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Patrick Le Galès' comparative research has three main components.
One of these is public policy, sociology of the state government and governance, instruments of public action, policy networks, and state restructuring in European states and territories. In this overall area, he looks at decentralization policies, urban policies, regional policies and governance of the world's major cities (Paris, London, Mexico City, São Paolo and Istanbul).
Another component is urban sociology. Here, Le Galès focuses on mobility and social change, transformation of European cities, social groups in cities (middle-class and upper-class mobility), segregation, integration dynamics and formation of social and political order, and urban conflicts.
Finally, in economic sociology and political economy, he studies regional and local economies and the formation of a market society, particularly in the U.K., and the sociology of Europe.
Le Galès is CNRS research professor in politics and sociology at Sciences Po, Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée, and founding dean of sciences at Po Urban School.
Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, 2011
Award of Excellence for Studies in Political Science, Mattei Dogan/French Political Science Association Foundation, 2007
Bronze Medal, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), 1996
Crouch, C., and P. Le Galès. "Cities as national champions?" J. Eur. Public Policy 19, no. 3 (April 2012): 405–19.
Le Galès, P. European Cities: Social Conflicts and Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.


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Measles returns in Europe, it is a reality that has triggered the alarms and that the health authorities attribute to the anti-vaccine movement.
Return to measles in Europe, with 35 deaths and 21,000 cases in 2017 according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), one of the diseases that were believed totally controlled and can be prevented with the vaccine. And here radically precisely the reason to which health experts attribute the worrying rise of cases of measles in Europe, to the anti-vaccine movement whose message seems to have gone deeper than expected. Health authorities warn of the risks of not vaccinating children, and extensive to unvaccinated adults, regardless of where they live, and the lack of scientific evidence of the arguments on which this current is based.
A potentially dangerous anti-vaccine movement that generates distrust towards vaccines and the appearance of new outbreaks of diseases almost eradicated in many areas of the world. Measles is one of them, and the consequences of parents' decision not to vaccinate children against measles can put their lives at risk. Measles is an infectious viral disease, highly contagious, and manifested with reddish skin rashes all over the body, accompanied by a cough, high fever (above 38.5 °), congested nose and red eyes.
Measles outbreaks in Europe
The number of cases of measles in Europe increased by 400% in 2017 with respect to the previous year (2016), in which 5,273 were registered. An increase described as "a tragedy", in the words of the director of the European office of this United Nations agency, Zsuzsanna Jakab, in the presentation of the report in a meeting on vaccines held in Montenegro and whose figures have raised the alarm the outbreaks of measles in Europe. The WHO attributes this increase to the reduction of vaccine coverage.
In 15 of the 53 countries in the European zone, including Russia, there were outbreaks of measles, 100 or more cases. The largest number of cases was registered in Romania, with 5,562 cases; followed by Italy, with 5,006; Ukraine, with 4,767. WHO regrets that these countries have suffered a decrease in vaccine coverage. The Italian government passed a law obliging parents to vaccinate their children or face a fine.
In Spain, 152 cases were registered, far behind countries such as Greece, with 967 cases; Germany, with 927 cases; Serbia, 702; Tajikistan, 649; or France, 520.
Sanitary alert for measles
The sanitary alert for measles has once again focused on the anti-vaccine movement, despite the fact that the study on which they relied on their day to oppose vaccines was discredited and widely rejected by the scientific community. An article published in 1998 by the British ex-physician Andrew Wakefield in which he defended the relationship between the vaccine against measles, rubella, and mumps with autism. Without scientific evidence, and although the article was subsequently withdrawn and Wakefield disowned in 2010 to practice as a doctor, distrust generated a current that convinced fathers and mothers, mistakenly led by the belief that they were doing the right thing for their children's health.
The WHO warns that the lower the vaccination rates, the greater the risk of outbreaks, requiring vaccine coverage of more than 95% of the population.
Mercury in vaccines
Another argument of the anti-vaccination movement that the health authorities have taken to the ground is that of mercury in vaccines, specifically the use of thimerosal or thiomersal, a preservative based on ethyl mercury that is used in vials containing more than one dose of a vaccine (multiple-dose vials) to prevent germs, bacteria or fungi from contaminating the vaccine, as reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
It is used in extremely small doses so that it is not toxic. In fact, there is no scientific study linking thimerosal in vaccines with health risks for children or adults. Currently, in Spain, none of the vaccines in the children's calendar contains thimerosal.
You have to get vaccinated against measles
The vaccination schedule for children includes the measles vaccine, and it is essential to administer the two doses. In case of not vaccinated, and has been in contact with a contagious person, the health authorities recommend administering the vaccine within 72 hours.
Roald Dahl's letter after the death of her daughter of measles is an almost obligatory reading for parents who still may have doubts about the efficacy of the vaccine and why there is a vaccination against measles.


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Week #5 is Sunday, February 3, 2019 – Narrative Lectionary Story: Matthew 6:7-21, [25-34]
Theme: Where your treasure is, there your heart will be. Jesus teaches us to pray from the heart with an authentic voice. Don't try to impress or outdo, but pray with honesty and humility. In other words, the real you. Why Jesus? Because Jesus knows your heart.
Video Intro: Jonathan Rose reflects on his journey from Sierra Leone to his home in Minnesota in this video. Even though he left his home church behind, Jesus was with him. Through all of this, Jonathan found that faith is more than a building, faith is found in Jesus. Today, he is active in his new church, serves as a mentor to other immigrants, and is raising his own family. Jonathan's story is heartfelt . So, why Jesus? Because Jesus knows your heart Check it out!
Confirmation: Check out the Confirmation Material – Because Jesus knows my heart to go along with the video!
Readers Theater on Matthew 6 that can be used in worship instead of the regular reading.
Sunday School Curriculum: Please contact email@example.com to request the curriculum from Epiphany, January 6 thru Transfiguration, March 3.
Music is has been written especially for the Why Jesus? Project, but here are a few suggestions:
- Gathering or Opening Hymn (ELW) #720 –
- Hymn of the Day (ELW) #514 – O Word of God Incarnate or Blessed to Be a Blessing (Why Jesus)
- Communion Hymn – Behold, I Stand at the Door (Why Jesus)
- Sending or Closing Hymn (ELW) #793 – Be Thou My Vision
Here are Music Selections for Each Week
Other Sermon Ideas:
- Which Version? Many congregations struggle to appreciate the 1975 translation of the Lord's Prayer, and we wonder if we should leapfrog over it to a version with expansive language, such as this: Holy One, our only Home, blessed be your name, may your day dawn, your will be done, here, as in heaven. Feed us today, and forgive us, as we forgive each other. Do not forsake us at the test, but deliver us from evil. For the glory, the power, and the mercy are yours now and forever. Amen.
©2007 Benedictine Women of Madison, Holy Wisdom Monastery, Madison, Wisconsin What do we notice when we use a different version of the prayer? Does it increase our faith, or appreciation for God's work?
- Check out these two articles from Living Lutheran – Dangerous Prayer and the other about Prayer as the Breath of Life.
- Talk about TREASURES in verses 19-20. These verses contrast treasures on earth with treasures in heaven. Do not store up . . . treasures. In Greek the verb and the noun have the same root and can be literally translated as "Do not treasure up treasures." Meaning a treasure is not only the stored object but also the place of safe keeping – where a treasure is stored is just as critical as the stored object itself. Moth was a symbol of destruction, particularly of clothing (cf. Isaiah 51:8; James 5:2). In the ancient world clothing symbolized wealth and status and was often used as dowry. The Greek word for rust is literally "eating" or "eater." Rust implies that the hoarded treasure is a precious metal subject to corrosion. Yet, silver and gold do not rust. Some commentators think "worm" might be a better translation, implying that the stored treasure is food. Regardless of the exact figure, the meaning is quite clear. Treasures hoarded on earth, whether food, garments or money, are never secure.
- Thieves break in. The Greek verb literally means "dig through." Palestinian houses were built with mud bricks, which made it easy for burglars to dig through walls. Read more about this.
- Video Idea(s): Known by Tauren Wells "I'm fully known and loved by You. You won't let go no matter what I do. And it's not one or the other. It's hard truth and ridiculous grace to be known fully known and loved by You. I'm fully known and loved by You"
- Check out The Lord's Prayer in Swahili.
Children's Sermon
Props: Simple box decorated with "jewels" or treasure chest, small Bible, felt heart
Welcome to our children's time! Look at what I have with me today. Show treasure chest. Do you know what this is? It's a treasure chest! What do you think I might have in here? Allow answers. Our Bible story today has kind of a funny sentence in it. It says, "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be." What do you think that means? Allow answers.
What Jesus means in this lesson is that whatever we think is really important in our life—those things that we truly love and treasure—will be the things that take the biggest place in our hearts. So, what if the thing that I love and treasure the most is my iPad? I have a really great iPad and I need it to work here at the church, so it's really important … I don't think that's a problem, do you? Well, maybe it's a problem if I spend ALL my time on it. But how about my dog? I really, really love eating donuts, so there can't be anything wrong with that, right? That's not healthy? Ok … umm … how about my video games! I really love playing those, and I'm not hurting anyone … ok, maybe I don't pay attention to my family when I'm doing that.
So, what do you think SHOULD be the most important thing? What do you think should be in my treasure chest? Take out Bible. Jesus says that the most important thing should be God's word, and learning about and telling others about Jesus. That is pretty important. And when I do that, you know what else is in my treasure chest? Take out felt heart. When I spend my time with Jesus, my heart is also in my treasure chest, because my heart becomes something wonderful. Why Jesus? Because Jesus knows your heart.
Let's pray: Jesus, thank you for all the gifts that you give us—but help us to remember that the greatest gift is you. Help us to fill our hearts with your story. Amen.
What is the Why Jesus Project? Check out the FAQ on Why Jesus? Home Page.


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Obviously God gave us Prophetic Mile Markers that we need to be aware of so that we can see the seasons that we are in and be able to grasp the urgency of the days that we live in.
What started me on this study this morning was that I was reading in Proverbs 4 and came across this:
Pro 4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Pro 4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
In the first verse above the admonition is to keep looking straight ahead, being somewhat A.D.D. that held some meaning to me because I am easily distracted as I do keep looking from side to side trying to take in everything at once.
Here the word is showing us that we must be focused and not be distracted from doing what is right. The distraction with entertainment(TV etc.) can certainly be a distraction and cause us to lose focus on our life and what we should be doing. Kind of like when Peter was walking on water. Everything was fine as long as he was focused on Christ but when the wind and the waves distracted him he lost his focus and began to sink immediately.
Then it goes on to say to ponder the path of your feet in order to establish the way. I read that to WATCH my path. Watch what I am doing in other words. So thinking about that I did a word search on the word "Watch" to see how it was used.
I came up with several other scriptures that seemed to help me see a deeper meaning of the word watch. That give it certainly a two-fold meaning as we are commanded to watch in these end-times.
Luk 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Luk 21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Luk 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
To take heed to ourselves certainly means to watch ourselves and our actions to "ponder our path" so to speak. Vs 36 say we are to "Watch ye therefore". Therefore certainly ties this back to the warning above to "take heed" so that our lives will not be filled with the cares of this world and we do not see what we are doing and how our actions are keeping us from being "accounted worthy to escape".
Notice how Paul ties Watching to our actions:
1Co 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Then Peter ties it to the "end of all things".
1Pe_4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Here the use of "therefore" ties the admonition to be "sober and watch" to the "end of all things".
So as Christ is Knocking on our doors, His message is to Repent to begin to Zealously watch not only for the signs of His coming but in order to be ready for that appearing we must be watching our actions, our ways, that we might be accounted worthy. Otherwise we will miss His appearing.
This ties in very well with the condition of the Laodicean Church in general as they are blinded and cannot see not only their sins but also the times and seasons. This is why the watch work that Christ commands that we do is so important. It is indeed the eye salve that will save many who are in the Laodicean mindset and cannot see and therefore cannot get ready for that Day when Christ will be revealed to the church.
Every time I start studying something it is amazing how it all ties into what Christ is doing today.


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BOULDER, CO – November 07, 2018 — /BackupReview.info/ — Spectra Logic, a leader in delivering innovative and economical data storage solutions for the modern data center, announced the industry's most advanced tape technology, the IBM® TS1160, for use in Spectra's enterprise-class tape libraries. Spectra's TFinity ExaScale, T950, T950v and T380 Tape Libraries will support the new tape drive and media. When fully populated with the TS1160 tape drives and media, a TFinity ExaScale will store and allow access to more than 2 exabytes (2,000 petabytes) of data, making Spectra's TFinity ExaScale Tape Library the largest single data storage machine in the world.
Providing a number of technological breakthroughs over the TS1155 drive, the remarkable TS1160 tape drive and media expands storage capacity to an unprecedented 20TB per cartridge (uncompressed), increases data throughput to 400 MB per second (uncompressed), and delivers twice the Fibre Channel interface speed at 16 Gigabit per second or up to 25 Gigabit per second Ethernet.
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By Kevin Williams
Okay, I think I'll shelve this southern cookbook for awhile. I posted about this book a month or so ago and posted 5 recipes from it. The book is wretchedly politically incorrect and worse yet it's also, to me, fascinating. If you can put aside the blatantly racial overtones of the book and focus on the culinary aspects, there are really interesting recipes in the book. Baked oranges. How to prepare opossum. And the fact that such a racially stratified book was published over 30 years before I was born (well the Voting Rights Act was only 7 years before I was born, that blows my mind).
Amish cooking and deep Dixie cooking do have some overlap in that the recipes are basic, often scrounged together by those with few resources. This spoon bread recipe looked interesting, but, really, the whole book is a trove of fascinating recipes.
- 2 cups corn meal
- 1½ cups sweet milk
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 large tablespoons butter (melted)
- 3 eggs
- Sift the meal three times and dissolve in the boiling water, mix until it is smooth and free from any lumps. Add the melted butter and salt. Thin with the milk.
- Separate the eggs; beat until light.
- Add the yolks and then the whites.
- Pour into a buttered baking dish and bake in a moderate oven for about 30 minutes.
- Serve in the dish in which it was baked.


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The Forum serves up a full day of sessions, topics, workshops and keynote speakers that relate to career enhancement and empowerment for all corporate, small business, and entrepreneurial women pursuing a career in consumer technology.
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Meet 7 Of Hong Kong's Most Groundbreaking Gastronomes
1/6 Vicky Cheng
Why him? No one pulls off fusion cooking quite like Vicky. The chef established his restaurant, VEA, in 2016 with the aim of making, to use his own phrase, "Chinese and French" food, using French cooking techniques to explore Chinese ingredients and flavours. "Every dish we do has a story and the story is about Hong Kong," Cheng said in a recent interview with Hong Kong Tatler. VEA is currently featured in T.Dining's Top 20 Best Restaurants list.
2/6 Janice Leung Hayes
Why her? #NoCharsiuNoLife is Janice's Instagram hashtag, but her love of food goes far beyond humble char siu. The respected food critic has been published by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Eater and the Asia Tatler titles.
See also: Starry Bites: The Ritz-Carlton Chefs Shine Bright For The Stellar Dining Series In Hong Kong And Beijing
That's not all: Janice's belief in the importance of sustainable farming and local produce inspired her to establish Honestly Green, a platform connecting sustainable businesses through which she has founded a string of urban farmers markets, including Tong Chong Street Market.
3/6 Joshua and Caleb Ng
Why them? Twins Joshua and Caleb are the co-founders of event space Preset, cosy Sheung Wan cafe Common Ground, a dumpling bar in Copenhagen called Gao, and—perhaps most impressively—Taste Kitchen, Hong Kong's first restaurant incubator. Located in PMQ, Taste Kitchen hosts up-and-coming chefs and restaurants for months-long pop-ups, giving rising culinary stars a space to experiment and refine their ideas before committing to opening a permanent venue.
That's Not All: Through their consultancy, Twins Kitchen, they work with brands on projects ranging from restaurant design to finding ways to upcycle coffee grounds.
4/6 Rohit Dugar
Why him? Craft beer has become a fixture on Hong Kong's bar scene over the past few years and its meteoric rise is partly down to Rohit. The entrepreneur kick-started the local craft beer movement when he established Young Master Brewery in 2013, making classics such as pale ale and more experimental beers using local ingredients such as salted lime. Brews from Young Master Ales are now stocked in many of the city's trendiest bars and five-star hotels, and earlier this year Young Master picked up the most medals of any participating brewery at the annual Asia Beer Awards.
5/6 Theresa Yiu
Why her? Sometimes described as the Julia Child of Cantonese cuisine, Theresa is the founder and CEO of Dashijie, a brand that makes traditional Cantonese delicacies such as mooncakes, multiple varieties of XO sauce and pickled ginger slices, among many others. Theresa was taught her craft by the late Pearl Kong Chen, a legendary Cantonese chef who published several famous cookbooks.
6/6 Sarah Heller
Why her? At an age when most of her peers were opting for the cheapest bottle from the wine list, Sarah was honing her nose en route to becoming, at 29, the world's youngest Master of Wine. The third woman in Hong Kong to claim the title, Sarah is also an associate of the Institute of Wine and Spirits, a Society of Wine Educators certified specialist of wine, and a VIA Italian Wine Ambassador, with the latter well suited to her love of Barolo.


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Is there anything other than a HI/YHA hostel in Jasper? Im not fussed on a 44 bed dorm!
There is a huge range of accommodation choices in jasper .... over 6 years ago
Do you know any service to visit the Miraflores exclusa, Panama Channel, from the airport?
It is easy to take a taxi from the airport to the Miraflores locks, look around and go into the museum, and get back to the airport. Y don't need to book a tour. How much time do you have? Take traffic considerations into account, plus check the canal's website to see what time ships stop going through for the day (they take a break for lunch at least). over 6 years ago
How busy do the islands of Bocas Del Toro get over the week of Christmas? Do we need to book everything ahead of time?
Christmas is the busiest season ... I would book ahead if I were you. over 6 years ago
Is it possible to plan your own trip to Cappadocia, Pamukkale, and Ephesus, Turkey without booking tours?
It is very easy and comfortable to take inter-city buses in Turkey (although ask around for the best companies). Flying is also fairly inexpensive (and the distance from Cappadocia to anywhere is considerable). You don't need to book tours - it is very easy to see all the sites you wish on your own. I would not recommend renting a car however, unless y also get a driver. According to my travel medicine doctor, driving in Turkey is the most dangerous activity for foreigners as the rules of the road are not always followed by locals. Plus, if there is an accident, the foreigner is extremely likely to be blamed and have to bear the costs, at least initially. Take the bus. over 6 years ago
what are the best, ie peaceful, beautiful, traditional, places to stay in Bali
Pick a tiny village - I loved Cepaka where I stayed at Villa Sungai. over 6 years ago
How are the Greek Islands in mid-October? Some say many services are closed, others say it's a perfect time to avoid huge crowds
Thanks - I was curious too! over 6 years ago
Vancouver!! 29th Dec 2014 to 2nd Jan 2015! which hotel/resort would we stay while we can see the fireworks for NYE??
Pick a downtown hotel and ask about viewing the fireworks from your balcony. It will really depend on the specific hotel room whether there are uninterrupted views. Or just do as the locals and watch from the beach! over 6 years ago
Sydney airport in-transit processing time?
Thanks Coops. I decided not to chance it - I fly in tomorrow morning, so we'll see what my processing time is like! over 6 years ago


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Four new speakers will be joining us at newsrewired on 6 March 2019
We are pleased to announce more confirmed speakers ahead of our newsrewired conference on 6 March 2019 at Reuters, London, UK.
Latest confirmed speakers include:
Keynote | Future of digital innovation: personalised content, voice, and dynamic paywalls
Rouven Leuener is group head of digital product at Neue Zürcher Zeitung, one of the oldest German-language newspapers. He took the lead on digital innovation five years ago and, during this time, he launched digital products that attracted new online subscribers and turned the newspaper around.
Among NZZ's latest innovations is a text-to-speech audio player feature that converts written articles into audio. The publisher is now looking at new ways to monetise this audio content and grow its subscribers base.
Local news: Breaking out of the London bubble
Jess Brammar, head of news at HuffPost UK, will be joining the panel 'Local news: Breaking out of the London bubble.'
Earlier this year, Brammar spearheaded the HuffPost Listens project that saw the publisher's entire newsroom of 45 reporters and editors move to Birmingham for a week and tell local stories.
"One of the reasons why the public increasingly mistrusts the media is that journalists are spending less time outside of their London offices, losing touch with what interests, inspires and bothers people outside the capital," Journalism.co.uk wrote about the project. Read more
Matthew Barraclough is a head of Local News Partnerships at BBC. He has been a journalist since 1995, working mainly in the North East of England in a number of roles including reporter, programme producer and eventually Editor of BBC Tees, the local radio station in Middlesbrough.
Alexa, how can we monetise content on smart speakers?
Nic Newman is a senior research associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and has recently led a research into the future of voice and the implication for news.
Other sessions and workshops we are planning:
Financing journalism in the digital age: micropayment, cryptocurrencies,
crowdfunding and memberships
What blockchain is and how it can benefit digital publishers
Who is investing in solutions journalism
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Our latest Curiosity of the Week is Warley Museum in Yorkshire. This new tiny museum can be found in the old village phone box.
Warley is a historic village in the Calder Valley, situated on the outskirts of Halifax, West Yorkshire. In the spring of 2016, Warley Community Association (WCA) 'adopted' the disused BT telephone box, as part of British Telecom's 'Adopt a Kiosk' programme.
After considering a number of options, including a defibrillator station and a library, WCA members voted to transform the telephone box into a museum of local history.
And so the village's unique little museum was officially opened on Saturday 8th October 2016. Warley Museum, which is possibly the smallest museum in the world, has already made an application to be included in the Guinness Book of World Records.
The project to create the museum was coordinated by members of the WCA, utilising the knowledge and talents of local residents. Helping with the concept and creation of Warley Museum were resident artists, Paul and Chris Czainski, acting as the curators of the museum.
Doug Bailey, a joiner, renovated and converted the telephone box, which involved stripping it back to its bare bones, then repainting and refitting it. In addition, Chris Czainski is currently working on a mosaic floor, made from old pottery and objects d'art found in Warley gardens.
Paul Czainski has produced etchings on the glass panels, which feature scenes of local history. He has also designed and illustrated the information board inside the box, with 'Notables of Warley Parish'.
The museum's exhibits include local historical artefacts, donated by Warley residents. These are displayed in secure boxes which can be viewed from both inside and outside the museum. The museum will aim to change the exhibits every few months.
If you would like to visit Warley Museum, you will find it situated in the centre of the village, beside The Maypole Inn. The opening hours are 8am to 4pm. Any donations of local history artefacts will be enthusiastically received by the museum.
If you have an idea for Curiosity of the Week then please do get in touch, we welcome suggestions from everyone. You can contact us by emailing email@example.com or send us a message via Facebook.
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Lucy & Tom's Christmas / Shirley Hughes.
Publication year: 1985
Format: Book
Publisher: London : Puffin, 1985.
ISBN: 9780140504699 (pbk.) :
Originally published: London: Gollancz, 1981.
There is something really special about Christmas - buying everyone presents, choosing the Christmas tree and hanging up stockings. Every small child will share in Lucy and Tom's excitement as Christmas Day arrives at last.
Series: Picture Puffins
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[32] p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 20 x 23 cm.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Expect FDA Social Media Draft Guidance Before End of 2010
Yesterday, at the ePatient Connections 2009 conference, I was a member of the Regulatory Panel that also included my friend Preeti Pinto, MS, MT (ASCP), Head of Medical Education and Regulatory Compliance at AstraZeneca, and Paul Loebach, Project Manager, DDMAC. I never met Loebach before, but I liked him even though he never fully revealed what he has been doing at DDMAC for the past 18 years.
During that panel discussion, Loebach informed the audience that it was too late to request a seat at the upcoming November FDA public hearing on social media. Over 800 people applied for seats, but the meeting room can only accommodate 350. Pharmaceutical Executive Magazine, for example, won't have a seat (see "Fear and Loathing in Washington, DC").
Someone in the audience asked Loebach and other panel members what their thoughts were regarding some best practices for using social media to get information out to consumers/patients. I would have responded by pointing out that one best practice for using social media was not to push info out to an audience, but to engage members of that audience in dialogue. But I let Loebach answer the question -- I'll have more to say about social media best practices in a follow-up post.
Loebach, speaking for himself and not DDMAC, suggested it was "too early" to offer advice and that DDMAC was "still fishing for information." He also said something I thought was revealing: ie, "we have ideas." Of course, by law, DDMAC has to solicit opinions of the public before it issues guidance and that's what the November hearing is about. "We still need to hear from everybody, because we're on the other side of the fence and we can't think of all the issues that you all will come up with and all the ways to use social media that you will come up with in the future. I know a lot of you in the audience feel that this hearing coming up in November is long overdue, but we're still too early in the learning curve to start giving advice on what will work and what won't."
This prompted me to ask Loebach: "Do you personally think the FDA will come out with some kind of guidelines relating to social media by the end of 2010?"
After a brief dramatic pause, Loebach responded "Yeah, probably that's a good estimate -- by the end of 2010. But if it happens earlier, even better," said Loebach hopefully.
This is as close as you're going to get for an official estimate of when FDA may publish social media guidelines. I happen to believe it is accurate not just because of what Loebach said, but because the FDA needs to prove that it's not your father's FDA. The new FDA leaders are younger than the previous leaders. They are smart people who believe in and have grown up using new media tools like social media. Besides, the FDA will lose tremendous face and credibility if, for the second time, they fail to act after calling a public hearing on the use of the Internet. This time they mean business.
UPDATE (10/6/2014): Well it has taken the FDA much longer to publish those guidelines -- it didn't do so until June, 2014. Not only was I wrong about the timing, I also was wrong about the FDA not being "your father's FDA" and being savvy about new media tools. For more on that, read "Don't Follow FDA Guidance on Use of Google Adword Site Links."
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I certainly hope you're correct on this account! I'd love to see the FDA move before the end of this year. Thanks for the insight.ReplyDelete
I hope your optimistic view on the FDA's willingness to issue guidance turns out true. Perhaps I am jaded, but I am preconditioned to believe this will be a long haul. But as we touched on earlier, it's really about the beginning of a discussion that at least moves this in the right direction.ReplyDelete
The FDA will most certainly issue social media guidelines. The Internet is the "Wild West" so to speak, a space that is not well controlled and "anything goes". If pharma companies are allowed to run-a-muck on the Internet, they definitely will. Since social media is so new to marketers, their aren't any rules to follow, but some tips provided by the pros. The FDA will want to control how pharma companies use the web to market their products and ideas, and quite honestly, I think it's a good idea.ReplyDelete


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BY NATASHA BARSOTTI – "I feel everyone is really craving [for] people to come out," US soccer star Megan Rapinoe told Out Magazine in July.
This, prior to her team's gold-medal-winning performance against Japan Aug 9.
"People want — they need — to see that there are people like me playing soccer for the good ol' U S of A," she said in the pre-Olympics interview. Rapinoe is among at least 23 openly gay athletes at the 2012 London Games, which come to an end tomorrow, Aug 12.
"For the record, I'm gay," she told Out. Rapinoe's sexuality was not a secret, at least not to her family and friends, and she feels it's important for people to have role models, she told NBC.
While she feels the sporting arena, generally speaking, is still homophobic in that not a lot of people are out, Rapinoe points to women's teams as more accepting. "In female sports, if you're gay, most likely your team knows it pretty quickly," Rapinoe observed, adding that it's still not as easy for men to be out.
Off the field, but not too far from it, she's been in a relationship with an Australian soccer player for three years.
Her fans are enthusiastic, to put it mildly. Out magazine notes that one German man tattooed Rapinoe's likeness on his calf.
Rapinoe's reaction: "I'm cute, but I'm not that cute."
And Rapinoe has her own obsession, as she puts it: actress Tilda Swinton, who has this "strange, beautiful sexiness about her," she says.
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Well, if If you want to be
accused of writing mal-ware, spam, hardware killing virus or worse, please do.
As parts of your writings and contributions to this contest could end up in one of those despicable pieces of software, you can be held responsible.
That will give you great fun.
If not
I stand corrected. And make humble apology to you.
Sweeping the other contesters, looked to me as you were considering taking part in the contest. But that not being the case; good for you. :)
Altho, I think, you could have kicked their a$$e$.
But then again picking up from where you have left a couple of years ago ... could make it difficult.
We'll never know, will we.
Need an interpreter
Anyone who understands the obfuscated Unix command line [pre]tr "[:space:]" "[\n*]" | sort | awk 'length($0)>0' | uniq -c
What in the world does that line of crap do?
Looks like
It works as a filter and sorts a number of strings entered at the command line in to lexicographical order.
I can't see what you're doing...
Not at this moment anyway, but isn't that part of an acrhiving string, incase you 're-do' an oops. (I think I saw some thing like it in there some once) -not that it would apply to me, my oopes are bad enuf, that 're-do's are not options.
is MicroSoft.....
the major sponser in this? Is the Grand Prize a job at MicroSoft?
In which case
hardly any one would want to try ...
Thankfully, Its a $100 gift certificate for ThinkGeek.
Sitting here
shaking my head. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Binghamton University ???
While I can understand that students would need to know how to recognize malicious code, I cannot understand why a contest would come out of a university to ENCOURAGE people to write malicious code. Here's hoping one of you can give me a plausible reason for this!
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IOTA received a significant investment from the Robert Bosch Venture Capital GMBH. This is actually the first time when Bosch invests in a Distributed Ledger. IOTA has recently grown immensely. Its market share increased 400 times, and now IOTA takes the 4th place among all cryptocurrencies.
Investment though is not the only surprise from Bosch. According to rumours, RBVC partner, Dr. Hongquan Jiang will join the advisory board of IOTA foundation. A very special interests represents the tangle technology of IOTA. Actually it is based on the Blockchain protocol and allows machines transact and communicate.
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Getting Starting:
One year ago this tiny little dream became a reality. On October 26th (with the help of my dad sitting at the kitchen table walking me through it all) I officially incorporated Experience Events, Inc. The next day I gave notice at work and on November 11th I enjoyed my last day as a full-time employee with health benefits. ;) At that time my husband was going back to school, working part time, and about to begin student teaching in January without being able to have a part time job. So while this new adventure was exciting it was also incredibly terrifying! That terrifying feeling also gave me an incredible amount of motivation to get this thing off the ground. Here's a quick glance at all that's happened with the event business & life these last 12 months...
Business Bullet Points
All in all, this past year has been amazing and I can not thank those that worked for me, hired me, and encouraged me along the way for the constant support. Here's to more events, more challenges, and more of life's fun ahead!
Quick company update
Let me just start by saying I had intended for this to be a longer post with more pictures and deep content on what we're doing... But I'm kind of happy to say it's not going to be long, because I just don't have the time... (& you probably don't care about the details like I do anyway). This company (& dance studio) are keeping me more than busy! So, for those of you who have been wondering what I do all day, what it's like to start your own business, or what fun events & clients I am working with... check it out!
What is it like to start your own business? Two words- terrifying & exciting. (Mostly Terrifying.) However, that terrifying feeling is also the best motivation in the world! It's not easy to promote myself, trust myself, and just go for it- but I've been fortunate enough to have great support from my husband, parents, family, and friends. The exciting feelings come when people reach out to me for my services, clients I'm currently working with, and new opportunities keep coming up. Now that I have a few clients the excitement keeps growing. The terrifying & exciting feelings are the reasons I get out of bed every morning, walk down the hall to my office, and start working. :)
Who am I working with, what have I done, and what am I going to do? We've been in business since November, but truly been working with clients since the start of 2017. In these past 3 months I'm proud to say we've been working with clients on private, corporate, and community events plus marketing!
Community Events
Noblesville Farmer's Market
I'm very excited to share that we will be managing & handling on-site coordination for the Noblesville Farmer's market every Saturday, May 6-October 14. The Director of Noblesville Main Street contacted me right after the Holidays and we've been in conversations ever since. I've begun hiring a few other event planners to help with this project which has allowed me to learn even more about starting and growing this business. I hope you will come visit and stop on by the Noblesville Farmer's Market this summer at its brand new location at Federal Hill Commons.
Carmel Marathon
I'm organizing all of the volunteers for each water stop, securing food for the event day, assisting with Expo's for the Carmel Road Racing Group, and keeping the necessary forms and requirements in line. This has been the most similar to my last job and has been fun to work on a larger scale event (3,000+) again. I've had the chance to meet new people and keep the event business busy!
5280 Bistro & 5280 Pantry Project
5280 Bistro & Pantry Project were my very first paid client and first company check! I handle marketing and booking for this company on a weekly basis. 5280 Bistro is a husband and wife team that I actually know through the dance studio. This has been one of my favorite opportunities because I get to be a part of the team that helps their business grow and succeed. They offer cooking classes, catering, commissary kitchen, breakfast, and will be out with their new food truck in April. I'm also creating a new website for them that will be live soon!
Private Events
Jackson-Maxwell Wedding
I had the pleasure of coordinating the wedding of Amanda Jackson & Scott Maxwell last weekend. This was a beautiful wedding with a reception at Mustard Seed Gardens. Some photos of the wedding can be found here. I put together customized day-of timelines for each of the 19 members of the wedding party, assisted with pre-planning coordination, and managed all on-site coordination between vendors. It was a lot of fun and very tiring. Weddings are no joke people.
Bridal Showers & Fun
I'm excited to be the Matron of Honor for a close friend of mine, so while it's not technically as Experience Events, the planning of all things "Bridal fun for Emma" get its own color on my weekly timeline. With the help of the bridal party we are planning a Friends Themed Bridal shower for April, night out on the town for the Bachelorette party in May, and wedding in June!
Valentine's pinterest party
Last weekend I did something I haven't done in a while. I attended an event and did not host or even bring anything. It was kind of a weird feeling to be arriving empty handed, but every detail had clearly been thought of, so I thought I'd share the fun with everyone else!
My dear friend, Jennifer Atteberry, hosted a "Valentine's Pinterest Party" complete with craft supplies wrapped in adorable boxes, themed and branded instructions, a fancy lunch, and all things pink and red. I'm not a huge "girly-girl", but it was nice to be with my girlfriends and just relax for an afternoon.
Lunch included heart-shaped sandwiches, soup, mixed berries, chips, Fizze Pomegranate juice, and Gigi's cupcakes. The cupcakes were displayed on an adorable Ferris wheel food display. In my book, the ferris wheel food display is a reason alone to host a party! After lunch we continued the crafting and painted napkins. This was a fun idea, but my excess painters idea tape took a long time and only gave me time to complete two napkins.
Jennifer put together a wonderful Pinterest Party and a very relaxing afternoon. If you are looking for any fun crafts to do this Valentine's weekend I strongly suggest trying these out with your girlfriends!
Check out the crafts and Jennifer's branded and themed instructions HERE.
And if you'd like to see how they all turned out, here are my final products!
The Expo Hall Experience
We've all been to Expo Hall style events before whether they were craft fairs, business vendor booths, or even farmers markets! Expo/Vendor Hall events aren't as easy to plan as one might think. Event planners have to think about the experience for the attendee as well as the exposure for the vendor. After assisting with the Indiana Parks & Recreation Association Annual Conference & Expo Hall for the last 5 years, I've put together my top picks on how to keep your vendors happy and how to keep your attendees happy.
Check out more photos from the Expo Hall, Awards Banquet, and Evening Social:
Thanks to the Indiana Parks & Recreation Association for putting on another great event and including Experience Events in the planning process!
hosting a simple holiday party
Hello everyone... I'm excited to have my first blog post up and ready. There are plenty of blogs out there about attending events, but not too many from the view of an event planner (either as the planner or the attendee of that event). I plan on keeping busy with new events, fun ideas, and tips that you can use no matter the size or type of event. As I continue this blog I'd love to get your ideas, input, and questions. So... without further ado, let's dive in!
This past Friday my husband and I hosted our annual Christmas Party. With a smaller income (leaving a full-time job and starting your own business has this effect) we agreed to host our party, but keep it on a budget. Instead of a play-by-play of the evenings events, I've created 5 tips to hosting a simple holiday party that you can use for any upcoming party or gathering. Having the family over for Christmas? Throwing a New Year's Eve party? Hosting a dinner party? These 5 tips will come in handy for all of the above and more!
1) Ask others to Co-Host
Don't be embarrased to ask others to bring things or your close friends to co-host.
I asked my good friends, Emma & Amanda, to help co-host the party. Emma is also an event planner and Amanda is a pinterest nut, and this allowed each of us to not spend too much while keeping the party fun! Most people actually enjoy being a part of the planning or bringing something to the party. We also asked our guests to bring wine, beer, or a cocktail to share (this helped keep the event on a budget as alcohol is the single most expensive item when hosting). Since the alcohol was taken care of and Emma and Amanda each brought some food, I had time and money to spend on more food, great decorations, and basic beer/wine. Emma & Amanda also arrived early to help with last minute set up and prep of food. Among other things, Amanda made a delicous baked brie with cranberries and Emma brought props & a polaroid for the photo booth!
2) Decorate Early
Decorations set the mood and don't need to be stressful. Get it done early and relax.
Since we were throwing a holiday themed party, our main decorations were already up, but I enjoyed making extra decor specific to the party such as a "Cheers" banner (the party title was "Holiday Cheers"), photo booth backdrop, snowman cups, and even custom-crafted toothpicks. I particularly love decorations, but like most people they always take longer to make than I originally imagine. I enjoyed creating decorations and "pinteresty" additions the weeks leading up to the party, so I didn't leave it to the last minute. There is no reason to get stressed or tired the day of your party because of decorations. A little bit here and there goes a long way. And to be completely honest, this is a stress-reliever for me, so throwing a party is sometimes an excuse for me to put up decorations and craft.
3) Find your Pinterest vs. Store bought Balance
The difference between fun and sanity starts with balance. :)
Not everything has to be homemade, but if you're like me, you do enjoy making fun treats, food signs, and other pinterest-like things. Enjoy the fun of making those things, but don't feel like everything has to be homemade. My guests enjoyed the pinterest touches throughout the party, and I was still energetic enough to host the party becuase I hadn't lost my mind (completely anyway!). Everyone has their level of interest, so if pinterest and crafts aren't yours, then don't sweat it: just hire me! :) I bought a 6 lb. bag of meatballs from Costco, pre-cooked mini-dogs, and pre-popped popcorn that were easy to set out and enjoyed by all. On the pinterest/craft front, I did have fun making a chocolate-covered pretzel wreath, peanut butter cookies, santa belt decorated shot glasses, homemade candy cane card holders (pictured below), and many more!
4) Know Your Guests
Invite people, then build the party around who you invited.
Before too much planning of the party, I thought about who I wanted to invite and what kind of party that would produce. Then I created the drinks, food, and decor around those who were attending. Our party didn't include kids because most of our friends don't have kids yet, so that eliminated extra activities needed. If kids had been invited I would recommend a small, simple craft they could do (even fun coloring pages), a movie playing in the background, and a few board games. We also knew that most of our guests enjoy their libations, so we made sure we had extra drinks beyond the wine & beer guests might bring. At the same time, not all of our guests drink alcohol, so we had soda and russian tea (made by Ross) available. The implication that there would be drinking was in the invite, but there wasn't an expectation to drink if they weren't comfortable.
5) Plan activities, but keep it flexible
Finding a balance here can make the difference in how long your guests stay.
Most people don't enjoy hours of games (even though they'll be good sports like our friend John), and at the same time most people don't enjoy hours of small talk. Since we invited a variety of friends including family members, friends, family of friends, neighbors, co-workers, etc. we knew that everyone wouldn't know eachother and wanted to have a few activities available. Unlike other parties we've hosted before, we decided to move our cars out of the garage and add an extra space out there for games. This allowed us to spread out the group and have distinct activity areas. The garage had beer pong, darts, and a holiday-themed photo booth with props. The living room was calmer with the fireplace going and soft music, which allowed for conversation. The kitchen (no matter what you do, most people always gather near food) was a space for drinks, food, and more conversation. There was no set schedule of activities, but my husband and I are pretty good at feeling out a crowd and noticing when a group game or small activity should start. Joe got some friends playing darts and I gathered with my college roommate & others for a game of beer pong near the beginning of the party to help spread out around the house. (Hosts are allowed to have fun, just keep a third eye on the room dynamic and environment so you know what might be needed and when people are coming or going). We did end up playing a group game of catch phrase (a Broman favorite) towards the end of the night, which helped people meet each other and brought the group together.
So, next time you volunteer to host a party, help a friend out with their party, or jump all in for a crazy idea your spouse always has (like my husband does for me), use these simple tips and everyone will be sure to have a great time!
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Vice-Premier Ma Kai addresses the opening ceremony of Industrial Internet Summit 2018 in Beijing, capital of China, Feb 2, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]
China will unveil a three-year plan to boost the development of the industrial internet, a frontier where countries around the world are scrambling to establish a beachhead, top officials said on Feb 2.
The move is part of China's broader push to boost smart manufacturing, as the long-predicted convergence of the IT and industrial worlds finally picks up momentum.
Vice-Premier Ma Kai said the industrial internet has become a new battlefield for global manufacturing and technology companies. The sector is still in its infancy, but it is gaining importance as it provides an opportunity to further grow China's manufacturing prowess.
The industrial internet refers to a network of combined, advanced machines with internet-connected sensors, which will collect and analyze data from consumers, suppliers and factories. It is designed to allow companies to customize products at speed and scale while boosting productivity and reducing costs.
According to Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology, the ministry is drafting a three-year action plan, that will encourage companies to build and use industrial internet platforms.
"We also attach high importance to industrial security and will motivate enterprises to build a powerful network to support intelligent production," Miao said.
In December, the State Council unveiled a guideline that aims to build three to five industrial internet platforms, which will reach international standards by 2025 and lead the world in key areas by 2035.
Specifically, the country wants to build about 10 cross-industry platforms by 2020 to accelerate digital transformation.
Chen Lucheng, vice-president of the home appliances business at Haier Group, said the company's industrial internet platform now boasts 320 million users and 3.9 million registered enterprises.
"In addition to making our own factories more flexible, the industrial internet platform, dubbed COSMOPlat, is empowering companies in electronics, textiles, equipment, construction and other sectors by bringing them closer to consumers and suppliers," Chen said.
The market size of China's industrial internet sector will hit 10.8 trillion yuan ($1.64 trillion) in 2025, according to Qianzhan Industry Research Institute, which did not disclose the figure for 2017.
But as companies scramble to jump onto the bandwagon, it is important to ensure that enough measures are enacted to guard against cyber attacks, Qianzhan added in a report.
Tan Xiaosheng, chief security officer of 360 Technology Inc, China's largest internet security company, agreed, saying compared with consumer internet applications such as e-commerce, the industrial internet is far more complex and more vulnerable to sophisticated online attacks.


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It's hard to believe—we have now been teaching real estate investing alongside Ron LeGrand for over 10-years. (He's been at it for over 25-years!) Together, we have created some spectacular success stories. We hope you're one of them!
Most of you know Lynette, my wife, and I from Ron's Quick Start Real Estate School, where we teach the 8-Deals and make live Closing Calls on your leads. You may have heard that we also recently started teaching a great new event on our own, the life-changing "Taking Action and Communication Workshop!" We actually have another one coming up quickly here on the weekend of June 21 & 22 in Jacksonville.
The positive reaction to our Workshop has been overwhelming and really a blessing. We say a blessing because we've always wanted to expand the ways in which we can help our students. Of course, we love teaching real estate investing so our students can buy all the things they want, but as we all know, life is about a lot more than just things. It's about feeling happy, confident, enthusiastic and fit. It's about taking action to overcome personal and professional obstacles so you can have success in all areas of life. It's about mastering all fear, having great, loving relationships and really getting the best out of yourself each day. We love teaching about all those areas too!
I've studied human achievement and success systems my whole life, and of course we relate all we teach back to your real estate investing success. That strong connection with real estate investing is one of the things our students really love about our event.
Ron says about the Workshop, "In all my years I've never seen an event receive comment sheets so overflowing with rave reviews! The students absolutely loved it and wanted more! This hands-on Workshop is a unique advance in training by the Wolffs."
So what's the genesis? Where did the concept for this Workshop arise? Well, last summer we were on a Bahamas cruise with Ron and his wife Beverly. Somebody said something at dinner one night, and I knew it was a "trigger" for one of Ron's rants.
Over all of our time together we have seen Ron frustrated more by one single thing than everything else combined: Students not taking action!
So Ron's going on, "I'm teaching them exactly how to do everything at the boot camps, I'm setting them up with the systems, they clearly get it. So why aren't they all doing it?"
That's the multi-million dollar question. Some students have great success, some not so much. So what stops people? It's not the knowledge. Once you get training from Ron and us, you have what you need and more. So, what is stopping you or anyone from having all the success you want in real estate investing and every area of life?
It just so happens I know exactly what it is. From years of studying human behavior and psychology, from years of working with others, from years of observation and teaching, I have set down in writing each and every obstacle that holds people back. Beyond that, I have also created powerful systems to help you overcome any personal or business obstacles that are keeping you from the success you desire.
I'll fill you in on a secret—it's the number one obstacle that holds people back. Can you guess what it is?
It's fear.
If you say it's procrastination holding you back, it's really fear. If it's complacency, it's fear. If it's anger, it's definitely fear. If it's fear, it's fear. Fear is the source, "the godfather," of so many other unproductive emotions and behaviors. Please give me the chance to teach you "The 10 Surefire Techniques to Master All Fear" and you'll never look at Closing Calls or any fear-trigger in your life the same way again.
So back to the ship, where Ron is wrapping up, "If only the students could go somewhere to get their heads on straight and get past all that fear and guilt and other crap holding them back. Somebody really oughta come up with a boot camp or something."
That was clearly my cue. "You know, Ron, I actually have a few ideas on that…" Then Lynette jumps in too, and pretty soon we had the outline of the event that would become our "Taking Action and Communication Workshop!"
The rest is history, and from the buzz that we're hearing, it seems like the legend is growing fast. People all through Ron's group and others are talking about what a fantastic new addition this Workshop is to Global's line-up.
Our student Peter said, "We'd heard lots of great things from Ron and other students about the Wolffs' Workshop. We had really high expectations, and somehow Brian and Lynette exceeded them all! We learned so many powerful techniques that we are applying in our real estate and our real lives, and we're getting great results. This was truly the event of a lifetime, and one that we'll never forget."
Click here to find out more and register for our Workshop.
We had our first Workshop near Dollywood in Tennessee, and our last one was in Branson, Missouri. We had such a wonderful group! I'll tell you, the folks in our groups are the best quality people we have ever been fortunate enough to meet. They're outside-the-box-thinkers, they're motivated and they know what they need to know about real estate. All they need is some help over some personal hurdles, and that's exactly why we're here!
Since our recent Workshop was in Branson we saw a couple shows and went out to some nice restaurants, but the real excitement was in the meeting room each day. Major breakthroughs and "Ah-Hah!" moments happened all day, every day. At our Workshops students really share, hugs ensue, tears flow and people really connect in a meaningful way.
Sandra, another student, said, "I have never seen more sincere and deeper networking at any other seminar. This has been the most important event I have ever been to."
One of our attendees, Angie, had been having challenges with her sister for years. After an intense personal interaction with me in front of the whole class, she mended fences with her sister just when her sister needed her the most (her husband left her the first night of the Workshop). The power of forgiveness is one of the most blessed forces we can use to do good in the world. We helped Angie change an entire long-standing relationship right at the moment she and her family needed it the most, and she is forever grateful.
We had an extremely "lively" session when we played our game, "Challenges with the Other Sex." Lynette took the ladies into another room, I kept the men, and we all honestly opened up about our challenges with the other gender. When we got back together, you should've seen the sparks fly!
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Yes, I said fun. We love to have a ton of fun at our Workshop while we're learning! We play games, we do exercises, and everyone learns so much. The whole goal of the Workshop is to give you powerful strategies and tools for quickly achieving a lot more success in real estate investing and all areas of life. We figure you might as well have fun while you're doing it!
We cover topics such as Mastering All Fear, Life and Business Organization, Relationships and the Top 30 Power Negotiating Techniques. We talk about the quickest and best way to permanently change any part of yourself, how to make the most effective Action Plans, and the 6-steps to being a great communicator. We promise everyone returns home with an Actioneer's heart, because after this intense event we are all brother and sister Actioneers!
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Our Workshop always follows Ron's Business Management Boot Camp (like this one coming up the weekend of June 21 & 22, and then another in November). Ron has us speaking about "Mastering All Fear" at the Great American Real Estate Summit coming up soon in September. Next year, we plan a big blow-out event that we're calling "Phoenix in Phebruary!" and next year, Lynette and I will be running Global's Mastermind Meeting in the summer followed by a 3-day version of our "Taking Action and Communication Workshop!" Make sure you stay in touch to find out more about our events.
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Dissecting Jalen Hurts
Being quarterback at Alabama garners a great deal of attention and more than your fair share of criticism. Which begs an important question about Jalen Hurts: How good is he?
Fill in the blank. Jalen Hurts is a ______________.
Great quarterback?
Game manager?
Good college quarterback but not an NFL quarterback?
Opinions on Jalen Hurts run the gamut. Except for one half of football, No. 2 has been the mainstay at quarterback for Alabama over the last two seasons. But now that half of football, coupled with the potential second coming of Kenny Stabler nipping at your heels, is threatening to disrupt Crimson Tide's apple cart of harmony.
Few would argue against Nick Saban's decision to replace Hurts in favor of Tua Tagovailoa during halftime of the national championship game versus Georgia. Hurts not only had been slumping for some time, Alabama's offense was dull and lifeless. A common argument among critics of Hurts' 2017 performance was that he performed poorly in the last three games of the season; the reality is that Hurts' decline goes back to December 2016.
Now, like it or not, there's a quarterback battle in Tuscaloosa, and while Saban would prefer the media not to inflate the competition, it continues to be the storyline in fall camp. The looming question in Alabama this August is, "Will the seasoned junior regroup after losing his position in the national championship against Georgia, or is it 'Tua Time'—permanently?"
Although Tua has never started a game, he seems to be the odds-on favorite to win the starting role. Hurts, who for the last two seasons has been continuously lauded for his poise, seems more panicked than seven months ago, when he gave his humble, back-slapping support of the one who passed him over. In a five-minute, un-Hurtslike rant, he raised eyebrows as he addressed the media on the first day of fall camp and sounded more like a distressed victim than the likely starter.
Now as the summer progresses, the narrative seems to be leaning toward, not who will be the starting quarterback, but rather whether or not the Jalen Hurts era at Alabama is about to come to an unhappy end. For if Hurts loses his starting job, the prospect of standing on the sideline beside the fifth-string holder for two years isn't exactly the way he envisioned ending his career.
No matter what happens, Hurts deserves a great deal of credit for what he has done. From the moment he debuted, he has led Alabama with grace and, yes, poise. First, Hurts essentially saved 2016 for Alabama. Against Southern Cal in the 2016 opener, starter Blake Barnett—who looked like Ned and the First Reader in producing collectively zero points—was yanked in the first quarter and replaced by the true freshman from Channelview, Texas, who spurred a 52-point onslaught. After the game, Saban looked like a genius in using Barnett as a decoy, and by Week 3 in Oxford, Hurts had solidified the starting role. (The overwhelmed Barnett said "peace out" and quickly bounced from T-town, and later, Hurts' other backup, Cooper Bateman, transferred to Utah to be a wide receiver). Let's face it, had Hurts not enjoyed a banner year, or if Alabama had to go to war with Barnett or Bateman, there is no way the Tide make it to the national championship game versus Clemson.
That year, Hurts threw for 2,780 yards, rushed for 954 more, and won the 2016 SEC Offensive Player of the Year. And he darn near won the whole shootin' match. Against Clemson in the national title game, his 30-yard run with 2:07 to go put the Tide up 31-28, and just as though it appeared as though Alabama was going to win in a squeaker, Clemson's Deshaun Watson led a last-minute drive that ended with a pick play to Hunter Renfroe to seal the win. Though Hurts did not perform spectacularly during the game—the offense sputtering for long stretches at a time—fans seemed to give him a pass. After all, he was a freshman who put the Tide in a position to win; the defense, too gassed, just couldn't stiffen up one last time.
The Mississippi State game was far and away Hurts' best game of the 2016 post-October season. Against the Bulldogs, Hurts was 28 of 37 for 347 yards and four touchdowns.
After MSU, however, Hurts decelerated. In the last three games of the 2016 season, he passed for 138, 57, and 131 yards against Florida, Washington, and Clemson, respectively. In those three games, Hurts' quarterback rating was 27.8, 14.2, and 24.2—not exactly numbers that would make John Elway blush with envy.
In the offseason, the general consensus among Alabama faithful was "we'll be fine at quarterback." Hurts will mature, someone will work with him on his passing game, and he'll improve, no doubt.
But as a portent for things to come, Hurts' second season began inauspiciously against Florida State under bright lights in the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game in Mercedes Stadium in Atlanta. Facing a stout 'Noles defense, coupled with having to navigate the first game with new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, Hurts threw for a meager 96 yards and ran for another 55 as Alabama won a 24-7 snoozer.
The season charged on and Alabama put wins in its pocket like lost dimes. Perhaps because Alabama was easily marching through the SEC yet again, Hurts' lower production numbers in September and October were buried beneath all the winning. After all, 'Bama didn't need Hurts to put up spectacular stats to beat Arkansas and an Ole Miss team still limping from the exodus of Hugh Freeze. A narrative circulating throughout message boards was that defenses had sort of "figured Hurts out" and with Damien Harris on his way to another 1,000-yard year and a corps of young receivers to distribute the ball to, not to mention the ever-present phenom of Calvin Ridley, Hurts didn't have to carry as much of the offensive load.
While no one was really noticing, Hurts rolled off a string of five consecutive weeks of under 200 yards passing beginning on Oct. 7 versus Texas A&M. And except for Mississippi State, Hurts' November disappearing act held an encore performance in 2017. Yet Alabama—and Hurts—seemed to somehow continue winning.
Now with a sample size of two seasons in the books, how does one judge Jalen Hurts as a quarterback, both now and in the future? ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith recently lambasted Hurts—"Let me be very, very clear. Jalen Hurts is not impressive…" and went on to say, "I've got serious questions about whether [Hurts] can throw the football"—while others have come to Hurts' defense. Kirk Herbstreit suggested that a general move to offensive conservatism (and thus Hurts' inability to get Ridley more touches) has negatively affected Ridley's draft stock.
Many an armchair quarterback has not waited on the riveting analysis of Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay to determine that Hurts is not an NFL quarterback. Yet over his short, two-year career, Hurts has demonstrated a capacity for brilliance and the ability to march into tough environments and emerge with a win. Last year, he led a courageous fourth-quarter drive to beat Mississippi State on a typical eerie fall night in Starkville. In 2016, he brazenly led his team back from a 24-3 deficit in Oxford to secure a 48-43 win against Ole Miss. He was responsible for 68 percent of the Tide offense (221 out of a total of 323 yards) in a 10-0 win in Baton Rouge in 2016.
Athletically, he is extremely gifted. He is a great runner, an elusive runner who can jolt by you. He is deceptively fast around the edge and is accurate in short-yardage passing situations. He has a cannon for an arm, but has not quite figured out how to harness it. Besides Joe Namath, he is perhaps the most athletically talented quarterback in the history of Alabama football.
Although it's difficult to argue against Hurts' record, the volatile economy of his numbers reveals that he is prone to stretches of inconsistency, both in-game and from game-to-game. As Hurts struggles, Alabama becomes feast or famine, with long stretches of three-and-outs plaguing the Tide offense as well as his ever-maddening tendency to roll right out of the pocket and chuck it out of bounds. And when the offense stalls, it stalls completely. If it were not for a menacing defense and JK Scott's ability to flip the field on a punt, Alabama would certainly have lost more games in 2017.
The one game Alabama did lose, Auburn, was defined by an inability to score more so than it was to move the ball, as the 14-point output was Alabama's lowest point total of the year and among the lowest in the Saban era.
In all, Hurts has thrown for 200 yards in consecutive games only once, versus Kentucky in 2016 and the following week against Arkansas. He has thrown for over 300 yards only once—in the 51-3 blowout against MSU in 2016.
One cannot understate the last two-and-a-half games of the 2017 season—from the Auburn debacle to halftime of the Georgia game—when his performance was something close to pathetic. Across those six quarters, Alabama's offense scored 14, 17, and 0 points—unacceptable numbers by any measure, especially with the kind of talent Alabama fielded last season.
With some exceptions, Hurts' production normally tails off in conjunction with the meat of the Western Division schedule and the postseason. Before November, Hurts is averaging 175.06 yards passing per game. From November onward, Hurts is averaging 157.35 passing yards per game, a reduction of almost 17 yards per game.
In 2016, Hurts faced only three teams (LSU, Florida, Clemson) ranked in the Top 25 of total defense. In those three games, Hurts was 34-68 passing (.500) with two touchdowns and an interception. In 2017, Hurts faced six teams in the Top 25 in total defense: Florida State, Mississippi State, LSU, Auburn, Georgia, and Clemson. Across these six games, his passing production was modest—62-114 (.543)—and he averaged 51 rushing yards per game.
With the aforementioned 2016 game combined with the 2017 come-from-behind performance in a prickly environment in Starkville where he threw for 242 yards on 10 of 18 passing, it's easy to deduce that Hurts has produced his best numbers against Mississippi State. But Hurts has been more inconsistent against Auburn. In 2016, he performed admirably, setting an Iron Bowl record for completion percentage of 75 percent. Last year was the converse, as Hurts connected on only 12 of 22 attempts and could not inspire more than two touchdowns in four quarters.
What about the playoffs? The CFB semifinals in 2016 and 2017 were near mirror images for Hurts and Alabama's offense. Against Washington in 2016, Hurts was 7 of 14 for 57 yards and no touchdowns. Against Clemson in the 2017 semifinals, Hurts was 16 of 24 for 120 yards and one TD. In both games, the Alabama offense mustered a total of 17 points, and the final score was nearly identical—24-7 against Washington and 24-6 against Clemson.
Hurts' overall production in 2017 was down 21 percent from 2016. During his freshman season, Hurts was tied for 13th in the SEC in scoring with 78 total points, while last year, he was tied for 31st with 48 total points. In 2016, Hurts was fourth in the SEC in passing with 2,780 yards, while in 2017, he was ninth in the SEC in passing yards at 2,081 and 11th in rushing yards with 855 (trailing only MSU's Nick Fitzgerald with 984). Granted, Hurts had far less passing attempts (254) under Daboll in 2017 than in a Lane Kiffin-orchestrated offense, where Hurts threw the ball 382 times, but the point is made: numbers-wise Hurts wasn't as good in his sophomore season as he was his freshman season.
Yet for his career, Hurts has 40 passing touchdowns, which already places him fourth on the all-time list at Alabama behind A.J. McCarron (77), John Parker Wilson (47), and Brodie Croyle (41). With 6,670 yards to his credit, Hurts is third in total offense in the history of Alabama football. His 61 career touchdowns places him second behind McCarron's 80. Hurts holds the Alabama record for number of touchdowns in a season, 36, and his five touchdowns against Mississippi State is tied for the most in a game in team history.
Still the question lingers, "Is Hurts good or is he good because he's had the luxury of being Alabama's quarterback?"
Although Hurts is 26-2 as the starting quarterback at Alabama, when the Crimson Tide trots out onto the field against Louisville in the Camping World Kickoff Game in Orlando on Sept. 1, there's a good chance his position on the depth chart will match the number stitched on his jersey.
Such is life in an environment more cutthroat than a Siberian winter.
With five recent championships under their belt, Alabama fans remain greedy, and the talk in 2018 includes another title. The center of that discussion involves the quarterback battle. Hurts or Tagovailoa?
At Alabama, whether or not the quarterback is an NFL prospect matters less than whether the he can win the national championship.
As good as Hurts may have been, he hasn't proved he can do either. H&A
Al Blanton
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