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Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts, 100 E. Dublin-Granville Rd., New Albany
Dennis DeYoung, one of the founding members of Styx, performs the group's greatest hits with his six-piece band. http://www.mccoycenter.org
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Ask yourself this question: are all managers leaders? Some of you will quickly answer 'yes' assuming the two are synonymous with one another. Others will think back to some of their managers and evaluate them as someone who they either do or do not consider a leader. Many of you might immediately respond 'no' to this question because you have heard of the management versus leadership debate in the past and know very well that the two are, in fact, quite different. Regardless of your initial response to this question, this lesson will present arguments that place a manager and a leader into two separate categories, each with their own defining characteristics. This is not to say that there are not similarities between managers and leaders; rather, the essence of this lesson is to show that not all managers are in fact leaders.
A manager is a person in an organization who is responsible for carrying out the four functions of management, including planning, organizing, leading and controlling. You will notice that one of the functions is leadership, so you might ask yourself if it would be safe to assume that all managers are leaders. Theoretically, yes - all managers would be leaders if (and this is a big 'if') they effectively carry out their leadership responsibilities to communicate, motivate, inspire and encourage employees towards a higher level of productivity. However, not all managers are leaders simply because not all managers can do all of those items just listed. An employee will follow the directions of a manager for how to perform a job because they have to, but an employee will voluntarily follow the directions of a leader because they believe in who they are as a person, what they stand for and for the manner in which they are inspired by their leader. A manager becomes a manager by virtue of their position, and subordinates will follow the manager because of his or her job description and title.
Because managers are responsible for carrying out the four functions of management, their primary concern is to accomplish organizational goals. Managers get paid to get things done in organizations. As such, the manager is accountable for themselves as well as the behavior and performance of his or her employees. A manager has the authority and power to hire, promote, discipline and fire employees based on those behaviors and performance. Management is about efficiency and getting results though systems, processes, procedures, controls and structure.
Perhaps the greatest separation between management and leadership is that leaders do not have to hold a management position. That is, a person can become a leader without a formal title. Any individual can become a leader because the basis of leadership is on the personal qualities of the leader. People are willing to follow the leader because of who he or she is and what the leader stands for, not because they have to due to the authority bestowed onto him or her by the organization. The leader will show passion and personal investment in the success of his or her followers reaching their goals, which may be different from organizational goals.
A leader has no formal, tangible power over their followers. Power is awarded to the leader on a temporary basis and is contingent upon the leader's ability to continue to motivate and inspire followership. Notice the shift in terminology here: managers have subordinates, while leaders have followers. Subordinates do not have a choice but to listen to the demands and wishes of their managers, but following is (and always will be) a voluntary choice for those who follow a leader. Those who no longer wish to follow the leader will simply stop. That is, if an employee initially sees his or her manager as a leader and eventually ceases to be inspired by that manager, the employee will still obey the manager, but only because the employee is required to do so, not because he or she wants to.
Leadership is about effectiveness through trust, inspiration and people. Leaders often challenge the status quo that managers spend much of their time upholding to bring innovation to organizations. Leadership is visionary, change-savvy, creative, agile and adaptive. Managers are concerned with the bottom line, while leaders spend time looking at the horizon.
To better help you understand the differences between a manager and a leader, we can look to Erin Brockovich. Erin was a true leader in every sense of the word, and it was because of her leadership qualities that her name became well-known in 2000 when Hollywood chose Julia Roberts to play her role in the Oscar-winning movie Erin Brockovich. For those of you who did not see the movie or who have never heard of Erin Brockovich, here is some background information.
Erin was a typical single mother just trying to find her path in life when she was involved in a serious car accident and hired a man by the name of Ed Masry as her lawyer. This meeting would soon change Erin's life and the lives of countless others. After Ed and Erin settled her case, Erin was hired at Ed's law firm as a file clerk. One day, Erin found a set of medical records that would turn into the largest direct-action lawsuit in U.S. history to the tune of $333 million in damages, but getting there is where the story of leadership begins.
Once the medical records were found, it was Erin the file clerk, and not the lawyer, who pursued justice for what would turn out to be 600 individuals whose water had been poisoned by Pacific Gas & Electric for 30 years in Hinkley, California. Yet the lawyer was the manager, he was the one in the leadership position and he was the one with the experience, knowledge and power to bring Pacific Gas & Electric to justice, so why did he not take the lead on this case? Why was he was more occupied with cases that he knew he could make money on? Why was the lawyer reluctant to dig deeper into the medical records?
As I said earlier, not all managers are leaders, and not all leaders are managers. Even though Erin was just a file clerk, she spent countless hours, often at her own expense, going door-to-door showing compassion and support to the residents of Hinkley - listening to their stories, providing a sense of hope and showing unwavering tenacity to make sure that Pacific Gas & Electric would pay for what they did to the residents of Hinkley. Her vision and efforts organized a group of followers to take a stand against Pacific Gas & Electric. Erin's story shows that leadership is not something that comes with position, title, authority or power. Rather, it was Erin's values, dedication, compassion, persistence and her ability to motivate people to go against the odds that made her a true leader.
Let's review. A manager is a person in an organization who is responsible for carrying out the four functions of management, including planning, organizing, leading and controlling. A manager becomes a manager by virtue of his or her position, and subordinates will follow the manager because of his or her job description and title. A manager's primary concern is to accomplish organizational goals. Management is about efficiency and getting results through systems, processes, procedures, controls and structure.
A person can become a leader without a formal title. That is, any individual can become a leader because the basis of leadership is on personal qualities. A leader will show passion and personal investment in the success of his or her followers reaching their goals. People are willing to follow the leader because of who he or she is and what the leader stands for. A leader has followers, whereas a manager has subordinates. Power is awarded to the leader on a temporary basis and is contingent upon the leader's ability to continue to motivate and inspire followership. Leadership is about effectiveness through trust, inspiration and people. Leaders are visionary, change-savvy, creative, agile and adaptive.
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Australian startup Baraja is giving car manufacturers an alternative to the 13kg drum Uber is using for driverless vehicle mapping, launching its Light Detection and Ranging-based solution to help progress driverless vehicles.
The product, Spectrum-Scan, uses shifting wavelengths of light to create "eyes" for autonomous vehicles. CEO and co-founder Federico Collarte told ZDNet the lidar solution solves the scalability, reliability, and performance issues that have "challenged automakers, rideshares, and the tech behemoths as they race toward a fully-autonomous future".
At this point, it doesn't matter what type of vehicle the sensors are mounted to, as Collarte said "today you don't buy self-driving cars, you buy cars and you give them self-driving capabilities".
Up to four sensor heads are connected via fibre optic cable to a central processor.
The "eyes" can be exposed to the elements, while the "brain" is well-protected, Collarte added.
"These eyes contain basically pieces of glass, prism-like optics, lenses, etc — they're almost completely passive meaning they don't have any active electronics," he explained. "That allows them to be mounted in positions that other LiDARs wouldn't be able to."
Currently an after-market fit, Collarte said Baraja is working with vehicle manufacturers that are keen to integrate the sensors into the build of future vehicles.
The sensors scan both vertically and horizontally giving a composite 360 degree view of the car's surrounds — in real-time. The information is gathered and displayed in the Point Cloud.
"Every pixel is a position where we've shot our laser to … accurately determine the distance to the object," Collarte continued.
The Point Cloud also shows intensity of the objects, differentiating between walls, other vehicles, pedestrians, and trees, for example.
According to co-founder and CTO Cibby Pulikkaseril, autonomous vehicles of the future will use many different sensors; they'll have cameras, radar, and lidar. So for the autonomous vehicle to really understand the world around it, they need all of those inputs together, he said.
"The advantage of lidar is night or day it works," Pulikkaseril told ZDNet.
"What we're making is the laser eyes of the self-driving cars," Collarte added.
Baraja was formed in 2015 in a garage in Sydney. Backed by investors such as Sequoia and Blackbird, Baraja now boasts a presence in San Francisco in addition to Sydney — based out of the CSIRO — with plans to expand into Europe and Asia, too.
"We wanted to start working with research institutions to really collaborate for the next and the next generations, so we were very lucky that CSIRO was welcoming to us, gave us space … we moved in, started working on our proof-of-concept prototype," Collarte told ZDNet.
"We have been very engaged with the best self-driving teams around the world from the beginning. All of last year, three iterations closely aligned with the self-driving teams around the world.
"In the space of a year we've come up with a product we're ready to launch."
According to Pulikkaseril, lidar is a difficult tech to master.
"It's been around for a while but what people use today is pretty insufficient for autonomous vehicles," Pulikkaseril said, pointing to Uber's $75,000 rotating drum lidar offering. "They needed all of this because the resolution that they could get with that set of sensors is not nearly as dense as our Point Cloud.
"They have enormous reliability problems with these things; they break often because they're spinning, if they get wet they'll short out … customers we've spoken to know that's not the way of the future."
"Self-driving vehicles are coming, but the hindrance for them entering the market and becoming a reality was they couldn't do it because they didn't have laser eyes that were good enough," Collarte added.


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A few months ago, I cited a New York Times article in which Google Chief Economist Hal Varian said statistician would be a "sexy" job in the next decade. According to the article, those with doctorates in mathematics or related fields could expect to pull down six figures in their first year on the job and pretty much write their own career tickets.
Career possibilities mentioned in the article included improving online search algorithms for a company like Google, analyzing gene sequencing information for possible insights into curing cancer or examining sensor and location data to help streamline retail supply chains.
Instead of looking for a cure for cancer, they could work in finance and devise the same kinds of complicated models that some observers fault with creating a kind of financial Ponzi scheme that left banks burdened with bad debt and triggered the global economic crisis from which we have yet to recover.
Writing on The Huffington Post, former bank regulator William K. Black, author of "The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry," says folks with advanced mathematics skills pursue careers in finance rather than technology or health care because the money is so much better in banking. He writes:
We take people that could be conducting the research & development work essential to the success of our real economy (including its success in becoming sustainable) and put them instead in financial sector activities where, because of that sector's perverse incentives, they further damage both the financial sector and the real economy.
In late 2008, one venture capitalist reached out to unemployed finance workers by creating a site called LeaveWallStreetJoinAStartup.com, listing job openings at seven of its portfolio companies. But now with at least some banks bouncing back, fewer numbers crunchers may be looking for careers outside of finance.
Black also faults the finance sector for emphasizing short-term gains rather than long-term stability. So instead of loaning money to entrepreneurs and companies with innovative ideas, which could give the economy a real boost, it instead offers capital to companies that produce quick profits on paper.
I got a similar take from Forbes columnist Sramana Mitra, a strategy consultant in Silicon Valley who has founded three companies and written several books, when I interviewed her in August. In her latest book, "Bootstrapping: Weapon of Mass Reconstruction," she suggests entrepreneurs should strive to be self-supporting rather than relying on venture capitalists, which like banks, focus too much on short-term profitability. She suggests the government could reduce unemployment and spur a lasting economic recovery by offering more economic incentives to entrepreneurs.
She'd like to see funds similar to 401k accounts, where folks could set aside tax-free money for entrepreneurship. She said:
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We all like to save money online. Unfortunately free dating sites can be more trouble than they're worth. Here's why free Chinese sites for online dating can be a false economy, and why you're better off spending money on a subscription Chinese or Asian dating site.
Whether you're looking for Chinese brides or an Asian wife from any other country, you'll quickly get overwhelmed with the vast choice of Asian personals websites available online.
To be perfectly honest, most of the smaller free dating sites aren't worth bothering with. They either have too few members, or the facilities or basic, or they're a haven for scammers. Anyone looking for a partner from overseas is very vulnerable to dating scammers. Many of the scammers operate out of West Africa. They steal photos from Facebook, Flickr or elsewhere then pretend to be beautiful Asian, Russian, Chinese or other ladies. Actually sometimes they pretend to be men in order to scam women. So free dating sites are hazardous. The African scammers love free dating sites because:
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One thing to be wary of is that a lot of Asian ladies get professional studio photos taken for their dating profiles. These photos are often airbrushed to make the ladies look like goddesses. Skin lightening is very common - pale skin is seen as much more attractive in much of Asia. Of course they're usually beautiful in real life as well, but just be aware that they might not look like their studio shots. Chinese women in particular are huge fans of photo studios. Photographic studios are a common sight in every town and city across China.
If you don't know whether you want to find a Chinese wife or a bride from another Asian country then it might be useful to try an Asian dating site rather than a Chinese specific dating site. The biggest free Asian dating site is DateInAsia. It has female members from a wide range of Asian countries. Most of the members are however from China, Chinese and the Philippines. There are also a few women from Japan and Korea, but they prefer to use the subscription sites.
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text: Usually I'm not a big fan of being an optimistic person, because once I start thinking happy thoughts. The shit hits the fan hard and all my happy thoughts turn sour and so do I. However, this time I think my happy optimistic thoughts, will stay gleeful for a bit. I've always been a firm believer in making your lemons into a delicious batch of lemonade. After the news I got last week, I'm sure as hell going to be making my lemonade (With a twist please!). You see, behind all that bullshit about feeling sorry for yourself, there's always a tomorrow to change that. You might not believe it (God knows I don't believe it sometimes myself), but there is always a brand new day. I'm probably talking out of my ass right now and I'll probably take it all back, but I'll wait until tomorrow. You never know, I might not, I might feel the same way!


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My Father-in-law has had this for at least 25 yrs. & now needs to sell it. Wife just died & he is in no shape to enjoy it.
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@RazorbackMTEN Drops Match Against Northwestern
NORMAN, Okla. – The University of Arkansas men's tennis team quickly claimed the doubles point, but ultimately fell to Northwestern 4-2 in the first day of play at the ITA Kickoff Weekend at the Headington Family Tennis Center on Saturday.
With the loss, the Razorbacks dropped to 4-2 overall, while the Wildcats improved to 2-1.
Getting the day off to a good start, Arkansas collected the doubles point by winning the No. 1 and 3 positions. Playing in the No. 3 spot, sophomore Johan den Toom and junior William Albanese bettered Alp Horoz and Sam Shropshire 6-2. Next, freshman Branch Terrell and junior Santiago Munoz clinched the point for the Razorbacks, defeating Alex Pasareanu and Mihir Kumar 6-4.
Claiming the lone singles win of the day for Arkansas was senior Jovan Parlic. Parlic netted a 6-2, 6-4 win over Logan Staggs to take the No. 2 spot. Albanese had won his first set 7-6 (9-7) then was up 4-3 in his second against Kumar in the No. 4 position when play was called.
Arkansas will face the loser of the No. 2 Oklahoma (1-0) versus University of New Mexico (4-2) match (Saturday at 2 p.m., CT) in the ITA Kickoff Weekend consolation match, scheduled for Sunday at 10 a.m., CT in Norman, Oklahoma.
Northwestern vs Arkansas
Jan 24, 2015 at Norman, Okla.
(Headington Family Tennis Center)
Northwestern 4, Arkansas 2
Doubles Competition
1. Branch Terrell/Santiago Munoz (Ark) def. Alex Pasareanu/Mihir Kumar (NU) 6-4
2. Giammarco Micolani/Jovan Parlic (Ark) def. Fedor Baev/Strong Kirchheimer (NU) 3-3 UNFINISHED
3. Johan den Toom/William Albanese (Ark) def. Alp Horoz/Sam Shropshire (NU) 6-2
Singles Competition
1. Sam Shropshire (NU) def. Giammarco Micolani (Ark) 7-5, 6-3
2. Jovan Parlic (Ark) def. Logan Staggs (NU) 6-2, 6-4
3. #108 Strong Kirchheimer (NU) def. Johan den Toom (Ark) 6-3, 6-3
4. Will Albanese (Ark) def. Mihir Kumar (NU) 7-6 (9-7), 4-3 UNFINISHED
5. Fedor Baev (NU) def. Santiago Munoz (Ark) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
6. Alp Huroz (NU) def. David Herrerias (Ark) 6-2, 6-4
Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (3, 1); Singles (6, 3, 2, 1, 5)
For more information on Arkansas men's tennis, follow @RazorbackMTEN on Twitter.


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Government funding to support migrant water safety program
Migrant settlement worker Jane O'Dwyer was very pleased to gain funding for a 'Water Safety for Migrants on the Mid North Coast' program, funded under the NSW Government's Water Safety Fund Community Grant.
Funds for a water safety project has been on Jane's radar for a number of years now due to need and demand in the community.
With the Mid North Coast area including so many rivers, pools and beaches, it is vita that our multicultural residents learn the skills and knowledge needed to stay safe and enjoy our waterways confidently, she said.
"This summer has seen a number of tragic drownings and near drownings across Australia and locally," Jane said.
"The program is free and includes survival lessons in a pool environment and ocean awareness and surf safety lessons at local beaches.
"The program will give participants skills for life they can share with their families and friends.
"It will include key areas such as floating, swimming, supervision of children, identifying when someone is drowning and what to do, and spotting rips and the importance of swimming between the flags," she said.
The program is available in Port Macquarie, Taree and Forster to adults who are born overseas and cannot swim or cannot swim confidently.
The program will run over the first school term with one session per week.
There are limited places for children on inquiry. If you are interested in finding out more about the program you can go to https://mvns.org.au/watersafety/. To register or for further inquires contact Jane O'Dwyer on 0497 832 079 or Elisha Palmer on 047 675 6515.


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The fact that we've seen quite the fair share of midriff-bearing tops take over the streets during the past seasons, did nothing to diminish our love for the subtle-sultriness of the look.
Quite the opposite, as nothing catches out eyes faster than a fresh way to rock the crop, now that spring has finally settled over the Northern hemisphere.
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SUMMARY ~ "Yesterday can't last forever…
A decade has passed since the city of Pittsburgh was reduced to ash.
While the rest of the world has moved on, losing itself in the noise of a media-glutted future, survivor John Dominic Blaxton remains obsessed with the past. Grieving for his wife and unborn child who perished in the blast, Dominic relives his lost life by immersing in the Archive—a fully interactive digital reconstruction of Pittsburgh, accessible to anyone who wants to visit the places they remember and the people they loved.
Dominic investigates deaths recorded in the Archive to help close cases long since grown cold, but when he discovers glitches in the code surrounding a crime scene—the body of a beautiful woman abandoned in a muddy park that he's convinced someone tried to delete from the Archive—his cycle of grief is shattered.
With nothing left to lose, Dominic tracks the murder through a web of deceit that takes him from the darkest corners of the Archive to the ruins of the city itself, leading him into the heart of a nightmare more horrific than anything he could have imagined."
WHOA! I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of TOMORROW AND TOMORROW directly from the author, Thomas Sweterlistch, aka my brother-in-law, a few months ago. "Whoa" is the word I kept repeating to myself as I read this intense, dark, skillfully written, deep, creepy, heartbreaking, detailed and extensive book. I continued to pinch myself from the first page to the last because I was continuously amazed and impressed with Tom's writing. The imagination on this guy blew me away! Tom is a sweet, quiet, shy and soft-spoken man who adores my sister and my little niece, loves his adopted home of Pittsburgh, and has a great love and understanding for the classics, poetry and philosophy. All of these things shine through in this world and story he has woven together.
The main character, Dominic, is a tortured soul. He's one of the darkest, saddest and devastated characters I've ever read. My heart poured out for him as his heartbreaking story unfolded. The world Dominic lives in is one he wished didn't exist. He longs for the days of old, when his since-obliterated home town of Pittsburgh still stood in the hills and along the tangled rivers of western Pennsylvania. The life he misses was shared with his beloved and sorely missed wife and their unborn daughter. Fortunately and unfortunately there is a digital version of his, and many other's, Pittsburgh that can be visited from the comforts of their new homes across the world via an extensive network called "The Archive". This access creates an addict of sorts of Dominic. The detail with which Tom has written this experience is nothing short of impressive. The imagery that is created from his words allows the reader to experience Pittsburgh through The Archive as Dominic does.
Pittsburgh isn't the only city that Dominic finds himself in. My hometown area of Washington, D.C. plays a definitive role in Tomorrow and Tomorrow as well as a couple of other well-known world cities. (You'll have to read the book to find out which ones!) Dominic finds himself in these cities, trying to figure out a mystery that is dark, horrific and disturbing. The thing is, the mystery is so crazy and terrible because it could easily happen in real life! Tom's writing enveloped me in this world he created, this mystery I joined Dominic in trying to solve.
Politics, murder, digital magic and a hint of a world that isn't too far from our reality is what is waiting for you in the pages of Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Vibes and echos of MINORITY REPORT and SEVEN kept running through my head as I read. I swear I am not just saying these things because Tom is family. I stepped out of my comfort zone of prefered genres when I read this book and it still haunts me today as I see scenes clearly in my imaginiation. I continue to be amazed by Tom's talent and am so thrilled with the accolades he and his debut novel are receiving on the eve of its release, Thursday July 10th. You can learn more about Tom on his website HERE.
Rating: 5 stars
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Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman
Summary ~ Domestic Violets ~ Tom Violet always thought that by the time he turned thirty-five, he'd have everything going for him. Fame. Fortune. A beautiful wife. A satisfying career as a successful novelist. A happy dog to greet him at the end of the day.
The reality, though, is far different. He's got a wife, but their problems are bigger than he can even imagine. And he's written a novel, but the manuscript he's slaved over for years is currently hidden in his desk drawer while his father, an actual famous writer, just won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His career, such that it is, involves mind-numbing corporate buzzwords, his pretentious archnemesis Gregory, and a hopeless, completely inappropriate crush on his favorite coworker. Oh . . . and his dog, according to the vet, is suffering from acute anxiety. Tom's life is crushing his soul, but he's decided to do something about it. (Really.) Domestic Violets is the brilliant and beguiling story of a man finally taking control of his own happiness—even if it means making a complete idiot of himself along the way.
This is a GREAT book! Reading Domestic Violets was such a wonderful experience. I laughed out loud, gasped out loud and never felt let down by debut novelist Matthew Norman. Norman brings to the literary world a wonderful character named Tom Violet. He is funny, sad, confused, lost, brilliant and the kind of guy you wish was a reality instead of someone living in the pages of a book.
Domestic Violets begins with Tom in a very intimate moment with himself. He is facing the probability that he has erectile dysfunction and it is the funniest opening to a novel that I have ever read in recent memory. Norman's writing is fresh and vibrant. The story is character driven and the reader gets to know some great literary characters. I just loved Tom, his young daughter Allie and their little dog Hank. Tom's wife Anna is someone who I felt guarded against only because I loved Tom so much though he was not perfect himself. Tom's the son of a Pulitzer Prize (among other huge literary awards) winning novelist who he has placed on a pedestal ever since he was a very little boy. The shadow that Curtis Violet casts on his son makes for a great story filled with relationship development that was so fun to read about. The supporting characters and sub-plots were written so well too. I never once had a problem with where the story was going and loved the twists that Norman sprinkled throughout. I also loved that this book took place primarily in Washington, D.C. Norman really used the city well in the book and it became another wonderful character.
I don't want to talk too much about this book actually because I want you to read it. I want you to hopefully enjoy it as much as I did. Domestic Violets should be on your to-be-read/purchased list! I also have to recommend a visit to Matthew Norman's blog The Norman Nation.
{Rating 5 out of 5}
I would like to thank NetGalley.com for providing me the opportunity to review an advance copy of Domestic Violets. It is currently available in stores.
Skipping A Beat by Sarah Pekkanen
Summary ~ What would you do if your husband suddenly wanted to rewrite the rules of your relationship?
Dear Sarah,
Brilliant! Your new novel, Skipping A Beat, is BRILLIANT! I loved it from beginning to end and not just because I know you and have always rooted for you. Because your storytelling and writing has grown and your skill in weaving characters, plot(s), scene, and magically wonderful detail is incredible.
I am sorry I was unable to come up to Maryland for your first book signing on release day last week but it didn't stop me from downloading Skipping A Beat onto my Kindle that morning and diving in feet first. Julia and Michael are wonderful characters with so many faults and great aspects to their make up. The history you created for them as individuals and a couple made them so real! You were clever but not corny and the images created by your words leapt off the page and into my mind's eye effortlessly. Isabelle, Julia's best friend, was rich in detail as well and her story did not fall to the wayside when the drama between Michael and Julia began to build. I love that! Julia needed Isabelle as much as she needed Julia and the affection you created between the two women is a reflection of my best girlfriend relationships which added a believability to even the smallest gesture between the characters.
Of course I must mention my pleasure in the fact that the book is mainly set in yours and my hometown area of DC/MD/VA. I continue to enjoy reading books set in an area that I feel I know well and yet learn something new about it through the author's eye. Julia finds peace and escape in a place called Great Falls. I did the same in my late teens and early twenties between classes and theatre rehearsals at Montgomery College. I could picture the large rock that Julia's friend Noah could be found sitting on while playing fetch with his best friend and canine companion Bear. The city became a character in Skipping A Beat that added to the story beautifully.
Sarah, I am so excited for you and the accolades you have already and will continue to receive! You're writing has flourished and I can't wait to see what you have in store for us next year (not to rush things).
Always a friend and fan,
{Rating ~ 5 out of 5}
Book Review ~ The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Summary ~ In this stunning follow-up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world's most popular thriller writer. The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling–a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths . . . all under the watchful eye of Brown's most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol accelerates through a startling landscape toward an unthinkable finale.
Whew! Class is FINALLY over. That is how I felt when I finished the last page of The Lost Symbol last night. I felt like the story of Robert Langdon and the Ancient Mysteries could have been told in 300 pages instead of 500+. Most of the time the "lecturing" got in the way and distracted from the somewhat suspenseful story.
The story had some very interesting points throughout. The idea that God is in us and that our brain is the "higher power" interest me. As a species we are always evolving and learning about ourselves as well as the universe around us. I took that message from The Lost Symbol but for the most part I was simply disappointed with the story. I never felt a sense of urgency while reading about Robert Langdon trying to beat the clock in D.C. like I did with Dan Brown's Angels & Demons. It was pretty cool to read a book that is set in our Nation's Capital which is only twenty-five miles north of my house. However I continued to figure out the "secrets" that Dan Brown was filling his book with way before the secrets were divulged tot he reader. That was frustrating for me because I kept wondering when Dan Brown was going to announce the twist and put me out of my misery. That was not fun.
I really wanted to like The Lost Symbol and though I did find some of the history of our founding father's (still haven't fact checked everything) interesting and something kept me drawn in with a desire to find out what happened to Robert Langdon, his friends and the future of the Masons. I liked small parts of The Lost Symbol but for the most part I could have lived without reading one of the most hyped books of the last so many years. I do look forward to filming in D.C. if Hollywood makes a movie of The Lost Symbol. It would bring new jobs to the city as well as bring in even more tourism, which isn't a bad thing at all. If The Lost Symbol sparks has and continues to spark interest in America's history than that means the book is a success. It made me Google some things to learn more about.
{Rating ~ 3 out of 5}
Ready, Set, Move! ~ Part 4
I can't quite believe that tomorrow is almost here and today is quickly coming to an end. It has been our last full day in Okinawa and it went so fast. All of a sudden it is 9:30 pm and my packing is pretty much done until I finish getting ready in the morning and have to pack the hair dryer and flat iron. Hubby is packing as I type this and Rocky is suspicious and seems antsy.
The last three weeks in the Hamagawa Lodge have flown buy. We have been so busy with final lunches and dinners at our favorite restaurants, going away parties, birthday parties, an office picnic, my last pedicure and nail art appointment at Cocok's Salon *sigh*, a surprise retirement party for one of Hubby's co-workers and of course our last night at the Butler Officer's Club for karaoke.
Thanks to the crappy T.V. reception and poor show choices I have had the chance to get some reading done. I finished Marisa de los Santos' Belong To Me and absolutely LOVED it. I will be posting my gushing review after we return to the States. I will also be hosting Marisa and her guest post as well as running a giveaway contest for the book later this month.
I'm back to reading on the Kindle 2.0 for the flight and really enjoying it after all the hubbub about the new Kindle DX last week. I love my "smaller" Kindle and started reading Three Cups of Teaon it the other day. Besides having my Kindle with me for the flight we have the Nintendo DS Lite and a few games, iPods, Sudoku books and laptops to watch DVD's. The twelve hour flight from Tokyo to DC should be bearable with all that entertainment plus the in-flight movies. Too bad poor Rocky can't even have a toy in his kennell with him in the baggage compartment. Part of me hopes he'll have another animal to talk with down there but then I hope that he is alone and will just sleep most of the time. He knows something is up and has been overly affectionate today.
So, this is my last post from Okinawa. Tomorrow I will be a Washingtonian again (though I'm always one since I grew up there) and will start a new chapter. Don't worry, you'll read all about it here. See ya on the flip side!!
Jesse's Wedding
The main purpose for my visit to D.C. last month was to attend one of my best friend's wedding. Her name is Jesse and we met while working in D.C. in 2001. We have had the great fortune of keeping in touch and building our friendship past the workplace over the last seven years. Jesse attended Hubby and my wedding in April of 2004, visited us in Memphis three times while we lived there, and even invited me to join her on a business trip to Hong Kong and Singapore during the summer of 2007. That trip definitely was a fantastic time for us both, especially since we hadn't seen each other since Hubby and my move to Okinawa in May 2005.
I am so glad that I made the long trek to the states to see Jesse marry Matt in front of their family and friends. My folks were guests as well and enjoyed themselves immensely too. The beautiful and touching wedding ceremony was held in an old Lutheran church, one block behind the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. Their gorgeous and memorable reception took place on the deck of the Odyssey Dinner Cruise on the Potomac River. The night was crisp, cool and calm and for three hours we floated past the lit monuments of our nation's capitol as well as Old Town Alexandria and Georgetown. The wedding band was awesome and it turned out that I went to college at Shenandoah University with the female singer. It is a small world.
Here is a pic of the happy couple as they danced their first dance.
Shopping In A Small World
So far our trip is going very well. The air is crisp, the borrowed in-law's Lexus is driving very smoothly and the money is being spent. Visiting with family is lovely and meeting our nephew for the first time (when we moved to Okinawa the brother-in-law was neither married nor a parent) has been very cool. But you know what, we are in the Washington Metro area and if you are familiar with it you know that there are millions of people here and even more traveling to it for the holidays. So how is it that I can be at the fourth largest mall in the country, Tyson's Corner Center, in the L.L. Bean store and run into to girlfriends from Okinawa!!!!! "It's a small world after all!" Yeah! I ran into a girlfriend I'm on the MOSC board with and a Generals wife who is living in the Northern VA area now with her high ranking officer. They had just had lunch together and the hubby and I were on our last stop in the mall when I saw them. CRAZY!
The excitement is never ending here after living on an island of 69 km in length and 17 km wide at the widest point. (I'm ready to get back to this area to live any time.) Unfortunately excitement and a busy schedule have left little room for reading, other than the slew of magazines that the mother-in-law have on the coffee table. Gourmet, Real Simple, Southern Living, & Cooking Light. I will say that I love Gourmet Magazine and Ruth Reichl's Letter From The Editor is a great read.
Tonight it's happy hour in D.C. at Morton's Steakhouse with my former bosses who I have kept up with over the last six years. They are wonderful and I miss them dearly so it will be a treat to see them. The jet lag was kicking my ass this week so we actually postponed the meeting from Wed. to Thurs. and I'm glad we did. I would have been sleeping in my apple martini if it hadn't been changed and that would have been plain embarrassing.
So, my update is magazines are easy to pick up, The Pillars of the Earth is up in our room growing lonely, shopping in malls is awesome but traffic isn't, and I miss the dog terribly. Hope your week is going well and will be back here on the weekend with another update.


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my internship this semester is with the honors college freshmen. they are cool, and i like them. so aside from stuff that they have to do with me (i know, coffee dates can be such a drag, right?), i gave them some stuff they could choose to do if they wanted.
so i invited them to dinner. and sixteen of them came. plus emily and olivia, the two peer facilitators.
needless to say, i had to fix a crapton of food. two lasagnas (one with meat; one without), six loaves of garlic bread, salad, easy cheesy lemon bars, and toll house cake. i think they left satisfied.


text: Early Norwegian settlers in Dakota Territory provided the foundation upon which the present Roslyn Lutheran Church fostered and grew. The congregation is celebrating 125 years of its Christian heritage at 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, followed by dinner and fellowship. It took plenty of manpower, determination and ingenuity to accomplish the early congregation's goals, according to a news release. Norwegian pioneers welcomed Rev. K.O. Storlie as their spiritual leader in 1883. Services were first held in pioneer homes, but they were quickly outgrown by increasing membership. The first church was built in Grenville Township, a mile east of Roslyn, and named Grenville Lutheran Church. The new church was dedicated in 1903 by Rev. T. H. Dahl, president of the United Norwegian Lutheran Church. The present cemetery was established in 1886. Each voting member met at the cemetery and brought a fence post and 25 cents to pay for wire. During World War I, the decision was made to move the church to Roslyn and name it Roslyn Lutheran Church. It took almost two months to go the one-mile distance. The church had a hitching post. The horses were tied with care because if the horses were tied too closely together, they would kick and fight, interrupting the service inside. On May 15, 1929, the name of the congregation was legally changed from Grenville Lutheran Church to Roslyn Lutheran Church. The church was damaged by a windstorm in 1941. Groundbreaking for the present church was in 1942 and the new church was built for the cost of $17,000. An education unit and a utility building have been added. Modern updates, including padded pews and an elevator, have taken place recently. Two days each month, the church hosts area quilting bees. The Roslyn Lutheran Church has been served by 17 pastors. Janet Johnson, a synodically authorized minister, has served since January 2004. Weekly Sunday services take place at 8:30 a.m., with Communion on the first and third Sundays. Families host a coffee fellowship following services. The original church bell is still used today to call parishioners to worship.


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Valentines Day
Yes,…again! I rarely post personal messages to loved ones…anywhere. But sometimes things just need to be said or written out-loud. I love my husband. Sometimes I move through my days in such a way that I almost, imperceptibly, lose sight of how distant I can be in my own life. I fail to notice that … More Valentines Day


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We are delighted to have helped our client obtain planning approval for 4 homes on land outside the settlement boundary in Great Notley, Essex.
The site has been in our client's family for several decades and they were keen to see a high quality development which will include 2 x self-build dwellings on site.
The site:
Situated just outside the settlement boundary, the 0.4ha greenfield site was subject to a local policy which seeks to restrict development in such locations. The site was further complicated by its close proximity to a Grade II and Grade II* listed building.
Ascertaining the site's potential:
Our involvement with the site was longstanding, having previously worked with our client on a scheme for 8 x dwellings. Whilst we were successful in establishing the principle of development on site, the subsequent appeal was dismissed on grounds of density in the context of local character.
However, the Planning Inspector accepted the planning arguments we had put forward to support the site for development, namely that:
- the site was not isolated;
- it had strong public transport connections and excellent access to local amenities;
- there was no material impact upon the nearby listed buildings.
- that the Council could not demonstrate a 5 year housing land supply;
- that the proposal would not represent any material harm and would meet the core principles of the NPPF in relation to sustainability;
- that the council had recently reinforced the notion of Great Notley as a sustainable location by identifying it as a strategic growth location in the emerging local plan.
In light of the conclusions set out in the appeal decision we felt that a revised application would have an excellent chance of success and we engaged in an effective pre-application meeting with the Council, to establish clear development principles and parameters, including:
- the number of dwellings the site could comfortably accommodate;
- and the type of housing which would be deemed appropriate.
We worked alongside the Council's planning and design officers to ensure an appropriate scheme could be developed that would respect the character of the local area and would not impact negatively on neighbouring amenity.
Making the case for self-build:
We also identified that the Council had no policies or local initiatives to help support or to enable the delivery of self or custom build housing. This is contrary to the guidance in the National Planning Policy Framework and ongoing government interest in self-build schemes.
Moving forward to an approval:
The revised application responded to the points raised in the previous refusal and presented a scheme which was:
- demonstrably sustainable;
- more spacious and at a density suitable for the site;
- and would not result in any isolated new homes in the countryside
After effective engagement and negotiation with the Council, we were delighted that the application was recommended for approval by the planning department at Braintree, and subsequently approved at Planning Committee.
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Johansson gets set for ERC Junior U27 bid
Sebastian Johansson will become the second driver to fly the flag for Sweden in the FIA ERC Junior Under 27 Championship when he makes his debut in the young driver training series on Rally di Roma Capitale from 20-22 July.
Johansson, 25, will join compatriot Tom Kristensson in the Pirelli-supported category, which provides the first step on the international ladder for drivers graduating from national level aiming for the top.
Based in Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland, Johansson will drive a PEUGEOT 208 R2 under the JR Motorsport AB banner. Fellow Swede Jesper Elfver will co-drive.
"We have been driving in the Swedish Junior championship for three years now, we wanted to develop and ERC Junior Under 27 is the best step for us to take," Johansson explained. "We are completely new on Tarmac so we don't aim for a top ranking on Tarmac, just the experience and the kilometres. But on gravel I will be aiming for the top three."
Johansson, who switched to rallying following a prolific career in motocross as an 18-year-old, hopes his ERC Junior Under 27 campaign this season will lead to a full attack on the series in 2019. The world championship is his ultimate goal.
"We are really pleased Sebastian has chosen ERC Junior for his first international programme," said ERC Co-ordinator Jean-Baptiste Ley. "He's proved his ability in motocross and rallying at junior level in his native Sweden. Now he has the chance to learn new skills by competing on Tarmac for the first time and building his experience of international events."
In addition to JR Motorsport AB, Johansson will have the support of Ivisby Tryckeri AB and Lundins Bilpartner, plus his family and other long-term partners.
ERC Junior has been helping young drivers to learn, shine and climb in R2 cars on Pirelli tyres since 2014 with graduates including Fabio Andolfi, Emil Bergkvist, Jan Černý, Marijan Griebel, Nikolay Gryazin, Jari Huttunen, Chris Ingram, Stéphane Lefebvre, Łukasz Pieniazek and Julius Tannert.
Remaining events:
Rally di Roma Capitale (Italy, asphalt): 20-22 July
Barum Czech Rally Zlín (Czech Republic, asphalt): 24-26 August
Rally Poland (Poland, gravel): 21-23 September
Rally Liepāja (Latvia, gravel): 12-14 October


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Birthday Gifts for Him---Zenith El Primero Chronograph
Choose a classic watch for him as a birthday gift is a great choice. The classic watches also can be a good dress watch. Zenith has a classic and best dress watch, which is also a good birthday gift watch for him.
This season, Zenith is honoring its 150th anniversary. They lately demonstrated us a correctly impressive watch, the Zenith Academy Georges Favre-Jacot, a technically advanced watch having a superb Fusee-Chain complication. However, it was clearly insufficient and also at Baselworld 2015, the company demonstrated us more. Among the people from the new collection might not be probably the most impressive from a technical perspective, it's however a genuine elegance along with a very appealing look. This is actually the new Zenith El Primero Chronograph Classic.
The Zenith El Primero Chronograph Classic, as pointed out in the title, depends on the legendary Zenith's in-house chronograph movement. Don't expect the novelty to become here. However, as basic and classic this watch is, it remains a great surprise from Zenith, which comes here having a true elegance, a really refined look and also the right dosage of vintage feeling. This Zenith El Primero Chronograph Classic is about proportions and ease - for this reason we like it. It's not probably the most breathtaking watch from Baselworld 2015 but it's (almost) all perfect.
The situation - obtainable in rose gold or perhaps in stainless - measures 42mm and shows a comparatively slim profil - 11mm - along with lengthy but highly curved lugs that completely enfolds the wrist. The form is round, highly polished and even when completely new for Zenith, it reminds of nineteen fifties / sixties classical chronographs. Exactly the same comments can be created for that crown - rather slim and small - and also the large rectangular but well integrated pushers.
Rival other models from the famous in-house movement, the dial from the Zenith El Primero Chronograph Classic have been highly washed. It just shows two sub-counters - a little second at 9 along with a 30-minute counter at 3 - and will get rid from the date feature. It just shows the logo design and title of the trademark and discreet, thin fonts and tracks. The silvery plate from the dial is blown having a sun-burst pattern and highly domed, once more to have an elegant vintage feeling. It arrives with polished hands and applied indexes matching using the situation. The general look is clean, elegant, discreet and incredibly well proportioned. It in some way reminds us from the lately revealed Piaget Altiplano Chronograph, having a more round design.
Behind this dial ticks a symbol: the Zenith El Primero. This movement - here known as calibre 4069 - is proven to be one of the first automatic chronograph actions and among the simply to include a higher frequency, because it ticks at 5hz or 36.000 bhp. The chronograph is actuated with a (blued) column-wheel along with a vertical clutch - for both a much better precision and feeling. The movement from the Zenith El Primero Chronograph Classic boasts 50 hrs of energy reserve and shows enjoyable finishes - perlage around the primary plate and bridges, straight graining around the levers and Geneva stripes around the oscillating weight.
The Zenith El Primero Chronograph Classic is clearly a really interesting creation in the brand that people usually expect around the sports watch range. The clean dial, the right proportions and also the true elegance of the watch really are a real surprise. Congratulations. The Zenith El Primero Chronograph Classic is going to be listed at 8.400 USD in stainless and 21.500 USD in rose gold.


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After a couple years of furious activity, it's been a very long time indeed since we posted anything here. A lot's been going on though, as Jeremy has been working on more than a dozen commissions in Cincinnati, doing tons of workshops, putting together a huge tribute to Maria Sibylla Merian, and clearing out the Covington studio.
Why clearing the studio? Because we've officially moved to Toronto! I've been up here for two years now working on a PhD in urban planning, and we're finally together again under one roof. (Readers, have we ever mentioned that Jeremy and I are married?) We wanted to do a little podcast on the topic of Toronto and Canada and moving to the big city, though our podcast muscles seem to have atrophied a little in the interim. We made it about 16 minutes before conversational entropy really set in:
Still, this is a way to break the silence and show some of the things we have in the works. We're hoping to put a lot of work into this site very soon, including more, and more proper podcasts, so be sure to check back!


text: Varahi - KurukullaVarahi and Kurukulla The semen of Varahi, the father-form, gives four alchemical dhatus to the child. The ova of Kurukulla, the mother-form, gives five dhatns to the child. Consciousness enters via orgasm. The three bindus, collectively known as Kamakala (digit of sexual desire), are the root potential of sun, moon and fire http://www.religiousworlds.com/mandalam/tripura.htm