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Don't try this at home. Don't even think of making the first 30-team trade in major league history. Don't try to move 71 players here and there. Not when the most teams previously involved in a trade was four (done five times) and the most players in one trade was a 17-man doozy in 1954.
One executive whose counsel we sought actually suggested counseling. Why would anyone attempt this? Well, like Everest, the 30 teams are there. So we decided on an exercise in which each team's various needs – salary slashing, rebuilding or finding particular needs to contend – could be satisfied.
Clear your mind. Forget what you know about standard trades of Player A going from Team 1 to Team 2 for Player B. In this situation, The Post is serving as a middleman to send players where needed. The only question for each team is whether needs have been met at a fair price. So, without further ado, we give you our proposed 30-team trade (batteries not included):
METS: Trade Pedro Astacio, Jeromy Burnitz, Roger Cedeno, Aaron Heilman. Obtain Hank Blalock, Ben Grieve, Denny Neagle.
Take on about $10 million in total, but save more than $5 million in 2003, which drops them – at least to begin the season – under the luxury tax, a potential long-term money saver. The better news is rectifying the corner outfield. Grieve (who had his best seasons for Art Howe in Oakland) plays LF (poorly), Cliff Floyd goes to RF and Cedeno never sees CF. Neagle replaces Astacio. Blalock, a top 3B prospect, comes at the cost of top pitching prospect Heilman.
BRAVES: Trade Vinny Castilla. Obtain Todd Jones.
Atlanta saves $750,000, rids itself of the player it currently least wants and acquires a reliever to help a reconfigured bullpen.
PHILLIES: Trade Placido Polanco, Joe Roa and Chase Utley. Obtain Luis Rivas and Paul Shuey.
Rivas, a strong defender, is an offensive downgrade at 2B from Polanco. But the Phils need another dependable bullpen arm (Shuey).
MARLINS: Trade Andy Fox, Mike Redmond and Michael Tejera. Obtain Terrence Long and John McDonald.
Craving another LH hitter (Long), because they think they are contenders. His contract runs for three more years. Florida has only Juan Pierre signed beyond this season. With Ivan Rodriguez around, Redmond becomes expendable. The trio moved by Florida essentially washes Long's 2003 contract.
EXPOS: Trade Michael Barrett, Josh Karp, Fernando Tatis, Jose Vidro and $5 million. Obtain Tony Alvarez, Mark Bellhorn, Kelvim Escobar, Shea Hillenbrand, Mike Redmond and Mike Wood.
Montreal does what it should have been doing all offseason, not just trying to trade Bartolo Colon, but moving several pacts to get cheaper, major-league-ready talent. This begins restocking for a new owner while saving $5 million in 2003, even paying $5 million of Tatis' contract; the theory being they are rid of him and still save $2 million. Escobar costs $3.9 million to close and becomes excellent July trade fodder if Montreal fails to contend.
CARDINALS: Trade Garrett Stephenson and Fernando Vina. Obtain Glendon Rusch and Eric Young.
Save a few million bucks and get a needed starter while living with the fading Young at 2B for a season.
ASTROS: Trade Brian Hunter, Henri Stanley and Jose Vizcaino. Obtain Scott Schoenweis and Scot Shields.
Gain some financial relief plus Schoenweis either helps the rotation or goes into lefty relief.
CUBS: Trade Mark Bellhorn, Juan Cruz, Kyle Farnsworth and Corey Patterson. Obtain Carlos Beltran, Fernando Tatis and $5 million.
Move into full go-for-it mode. In Beltran, the Cubs obtain the best player involved in this exercise, making them an NL team to beat. Cruz and Farnsworth are replaceable arms. Bellhorn was going to play out of position at 3B. Tatis is the kind of player new manager Dusty Baker may be able to reach.
REDS: Trade Ruben Mateo and Gabe White. Obtain Sidney Ponson.
A relative salary wash. Mateo is out of options with no job in Cincinnati's outfield. Ponson is the kind of talented, underachieving arm Reds pitching coach Don Gullett has success with.
BREWERS: Trade Glendon Rusch and Eric Young. Obtain Michael Barrett, Garret Stephenson, Michael Tejera and Bubba Trammell.
Desperate for starters, so dealing Rusch is not easy. But they need a catcher and Barrett solves the issue for years. Stephenson and Tejera offer some rotation relief.
PIRATES: Trade Tony Alvarez, Tony Bautista and Scott Sauerbeck. Obtain Carlos Lee and Ruben Mateo.
Like their bullpen but would not love moving Sauerbeck. Mateo provides a young CF with promise, allowing Brian Giles to go to RF. Give up two good prospects, but get the power-hitting OF desired (Lee).
DIAMONDBACKS: Trade Miguel Batista. Obtain Jason Grimsley and Joe Roa.
With Byun-Hyung Kim moving to the rotation, Arizona adds Grimsley for late-inning support. Roa fills the swing role held by Batista. And Arizona saves about $1 million.
GIANTS: Trade Marvin Benard and Felix Rodriguez. Obtain Ramon Hernandez, Willis Roberts, Henri Stanley.
Take on $8.75 million over three years in Hernandez, but only $1.8 million in 2003. A team looking to cut budget in 2003 saves $5 million, plus Roberts replaces Rodriguez's power arm in the pen. Hernandez is insurance/backup to aging catcher Benito Santiago.
DODGERS: Trade Joey Cora and Paul Shuey. Obtain Mike Bynum, Brian Hunter and Jose Vizcaino.
Save $4.4 million overall by removing from depth (righty relief) and adding useful subs and a potentially helpful arm in Bynum.
ROCKIES: Trade Todd Jones and Denny Neagle. Obtain Vinny Castilla, Roger Cedeno and Kevin Jarvis.
It's all about future payroll sanity. Save around $15 million, which makes it palatable that they are not getting anyone they want, though Castilla back where he used to be effective would be interesting.
PADRES: Trade Mike Bynum, Kevin Jarvis and Bubba Trammell. Obtain Jeromy Burnitz and Kyle Farnsworth.
By trading $14.25 million in future commitments, the Padres can assume the $11.5 million, 2003 salary of Burnitz, who might flourish back home. Farnsworth might ease the injury loss of closer Trevor Hoffman.
YANKEES: Trade Sterling Hitchcock. Obtain Melvin Mora and Gabe White.
Excise a player who has no job and is owed $5.5 million. Save little overall, but slim about $1.5 million on their salary cap. Mora is a jack of all trades. White offers lefty bullpen insurance should Chris Hammond turn out to be a bomb.
RED SOX: Trade Shea Hillenbrand. Obtain Felix Rodriguez.
With no use for Hillenbrand, the Sox get a power arm for their closer-by-committee.
BLUE JAYS: Trade Kelvim Escobar and Orlando Hudson. Obtain Juan Cruz and Ted Lilly.
Add two young arms to the rotation, save money, and they never planned to re-sign Escobar as a free agent after this season anyway.
ORIOLES: Trade Melvin Mora, Sidney Ponson and Willis Roberts. Obtain Juan Gonzalez.
Without giving up a key player, the O's add the power hitter they wanted all offseason.
DEVIL RAYS: Trade Ben Grieve. Obtain Jay Powell.
Due $5.5 million, Grieve has no role. For about the same money ($6.25 million) spread over two years, Tampa gets a veteran bullpen arm to help so many young starters.
TWINS: Trade Bobby Kielty, Rick Reed and Luis Rivas. Obtain Miguel Batista, Joey Cora and Fernando Vina.
Kielty has potential, but the Twins are loaded with OFs. Reed is expendable because lefty Johan Santana can start now and, at the least, could combine with Batista to replace Reed. Rivas is not providing enough offense. The Twins hope for a rebound year from Vina as a leadoff hitter, putting Jacque Jones in the middle of the lineup where he belongs.
WHITE SOX: Trade Tony Graffanino, Carlos Lee and Kelly Wunsch. Obtain Pedro Astacio, Jose Bautista and Josh Karp.
Add a starter (Astacio) to strengthen the dubious rotation after Bartolo Colon and Mark Buerhle, and they have enough offense to spare Lee.
ROYALS: Trade Carlos Beltran and Jason Grimsley. Obtain Mark Ellis, Orlando Hudson, Corey Patterson, Brian Tallet and Chase Utley.
Meet mandate to cut payroll ($8 million) and stop living the fantasy they will be able to sign Scott Boras client Beltran by dealing him now when his value is best, two years from free agency. In return, they restock their position deficiency with young promise.
INDIANS: Trade John McDonald and Brian Tallet. Obtain Placido Polanco.
Tallet is a talented LH, but Cleveland is teeming with pitching prospects. What's lacking is a 3B who can field to support those prospects. Enter Polanco.
TIGERS: Trade Shane Halter. Obtain Tony Graffanino.
Looking to trim payroll, the Tigers snip about $1.5 million by switching utility infielders.
MARINERS: Trade Mike Cameron. Obtain Rick Reed and Kelly Wunsch.
With Ichiro Suzuki and Randy Winn both capable in CF, Seattle uses Cameron for rotation help (Reed).
A'S: Trade Mark Ellis, Ramon Hernandez, Ted Lilly, Terrence Long and Mike Wood. Obtain Marvin Benard, Bobby Kielty and Jose Vidro.
Even with a tiny payroll, Oakland is a now team. A's will pay $6 million more this season, but save more than $1 million overall and remove the two pacts (Hernandez, Long) it most wants gone. Wood is a very good pitching prospect, but they are deep in this area. Vidro finalizes a dynamic lineup. Kielty has the on-base skills Oakland loves.
ANGELS: Trade Scott Schoenweis and Scot Shields. Obtain Andy Fox and Scott Sauerbeck.
Mike Scioscia lost faith in Schoenweis as the postseason progressed. Sauerbeck is a more polished lefty specialist. Fox is an Angels type, a full-hustle guy who can play anyplace.
RANGERS: Trade Hank Blalock, Juan Gonzalez and Jay Powell. Obtain Mike Cameron, Shane Halter, Aaron Heilman and Sterling Hitchcock.
Save $4 million overall with owner Tom Hicks now wanting fiscal restraint. Glad to move Gonzalez's contract. Cameron plays CF, so Carl Everett won't. Can deal Blalock because Mark Teixeira is the game's best 3B prospect. Heilman is the kind of young starter they crave, and Hitchcock could help now.


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From the moment you embark on a giant cruise ship for the first time, you already have a feeling: this might turn out as a bit of an overwhelming experience. Well, that feeling is correct, as I found out following my first cruise onboard Holland America Line's Koningsdam. Here are 10 things I learnt as a newbie cruiser.
1. Cruising takes "FOMO" to a whole new level.
Nothing prepares you for this, and there's certainly no way of escaping it: the "fear of missing out" is gonna get you. In fact, I'm quite sure that this modern-day condition must have been invented on a cruise ship. There's so much to do, so much to see, so much to eat. And you know you need to cherry pick, but that's kind of impossible because you want it all, and you want it now. But still, even for the most serene and modest people, it's a challenge to defeat the FOMO monster. For me, the only solution was accepting there wasn't one. After a few days of walking around like headless chicken, checking out all the restaurants, pools, bars and theatres, I surrendered. From that moment on, I had a lot of conversations like this:
Me to my friend: "What shall we do now?"
Friend: "I don't know. Wait, let me get the 3,000 brochures we got in our stateroom today!"
Me: "Good idea. What do they say?"
Friend (after 10 minutes going through the piles of paper): "A lot."
Me: "OK. Let's just go for a stroll, and we'll see."
2. Knowing your way on the ship probably means your cruise is almost over.
I sailed from Amsterdam to the Norwegian fjords on Koningsdam, the newest member of the Holland America Line fleet. I was in complete awe when I first saw the ship -- a floating luxury village, ten stories high. It also looked like a place I could easily get lost in. No surprises there. But what was a surprise to me is that everybody I met admitted it takes a lot of time to really get to know the ship. On the seventh day, I said to my travelling companion: "Now I know everything." We left the next day.
3. A balcony is a little piece of heaven.
Nothing beats sitting on your balcony with a glass of wine in your hand or a tray full of room service goodies on your lap, watching the magnificent Norwegian fjords go by. I highly recommend splurging on a cabin with a balcony if you have the chance. You're welcome.
4. Those bloody Marys make bloody good memories.
I don't know if there is a University of Cocktail Making (editor's note: there is), but if so, the bartenders on the Koningsdam must all have a master's degree. Cocktails and cruising go hand in hand, and now I see why. They make you dance, they make you laugh, and they make good memories. I still have lucid dreams about their bloody Mary with celery, three olives and a shrimp. "Extra spicy again, madam?" "Yes please, good sir!" (Three times I tried to reproduce those Bloody Marys at home. Three times I failed).
5. You can develop real feelings toward towel animals.
Yes, it surprised me too. But wait and see for yourself: the moment you arrive back home and enter your own bedroom, you'll see what I mean. No funny towel swan on your pillow. No cheeky towel monkey hanging from the ceiling on a clothes hanger. None of that. Then you start to realize how much you've grown attached to these seemingly little gestures to make you feel extra welcome and extra spoiled.
6. The "go on a cruise, gain a stone" thing is not a myth.
You must have an unearthly amount of willpower (and some pretty good genes) to resist the effects of all the food that is available all day long. Holland America Line is known for its great cuisine, and I can assure you: that's not a myth either. Take the breakfast buffet on the Lido deck. I didn't know where to start, let alone end. It's a whole market full of pastries, fruit, eggs in every way possible, salads, cakes, waffles, meats, cheeses -- reason enough to skip lunch, certainly. But how is that possible when you know there's an exquisite salad bar waiting for you, and a New York deli, and sushi and ice cream and, and ... when do you have the chance to eat buttered lobster three times a week? Or steaks good enough to convert a vegetarian? So, yes, after eight days of serious overeating, I might have put on a few pounds, but it was all worth it -- and the diet afterward, too. (I'm aware there is a gym onboard, but I really didn't have time to go there between meals.)
7. But the "cruising is just for old people" thing is a myth.
When I told my inner circle I was going on a cruise, my hip thirtysomething friends, and my sixtysomething mother shouted: "But that's for old people!" I was determined to find out if this was true. Yes, of course I saw a lot of elderly people, but not only elderly people -- a lot of families, sometimes three or four generations together, enjoying a group holiday. Cruising is not just for the elderly, it's for every age group.
8. Service with a smile really works.
A standing ovation, a deep bow and a big shoutout goes to the absolutely wonderful staff. Where I come from -- Holland -- impeccable service is not as common as it should be, so I was pleasantly overwhelmed by this. It's no secret that crew members work exceptionally hard; they're always friendly, always smiling and pay attention to every detail. It actually does things to you. All the good mornings, the good evenings, all the smiles I received: they made me feel warm and happy.
9. Once you've cruised, you will cruise again.
At least I will. Not only for the food, the bloody Marys, the balcony, the late-night dancing and the staff, but also because I want to show all the cruise cynics I know how wrong they are. That brings us straight to my final point:
10. Be warned: you might end up as a cruise missionary.
I am one now. It's annoying, but I can't stop singing its praises and spreading the gospel. And so will you. I guarantee it.
--By Fleur Meijer, Cruise Critic contributor


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Saturday, February 7, 2009
Last But not Least... Two of our new favorite activites
1. Sleep on our stomach. Now I know that it is kosher to put your child on their back to sleep, but what do you do when they roll into this position on their own every time you put them on their back. My vote, leave her.
2. Play on the computer. Now, this is not necessarily a new favorite activity, but it is new and improved for Claire. Ususally Claire has been limited to only a few seconds of keyboard activity, seeing as it messes everything up that I am trying to do, but now that we got Claire her very own keyboard to play with (for only $1.00 compliments of the USU surplus store). She can type away and we are both happy. (Can't you see the happy face of a content child? Worth every penny of that dollar!)
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- Emily said...
I can't believe that girl had her first half birthday and I'm still not going to get to hold her til she's practically walking!
She's soooo cute:)
Ben and Mary have a toy keyboard, too- great toy.
I have a hard time EVER getting babies to stay asleep on their back- I'm so impressed that she made it this long the right way. She looks so comfy on her belly;)
- February 16, 2009 at 9:52 PM
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Kofi Darku: 00:00 Your work world is changing and we have the tools to help you succeed. This is the Skill Up Build Up podcast powered by the Morales Group where we are leading talent to thrive.
Kofi Darku: 00:22 Well, football season is upon us and uh, we have some Fighting Irish fans in the house. We have the president and CEO of Employ Indy, Angie Carr Klitzsch on the Skill Up Build Up podcast today and we are so grateful that she is in the room.
Angela Carr: 00:39 Thank you for having me.
Kofi Darku: 00:40 Very, very happy to have you. And this is Kofi Darku, Director of Workforce Development. And we have my cohost, Adam Scholtes, Adam, you want to say a few things just to let the people know that you're here with us today?
Adam Scholtes: 00:55 Yeah, just two words, Kofi, go Irish.
Kofi Darku: 00:57 Oh, it's a lot of Irish. A lot of Irish on the show today.
Angela Carr: 01:02 Looking good this season, looking good.
Kofi Darku: 01:02 Hey, it's just one game. I know though. You gotta embrace it while you can, not trying to taunt and we won't go into my team because I really don't have a good football team to, to support, so...
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Angela Carr: 01:16 My sister went to Vanderbilt so...
Kofi Darku: 01:18 There you go, anchored down. I can't believe we're, we're bringing this into the show. Yay. Yay. But before we go there, let's talk about workforce development. Let's talk about business development and let's talk about Employ Indy. So Angie, can you tell us what is Employ Indy and what state was Employ Indy in when you came on board?
Angela Carr: 01:40 Sure, so Employ Indy is a nonprofit and we're the workforce development board for Marion County. So what that means is that we're empowered to invest public and private funding to ensure that our residents have the skills and the training, and the education needed to take advantage of the jobs in the local market, but concurrently we also work with employers to understand their talent needs and try to create those pipelines in those connectivity points. Um, particularly for the residents that maybe have not necessarily been thought of as assets in our community.
Kofi Darku: 02:08 Oh, you are such a ringer for this show. Thank you for being on.
Adam Scholtes: 02:14 Okay, so can, can you dive in a little bit to the populations you serve? It's, I heard a little bit in there, it sounds like you guys serve employers as well as, you know, people looking for work.
Angela Carr: 02:25 So the designation as the Workforce Development Board means that we're guided by 7,000 pages of regulations for one of our funding streams. We have 46 funding streams that actually come through our organization, um, and some of them are prioritized for certain demographics, but in particular our vision and mission is that we want to make sure that we're reaching out into neighborhoods where there's a disproportionate number of people who are un or underemployed and perhaps undereducated too for the marketplace and for the jobs that are really demanding a more high skill population at this point in time, you know, I think post recession 2008, there was an abundance of supply. We operate the Work Ones. Those are often considered, you know, unemployment centers. We're trying to change that branding, that mentality. These are places you go to change your life, right? Where you lean into resources and career navigation, um, so that you can be empowered to find your personal pathway to success to a quality of life.
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Adam Scholtes: 04:24 So, so you're going, going to them, is what I hear, right?
Angela Carr: 04:26 We are going to them much more intentional and focused. We all have limited resources in this environment. Um, the 7,000 pages of regulation that I referenced, those are formulaic funds and they're actually tied to the unemployment rate. So we have a lot less money in that bucket to serve people. So it's even more incumbent upon us to be smart about the resources, about your tax dollars and go out there into the neighborhoods and work with community partners so that we can all leverage each other's competencies.
Adam Scholtes: 04:56 That's good.
Kofi Darku: 04:57 So I'm hearing you use words like intentional, uh, us, a lot of focused on community and involving a variety of members from the community in what you're doing. I'm taking it you're a transformational leader. So I want to expand this conversation a little bit because we're learning about what Employ Indy is now, what, what did it use to be what, what change have you brought about in the two years that you've been on board?
Angela Carr: 05:26 Sure. We're trying to dismantle, I think the silos. So all those funding streams you can just plug and play, right? But really what does our community, what does our city need? And so what I did coming in in June of 2016 was really embark on a strategic planning process so that we could get buy in and we've landed on three high level objectives that we want you to hold us accountable as residents of Indianapolis. We want to reduce barriers for employers to find the talent that they need. And we're doing that, you know, through kind of static ways. You know, we do job fairs, we do hiring events, but we're also really bringing employers farther upstream, showing them that they have a role to play in the k through 12 education system, um, and, and also trying to, uh, give them a playbook of how best to really support their employees, right? There's things that they can do to really recruit, reduce their turnover rates. Um, you know, we've seen some creative solutions about offering health clinics onsite, childcare on site. Those are important things for people, particularly as you get it in that first rung on the ladder and not making a wage where you can actually afford those opportunities offsite. Our number two objective is really trying to create a positive trajectory for youth and young adults. In Marion County. We have 30,000 opportunity youth and unfortunately that name is a misnomer because opportunity means that opportunity youth means 16 to 24 year olds who are not engaged in education and who are not employed right now. This is a lost population and we need to do better as a city about reaching out to them, empowering them to uh, uh, have the resources to achieve their dreams and also just, um, inculcating hope, I guess, beyond the workforce development sphere sometimes when I talk about it, but these are young people who don't believe that if they do anything different, their life will be better growing up in multigenerational poverty and systems have failed them.
Angela Carr: 07:27 And so what we're doing is trying to utilize philanthropic monies to just meet them where they're at, right? Like we're hosting on the far east side, 46235, we've created with partners like the Finish Line, Boys and Girls Club and the Community Alliance of the far Eastside, a community center there called the Pivot Reengagement Center. We're using existing real estate and sports as a hook to try to bring in young people and just build relationships before we kind of pull them through. It's not a, it's not a bait and switch, but it's like trying to pull them through to more transformational opportunities. Um, and I will tell you there is an untapped need for this, for a safe space for young adults to commune together over the summertime, we've opened up that space from seven to 11:00 PM. We fed these young adults, our goal was to reach 100 young people within two months we have reached 450.
Adam Scholtes: 08:17 That's great.
Angela Carr: 08:18 It's a lot of pent up demand. So that's an intervention strategy I would say for young adults. And we are, um trying to really work with partners to embark on that, but we also do preventative work because it costs a lot less money and you know where to find them if they're in school already. So we operate like a, uh, we operate Jobs for America's Graduates program, so that's in the schools itself. Um, and we do a lot of other things of trying to make sure that young adults understand the career opportunities that are in front of them. The third high level objective that over the next five years we want to be held accountable for is really more of a place based solution. So this gets into the target neighborhoods, the five zip codes that we've chosen, um, will not surprise you. They're also a featured prominently on evening news, um because of violent crime.
Angela Carr: 09:08 Um, all these issues are comorbid around poverty, employment, education, violence, crime, um, so we are being more intentional and holding ourselves accountable to serve a larger proportion of the population that are in those neighborhoods. We have some supply snapshots on our website. There's a plug, employindy.org, if you go to the resources page. Thank you very much. Um, but you know, it, it is masking the issue when we talk about the unemployment rate in Indianapolis is three point two percent. I mean it's functionally zero. You go into these target neighborhoods, 16, 18 percent unemployment and even more distressing is the 40 percent plus of working age adults who were not participating in the labor force. These are people who have given up hope. They don't believe that they could find a job. And if they did find a job, it's not worth their time. Right? Because the wages aren't commiserate with what it takes to really support a family.
Kofi Darku: 10:01 Yeah. All right, audience, you are in the room with us now. We're not making any guarantees, but we are starting to talk about some of the root causes that bring us to certain problems that end up with certain populations not being connected with employment opportunity and as we know that our economy's doing well, the jobs are there. We need these jobs to be filled for the economy to continue to do well. We have Employ Indy that's working hard to target key zip codes that stand to benefit tremendously from these employment opportunities and helps our peers realize this is a good way for us to focus on making a change that's not only going to benefit our companies, but the people that are in our city as well. I want to talk about inclusive growth later, but there's still some things to unpack here and I'm just so grateful that you're on the show.
Angela Carr: 10:57 I'm happy to be here and I'm happy to be participating with many other institutional partners in this solution. Right? I think that we've made the case statement. I'd like to think that most people have drank the koolaid and are wanting to participate in solutions, so working in conjunction with Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, Ascend with the Indy Chamber. These are great institutions who reflect the business community's mentality and they are partners in this effort to really, um, not only attract and retain talent in an economic growth strategy, but try to build our homegrown talent too.
Kofi Darku: 11:32 Yeah, sure. No, you're, you're touching on some key things and even as you described that at a basic level Employ Indy's a workforce development board that's leveraging public and private funds. I think we need to talk more about how the private industry is playing a role here because I think that's usually what's left out of the conversation and frankly to a certain degree it's, it's true in reality that we just needed more contribution from the private sector to try and help prevent some of these things from happening. So that's really, really refreshing. From my workforce development perspective, I'm really curious about your Job Ready program. Can you tell us a little bit about the Job Ready program?
Angela Carr: 12:16 I'd be pleased to. I'm very proud and excited to talk about Job Ready. Um, so particularly given this labor market we were hearing from employers that, you know, I can train for the occupational skills, I need people who can show up on time, who can communicate well, who can manage conflict, you know, some of these soft skills or employability skills. So we worked in conjunction with the Indy Chamber as well as the mayor's office to create Job Ready Indy and you can visit at jobreadyindy.com, right? Um, so it's in totality about 30 to 35 hours of training for young adults. That's who we're piloting it with. Um, many of them who have not had that first job. And so how do we validate or help employers in the private sector believe that people who are coming to their doorstep that don't have that work history are job ready and this is our way to kind of mimic that. So it's a trainer of trainer models and so we've trained about, um, I think at this point it's probably over 100 different organizations. It's being deployed through the high schools as well, but what this allows is employers can now look for young people who actually have these badges. There's, as I mentioned, the 30 to 35 hours actually equivocates to six badges and um, and you know, these are things such as mindsets, right? Like everything that a young adult needs to be prepared not only to work, but also to envision what a career pathway looks like because we always say ABC, any job, better job, career. So for young adults in particular, it's any job that a job, but even then we're trying to prepare them for that. And then that six badges and really, you know, there's a, you know, they stack on top of each other.
Angela Carr: 13:54 That's six badges really about individual identification of strengths, competencies and passions because that's really where success is going to lie for an individual is understanding what drives you, what gets you up in the morning. Yeah, understanding what you're good at, right? And hopefully those overlap and then understanding what the labor market needs, right? What does the world need? And so that Venn diagram and trying to find that bullseye is really the sweet spot, and Job Ready Indy allows that and you know, there are some technical functions that I think are pretty cool in that as part of the mayor's, Summer Youth Employment Initiative Project Indy, young people can go on an app and look for jobs around their neighborhood. It's geocoded so we can mitigate transportation barriers, but their badge populates on that app so then when they apply for a job, the employer can see that this person has been validated and is job ready.
Adam Scholtes: 14:44 Are you seeing that you, you mentioned within the Job Ready program that you're hearing from employers, the soft skills, that's what they need is, is that the biggest need right now to close that gap with employers is the soft skill piece?
Angela Carr: 14:56 Definitely, I mean again, we have funding streams that allow for occupational training and the state has been investing with next level jobs in those kind of skills training. But really employers right now are just so hungry for, you know, people just to keep their productivity at a level where they can make money that they're willing to invest in individuals in that occupational training, um, as long as that they are loyal and gonna show up and, you know, retain them, et cetera. So that's where we're emphasizing a lot of this work around employability skills, but I believe it has legs beyond a young adult population. I think that we could probably leverage Job Ready Indy in the future for maybe our citizens who are reentering our communities. Um, and, and others too, again, it's just, um, it's dovetailing nicely. I'd like to think I was Machiavellian and from the beginning, but I'm not sure that really was the case, but you know, it's dovetailing with the state's mandate around graduation pathway and DWD's Employability Skills Framework, you know, that's, that's all wonderful, right? It's a guiding principle. How do you operationalize that? And we're trying to do that here for the Indianapolis community.
Kofi Darku: 16:07 Yes. I mean, we have a promising future in central Indiana and Indianapolis. And as you talking about, as you're talking about operationalizing, how do we connect our youth with these opportunities and prepare them so that they perform well for the companies, the companies do well, but then we start to make them have a path or greater access to a higher quality of life and skills that give them some type of hope for their future. It's really critical that we succeed sooner than later. And so I'm happy that we have organizations focused on how we actually do that. The nuts and bolts of that. Wow. What a fun conversation. Is there anything else you'd like to say about career pathways and what Employ Indy is doing to try and prepare not only our youth but some of our working age adults that may be in a position to gain some more training or education to improve their outcomes. Can you speak to career path please?
Angela Carr: 17:06 Sure. I think the one thing I'd like to say is the need for the creation of work based learning opportunities in a continuum of I think from the federal level, we often hear this buzzword of apprenticeships, right? Yeah. So, you know, but department of Labor apprenticeships are wonderful and we need to infuse those into different sectors beyond just the traditional ones we think of around the trades, uh, but that is kind of the, you know, the, the highest level, right. There's a lot of other things that employers can do to do work based learning opportunities onsite and that people don't have to stop participating in the labor force to skill up and come back. Many cannot absorb that opportunity. So we're trying to develop with the high schools right now, but again, we think that this is for adults as well, a work based learning continuum, particularly we're investing in IPS in their Career Academies that just launched this fall. How do we bring employers to the table and make sure that, um, they're opening up their facilities for site visits, that they're coming in and doing mock interviews, we just think that there's needs to be touches along the way from eighth grade starting with maybe Junior Achievement Job Spark, which is exposure. But then where are the experiences and the other touchpoints as young people progress through high school and even through whether it's college or working immediately and we need to, as a society, can I just get a little philosophical here? Since I'm a Philosophy major as an Undergrad. Um, we need as a society to value the dignity of work and belief that whatever your path is post high school, whether you go into the world of work, whether you enlist, whether you go into higher education, postsecondary education, all of those are valid pathways and they don't predetermine your destiny, right? It's very fluid. Um, and so, you know, that's hard for me and my mentality and when I think about my kids, I think I have a bias for them to attend a four year institute, Jen. Um, but that shouldn't be the case for us. We should value all of those pathways.
Adam Scholtes: 19:08 On that point, Angie, can you talk a little bit more about the k through 12 structure? What needs, what, what specifically needs to change? You talked a little bit about, you know, having companies open to bringing those kids in, but you know, what specifically within the k 12 structure, do we need to change there?
Angela Carr: 19:25 I mean, I think contextualizing of the curriculum so that young people see where that connects to the work, right? Um, again, I think liberal arts have a huge, a place, a role to play in society were like we need educated citizens who vote and who understand the constitution and all that. Um, but you know, it's hard for young people oftentimes to see how that some geology class is actually aligning to anything out there in the real world. And so we really need businesses to come farther upstream and to help young people understand and connect how the curricula is influencing and actually mean something to, you know, 21st century economy as well.
Kofi Darku: 20:11 All right Angie, thank you so much for your insight on the show. Again today. We have a few more questions that we were hoping to get your thoughts on. Okay. Adam, shoot.
Adam Scholtes: 20:19 Angie, morning or night person?
Angela Carr: 20:22 For work, morning for fun, night.
Adam Scholtes: 20:24 What's your routine in the morning before you get going?
Angela Carr: 20:28 Well, you know, the kids usually wake me up and I feed them and do whatever they need and then I get around to myself. So yeah.
Kofi Darku: 20:36 That's the way it works. So if you could think of all the mentors you've had in your life, I mean, it sounds like you've had some, who is your most influential mentor and why?
Angela Carr: 20:51 Um, so, uh, my first boss here in Indianapolis and a dear friend of mine who was also a mentor, her name is Beth Casselman, she's the executive director of the Clowes Fund, it was the first foundation I worked for and she continues to this day to really support me, be a great sounding board and really did so much to introduce me to other stakeholders in Indianapolis. And I learned by osmosis, you know, my background is in philanthropy. There's not, I mean there's a degree I have that too, but like how do you do the work? Um, there's no handbook. And so I'll be able to be by her side and actually watch her navigate. I've taken a lot of those things to heart and um, she's just a great person to.
Adam Scholtes: 21:35 That's good. Book recommendations?
Angela Carr: 21:39 So I think I was lamenting that I'm reading a lot of white papers now, so that's not as much as fun reading. Um, but you know, every once in a while I go back to The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran. I find it to be inspirational, aspirational and um, you know, easy read too, late at night.
Adam Scholtes: 21:58 That's good. Awesome.
Kofi Darku: 22:00 Well you have equipped me with a dozen more phrases that I normally take about 20 words to say, but you got it in round five and they're going to help me to advance the causes and the issues that I know we're collaborating on together. Thank you so much for being on this episode, Angie. It's been really fun.
Angela Carr: 22:20 Thank you for having me and thanks for the work of Morales Group, you guys are a wonderful partner and doing a lot for our city, so thank you.
Kofi Darku: 22:26 The alliance will bring about some great things in this region.
Adam Scholtes: 22:30 Kofi would a great discussion with Angie. Really enjoyed the ABC, get any job, get a better job, then you get a career, also loved there, kind of towards the end, value the dignity of work. I think that's something we definitely have to do more of.
Kofi Darku: 22:44 Employ Indy has a transformational leader in place in Angie. She's bringing the philanthropic, the corporate, and the community all together to bring about some change that we need here. I was really struck with how she's focusing on dismantling the silo. I feel that 100 percent, and this could be the closest thing to a silver bullet, that we've encountered. Her focus on the need for a continuum of work based learning that helps us deal with the youth and adults where they are, could be what we really need to be focusing on right now to get ready for all the jobs that are coming down the pike. Please check out skillupbuildup.com to stay in tune with this conversation and we'll see you next time.


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Directing the Energy of the Mind - Part 4
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Fifthly: directing Man to attain science and knowledge:
It is indisputable that the Islamic religion urges on attaining science and knowledge. He who contemplates on the verses Qur'an finds that repeated clearly or by hint: "Say are those who know and those who do not know alike?
Only the men of understanding are mindful" 72.
"Allah will exalt those of you who believe, and those who are given knowledge, in high degrees, and Allah is aware of what you do" 73
"Say: O my Lord' increase me in knowledge" 74
"Those of His servants only who are possessed of knowledge" 75
because of the importance of knowledge Allah Has taken the covenant of "Ahlilkitaab" to reveal it to people and not to monopolize it: "Allah Has made a covenant with those who were given the Book you should certainly made it known to people and don't hide it" 76
After the verses of Qur'an there come the "hadeeths" of the prophet (S.W.A.) and his purified progeny (A.S.) as they lead to this direction, and state that knowledge is the pillar of religion and the life of Islam is in it.
They prompt to gain it, uncover its merit, so the ink of scholar is superior to the blood of martyrs, and the superiority of a scholar to a worshiper is such as the superiority of the moon to other stars. In this concern the prophet (S.W.A.) says:
"Seeking knowledge is prior-with Allah- to prayer fasting "hajj" and striving in the path of Allah" 77
it is enough to quote Ameeralmu'amineen's (A.S.) saying:
"The value of every person is what good he does" 78; it gives evidence to Ahlilbait's prompt to get science and knowledge.
Look closely at the excellent comparison which Imam Ali (A.S.) made for Kumail Ibn Zeyaad Alnekhaei about the superiority of knowledge to funds and money He (A.S.) says: "O Kumail' knowledge is better than funds, knowledge guards you while you guard funds and money becomes less when you spend it while knowledge flourishes when you spend it and the favor done by wealth vanishes with its vanishing.
O Kumail bin Zeyaad' attaining knowledge is a religion followed, with it one can achieve the course of Allah's obedience in his life, and the good remembrance after his demise, knowledge is a governor while money is governed.
O Kumail, the treasurers of funds perished while they are alive, while Scholars are alive as long as there is time, their bodies are absent and their statues in the hearts are present." 79
Because of this rich epistemic sustenance the Moslem set off, being released from the shackles of ignorance and retardation, to the wide horizons of knowledge so he began to contemplate the universal phenomenon discover the secrets of nature through the empirical manner to which his ideology had directed; and this is the procedure on which modern science has been built.
Gebb says in his book "The modern directions in Islam": "I think that it is agreed on that the detailed precise observation which Moslem researchers practiced had helped to achieve the scientific development in the material field, and that through these notices the empirical procedure had reached Europe in the middle ages" 80
Man has the right to be astonished at the greatness of the Islamic ideology which had brought in that civilizational revolution in the souls of the desert inhabitants till they have become the pioneers of the whole world in science and knowledge and other sides of civilization and culture.
72. Alzumar : 9: 39.
73. Almijaadalah: 11: 58.
74. Taaha: 20: 114.
75. Faatir 35: 28.
76. Aalaumraan 3: 187.
77. Kanzel U'maal 10: 131/ 28655.
78. Nahjil balaagha, Subhi Al-Salih: 482/ saying 81.
79. Nehjilbalagha: 496/ saying 147.
80. Look up: Menhaj alterbeia Aleslaameia: Mohammad Kutub 119, Dar Damascus pub.2.
Adapted from: "The Role of Ideology in Constructing The Human Being" by: "Ar-Risaleh Center"


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the silence of miscarriages
"The only source of knowledge is experience". - Albert Einstein
I've tried to live my life honestly and truthfully. I only give advice when (a) asked for it and (b) based on my personal experiences.
Miscarriage, unfortunately, is something I experienced twice in one year.
The first time was really a fluke. We weren't trying but we also weren't avoiding it either. And just like that, it happened. I was shocked, scared, emotional, happy, uncertain, shocked, happy, panicked, unprepared. Did I mention I was shocked?
All of a sudden, you're preparing for this life that is happening and thinking about how your life is going to change. When do I tell my employer? What can I eat? Should I exercise in the 1st trimester? How much should I exercise? Is it safe? Not to mention, Google became my best friend and my worst enemy (FYI, I highly recommend NOT Googling everything because honest to god, it will scare the shit out of you).
But that's just my honest opinion.....based on my experience of course.
Then we started to get excited for this next chapter in our lives. I've never seen Nate light up the way he did. He was truly excited because fatherhood was something he so greatly desired and we knew that we wanted this together. We were already in it for the long haul, and I couldn't have chosen a more supportive man to have a child with.
We did everything we thought we had to - multiple blood tests, doctors appointments, ultrasounds. You name it, we did it. I just started to see my body as this temple creating another human being and felt compelled to wrap myself up in bubble wrap to protect me from everything! I felt that sensitive and vulnerable because it dawned on me that I was creating a HUMAN BEING. Talk about shock. No one ever really tells you that or its hard to imagine until you're actually experiencing it yourself.
Then it happened. I went for my dating ultrasound at (what should have been) 9 weeks and there was no heartbeat. I was completely caught off guard because although I knew it was a possibility, I didn't think it would happen to me (seriously, this really did go through my mind).
But it did. I was shocked and not quite sure how to react because it didn't feel real, then I felt saddened. Then the blame happened. What did I do to make this happen? Was it something I ate? Drank? Did I exercise too much? The blame was ever so present in my day to day. And I was alone. Nate and I were still living in different cities at the time and I just felt like I was completely alone in this, although I wasn't. After the fact, it dawned on me that it was just as hard for him as it was for me and hard for him not being there. He still felt so much guilt for not being by my side. That was probably the toughest for me.
How I decided to deal with my loss before, during and after all the medical stuff you need to go through, was to talk about it. It's really the only way I know how because I'm naturally an extrovert and I tend not to bottle things up inside. Its just my nature. I look for the support and healing by talking about it and luckily I had the support system around me to do so.
What surprised me was when I honestly, freely and willingly talked about my miscarriages, I often got this reaction of "holy cow, is she really telling me this?" followed by "whew, finally someone is talking about it" then followed by "I've have a miscarriage(s) myself."
The second time we experienced a miscarriage, I was very guarded and kept telling myself that another miscarriage is a possibility. We didn't tell anyone for obvious reasons because I didn't want to re-live the heartbreak of telling people if I miscarried again.
I went for my first dating ultrasound (oh so nervous, with sweaty palms pacing around the waiting room). Then it happened again. I should have been 10 weeks along but I had only made it to 7 weeks. I think Nate was more upset about this one because he felt this was actually going to happen. It broke my heart to see the sadness & disappointment in his eyes. But once again, we were there for each other every step of the way and I couldn't imagine going through this with anyone else. These two unfortunate incidents made me fall in love with him all over again. He was the one I wanted to experience everything with. The good, the bad or the ugly.
In light of all of this going in my life last year, I just happened to stumble upon a few articles on miscarriage, and really how a lot of women just don't talk about them. The first one I read was this article in the NY Times and it was an honest look at what women go through when they miscarry. And then I read this article in The Boston Globe on why we need to talk about miscarriages. Even Mark Zuckerberg wrote a heartfelt post about their past miscarriages. I felt like all of a sudden because I had gone through this tragedy and was open about it, it was everywhere. And Mark hit the nail on the head - it is truly a lonely experience no matter how many people are around you. Talking about my loss, being honest and vulnerable helped in the healing process. I personally was more encouraged when other women just opened up about their past experiences - good or bad. And knowing that most went on to have healthy, happy pregnancies instilled more confidence in me that it will happen for us when the time is right.
Here's what I did learn through both these tragedies:
I'm VERY fortunate that I can even get pregnant. Many women have a far bigger struggle ahead of them when they cannot even conceive.
I have THE most supportive fiancee who was with me every step of the way and kept me smiling, not to mention, optimistic throughout. When someone is at the hospital with you post surgery, when you're at your weakest and look your worst, and they just smile at you like you're the most beautiful creature, THAT is love.
I have THE most unbelievable family and group of friends who also supported me through this and allowed me to talk about it. More importantly, they listened with open hearts.
I was proactive and did my due diligence - finding out medically what I could to make sure everything was a-okay. I eliminated the things I had control over and learned to embrace the ones I did not.
You just have to leave it to fate and the powers-to-be. Timing is everything.
I'm healthy.
I will be a mother one day, and a damn good one.


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Fall 2015 Honorary Fellow
Fellows: Victoya Venise
Project: Protect the Art
ABOUT Protect the Art
Protect The Art aimed to be a resource and community hub for artists and youth in under resourced areas. Victoya worked to provide artists with the tools they needed to properly develop their craft, and in return, be community leaders for youth in need. Protect the Art services communities that suffer from gang violence, poverty, failing school systems, and economic and social injustices.
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Follow Protect The Art on Facebook or on the website for information about past and upcoming events.
Live Events and artwork exhibited at Artifacts and After Effects
Workshop Series
In March 2015, Victoya led NEON Queens Youth workshops at a Youth Detention Center with Flex Dance Program and Protect the Art. She also organized a Sip & Paint event at Saint's Cafe, 68 Ave C and 5th Street, with raffle drawings all night and a variety of prizes.
Artist Bio
Victoya Venise is a 25-year old WriteHer, DesignHer, LoveHer, and SupportHer of many organizations and people throughout New York City. She believes that women empower women, so women can empower men and children. She is the founder of SisterCircleBk, a program that empowers youth through Yoga, Meditation, DIY Creations, and empowerment activities. She sits on the board of Columbia University's Social Intervention Group (SIG). Born in Oakland CA, raised in Maywood, IL she is a long way from home. However Brownsville, Brooklyn not only blessed her with a home away from home, but a new family as well. Grateful of everything it has given her she gives back by giving a piece of herself. Through spoken word, workshops, or by simply supporting others, she gives her art.
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Denton Creek Regional Plant Lift Station Improvements
Trinity River Authority
GAI served as the prime consultant on this job. GAI performed the electrical distribution and controls design as well as the instrumentation and control design. There was a sub-consultant that provided the mechanical, civil, and structural design. The project included total rehabilitation of two wastewater lift stations. This work included new SF6 switchgear at one site, while both sites received new 480V motor control centers, VFDs and RVSS units, electrical buildings, and emergency standby generators (250kW and 2MW). Other work included the replacement of six manholes, replacing a drop man-hole with a new man-hole, and other miscellaneous work. The I&C work included new site security (CCTV cameras and badge readers), replacement of PLCs, replacement of radios, and replacement of all instrumentation at each lift station. All new construction had to be completed without taking the lift station out of service beyond what the wetwell could accommodate.


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PETALING JAYA (Dec 21): The recent freeze on four types of developments — including condominiums and serviced apartments priced from RM1 million — will introduce more shoebox dwellings with absolute prices below the threshold, said Knight Frank Malaysia Sdn Bhd research and consultancy executive director Judy Ong.
The curbs are also expected to "provide a breather for the challenging luxury residential sector" next year, she said in a press release today.
"Developers are expected to take stock of the situation by reviewing and re-planning their proposed products and may further defer property launches. We expect to see more bite-size units which translate to lower quantum pricing of below RM1 million coming into the market although moving forward, there may be risk of oversupply in this category of units," she added.
Ong noted that housing affordability remains a key issue in Malaysia, especially in the capital and major cities owing to the gap between house prices and salaries.
"House prices, which have been trending up since 2010, continue to outpace the rise in income levels and with that, the prevailing median house prices are beyond the reach of most Malaysians," she added.
This, combined with cooling measures that were implemented progressively since 2012 to clamp down on excessive speculation, have led to shrinking sales volume, she added.
In a bid to prop up weaker sales number and falling revenue, many developers are shifting to affordable housing.
Meanwhile, under Budget 2018, the government has increased allocation to address the rising cost of living and affordable housing issues among the lower to middle income groups.
In the commercial sector, Ong expected demand for serviced office and co-working space to grow across a variety of industries such as technology start-ups and SMEs, due to strong government-led initiatives by Malaysia Digital Economy Corp and progress in technology that support a flexible working culture.
"Greater Klang Valley continues to see the expansion of global as well as the emergence of local co-working operators," she said.
In terms of conventional office spaces, she said there is continued demand for office space in established and upcoming decentralised locations along rail networks such as the LRT and KTM lines as well as the Sungai Buloh-Kajang (SBK) MRT line.
Moreover, development and infrastructure progression at the upcoming Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) international financial district is expected to bring back demand for office space in Kuala Lumpur.
"The TRX MRT station is one of the two interchanges between the SBK and the upcoming MRT Line 2 (the Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya MRT line). Kuala Lumpur offers opportunities that parallel other western and regional markets, supported by [the] improving pool of premium and good grade office space and transport infrastructure, a multi-lingual educated workforce and competitive cost of doing business, amongst others," she said.


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Of a Certain Age: Starting over, looking forward
I recently attended a gathering of State newspaper employees present and past, some just recently "past."
Many of the newly laid off were in their 40s and 50s - my contemporaries as well as my colleagues.
No one said it, but I imagine many of us were thinking:
Wasn't this supposed to be the time we were counting the years toward retirement and not looking for new jobs?
About welcoming grandchildren instead of worrying about how to pay for our grown children to finish college - and, perhaps, for us to join them?
I feel very lucky that I quit newspapering a few years ago to return to school.
This probably would have been "my" round of layoffs, and I'd have been caught flat-footed.
Instead of looking for a new job or retraining, though, I'm a fledgling teacher.
That means I have an income - though not nearly enough to pay the bills accrued during three years of student loans and part-time jobs.
(Who wants to be nearly 58 and owe more than $50,000 in college loans? Will I live long enough to pay them off, do you think?)
It's a humbling experience, starting over - assuming you CAN start over - in midlife.
Even tiny little things grow big.
How do you dress for your new job? (Newsroom denizens are not sartorially enviable.) Do you call your boss by her first name, as you would have in the newsroom? (In my case, no. Teachers and principals don't have first names at school.) Everything you used to do by rote has gone out the window.
Your lifetime colleagues and friends have dispersed - in the case of journalists, most likely to other states since that's where the more viable papers and PR jobs are.
And you have become the bottom person on the totem pole, an experience you haven't had for 30 or so years.
Forget your life experience - you're the new guy on the team of whatever business you enter. You're not there to impart the "wisdom" of your years of experience because you don't HAVE any years of experience.
It's an incredibly tough row to hoe for the first little while.
I've watched friends with degrees working newfound retail jobs, being "managed" by inexperienced "bosses" who know more about bossing than managing.
I am lucky to be teaching, where everything is new every year - the kids, the technology, the techniques - and every year is dedicated to learning.
In some ways, it's a blessing not to know "the old ways" and to start fresh.
In others, it's humbling.
It's embarrassing to have to ask how to do something that everyone else takes for granted. (In my case, it's almost always computer related.)
Embarrassing, too, to ask to do something and not to be first choice because of a lack of experience.
It's hard for me to remember that I could multitask in the newsroom because I'd been at it so long - here, I might try to take on too much and fail. (Bus and lunch duty, I can handle.) But starting over can be a blessing, too.
Meeting new people.
Building new skills.
Reinventing yourself just at the point at which you thought you might become bored with things, slogging through the last years till retirement.
For me, retirement is a thing in the far future, but that's just fine.
I feel rejuvenated, if not youthful.
I'm enjoying this new life of learning.
Even if I DO mess up every once in a while.
There's always a tomorrow to look forward to.


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Fruity albums of the week: Apple & Cherry
LEFT: Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do If you think that title's long, it's nothing compared to her 1999 album, called When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing Fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You'll Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You Know That You're Right. Otherwise known as When the Pawn Hits...
RIGHT: Neneh Cherry and The Thing: The Cherry Thing The Thing, a Scandinavian jazz band named after a Don Cherry tune, were destined to team up with the Swedish Neneh Cherry at some point. Born Neneh Karlsson, she was raised by her stepfather Don Cherry and took his surname. Playing in several punk bands in her teens, it was 1989's Raw Like Sushi, featuring the huge hit Buffalo Stance, which bought her fame. Two less successful solo albums followed but throughout her career Cherry has always collaborated with other artists including Youssou N'Dour, Michael Stipe, Matt Johnson of The The, Pulp, Tricky, Peter Gabriel and Gorillaz, amongst others.
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Verhofstadt — an arch europhile and federalist — is set to lead the negotiations over Brexit on behalf of the parliament. However, the talks will initially be led by the Commission, under Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator.
It will also be negotiated at Council level, with its president Donald Tusk leading. In spite of the complications of having three negotiation parties talking to Britain, Verhofstadt says parliament will have the final say.
"We vote no — that is possible. It has happened in a number of other cases that a big international multilateral agreement was voted down by the European Parliament after it was concluded. The fact that in the treaty it is stated we have to say yes or no doesn't mean that automatically we vote yes," he told the BBC Today program.
He also held open the possibility of "associate" EU membership for British citizens after Brexit. He said British citizens could opt in various EU benefits, including the freedom of movement.
Many UK citizens devastated their European identity is being taken away. I will fight for their voices to be heard https://t.co/xdKBPRiWzj— Guy Verhofstadt (@GuyVerhofstadt) 10 March 2017
"All British citizens today have also EU citizenship. That means a number of things: the possibility to participate in the European elections, the freedom of travel without problem inside the union. We need to have an arrangement in which this… can continue for those citizens who on an individual basis are requesting it," he said.
He got into a social media spat with the former leader of the anti-EU British UKIP party, Nigel Farage who accused him of trying to use European nationalism to try to destroy the nation state.
Many British citizens tell me they are also proud European citizens. False to suggest there is a trade-off. https://t.co/0XyszK78RN— Guy Verhofstadt (@GuyVerhofstadt) 10 March 2017
His remarks come as the other 27 member states — minus the UK — held informal talks in Brussels, March 10, to discuss Brexit, which is expected to be triggered by the end of March 2017, when UK Prime Minister Theresa May formally invokes Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon.
'It's Not the End'
At a press conference, March 10, Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission said he regretted Brexit and held out the hope of Britain once again coming on board in a newly reformed EU, which he admitted — as is the growing term being used in Brussels — could be "multi-speed."
"#Brexit is not the end of the European Union. Brexit is encouraging the others to continue." @JunckerEU #EU27 pic.twitter.com/QARqO6B5N1— European Commission (@EU_Commission) 10 March 2017
He pointed out that not all EU members were part of the Eurozone, or the Schengen open borders area. A new EU public prosecutor's office has the backing of only 18 or 20 member states, which opens that way for the EU to move ahead on some issues and not on others, while remaining a common union.
"It already exists. Not only as far as the euro and Schengen are concerned. The European Unitary Patent [scheme for harmonization of patents] is not a political objective and some of us are not joining it. The [EU Divorce Law Pact or Rome III Regulation] is only supported by 17 member states. Not all the members are launching it," Juncker said.
He also held out an olive branch to Britain, suggesting that — at some time in the future — it could once again rejoin a reformed EU. Asked about the effect of Brexit on the EU, he said it was "not the end."
.@JunckerEU "Enhanced cooperation already a reality today. Not meant to be dividing. Still moving in same direction." #FutureOfEurope #EUCO pic.twitter.com/3smFhwleME— Mina Andreeva (@Mina_Andreeva) 10 March 2017
"I don't like Brexit, because I would like to be in the same boat as the British. The day will come when the British will re-enter the boat I hope. But Brexit is not the end of the European Union. Not the end of all our developments, nor the end of all our continental ambitions.
"I have the impression that — quite to the contrary — the Brexit issue is encouraging the others to continue. Unfortunately, we want the British. Brexit is not the end. I regret it. It's not the end," Juncker said.


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Ask pretty much any successful astrophotographer what the best way to learn is, and they will pretty much all say "just get out there and try".
Whilst there is no substitute to taking action and learning from your mistakes, this should be balanced with learning from others that know more than you and can help make that time dedicated to taking pictures more productive.
One of the best value ways to learn is through reading books written by the experts. A good book will often take you deeper than, say, reading a blog post (which we often just scan) and can be much cheaper in comparison to taking online courses or receiving in-person tuition, for example.
Below are 11 of the best books about astrophotography for sale – all are available on Amazon. They have been grouped into four categories: beginner, all-round (intermediate), deep sky (advanced), and books that are less instructional and just share amazing images.
1. Best astrophotography books for beginners
|Getting Started: Budget Astrophotography
|56 Reviews
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|Photography Night Sky: A Field Guide for Shooting after Dark
|155 Reviews
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|Collier's Guide to Night Photography in the Great Outdoors
|33 Reviews
|Buy on Amazon
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1. Getting Started: Budget Astrophotography by Allan Hall
This book is a great introduction to astrophotography that would suit beginners and those that already have some knowledge but are looking to learn more.
It includes a number of projects to try that would work with basic cameras or even smartphone cameras and so makes a good starting point for those that want to learn more before deciding whether or not they need more equipment that might be expensive.
Released: 2014
2. Photography: Night Sky (A Field Guide for Shooting after Dark) by Jennifer Wu & James Martin
Another good overview for beginners and would suit someone with a DLSR to play around with.
This book focuses on the basics of night sky photography, covering the Milky Way, star trails, and the moon, as well as general landscape photography in low-light.
It doesn't cover more advanced deep-sky techniques – so see some of the options below if this is what you're after – but for a great introduction to photographing the night sky this is perfect.
Released: 2014
3. Collier's Guide to Night Photography in the Great Outdoors by Grant Collier
This book is broader than just astrophotography in that it is a general night photography book.
Therefore it does cover Milky Way and moon photography, but – like the book above – does not stretch to more advanced deep-sky photography.
This will suit many people looking to just start off with their DLSR or mirrorless cameras to capture the night sky.
Released: 2015
2. Best all-round astrophotography books
|54 Reviews
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|The Complete Guide to Landscape Astrophotography: Understanding, Planning, Creating, and Processing...
|12 Reviews
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4. Astrophotography by Thierry Legault
I would describe this as the first "serious" book about astrophotography on this list.
Thierry Legault is a world-renowned astrophotographer and in this book he provides a comprehensive overview of all different types of astrophotography – from the moon, to the Milky Way, to far off galaxies and other deep-sky objects.
It includes guides on how to select the best equipment and covers DLSR and CCD cameras. It also covers advanced techniques using telescopes and post-production of images.
This book is perfect for someone that already has some astrophotography experience and is looking to take it farther. An absolute beginner should look to one of the three books above.
Released: 2014
5. The Complete Guide to Landscape Astrophotography: Understanding, Planning, Creating, and Processing Nightscape by Michael C Shaw
This is a big, meaty book that covers many aspects of astrophotography and would suit a beginner or intermediate alike.
The book includes a lot of information about astronomy in general, as well as just photography. So it would suit someone looking to learn more in general about space and the stars.
Released: 2017
3. Best books for advanced astrophotography and deep sky imaging
|The NewAstro Zone System for Astro Imaging
|9 Reviews
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|The Deep-sky Imaging Primer, Second Edition
|88 Reviews
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|The Astrophotography Manual: A Practical and Scientific Approach to Deep Sky Imaging
|16 Reviews
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6. The New Astro Zone System for Astro Imaging Perfect Paperback by Ron Wodaski
This book is recommended by deep sky astrophotographer Ken Crawford in an interview with him we did here on how he captures far off nebulae.
It was originally written in 2006 but still has relevance today. It's also available now at a heavily discounted price on Amazon, with the bonus that all proceeds go to a charitable foundation to help provide free access to telescopes for students.
The book is focused on the post-production side of deep-sky astrophotography and so is for advanced astrophotographers.
Released: 2006
7. The Deep-sky Imaging Primer by Charles Bracken
This is a highly-regarded, and more recent, alternative to the book by Ron Wodaski above.
It includes more of the basics about what DLSR or CCD camera and what telescopes to use and takes you through the full process of planning, taking, and producing images of galaxies and nebulae.
Released: 2017
8. The Astrophotography Manual: A Practical and Scientific Approach to Deep Sky Imaging by Chris Woodhouse
This is the third advanced astrophotography book that is recommended on this list. It is also a recent release and so is fully up-to-date.
As with the above two books, it suits individuals with at least some knowledge of astrophotography already, although it does cover all the steps from planning to polishing your images.
Released: 2017
4. Books that showcase the best astrophotography images
|Astrophotography: The Most Spectacular Astronomical Images of the Universe
|2 Reviews
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|Earth and Space: Photographs from the Archives of NASA (Outer Space Photo Book, Space Gifts for Men...
|54 Reviews
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|The Hubble Cosmos: 25 Years of New Vistas in Space
|82 Reviews
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9. Astrophotography: The Most Spectacular Astronomical Images of the Universe by Rhodri Evans
Not a book that will teach you astrophotography, but rather a collection of the best images around.
This is the most beautiful book on this list and is a classic 'coffee table book' that you'd have lying around to go through at your leisure.
Released: 2017
10. Earth and Space: Photographs from the Archives of NASA by Nirmala Nataraj
Another gorgeous book that would make for a perfect gift for someone that is into NASA and space exploration.
It is a collection of some of NASA's most amazing photographs from across the cosmos.
Released: 2015
11. The Hubble Cosmos: 25 Years of New Vistas in Space by David H. Devorkin & Robert W. Smith
Finally, a third option of a great book bringing together mind-blowing images.
This book tells the story of the Hubble telescope and is a perfect gift for a budding stargazer.
Released: 2015
5. What's the best book about astrophotography?
The above brings together a wide range of some of the best astrophotography books available. From great guides for beginners to advanced photographers, and also inspirational collections of the best images in the world.
If you have any suggestions of must-read books on astrophotography then please share your recommendations in the comments below.
If you are interested in books about astronomy and space, then see here.


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So, you've realized that you want to become a big data engineer. Smart move. But not just any big data engineer–the best in the world! Even better.
It's a challenging and rewarding profession in very high demand. But just because there's a massive shortage of data engineers, doesn't mean your career path is guaranteed. Here are four mistakes the best big data engineers of tomorrow won't make today.
1. Join a small company that thinks about "doing something with data."
It's great that companies want to start "doing something with data." But if they don't have a clue about what that is yet, they most likely won't have the right knowledge-sharing, data-driven, working culture or people to make things happen. These companies can't kickstart your big data engineering career if they can't even get their own thing off the ground. Sure, they might promise you a lot of freedom, but in the end, without a vision or strategy underlying this "something-with-data" plan, you'll be working on useless proofs of concept that end up in a drawer. What's more, if you're a self-starter, and the only data engineer in the company, who's going to mentor you to achieve your potential? As a junior data engineer, you want to be surrounded by senior data engineers who will show the ropes. Small companies like these will just slow you down.
2. Apply at a corporate that says it's completely data-driven, but actually isn't.
So, if a small, inexperienced company is out, does that mean a big corporation is better? Not necessarily. It could be a smart move if there are other data engineers there who could teach you everything they know, but only if you're 100 percent sure it absolutely is, indeed a data-driven organization. And even if it is, worst case scenario, your sole role as a data engineer there could be to combine different Excel files and clean dirty data sets. And that is not how you become the best data engineer in the world! So, don't sign a contract before you lift the veil. Is there a professional data engineering and data science team in the company? What do they do? Can you learn from them? Do they have the full support of the C-suite? Is there a data strategy? If not, your big data dreams could die on the vine there
2. Choose a trainee program below your level.
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A crunch meeting with a government minister to ask for funding for an A27 upgrade at Chichester has been postponed.
MP Gillian Keegan and council leaders were due to meet Minster of State for Transport Jesse Norman on Monday to make the case for the city being allocated funds for an upgrade scheme.
See our original story here: Crunch meeting for Chichester A27 funding due
Gillian Keegan's office has today confirmed that the meeting has been postponed by the Department of Transport and both councils have been informed.
There is no date as yet for the rescheduled meeting, a spokesperson for the MP said.
It comes after Highways England rejected both options put to it for a new northern route or a southern upgrade to the existing A27.
Read more here: Why Highways England is not funding an A27 upgrade for Chichester
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