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Read this study abstract closely. It's important in a SCIENCE ♥s GAME kind of way.
Confidence is an essential ingredient of success in a wide range of domains ranging from job performance and mental health to sports, business and combat. Some authors have suggested that not just confidence but overconfidence—believing you are better than you are in reality—is advantageous because it serves to increase ambition, morale, resolve, persistence or the credibility of bluffing, generating a self-fulfilling prophecy in which exaggerated confidence actually increases the probability of success. However, overconfidence also leads to faulty assessments, unrealistic expectations and hazardous decisions, so it remains a puzzle how such a false belief could evolve or remain stable in a population of competing strategies that include accurate, unbiased beliefs. Here we present an evolutionary model showing that, counterintuitively, overconfidence maximizes individual fitness and populations tend to become overconfident, as long as benefits from contested resources are sufficiently large compared with the cost of competition. In contrast, unbiased strategies are only stable under limited conditions. The fact that overconfident populations are evolutionarily stable in a wide range of environments may help to explain why overconfidence remains prevalent today, even if it contributes to hubris, market bubbles, financial collapses, policy failures, disasters and costly wars.
And, might I add, pump and dumps!
What does the above study conclusion remind you of? Anything coming to mind? Oh, yes…
XI. Be irrationally self-confident
No matter what your station in life, stride through the world without apology or excuse. It does not matter if objectively you are not the best man a woman can get; what matters is that you think and act like you are. Women have a dog's instinct for uncovering weakness in men; don't make it easy for them. Self-confidence, warranted or not, triggers submissive emotional responses in women. Irrational self-confidence will get you more pussy than rational defeatism.
Poon Commandment Eleven. The good hosts at Chateau Heartiste were ahead of the curve yet again. Is there no game concept science won't eventually come around to confirming? Excuse me while I give myself over to deep, utter, profound self-love. Mhhmm… *smack* *kiss*… mmhhhmmmhmmm… oh yeah big guy….
Confidence… no, OVERconfidence, the belief that you are better than you actually are… is the heart and soul of game. This is where the rubber meets the hoes. Without a glowing inner satisfaction born of overconfidence, all the game tactics in the world will fall flat. Riddled with self-doubt and trepidation is no way to execute a flawless neg or disqualification. Perhaps this explains why so many unconfident betas struggle during the learning curve phase of game, and turn their backs on it entirely when instant success isn't forthcoming — their game is betrayed by their second class mentality.
Overconfidence is the fulcrum upon which rests every other facet of game. Overconfidence is the origin source of outcome independence. Overconfidence is Skittles Man. Overconfidence is the skeleton key that opens women's… hearts.
Overconfidence IS alpha. If I had to describe in one word the attitude which most starkly delineates betas from alphas, it would be overconfidence. The alpha, no matter his actual status as measured by the Committee to Uphold Social Norms and Acceptable Hierarchies, confronts the world with faith in his superiority and social elevation. The beta second guesses himself at every turn. And women can SMELL this difference in attitude. They are drawn to it despite themselves, thanks to eons of evolutionary pressures molding their hindbrains.
Now you may argue, in my opinion rightly, that unjustified self-regard by large numbers of people is bad for civilization. That the reflexive doubt, the unbiased proclivity to self-assessment and the humbleness of the beta are the bulk ingredients which give structure to prosperous societies. But this is not the issue before us. The issue we discuss is women, loving women, and inspiring love from women. And by that standard, unjustified male self-regard, so long as the rewards are worth the cost (and in modern society, where women shower the alphas with their pussies during their prime teens and 20s, the rewards are substantial), is the winning mating strategy. You can easily confirm this for yourself by stepping out of the house and observing women in action with your eyes wide open. And now you can read about the reality you see with your eyes in the pages of esteemed scientific journals.
(Interestingly, the study shows that in societies in which the rewards accruing to overconfident people are not greater than the costs, the unbiased, self-doubting beta strategy prevails reproductively — where reproductive fitness thwarted at the goal line is a proxy for attractiveness in a world awash in widely available contraceptives. You could therefore hypothesize that structuring society so that women are not free to ride the cock carousel during their primes would propagate social levers that encourage humility in its men. Conversely, overconfident arrogance among men becomes like a plague in societies where shaming mechanisms to rein in female sexual predilection are dismantled. Again, it all comes back to the female sex drive being the wilder of the two sexes, and thus the more necessary to corral to the benefit of society's well-being.)
(Naturally, as more overconfident men are sexually selected by women, the daughters of these couplings wind up with the overconfidence genes, which may account for the ridiculous sight of fat chicks and cougars in America with 463-bullet point checklists.)
So what does this mean for you, the reader? There's good news. Confidence can be learned. It can be internalized, regardless of externally objective measures. And where there's confidence, overconfidence lurks not far behind. But that is an unnecessary distinction; learned confidence IS THE SAME THING AS overconfidence. By definition, if you are deliberately and pointedly taking on the attitude and mannerisms of a confident man, you are often doing so without external justification, and your confidence could fairly be described as overconfidence. The exception would be if you are an objectively high status beta who lacks the self-awareness or the demeanor to translate his socially-approved status into confident swagger.
In the end, it doesn't matter, for it is primarily the overconfident attitude that women find attractive, not the baubles which festoon or the credentials which socially legitimize the attitude.
The archives of the Chateau are filled with techniques for raising your confidence levels. Peruse freely. It's all there, from body language adjustments to dress to posture to voice tone to expressions to adopting an attractive alpha male thinking mode. Even saying positive, ego-stroking thoughts out loud can subconsciously strengthen your confident resolve. Ya know, some might call these tactics… game.
On the subject of nomenclature, overconfidence goes by another name… inner game.
Ultimately, it's success with women that will bring you to the pinnacle of overconfidence, flush with pussy-parting attitude. The confidence born of repeated beddings of cute chicks is the kind that goes to the bone, and suffuses every sinew. That's why you'll notice that the men with the most naturally unshakeable confidence around women are the ones who have been getting their way with women since they can remember, and their jobs or social circles or finances have little to no bearing on the concreteness of their confidence. Their overconfidence becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, building upon itself with each successive seduction.
This insight doesn't help the noobs, but only if we measure success by the noobs' standards. "Get me sex now" is the wrong standard, and unfortunately is the standard most heavily marketed to by shysters. Instead, as a newcomer to the game of seduction, you should be rejoicing in every positive interaction you have with women, no matter how trivial. Every hi fuels your confidence until you are prying smiles from girls. Every smile emboldens you until they are touching you. Every touch emboldens you until they are giving you their numbers. Every number emboldens you until they are kissing you. Every kiss emboldens you until you are banging them. Every bang emboldens you until you feel free to love them.
Finally, you are so emboldened that you no longer come to women for reinforcement. They come to you.
Here's a related study (via Randall Parker):
The study revealed two key discoveries to why powerful people cheat. First, there is a strong association between power and confidence and that the amount of confidence a person has is the strongest link between power and unfaithfulness. Second, the researchers found that among powerful people gender made no difference in past digressions or the participants' desires to cheat.
This is a tantalizing clue that, contra Henry Kissinger's famous aphorism, it is not the power per se that women are sexually drawn to, but the confident demeanor that powerful men exhibit. As explained in the "Defining the Alpha Male" post, the best judge of a man's alphaness is the quality, number and attraction intensity of the women who would sleep with him were he so inclined to take up the offers. Tautological, maybe. But tautologies are often the inevitable distillations of great truths. There are some objectively powerful men, who for one reason or another, do not exude the unstoppable confidence that is the usual offshoot of their stations. A strict definition of alphaness relying on power alone is therefore incomplete. It must be accompanied by a confident attitude. And where real power is missing, overconfidence can step in to fill the (vaginal) void.
Randall notes:
The researcher is (or at least pretends to be) a foolish blank slater who thinks gender differences are going to disappear. But he (she?) still makes the useful observation that power begets confidence which begets the bedding of others. Okay, so if one can find other ways to feel confident more beddings will take place…
I'm not surprised that the small pool of powerful women studied by the researchers cheat almost as much as the powerful men. Women who have the gumption and killer instinct to reach the top of corporate hierarchies are masculinized by nature, so they are more like men than their own sex, in both libido and aggressive personality. Check out female VPs sometimes. Narrow hips, tallness, thin lips and wee (unaugmented) tits as far as the eye can see.
I therefore wouldn't assume much about the cheating likelihood of women in general from a study into the unfaithfulness of very powerful women. For instance, I would suspect that the men in the study cheated with younger, hotter babes, while the women cheated with similarly situated beta schlubs as their husbands. Keep in mind, it is much harder for a man to cheat than a woman, since any sufficiently desperate loser will dump a fuck in a rapidly spoiling woman who makes herself easily available.
To those women who ask, "Well then, does this mean ugly and old women can attract high value men by acting overconfident?"
No. Overconfident fugs are still fugs. Overconfident cougars are still cougars. There is no equality of the sexes in this respect.


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The international team of astronauts taking part in ESA's caving adventure have returned to Earth after spending six days underground. The voyage to the surface of our planet took them five hours from basecamp.
CAVES gives astronauts a taste of working as a safe and effective team during long spaceflights. In particular, they can hone their leadership and group skills while working in a typical multicultural team found on the International Space Station.
Course designer Loredana Bessone explains the similarities of caving and working in space: "The 'cavenauts' have to adapt to a completely new environment. Working and living underground is both physically and mentally demanding."
Space protocols were used in the course: "Cavewalking is similar to a spacewalk. You have to pay continuous attention to the correct use of tools and safety protocols, to the progression path and to obstacles, which correspond to No Touch Zones and Keep Out Zones on the Space Station."
CAVES is the first behavioural course to involve astronauts from all partners of the International Space Station. Astronauts from USA, Japan, Canada, Russia and Denmark participated this year. Apart from exploring and surveying parts of the caves, the astronauts also conducted speleological research: cave meteorology, geology, biology and microbiology. They set traps and collected specimens of underground life, which have now been forwarded to specialists for further analysis.
In addition, the cavenauts tested communication equipment on loan from CNSAS, the Italian alpine and speleological rescue organisation that ensured course safety. The communication equipment allowed for wireless contact between the exploring team and the mission control team on ground. As the equipment worked well, the team is hopeful that next year it can be used to explore more areas while keeping in constant communication with basecamp.
This year the astronauts explored further than the CAVES 2011 team and discovered what NASA astronaut Mike Fincke described as an underground "wonderland."ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen is very positive about the course: "CAVES is perhaps the most physically demanding astronaut training that I have taken part in, and perhaps also the most rewarding. To complete the training, our crew had to work together effectively and efficiently as a team, which we did. All in all, it was a fantastic and unique experience."
Below, a look at the CAVES mission:

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Welcome to the Redwood Junior Soccer League . We are the league of registration for competitive youth soccer teams in San Mateo County. We are part of District 2 of the Northern California Youth Soccer Association (CYSA-N). Our teams compete in the CYSA Cal Soccer League. The CCSL is a statewide competitive youth soccer league. Our Site is split into two main types of pages (Private and Public). You can identify yourself and access the Private pages by completing the Logon function. As you navigate this website, should you lose your way, you can always return to this home page by clicking on the 'soccer ball in the sky' logo you'll find in the upper left corner of each page on the site. For further information contact the Club/League in your community or the Redwood League President REFEREES Click on the Pensra Logo to go to the Peninsula Soccer Association Referee Website If you are a Manager or Coach and would like to register with the website, go to Logon:Register in the Table of Contents along the left edge of your screen to start the process. |
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I've worked in Software Development teams my entire career and I've come to realize the spectrum of skill-sets is utterly staggering. Over the years I've managed to adapt my in-office behavior to handle utterly incompetent and lazy people.
The way I handle it is to simply cap my anger and frustration, but I find myself going home and venting my anger in the form of complaining to my family and friends, but this is not healthy to me nor my family/friends.
How do I handle personal stress caused by utterly incompetent and lazy co-workers?
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In my younger years, I naively believed incompetent/lazy people didn't cut it in the software industry for long. I disappointingly found that preferential treatment, nepotism, and just plain self-interest on the part of managers seem to undermine this natural filtering of idiots from the software engineering industry. Thus, it seems I must learn to deal with them.
I have endless patience for people who are junior and ask numerous questions, but I don't seem to know how to handle stress caused by the utterly incompetent and lazy people that don't apply themselves.


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According to current estimates on world population growth, agricultural productivity will have to increase by 56 percent by 2030. Can organics help answer this need?
That question was a topic of great interest at a May conference of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome.
Organic agriculture is an environmentally friendly choice, conference presenters said, for reasons including more efficient use of local natural resources and less reliance on fossil fuels (organic farmers don't use petroleum-derived fertilizers or pesticides).
Research by the Rodale Institute and others also show that organic soils retain 20 percent to 40 percent more water, so they require less irrigation and produce better yields than conventional crops during times of drought and climate change.
On the social front, organic agriculture—which requires 30 percent more labor per hectare, or 2.5 acres—offers employment opportunities and contributes to rural development. Health benefits are another important contribution, said experts. Avoiding pesticide use means safer drinking water and better health for farmworkers. Some initial research has also shown that organically grown foods may contain higher levels of micronutrients such as vitamin C. Organic farmers' choices to plant drought-tolerant or locally acclimatized species also help increase overall biodiversity of crops.
According to Nutrition Business Journal, U.S. consumers racked up about $15.7 billion in organic food sales in 2006. By 2010, experts estimate it will climb to $24 billion, comprising about 4 percent of retail food sales.


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Our Actions & Commitments
Commitments moving forward - 2021 and beyond
Updated 30/10/21
1. Continue to improve our workplace inclusivity
One of our immediate goals has been to diversify our team and hire more Black and non-Black POC into the business. While the UK's population is currently 86% White, 7.5% Asian. 3.3% Black and 2.2% Mixed Ethnicity (2011 Consensus), our team needs to reflect our wider community.
Currently our workplace diversity is 17.9% Black and non-black POC (of 102 employees), and we are running annual equality monitoring reports to continue tracking our progress. Although we have made improvements in this area, our work is ongoing. We now liaise with non-mainstream, diversity-focused recruitment platforms, where all external vacancies are published exclusively for a period of time before they open to wider channels. We also include an addendum with our external adverts, stipulating that we seek to work with people based on an equitable model*, and actively encouraging people from marginalised and maligned groups to apply for these positions. It is now also a requirement that all interviews for external vacancies include non-white candidates.
*Equitable models are designed to compensate for the lack of a level playing field in the fashion industry at-large given the structural and systemic injustices that disproportionately affect marginalised and maligned groups. These groups are vast, but include Indigenous people, Black people, People of Colour, women, queer & LGBTQ+ people, disabled people, people living in poverty, and immigrants & refugees.
2. Flexible working to remove barriers
Geographical location can affect the diversity of candidates that apply for roles that are office based. In 2020 we moved to a 4 day working week to improve employee wellbeing, allowing our team to spend more of their time at home. Along with this all new roles that are advertised have flexibility built in, with the most common being office based 2 days per week and home working 2 days per week. Since introducing this we have seen more diversity in our applications and hires.
3. External Advisory
We work with external advisors on an individual basis if projects or business decisions require consultancy. We seek this advice to discuss topics such as race, inclusivity, diversity, accessibility, ethics and sustainability with an intersectional lens. This ensures that our initiatives are both in keeping with our brand mission and align with wider, ongoing social justice issues.
4. Champion and invest in creatives and businesses owned by People of Colour
We work with many amazing artists and creatives, from print designs, to models and content creation, and last year we made it our goal to actively seek and collaborate with more Black and POC creatives.
Of all planned print/artist collaborations for the next 12 months Black and POC artists from around the world account for 48%, and we have an ambition to increase this moving forward. If you're a budding artist, we would love to hear from you! You can contact our Production team directly at firstname.lastname@example.com*.
Our Creative team have been working even harder to ensure that we have a more diverse portfolio of models that we regularly collaborate with, and have increased our representation.
With regards to social media and digital marketing, we are mindful of always ensuring that we are representative of as many experiences, voices and talents as possible. We always welcome new opportunities to work with fantastic individuals; if you're a content creator, creative, activist, dancer (and anything else in-between) you can reach our Marketing team at firstname.lastname@example.com* - be sure to give us as much info as you can on your collaboration idea!
* Please note that we receive a high volume of requests at this address, and this inbox is monitored by a small team. We're so grateful to everyone who reaches out to us, but we are unable to respond to every request we receive.
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Lucy & Yak was founded on inclusivity and the empowerment of all individuals. We are committed to supporting community-led projects at every level, and we will continue to champion, actively participate in, and amplify the efforts of grassroots initiatives wherever possible.
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Glamour Magazine - Stop Asian Hate
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Survival Training, Cosmonaut Style
New cosmonauts brush up on their wilderness skills in Kazakhstan
Some of the most colorful pictures of the space age have been taken, ironically, on the ground.
In the 1960s, U.S. Mercury and Gemini astronauts were sent to Nevada or Panama to brush up on their survival skills, on the theory that if their spacecraft ever went off course during re-entry, they might come down anywhere — jungle, ocean, or the middle of the Sahara — and would need to keep themselves alive until help arrived.
Although the astronauts took these exercises seriously, they also seemed to be having fun in their Lawrence of Arabia robes made of parachutes, especially when photographers were around.
The survival exercises have continued into the modern era, both in the United States and Russia. Cosmonauts periodically practice for survival in the harsh winter conditions that prevail over large parts of Russia. And at least once in their early training, they head into the desert near the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan to learn how to live by their wits and whatever emergency gear and other materials they can find in their spacecraft.
This week, a group of new cosmonauts (they were selected in 2010) is roughing it for two days in the desert, building shelters and learning to forage for food and water in 100-plus-degree weather. In the process, they're expected to learn something about teamwork and problem-solving under stressful conditions — skills that should come in handy once they begin flying in space.


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Asked what they thought people who hadn't been here might need to know about Currambena Preschool, the preschool children collectively responded...
"Why don't they just come and see it? We'll take photos, I got to know where everything was and learned the Rainbow Snake song, you can make friends and play, come and have a look, you can play with dinosaurs, lego, friends, ponies, swing on the hammocks, and monkeybars, listen to music, read books, dress up, learn to draw a bird and how to make a sandwich, say sorry if people get hurt, learn how to solve problems, talk to each other and sort it out, learn how to get into a game, play puzzles and playdough with friends, make friends and meet them at the swings…."
We believe that play is an essential tool that encourages the children to learn. During the preschool day the children have the opportunity to play and experiment through a range of small group and individual activities and experiences which promote physical, social, emotional, cognitive and linguistic development.
Our main focus in Preschool is on building relationships with children and families within the Currambena community. We teach the children conflict resolution skills and support them while they develop the skills to resolve conflicts, to speak up and say how they are feeling, to talk about what they need and to take responsibility for their own actions. The children develop self-confidence and positive self-esteem through participation in our indoor/outdoor program, which provides a mixture of fun, challenge and choice.
Parent participation
Preschool welcomes help from parents and their involvement is highly valued. There is a blackboard over the sink where we keep a note of jobs needing to be done in Preschool and a calendar over the desk where parents can sign up to help. Parents are welcome to volunteer their time and bring their expertise to share with the preschool children.


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Every American president since Harry Truman has wrestled with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, to no avail. Yet they keep trying based on the notion that the Middle East will never be calm until there's peace between these protagonists.
But as President Obama heads to Israel and the West Bank, expectations could hardly be lower. What's more, this long-standing feud, often seen as the holy grail of American diplomacy, no longer seems to hold the same urgency, according to many analysts.
The U.S. goal remains a two-state solution that provides security for Israel and a state for the Palestinians. And a new round of fighting could reverberate throughout the Middle East.
Yet for several years, the Israelis and Palestinians, long accustomed to center stage, have been a relatively quiet sideshow in a region going through dramatic upheavals.
Egypt, Tunisia and Libya have all unshackled themselves from dictators but are still struggling to agree on a future. Syria's uprising, now in its third year, grinds on. No one can explain what's happening in Yemen. And perhaps the biggest challenge of all is Iran's nuclear program.
A Lesser Priority
"When I interviewed President Obama last year, I sat with him 45 minutes, and we didn't talk about Palestine," Jeffrey Goldberg, a longtime Middle East watcher at The Atlantic, said in an interview with NPR's Scott Simon.
"The subject was Iran. That is the overwhelming issue for the Israelis at the moment. And it really is the No. 1 foreign policy challenge for the president. And what happens is that the Palestinian initiative sort of fades away," Goldberg said. "It fades in part because the Palestinian leadership is very ineffective. It fades in part because Palestinians are actually undergoing a bit of a civil war themselves."
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the 1993 Oslo accord, signed on the White House lawn by President Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
The goal was to permanently resolve the conflict within five years. But the talks failed, and violence erupted in 2000. The two sides have effectively retreated to their corners, with minimal contact aside from sporadic clashes in recent years.
"Quietly, with nobody announcing it, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has shifted from a necessity to a hobby for American diplomats," wrote New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, who has been dissecting the Middle East for three decades. "Like any hobby — building model airplanes or knitting sweaters — some days you work on it, some days you don't. It depends on your mood, but it doesn't usually matter when that sweater gets finished."
A New Reality
So is this lower international profile a temporary lull or a more permanent condition?
It's the Middle East, so no one knows. But there are several reasons to think this trend could continue on its current trajectory.
-- Many Israelis look at the region's turmoil and say now is not the time to make major moves. Much better, they say, to let the new Middle East take shape before Israel commits to any big changes. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government, which was sworn in Monday, was born out of an election that focused on Israeli social issues rather than negotiations with the Palestinians.
-- The Palestinians remain divided between separate West Bank and Gaza Strip leaderships. This split, now six years old, appears to be more entrenched than ever. And neither Palestinian leadership has been able to marshal the broad and sustained international support that the Palestinians need to put pressure on Israel.
-- After two major U.S. wars in the Middle East, most Americans are showing no desire to plunge into another seemingly intractable Middle East problem. All of the current momentum is for the U.S. to be less not more engaged in the Middle East.
-- The U.S. is steadily becoming less dependent on Middle East oil, and therefore the region is likely to play a smaller role in America's strategic thinking. Obama sent a clear signal last year when he announced that the U.S. would be directing more military, diplomatic and economic resources toward Asia.
A decade ago, when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was raging, you couldn't open a newspaper or turn on the television without hearing about the latest carnage. At the end of one long, exhausting and bloody day, Saeb Erekat, the longtime Palestinian negotiator, said, "Frankly, I think the world is sick and tired of the Israeli-Palestinian issue. I think they just want to see it go away."
It seemed a bit odd at the time, when the region was awash with peace envoys and the story was a fixture in the headlines. Today Erekat's remark seems prescient.
Greg Myre, the international editor at NPR.org, reported from the Middle East for more than a decade and is the co-author of This Burning Land: Lessons from the Frontlines of the Transformed Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
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Haiti hadn't seen cholera for at least a century. Then suddenly, the first cases appeared in the central highlands near a camp for United Nations peacekeeping forces.
Since then the disease has struck 1 out of every 16 Haitians — nearly 640,000 people. It has killed 8,000.
The disease struck with explosive force. Within two days of the first cases, a hospital 60 miles away was admitting a new cholera patient every 3 1/2 minutes.
"Part of the reason we think the outbreak grew so quickly was the Haitian population had no immunity to cholera," says Daniele Lantagne, an environmental engineer at Tufts University. "Something like when the Europeans brought smallpox to the Americas, and it burned through the native populations."
Lantagne says comparison of the Haitian cholera strain with one circulating in Nepal around the same time shows the two differed in only 1 out of 4 million genetic elements.
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Lantagne was one of four scientists appointed by the U.N. to look into the matter. Their report, issued in May 2011, implicated the U.N. camp as a likely origin, but it concluded that the outbreak was caused by "a confluence of circumstances."
She tells Shots that the report would come out different today.
"If we had had the additional scientific evidence that's available now, we definitely would have written the report in 2011 differently, to state the most likely source of introduction was someone associated with the peacekeeping camp," Lantagne says.
That's important because the U.N. insists that whatever way cholera got to Haiti, terrible sanitary conditions and lack of clean water were responsible for its remarkably fast spread.
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"It's like lighting a fire in a dry field on a windy day and then blaming the wind or the drought for the fire," says Concannon, who directs a Boston-based group called the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti.
More than a year ago, the group filed a legal claim against the U.N. demanding that it accept responsibility.
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Concannon says the U.N. is supposed to set up a formal mechanism within the Status of Forces Agreements that govern every peacekeeping operation to deal with claims of harm — from traffic accidents and alleged rapes involving peacekeeping soldiers to larger allegations — but it has never done so.
Since the U.N. has not responded to its claim, Concannon's group is pondering whether to sue the agency in a court in the United States, Europe or Haiti.
For its part, the U.N. hasn't admitted anything. But in December, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced a plan to rid Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic of cholera.
Concannon says that's ambitious — but feasible.
"Cholera can certainly be eliminated from Haiti," he tells Shots. "It's been eliminated from the United States, from England, from many countries in South America," he says. "This is basically 19th century technology that needs to be installed in Haiti."
The Haitian government is expected to release a detailed blueprint for the first two years of the effort sometime this month. The entire project is expected to cost $2.2 billion and take at least 10 years.
But so far, the U.N. has identified only 10 percent of the money, most of it redeployed from earlier pledges. Concannon worries the rest may never be found.
Dr. Jon Andrus acknowledges it's getting harder to raise money for Haiti, as the earthquake fades into history. He's the deputy director of the Pan American Health Organization, an arm of the U.N.
Paying for cholera elimination in Hispaniola is the challenge, Andrus tells Shots. "It's a big challenge," he says. "The question is: Can it be done? I believe it can. So we're ramping up efforts to do that."
But even if the money can be found, it's going to take years to bring clean water and sewage treatment to a sizable proportion of Haiti's 10 million people.
Meanwhile, Haitians will still get cholera and many more will die.
One stopgap under discussion is to vaccinate Haitians at highest risk of cholera, such as the 266,000 babies born every year, and those in remote areas who can't get to clinics rapidly.
Andrus, who has a background in vaccination programs, thinks that's a good idea.
"Haiti has done some great things with vaccination," he says. "They've eliminated measles, rubella and polio, and you can't say that in many countries in Europe. We believe they can do it."
Cholera vaccination is 60 to 70 percent effective and lasts about two years. And of course, it also will take money.
If enough cholera vaccines become available, one recent study suggests that vaccinating around half the population would provide enough "herd immunity" to make cholera transmission much less likely.
But, so far, the U.N. says nothing has been decided about launching a cholera vaccination program of any sort in Haiti.
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A mix of watercolor and realistic elements in a soft pastel palette ready to scrap all of your Easter, Mother's Day, Spring Sing Concert, and more photos. The colors are perfect for ALL types of images, from vintage to modern but especially of babies & children.
Note: A small portion of this collection were gifts in my stores during April.
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- 18 shabby damask cardstock papers.
Each product is offered individually for your convenience; however, the bundle is always your best value.
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What's New
5/4/2008 -- An article in the Central Pennsylvania Business Journal talks to owners of three rinks - Roll'R'Way in York, Olympic in Enola, FountainBlu in New Cumberland, and Wheelz of Fire (formerly Star) in Swatara Township - about the popularity of skating in central Pennsylvania. It's rare to see an article where they actually talk to more than one rink owner, and this is an interesting read (especially for me since I've spent a lot of time at Olympic).
4/22/2008 -- There's an article about the rink I go to (Wheels in Odenton, MD) in the Annapolis, MD newspaper.
10/7/2007 -- This summer, I have added several new rinks to the Roller Rinks Map, mainly in Cleveland, OH and the Tidewater Virginia area (along with a few others, such as the former Knoebels rink in Elysburg, PA). Also, if you do not use Google Earth, you can see them on Google Maps now, too. Enjoy!
4/25/2007 -- An article in the Albany, New York Business Review talks about the challenges rinks are facing to remain competitive.
2/10/2007 -- If you use Google Earth, try out the Roller Rinks Map I've been working on. The rinks on the map (mostly around DC, but there are some in Pennsylvania; Athens, Georgia; Charleston, South Carolina, and Austin, Texas, too) are spotted on the actual buildings the rink is located in. These are all rinks I've actually located on the ground; I've skated at most of them. You'll also notice the locations spotted of several defunct rinks. As I travel around I'll add more to the file. (Please don't email me about missing rinks - it's difficult for me to add them without having actually visited their locations myself.)
9/9/2006 -- MapMuse.com has created a map containing roller skating rinks! Here is a map of trails suitable for outdoor inline skating, too.
2/18/2006 -- I've added a link in the Skaters section to Single Skaters, an online dating service for skaters.
6/9/2005 -- I've been adding new areas to the forums lately, including a section entitled "Skating News" - for articles (and commentary) on skating-related subjects. Enjoy!
3/26/2005 -- Someone sent me a link to a Sears Catalog from 1971. Check out this page, which includes bicycles and roller skates (too bad the scan isn't bigger).
3/7/2005 -- The boards are active again (actually, they weren't offline for long) with some anti-spam measures that seem to be working. I also took the opportunity to add some new sections.
2/24/2005 -- I've disabled the forums for now due to the recent spamming by adult websites until I can find a way to get rid of them for good. I have to delete several accounts every day to keep up with them.
10/24/2004 -- The Washington Post has another article on roller skating, with information about rinks in the DC area.
10/17/2004 -- After a month of testing with no reported problems, I've made the new version of the Rink Websites the only way to access the information.
10/10/2004 -- I'm happy to announce that we're now hosted by pair.com again. There were too many "connection refused" error messages or just long load times, and several users reported having issues connecting. And, this is less expensive. If you find any problems, please contact me!
9/18/2004 -- I'm working on rewriting the Rink Websites list so that each region has its own page. Check out the new and improved version here. This pulls the information directly from the database rather than having me create a static page every time I do an update. Please let me know if you notice any problems with it. The static page is still available here.
8/28/2004 -- Wow, it's been a while. :) As always, the Club Websites and the Rink Websites lists are updated on a semi-regular basis. (I try to do it monthly, but sometimes I get backed up with other things.) However, the big news right now is that the home page of Roller-Skate.org (this page) is now using CSS to define the layout and colors of the page. This should make the page display more gracefully on handhelds and cell phones, as well as text browsers and screen readers (yes, blind people skate, too!). I haven't converted the other pages to use this format yet, so this is the only page you may see any differences. Please let me know if you have any problems with it!
2/27/2003 -- We finally installed a discussion forum. Current topics include "General Roller-skating" and "Buy and Sell". Other suggestions are welcome!
1/12/2003 -- We now have an online form to make it easier for you to suggest new rink websites to us.
1/11/2003 -- See a cow go roller skating at Gladys Goes Roller-skating! I've added the link to the Skaters section, too. It seemed the most appropriate place for it.
1/5/2003 -- Happy New Year! And, with the new year started, we're now hosted at phpwebhosting.com. This move will allow us to use scripts which will allow you to submit new information to us more easily. It will also be easier for us to manage the site. Watch for new features in the upcoming months, possibly including a working discussion center, mailing lists, etc. Send us e-mail if you have suggestions--we'd love to hear them.
Note for Windows Users: Please check your systems for viruses and worms! I receive several files that are randomly sent from victims' computers every day. Thanks.
12/8/2002 -- It hasn't really been that long since I've made an update! For one thing, the Rink Websites page is constantly being updated--at least once a month, but usually more.
I've made some changes, though. Most importantly, I've added a new section for roller skating clubs and teams. Currently, the only page there is a list of club websites, much like the rink websites page. The club websites page is very sparse, so please send those links!
The left-hand navigation bar changed, too. I:
- Included the clubs page,
- Removed the link to the discussion groups, which hasn't worked in months anyway. Sooner or later, we'll get some discussion boards up here that actually work (I have some preliminary plans on this subject). :)
- Sorted the links on the left alphabetically.
7/2/2002 -- Added a page for regional information.
7/2/2002 -- Results from Southeastern Regionals (2002) are now available.
5/3/2002 -- Read my review of the new Tour 890 inlines.
USA Roller Sports
USA Roller Sports, which oversees roller, inline, and hockey competitions in the United States.


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November 19, 2020 at 7:00pm
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EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DIVISION 231 Capitol Avenue Hartford, Connecticut 06106 (860) 757-2270 Fax (860) 757-2215
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 17, 2002
Quick Links
Housing Court Information Now on Judicial Branch Website
The public may now access information from Housing Courts through the Judicial Branch's website, at http://www.jud2.ct.gov/housing/.
Data includes information from summary process eviction cases only, and initially, case data will be available from the Hartford and New Britain Housing Sessions only. But as Housing Sessions in New Haven, Waterbury, Bridgeport, and Norwalk go online with the ForeCourt Computer Project, their case data will become available on the Internet.
Housing Session case information may be searched by: docket number, party name, premise address, court calendar, attorney case list, attorney calendar, and attorney search. The case information went on line this month.
"It is expected that the Housing Session summary process lookup will be a big time saver for attorneys and pro se litigants, who will be able to use the web self-service style, looking up their case data without a trip or telephone call to the clerk's office," said Jeffrey S. Hammer, Deputy Chief Clerk for Housing Matters in Hartford.
Hammer added: "The clerk's offices will benefit as well with less informational calls and more focused requests for information. The frequently asked questions -- such as `What is my docket number?' and 'Did my motion for default for failure to appear enter?' or 'When is my hearing' -- will be answered quickly through the web."
Chief Court Administrator Joseph H. Pellegrino said that putting housing information on the web is another way to make the Judicial Branch more accessible to the people it serves.
"The Judicial Branch is committed to providing this type of information in the best way possible -- through the Internet, which reaches millions of individuals on any given day," Judge Pellegrino said. "In addition, such a service provides our court clerks with more time to handle matters that aren't as easily answered."
The Information Age, along with the success of the Judicial Branch's Civil and Family Case Lookup, prompted the Judicial Branch to consider requests from attorneys and pro se litigants for a Housing Session Internet lookup. This latest development is an offshoot of the Judicial Branch's ForeCourt Computer Project, which started in March 1997 as an effort to computerize the Housing Court's summary process eviction cases with specialized software.
In January 2001 Hartford's Housing Session collected information from calls it received. During a one-week period, the Housing Session received almost 1,000 phone calls -- 68 percent of which would have been assisted by the eviction case lookup.
Branch officials met in June 2001 to explore the potential of putting eviction data on the website. As a result, Joseph D. D'Alesio, Executive Director of Superior Court Operations, authorized the project through the efforts of the Branch's Judicial Information Systems and Robert Gorman of Relational Semantics Inc., whom the Branch hired to develop the software.
A committee oversaw the project. Members included: Chair Melissa Farley, Executive Director of the Judicial Branch's External Affairs Division; Norman Ross, Manager of the Branch's Computer Systems Support; Elizabeth Bickley, Deputy Director of Judicial Information Systems, Applications, Development & Support; Don Turnbull, Manager of Web Application, Judicial Information Systems; Suzanne Colasanto, Chief Clerk for Housing Matters, Hammer, and Gorman.
"This core group of individuals channeled their energy into proposing what should be included on the Web," Hammer said. "Mr. Gorman did a wonderful job as software engineer in taking the ideas and translating them into the finished project. The Judicial Information Systems did a superb job in creating a backbone for the web presence, overseeing the nightly downloads of data."
So far the response has been very positive.
"It's really a lot more convenient than calling the clerk's office," Attorney David Pels of Greater Hartford Legal Assistance said. "It saves us time in looking up the status of cases and obtaining calendars."
To access the Housing Session information, go to the Judicial Branch's website at
https://www.jud.ct.gov and click on "Case Look-Up Housing."
For information, please contact Melissa Farley, Executive Director of the External Affairs Division, at 860-757-2270.
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Discovering the World of Music at the Keyboard
Discover the difference a method can make with this exciting series! Piano Discoveries captures the musical imagination of students and teachers alike with appealing and sensitive repertoire, well-integrated and supportive music theory, creative activities, and a gradually paced building of technical skills that equips the student to progress successfully and musically. Created by an exceptional team: composer and teacher, Janet Vogt; world acclaimed concert artist and master teacher, Leon Bates; along with guidance and contributions from innovative composers and teachers including Nancy Telfer, Gail Berenson, Scott McBride Smith, Martha Sherrill Kelsey, and Rebecca Shockley, Piano Discoveries reflects the expertise and talents of its entire creative team.


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The Cover. The cover is one of the most important selling points for a book and yet it's often underrated. It's the first impression the book offers. It has to express what your book is about, if not specifically, then in a subtle way. For example, it should show what genre the book belongs to, it should have recognizable elements, including a readable title, and it should look professional.
The Title. If a reader buys your book with a false expectation born from the title of your book, they'll end up returning it and won't buy any more of your titles. The title doesn't necessarily have to be short, but it does have to give the right impression for the book. For example, a book titled Dead Man Walking will give you an impression that it's fiction and might belong to crime, paranormal or horror. You'd be pretty certain it wouldn't belong to romance. If your book is non-fiction, then it needs to be a lot more specific to hook any potential readers.
The Editing. Don't underestimate the importance of professional editing. A book with many typos and grammar mistakes will pull a reader from the story. Not only that, but the author will lose credibility. The reader will be less likely to buy any more of your books.
The Hook. Because of the vast array of choice readers now have, it's important to hook them early. If your beginning pages drag on, few people will be willing to read further. It's an unfortunate fact of publishing. So give them a hook—a promise of great things to come--make it early, and deliver that promise in the continuing pages.
The Target. Sometimes a story has a way of writing itself. The author will get caught up and carried away. It's a wonderful phenomenon when it happens, but there is a danger that the target audience is forgotten, or misinterpreted. For example, if you've written a story you want to target to teens, then you shouldn't make the protagonist a forty-year-old woman. If you are writing the story for the wrong audience, then your book won't sell.
The Marketing. Oodles of information is around to learn more about marketing--just check out the tabs here at our IWSG website--but to break it down to its simplest form: Know your market. If you aren't marketing toward your audience, then you're missing an opportunity. Also, you can't always expect your readers to come to you. You'll need to find out where they are and spend time in those places.
The Spam. While this point belongs in marketing, it's so crucial it stands on its own. If you are spamming everyone and their dog about your book, then you will guarantee yourself a lost readership. Avoid the spam at all costs.
The Reality. Every writer who wants to sell a book needs a realistic idea of how many books they should be selling. Not everyone can be a J K Rowling. Also, for self-publishers in particular, it takes time to pick up momentum when you've released your first book. Don't expect to sell thousands in the first month. On top of that, if you've only written one book, then sales won't be as great as having a collection of books available. If readers like your first book, then they will be more likely to read your second, and so forth.
What are some tips and tricks you've found works best for selling your book/s? What are some other factors that may influence higher or lower sales?
Lynda R. Young found success as a digital artist and an animator for many years, and now as a writer of speculative short stories. Her work is published in a number of anthologies and online. She is currently writing novels for young adults. In her spare time she also dabbles in photography and all things creative. You can find her here: Blog, Twitter, Facebook


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Black Denim Vintage NYPL Stamp Tote Bag
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Carry a classic NYPL tote that will never go out of style. The New York Public Library was created in 1895 when the private Astor and Lenox libraries merged with the Tilden Trust to form the nation's largest public library system. The vintage stamp featured on this tote bag was used in books acquired in the first few decades of the library's existence. Keep at hand a piece of Library history that celebrates the power of knowledge with this elegant tote.
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Scene in the House of Commons [From the Court Journal]
The honorable and learned member for Westminster, Sir De Lacy Evans, who has fought Many brilliant battles in Spain, and who invaded the Crimea without loss of life or limb, measured his full length on the floor of the House of Commons, the other evening, in a very distressing and undignified manner. The honorable and gallant gentleman was passing in front of the Treasury Bench, when his spurs got entangled, some way or other, in the long legs of the Right Honorable F. Peel, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, and the result was that he lost his balance and sprawled over the feet of the whole Cabinet! Lord Palmerston most fortunately managed to get his legs out of the way in time, and escaped disaster, but Mr. Milner Gibson and the Chancellor of the Exchequer were sadly spurred although they good-naturedly picked up the member for Westminster and set him upright. Mr. Frederick Peel rubbed his shins, as well he might—an operation which occasioned no small amount of amusement to the occupants of the Treasury Bench opposite. For the future, it is clear that Sir De Lacy must either abandon the use of spurs in the House of Commons, or Mr. Frederick Peel must keep his legs out of the way. The former, we scarcely say, is far more easy of accomplishment than the latter.
Boston Daily Advertiser, August 6, 1863 [Historic Newspaper Collection]


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To respect everyone's experience, we do ask that noise levels are kept to a minimum and that your mobile phone is set to silent before entering. The consumption of alcohol or drugs is prohibited prior to treatments. Any prescription medication being taken should be reported to therapist prior to treatment to be sure there are no adverse reactions.
This is my first time at the spa, should I arrive earlier?
We ask that you arrive fifteen minutes prior to your appointment to allow time for you to complete your consultation form, meet your therapist who will go over your treatment.
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Arriving late will unfortunately limit the time of your treatment. Please contact us as soon as possible to notify that you are running late. If you are more than 20 minutes late without contact, your treatment will be reallocated and a cancellation fee may apply.
What should I wear to the spa?
Please wear clothes to the spa that you find comfortable. During treatments our therapists will provide appropriate garments for protection and your privacy.
I am pregnant, is it safe to have treatments?
We offer treatments with products and techniques that are specifically designed to be safe during pregnancy. Please notify us of your pregnancy when booking your treatments.
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Time restricted parking is available across Point Nepean Road in the beach car park. Longer parking is available behind us in the Nelson Street car park.
Do I have to provide my credit card details to secure a booking?
We do ask for credit cards details to secure bookings for the following; group bookings, any package treatment or bookings that require a therapist to perform the treatment.
What is the cancellation policy?
We kindly requests 48 hours notice for cancellation of any treatments. We impose a 50% cancellation fee to treatments that require a therapist for less than 48 hours notice.
Cancellations under 24 hours or no shows will incur full fee to treatments that require a therapist. Float tank, Cryo sauna and Infra Red sauna treatment cancellations may be able to be rebooked with no loss with enough notice given. No shows incur full charge. Credit card details are requested at the time of your booking and the cancellation fee will be charged to the nominated card.


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After my high from Saturday's 100 mile ride, I wasn't sure if the weekend could get better. And, then it did.
Yes I am wearing a t-shirt that shows how much I love Friday Night Lights
I told you last week that my century ride with Venus de Miles was cancelled due to the flood. Instead, Venus connected riders with ways to volunteer and help with the flood relief effort. Some of us were asked to go to a farm near Longmont, along one of my most favorite riding routes. Ironically, this weekend while doing loops for my long ride, I went by this farm many times and noticed the devastation.
In a weird way I felt a connection to this place, probably because I have passed it too many times to count on training runs and rides. I know you all get what I mean – you go by places a million times and briefly take note of them, but at the same time hardly notice…they are just part of your landscape.
When we got there, my friend Michelle and I grabbed masks, shovels, gloves and boots and headed towards a little 1800's garden house that had not yet been cleaned out.
She and I went about removing 8" of mud from the floor of this structure, uncovering lawnmowers, rototillers etc. We would dump the mud outside the doors and other volunteers put it in wheelbarrows and dumped it. It's a good thing I am not freaked out by earth worms as big as snakes. And, too bad this was a rest day because it was not a rest day. Shoveling mud was some serious upper body and core crap.
One funny thing we found in the shed – this sign:
There once was a man with a sick head
Who grew tired of bikers peeing in his shed
When he finally caught one
He loaded his gun and now that biker is dead
Like I said, this farm is along a popular cycling route. The story goes that cyclists were stopping and actually coming into the shed and peeing in the fountain the family had in there. Seriously? Who does that? I am not above taking a dump in the bushes on a trail run, but I wouldn't dream of going into a shed that someone owned. I have standards after all.
And, no the homeowner did not really shoot a cyclist and pour him down the sink. And yes, I did ask them if I could post the sign.
We talked a lot to the homeowners. They have lived there for 8 years and live on about 7 acres. Their house has been totaled – it will take more to rebuild it than to just tear it down. The attitude of the owners, however, was amazing, despite FEMA's less than stellar response. They said that it has been the generosity of people that has outweighed the trauma of losing so much.
You get what you give is what so many have told them. Apparently these people have been incredibly generous to those around them for years. When it came their turn to need help, the outpouring has been amazing.
Can you find me?
Have you ever done any disaster relief work or had someone do it for you? This was a first for me.
Ever pee/poop on someone's property (would you admit it?). Believe it or not, I have not intentionally done this. I did poop inside a tree once in a moment of desperation, but I think it was on public property.