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Jets aim higher in second season in Winnipegby John Kreiser
The Winnipeg Jets were a smashing success in their first season in Canada -- everywhere but in the Eastern Conference playoff race, a situation they're hoping to remedy in year two.
The transplanted Atlanta Thrashers were beloved in their new home, which pined for NHL hockey since the original Jets left for Phoenix 15 years earlier. A crowd of 15,004 fans packed MTS Centre for each of the Jets' 41 home games, giving the franchise the kind of love and support it rarely enjoyed down South.
The Jets responded by going 23-13-5 in front of the home folks, up from 17-17-7 in the Thrashers' last season. MTS Centre quickly developed a reputation as one of the toughest places in the League for road teams -- and with another season of packed houses all but assured, visitors figure to have an even tougher time winning in Winnipeg.
30 in 30: Winnipeg Jets
Jets hope Jokinen can fill the gapBy John Kreiser - NHL.com Columnist
The Winnipeg Jets filled their biggest need by signing arguably the best center on the free-agent market this summer in Olli Jokinen.
The Jets improved by only four points (80 to 84) from the previous season and missed the playoffs for the fifth straight time, so general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff knew he had to make some moves -- especially in the middle, where the club needed the most help.
Cheveldayoff hopes he's filled that void by signing Olli Jokinen, who had 23 goals and 61 points for the Calgary Flames last season. Jokinen isn't the 30-goal scorer he was for the Florida Panthers a few years ago, but he's better than anyone the Jets have and gives them a legit first-line man in the middle.
"We're very, very excited to get him," Cheveldayoff said. "He's got size and a tremendous amount of experience. We believe that with adding the size of [Alexei] Ponikarovsky and now Jokinen that we're a much bigger and harder team to play against.
"We worked extremely hard at this deal as we did on other deals that didn't come in our direction. All you can do is put your best offers forward and we're very happy to have Olli as part of the Winnipeg Jets family."
An added bonus for one of the NHL's smaller groups of centers is that Jokinen is 6-foot-3 and 210 pounds, meaning he adds size as well as skill.
"His size comes to the forefront," Cheveldayoff said. "He's difficult to handle when he gets moving and he does move very well. He likes to shoot the puck and he's not afraid to do that, and there are lots of opportunities for him to score and opportunities for other players to score off of rebounds and create plays."
The Jets also added Ponikarovsky, a valuable forward in the New Jersey Devils' run to the Stanley Cup Final. He should be a solid third-liner -- he's scored 20 or more goals four times in his career and had 14 goals and 33 points with the Carolina Hurricanes and New Jersey last season despite minimal power-play time.
The Jets are hopeful Ponikarovsky will provide a spark to former Toronto Maple Leafs teammate Nik Antropov, whose production has dropped from 24 goals and 67 points in 2009-10 to 15 and 35 last season. Jokinen's arrival should take some of the pressure off Antropov, who found himself on the fourth line at times.
While the middle has been a muddle, the Jets do have some talent on the wings.
Evander Kane had 30 goals in his third NHL season, up from 14 and 19 in his first two, and all indications are he'll be a star. Blake Wheeler led the Jets with 47 assists and 61 points, and captain Andrew Ladd scored 28 times while providing leadership for a group of players that had to relocate from Atlanta to Winnipeg in a short amount of time.
There's also plenty of offense from the blue line. Dustin Byfuglien's 53 points tied him for second among NHL defensemen, and Tobias Enstrom and Zach Bogosian each finished with at least 30 points. They were part of the reason the Jets were second in the NHL in power-play success at home (22.0 percent) and 12th overall (17.9 percent). The Jets used their first-round pick on USNTDP defenseman Jacob Trouba, who for now is headed to the University of Michigan.
The Jets took Trouba because most of their problems are in their own zone -- their 242 non-shootout goals allowed were 26th in the 30-team NHL. Most of those came on the road, where the Jets were 14-22-5.
The defense has to give more help to goaltender Ondrej Pavelec, whose 2.91 goals-against average and .906 save percentage in 68 appearances weren't helped by seeing more than 34 shots per 60 minutes of playing time. Al Montoya, who played with the New York Islanders last season, was signed to back up Pavelec, who received a new five-year deal this offseason.
Aside from the addition of Jokinen, the Jets seem determined to improve mostly from within -- by letting young players Kane, Bogosian and Mark Scheifele grow into their roles. Cheveldayoff is hopeful the addition of Jokinen will speed up the maturation process, but the GM seems determined to go for steady progress rather than splashy signings.


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WINTER PARK, Fla. -- Barry University men's basketball team survived a tight one at Rollins, winning 79-77 Saturday. The Buccaneers (13-3, 4-3 Sunshine State Conference) overcame a seven-point halftime deficit by using an 18-4 run over the first 6:56 of the second half to take a 56-49 lead on a pair of Deric Hill free throws.
Trailing 74-73, Yunio Barrueta converted a three-point play to give the Bucs a 76-74 lead. Arie Williams sank two free throws with 11 seconds remaining to extend the Buccaneers lead to four before Rollins' Scott Schuette hit a pair from the line. Williams split a pair from the line to give the Bucs a three-point lead.
Rollins' Adam Allen hit the first free throw with four seconds left, and intentionally missed the second. After a scramble left Rollins (8-9, 2-5) with an inbounds play with 0.9 seconds left, Williams stoled the inbounds pass as time ran out.
Barrueta had a career-high 25 points and 10 rebounds in his sixth double-double of the season. Hill scored 12 points, and had seven assists and three steals. Savad Garner scored 13 points, and Williams finished with a career-best 12 points and three assists.
Barry shot 75 percent in the first half, and finished 27 of 43 for 62.8 percent for the game. Both were season highs. The Buccaneers were 7 of 14 from long range. Rollins hit 60 percent of its shots, including 9 of 17 from long distance. The Tars were 0 of 4 from beyond the 3-point line in the second half. Barry was 1 of 5.
The Bucs were outrebounded, 21-18, marking a season low. It was just the third time Barry has been outrebounded this year.
The Buccaneers forced 26 Rollins turnovers, while committing 23 in a game that featured seven ties and 18 lead changes. Two players fouled out for the Bucs.
Barry will host Florida Tech at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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Hi, Recently you reverted the vandalizing edit of User:MetaCracken. I would like you to take a look at my discussion with him/her (at the bottom of the page).
However, a user who will remain anonymous has brought this page to my attention. Check the history, clearly made by you.
It is against the rules of Grand Theft Wiki to have multiple accounts. To make the situation worst, if you do own both accounts it's to make you look like a good user by reverting a "bad users" edits.
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- Multiple accounts? Hmm... someone used my old account, but I don't know who, so I'll think of something right now. My first account was no good use of me, and I want it gone. Is there any way to get rid of my old account for good? Captain Seven-Twenty 17:59, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
It is directly against the Rules of Grand Theft Wiki to operate more than one account. If you have a good reason, you must agree this with a Manager first. However, you have used your account to circumvent your suspension and provide falsified third-party input to your suspension situation. Due to this, this account has been permanently suspended. You must only use your original account, unless you have a good reason for changing (we could rename it, for example), in which case you must discuss this first. However, you obviously must only use your account when the suspension has been lifted. Gboyers talk 18:06, 20 October 2008 (UTC)


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Even though the swap partition exists, and set to load in
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file system: /dev/sda5
start: 1
end: 244
blocks: 1951744
id: 82
system: Linux swap / Solaris
and in my
fstab it says
file system: /dev/sda5
mount point: none
type: swap
options: sw
dump: 0
pass: 0
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swapon /dev/sda5 but it just won't load at boot.
Is there more information that I can give to help troubleshoot? I dont know what other info could be useful
As requested, full
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# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
/dev/sda6 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sr1 none udf rw,noauto 0 0
I was looking at the system log and I saw this, not sure what it means or if it's normal but:
Apr 29 17:57:24 caelan-ubuntu os-prober: debug: running /usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests on /dev/sda5
Apr 29 17:57:24 caelan-ubuntu 50mounted-tests: debug: /dev/sda5 is a swap partition; skipping
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mountall: Connection is closed
output of
mountall -v
swap finished
local 4/4 remote 0/0 virtual 12/12 swap 0/0
not sure, still not loading swap... still can be added in commandline, and my windows partition is being mounted on boot, and that is in the fstab too.


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Transaction authorisations summary
The ANZ Internet Banking for Business service allows multiple users to access the same accounts. For security reasons there is an authorisation process in place, which ensures that no transactions are processed without the appropriate authoriser's approval.
- Once submitted, transactions must be approved within the authorisation period (time limit), which is set up at registration.
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- Payment date: the date the payment is due to be processed
- Payment type: Pay Anyone, multiple transfer, etc
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- To: the recipient of the payment or transfer
- Lodgement number: confirmation that your payment/transfer has been lodged for processing
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Use our faqs to find out more about the transaction authorisation process.
Getting started
|What information can I see on the "Authorise payments/transfers" page?
The "Authorise payments/transfers" page contains the following details of payments/transfers waiting to be authorised, repaired, rejected or deleted:
|Who can access the "Authorise payments/transfers" page?
The Administrators and the Authorisers who are authorised to access the business accounts, make payments or approve pending payments from those accounts in ANZ Internet Banking for Business.
|What can I do on the "Authorise payments/transfers" page?
The Administrators and Authorisers can perform the following functions on this page:
|What does a status of "expired" mean for a payment/transfer?
Payments can expire in one of the two ways:
If the status shows that the payment has expired, the same payment cannot be authorised again. A new payment needs to be set up and authorised within the authorisation period.
|What happens to payments awaiting authorisation?
Payments awaiting authorisation sit in a "Work in progress queue" in "Authorise payments/transfers" under the "Pay and transfer" menu until they reach the payment expiry period as selected on the registration form.
|How do I know when a payment/transfer will expire?
The number of days payments may await authorisation is set at a time between seven and 31 days, specified at registration.
|Do I have to authorise a recurring payment each time it is to be processed?
No. Once the recurring payment is authorised this authorises all future payments in the series.
|Can errors in payments be fixed after they're sent for authorisation?
Yes. An Administrator or Authoriser can choose to "Send for repair" or "Reject" a payment. Any payment that has been sent for repair will appear in the repair queue and can be corrected and resubmitted.
|What happens if an Authoriser has not authorised a payment by the cut-off time?
If payments are approved by the second Authoriser after the cut-off time on a given day, the payment will be processed the following bank business day.
Administrators, Authorisers and Operators
|What is the difference between the terms Administrator and Authoriser?
An authoriser is the person who has authority to make payments on the account. Administrators can complete the functions of an Authoriser but are also able to set up Operators.
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|Can I transact online using multiple signatory accounts?
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Pay Anyone limit changes can be requested by the Administrators via ANZ Internet Banking for Business.
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|Can I use my ANZ Internet Banking for Business Security Device once I receive it?
A Security Device needs to be activated before it can be used. You can contact the ANZ Internet Banking for Business team on 1800 269 242 (International callers: +61 3 8699 6906) between 8.00am to 8.00pm (AEST) Monday to Friday to activate your Security Device once you receive it.
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The Postal Service is warning customers of a recent scam that seems to be gaining popularity.
Scammers are sending people fake emails claiming a package is awaiting them at the post office because it failed to be delivered or payment for postage is requested. The e-mail provides a link customers are requested to click to print a new label for their package. Once the link is opened, a virus is downloaded to the customer's computer.
"USPS never contacts customers via e-mail," Lori Kelsey, postmaster for Marion, said. "We always send inquires through the mail."
Kelsey has received several inquiries from customers about similar emails.
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The goal of the scam is to get personal information such as passwords and banking information from personal computers.
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Those who receive an e-mail are asked to report it to their local post office and forward it to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Similar emails have been reported to Hillsboro and Peabody post offices.
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"It's a scam that comes and goes," she said. "We send out letters to our customers warning them about the scam."


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September 15, 2013 11:00am-05:00pm
Honolulu Museum of Art
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The spotlight is on the artist Ansel Adams this month. Learn about this American master through the exhibition Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: The Hawai'i Pictures. Go on a gallery hunt for his artwork and do projects related to his beautiful photographs of the islands.
Note: Activities end at 3pm
Make your own textured painting:
Using paper, paint and plastic wrap, along with a bit of chance, create a painting with unique patterns. No two are the same!
Create your own monoprint:
These one-of-a-kind prints are easy to make. Simply draw into ink rolled on an acrylic plate then transfer your drawing by rubbing it onto a sheet of paper.
11:30am-1pm: Air Force Band of the Pacific
The jazz arm of the Air Force Band of the Pacific plays classic jazz standards as well as modern selections.
Mango Season
Mixing West Coast 70s pop with soul/jazz while adding a hint of classic island grooves, Mango Season will have you swinging to their backyard beats.
Sound World
Venture into the galleries as Orvis Musicians in the Museum play original compositions that interpret and respond to the artwork around them.
Photo booth
Choose from a cache of props and strike your zaniest pose in Photo Ops Hawaii's photo booth. Take home one free photo per shoot.
11:10am + 1pm: Famous felines from the web hit the big screen for The Walker Art Center's Internet Cat Video Festival. $3 adults, $1 children (13 + under).
Congratulations to last month's contest winner, ten-year-old Thomas Chang from Honolulu!
Kids (ages 1-17) can enter the monthly drawing contest.
The museum gives contestants a theme and drawing supplies.
The winner receives a Supporting Membership to the Honolulu Museum of Art (worth $100), and his or her artwork is used to create the following month's event brochure and is posted on the museum's website.


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Thursday, April 19, 2012
An Eye Study
Just a quick post today to show you more of my sketchbook. Nothing too exciting but something I wish to share.
I have mainly focused on animals in my past drawings but I would really love to do portraits, people are very hard though, well for me they are.
So let's break it down bit by bit, and my first bit is an eye… just one.
I'm quite pleased with this, especially the folds on the left hand side of the eye. This was just roughly done in 2b pencil and only took about 15 minutes. But there will be more to come, practice makes perfect as they say.
I hope you've enjoyed another peek into the drawing side of my life, let me know what think.
Until then Happy Crafting
8 comments:
- Marnie said...
The drawing is excellent....you are very talented.
x Marnie
- April 19, 2012 at 8:50 PM
- JoJo said...
WOW! You are very gifted!!!!
- April 20, 2012 at 1:42 AM
- Amber Mae said...
That is really really good! I can't believe you did that in fifteen minutes :)I can't wait to see your portraits.
P.S. thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a nice comment!
- April 20, 2012 at 4:38 AM
- Hani@Craftionary said...
I can not believe it! This is awesome.. I love to sketch too, but mostly I do disney characters but I can not be anything close to this.. Thanks for linking up at friday fun party.. :)
- April 21, 2012 at 9:24 AM
- Roxanne Reinhart said...
That sketch is amazing!! You are majorly talented!! I used to sketch a little when I was very young, mainly Holly Hobbie (am I aging myself) type drawings. Nothing even close to your level.
- April 21, 2012 at 10:29 AM
- Carol, The Answer Is Chocolate said...
WOW! I'm more of a doodler / zentangler...this is amazing!
- April 22, 2012 at 1:30 AM
- Olah Momma! said...
That looks perfect! You are amazing!
Hopping by and following your twitter and Pinterest.
The Quiet Mom @ http://olahmomma.com. You can visit directly to my latest post: http://olahmomma.com/blog/happy-anniversary
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Oh wow - NICE!!
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BANNER ELK, N.C. --- Senior Taylor Clendenin (Statesville, N.C.) recorded a match-high 14 kills to lead the Lees-McRae College women's volleyball team to a straight-set sweep of King College in Conference Carolinas play on Wednesday evening, as the Bobcats celebrated Teal Night in Williams Gymnasium.
Prior to first serve, the Bobcats paid tribute to a former teammate, celebrating the life of Meme Mckensie Brown, who passed away on October 15, 2012 following a strong and courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Brown joined the Bobcat family in the fall of 2009, playing two seasons on the women's volleyball team before transferring to nearby Appalachian State University to major in nursing following her diagnosis.
Lees-McRae (11-14, 7-6 CC) won the match by scores of 25-18, 25-9, and 25-23, posting a .349 hitting percentage while limiting King (13-13, 7-6 CC) to a .067 clip on the attack. The Bobcats recorded 42 kills, 41 digs, eight blocks, and six service aces in the contest, while holding the Tornado to 29 digs and 24 smashes.
Clendenin paced the Bobcats with 14 kills on 21 attempts, posting a blistering .619 hitting percentage whille adding six digs and a block assist. Megan Mitchell (Minden, Nev.) chipped in match-highs of 35 assists and five aces, as Haydn Beatty (Norman, Okla.) posted nine kills and a .692 hitting percentage. Lauren Fox (Garland, Texas) recorded a match-high five blocks (one solo, four assists), while Sariah Suryadevara (Cincinnati, Ohio) added a contest-best 14 digs and Rachel Grether (Ocala, Fla.) chipped in eight kills.
Summer Kremer led the way for King with eight kills, while Olivia Underwood added 20 assists and Maribeth Kern chipped in 11 digs.
Lees-McRae started off strong, opening the first set on a 7-4 run before King countered with a 5-1 spurt to take a narrow 9-8 advantage on back-to-back aces by Payton Tipton. The Bobcats would answer with a 10-6 run, claiming an 18-15 lead following a Grether kill. After Clendenin pushed the margin to 21-17 with back-to-back kills and King responded with a smash from Kern, Lees-McRae closed out the set with a 4-0 run to take a 1-0 lead in the match following a Mitchell ace.
The Bobcats would carry the momentum into the second set, opening the frame on a 9-0 run before pushing the advantage to 21-6 with a 10-3 surge. Lees-McRae would close out the set from there, capping the frame on a Beatty kill and a King miscue to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the match with a 25-9 second-set win.
King battled back early in the third, taking a narrow 9-7 advantage following an Olivia Underwood dump before pushing the lead to 17-14 after a block by Kremer and Grace Underwood. Lees-McRae would answer with a 6-2 spurt, claiming a narrow 20-19 lead on a block by Mitchell and Fox before King countered with three straight points to seize a 22-20 advantage.
Clendenin answered for the Bobcats, smashing four straight kills to push King to match point at 24-22 with her 13th smash of the evening. After the Tornado countered with a pair of blocks to even the tally at 24-24, Clendenin and Grether answered with back-to-back kills to cap the set and the match for the Bobcats.
Lees-McRae returns to the court on Saturday when the Bobcats host Pfeiffer University in league play at 12 p.m. The Bobcats will honor seniors Clendenin, Mitchell, and Dana Oliver (Miami, Fla.) prior to first serve in their last regular season match in Williams Gymnasium.


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January 30, 2013
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Despite recent confusion around federally mandated health care exchanges, work continues around the state to assure that we will have a single-payer system in 2017 that will result in more people getting better coverage for less money. This process doesn't get much media attention, which is too bad because it is good news.
In an effort to reduce the growth of health care costs, the Green Mountain Care Board has pending proposals with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to test several payment models based around shared savings, accountable care organizations, bundled payments, and pay for performance.
The GMCB coordinated and helped design several payment reform models. In St. Johnsbury, the board is guiding a coordinated oncology care project that's somewhat experimental, with doctors and providers helping design the future payment contracts and Dartmouth Hitchcock researchers tracking performance.
In Rutland, the GMCB is working with doctors, the hospital and the federally health clinic to develop better payment systems. The GMCB is also developing standards for accountable care organizations and integrated care networks that can cover both insured Vermonters and Medicaid members.
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This is the fourth entry in a twenty part series discussing the wonderful time and priority management book Making It All Work by David Allen. New entries in this series will appear on Tuesday mornings and Friday mornings through December 10.
Time management. Money management. Health management. Management of your stuff. Relationship management.
All of those things (and a lot more) boil down to is self-management. What is your capacity for determining what needs to be done in your life and actually executing those things that need to be done?
Can you see what needs to be done?
Do you have the ability to do the things that need to be done?
Allen boils this all down, on page 61:
The two key ingredients for making it all work are:
The more control you have, the better. The more perspective you have, the better.
Allen subdivides levels of control and perspective into four distinct areas. Of course, it's worth noting that we all find ourselves in each of these areas sometimes, but typically one of these areas dominates our lives and life choices.
Victim / Responder
Low Control, Low Perspective
Allen sums up what life is like for a "victim/responder" on page 63:
In a self-management context, this means that you are simply dealing with only the latest and the loudest. You are likely doing "emergency scanning" of voice mails and e-mails, letting the not-yet-critical stuff mount up in heaps, dealing exclusively with the tasks you have to do at the moment.
When I read this description, I couldn't help but think of how every task in a person's life has two key characteristics: urgency and importance. A victim/responder simply does all of the urgent tasks without worrying much at all about their actual importance.
To put it simply, if this description sounds like your life, then serious changes are in order. There are times when we all find ourselves here – dealing with crises, handling minor things, and so on. However, without the ability to step back from this state (preferably, the ability to step back quite often), we become numb to the bigger issues and simply just focus on whatever happens to be on our plate, whether it's important or not. That's not a route to any kind of success.
Micromanager / Implementer
High Control, Low Perspective
So, what about the "micromanager"? From page 65:
This is the natural domain of the proverbial bean-counter, the financial guy who, if he wields too much power, strangles a company by cutting off investment in innovation, design, and research. […] Another typical example of this sort of thinking is the person who, instead of having nothing well organized, has nothing, well organized.
We've all come across this in our lives: people who have built their own little empires and rule over them with an iron fist. They're completely in control of some very minor situation and you have to follow their arcane rules to gain access to what they're controlling.
Perhaps this is your boss or an administrative assistant you have to regularly deal with. Perhaps it's you.
In either case, the key to growing beyond this paradigm is to step back and ask yourself what sort of role your area of control plays in the lives of others. Are you sacrificing successful interaction with others to keep more control over your own situation? Are you making life difficult for the people who need your help simply so you can maintain control over one or two minor things?
Could you be more productive and more helpful to the people around you if you focused on the bigger picture of what's going on in the organization rather than the narrow focus of the area you control?
I keep thinking of the mind-numbing amounts of paperwork I had to do at my previous job. There were many, many instances where a smoother framework could have been introduced, but to do so would mean loss of a bit of control for a short period during the transition, so such improvements were constantly shot down – to the detriment of all.
"Crazy Maker" / Visionary
Low Control, High Perspective
The opposite of the micromanager is discussed on page 67: the "visionary":
[T]hey have too many ideas in proportion to the amount getting done, they take on too many commitments vis-a-vis available resources, and they make everyone around them nuts by random and uncontrolled directives. Their systems and behaviors are not functioning to capture and contain all of their creative output.
I find myself in this area quite a lot of the time. I have more ideas than I know what to do with or possibly have time to follow up on. Quite often, I don't filter them enough and begin engaging in too many projects.
In other words, I have the perspective I need to set long-term ideas and carry through with them, but sometimes I fail to have the control needed to pick and choose amoing those long-term ideas.
Think of the person you know who always has some sort of great idea but seems to have difficulty following through on them – you're looking at a visionary. Perhaps it's you.
I think that in many cases, visionaries and micromanagers can make a great team if they trust each other and listen to each other and give into each other on occasion.
"Captain & Commander"
High Control, High Perspective
However, it's this final status that is the most valuable for almost everyone to have. On page 69:
The ideal of the model I'm proposing here incorporates an appropriate mix of perspective and structure, with your energies and focus directed by an internal rather than an external source. This is the state of flow, of being in the zone, of being "on."
The success factor here isn't what you're doing or how much of it you're doing, but how you're engaged with what you're doing. Why are you doing it? How are you doing it? What's the end goal? How will you get there? When you have all of that inside of you and you're able to simply throw yourself into the task at hand to the point of losing track of time and simply getting things done, you're there.
How do you get there? Allen points back at what I consider to be the fundamental principle of the Getting Things Done model: simply get all of those spare ideas and thoughts and plans for other things out of your head and into some trusted system. Write them down and put them in a place that you'll review later.
The more I do that, the easier I find it to simply slip into the flow, where all that matters is getting stuff done in a sensible way.


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Many of our group were family history 'beginners' (or close to it), and they seemed to find the lectures very helpful. Experienced genealogists who have heard many of the talks before probably picked up a few new tips or were reminded of neglected research tasks on their 'To Do' list. I suspect that all of us learned something useful during informal chats in places like the queue for breakfast!
Many people asked why I was not one of the speakers. For me, the cruise was primarily a much-needed holiday after two very difficult years. The genealogy component was a bonus; and I enjoyed making new friends and catching up with colleagues whom I rarely see. I've attended more than one hundred genealogy events, but this was my first cruise, so you can probably guess which aspect of the week I found most appealing!
Here are some extracts from my 'cruise diary':
|Our cabin
|Walking track
|Towel elephant
|Harbour at Port Vila, Vanuatu
|Carving watermelons
|Made from oranges & pineapples
The outstanding non-genealogy event today was Meet the Captain, an entertaining and informative question-and-answer session with Captain Neil Turnbull. He told a story about a drunken passenger who fell overboard and was rescued and back on the ship within seven minutes (impressive!) I also loved the story about 2000 Australians going to the front of the ship to see a tsunami. (If there is a tsunami warning, the ship heads for deep water where a tsunami has much less impact.)
Saturday: I overslept and missed most the view of Brisbane as we came up the river, docking at 6am. The disembarkation process was incredibly well organised. In no time at all we were off the ship, had collected our luggage and were through Customs... and the holiday was over!
Would I do another cruise on the Pacific Dawn? Definitely!
Would I go to another genealogy conference on a cruise? Yes, if the speakers, the ship and the route appealed to me. (Some genealogists had family or friends who thought about coming on this cruise but decided they didn't want the hassle and expense of getting a passport.)
With the wisdom of hindsight, what would I do differently if I could do it all again? I would have dinner earlier and make a point of going to all the shows in the Show Lounge or Atrium; and I would book one or two shore tours in advance.
What would I change as far as the conference was concerned? I will need to think about that before the organisers send me a feedback form! Three things spring immediately to mind: (1) Having to rush down each morning to book for talks is no fun (but I realise that P & O's arrangements meant that there was no other option on this cruise). (2) Pin-on name tags would be better, as it was usually impossible to read name tags on lanyards. (3) Themed discussions at lunch and dinner are good in theory, but would work much better at tables for six.
If you were on this cruise, what were your favourite aspects of it? Would you go again?
P.S. - For different viewpoints, and tips from talks that I didn't hear, read what Jenny, Shauna, Aimee and Helen said about the conference and cruise.


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Principal Mara Galeazzi and First Artist Jonathan Watkins are to leave The Royal Ballet, retiring and pursuing a career as a choreographer respectively.
Mara will retire from The Royal Ballet in July 2013, at the end of the current season. Mara, who had her first child last April, will move to Oman to be with her husband. She will focus on new projects, teaching dance and her work for her charity foundation Dancing for The Children, which raises funds for sick children in Africa. Mara's farewell performance at the Royal Opera House will be as Mary Vetsera in Mayerling on 13 June. Her final performance with The Royal Ballet will be in Monaco where she will perform the title role in Manon on 29 June.
Jonathan will leave the Company on Saturday 23 February to embark on a freelance career as a choreographer/director. Jonathan joined The Royal Ballet in 2003. His interest in choreography began as a student at The Royal Ballet School and continued as a member of the Company. He has choreographed for First Drafts and Draft Works and created As One for the Main Stage of the Royal Opera House. Jonathan also choreographed one of the ballets that made up Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 (Diana and Actaeon) with William Tuckett and Liam Scarlett. His many outside commissions to date include two short films for Channel 4 and the role of movement director for Alan Bennett's latest play People at the National Theatre. Jonathan has numerous projects lined up including choreographing new works in Russia and America, a full-length adaptation in the UK and a collection of theatre and film projects.


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No small sacrifice: The effects of war on children
We can't afford to lose our children to the ravages of war.
Surely the hardest faces to look upon during armed conflict are those of terrified or wounded children trapped by the war-making of adults. While humankind's inhumanity is not exactly headline news, resorting to armed conflict is always evidence of a profound moral and rational collapse. But there is something exceptionally awful about the suffering and incomprehension of children when fighting begins. The adult world around them has succumbed to some primal insanity, and safety and solace evaporate in a heartbeat. These children have been failed utterly.
Over the clear skies of Syria and the Gaza Strip last November, fresh horrors were being prepared for children on the ground. A new Israeli effort to halt indiscriminate rocket and mortar fire from within Gaza this time left more than 160 dead, including at least 30 children; six Israelis perished as well. In Syria the death toll continued its grisly ascent, but the cruelty of a cluster bomb attack on a playground full of children still managed to shock. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, rebel forces marched on the North Kivu capital city of Goma, sending thousands into flight and directly imperiling more than 200,000 children.
In these and a hundred other places at war around the world, children became suddenly, fatally at risk. We love to claim that children are our future. Why then are we so listless about the violence they suffer in our wars?
The church's just war tradition has been properly criticized for the amount of bloodletting it manages to rationalize. But the tradition at least insists on noncombatant immunity. It is a sad comment on our times that greater fidelity to this basic limitation would be a huge step forward for human civilization.
With the 20th-century innovation of total war, noncombatants have not only lost immunity, they have frequently become the direct targets of military strikes: London, Nanking, Dresden, and Hiroshima, to name a few. Now we inhabit a zone of doublethink and contradiction over noncombatant lives. U.S. soldiers offer apologies and compensation after wayward strikes in Afghanistan. Israel's air force drops leaflets over the Gaza Strip, the most densely populated place on earth, urging civilians to flee while its politicians talk of flattening Gaza, home to just under 750,000 children. In many African conflicts children have been the targets of sexual assault, machete mutilations, and amputations, and have been forced to act as child soldiers.
If the world is not civilized enough for something better, something more morally demanding than just war principles, perhaps we can consider smaller, but still significant steps away from depravity. We could begin by setting a minimum in war-making that at least protects the world's children. The United States, for example, has become reliant on drones in "targeted assassinations" that frequently manage to neutralize not only their targets but anyone, including children, around them.
The United States could further reset moral limitations in combat by announcing an explicit policy of mission cancellation in any instance where a strike could lead to the killing of children, no matter how "high value" the target. Other significant steps to better protect the world's children include signing on to the bans on cluster bombs and land mines, which continue to kill children for decades after conflicts end. It could also ratify the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Children. The United States and Somalia are the only nations which have not confirmed this international endorsement of the rights of children to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
We have accepted "collateral damage" in modern, high-tech combat long enough. Let's commit ourselves to protecting children during armed conflict. Save the children and we may end up saving ourselves.
This article appeared in the February 2013 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 78, No. 2, page 47).
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February 13, 2014
With about 8 million women in the United States currently living with heart disease, it is safe to say that almost everyone knows a woman in their life — a mother, friend, sister, grandmother, aunt — who has been affected. Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute supports the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women campaign. To show support for women's heart health, faculty and staff throughout Penn State Hershey Medical Center recently donned red for National Wear Red Day on Feb. 7.
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Need to revisit Cinematograph Act: I&B Minister
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of controversy surrounding Kamal Haasan's film 'Vishwaroopam', Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari today said there was a need to "revisit" the Cinematograph Act to ensure decisions of the Censor Board are implemented.
"Time-cinematographic act revisited to ensure implementational integrity (of) certification decisions, otherwise each state would be its own censor (board)," Tewari posted on the social networking website Twitter.
Tewari had said yesterday that states should implement the decisions of the Censor Board regarding screening of films but refrained from commenting on 'Vishwaroopam', saying the matter was in court.
"Since the High court has once again taken the matter within its purview, it would be inappropriate to comment on it. We would allow the High court to take cognisance of the matter holistically and come to whatever conclusion it considers appropriate. Because it's been a tradition that we do not comment on matters which are sub-judice," Tewari had said.
Haasan yesterday suffered a setback as the Madras High Court stayed the screening of "Vishwaroopam".


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This might be my last blog post here on NothingToSay.com. Why? Because I do most of my short form updates on Twitter at @chrisfralic (which you can also find on the bottom of this blog), and most of my long form writing on LinkedIn or occasionally on Forbes. Then I saw my inclusion
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We recently ordered a new vehicle, a mini-van/SUV crossover, and though it was an expensive option, we ordered the rear-view/back-up camera.
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30 July 2007
Back-up cameras
We recently ordered a new vehicle, a mini-van/SUV crossover, and though it was an expensive option, we ordered the rear-view/back-up camera.
Posted by shadowfax at 10:10 AM
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Back-up cameras need to be standard, not a option.
I had one on my last car, and having it on the next (my current) car wasn't an option, it was mandatory.ReplyDelete
Once you use it about 10 times you'll wonder why trying to back up while twisted like a pretzel is still the standard.
Good for you! They only market these on luxury cars, but they really are not expensive for manufacturers to put in to any car pre-market. I think I read it was around $100. Seatbelts are standard, so should these be... especially with the blind spot growing larger and larger on cars these days. So sad.ReplyDelete
There was a senator last month (Wisconsin maybe?) who backed over his young grandson in a similar situation. Terrible that it takes it happening to a public figure to drive things, but perhaps it will be the start of a change in attitude - less towards luxury, more towards safety equipment.
Word of caution is blind reliance of these cameras - field of view is limited . . . smaller children hiding at the bumper, or under it, will not be visible. Better to actually map out the field of view on the ground so you will know your limits of observation.ReplyDelete
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I literally screamed in frustration when I heard the news. It was right after I got up, so as of 6:40 a.m., my day was ruined.
It is apparently against FB's makeup/being/morals to keep his worthless word.
ugh. forget about capitalization and punctuation and coherence and whatever (kinda like pre-marriage/dressing nice, smelling nice, best foot forward; post-marriage/shorts and a wife beater, fused to the couch, no effort to keep stomach in). i'm defeated.
incredulity was pouring out of my disbelieving ears when i heard the 1320 guys trying to convince the public that FB opting in was super great and would result in lots of wins (if that's the case, how come no one else wanted him?) and that the general consensus was positive*.
now, i don't know how many wins this team will produce**, but the general consensus is far from positive. i frequent way too many Jazz sites (possibly at the cost of, you know, a social life) and the majority of fans feel the way I do; doomsday, we're screwed, disgust; frustration. in fact, as the seconds to the deadline ticked down, posts like this were going up:
We need to establish f-word usage parameters before Booze opts-in, just to manage the immanent barrage. Are we suspending the F-word ban for, say, a 24 hour period? Or should we just use F%&$ and F&$%ing and that dumbf#$%? (source)
**we had this roster last year and yes, the Utah Jazz were the Utah Walking Wounded last year, but that doesn't change the fact that we didn't play defense and had locker room/chemistry issues–which can only get worse from here on out–and lost those games to gs and Minnie with our full roster.
as for winning, let's just remember one thing: boozer can either play 60+ games well and then in april fade away faster than his jump shot (his body and possibly brain are just not built to play that many games), or he can sit out one-third or half the season, resulting in a low playoff seed if we get into the playoffs at all, and play great in the postseason as we get eliminated fast.
*i know that they have to say stuff like that since they're paid by the LHM Group, but come on, at least make claims that are believable. unsurprisingly, 1280 told it like it was: fans are not excited to have carlos boozer around,. they also aren't scared to admit that fb plays no defense which no one in the history of 1320 has ever done.
the good news about Memo opting in has been completely overshadowed. i can't get excited today.
i pray koc's phone bill breaks the bank this summer, the same way boozer broke the jazz bank. here's to another year of anti-defense. yippity yay yay doo dah crap.
if we lose sap, i suggest we follow ____'s suggestion (i can't remember now who it was that said it), and trade FB for Sap.
oh, and remember when LHM called boozer's "i'm opting out, regardless" comment one of the top ten stupidest things he's ever heard an NBA player say? that comment has just shot up to #1.
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The Americano Highball/
Readers, I know I walked out on you six weeks ago sans peep, leaving you high and dry (literally) like a (figurative) con man who says he's just stepping out for a pack of smokes, and I apologize fully and sincerely for the subsequent dormancy of this blog. Know this, though: That whole time I was gone, I did not cheat on you. Not ever. Not once.
Sure, my crazy, overpacked life since early May has included a cousin-in-law's Vermont nuptials complete with top-shelf Knob Creek behind the open bar; the debut of a wine bar and beer garden directly across the street from my apartment (the night they opened, they served me a cheese plate that contained a pat of butter disguised as a slice of white cheddar, and yeah, I bit into it, but you know, bygones); a random tipsy game night here and a solitary evening at home with a bottle of wine there. But no cocktails. I really went well over a month without drinking a proper cocktail. So what I'm saying is, maybe I'm an ass for disappearing like that, but I'm a faithful ass.
Today's the summer solstice, a time for forgiveness according to the Greek god of things I just made up. So let's get back to business with a (four-day) week of summer cocktails. It's Summer Cocktail Week! Let us rejoice and be glad!
A summer cocktail is a peculiar thing. For one thing, it has a job to do besides inebriating. A summer cocktail must possess the wherewithal to slice through a humid haze, a feat easier said than drunk. A gin and tonic can do it. (Summertime is, in fact, the only time I ever bother with a gin and tonic.) Beer can do it, too, and often better, and so a summer cocktail's really gotta have game. To my mind, one of the best summer cocktails going is the Americano Highball.
An Americano Highball is basically a Negroni ratcheted down to mixed-drink status, with club soda filling in for the gin. Actually, I got that backwards; according to my ever-trusty How's Your Drink?, first Italy invented the Americano Highball and named it so because it was a huge hit with Yankee tourists, then Count Negroni asked his local bartender to figure out an Americano with more of a kick to it. Either way, that combination of Campari and sweet vermouth is an unbeatable heat-buster, a most perfect calibration of bitter and sweet with a nice, dry finish.
The Americano Highball
(Courtesy of How's Your Drink?)
1 1/2 ounces Campari
1 1/2 ounces sweet vermouth
Soda water
Pour ingredients in given order into an ice-filled highball glass. Stir briskly for a few seconds at most. Garnish with orange peel and, summerishly, a drink umbrella.


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Fresh off their 30th District championship, the Anderson County girls' basketball team drew 29th District runner-up Oldham County in the first round of the Eighth Region Tournament at the regional draw Saturday morning. The game will be the final first round game of the tournament and is set to tip off on Tuesday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m at Gallatin County High School.
Anderson defeated Oldham 79-59 on Dec. 7. The Lady Bearcats also began their march to the Sweet 16 with a win over Oldham in the regional opener last year.
TAYLORSVILLE -- Anderson County captured its third consecutive 30th District Tournament championship with a 57-48 win over Collins Friday night at Spencer County High School.
The Lady Bearcats never trailed but were not assured of the win until freshman Destiny Stewart sank a pair of free throws with 36.4 seconds to play, giving Anderson a 55-46 advantage. Sophomore Danielle Watson also buried two crucial free throws that put Anderson up 51-43 with 1:31 to play.
FRANKFORT – Austin Dillow needed just two seconds. Two measly seconds to stay alive in his seventh-place match at the state wrestling tournament on Saturday afternoon.
Two seconds were all that stood between Dillow and one more chance to beat Meade County's Garrett Kenealy. But with their match tied at 4, Kenealy scored on a takedown that gave him the higher placing.
TAYLORSVILLE – As another of Lowell Gordon's long-range bombs ripped the nets, Anderson County's smiles grew broader.
And with every time the Bearcats forced Eminence into a turnover – the count was 22 altogether – the reality of what was happening Monday night became sharper.
FRANKFORT – Through three months and 27 basketball games, a familiar pattern has stayed with Anderson County's Lady Bearcats.
When Anderson plays well for 32 minutes, the Lady Bearcats are very tough to beat. When there is a lull, things aren't quite as rosy.
FRANKFORT – It was less than 30 minutes before Anderson County's scheduled tipoff when the Bearcats walked into Franklin County's gym on Friday night.
"We got stuck in some traffic and had to step off the bus to play," said Anderson coach Glen Drury.
If only that were an explanation for the Bearcats' performance at Franklin. The Bearcats never led, and after a second quarter in which they trailed 30-13, never threatened. Franklin eventually ended its regular season with a 62-41 victory.
Oldham County scored seven quick points straddling the third and fourth quarters to get some breathing room on the way to a 49-40 win over Anderson County last Tuesday night.
The Colonels utilized a very close charging call against the Bearcats that nullified a basket that could have tied things at 28.
Anderson County High School senior Hannah Pritchert has signed an NAIA letter-of-intent to play soccer at Campbellsville University.
A mid-fielder and defender, Pritchert selected Campbellsville over Thomas More College and Asbury University in Kentucky, Rockford University in Illinois and Ursuline College of Ohio. She plans to major in biology at Campbellsville with a focus on pre-veterinary studies, pre-medical or pre-physical therapy. Currently, she is leaning toward a career in veterinary medicine, according to her father, Rocky Pritchert.
TAYLORSVILLE – There were cheers and tears for the Anderson County High School basketball teams in 30th District play Tuesday night
TAYLORSVILLE -- Lowell Gordon buried seven 3-point shots and the Anderson County defense stymied the Eminence attack in the second half as the Bearcats rolled to a 69-45 win in the first round of the 30th District Tournament at Spencer County.
Gordon's outburst is believed to tie a school record for downtown bombing with Will Shouse and Dustin Aldridge. Gordon's back-to-back threes in the fourth quarter pushed Anderson to a 56-39 advantage. Eminence, which had stayed within striking distance through three quarters, was never within 15 again.
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