the overall results. Error margins are larger for subgroups, and five points for questions asked of half of respondents.


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Pokémon Go has become an unequivocal sensation in the past couple of weeks across the world and right here in St. Louis. On the negative side, it has been associated with some crime. On the positive side, it has been credited with boosting small business, bringing people together and encouraging people to explore parts of their world they hadn't yet explored.
As one listener, Keith Rose, shared over email:
"I'm a twenty-something who grew up with Pokémon, and I've been playing the new game recently. I am very worried about the number of people who I have seen playing the game while driving, and slamming on their breaks or even reversing on roads. But I also want to say that Pokémon Go has helped me learn more about our city. It uses existing public artworks and monuments as significant stops in the game. Just last night I discovered a giant monument to Confederate war prisons in Alton, a town I have lived in for my entire life.
"In addition to physical fitness, Pokémon Go is helping young people explore their communities and meet real people in real life."
That pairing of physicality, geography and an online reality is what Nathan Pettyjohn, the CEO and Co-Founder of St. Louis-based Aisle411 specializes in. He's also the founder of St. Louis' VR/AR Association.
"Our world has changed," Pettyjohn said. "It happened about 2.5 weeks ago and we'll remember it as the day Pokémon Go came to our world."
People all over St. Louis have made their forays into augmented reality by playing the game over the past few weeks. One person tweeted to us that, while playing, it helped them find $20. Another said that she was introduced to different plaques around parks in the area that she never would have found otherwise. Local Facebook groups, Twitter accounts, signs at local churches and events at small businesses and organizations have cropped up. It is hard to overestimate the impact this virtual game has had on the physical, day-to-day world.
Pokémon Go is part of a larger world of apps, games and mobile/online services using augmented and virtual reality to redefine our world. As Pettyjohn describes it, virtual reality is what you call a person putting a headset/helmet over their eyes and fully immersing themselves in another environment. Augmented reality, on the other hand, combines the real with the virtual.
"Augmented reality is taking digital content and overlaying it on top of the real world," Pettyjohn said. "We've had this for many years, where you can point your phone in the air and, using GPS, you can see information overlaid in the real world."
What makes Pokémon Go game-changing, Pettyjohn said, is that the game capitalized on a brand awareness very well. While such augmented reality technology has existed for a while, tapping into the fandom of the original Pokémon was a smart marketing move.
"Secondly, they've mastered the gaming mechanics of this new game," Pettyjohn said. "Third, they've layered in the real world and rewards in this game that keep you coming back for more."
The combination of these things has "opened up the massive community to what augmented reality is," Pettyjohn continued. That means big dividends for companies working this space. Some forecasts show the market for AR/VR technology to reach $120 billion by the year 2020.
"This is a little sliver and taste of what can be in the coming years," Pettyjohn said.
Aisle411, the company that Pettyjohn founded, for example, uses augmented reality within stores to guide customers to specific products they are looking for.
"We've been doing that more traditionally with a birds eye map where a pin drops down," Pettyjohn. "Also, for the past two years, we've been working on augmented reality navigation indoors. Where Pokémon can place this creature outside within a couple meters of accuracy. The new augmented reality technology for indoor navigation and gamification has 10 centimeter level accuracy."
This has boundless potential to serve special sales or deals to the customer for products.
"It is about knowing exactly where you are, exactly what you're looking for and being able to make recommendations at the exact right moment," Pettyjohn said.
This kind of work, and the data it requires the customer to give up, also comes with a whole slew of ethical and privacy concerns. Listen to the full conversation here: Go has become an unequivocal sensation in the past couple of weeks across the world and right here in St. Louis. On the negative side, it has been associated with some crime. On the positive side, it has been credited with boosting small business, bringing people together and encouraging people to explore parts of their world they hadn't yet explored.
On Wednesday, we hosted a discussion with a St. Louis company that specializes in augmented reality technology, which has gained attention in recent days due to the Pokémon Go craze. Nathan Pettyjohn is the CEO and Co-Founder of Aisle411. He's also the Founder of St. Louis' VR/AR Association.
Looking beyond Pokémon Go, what could the future of AR/VR be in our day-to-day lives? Pettyjohn expects that in the next 2-3 years we will see a glasses-like product that will "transform everything we know."
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Some days ago we showed you half of the forces ready for battle. It's time for an update, just to let you know the work is going on:
|The Milanese right wing
And the other half of the defenders:
|Imperial reinforcements
Meanwhile, I have start working on the bases for the whole armies. It's quite time consuming but I hope to obtain an homogenous effect to tie all the miniatures together. The same technique and colours will be used for the terrain elements as well.
|Everything based, colours next.
More photos of one our playtesting attempts soon, together with a digression on the miniature manufacturers available for the period (sadly, not too many).


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gold wrap bracelet (stolen from mommy's closet), h&m ring (similar style here),
hermès bracelet (similar style here), vintage sandals (stolen from mommy's closet - similar style here)
While I was in there I snagged some accessories. There's something about the combination of leopard, gold, and red that is just so perfect. It's like they were meant to be together. One big, happy, aesthetically pleasing family.
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Before we hit the road and headed off to school I took a traditional "first day of school" photo out in front of the house. I absolutely love all of the first day signs that have taken over Pinterest the last few years. So of course I made some of my own.
I even made one for the first day of speech. It's so much fun to see how much a child grows from the first day of school to the last. What's a better way to document it than with a fun photo?
I added these signs to my store for all grades preschool-5th. A speech one is in there too :)
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Which, out of context, strikes me as hilariously random.
What image search would yield that result? "Does Anya Kamenetz eat yogurt or cereal in the morning?" "Has Anya Kamenetz ever endorsed any dairy products?" "Which actress/legendary child abuser would Anya Kamenetz most like to photoshop her face onto?"


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Today I read that RotS (Revenge of the Sith), the "final" Star Wars movie is available on the net for download. I wondered how many people just download it as a collector's item and go see the movie for real.
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Vindaloo - another I wanted to keep
No Englishman, I won't even say patriot because it's not about patriotism it's about the essence of Englishness, would EVER seek to turn the culture of MY country into something unchanging.
Forget the usual useless argument racists tend to make about people coming in, look at how England has changed in the past couple of years... Now you can buy sushi in Sainsburys (do you see THAT many Japanese people around, no it's English people eating Sushi. We go bungee jumping some of us (and that particular piece of madness came from New Zealand).
But one change, the brilliant change that makes me PROUD to be English because it can ONLY happen in England. I saw two buskers on the Underground playing together. There was a Chinese guy on bongoes and a white dreadlocked rasta playing the Didgeridoo.
We take the culture of the world and we make it OURS and yes, that makes me proud to be English.
THAT, my friend, is the England I'd happily fight for.
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Benge's Gap
Erected 1999 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number X-22.)
Location. 36° 54.785′ N, 82° 40.16′ W. Marker is near Norton, Virginia, in Wise County. Marker is on Orby Cantrell Hwy (US 58 Alt) (U.S. 23), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. It is at the James Walker Robinson Memorial Scenic Overlook on the northbound lanes just south of Norton. Marker is in this post office area: Norton VA 24273, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. Norton (approx. 2.6 miles away); Armed Forces Memorial (approx. 2.7 miles away); Norton / Coeburn (approx. 3.8 miles away); Napoleon Hill (approx. 6 miles away); Appalachia (approx. 6.2 miles away); Big Stone Gap (approx. 6½ miles away); Origins of Big Stone Gap (approx. 6½ miles away); a different marker also named Big Stone Gap (approx. 6.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Norton.
Also see . . . Excerpt from Benge! by Lawrence J. Fleenor, Jr. "No one would have known where they had passed but for a little girl. Eliza Jane Addington lived on the Clinch near the mouth of Benge's Creek. She saw a wet moccasin print on a stone in the creek and alerted the militia. The Head party had been scouring the countryside looking for some sign to indicate which way Benge had gone. The process of putting them onto the trail took much of the remainder of the day." (Submitted on July 5, 2011.)
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Commissioner of Education Ruth Randall of Minnesota, a key advocate of Gov. Rudy Perpich's school-choice programs, has resigned her office effective Jan. 5. Ms. Randall, who announced her departure last week, will become a full professor of educational administration at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.
She will be succeeded by Tom Nelson, director of state relations for the University of Minnesota. He is a former state senator with extensive experience as a school administrator and teacher.
Miles Myers, president of the California Federation of Teachers, has been named executive director of the National Council of Teachers of English, effective April 2, 1990.
Mr. Myers, who is also associate director of the Bay Area Writing Project, a nationally recognized effort to improve the teaching of writing, will succeed John C. Maxwell, who has served as the council's executive director since 1981.
As president of the teachers' union, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, Mr. Myers played a role in the recent merger of two teachers' unions in San Francisco.
One of his top priorities at the ncte, he said in a statement, will be to address what he called the "mismatch" between effective teaching methods and the knowledge measured on standardized tests.
William P. Morris, superintendent of the Monroe County Intermediate School District in Monroe, Mich., has been elected president-elect of the American Association of School Administrators.
Mr. Morris, a member of the association's executive committee, will assume his one-year term March 15. At that time, Erling Clausen, superintendent of the Berkeley Heights, N.J., schools, will become president of the organization.
Paul Jung, superintendent of Community Consolidated School District 62 in Des Plaines, Ill., was elected to the one-year term of vice president. John Duncan, superintendent of the Simi Valley, Calif., schools, and Wayne Blevins, superintendent of the Alief Independent School District in Alief, Tex., were elected to three-year terms on the aasa executive committee.
The new officers, who were elected by mail-in ballot, also will assume their new duties on March 15.
After six months of anonymity, Gil Braun, a 1933 graduate of Webster (S.D.) High School, recently stepped forward to reveal himself as the donor of $500,000 in matching funds for a new school building.
Last February, a local lawyer got in touch with Arnie Anderson, the superintendent of Webster public schools, to tell him that a graduate of the school would make a $500,000 donation if the superintendent could come up with a worthwhile proposal.
The superintendent's proposal for a new building to ease overcrowding in the elementary and high schools was accepted in March. Last month, the school board hired an architect and voted to borrow $700,000 in matching funds from the South Dakota Department of Education's capital outlay fund.
Mr. Braun, now a resident of Edina, Minn., had kept his identity concealed because he wanted to "make sure the board would take action to come up with the money," Mr. Anderson explained. The benefactor wanted to do something for Webster, but, Mr. Anderson said, "he wanted the community to make a commitment, too."
After graduating from the high school in 1933, Mr. Braun eventually started Braun's, a chain of women's clothing stores, which he sold in 1986.
The National Education Association recently honored Nellie Gonzalez, a special-education teacher at Englewood Elementary School in Orlando, Fla., as the union's official two-millionth member.
"Believe me, today America needs every bit of the strength of two million united educators to meet the challenge American education must face," Keith B. Geiger, president of the n.e.a., said at a recent ceremony in Orlando. "More than ever before, the future prosperity of America depends on our schools."
The n.e.a., founded in 1857, reached 500,000 members in 1953 and one million members in 1967.
John Erickson is Oregon's new superintendent of public instruction.
Mr. Erickson replaces Verne A. Duncan, who resigned Nov. 15 to become dean of education at the University of Portland.
As interim superintendent, Mr. Erickson will serve until January 1991, when an elected successor will take over the post. He has said he will not seek the position.
Mr. Erickson had been superintendent of schools in Lincoln County since 1985.
Richard C. Kunkel said last week that he will leave his job as executive director of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education to become dean of the college of education at Alabama's Auburn University.
Mr. Kunkel took the helm of the national accrediting body in 1984, following a period of widespread criticism of ncate for being "weak" and arbitrary in its evaluations. Under his direction, the organization underwent a comprehensive redesign that has had the effect of toughening up its accreditation process. (See Education Week, Sept. 27, 1989.)
"I came here to do a job with the redesign, and we've got it pretty well in hand," Mr. Kunkel said. "Now it's time for somebody else to pick up."
Mr. Kunkel assumes his new post on Jan. 1. He said the organization's executive board hopes to conclude a national search for his successor next spring. Donna M. Gollnick, ncate's deputy executive director, will be interim executive director.
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I remember taking a class at a Southern Baptist school. Not all of us taking the class were Southern Baptists. The professor had assigned a book written about the current state of the Southern Baptist Convention. One of the students pointed out the self-serving nature of the book. The book focused more on the future of the SBC than anything else. The authors were concerned that the future of the SBC does not look very bright. A non-SBC student asked, "Why doesn't anyone in the book just say, 'If the preservation and proclamation of the gospel means the SBC must die, then so be it!'?" It wasn't a bad question.
The SBC is full of problems. I need not recite them here. The glory of Christ Jesus is infinitely more important than the 'glory' of the SBC. In that sense, I could care less about the SBC, just as I could care less about the OPC, PCA, and our other denominations. In another sense, the SBC seems to be doing some important work, despite its glaring flaws.
According to some, one of these glaring flaws is the manner in which the SBC has dealt (or to be more accurate, has not dealt) with one Ergun Caner. If you are not familiar with the Caner controversy, see this article or this video. At some point while Caner served as president of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, the type of evidence linked to above started to turn up. When it did, Liberty looked into the matter, and to make a long story short, Caner is no longer at Liberty. He went to Arlington Baptist College. Most recently, Caner was hired as president of Brewton-Parker College.
Despite the overwhelming amount of information above, Caner has never, to my knowledge, responded to it. Whether innocent or guilty, one would think Caner would publish some sort of response to clarify the reasons for apparent discrepancies in his testimony and his no longer being at Liberty. If the accusations against Caner are true, they are cause for great concern. A small portion of the blogosphere has persistently brought this fact to light. Many are calling upon the SBC to act, but there may be some problems with this approach. I list them below.
1. The SBC is not an individual.
It seems obvious, but the SBC is not an individual. Moreover, the SBC is far from monolithic. (Perhaps that's why the SBC does have so many problems?) The organizations and churches and people within the SBC vary concerning doctrine and practice. They vary in their opinions about Caner as well. When people call upon the "SBC" to act, it's not clear what entities or individuals within the SBC they mean, which leads to my next point.
2. Many in the SBC have acted.
Many in the SBC have acted. Two notable examples are Gene Clyatt, Jr. and Jason Smathers. Clyatt is a teaching elder at Parkside Baptist Church and, from the looks of it, has busied himself concerning Caner for quite some time. Smathers is pastor of Golden Shores Community Baptist Church and was apparently sued by Caner for his involvement in the Caner controversy. Parkside and Golden Shores are both in the SBC, which means that Clyatt and Smathers are as well. Most likely, the bulk of their church memberships agree with them concerning the Caner controversy, though I do not know that for sure. Countless others within the SBC have also addressed the controversy, and some have paid a cost for doing so.
3. Some in the SBC may have good reason for not acting.
Some in the SBC may have good reason for not acting. The stronger critics of Caner seem to think, at times, that everyone should be every bit as zealous as they are about calling Caner to repentance. For them, this apparently means creating social media accounts in order to mock and obsess over the man. Some of them act as though the fate of the kingdom itself is contingent on the Caner controversy. Setting aside the workable excuses of time constraints and ignorance, some in the SBC may not want to address the Caner controversy out of political concern. I know what you are thinking. Truth is more important. I agree. So let's strive to be known for preaching the truth, not our criticism of Caner. They are not necessarily at odds with one another. I know. But you must admit that some people are known due to their criticism of Caner, rather than their preaching and staunch defense of the gospel. Interestingly enough, it is politically advantageous for some of Caner's critics to point out that it is politically disadvantageous for others to address the controversy. Are political moves always wrong? I don't think so. Shocking as it may be, not every hill is a hill worth dying on.
Take Albert Mohler, Jr., for example. Apparently some in the "Reformed community" have a problem with Mohler, whom they would consider one of their own, not addressing the Caner controversy. From what I have heard from students at his seminary, there are some professors, and perhaps Mohler himself, who have addressed the controversy on a more private level, but not publicly. Even if that is not true, Mohler likely has much bigger and more pressing concerns in his limited amount of time than pursuing the Caner controversy, but it's fair to say that he addresses many other issues that don't seem so pertinent as the Caner situation. One could try to argue that the Caner issue is not a gospel issue, although it certainly seems to have some bearing on the integrity of the gospel. But let's set all of these possible excuses aside. Recognizing that this is all rather speculative, could Mohler be justified in acting out of sheer political concern? I think so. Several people with whom I have spoken have shared with me that Mohler has signed some sort of documents at his seminary that prevent him from speaking out against Caner, a former trustee (this is 'news to me,' as they say). Then there's the negative social backlash of going after someone within the SBC. Here's my proposal. It may be that Mohler believes it is more politically advantageous to let other people comment on the Caner controversy than for him to do so and risk his job, his seminary, and the future of the Reformed community in the SBC. I realize this still sickens some of the bloggers and pastors of much smaller churches out there, but that may be why they remain bloggers and pastors of small churches instead of one of the greatest reformers of our time at the helm of a major (now) conservative Christian seminary. Sometimes it's not your sound doctrine that makes you an outcast, it's your personality. Just sayin'.
4. Individuals within the SBC are relatively powerless.
Individuals within the SBC are not in the types of positions to make immediate changes in the SBC. Right, I just finished saying that Mohler is quite powerful. But look at the power he has over the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Look at the power he has to immediately effect wide-ranging change within the SBC. Oh wait. He has virtually no power in those areas. And if he doesn't, so much the more for the pastors of small, independent churches within the SBC. Liberty went so far as to remove Caner from his position at their seminary. That did not prevent Caner from going on to teach at Arlington, and now reside and preside at BPC. Sometimes those who are not well-acquainted with the workings of the SBC do not realize how very independent its various churches and institutions actually are. Which brings me to my final point.
5. Caner is not so closely associated with the SBC at large.
Caner is not as Southern Baptist as many of his critics make him out to be. For example, Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, where Caner once served, has no direct connection with the SBC. The SBC does not fund LBTS nor does it elect any trustees. Liberty University, the undergraduate school, is in partnership with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia, but that is the extent of their relationship. Arlington Baptist College is not related in any way to the SBC. Finally, Brewton-Parker College is affiliated with the Baptist Convention of the State of Georgia, which, again, is not directly connected to the SBC and receives no funding or elected trustees from it. From this vantage point, BPC and those associated with it in Georgia are the ones most responsible, at this time, for dealing with the controversy, not some nebulous concept of "the SBC."
The Caner controversy is as much a problem for Christians as it is for the SBC. I do not intend to discourage the work of those involved in this controversy, and there are many in the SBC who should be addressing the Caner issue as they can. I am certainly no apologist for the SBC. However, if the emphasis of this controversy is shifted onto the SBC, those calling for repentance will only hurt their case. We must remember to distinguish between obligatory and supererogatory duties, to be every bit as critical of ourselves as we are of Caner (or anyone else), to resist the temptation to make one's stand on this issue a mark of orthodoxy, and to hold the proper parties responsible.


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Walnuts Could Help Prevent Heart Attacks
Earlier this month, we told our readers about the prostate health benefits of eating walnuts.
However, the health benefits of eating walnuts aren't exclusively reserved for men. Previous studies have found that a high intake of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) and omega-3 fatty acids found in walnuts, flaxseed and green leafy vegetables, could help protect against heart disease and sudden cardiac death (death resulting from an abrupt loss of heart function).
More recent research from Spain, featuring 7,500 people at high risk of heart disease, found that following a Mediterranean diet — high in virgin olive oil and nuts — is more effective in reducing the risk of heart disease than current drug treatments.
The Spanish study divided participants into three groups: Two groups followed a Mediterranean diet with one receiving 15 litres of virgin olive oil for three months, and the other 30g a day of walnuts, almonds and hazelnuts. The third group was given instructions to follow a low-fat diet.
After three months, the results showed that the nut and virgin olive oil groups had improved ratios of adolipoprotein (a protein connected to a fat) and that this lowered the risk of heart disease for both men and women. For men, the number at high-risk of heart disease dropped 5 per cent and for women, 16.6 per cent.
The results of this study, published in the journal Atherosclerosis, not only support the mounting evidence showing the heart benefits of walnuts but also knock Big Pharma from its drug-fuelled high horse.
Commenting on their findings, the researchers said that "a modification in the entire diet pattern managed to achieve, in just one year, results that pharmaceutical drugs did not achieve even after two years of treatment."
But wait there's more…
A new study, fresh off the press, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that as little as two handfuls of walnuts a day could help stave off heart disease, particularly in patients suffering with type 2 diabetes.
According to the researchers, these heart benefits again come down to a high concentration of ALA and plant-based omega-3s found in walnuts — providing a significant 2.5 grams per one ounce serving.
Commenting on their results, lead researcher Dr Michael Falk, said: "Our study results further support the growing body of research that tree nuts, such as walnuts, can reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases."
Now, there's a thought that will make statin-pushers shake in their shoes…
Here's to keeping your heart strong and healthy
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"Walnuts found to slow prostate cancer" Nick Tate, November 14, 2014, Newsmax Health, newsmaxhealth.com
Olive Oil, nuts better than drugs for heart disease: Spanish researchers, published online 19.09.11, nutraingredients.com
Could WALNUTS prevent heart attack? Two handfuls a day 'lowers cholesterol and helps prevent heart disease', published online 19.11.15, dailymail.co.uk
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Shallots is the agribusiness plant and as one of the leading commodity of Nganjuk. With productive area about 4416 paddy land spread in 14 districts with production of more than 45 thousand tons per year. Sukomoro and Rejoso District are shallots production center in Nganjuk Regency. Nganjuk marketed outside area of East Java, Central Java, Jakarta even to the outer islands.
Majapahit Temple and statue has been rediscovered in Nganjuk
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Ngetos Temple Candi Ngetos located at Ngetos village, Ngetos district about 5 kilometers to the south of Nganjuk town. There is an inheritance from the year of 859 Saka or 937 Masehi. This inheritance was made from the red bricks. … Continue reading
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There is an important debate going on in the Android community about operating systems. It's really a dialog that has been going on for some time, but the increase in the number of versions of the operating system, the growth in applications and the number of vendors offering devices based on the software makes it more relevant than ever.
The crux of the conversation is well presented in this eWEEK piece. Users are complaining that certain applications-and, in many cases, the most attractive ones-are only available on certain versions of the open source operating system. For example, Google Gesture Search is available only on Android 2.0 or higher. That leaves users of many Android-based devices in the cold.
It's an important conversation to have. It's also important not to conflate different issues.
Many observers refer to the fragmentation of Android. Actually, there are three issues to keep an eye on. The first is interoperability. There is no guarantee that version 1.6 of Android, for instance, will work the same for different vendors. The second issue is that each version of Android has different capabilities, which may lead to some angry end users. Finally, the fact that each vendor adds its own look and feature set to its devices means that even devices running on the same version of the OS generally can be radically different animals.
It's important not to fuse these issues, since each may have different solutions and ramifications-and can anger or disappoint different groups of people. Developers, for instance, are said in this CoolTechZone post to decry the number of versions of the OS that are in play. On the other hand, this commentary at The Motley Fool suggests that Android's approach is a refreshing counterpoint to the regimented world of proprietary smartphone OSes, though the writer doesn't say it in those words.
Regardless of whether these challenges-which, by the way, are part and parcel of the wacky world of open source software -- are a good thing or not, it behooves IT departments and consumers to understand what is going on. Indeed, it's fair to say that a bit more attention must be paid than in the proprietary world. This complexity deepens IT's responsibility to offer wise counsel to its organization to ensure that recommended devices support the services that are needed now and have a clear path to continue doing so in the future.
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Watch it Sunday May 3rd, Channel 7 at 18:30 EST. Moderated by Mike Munro.
It wasn't a good start for the anti-vaxers whose representative, Dr Giselle Cook, spent her introduction explaining to Mike Munro why he should refer to her as "pro-choice" not "anti-vaccine". Her time would have been better spent establishing her point of view; instead she came across as flustered. For the pro, was Professor Peter McIntyre, who by contrast, was informed, concise and clearly stated that the small
risks associated with vaccinating far outweigh the consequences of disease.
We were told to interject anytime we liked, and of course it didn't take long for Meryl Dorey to voice her opinion. But I'm pleased to report, she was smacked down several times by host Mike Munro and even by other mothers in the audience. But when she mispronounced Dana's name and mumbled, "oh I'm sorry, I don't really know how to pronounce it. I hope that's right", that was when I really began to question her sincerity for the parents of Dana McCaffery who sat only a few chairs away.
I will include a few tid-bits from proceedings today. There is too much to put in one post. However, much of it you will see on tomorrow night's show and I don't want to steal their thunder. Nevertheless, this gives you a taste.
My opinion is the anti-vaxers did not come across very well. Particularly when Mike Munro asked the McCafferys about the hate mail they had received since appearing on the show last week. There was a clearly audible gasp from the anti-vaxer side of the room and mumblings of that's terrible etc, until Mike Munro looked straight at Meryl Dorey and said, "Didn't many of those emails come from your organisation Meryl?". Many of the anti-vaxers were heard to exclaim, we wouldn't do that etc, but the damage was done.
Meryl was unable to contain herself from accusing Prof. Peter McIntyre of being on the take from the government. She asked him how much money he received from the government for vaccinating kids. (Of course she was referring to the Maternity Immunisation Allowance scheme introduced in 1997, which they also get access to by the way). Professor McIntyre looked at her blankly and replied – none.
Mike Munro inquired of Meryl Dorey's medical qualifications, to which she replied; only that I have been researching this for 20 years. Munro interjected – so you don't have any formal medical qualifications? Well then perhaps we should let the doctors answer the questions.
Toni McCaffery asked Meryl Dorey if she had ever been in a neo-natal unit with kids experiencing whooping cough or measles, or seen a child go into cardiac arrest like she had Dana. Meryl, in a defying act of insensitivity said; "of course it is awful to see a child die, any child, but Dana?, Daanna?, I'm sorry, I don't really know how to pronounce it…"
I could hardly believe my ears when Meryl Dorey dragged out the Wakefield case as evidence that vaccines cause autism. Prof McIntyre commented that this had been repeatedly debunked to which she responded that there had since been seven publications "from reputable scientific journals" showing Wakefield's data to be correct. Prof McIntyre looked quite bemused at this comment and calmly stated that not only had some of the data been faked but amongst other flaws, the study only involved 12 children and had since been retracted by the the Lancet.
When Munro asked her to produce said papers, Dorey claimed she had sent them to one of the researchers for the show. She claimed she had sent over 30 studies to the studio in support of her arguments including evidence of vaccine damage. Munro looked decidedly unimpressed and asked her to provide evidence instead of just making all these claims. For this, she cited a child in NSW and QLD (from memory) to which Munro responded, your evidence is one or two kids? You keep saying you have evidence for these things but you are unable to produce it in the studio today? Meryl replied, "I gave you the details of the 2 kids I just mentioned, you didn't contact them!!??" To which Munro replied, yes we did Ms Dorey and they did not want to talk to the programme. End of discussion.
Munro inquired of a young mother with 5 month old twins about her sons' vaccination status. The mother stated that she didn't really know very much, so was unable to really comment, but she had chosen not to have her kids vaccinated. Munro repeated, "So you don't really have all the information, you haven't done the research, but you decided to not have your kids vaccinated anyway"; to which she replied yes.
This sparked the ire of a mother with child a few seats behind, who's child was recovering from whooping cough after contracting it before he was eligible for vaccination. This mother stated that she was not entirely happy sitting in a room with 2 babies in such close proximity to her son since he had not yet completed his full schedule of immunisations and further, her son could also infect the twins, since he was still recovering. But it also made the first mother look pretty naive and irresponsible.
The thing about the anti-vax lobby is that they are always screeching that parents need more information, but when you offer them scientific data they always have a reason why it is wrong or not acceptable. Often it's the Big Pharma conspiracy (pharmaceutical companies sponsored that study therefore it's biased), or they counter offer you something written in a book that they once read. I presented the recent Nature research which links ~15% of autism cases to genes and it was dismissed it out of hand precisely because it only accounts for ~15%, therefore, what about the other ~85%? It must be the mercury and heavy metals in vaccines. It is very difficult to argue with people when their counter arguments have no basis in science and all science you do show them is wrong. Just like the creationists, they continually move the goal posts. And whilst they say they want more information, only as long as that information aligns with their beliefs.
Toni and David McCaffery were in the audience today. I sat next to David and we chatted throughout. They both thanked myself and Richard for our support. What they did today was unimaginably tough and brave. Dana only passed away 6 weeks ago. Yet the anti-vaxers bumble along seemingly oblivious. At one stage when discussion got around to Dana's death I heard from behind me, someone say it was only one baby. David McCaffery leaned over to me and said, "It was my baby".
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A good carpenter goes to work feeling good because he has an energy level more than enough to fulfill his eight-hour job in order to earn his day's rte. But is a high energy level enough for one to take to work? No. Apart from his lunch box, he carries with him his toolbox containing the implements of his profession-a saw, a tape measure, a chisel, a hammer, etc.
The same is true with a good physician. He does not make calls without the necessary tools or medical devices and gadgets; otherwise, the very purpose of his rushing to the aid of his patient will be defeated.
But it is not as simple as that with a salesperson. More is required of a good salesperson than the carpenter and the medical doctor. The carpenter is assured of his day's wage and tenure for as long as he does what is expected of him. The same is true with the doctor. Whether or not his patient gets well, his services are paid for each visit.
Where lies the difference with the salesperson? Consider this carefully. For every client call that a salesperson makes, a sword of Damocles hangs above his head, so to speak. The slightest mistake in his dealing with his clients may mean disasters, rejection or zero sales.
The doctor and the carpenter do not have this to fear. There is no threat that could cause anxiety in their hearts, like a client's change of heart in a minute or no earnings for a day.
The simple art of getting your clients to say yes is a complex as a mirror maze, if you do not have what it takes. You see mirrors everywhere in the maze, do you not? In all of those mirrors, you see yourself. Sometimes your image is so clear you think you could get through the mirror. But, once you try it, BLAG! You hit the mirror. You bumped into yourself.
The same is true when you make a mistake during a client call. That is why you need to take with you always your own set of tools of the trade.
The requirements for a successful sales call are basic in nature. They are too basic to be ignored. But sometimes we have to be reminded of the things that we already know in order to keep our wits about us all the time.
My number one reminder is for you to maintain the proper attitude about sellings. This is a profession-yours as well as mine. It is ours. We need to accept it and be proud of it!
"If you're not identified with your profession or if you're not proud of it, how can you be committed to excel?' Dr. Jocano has challenged people from all walks of life again and again.
How true it is! How can you excel, indeed, if you are ashamed of your profession? This brings to mind one young man I have had a conversation with.
"Son, what do you do for a living?"
"I'm only a salesperson, sir."
"Only at the Waterfront Village Securities, sir."
"What products are you selling there?"
"Only investment shares, sir."
"Is that so?'
If I were his client, I would definitely not buy. Imagine, he is selling millions-of-pesos worth of investment shares with that kind of attitude? Only a salesperson? Only investment shares?
This is one of the various attitudes that a sales champion does not possess. It gives a bad impression to prospective clients. This is bad enough considering that most of them believe that ninety-five percent of all salespersons are flatterers, dishonest and always wanting to put one over another. We have to change these bad impressions.
If ninety-five percent of all salespeople are known in a negative light, let us be the five percent. If many of us come across as flatterers, let us show sincerity. Let us make others feel that it is for their own good that we are selling them our products.
Clients can easily detect if you are sincere or not. You can dish out all the flattery you want, but it will get you nowhere. A client has a way of knowing whether you are flattering him or not. If the flattery is explicit, the client will see through the lie or the exaggeration. If it is implicit, it will not escape his gut feeling.
If a salesperson is said to be talkative, he must learn to listen twice as much as he talks. Simply listening creates a magical bridge connecting the salesperson and the client. Sometimes you ask yourself, "Why do I have to listen and listen well? What will happen to all I need to say if I keep quiet and let my client do all the talking? What about my own views? Are they not worth an ear?"
You will be surprised to learn that people generally appreciate being listened to. It is a unique way of making them feel important. You give them the impression that their views and opinions are equally credible. This does not necessarily mean that your views and opinions are not. But it is important that your client feels he is important and that you believe in him.
You can air your views and opinions somewhere else. If you want, you can even engage anyone in a debate-but not with your client. Never! In the first place, you have sought him out in order to fill his needs, not yours. Remember that.
Some people think that whoever talks more steers the flow of the conversation. This is not so. The one listening is actually the one who is in control of the whole thing.
Another impression salespersons make on other people is that they are liars. Let us change this by being honest ourselves. This is not too difficult to do. If your client tells you that what you are selling is expensive, do not waste time arguing with him. Agree with your client right away. But, at the same time, point out to him the unique and special features of your product, which are not found in any other. Explain to him that these add up to the overall value of your product and to the benefits he will derive from it. Clients are quick to understand, if we spend enough time explaining things to them. If we are sincere, they are bound to know.
You may think that Honesty is the best policy is a worn cliché. But being trustworthy is still your key to harmonious relations with your clients (ang pagiging tapat ang siya mo pa ring ipagsasama nang maluwat ng iyong mga kliyente). Nothing in this world can break that.
By now, I hope that I have convinced you to be among the remaining five percent of salespeople who are honest and trustworthy. To those who have decided to be counted among the few, welcome. You have joined the limited population of successful sales champions who never forget the basic tools of their profession.
Do we need to review these basic tools? " We need to be reminded again and again of these things in order for them to sink deep into our consciousness," says Dr. Jocano. A timely reminder is an antidote to a person who forgets (Ang paalaala ay gamot sa taong nakalilimot) is a saying we often hear. But how many of us feel grateful whenever someone gives us a reminder? Sad to say, not too many. Some people think they have reached too high a level that they no longer need to review the basics. Even if you have a PHD, you need to keep on learning. If you stagnate, you become PESSIMISTIC, HUMORLESS, and DEPRESSED.
We all know that life is a continuing study. Review is an integral part of it. Physicians, lawyers, engineers and others do just that-review. So should salespersons.
What are the things that we need to review? Has anyone succeeded in any competition who has not prepared well? Has anybody passed an exam without having reviewed at all? What then do we need to go over?
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Mumbai college designs tech-savvy chessboard for the blind
The innovation centre at Somaiya College has designed a chessboard that is tailor-made for the sightless, with Braille inscription on chess pieces, voice feedback of every move played, and textural differences between black and white boxes
Inspired by their belief that no one should be denied the intellectual stimulation derived from a good game of chess, the innovation centre at the Somaiya College campus in Vidyavihar has conceptualised and designed a chess board that enhances the experience of playing the ultimate strategy game for the visually impaired.
Called Automated Chess (AC), the board game provides the player with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) over the Internet, so one person can play sitting in any corner of the world, while the other plays on the physical chess board.
The specially designed board comes with Braille inscription on chess pieces, voice feedback of every move played, and textural differences between black and white boxes, amongst other features.
"There are already board games available in the market that can be used by the visually-impaired, but our board game involves technology that allows one to play the game online as well as on a physical board; the board automatically plays the moves depending on the keys pressed," said Gaurang Shetty, head of the innovation centre.
The project was introduced by Shetty two years ago, and was completed only this year, with the help of three college students. "The existing board games in the market for the visually impaired are incomplete. So, we have collaborated with the National Association for the Blind (NAB) for their inputs while launching this board game," he said, and added that the group has filed for patenting their work.
Called Automated Chess (AC), the board game can be used for a single-player game or a game with two players. "AC also provides the player with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) over the Internet, so one person can play over GUI sitting in any corner of the world, while the other plays on the physical chess board," added Shetty.
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The board consists of a 64-key membrane keypad. At the heart of the project is Arduino, an open source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware. It is used to transfer signals from the board to the computer.
The chessboard is designed to facilitate the other senses of the player. "A voice feedback is provided to the player. The chess pieces are inscribed with Braille and there are textural differences between the black and white boxes, making them easy to use for players. Users will find it easier to not only play the game, but will also understand the other person's moves in the game better," added Shetty.
This team had applied to the Maker Faire in Rome, and have recently been invited by the organisers to showcase the board in Rome next month. The Maker Faire Rome is a festival of invention and creativity, in which projects from across the globe are showcased.
"While the project is ready, we are also trying to incorporate other features to this chess board for even better results," Shetty signed off.
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The Ride Inn, the new hotel on the site of the old Vernonia Inn, is scheduled to open this spring.
"We are shooting for sometime in April but we'll be open by May 1 for sure," said property owner Jerry Cordell in a recent interview. Cordell said he and his partners have been working through the winter at their own pace, renovating and cleaning up the property to get it ready for guests.
"When it's ready we'll open it," said Cordell. "We're getting close now."
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Ari Emanuel Roast, Game Show Pitches, Celebrity Bar Mitzvah Cameos Revealed in WME Private Video Trove
In light of the 2014 Sony hack and leaks plaguing both sides of the presidential campaign, you'd think a Hollywood talent powerhouse like WME-IMG would store classified assets in a digital Fort Knox. But until recently the agency's internal video server inadvertently was available to the public.
A source tells THR a Google search for a Diane Keaton photo led him to hundreds of WME videos — including dishy staff luncheons, corporate retreats (Jeff Ross roasted Ari Emanuel during one), PowerPoint pitches (like one for a game show starring Ellen DeGeneres and Alec Baldwin) and a bar mitzvah video made for a partner's son (Rob Lowe, Billy Eichner and LL Cool J were among those congratulating his entry into Jewish manhood).
WME-IMG was alerted to the breach and the index quickly was made private.
This story first appeared in the Nov. 4 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.
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i love your earrings!and geez!london is my favorite city in the world,hope u'll have a fantastic time there!whoop!xxxReplyDelete
Love that top and the cardigan together :)ReplyDelete
Can you get the National Express? I can get it from Winchester for about £5.50 if I book a few days before so it might work out around the same from Brighton :)
I hate train travel - it's got so expensive :( My tickets to London are costing me £75, that's even double the price i'm paying for my hotel. Yet the trains are just as ikky as ever!ReplyDelete
Love this outfit! I've just come back from London hope you have a lovely time :D Will you ever show pictures from your shoots? I'd love to see them, bet they're amazing :) xReplyDelete
I love your earrings! <3ReplyDelete
Big fan of the loafers! xReplyDelete
This is such a cute post and love your shoes! I didn't know you lived in Brighton, I'm looking at maybe going to Uni there :)ReplyDelete
those earrings are cute and i really do love you with a fringe! you should keep it and try to get used to it, maybe even get it thickened.ReplyDelete
Lovely outfit!!ReplyDelete
Kisses Anne
great shorts and I like your header :)ReplyDelete
i love your earring!ReplyDelete
Krissy xoxo
I like the outfit and the earrings are cute. I bought some loafers similar the other day. Now on the look out for a pair of dark brown ones.ReplyDelete
ahh i want the length of your hair! :)ReplyDelete
and the loafers are pretty, i got the same in suede x
Your cardigan is lovely Rose! Wish I could pull off a navy cardigan, I'd defs look like a schoolgirl hahaha. Really like yo' earrings too! So annoying about the train fares, isn't it? Gonna cost me a fortune just to go home for the weekend from Uni! Also, I've made a mental note about Momo's, it sounds just lovely! xxxxReplyDelete
DARLING outfit dear.ReplyDelete
you're adorable.<3
Lovely simple outfit :) oh gosh i love vanilla chai! the only tea i can drink yum! xxReplyDelete
Love your shoes - definitely need to check out the loafers when I'm next in Primark!ReplyDelete
Ohhh I love your shoes and earrings :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 August 2011 at 17:51
As I've got older I've found I spend less time with her but lately I've been spending more time with her and I've really enjoyed myself!ReplyDelete
I really like your navy cardie/hoodie, looks nice with that red/orange top! I'd love a free hair cut, even though I only payd about £9 for a cut I'm still cheap :P lmao.
Also lol at your comment! Super hans is a legend, seeing him around my local town would be brilliant ha!
Post your pics too! I bet you look beautiful like your usual self!
gorgeous post, I totally adore your earrings ! <3ReplyDelete
I know, the railway line is so nice! It's only like a ten minute walk away so really easy to go to - I'm not sure where to go in winter though! I'll have to make a new space in my room!ReplyDelete
I really wish I went to college now, instead of all the stress of A Levels!
Love the colours together! The cardigan looks so comfy and warm!
Lush earrings and mugs! XReplyDelete
the earrings are so pretty! i also love your cup and your hair makes me so jealous :)ReplyDelete
Love your outfit.ReplyDelete
love the shorts and loafers xoReplyDelete
- Anonymous24 August 2011 at 17:47
vanilla chai tea O_O must get!!ReplyDelete


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At Christmas we start with the specific and move to the universal.
First we draw close to the miracle of a baby born to a poor couple, with only a barn to shelter them. The dim stable lamplight forms a kind of halo around them as we gaze. The mixed smells of animals and damp fodder fill our nostrils – not the ideal environment for childbirth. But this is what the world gave. The scene is so intimate, filled with such bittersweetness, that we take care not to intrude. Others gather with us – shepherds wander in, angels disguised in many garbs – captivated as we are by the stillness of the night. Stars shine in the sky – one more brightly than all the rest. God has touched the earth in this place, at this time.
But we cannot hold onto that sweet moment forever. A new day comes, with its demands, its fears, its challenges. The little family moves on, as do we. What shall we carry away with us – a memory? A mission?
Ever since that night, that moment, we ponder the meaning of this scene at the manger. What will this child mean for the world? For us? Jesus grows up as we all do, and finds his purpose, his mission in life. It is not an easy one. He feels called to preach about God – not the vengeance of God, but the love, the mercy, the forgiveness of God. It is a beautiful message…but the world, it seems, cannot, or will not, receive it. We are too caught up in our ways of competition, domination, and violence – or are we?
Jesus fights not with a sword, but with a word of love; not with an army but with a community of the least and the lost. He appears to be defeated by his foes, yet his message is not dead. The love lives on. Its light still shines in the darkness.
We are part of his light: his hands and feet in the world, his voice of love and reconciliation, his smile of welcome to all, especially to the poor and unwelcome in the world's eyes. The miracle of a baby, born long ago to a poor couple, lives on, in us. Merry Christmas. JBM


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a QUIRKY theatre group from Belper showed Baywatch star David Hasselhoff that they were 'Hoff' their trolleys on hit TV show Britain's Got Talent.
The Hot Pot Theatre group showcased their talents in front of millions when they were featured on the ITV1 talent contest in Manchester on Saturday.
To the tune of Moon River, the ten-strong group performed a synchronised shopping trolley dance in an attempt to impress Hasselhoff, known as the Hoff, and fellow judges comedian Michael McIntyre and actress Amanda Holden.
Five of the group dressed in suits to twirl the other five, who were kitted out in swimming costumes, around the stage in shopping trolleys.
Maggie Braley, a founder member of the group, choreographed the dance. She told the TV cameras: "It is quite surprising to people when they see it.
"But people have told us they feel quite moved by it."
One person who was not moved by it was McIntyre. The comedian gave a thumbs down early on and then said: "With all due respect it is people in shopping trolleys."
But, fortunately, he was out-voted by Hasselhoff and Holden, who both said yes to them going through to the next round.
Holden said: "It's different, it's mad, but I have to say I enjoyed it."
She later added: "In five years of this show we have never had that. That is bizarre."
Another founder member, Haydee Phipps, who spoke to the judges when the group was on stage, said: "It was all a bit mad. It was terrifying before we went on stage. But when we got on stage I was fine.
"There was a lot they didn't show on the TV. We had a lot of banter with the Hoff, which wasn't shown."
She continued: "Michael McIntyre just did not get it. We were slightly disappointed that he didn't see the tongue-in-cheek side of it, being as he is a comedian."
Unfortunately, Hot Pot was never called back for the next round in London and will not be appearing in the semi-finals, despite what was said during the TV show.
Haydee said: "They have changed their minds. And we had prepared a dance for the semi-finals."
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