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Nov 27, 2017
In this episode, I am excited to have Mike Ethridge back on to discuss wellness in the workplace. For those that haven't listened to the previous episodes with Mike (which I would highly recommend,) Mike is an attorney from Charleston, SC, and a champion of wellness for lawyers.
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Mike Ethridge: [00:00:27] If that becomes truly the measure of productivity (simply how many hours that you spend on something) and that is I think antithetical to what essentially we're about as a profession. Our most valuable commodity is not time, but it's attention.
Intro: [00:00:44] Welcome to The Resilient Lawyer podcast. In this podcast, we have meaningful, in-depth conversations with lawyers, entrepreneurs, and change agents. We offer tools and strategies for creating a more joyful and satisfying life. And now your host, Jeena Cho.
Jeena Cho: [00:01:10] This is The Resilient Lawyer podcast; meaningful, in-depth conversations with lawyers, entrepreneurs, and agents of change. The Resilient Lawyer is inspired by those in the legal profession living with authenticity and courage. This podcast is about ordinary people making an extraordinary difference. I'm your host Jeena Cho, and on this week's show, we have Mike Ethridge back on the show. Mike, welcome back.
Mike Ethridge: [00:01:36] Thanks Jeena, it's good to be back.
Jeena Cho: [00:01:38] And so today we're going to talk about wellness and the workplace, specifically at places where lawyers work. And I guess to start off, Mike can you explain what you mean when you say wellness? Does that mean running, does that mean exercising? What does that mean?
Mike Ethridge: [00:01:56] Well, let's start with that word. Wellness this is an awfully big term. And those of us that have been working with lawyers and in the legal arena around wellness or well-being struggle with how big that umbrella is and everything that's underneath that. But it's, I think it's important for it to remain a pretty expansive concept for us. Yes, it does involve exercise and nutrition and good sleep, physical well-being; but it also involves relationships and how we find meaning in our life, mindfulness work, things that enable us you know emotionally, psychologically, spiritually to be more present to our life and more present to our work.
And those concepts I think are very much part and parcel of each other. And I get a little frustrated when I hear people talk about wellness or well-being and they divide it into different categories, as if physical well-being is something separate and distinct from mental or emotional well-being. And I don't think that's true at all. When I talk about this, one of the things I will say is that you can decide you're never going to eat chocolate cake again for the rest of your life and you're going to take the stairs wherever you go, no matter how tall the building. But you can still find yourself waking up at 3 o'clock in the morning worried about that answer that you might not have filed, or those requests to admit that might need to be responded to, and trying to survive off of four or five hours of sleep. And physically you are not well. But that has a lot to do with your obsession with work and some issues going on with you emotionally. So I think it's a mistake to try to separate them.
[00:03:54] So when we talk about wellness or well-being, and I'm really starting to use the word well-being more because I feel like that's a better word for us. It's pretty expansive in scope.
Jeena Cho: [00:04:04] Yeah.
Mike Ethridge: [00:04:04] And it needs to be by necessity.
Jeena Cho: [00:04:08] And so we don't just mean sort of the absence of illness. That's the other thing I find with some lawyers, they'll say, "Well I'm healthy, I'm not sick therefore I'm well and I'm perfectly fine." We mean something more comprehensive than that.
Mike Ethridge: [00:04:22] That's exactly right, that's a great point. And I think that is a mistake and I think our culture is oriented so much toward treating illness that we that we define things like well-being in exactly the terms you just used, which is absence of illness or infirmity. When well-being is really something that's a bit different, it's the ability to thrive, really be in your life and really thrive. And so I think that is a subtle but really important shift in terms of how we think about wellness.
Jeena Cho: [00:04:59] Yeah, I think about it as all of these sets of practices that we do on an ongoing, regular basis so that we can be our best selves. And the other interesting thing is that some people think about wellness or well-being as something that they do on occasion. Like, "I go on vacation twice a year, and that's how I'm caring for my wellness or well-being." Like no, you have to do it on a regular, ongoing basis. It's not so much about how hard you exercise, it's like meditation. You can meditate once a month and it's probably not going to have that great of an impact. But if you meditate for even two or three minutes a day, you'll really start to see the benefits.
Mike Ethridge: [00:05:43] Right. There is this group called The Energy Project, I don't know if you're familiar with that group or their work. But they talk about how to improve engagement with employees and improve how firms function. And they talk about it in the concept of energy, and they really base it on what's a fundamental principle of the universe, which is to really function at your best, you have to balance energy expenditure with energy renewal. And that's so basic and so obvious, and it's rather remarkable to me that we structure our firms and work life as if that fundamental law of the universe doesn't exist.
Whereas, if we're going to perform really at our best and bring our best to this work we do, there has to be space in our life to be re-energized. And so we have to make space to exercise, to rest. To just push the pause button. And that needs to be a constant fixture, or constantly present in our work life daily. But that's not the work ethic or work dynamic of the traditional law firm in this country. You know you go there early, you try to stay later than everybody else, you work on the weekends, you're available by cell phone or whatever when you're not at work. And there is not this intentional, institutional structuring of opportunities for you to rest and recharge, and get that renewal of energy that is necessary for you to really be the lawyer that the firm and your clients need you to be.
Jeena Cho: [00:07:45] Yeah. Well maybe we can talk about this from a top-down approach, and maybe we can talk about it from bottom-up. So for, well I guess let's start here. What's the business case for why managing partners in a law firm should even care about wellness or well-being? I mean, don't you just want your attorneys to maximize their billing and bill as many hours as possible? And if you give them an hour off to go take a meditation class or go to yoga, or have some sort of a social function where people are authentically connecting with each other, you're taking valuable, billable time away from the attorneys.
Mike Ethridge: [00:08:28] Well, you've put your finger on I think the crux of the issue as it relates to firm management and firm operation and what firms struggle with. One of the difficulties I think we have as a profession right now is that we define our productivity in terms of billable hours. And the reasons why we need to do that, I understand that and I have a practice that is very much oriented toward the billable hour. So it's not this demonic thing, but it really does create a problem if that becomes truly the measure of productivity, simply how many hours that you spend on something. And that is I think antithetical to what essentially we're about as a profession.
[00:09:17] Our most valuable commodity is not time, but its attention. I could spend four or five hours trying to write a brief and I'm having a hard time focusing because I'm tired or I'm worried about something else. And what actually happens is I write two pages, or I sit down for 45 minutes and I'm really focused and I crank the whole thing out. Well I'm able to bring all of my attention to the endeavor in that second event, but economically I don't make nearly as much money for the firm as if I'm sitting around distracted for four hours. And when you think about it that way, is a really rather absurd way to think about servicing your clients.
But we live in the billable hour world, so we have to understand where we are. But I think we need to begin with understanding that what we're really about as lawyers is providing a certain level of service to our client, which involves economy and efficiency and wisdom. And for us to really value the skill and the preciseness of our craft, much more than how long it takes us to do it and how much money we get from it. So I think again, shifting what we want to try to produce, what we want our result to be for our client away from X number of billable hours is the first step.
[00:10:55] And that is a very high first step to take, because I think so many law firms are built around this billable hour model. And the billable hours are the widgets, and we need to crank out a lot of widgets to create the revenue to pay the salaries, and to give these folks jobs and to keep the machine running.
Jeena Cho: [00:11:16] Yeah and of course that's how lawyers are often measured, is by their billable hour. And it seems like that's probably the most important metric in terms of when they're deciding who's going to get the bonuses, or who is going to stay or go. And every single billable hour is created equal, but it's not. Because sometimes just like you were saying, you can spend 45 minutes and knock out this really great brief. Or come up with some brilliant idea to help your client, and it may only take you 10 minutes. But somehow that 10 minutes is valued equally as if you just spent ten minutes half-way distracted and half-way focused. So I think talking about our billable, or how we generate income is a whole nother conversation about alternate billings and all of that good stuff.
Mike Ethridge: [00:12:09] Well it is, and we don't need to go down that road now, but I do think that is something that lawyers certainly need to explore for the reasons we're talking about. The other part of the equation when you think about billable hours, that way of thinking that billable hours are our widgets and we need to generate as many billable hours as possible to increase our revenue, and that becomes the primary measure of value for the lawyers that work in our firm - that is incredibly short-sighted.
[00:12:43] And it may be true over some limited period of time. But overall, I mean after a while a client is not going to stay with a law firm that churns the files or that prioritizes billing hours over getting results and early resolutions. So ultimately, you are going to be measured on how well you do your work for clients. And the measure is going to be the book of business that you have, and how many clients decide that they want you to be their lawyer because you're able to deliver the kind of results that they're looking for; which frequently means moving a case quickly toward some kind of resolution.
Jeena Cho: [00:13:26] Yeah, it's interesting because I recently met someone that works at Google. And of course, Google is radically different than big law or just law firms in general. But they were talking about how not only are the productivity of every employee at Google closely monitored, but also how happy they are. And there's a direct correlation between happiness (and I guess tied to that well-being) and how productive people are. But in law firms, it almost feels like there's this sense that if you're a happy lawyer, then you can't be the best lawyer possible. It's almost like the more miserable you are, the better attorney you are presumed to be. There's almost this macho culture where you sit around and talk about how hard you worked and how long you stayed at the office, and how many all-nighters you pulled. And when you start talking about, oh there's actually a correlation between happiness and how good of an employee or partner you can be, lawyers frown upon that. Why do you think that is? Why, why are we so backwards thinking, despite all the science and all the evidence that's contrary?
Mike Ethridge: [00:14:41] That's a great question, as you were asking that I was thinking, "I'm going to ask Jeena why she thinks that Google is different from law firms?" Boy, what you're saying really is true. I can't tell you how many times I've been in the kitchen and you're standing around the coffee pot or the water cooler and everybody starts engaging in this, "My life sucks worse than yours," kind of back and forth that's really present in all firms. And it's fascinating when we look, when we go outside the legal profession. When we go to companies like Google and other companies too, where they have all kinds of metrics that they will use to measure productivity. So metrics are not the cause of the problem. Businesses all over the world have metrics they use to measure how well the folks that are working there are doing. But there are businesses that, even with those metrics there, they have very happy employees really engaged in their work.
[00:15:45] I think the difference with law firms is that we equate really value and meaning with those metrics and with the productivity. So they become, you are how many hours you bill and how much money you make or are able to make is directly related to that. And that is a different way of thinking from an organization that says, we are about something bigger than making money and something bigger than ourselves. We're about really being a meaningful organization in our community and in this world, and for the people that work here. Now, to be what we want to be we have to have a certain amount of fuel. We've got to make a certain amount of money because it takes a lot of fuel to build this thing and fly this plane. And the revenue we generate is that fuel, and we need to be good stewards of that; and the way we do that is by measuring. So we're real careful about how we measure, and we're going to talk a lot about what that looks like.
[00:16:58] But this is not about how many hours we work and how many dollars we make; it's about really becoming the kind of organization, the kind of firm, the kind of business that we feel like this community and this planet needs. But law firms really never quite get there, because they don't begin by asking itself that question - which is what are our real values and what do we want to be, how do we see ourselves as a firm or as a business. And if you don't have consensus on the answers to those questions by default, the value is going to be how much money you make.
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[00:18:41] So for the law firms out there that kind of buy into this idea that the well-being and the happiness of the people that work within the organization is going to have a positive net benefit towards how well they'll be able to service their clients, where do you start? Because it also feels kind of overwhelming you know, because we started by talking about the definition of wellness and well-being and we specifically talked about the fact that it's all-encompassing. So what are some suggestions you have for how to implement some type of wellness or well-being programs?
Mike Ethridge: [00:19:21] Well ideally, it starts at the top. Ideally you have firm management, the equity partners or owners of the firm who really do buy into this idea that the well-being and the engagement of the lawyers and the people who work in the firm is really what it's all about, and really will drive the productivity and the profit. That is a difficult thing to achieve because that again culturally is just not what we've been about as a profession. And I think many of us grew up in a culture that was a lot different than that and thought about productivity more in terms of what we've been talking about, which is billable hours.
But ideally you have firm managers that begin to think about importance of engagement and well-being, and the relationship between that and productivity. And then they can from there explore you know what does that look like in terms of how we run this firm, and what we offer the people and make available for people at work here and partner with them to promote well-being. That I think like I said is rarely the case, so more realistically there'll be somebody, it might be a staff person or it might be a young lawyer, who says there's something wrong with this culture and I want to do things differently. And the real challenge for them is how can they begin to introduce these ideas into the firm and begin to start creating a change in culture, maybe a little more underground than the partners taking it on.
Jeena Cho: [00:21:05] Yeah. I am friends with the guy that started the Intel mindfulness program. And I thought that was really interesting because that was really one of those instances where the effort started from bottom up. So no one on the top said, oh we need a mindfulness program at Intel. Intel tends to also be a little bit of a more traditional tech company. And he is a meditator himself and this is something that he values in his life personally, and he just decided you know what; I am just going to reserve a conference room on every Wednesday from 12 to 12:30. And then just send out an email to my little group of people that I work with, and just invite people to come for a short guided meditation. And he said you know at first one or two people showed up, and then it continues to grow.
[00:21:55] And then the manager started to see the impact that that short practice was having. And so then the manager started to adopt the idea and the program, and started to spread it to other departments. And then finally the upper managers at Intel really saw the value of offering such a program, and gave them a budget to be able to really roll this program out, and now it's a company-wide program. So I think it can actually happen both ways, but what I think that's really important is for the attorneys to actually embrace these practices in their own lives. I think so often there's this feeling like, do as I say not as I do. Like I'm not going to go to the gym, I'm not going to go to yoga, I'm not going to meditate. But I heard this is a good idea for everybody else, so I want everybody else to do this. And that rarely seems to work. I think that saying, be the change you want to see in the world, is so true in this context. And often I'll get these e-mails from young associates in these big law firms, and they're just miserable. And they'll tell me things like, "I work with this partner and he's so not receptive to these type of ideas and you know, I want the firm to change," and I'll say, well the only thing you can change is yourself. And I think we also sort of underestimate the value of changing yourself right, and the ripple effect that that can have.
Mike Ethridge: [00:23:18] You're absolutely right. And I think that the model that you talked about, with your friend at Intel, is precisely the model that I would hope lawyers and staff and law firms would start to embrace. It begins with, as you just said, living these changes and living this way of prioritizing well-being. And deciding that you want to try to do that in some way in the context of your work, not being attached to any idea that management is going to somehow buy into this or you're going to one day maybe totally transform the culture. You might not, but it doesn't matter. What really matters is, is this practice and a way of life that is meaningful to you? And are there places and ways there in the office where you can begin to engage in that, and share with others and invite others to do it with you? I love this idea of reserving a conference room and having meditation. There are all kinds of things that you can do; you can organize a walk to lunch one day a week. Or a lot of law firms, particularly in larger law firms, will have empty offices. And you can approach the office manager and just ask for permission to transform one of these empty offices into a stress-free zone. And bring in cushions and lamps and candles, and just have it be a place where people can go and relax. And create wellness challenges inside your office, organize monthly get-togethers. There's all kinds of things we can sit here and brainstorm about what's available that's doesn't really cost much of anything. And one person could do it and get a handful of people there at the office, and then see what happens.
[00:25:20] And I think inevitably what happened at Intel does happen. I think that people begin to see that there is value in this, and there is a certain kind of enthusiasm and engagement by the people that are participating that's very helpful to the organization. And then there's an openness to it. The other thing I think that happens is you can begin to create some of these practices in your office, and then when the firm managers are out at conferences or conventions and they begin to hear other firms doing similar things, there's an openness to it that's started to develop because you're trying to do it at your office as well. And so that's how that change is going to happen I think, it's going to be just grassroots.
Jeena Cho: [00:26:09] How important do you think it is to measure the impact of these types of programs? Do you think it's a good idea to have a survey or questionnaire that people that are participating can fill out?
Mike Ethridge: [00:26:25] That's a great question, because for a long time I just thought it was not important that you measure that. The measure is your experience of it and your deciding that it's meaningful, and people are going to decide if it's meaningful or not. But it was just to get bogged down in measuring something that really can't be measured, you can't measure thriving, you can't measure happiness. That to me seemed to be a waste of time. However, I have changed how I think about it.
[00:26:56] And a lot of that had come from my meeting Anne Brafford, who is doing a lot of work around.. I think she has a book that's going to be published by the ABA called "Rules of Engagement." But she's done a lot of writing on this idea of how can firms create engagement in the workplace. And what Anne, who is a scientist (she's a lawyer who is going back to school); she is all about measuring everything. And the more that I talk to Anne about this, I began to understand it's so important that this this, what we're talking about. Which is how can we begin to take better care of ourselves and thrive as a profession? Is too important for it to be something that just we do it because we think it's a good idea. We really need to measure it so we can articulate its values to the profession. And lawyers, they're going to listen when it's evidence-based and fact-based.
[00:27:55] Now I'm not a scientist, Anne is a much better person to answer the question about how you measure it. But I think it's really important that it be measured, and that we be able to demonstrate that there are tangible things that happen to people and to firms who consciously choose to promote and prioritize well-being.
Jeena Cho: [00:28:22] Yeah. And I guess this is also sort of a personal decision, but I tend to measure everything. So I have an app and I measure exactly how long I meditate for every single day. And then after I meditate I will spend 30 seconds just jotting down what the experience was like. And it's interesting to have a little bit of data, because then I can look back at the end of the year and say, okay like how many hours did I spend meditating? And when I was able to meditate for let's say, 30 days in a row, was there some measurable impact than if I didn't meditate regularly for 30 days? So having a little bit of a metric is not.. And I think your point about not getting bogged down by it is a good one. And of course because we're lawyers, we could probably debate which metrics is the most appropriate one to use for 10 months and create subcommittees to decide on that. So I think action over planning perhaps is too much planning.
Mike Ethridge: [00:29:26] No, but I think there's real value in doing some of that measuring. And I confirm it very differently, from a very different place than you do Jeena, trying to measure it somehow diminished or cheapen the event and I wanted it to be pure; meditation is a good example. But having said that, there's real truth to this notion that what we measure grows and increases. And I have this app, I think it's called Habit or something like that, where I have it on my phone. And so every day I don't measure how long I meditate, but I measure whether or not I meditate or work out, or whether I eat a low-carb diet. And it is remarkable how much more consistently I will do those things just because I'm going to go on the phone and click whether I do it or not. It's just the act of measuring it has so much to do with my ability to come back to it day after day after day, and keep the practice going. So I think what you're talking about is important. Just for a long time I just never thought it was that important, but I began to understand it really is. And we have all kinds of things with our phones and there are easy ways to measure a lot of this stuff without any effort.
Jeena Cho: [00:30:45] Also, lawyers are kind of good at doing homework. So having an app on your phone and it reminds you, hey remember you're going to walk for 10 minutes today, or do whatever in little doses. And also it's a good way to not cheat yourself. I think there's this tendency if you just say, oh I'll do it when I get around to doing it. Then it's really easy to not do it because you already have 48 other things on your to-do list. And exercise or well-being practices will typically end up on the bottom of the list.
[00:31:14] And maybe that's another question that we can chat about just very briefly, is how do you of prioritize these wellness or well-being practices, when there is so many other things on your to-do list? How do you say, this is more important than caring for others or doing my work, or you know maybe not more important but as important?
Mike Ethridge: [00:31:39] I think that question is going to be answered differently by different people. I can talk about what for me, how I do that. I will say that it is really hard, and a lot of times it feels almost next to impossible once my work day begins, to hit a pause button and go do some self-care. I just get thrown into or jump into, dive into whatever my workday may hold. And I'm on the phone, I'm on conference calls, I'm in depositions or mediations but I'm just kind of there. And it's hard, I've tried a lot times to step away for a couple of hours at lunch and come back, and sometimes I do that.
[00:32:24] But for me, the way I prioritize it is carving out a section of my day that I know is going to be committed to that kind of self-care, and for me that's early morning. I get up about five o'clock and I'll go work out, I'll come back and I'll meditate and have coffee and my breakfast. I'm real conscious about how that morning gets structured and how I move into my work; that works the best. But there are also seasons in my life where carving it out in the morning for me is what has made the biggest difference, in terms of having it available and being able to engage in it every day.
[00:33:07] We're so programmed in this culture that you know, Monday morning you go to work and you work all day long. And if you stop in the middle of the day then you're being lazy. And I will try to, on days where I'm not in deposition or a hearing or something like that. But I have the ability to pause, I will try to stop and intentionally set up a lunch with somebody, and reconnect with somebody that I need to work with. When I was downtown I would stop and I'd walk over to the water or go to the art museum really just once or twice a week, try to do something to re-energize myself.
[00:33:52] But those are things that I pretty much insert into my day on a week-by-week basis, because it's hard to really create or structure a day around those kinds of events when you do what we do for a living. There are days, we don't always get to choose how our days unfold when you practice law.
Jeena Cho: [00:34:14] Yeah, definitely.
Mike Ethridge: [00:34:16] I think the need for law firms to address this issue of well-being is vital for us as a profession. There was a study that was done not too long ago, I think it might have been done by the ABA I can't remember, Anne Brafford cites it in her work. But it identified an associate in a private law firm as being the most miserable job in America. There is just such dissatisfaction, particularly among young lawyers in our profession. The level of attrition that we're seeing with lawyers and the amount of distress (I know you've talked about it in another podcast), the level of distress that lawyers experience; we need to begin to come to grips with how we prioritize taking care of ourselves. And if we're going to do that as a profession, I believe that has to begin to happen at the firm, institutional level, in addition to what we're doing individually.
Jeena Cho: [00:35:25] Yeah. So true. Well Mike, thank you so much for joining me on another episode of The Resilient Lawyer podcast.
Mike Ethridge: [00:35:34] Thank you Jeena.
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In every sport there are players people love to hate and that's no different in UFC. Granted this is baed on fan opinion so it could be different from person to person.
5. Jon Fitch
This guy is hated on mostly because of his fighting style. It's just boring to watch. He's a wrestler and prefers to keep it that way. It's been said that he doesn't want to evolve his stand-up game. The guy needs to take on the personality of Chael Sonnen to even out with his boring fighting style.
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He's English, loud, cocky and just overly emotional. His mouth on TUF 9 didn't exactly help with winning over the hearts of fans either. Bisping embraces the role of bad guy and says it's just his English sense of humor that people take the wrong way.
3. Josh Koscheck
TUF Season 1 veteran and UFC's original "bad boy." This guy cashes in on everyone else's boos. The fighter has created a business strategy out of being a tool. Koscheck is living the life of a celebrity A-Lister on the show Fight Factory.
2. Jon Jones
The Light Heavyweight Champ had a lot of his 'love hate' come from UFC 151 and the first UFC event being canceled in 11 years because of his decision not to fight Chael Sonnen. He was looked at as being cold blooded and buying his own hype. Then you have the DUI charges which just confirmed fans suspicions about the fighter.
1. Chael Sonnen
This guy is a smart man, he is marketing himself in such an obnoxious way that you can't help but watch him. He's got his fight this weekend against another 'love to hate' fighter Jon Jones. It's been reported that Sonnen is actually a really nice guy. The persona he portrays to the media is just an act. He's playing a character. Maybe this is all a big movie for him and that is the character he was casted for.
Did we miss anyone you love to hate? Who do you think can be added to this? Let us know in the comments!


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Giovanni Battista TIEPOLO (Venice 1696 - Madrid 1770)
Saint Anthony of Padua and the Miracle of the Miser's Heart Sold
Pen and black ink, over traces of an underdrawing in black chalk. 410 x 302 mm. (16 1/8 x 11 7/8 in.)ENQUIRE
This large and superbly preserved sheet is a rare early work by Giambattista Tiepolo, by whom only a few drawings survive from the beginning of his career. Like several of Tiepolo's drawings from the initial phase of his activity - between 1715, when he painted his earliest known work, and 1730, when he undertook his first commission outside the Venice or the Veneto – the present sheet is characterized by strong pen hatching and brilliant light effects, and displays the particular influence of Giambattista Piazzetta. However, relatively little is still known of Tiepolo's draughtsmanship between 1715 and 1725, largely due to the paucity of drawings from this important formative period. At the beginning of his career Tiepolo is known to have made large, finished drawings for sale as independent works, probably as a means of earning a steady income, and also produced drawings for prints and book illustrations. From about 1725 onwards, once his reputation as a painter had become firmly established, he seems to have produced fewer such autonomous drawings. That Tiepolo's drawings were greatly admired early in his career can be confirmed by contemporary accounts; indeed, as early as 1732 – when Giambattista was thirty-six years old, and within a few years of the likely date of the present sheet - the contemporary writer and biographer Vincenzo da Canal remarked of the artist that 'His talent is most fecund; that is why engravers and copyists are eager to engrave his works, to glean his inventions and extraordinary ideas; his drawings are already so highly esteemed that books of them are sent to the most distant countries.' By the decade of the 1730s, however, Tiepolo seems to have stopped making drawings for sale, or dispersing of them in any way, and instead began the practice of carefully preserving his drawings in his studio. As such, drawings by Giambattista from the 1740s and beyond are numerous, since they were carefully kept by the artist and his son Domenico, but earlier drawings remain quite rare.The subject of this large drawing is taken from an episode in the life of Saint Anthony of Padua. Preaching in Florence at the funeral of a wealthy moneylender and speaking to his audience of the sin of greed, Anthony claimed that the body of the miser should not be buried in consecrated ground, for his soul was already suffering in hell. He added that the man's heart was no longer in his body, in keeping with the words of the Gospel of Saint Luke: 'For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.' (12:34). The body of the miser was cut open and it was found that indeed his heart was not within him, but was instead discovered in the dead man's treasure chest.Giambattista Tiepolo's use of a precise technique of parallel hatching in this drawing is a particular characteristic of many of the pen drawings from the early part of his career. Bernard Aikema has noted of this manner of hatching in Tiepolo's youthful drawings that 'its use was unprecedented in Venice, as compared to Bologna and Rome, where a number of draughtsmen were noted for the technique'. Aikema has also posited that this 'meticulously elaborated drawing, with its painstaking registration of details, was probably not executed for a painting but rather for a print, like a number of other sheets by the artist with similar characteristics from this period', although no related print survives. In its upright format, composition, and style, the present sheet, like other early autonomous pen drawings by Giambattista, may in turn have influenced the artist's later Scherzi etchings of the late 1740s and 1750s. Among a handful of large, highly finished and stylistically comparable early pen and ink drawings by Giambattista Tiepolo are an Annunciation with the Holy Spirit in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe of the Museo Biblioteca Archivio in Bassano del Grappa, a drawing of The Holy Family Adored by Saints Sebastian and Francis, sold at auction in 1992 and today in a private collection, as well as a related, unfinished horizontal composition of The Virgin and Child with Saints in another private collection. Drawings of The Adoration of the Magi in the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, King Syphax of Numidia before Scipio in an Italian private collection, and The Martyrdom of a Saint before a Statue of Jupiter, sold at auction in New York in 1995 and later in the Horvitz collection, are likewise close to the present sheet in technique and handling, as is a drawing of The Virgin and Child with Saints in a private collection.As Michael Levey has noted of a similar early pen and ink drawing by the artist, 'Here the true Tiepolo, speedy, brilliant, superbly, even insolently, confident, has emerged.'
Count Giovanni Rasini, Milan, by 1937Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 12 January 1990, lot 59A. Alfred Taubman, DetroitThence by descent.
Antonio Morassi, Disegni antichi dalla collezione Rasini in Milano, Milan, 1937, p.47, no.LXVII, pl.LXVII (as School of Piazzetta, probably by Marco Pitteri); London, Sotheby's, Old Master Drawings, 6 July 1992, p.108, under lot 164; Ugo Ruggeri, 'Solimena e Venezia: qualche appunto', in Vega de Martini and Antonio Braca, ed., Angelo e Francesco Solimena: due culture a confronto, Naples, 1994, p.238, illustrated p.248; Mario di Giampaolo, ed., Disegno italiano antico: Artisti e opere dal Quattrocento al Settecento, Milan, 1994, illustrated p.214; London, Christie's, Old Master Drawings, 12 January 1995, p.64, under lot 54; Bernard Aikema, Tiepolo and His Circle: Drawings in American Collections, exhibition catalogue, Cambridge and New York, 1996-1997, p.312, under no.94, note 1 (as Mattia Bortoloni); Bernard Aikema, 'Some Early Drawings by Giambattista Tiepolo', Master Drawings, Winter 2004, p.365, fig.5; Giuliana Ericani and Federica Millozzi, ed., Il piacere del collezionista: disegni e dipinti della collezione Riva del Museo di Bassano del Grappa, exhibition catalogue, Bassano, 2008-2009, p.214, under no.70 (entry by Andrea Tomezzoli); Giuseppe Pavanello and Vania Gransinigh, Il giovane Tiepolo: la scoperta della luce, exhibition catalogue, Udine, 2011, p.128, under no.7 (entry by Andrea Tomezzoli); Giuseppe Bergamini, Alberto Craievich and Filippo Pedrocco, ed., Giambattista Tiepolo "il miglior pittore di Venezia", exhibition catalogue, Passariano, 2012, p.255, under no.54 (entry by Giuliana Ericani).


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Nestled in the Bay of Palms on the beautiful Sea of Cortez, what was once a quaint little fishing village is now a mecca for kiteboarders from all over the world thanks to miles of wide open, white sand beaches that provide easy access to the water
Máncora | Peru
Situated on the north coast of Peru, Mancora has potential for infinite downwinders and eight world-class wave spots
Soma Bay | Egypt
Soma Bay is known for incredible conditions both on, and below, the water's surface with incredible diving, sailing and kitesurfing all on offer
Zenith Ocean Voyages | The Caribbean
Zenith visits locations across the entire Caribbean chain, from Antigua to Los Roques and all the way to Curaçao.
Cabarete | Dominican Republic
Open stretches of golden sandy beaches are combed by a regular cross-onshore wind and protected by an offshore reef
Hurghada | Egypt
Turquoise waters, white sandbanks and a huge amount of space, the kitesurfing here really is good for learning and it's easy to see why it has been so popular for so long
El Gouna | Egypt
A man-made dream of a town that not only caters for the kiting tourist, but attracts holidaymakers from all over Europe
Watamu | Kenya
Constant trade winds, a choice of sandbars, seven kilometres of powder white sand beaches and large summer swells make Watamu a wonderful playground for kiters of all levels
Dahab | Egypt
Dahab, a hotspot for wind sports due to its world class, reliable, safe learning conditions in the lagoons
Marsa Alam | Egypt
No matter your level you'll find great conditions for learning, flying and jumping and even some wave riding
Port Douglas | Queensland
Four Mile Beach is a one-stop location for kiteboarders and ocean lovers with consistent south-east trade winds and a tropical climate
Lisbon | Portugal
Caparica and Carcavelos are the closest kiteable beaches, just 10-15 minutes drive from central Lisbon, with epic wave riding conditions
Coconut Bay | St. Lucia
Score world class kiting in beautiful surroundings in one of the Caribbean's top destinations
Sharm El Sheikh | Egypt
Sharm offers the perfect combination of high quality hotels right on site with all the resort facilities you'd expect from a popular hot spot
Dorado Beach | Puerto Rico
An exclusive water sports centre nestled in a five star resort with world class kiting conditions
Boracay | Philippines
Bulabog Beach is a shallow, tropical lagoon offering flat low tide rides thanks to the protective reef that encircles it, with bump 'n' jump conditions at high tide
Great South Bay | Long Island | NYC
Offering miles of butter-flat waist-deep water akin to the legendary slicks of North Carolina and there are kite-able conditions in every wind direction
Taveuni Island | Fiji
A picture post-card tropical kite location with flat water, fun waves and excellent downwinders where village kids chase your kite as you go
Laguna Garzon | Uruguay
A huge sheltered lagoon with acres of flat water on one side of the sand bar and the playful waves of the South Atlantic on the other, Laguna Garzon is an absolute gem
Pupuya | Chile
Strong, steady winds for eight months of the year and an incredible environment that offers great kiting, world class surfing and plenty more activities
Corpus Christi | Texas
Corpus Christi boasts arguably the largest amount of kite-able days year round in the continental United States
Bel Ombre | Mauritius
A sizeable area of flat, shallow water on the inside that's great for learning or freestyle
Sal & Boa Vista | Cape Verde
Two hours south of the Canary Islands and about 500 kilometres west of Senegal lie ten idyllic islands in the Atlantic that make up the Cape Verdes
Cat Charters | Bahamas
Leave the crowds behind and hop off your private yacht into the crystal blue waters whenever you feel like it
Icapuí | Brazil
Tremembé is something of a dream spot! Featuring flat water to little waves, warm water and an authentic Brazilian ambience
Kiteboard Cruises
Board a catamaran and experience Croatia, Greece and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines from the water with all the essential luxuries as you're escorted to some incredible private kite sessions
Lake Como | Italy
Mix your kitesurfing trip with beautiful food, historical site visits and there's also a cable park filled with kickers and sliders just a ten minute bike ride from Colico
Ulcinj | Montenegro
Montenegro features a 14 kilometre long sandy beach and super steady side-onshore thermal winds that blow every day in the summer!
Keros | Limnos | Greece
Keros is a super safe sandy kitesurfing bay with a variety of conditions, suitable for all.


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A well-organized move is a successful move, especially when you are moving long distances. Part of a stress-free move is a well thought out essentials box. An essentials box will keep you from opening multiple boxes and searching for important items during the unpacking phase of your move. As your premier Kamloops movers, we would like to share this checklist of what your long-distance essentials box should contain.
Your essential box will contain a wide range of household items, so make sure to properly label and pack this box to prevent any damage during the move.
Make sure that your essentials box is not packed with your other items in case of a delay. Instead, ensure that this box travels with you and is the first box that is unloaded and unpacked.
Kitchen Items
Your essentials box should include the following kitchen supplies for you and your family:
- A family set of dishes that includes bowls, plates, cutlery and cups.
- A knife, spatula, flipper and serving spoon.
- A pot and frying pan.
- Garbage bags.
- Snacks, beverages and simple lunch, dinner and breakfast meals.
- Dishcloths, dish soap and a scrubber.
Bathroom Items
The bathroom items that should be part of your essentials box include:
- Any type of prescription medication.
- Toothbrushes and toothpaste.
- Soap and shampoo.
- Toilet paper.
- Towels and washcloths.
Emergency Supplies
Make sure to include an emergency kit and supplies in your essentials box. This list should contain:
- Bandaids and medical supplies such as gauze, tape, tweezers and an anti-bacterial ointment.
- A flashlight.
- A small toolkit with pliers and a multi-purpose screwdriver.
Cleaning Supplies
You may need to do some last-minute cleaning in either your old or your new home. Ensure that your essentials box has the following cleaning products and supplies.
- Wipes for cleaning countertops.
- An all-purpose cleaner.
- A few sponges and cloths.
- A dustpan and small broom.
Important Documents and Miscellaneous
Pack all important documents and other essential items away to prevent them from getting lost in the packing process. This list should include:
- Passports and other personal identification.
- Birth certificates and SIN cards.
- Cell phone chargers.
- Personal electronics such as laptops.
- Health records.
- Financial statements.
- Life insurance policies, mortgage information and titles to your new home.
A well thought out essentials box will make the unpacking phase of your long-distance move so much easier. If you would like more information about how to pack an essentials box for your move or are interested in what moving services we provide, please contact us today. We would love to be a part of your long-distance move and look forward to hearing from you soon.


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Jennifer Coffey is a media personality, currently a host on QVC. She is a Facebook friend who recently posted the following on her wall:
- In two days I've suffered two brutal online comments about my weight, suggesting I "put on a few." 25 years ago I suffered relentless insults in school about my weight, suggesting I "drop a few." What have I learned in those 25 years?
- You are not your weight. You are not your age. You are not your job. You are not your income. You are not your past. And you are certainly not other people's opinions. You are your spirit. You are the love you give. You are the joy you feel. And I feel so much joy.
As you can imagine, Jennifer received an avalanche of support suggesting that (a) she is beautiful, and (b) the commenters were jerks.
My immediate reaction was different. Instead of seeing her obvious call for support, I was hung up on her use of the term "brutal." In checking with a dictionary, I found confirmed that the term meant savagely violent or cruel.
Since when does suggesting that someone has put on a few pounds amount to savage cruelty?
All of this reminds me of ND hockey star, T.J. Oshie, who responded as follows to being called a hero in an Olympic game – "No. The real heroes wear camo. I'm not one of them."
Jennifer, I suggest that we save the term brutal for real victims of brutality.
p.s., subsequent to posting this note, a friend pointed out that Jennifer has been criticized, not for being overweight, but for being underweight. I simply misread her comment, and I was not the only one. On reader commented as follows – "Are you kidding me? You are so thin in person that I can't believe anyone said that! Just ignore it!" So the situation actually involves a woman who in her youth was criticized for being too heavy and now is being criticized for being too thin. Although many women would be quietly pleased with such a comment (akin to being too disciplined or a perfectionist), Jennifer was "brutally" offended.
It's sad that society has created such anguish for women over a few pounds, either way.


text: dorgan 10 Posted September 29, 2018 (edited) Introduction Network Stats is a plugin to visualize bandwidth within unRAID. Support Fund If you wish to do so, you can lear more here. Installation Community Applications - Network Stats is available via Community Applications plugin. - Plugins Tab (manual) Go to the Plugins tab Click on Install Plugin Paste the following address in the input field: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dorgan/Unraid-networkstats/master/networkstats.plg Click Install Running the plugin After installing the plugin, you can modify the settings in the web UI, via the following method: Go to Settings > Network Services Click on Network Stats You can now choose which interfaces to display Once configured you can view the graphs by going to Stats and there will be a new tab called "Network Stats" on that page Changelog 2020.02.16 - Remove external dep of vnstat and make it pull the specific version from the plugin repo 2019.12.24a - Updated to vnstat 2.4 and corrected MD5 hash issue 2019.02.11 - Correct image output 2018.12.11b - Fix vnstat.conf issue and remove dependency on dynamix plugin 2018.10.10 - Fix breaking unRaid Remove using DOCKER_CONFIG_APP_PATH Revert to use /var/lib/vnstat for vnstat db future release will add functionality for data to persist across reboots and will utilize events on when to move data in/out of memory. 2018.10.07a - Update vnstat.conf and set MaxBandwidth to 0 2018.10.07 - Update plugin to use docker appdata path 2018.10.06c - Updated plugin to work on non cache drive systems. 2018.10.06b - Corrected order of creating folders and copying configs 2018.10.06a - corrected file paths and pid paths 2018.10.03 - Fixed plugin to properly detect vnstat daemon status 2018.10.03 - Fix Broken Plugin Correct install and plugin to start vnstat daemon 2018.10.02 - More fixes Add ability for user to start/stop vnstat Fix detecting of vnstat daemon Make data persist across restarts 2018.09.29 - A bunch of fixes and updates Changing icons and Correcting sizes Update settings to detect interfaces Update install script to detect interfaces 2018.09.27d - Correction to start vnstat 2018.09.27c - Quick Tweaks Changed author to actual name Corrected Status label on settings screen 2018.09.27b - Initial Release Initial release, right now using default image output from vnstati, but will be updating to a better library soon Edited February 16 by dorgan 2020.02.16 release Quote Share this post Link to post


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West Bromwich Albion sign China's Zhang Yuning from Vitesse Arnhem
West Bromwich Albion have signed China international striker Zhang Yuning from Vitesse Arnhem and loaned him to Bundesliga side Werder Bremen for the next two seasons.
Zhang arrives with West Brom looking to strengthen their profile in China, the homeland of the club's controlling shareholder Lai Guochuan.
"Zhang will get the chance to further develop at Bremen, with whom we have an excellent relationship," West Brom director of football administration Richard Garlick told the club's official website.
"He will be challenging for a place in a top European league and we will be monitoring his progress before reassessing his prospects at the end of the loan period.
"There is no doubt he has a lot of qualities which Bremen are well positioned to grow and develop.
"His progress will be the subject of great interest here at Albion but also in Germany and in China."
Zhang began his career with Hangzhou Greentown before joining Vitesse in 2015, becoming the first Chinese player to score in the Eredivisie in March the following year.
The 20-year-old has received regular international callups from the national team despite his lack of regular game time in the Eredivisie.
Coach Marcello Lippi, speaking ahead of China's meeting with South Korea in March, said: "His quality is recognised at national team level, so I called him. I hope he can win more chances with his club in order to maintain a consistent level."
Michael Church has written about Asian football for more than 20 years and mainly covers the Chinese game for ESPN FC. Twitter: @michaelrgchurch
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I'M interested in how many of you are producing your own Artwork for promoting your Bands, and thought the Vince Ray Corner would be the right place to discuss this.
I'd find it interesting to know how other members on here approach the Visuals of their music.
I've been working on some stuff for my Bands lately and I'm really curious about different approaches!


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Monday, January 16, 2017
After its first news channel failure, the SABC wanted to turn SABC3 into its new TV news channel not knowing it couldn't, reveals former chairperson dr Ben Ngubane.
After the expensive flop and abrupt shuttering of its struggling first TV news channel, SABC News International, the SABC set its sights on SABC3, wanting to turn its struggling and smallest terrestrial TV channel into its new news channel - unaware that it's not allowed to do so because SABC3 has a commercial TV licence.
The former SABC board chairperson, dr Ben Ngubane, now the chairperson of Eskom, revealed to parliament on Friday in the ongoing inquiry into the beleaguered state of affairs at the South African public broadcaster, that after the failure of SABC News International, the SABC wanted to turn SABC3 into its new news channel.
Instead of turning SABC3 into its new news channel, the SABC eventually signed the now controversial MultiChoice deal to supply a new stand-alone TV news channel to DStv, SABC News (DStv 404).
Together with the old rerun channel SABC Encore (DStv 156), the pay-TV operator paid the SABC hundreds of millions of rand for the two SABC packaged channels to be carried on DStv, with exclusive access to the old library titles from the SABC archives shows on SABC Encore.
SABC News International was started in 2007 by the SABC's former head of news, dr Snuki Zikalala at a cost of more than R85 million but abruptly shut down three years later at the end of March 2010.
The massive cash drain of SABC News International - to the tune of over R80 million per year - on the SABC's already precarious operating budget was one of the big crippling factors that brought the SABC to the brink of financial collapse in 2009.
But the SABC was absolutely adamant to have a TV news channel and next looked to transform one of its existing three TV channels in its second attempt to create one: SABC3.
SABC3 is however the SABC's only commercial TV channel, with SABC1 and SABC2 licensed as its public broadcast service (PBS) channels.
'We couldn't use SABC3'
In parliament's special ad hoc committee investigating the SABC, dr Ben Ngubane revealed that the SABC's previous head of news who was also acting SABC CEO, Phil Molefe "went to India to look for partners to start the 24-hour TV news channel".
"Things get started. Phil Molefe wanted the 24-hour news channel, but to use SABC3 as the 24-hour news channel. When he came back, after a long process, we found that in fact we couldn't use SABC3 because it's a commercial TV station in terms of its licence".
Dr Ben Ngubane said "I did not bring the Guptas to SABC".
"I was aware that Phil Molefe had gone to India to meet a broadcasting company. He came back and sought a mission to convert SABC3 into 24-hour news. And we declined that."
Dr Ben Ngubane said Phil Molefe "also went to London on the same quest to turn SABC3 into 24-hour news".
SABC News (DStv 404) was eventually launched in August 2013 on DStv promising "multilingual programming" delivered "to audiences in all 11 South African official languages". In April 2015 the SABC removed all bulletins in other languages and made SABC News an English TV news channel.


text: Today I'm thankful for my great family, friends and co-workers - what are you thankful for? Blue Ridge Insurance will be closed Thursday November 26, 2015 and Friday November 27, 2015 for the Holiday. We are going to be with our families and enjoying lots of food. There will be turkey, pie, potatoes, rolls, stuffing and much more. This is a time to give thanks and have a good time. We like to see what everyone else's favorite food is too. Leave a comment with your favorite Thanksgiving food or leave a comment on what you are thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving from Blue Ridge Insurance!! Be safe and have a great Holiday!!


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Things to Do
Biking – Local residents and tourists both enjoy biking in the Seldovia area. Puttering around the area is a good way to get off the beaten track and see more of the town than is likely on foot. Bike rentals are available. If you want to bring your own bike, the Seldovia Bay and State Ferries offer this service. For the hearty biker, the 15-mile packed gravel road from Seldovia to Jakolof Bay is a great ride. Mountain bikers can continue on from Jakolof Bay out to Red Mountain; a true adventure.
Hiking – There are a lot of hiking trails in the Seldovia area. One of the most famous is the beautiful Otterbahn Trail to Outside Beach, named after the Susan B. English School mascot, the Seldovia Sea Otters.
You can also hike to the Upper Reservoir and the Rocky Ridge Trail, to Red Mountain, Graduation Peak, and many other sites. A program of guided hikes is available during the summer.
Kayaking – Seldovia Bay and the coastlines of Kachemak Bay provide a beautiful setting for the kayaker (amateur to advanced). Rent a sea kayak in Seldovia. Training and guides are available and in the summer, 5-6 hour tours of the area are available, depending on the weather.
Picnics – Almost nothing stops a good picnic in Seldovia! Sunshine, rain, fog, and snow are all just part of daily Alaskan life. A pavilion, picnic tables, parking and public restrooms are available at Outside Beach.
Sightseeing – There is a lifetime of adventures and photo opportunities in the Seldovia area. Every season has it's own flavor and beauty • Spring – rain and flowers, eagles hunt the salmon runs • Summer – festivals, fishing, boating, berry laden bushes, sun, sun, sun • Fall – world class colors, critters stocking up for winter.
Beachcombing – Outside Beach and many other areas are great locations to look for treasures that have washed in from the Gulf of Alaska (particularly after a big storm). There is an abundance of shells, driftwood, tide pools, and unusual rocks. If you're an avid beachcomber, charter a boat and scavenge some of the remote beaches of Kachemak Bay.
Berry Picking – There's nothing so flavorful as the jams and jellies made with Seldovia's wild berries. Wild blueberries, salmonberries and high bush cranberries grow in Seldovia in abundance, though always dependant on the growing season. Other berries such as trailing raspberries and cloudberries are sparser, but are available. If you come here to pick berries on the privately held lands in the area, you will need permission to do so. Permits are easily obtained from Seldovia Village Tribe.
Bird & Critter Watching – Bring your binoculars and bring your camera! The Seldovia area has a resident population of approximately 50 Bald Eagles and they are nothing short of amazing to watch (especially during a salmon run up the slough). There are countless places to observe a wide variety of other birds and animals. Look for stellar jays, pine siskins, crows, various species of ducks, magpies, blue herons, seagulls, ravens, otters, seals, whales, moose, black bear, thousands of fish, and much, much more.
Camping and RVs – Tent camping is available at Outside Beach and there is a beautiful RV park overlooking Kachemak Bay. The required camping permits are available from the City of Seldovia offices and the Harbormaster.
Fishing – Is there life after Seldovia? Not if you've fished her waters! There are Halibut, Chinook Salmon (Kings) year-round, Coho Salmon (Silvers), Sockeye Salmon (Reds), Humpy Salmon (Pinks), Chum Salmon (Dogs), Dolly Varden, Cod, Black Bass, Shark, Skate, . . . even Irish Lords. Access can be gained to fishing grounds by private or commercial boat, engine powered or human powered, and also along the coastlines of the area. Seldovia boasts a unique King Salmon fishery in mid-May through mid-June up the Seldovia Slough. Hopeful fisherman can get a hook in the water from the town bridge.
Annual Events – Seldovia hosts the following annual events:
Human Powered Fishing Derby (Memorial Day Weekend)
Summer Solstice Festival (Summer Solstice)
4th of July Hometown Festival (Independence Day)
Guitar Masters Concert and Chainsaw Carving Competition (Labor Day Weekend)