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You can approach interviews one of two ways: focus on selling yourself or focus on doing the job. All of you know that the skills that are required to get a good job are not the same skills that are needed to do a good job. Many job candidates don't quite understand this and are disappointed when they don't get the job they want.
But you may ask, but what if you don't have savvy sales skills?
How do you expect to survive the tough interview process?
Do you have a decent chance to get the job?
Yes, you do have a good chance if you change the game and ensure that the focus is on these five simple questions.
1) Do you understand the job?
You have to show the employer that you really understand the job they want done; you have to show clearly that you understand their problem. To do this you have to ask how was the job done before and how they want it done in the future. What is working and what is not working? What outcomes are they looking for? You want to validate that both you and the interviewers have a common understanding of the job and the problem that has to be solved. Without validating this understanding, you do not want to move to the next question on whether you can do the job and solve the problem profitably.
2) Can you do the job profitably?
Assuming you got the first question nailed, now you have to show that you not only can solve the problem but do it efficiently so that it saves money, makes money or both for the company. Here again you have to make sure that the employer understands the solution you are proposing and I suggest you co-create a solution with the interviewer. Get the interviewers' input. Note, interviewers know more than you do so respect their domain knowledge and the constraints under which they have had to work. You want to refrain from going too deep into the weeds with the solution. Also, you want to show that you are a team player and will consider the input from others to craft an optimal solution. Lastly, you want to demonstrate that you are effective communicator and collaborator.
3) Are you easy to get along with?
This is very important since communication, collaboration and sharing are so important for productivity. Companies often hire on technical skills, but fire due to lack of soft skills, such as communication and collaboration. You not only want to be a problem solver but a consensus builder and a consummate team player. Show the employer that you are comfortable working as an individual as well as working in a team.
4) Are you going to make your boss look good?
This is an intangible that you bring that is very hard to quantify. You want to show that you able to see things beyond your job description. Every boss likes a hire who brings multiple skills in his group. He wants to solve a problem as painlessly so that he can look good to his superiors. If your effort is attached to his future success then you are going to make a deep impression. If you have past examples where you have done this, you want to bring it up. If you understand this and look at your job from his vantage point, then you will resonate with your future boss.
5) Do you want the job?
If you like the job, the team, the boss and the company then let the employer know that you want the job because you understand the job, you can do the job, you get along with the team, you get along with your boss and you are ready to add value and help the company grow.
If you focused on these five questions then you stayed on the message and you should feel good about yourself, and consider a personal win. If for whatever you do not get the job, then immediately reflect on what you did well and what you can do better next time. One thing you have to remember is that you have to go in with a game plan and this is a game plan that makes sense since a company's success is dependent on people that are talented, problem solvers, collaborative and team oriented.
Good Luck!


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In major Belize transportation news, Tropic Air announced that they are expanding their routes and will now be servicing the remote San Ignacio (Benque Viejo del Carmen) area beginning on December 10, 2012.
The October 3rd announcement comes in response to the requests of locals and international travelers looking for easier options for traveling to the Cayo District. Service will be daily from San Pedro and Belize City, utilizing the Maya Flats Airstrip, conveniently located between San Ignacio and Benque Viejo.
"When we inaugurated San Pedro Sula earlier this year, we promised the people of Belize to add even more exciting destinations. With the support of our resort partners and area residents, we now feel the time is right to add San Ignacio to our growing network," said John Grief III, President of Tropic Air. "We hope that in the coming months, we are able to add flights and other destinations from San Ignacio."
Cayo is often considered the cultural gateway of the country, offering an ideal location for exploring much of the country. Eco-tourism, Maya temples, and a wealth of outdoor activities are some of the key reasons travelers head inland to towns like San Ignacio.
The Maya Flats Airstrip is close to the renowned Lodge at Chaa Creek and other recommended resorts in the area. The new route will help facilitate additional tourism growth in the area, along with increasing trade between Cayo and the remainder of Belize.
Tropic Air's website has been updated with the new destination, and travelers can book now for December 10 and beyond. The daily schedule is as follows:
- Flight 941 departs San Pedro (SPR) at 11:30 a.m. and arrives in San Ignacio (MYF) at 12:40 p.m.
- Flight 981 departs Belize City (BZE) at 12:00 p.m. and arrives in San Ignacio (MYF) at 12:40 p.m.
- Flight 940 departs San Ignacio (MYF) at 12:45 p.m. and arrives in San Pedro (SPR) at 1:50 p.m.
- Flight 980 departs San Ignacio (MYF) at 12:45 p.m. and arrives in Belize City (BZE) at 1:30 p.m.


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Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) is a nonprofit organization that assists rural communities in 12 western states. They build partnerships, advocate for small communities and develop capacity, especially for the development of public facilities.
USDA Rural Development (RD) provides financial program support for the development of essential public facilities and services such as water and sewer systems, housing, health clinics, emergency service facilities and electric and telephone service. RD supports economic development by guaranteeing loans to businesses through banks, thrifts and community-based lending pools. RD also provides technical assistance to help agriculture and other cooperatives get started and improve membership services. Technical assistance is also provided to communities in order to assist them in achieving community empowerment.


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Since its founding in 1980, Ensemble Modern has been among the leading New Music ensembles. It currently unites 20 soloists from over a dozen countries, illustrating the culturally diverse background of the ensemble. Resident in Frankfurt am Main, the ensemble is known for its unique organisation and working method, foregoing an artistic director: projects, co-productions and financial matters are decided and implemented jointly. In this special visit, members of Ensemble Modern will conduct a series of events at the Conservatory.
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• Out of respect for other concert goers, no children under 6 years of age will be allowed admission.


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Street sweepers may not seem like the most demanding application for mobile hydraulics. But the drives that propel these machines usually work in very dirty conditions and generally don't receive much preventive maintenance. Therefore, components must provide reliable operation and long life while having a high tolerance for contamination.
Engineers at Johnston Sweepers, Dorking, England, are well aware of these demanding conditions, so they design machines that are simple and rugged. To this end, they collaborated with experts at the UK office of Poclain Hydraulics, Verberie, France, about model CN200 and CN400 compact sweepers.
"The machines are in some cases very poorly maintained and operated by inexperienced drivers who have not had adequate training. It has even been known for people to go directly from sweeping with a broom and shovel to driving one of our machines," explains Mike Hasler, C 400 chief engineer at Johnston. "The machines' components must be able to hold up to a lot of abuse." The Poclain Hydraulics motors went through accelerated endurance testing on Johnston's grueling proving grounds, equating to five years of extreme use. The results were 100% satisfactory.
Compact but efficient
The CN200 uses two MS02 cam-lobe type motors and the CN400 uses MS05 motors to drive the rear wheels at speeds to 40 km/hr. Empty weight of each vehicle is 2700 and 4600 kg, respectively.
"The smaller CN 200 is definitely the more challenging application of the two," explains Mark Allport, Johnston's C 200 technical program manager. "The combination of high traveling speed — up to 40 km/hr — and a small wheel diameter results in the motor having to turning as fast as 480 rpm." Poclain's MS02 motors typically rotate at a maximum speed of 280 rpm.
Although it is a single-displacement motor, the MS02 has distribution ports of a twin-displacement motor, allowing more oil to flow through to reduce heat generation. The motor also includes Poclain's Diamond option, a heat treatment that increases the rotating group's ability to withstand intermittent overloads.
To assist the operator in maneuvering in busy streets while efficiently cleaning their surface, Johnston sweepers integrate in-house designed controllers. One provides automotive style driving, maintaining constant engine speed in the work mode and allowing the operator to focus on the sweeping functions. The Poclain Hydraulics motors work in harmony with the controller to provide seamless speed variation and smooth shifting from forward to reverse.
Johnston personnel are quite satisfied with motors from Poclain Hydraulics. "Our assembly costs have been greatly reduced with the motors' integrated brake and bearing support," says Mike Allport. "We were also very impressed by the level of expertise of Poclain Hydraulics' engineers and technicians during the machines' design and testing."
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I spoke about the culture shock I experienced during my first visit to Japan, when I was living with a host family who would tell me to do and say things but not explain why. I had to bathe at particular times, and say "osaki deshita" when I came out. It took me some time and independent research to figure out what exactly was going on! Unfortunately, one of the things I learned was that this particular host family had been trying to take advantage of my presence to make money. The reason it took me so long to realize this was actually culture shock - I was just assuming that any discomfort I suffered (as when I was not allowed to heat my room against the cold) was due to my lack of understanding of cultural details.
Cliff told us a story about a coworker, a woman from a traditional Muslim community where men aren't permitted to touch women who are not close family members. She became very upset when a coworker tapped her on the shoulder. This was problematic because she had kept her expectations for touch behavior unstated, and they didn't match the culture of this Silicon Valley company.
We talked a bit about social casual touching, which (along with personal space) often has complex rules and boundaries that are extremely firm and can be very upsetting to people - but differ widely across cultural communities. Sometimes the rules are religious and sometimes they are more widespread across the culture.
Cliff told us about a situation from his work in progress, where arthropods have difficulty interacting with a human merchant when the research the human has done is insufficient and the negotiation goes wrong. The arthropods have very strong rules about communal vs. individual behavior, and again, there is unfortunate boundary-crossing.
I mentioned that very often in science fiction - and certainly there are a great number of salient examples from Star Trek - the aliens' motives and requirements are made light of or considered quaint or funny. I believe that to be a common error in the way these things are treated, because cultural differences can have life or death consequences.
Politeness can be a big problem because the base assumption is usually that "if you're not polite, you're being intentionally offensive." The consequences of rudeness or even cultural awkwardness can be serious and long-lasting.
Morgan told us about the Ukandir people in her work in progress, where keeping track of bloodines is really important, and a person who has not done this is treated as shocking and becomes ashamed of not knowing.
I mentioned that in our world, bloodlines and the policing of them are incredibly important to people's life outcomes, as with the "one drop rule" to determine whether a child is considered a member of the white or black communities. In this case, it has long been a life or death matter.
Culture is strange, because it is arbitrary on many levels, yet real in its structures and consequences.
Cliff returned to the idea of making light of alien cultures, and pointed out that (especially early) Star Trek was based in many ways on the idea of American exceptionalism, where it suggests that the crew has the best point of view and other cultures are based on something not valuable. In other ways, though, it uses its aliens to reflect aspects of our own culture metaphorically. It can get people to look at their culture from the outside.
I spoke a bit about my story, The Liars (Analog May 2012). It featured a cultural system that had many problematic aspects, but the worst problem arose when that system was pressured by human action, which made the problematic parts worse. In the end the humans could only remove themselves to try to make things better.
We also talked about unexpected consequences of historical decisions. China's one child policy has led to an overpopulation of men, and stigmatization of second children. It has also led to loss of vocabulary for complex kin relationships.
We agreed that there could be cross-generational culture shock, because older people are often offended by younger people's language. Glenda remarked that "long-haired music" before the 1960s referred to classical music, and Morgan noted that "golden oldies" are defined differently by different generations.
The idea of culture shock is a really great tool for authors working in speculative worlds. Much of science fiction depends on creating culture shock in the reader. A point of view character who is a stranger to their environment is a terrific tool, also. This has been used in many stories, including Shogun. A stranger gives you the opportunity to explain the rules in naturalistic settings. If there are no real outsiders, you can still have characters come from different cultures or subcultures within the story. A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar does this very well, as do many historical novels. Jane Austen immerses you in a culturally distinct world. Ursula K. LeGuin also uses the technique of using a contrast of cultures, neither of which is like our own.
Without outsiders, portraying a culture effectively is much harder. This is especially true for short stories, where there is less time to let people learn the alien culture.
Morgan told us how her shapeshifters were more tolerant of nudity before and after shifting than the non-shifter population.
Cliff and I talked briefly about how there is culture shock between parents (especially new parents) and non-parents.
We really enjoyed the discussion and plan to take it up again.
Next week, Wednesday, February 10 at 10am Pacific, we'll be joined by author Andrea Stewart, who will tell us about her work. I hope you can come!


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Last night, Google announced the winners of the inaugural Sub-Saharan African YouTube Awards. Held in other regions since 2007, the YouTube Awards celebrate the talent and creativity of the YouTube community.
According to the CEO of YouTube, Susan Wojcicki, "We're incredibly proud at YouTube to provide a platform that shares Africa's creativity with the rest of the world. Films from Nollywood along with stories like the one of Olympic medalist Julius Yego show that inspiring talent and stories from anywhere can find a global audience. By holding our first ever YouTube Africa Awards, we hope to celebrate these incredible achievements, while also demonstrating our long-term commitment to the continent."
YouTube Awards were given to 25 creators across 23 categories at a glittering event held in Sandton. Nominees were chosen based on subscriber numbers. Users had to have a minimum of 50 000 subscribers to qualify, and be based and currently residing in one of eight launched countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The eight launched countries in SSA are Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal. There are over 70 channels from launched SSA countries that have reached over 100 000 subscribers.
"YouTube is about the opportunity for people to express themselves," says Teju Ajani, YouTube Partnerships, SSA. "Creators across Africa are using YouTube to find their voice, connect with audiences around the world and build channels while earning revenue from it. The number of hours of video content being uploaded in Africa has doubled year over year for the past two years. And the audience has grown with it. Average watchtime on mobile phones is growing 120% year over year."
Full list of winners:
Broadcaster – Channels Television
Comedy – Kansiime Anne
Comic – Ramscomics / Supastrikas
Education – Retutpro – Photography and Photoshop Tutorials
Entertainment – NdaniTV
Fitness – Six Pack Factory
Games – Slushy AJ
Makeup and Fashion – Kangai Mwiti
Music – Yellow Brick Cinema
News and politics – Millard Ayo
Nonprofit – Jim Nduruchi
People and Blogs – Suzelle DIY
Pets and animals – Earth Touch
Top Subscribed Creator in Uganda – Kansiime Anne
Top Subscribed Creator in Ghana – OfficialSarkodie
Top Subscribed Creator in Kenya – Churchill Show
Top Subscribed Creator in Nigeria – Mark Angel Comedy
Top Subscribed Creator in Senegal – Prince Arts
Top Subscribed Creator in South Africa – Yellow Brick Cinema
Top Subscribed Creator in Tanzania – DiamondPlatnumz
Top Subscribed Creator in Zimbabwe – Mufti Menk
Top Subscribed Nollywood Channel – IbakaTV/Nollywood
Special mention: Yellow Brick Cinema which recently reached 1 million subscribers and was awarded a YouTube Gold Play Button in recognition of the achievement.
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A case of champagne is among the rewards being offered by tabloids and rightwing pundits in return for the whereabouts of the so-called "Ed Stone".
The 10 commandments-style tablet, engraved with five promises and unveiled in the final days before the election, was meant to symbolise how Ed Miliband would keep his pledges and restore trust in politics.
But the gimmick was perhaps the greatest gift Miliband gave to his opponents – and the mockery shows no signs of letting up even after his resignation and the quiet disappearance of the stone.
An 8ft 6in-high, two-ton limestone hulk is not the easiest thing to hide. But the stone, which was rumoured to have cost up to £30,000, is proving remarkably elusive and Labour sources are staying tight-lipped.
The Mail has offered a case of champagne to any reader who has information that "leads to the discovery of the Ed Stone". The Sun has set up a dedicated "Ed Stone hotline" for tips about the stone's whereabouts.
But without any apparent success in locating the real thing, the Sun also offered its readers a chance to win a full-size replica of "the Labour loser's laughable slab".
The Telegraph and the Mail on Sunday tried some investigative journalism to locate the boulder, contacting more than 50 masonry firms across the UK – none of whom admitted to creating the monument.
None could even agree what kind of stone it was, with the Stone Federation of Great Britain telling the Mail it could be hewn from Portland limestone from Dorset, but another stonemason claiming it might be cheaper, Portuguese limestone.
Several spoof listings for the tablet have appeared on eBay, with prices ranging from £5 to £100.
"Yesterday the world-famous Ed Stone fell over in an unpredictable freak accident and smashed into bits and pieces. The stone is beyond recognition even to the trained eye," one tongue-in-cheek eBayer wrote. "Good news is: the leftovers are now exclusively available on eBay."
Labour promised the stone would be erected in the Rose Garden of Downing Street or in the party's HQ had Miliband won the election. It is believed the tablet was secretly moved to London after its unveiling in a Hastings car park, but no one has spotted it since.
On social media, many suggested its potential whereabouts as well as alternative uses for the stone.


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Starset Continue To Own New Direction With Single 'Back To The Earth'/
The symphonic rock band Starset is taking a new direction with their upcoming record Vessels, due out in January. The band has already shared the first single 'Monster,' but Starset continue to own their new direction with the new single 'Back To The Earth.'
'Monster' showed a departure from the band's traditional symphonic rock-bordering metal nature, but 'Back To The Earth' brings the band's core sounds back while still focussing on the new sounds. The song has more significant use of guitars than 'Monster,' revealing the band isn't entirely letting go of the sounds that their 2014 debut Transmissions was built upon. The choruses are huge, guitars pounding powerfully and hugely as the song progresses. The climax comes at the end, the song exploding in its end, guitars and strings roaring as the song enters the atmosphere and breaks into a whole new monster.
'Back To The Earth' isn't absent from new elements, however. The song may be similar to what we've heard from Starset in the past, but it does show change. The main synth line introduces the song and bounces in the verses, giving the electronics a bit more edge. The choruses are also notably mixed with piano and electronics having more or less the same influence as the guitars. There are many electronic elements ringing behind the powerful nature of the guitars.
Vessels is going to define music in the first quarter of 2017. Both singles have been utterly massive, as Starset continue to own their new direction. 'Back To The Earth' is a strong single to usher in 2017 and raise the hype for the new year - we can't wait for more.
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Have you always wondered what it would be like to serve in a war? To dutifully face an uncertain future moment by moment as shells fall around you, not knowing if you'd come out alive or would walk away maimed? If drafted, would you go without flinching?
Some people think we're on the verge of a new Depression. But we are getting ahead of ourselves; this is the wrong historical lesson to remember. What Bush's irresponsible, fear-mongering speech last night was about, and what our elected leaders' and presidential candidates' expected acquiescence today is about, is really the declaration of a new "War to End All Wars": an economic calamity into which an entire lost generation of youth will be shoveled, just as entire generation of North American and European youth were shoveled into the trenches of the Western Front. In order to maintain the obscene financial advantages of a small Wall Street aristocracy, to prop a once-proud order already fading, an entire generation will be financially sacrificed.
But the old world will disappear, as it must. Later will come the new isms, and everything that they bring with them. Just as before, but different; rhyming, not quite repeating.
The venerable old field marshals, some of whom who led the nation so gallantly in the distant past, are calling you to service today! In the name of our country, you and especially your children will be expected to face the failures of your businesses, the depletion of your savings, and the duty of unending debt, so that the glory of America – "too big to fail" – might endure. Today's the day you are being drafted. Now you will know war. Will you be a good soldier?


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From the window of her pottery studio, Joy Tanner looks out on the kind of pristine view most artists only dream of: mountains, countryside. There's no hint that the rolling expanse of green just down the hill was once a noxious sea of garbage, now invisible as it decomposes underground. Occasionally she hears the rumble and clank of trucks, come to drop off ... more trash?
It all makes sense at EnergyXchange, a renewable energy center in western North Carolina, where Tanner is one of six artists doing a three-year residency at the world's first craft facility powered by methane gas from a capped landfill and everyday discards.
"I've always been an avid recycler, and now I strive to be a conscious consumer. Coming to work here clarifies this awareness," Tanner says. "My interests in sustainability and the environment have greatly deepened."
"It's probably the most beautiful dump site you'll ever see," says Dan Asher, executive director of EnergyXchange, which encompasses clay and glass studios, a gallery and an education center, and a waste-transfer station where local residents bring household and industrial refuse to be burned as extra fuel for the kilns and furnaces. (There are also greenhouses; EnergyXchange's other focus is horticulture, propagating the region's rare and native flora.) Back in 1994, the Environmental Protection Agency determined that the six-acre landfill in Burnsville had reached maximum capacity, and engaged the community in a pilot program to find a productive use for the methane it was generating. "
Raw methane is 21 times greater at holding heat in the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide [is]," Asher explains. "So it's really important to combust that gas. And that's a lot of energy."
Local organizations joined together and came up with the idea of a nonprofit center that would be a business incubator for craftspeople – a fitting choice given the rich history and culture of handwork in the region, home to the famed Penland School of Crafts and many makers. "We were breaking new ground in many ways," recalls Becky Anderson, founder and then-director of HandMade in America, one of the groups involved in raising $1.5 million to build the gas collection system and campus, which welcomed its first resident artists in 2001. She remains a big booster of EnergyXchange, proud of the success it has had as a model for economic development and sustainable practice, and an attraction for visitors from all over the world. "It shows that on top of a landfill in a rural community, you can have cutting-edge science, technology, and creative artistry."
"I'm happy for the chance to lessen my carbon footprint, but the main advantage of working with landfill gas is financial," says glassblower Michael Hatch, who began his residency in fall 2010. "The enormous overhead of a hot-glass studio forces many glass artists to focus on production of salable items and discourages experimentation. This residency has allowed me to focus more of my attention on one- of-a-kind sculptural works that have spent years on the back burner." Plus, all the trash has spurred Hatch to look at materials in new ways: He has begun incorporating found objects and salvaged wood in his sculptures.
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at EnergyXchange, Tanner is feeling inspired as well. "The sustainable efforts I've witnessed and learned here go hand in hand with my perspective as an artist," she says. "The hand-carved patterns and textures in my work are direct reflections of my love for the nature surrounding me.
I strive to bring it full circle – directly into the hands that will use my pots. Perhaps by seeing these impressions, those people, too, will realize the importance of our environment and make sustainable choices in their lives."
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You have to pay an £11.50 daily Congestion Charge if you drive between 07:00 and 18:00, Monday to Friday in the Congestion Charge zone.
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You don't need tickets or passes to enter the zone, and there are no tollbooths or barriers.
Cameras at entrances, exits and around the zone read your number plate. They check it against a database to work out whether you've paid already, are exempt, or have a 100 per cent discount. We keep checking the database until midnight the following charging day.
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Bill McBride at Calculated Risk says he swears by Ed Leamer:
NBER - Housing is the business cycle. Quote from the paper:
The good news is that I am not a macro-economist. That frees me from the heavy conceptual burdens that most macro economists seem to carry. It allows me to conclude that Keynesian thinking, monetarism, rational expectations and real business cycles all suffer from the same problem – too much theory and not enough data. In particular, none of these comes to grips with the role of housing in modern US recessions.
Indeed, if you look up "real estate" in the index to Mankiw's(2007) best selling Principles of Macroeconomics, you will find real exchange rates, real GDP, real interest rates, real variables, and even reality, but no real estate. Under "housing" you will find a reference to the CPI and to rent control, but no reference to the business cycle. I have not been able to find any macroeconomic textbook that places real estate front and center, where it belongs.
One thing I was wondering when I took my intermediate macro was, why don't we break down "investment" into inventories, business capital investment, government infrastructure, and housing? I mean, if investment swings are greater than the swings in overall GDP, why not look under the hood and see what's really going on with investment?
Leamer notes that his theory doesn't explain the 2000-2001 crash; maybe the explanatory variable, then, isn't so much housing as it is asset prices generally?
Still, he presents a good idea, though it's not written in the style of academic economics, which is probably good.


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It's been a long road to get to this point, and we know it's just the first page of a new chapter, but we got here! After almost 12 years of being a nomadic church within the neighborhood we love and serve, we finally have our own home. And just as importantly, we have a new community center that will be able to serve as a home for dozens of important classes, programs, and ministries for the children, youth, and families in our neighborhood. Charlie Billups did an amazing job capturing the images of our Grand Opening, and I am so excited to share these with you! Thanks for all the ways you have shared us on and prayed for us.
Grand Opening of the River City Community new Building – November 8, 2014


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Hello folks and Merry Christmas to all! Here is a date you might want to mark on your calendar, Saturday, December 13th 11AM – 4 PM, you might want to ride that old pony over to Beaver valley Feeds, tie … Continue reading
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We hosted our first hair-raising Halloween Fright Night on Friday with the staff transforming in to a horrifying hoard of ghosts and ghouls for the event! With most of our staff living on site, we wanted an authentic, spooky tour involving the distillery workers and invited the local community along for the spine-chilling evening.
The tour took the brave visitors through the malt barns into the mash house, through the Stillhouse around the Cooperage and finally into both racked and dunnage warehouses finishing up with a few devilish drams.
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This time last year, I'd have never thought I'd be doing another Christmas alone again. Our little family was whole again, we had professed our love and that never again, never, would we allow the stresses and pains of the world or life make us give up on what was important: our relationship.
Well, that was a riot. Lies are so easy to promise.
I have my boys.. There's that. So I'm not completely alone. But never again. Never again will I give someone my heart the way I gave it to him. He can forever carry the torn pieces around in his pocket, I'd appreciate never seeing it again.
You see, when you love someone, you're always willing to sacrifice for them. And when you love someone, you know when you need to let them take care of themselves. I thought I had made it clear he could.. But instead, I ruined his life. Instead, he felt obligated to rescue me, when I've told him repeatedly that only I could rescue myself.
And because my own search and rescue came back over and over again fruitless, he thought I wasn't doing an inadequate job.. He failed to see the depth of damage, and just how long it took for me to heal those scars. Because he was determined to fix something he couldn't begin to understand.
You cannot understand how to heal someone's scars unless you've walked in their shoes.
That sadly means, you cannot be someone's white knight.
But I want him to know something:
Would you really like to know the ways he rescued me..? By loving me. Holding me on those nights where I felt defeated. Not walking away from my damaged self. When he used to accept me, all my screw ups and all. He saved me by being my best friend.
And honestly, now that I don't even have that.. I've gotten so used to him being my anchor… I'm scrambling to learn how to anchor myself again.. It's been so long.
I will not be bitter in this venture to being alone. I won't hate him for anything, no matter the pain, no matter how it's caused.
Because if him stopping loving me means he has a chance at peace, I'd rather be forgotten and adrift.
My Christmas alone hurts…
It hurts so much…
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The movements of Tai Chi Chuan must be circular, relax, calm, continuous, with intent, and energy. Sifu often refers to these as the Tai Chi Ruler. You can judge how well you are doing Tai Chi by checking to see if you have these characteristics when you are performing a Tai Chi form.
In the beginning, one can focus on the first two characteristics, circular and relax. Reaching calm and continuous is another level. To be able to have all six characteristics at all times may take a lifetime to achieve!
圓 (yuen): Every movement in TCC is circular so that all parts of the body (shoulders, waist, hips, knees, elbows, etc.) travel along circular paths. For beginners, think about horizontal circles, of the arms and movements. There are actually horizontal and vertial circles, moving and static cycles everywhere. As Sifu always says:circular in all aspect.
鬆 (song): TCC stresses the concept of softness versus hardness. One must be relax at all time to do good Tai Chi. Relax does not mean falling asleep. One is relaxed but alert.
靜 jing: Calm in movement and in your mind is more difficult than it sounds. Movement must not have eccess movement, florishes and features. The mind is clear, alert but not sleepy.
連 lian: There should be a clear and continuous interchanging, or transitions between Yin and Yang. One movement flows into the next, but each steps is executed fully.
意 yi: The mind is brought into the characteristics with intent. There is a purpose of each movement, each part of a movement. Without truly understanding the intent one is not doing real tai chi. At the high level, the purpose of each movement can be felt and seen through the movements. The mind directs the movement.
勁 jin: Move with internal energy. The concept of jin is difficult to describe. Outwardly you can see it as an explosive burst of force within a seemingly completely relax movement.


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One of Irelands longest-running tech accelerators, NDRC (formerly the National Digital Research Centre), is ranked among the top ten in Europe according to Fundacitys European Report, published earlier this year.
Tucked away on Crane Street on the cobbled streets around the Guinness Brewery, NDRC occupies a cavernous former warehouse full of exposed brick and greenery. This year is their eighth since launching, and they continue to go from strength to strength.
In 2014 they announced a total 88 million in follow-on investment raised by NDRC alumni, and they work with approximately a thousand entrepreneurs and forty companies every year through their two programmes, NDRC Launchpad and NDRC Venture Lab, as well as the NDRC Sandbox. I spoke to Ben Hurley, CEO and director of NDRC, Gary Leyden, VP of Venture Acceleration, and Amy Neale, Director of Communications at NDRCs HQ in Dublin's Liberties area.
So this is the eighth year of business have things changed much in that time?
Ben Hurley: Technically, we started operations in Feb 2007, but we started investing properly in mid 2008. So this is our investment birthday, put it that way. Our original question was how to get research from universities into new ventures, and whats changed over the years is that weve found the best ways to do that. An investment mentality, coupled with an accelerator approach to it, compressing the time needed, and then a major focus on the validation, on proving that the solution will address a real problem.
Back in 2007, there wasnt as much of a culture of accelerators in Dublin.
BH: I think weve played quite a role in developing startup culture here. The idea that ventures of a certain stage would even require special supports is quite a new one, even internationally. Y Combinator was around but really only came to the fore in 2004. Around then wed already done a series of investments through a programme called Catalyzer, a collaborative environment. We were starting to notice all these opportunities where, with a small amount of money and a bit of attention, they might convert into viable ventures.
Amy Neale: Technological changes have really contributed, and theres this huge number of people interested now who dont necessarily come from a well-capitalised base, or have any previous experience.
Gary Leyden: Now you have a whole generation of entrepreneurs thinking differently, who think you can build global enterprises from Ireland, you can take on big incumbent competitors and grow to scale. And theres no huge capital cost to compete in these markets: they compete on innovation and speed.
Has NDRC built up a big alumni network over the years?
GL: Thats one of the biggest intangibles with accelerators – is there a network of alumni? Its becoming self-fulfilling as we grow, that companies are willing to help those coming behind them. And at any given point, most of these companies will only be around six months ahead of those coming in, so theyre really close to all the learnings that they pass on.
BH: Silvercloud Health, for example. Theyre only two years out of NDRC but are already in the US.
Among all your alumni, are there companies that stand out?
BH: Good question. Clearly there are some that have had greater valuations, but there have also been teams that stand out for just being really great at responding to challenges. Take Soundwave the first time they came to us we said no. But they came back a second time around with a new idea. And even the initial manifestation of that second idea wasnt exactly on target, but it was enough to start with because they stood out as a team.
GL: At the earliest stage, its really the people that make the difference between whether or not we invest. The assumption is that theyre going to have to pitch an idea that can scale, but its the people who drive that idea. Its the people we invest in.
BH: Another really good example is NewsWhip: its chalk and cheese comparing how they were when they first came in to NDRC to how they are now.
GL: What were really looking for is the ability to adapt, to respond to coaching and mentorship, and to grow with the business idea and respond to feedback.
How do the NDRC programmes usually work?
AN: We have two different programmes, Launchpad and VentureLab, but at the core of both is a focus on the business model and getting validation early from customers. Thats the focus once you come inside this building.
BH: That sounds straightforward, but it can be very unique to the company. Even figuring out the right way to approach the customer. Its a process that takes creativity.
GL: We also bring in mentors to work with every aspect of their business financial modelling, PR, etc. and then theres just making connections. We bring in really interesting people to meet our companies every week at our Friday Sessions, usually entrepreneurs who share their experiences to an audience of maybe twenty or thirty people, primarily talking about the mistakes they made. Accelerators can tend to throw a lot of mentors at their companies, but what happens is that they get all these different bits of advice, so much that it becomes difficult to move forward. We try to do something more structured.
BH: Sometimes it can be about building out the team. People might hire while here and we make the introductions. NVMdurance, for instance, began with two guys in a garage down in Limerick. They had a great piece of IP, and while they were here we helped them expand their team.
What stage are companies usually at when they apply?
GL: Sometimes a place on the accelerator is the trigger that causes them to pull the team together in the first place. There are lots of people working through their idea in the evenings, who go full time when they get the offer of a place.
BH: Well go in at a really early stage if we believe its a strong concept.
GL: Though one thing weve learned over the eight years, really quickly, is that we wont invest in individuals. Ever.
Do other accelerators?
GL: Probably not. Its just a first test of a company if they can assemble a team, or at least find a partner to go with them on this journey. Thats usually really telling. That said, we also acknowledge that there are great individuals out there who just dont have a team, so we do quite a lot of matchmaking.
Is the focus on health tech a recent addition? And on female founders?
BH: We started off quite domain agnostic, but over time weve built up specific domain competencies. The financial services domain is ripe for innovation, similarly with health – theres massive innovation going on so we know down the line there will be funds available.
AN: And then last year we were approached by Enterprise Ireland and asked if we would run something specifically with the aim of getting more women involved in entrepreneurship. Our first interaction was Why do something gender specific? But theres a lot of research showing that having more diverse teams leads to more success.
What is the NDRC Sandbox?
AN: Theres a bunch of stuff that happens under that banner. Its our experimentation place: we behave like a startup ourselves, and were conscious that we need to be constantly iterating and looking towards the future. Sandbox is how we try out new ideas.
GL: If were not moving as fast as any of our startups, then were doing something wrong.
Were there startups that surprised you by finding unlikely markets?
BH: Drop is an interesting one in that regard. When they were here they were working on hardware apps for phones. Its a couple of years ago now: this was just after the app phenomenon had happened. They wanted to create hardware apps that attached to your phone giving it specific capabilities, and now they make digital weighing scales for kitchens that connect to your phone or iPad. Looking back, it makes sense that they were going that way.
GL: They were just really creative people with a great idea. You knew from talking to them that they were going to come up with something good. We helped them build out their team and bring in a CEO that complemented the rest of the team.
Thats interesting that you mention the importance of creativity.
BH: Creativity is key to the whole process. Its just about harnessing creativity in the right direction.
GL: Its really interesting how creativity is relative to the industry youre in. Particularly in financial services, companies we thought at the time werent particularly creative can turn out to be really exciting for customers. Youll find these very simple ideas which fix a very real, very big market problem.
One final question if NDRC is like a startup, then what will its next iteration look like?
BH: We have the two programmes right now, but were looking into another type of investment, one slightly earlier than VentureLab.
GL: Mostly in the science space, well occasionally come across a really talented researcher very early on, and if we see potential then maybe we can offer them some support to commercialize instead of them keeping on researching. The other area were looking at is that there can be a bit of a stop-start process with companies after they leave NDRC, before they secure institutional funding. Momentum is so important, so to encourage companies to keep growing were looking into sourcing smaller amounts of capital after they leave. Adding a bit of fuel could make a really big difference. Were talking to people internationally whod like to get involved in that.
AN: Our next investor day is on June 17th, itll be a showcase of our companies that are currently raising funds. Anyone interested in coming should definitely get in touch and have a look through the companies on our website.
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This is an old song... I wrote it so long ago and include it on my current record in dedication to my mother who loved it and always asked me to play it for her. Listen live on SoundCloud.
The Fragile MenThe fragile men I know, I love with all my heart.
They hate like hell to admit when I am just as smart.
Their fragile hearts can break as easily as I do
and break at every chance they get when not admitting to.
The faults they have are like mine, though equal we are not.
When we fight I understand his strength is what I want.
We eat, we drink, we play together every day.
He stays the same as I grow fat when doing things his way.
The fragile men are greater as vegetarians.
When they can't put away the drink, they seem less masculine.
Well, that's the way society goes, and that's the way they see…
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"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." - Bobby, age 7
December 19, 2011
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Beautiful word for thought. I will definitely remember this words this Christmas. Merry Christmas and thanks for the visit I do appreciate it!ReplyDelete
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I love this reminder to slow down and listen. :)ReplyDelete
Little joyful tears right now as I head into the holiday with all of this love in my heart. Words of a little one who knows what it's really about makes my heart sing. Thank you. Happy holidays.ReplyDelete
Well said! Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
What words of wisdom <3 Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
That's quite profound for a 7 year old! We should listen to kids...they're wiser and smarter than we give them credit for.ReplyDelete
From the lips of a child..beautiful secret words from his eyes!ReplyDelete
Ohhh I love the picture! Happy Holidays oxx!
The children always say it best!ReplyDelete
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Peanut Butter and puppies used to go together like peanut butter and jelly. Peanut butter is a sticky, stinky, and yummy treat to most dogs making it great for stuffing in toys, and smearing on spoons and target sticks for training.
Generally, a small bit of peanut butter is a safe treat for dogs when given occasionally unless they have an allergy or sensitivity to it, but recently it has been brought to the attnetion of dog owners that a growing number of companies have been using an ingredient in their peanut butter that is not only dangerous but deadly to dogs.
If you are a dog lover you have probably seen the posts circulating social media about the dangers of peanut butter for dogs. It is important to know what to look for, so you know which foods and products contain this dangerous ingredient. The ingredient is xylitol, a sugar substitute found in many foods and products including some peanut butter brands, mints, gum, and more.
If you wish to still give your dog peanut butter, check the label before doing so. There are also other dog-safe substitutes on the market. Not all peanut butter is dangerous, but knowing which ones are can save a life.
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For new brand owners, chaos is part of life. There are so many things that must be considered, and figuring out the importance of each piece of your business puzzle can be overwhelming. When it comes to beverage packaging design, even the smallest overlooked detail can have an overwhelming effect on the success of a product launch.
You may have a fairly solid idea about how you want to build your brand, but for a lot of business-minded people, the creativity when we get into artistic design – like designing a successful package – can make us stumble.
When launching a brand that requires packaging – labels, capsules and closures, or glass – it's important to choose the right creative team to help you bring your branding design vision to life. Where do you start with that? Find a creative packaging design company that fits the culture of your business and offers the best "CRAFT".
- Creativity: A package design company that has a varied selection of dynamic designs has the creative component down. If the packaging designs all appear to have well thought out and distinctive branding, that design company likely has the ability to create a unique look for you as well. Being able to create a unique look within your product category is important to make your brand stand out among the rest.
- Real-World Experience: When looking at a design portfolio, make sure the designer has experience with packaging design, preferably within your industry. Designing brochures and logos require very different creative skillsets than designing a 3 dimensional food or beverage package that stands out among the intense competition in a retail environment.
- Attention to Detail: As a business owner, you know how important attention to detail is. In packaging design, there are a significant number of details that can only be spotted in the pre-production phase by a design company with knowledge and experience in the industry. A strong understanding of dynamic elements (such as store lighting, color selection, package readability, legalities in labeling, and brand competition in the retail environment) makes the difference between a mediocre packaging design company and an excellent one.
- Flexibility: Different industries – and even different segments within those industries—require unique approaches to set products apart from the competition. An experienced designer is prepared to create a supermarket private label package design using metallized substrates, then switch gears and time-travel back to 1776 and the Colonial Era when designing something like a historic, small batch whiskey package with eggshell felt paper, foil stamping, and spot gloss varnishes. This level of flexibility should be evident in the portfolio of the creative team you are considering.
- Total Quality Management: A qualified package design company will provide total quality management to each and every packaging design project. Your design company should have a track record of being available when the client is looking for answers, solving problems through proven processes, and managing the project from start to finish. Design companies come and go; be sure you're working with an experienced branding and packaging designer to save you time and money.
We have all heard stories of business owners spending hours on phone calls and in meetings when things don't go as planned because their inexperienced, affordable freelancer "never had that happen before." A design company with experience will be able to foresee problems before they occur, and leverage their experience to steer clients in the direction that will provide the most successful outcome while minimizing unnecessary expenses as the result of bad project management.
At Golden Creative, we pride ourselves in hitting every point of the CRAFT litmus test. We have 20+ years of experience in a wide variety of industries, and we love what we do! We thrive on the creative process, the challenge, and the solution that makes the client say "Wow, that's Golden!"
Keep an eye out for Part 2 of "Crafting Your New Brand Package" as we dive into the brand creation and launch strategy with Amir Peay, the owner of John L. Sullivan Irish Whisky. For more information or to check out our portfolios, call us at 916-985-3800!
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Mirrors and walls ... to add depth and contrast in any room, mirrors will play a key role in arranging the light. Using them to bounce natural light around is something I always do and I also find that mirrors come in such a variety of frames that they can make the eye move around an area. Place one near a window and have it central to some pictures or wall sconces as above gives a focal point to this grouping (on this fabulous rough plaster/painted wall in pale pinky peach colour). Group them together, making the spacing just right, I am completely in love with these small mirrors placed around the larger one and hope I can find a place to do this in my next house.
Old magazines are a great thing to watch out for on your travels, either keep a pile on the coffee table or use them as wallpaper in a small area like the toilet. They are lightweight and non-breakable too so can be carried back in luggage so easily.
Using colours in a different way. I found this manor has some interesting choices of colour combinations, ones that I wouldn't have thought of but will make me explore more. Using dark paint instead of white gloss on frames and window ledges to continue a colour theme in a room, like here where they have stuck to a black and white wallpaper in the cloakroom and carried it through to the printed pages of magazines in the toilet.
Lighting - I find this the hardest thing to find. You will need a good ceiling height for a French chandelier of this size, however the overhead light does need to be in proportion to the room dimensions, so avoid a small ceiling light in a big room or it will look ridiculous. If you don't have original features like this ceiling rose, these can easily be added. There are still plenty of shops around selling plaster roses and coving which set off the central pendant light just perfectly.
French lace curtains are unlike any others. Forget the nylon nets that your grandma had and hunt down the cotton crochet ones which can still be found in French markets and on ebay. They are often really long for those tall French windows and can work perfectly as door curtains or to soften a wall arch. The ones below aren't exactly like this but do have a lovely lace trim and are beautiful for diffusing the light.
French beds are to die for but not that easy to track down or to make work. It's often possible to find the bedhead and foot board which you will need to set around your own bed base. Often with embroidered tapestry or like here, with rattan. Simple embroidered bedspread can be either an original one or maybe use a large table cloth as a cover for a light fresh look.
Another use for an embroidered table cloth is to cover an old bed head, or make your own from doilies and sheets, then fit it over your existing head board. A simple cover can transform a room.
Keep a look out for interesting items to collect, like these soda syphons in the prettiest colours. Arrange with dried flowers or simple branches.
You may have seen our feature in Reclaim magazine about re-purposing inside furniture to the outside. I had to smile when I saw this old cast iron oven being used as an outside table, the patina and rust working so perfectly with the stone walls.
At the Brantome Manor, every room was decorated differently and I'm so happy with the one I was given. Kim must have know that with it's unusual colour combinations of pale yellow and green, with stencilling of white roses in a few places, this is just my kind of room. I also loved that the beams were painted white and the furniture was something to be coveted.
It also showed me that rugs can take on a different look depending how you use them. Taken in isolation I would not have picked this green rug, nor overlayed it with another smaller one, but on the old wood floors and the way they were teamed up with the walls and furniture, it works so well. I will definitely broaden my outlook to old rugs from now on. If you choose one with a lot of pattern though, make sure you keep the rest of the room plain as nothing shouts Granny more than too many patterns.
Here's the links for Lush Getaways and if you are in the USA for Mignonne Decor in San Francisco where you can find help to track down French inspired pieces, some vintage accents and designer chairs.
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Penn State Football
Penn State football: 'Every step of the way' ... Sam Ficken finds redemption through hard work, mental toughness
The wide windows in Bill O'Brien's office offer a sweeping view of Mount Nittany — a picturesque background to the Nittany Lions' three outdoor practice fields situated just below the coach's second-floor corner office.
Those fields remained quiet for much of the summer months. But every few days, the repeated thuds of foot-on-pigskin lured O'Brien away from his desk and to the balcony where he peered down at the fields below and the man toiling away. There was Sam Ficken — kicking football after football through the uprights.
"In the summer, I was always trying to kick two or three times a week," Ficken said. "So sometimes my whole unit couldn't make it out there, but I needed that extra work on my fundamentals. I think that work's really paying off at this point."
Often without the aid of a holder or snapper, Ficken ventured out with just a few footballs and a tee. He had plenty of time to hone his craft.
And he had plenty of reasons to do so. His sophomore season was a roller coaster ride from hell that turned into a steady drive to success.
Early excitement gave way to a nightmare beginning. But with the public's glare fixated on him, Ficken transformed his game and himself in the process.
In just a few football weekends, the man from Valparaiso, Ind., went from beleaguered scapegoat to late-season hero.
Now, Ficken's redemption song has nearly reached its crescendo.
Should his next kick split the uprights at Beaver Stadium — it could happen Saturday when Penn State hosts Eastern Michigan — Ficken will become Penn State's all-time leader in consecutive kicks made with 14. Craig Fayak holds the current mark of 13, a record Ficken tied when he drilled all three of his kicks at MetLife Stadium, helping Penn State to a 23-17 win over Syracuse last week.
It was quite the turnaround from last season, when Ficken was dreadful to begin the year, unable to pick up where All-Big Ten kicker Anthony Fera left off when Fera transferred to Texas after Penn State was hit with NCAA sanctions.
Ficken got the job by default with little forewarning, then hit just four of 11 tries and missed four field goals and an extra point in a loss to Virginia.
The backlash found its way to Ficken through social media. One nameless, faceless critic created a phony profile masquerading as the real Ficken and regurgitated hateful comments tweeted by other users.
It got bad, including these messages:
"Ficken tried to hang himself but couldn't kick the chair out from under himself"
"What do you want from me? Oh, field goals? Oh. Anyone willing to kick the chair for me?"
Ryan Keiser, who serves as Ficken's holder, is one of the kicker's closest friends on the team. Keiser saw his friend struggle immediately after the Virginia game. But eventually, Ficken snapped out of his shell-shocked daze and returned to practice in good spirits.
"He was going through a tough time," Keiser said. "With the social media, he was attacked pretty hard. But he kept a good attitude and just wanted to get better and he had confidence that he could be a great kicker. It's all about what's going on in his head, but I think he did a great job."
It helped that Ficken's teammates had his back. His coach did, too. A few girls in his dorm baked him cookies and tacked an encouraging note on his door.
Nothing meant more than the texts he exchanged with Chicago Bears kicker Robbie Gould — a former Nittany Lion who also struggled in college. Gould, whom Ficken had met before his sophomore season began, walked Ficken through a few film sessions over the phone.
Gould pointed out how Ficken's approach steps were inconsistent. He taught Ficken how to watch his follow-through and adjust based on where his plant foot landed during a kick.
"He can really kind of judge how the ball is kicked, too, on film," Ficken said of Gould. "With the film, it's really like I'm kicking in person with him."
Ficken responded to his critics with results.
He nailed his last 10 kicks of 2012, including a 37-yarder against Wisconsin that was booted off a frozen field into a swirling wind and through snow flurries that held up as the game-winner in the first overtime game at Beaver Stadium. He also excelled in the classroom, making the dean's list.
"At the end of the day it was maybe one of the best things that happened to him," O'Brien said of Ficken's struggles in the Virginia game. "He went through that, took the criticism to heart. Obviously, that hurts when people that are anonymous, go on (Twitter)."
But Ficken is his own harshest critic, he said.
"I think (O'Brien) understands that I hold myself to a high standard," Ficken said, "so he knows that I want to make every kick and I get a little mad at myself if I don't make it."
That's why he went to work in the film room with Gould and in the weight room with strength and conditioning coach Craig Fitzgerald.
Ficken said he learned long ago how to earn the respect of his teammates. Although his job is to kick the ball, Ficken insists on doing every exercise all the other players do.
He credited Fitzgerald's free-weight system for increase his leg strength. Specifically, Ficken has been squatting more and more weight and his added power was evident at MetLife Stadium. He banged a career-long 46-yarder with ease and added kicks of 36 and 35 yards to help Penn State overcome Syracuse. Pulling weighted sleds and doing power cleans have helped him strengthen his back, which would tighten up on him during games last season
Ficken refused to blame back tightness as a reason for missed kicks.
And Ficken made more adjustments in the offseason. In addition to his increased weightlifting regimen, he eliminated a half-step from his approach that he said was providing room for error. Now he takes two steps back and two to his left before making two long strides to the ball before contact.
In one of Penn State's final training camp scrimmages, the fate of his squad rested on his foot and his ability to nail a 57-yarder. Ficken drilled it.
"I try and make it as game-like as possible, so obviously I want to make every kick I take," Ficken said. "There is some pressure there, but it's not identical to a game situation. But it's good that Coach O'Brien gets me out there with some pressure on the line in practice."
Gould, who politely turned down an interview request, was in the stands at MetLife Stadium on Saturday. He sent Ficken a good luck text before the game and a congratulatory message afterward.
There could me more congratulations in order for the kicker who faced nothing but scorn just a year ago.
"I think he came through that with flying colors and he ended up absolutely helping us win games at the end of the year," O'Brien said. "And now he's picked up where he left off and hopefully he can continue to do it.
"It's a fine line. He's working extremely hard to do it, and we will be with him every step of the way."


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Change is good. Change is real. We must understand that virtually everything changes. The key is how you can benefit and properly sustain change. With eight highly powered DNA Activations now in place, the techniques to stimulate change are in your grasp. If you desire to move forward into LIFE with a firmer hold on inner and outer environments, then the DNA Activations offer profound growth. Planning your human-Spiritual Evolution is important providing you do not get in the way of God's Plan for you.
The first four DNA Activations deal with purification and balancing. Each activation specifically focuses on a critical process for you to undertake: physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. Each of these DNA Activations approach and clean the shadows or karmic links you have had for generations. Thus you are propelled into a higher level where you are enabled to receive God's Grace effortlessly.
The 5th and 6th DNA Activations deal directly with your empowerment. They help raise your consciousness and declare your Spiritual authority. It's like graduation time and an acceptance of your royalty nature. Working with these Activations, you become enabled to accept the demands the Holy Spirit has prepared for you.
The 7th, 8th, and subsequent DNA Activations empower your Divine Attributes. These Activations virtually anchor the Holy Spirit's characteristics within you forming the essence of the New Trinity. Each Activation marks a major leap into your true Cosmic Nature while you enjoy greater manifestations on your Earth Plane.
In effect, the trend that I see is two-fold. One is the purification process of all misqualified energy and the other is empowering your Divine Nature and Expression.
In a sense, you are the Holy Grail. First, you must find yourself. Second, you must clean every atom or particle of darkness. Claim your beauty and power. Open up and be receptive of the Holy Spirit living within you. And begin to serve God in the capacity of a Divine Ambassador of Peace.


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As eyecare professionals, we know how important it is to take care of your eyes properly so we are dedicated to teaching others all about it. We would be happy to come to your business or event so that we can teach others about taking proper care of their eyes so that everyone can have the healthiest eyes possible.
We are also available to speak about sports vision testing and training as well as eye protection when playing your sport. Dr. Volponi has received training at the Human Performance Center at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs as well as from Dr. Don Tieg (optometrist for the NY Yankees, NY Knicks, US Olympic Ski Team, professional golfers and tennis players as well as many other elite athletes).
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A $250,000 Salary? You May Be a (New York) 'Millionaire'
To be "rich" in New York City usually means you have a net worth of $10 million or more. Ask any "millionaire" in Manhattan with a net worth of $2 million or $3 million (including the value of their home) and most would probably say they feel middle class at best. This isn't necessarily humility, but more a reflection of the high cost of living in the Big Apple. After all, by some accounts, even the new government salary caps of $500,000 for executives at bailed out financial institutions are akin to indentured servitude in Manhattan.
For several months, the state legislature has been considering what has been called a "millionaire's tax." One would think by the label that this income tax would be imposed on those earning, well, at least $1 million. But with budget deficits rising and revenue drying up, the state is redefining "millionaire." The latest proposal making its way through Albany would impose the millionaire tax on people earning $250,000 or more a year.
That means a tax plan originally focused on 36,000 of the state's wealthiest residents would extend to nearly 300,000 additional households, according to 2006 state tax figures, the most recent available. It would raise an additional $6 billion a year. This as President Obama has proposed $634 billion in new taxes on upper-income Americans.


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Seeking Campground Hosts/
Campground Host Job Description
Campground hosts at Naramata Centre support the ongoing operations of the Centre by assisting staff and volunteers to create a safe, welcoming environment in the campground and at the Centre.
Campground hosts work with staff and volunteers to welcome participants who are staying in the campground. They greet campers, providing information about the week's programs as well as information about the campground itself. Participants may be people who have attended the Centre for many years or there for the first time. All are welcomed.
Host Duties:
● Be available for campers a minimum of 24 hours per week.
● Be on site in July and August from 10 a.m. -12 p.m. and 2 - 6 p.m. on Saturdays when participants are checking in and out.
● Be on site in May, June, September and October on days when campers are checking in and out.
● Attend and be introduced at the Sunday evening welcome session.
● Introduce campers to one another.
● Respond to questions about the Centre and the village.
● Monitor the cleanliness of washrooms, replacing toilet paper and paper towels when needed.
● Contact housekeeping when washrooms are in need of cleaning outside of the regular cleaning times.
● Explain to campers the expectations for maintaining the cleanliness of the camp kitchens.
● Monitor and maintain the cleanliness of the Creekside and Southside camp kitchens.
● Empty the camp kitchen fridges of any leftover items on a regular basis.
● Quiet time is 11 p.m. to 7a.m. Hosts address noise issues with participants and ask them to respect the rule.
● Dogs are allowed in certain parts of the campground. Hosts remind campers of the rules associated with having a dog on their site.
● Contact the Centre manager when there are serious concerns or issues in the campground.
● Advise anyone entering the campground who is not staying on site that the Centre property is private and politely ask them to leave.
● Rake and remove debris from sites after people checkout.
Hosts receive a free campsite with 15 amp electricity and water. The designated site is site 19 as it is central in the campground.
● An open and welcoming approach
● A recent criminal record check
● Experience as a volunteer
● Personal knowledge of Naramata Centre
● Willing to be host for a minimum of 3 weeks and a maximum of 6 weeks.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please email firstname.lastname@example.com outlining how you qualify for this position, including your experience with Naramata Centre, your volunteer experience, the length of time and when you would be available (e.g., first three weeks in June).
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Facebook insiders cash in
May 16 - Several of Facebook's early investors are adding their shares to the company's public offering, boosting the size of the IPO by 25 percent. Jeanne Yurman reports.
TV AND WEB RESTRICTIONS~***THIS EDIT CONTAINS 4:3 MATERIAL*** For the second time in one week Facebook's IPO has grown. Responding to strong investor demand, the social media giant said Wednesday that it will add 84 million shares to its stock offering, floating about 421 million total. The move will expand the size of the IPO by 25 percent. The added shares will come from early investors, Pay-Pal co-founder Peter Thiel and Accel Partners' James Breyer and investment manager Tiger Global - not Facebook itself. As a result, Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg's voting power will shrink slightly to under 56 percent from just over 57 percent. The Silicon Valley offering marks a cultural moment. Columbia Business School's Katherine Phillips SOUNDBITE: KATHERINE PHILLIPS, PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT, COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL SAYING (ENGLISH): "Facebook is the first media company of its kind and the only media company of its kind that has been so successful. It's a meteoric rise to success I think that is unprecedented with organizations in any domain really." On Monday, Facebook upped the IPO price range to $34 to $38 a share. The IPO's expanded size plus the higher price range makes Facebook the third-largest initial share sale in U.S. history with an overall market value of more than $100 billion. Jeanne Yurman, Reuters