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Brian Tracy in Nigeria tells 'why some people are more successful than others'
…says every rung on the ladder of success is a new skill that is learnable
Brian Tracy, one of America's leading authorities on the development of the human potential and personal effectiveness, on Sunday highlighted what makes the difference between highly successful individuals and others to an elated audience in Nigeria.
Speaking at Daystar Christian Centre in Lagos, the author of best-selling books including 'Eat That Frog!' and 'Maximum Achievement' said he was born into a poor family and had to set out on the quest as to why some people are more successful than others. In his determined bid to unravel the secrets, he read 66 books on the subject.
"They are more productive; they get more result and they make contribution to the world," he said of people who are more successful. "If you want to get more from what you do, put more into it."
On the ladder of success, he said, every rung is a new skill that will help you get more results. "You have more potential than you can use up in your lifetime. You can learn any skill," he added.
With more skills, you get better, he said, adding that people who are more successful "keep getting better and climb the ladder of success."
Tracy said the most important quality for success is focus. "If you can focus, you can achieve anything."
Stating that technology is one of the greatest enemies of success today as it has huge capacity to distract, he said one of the greatest secret of success is to "leave things off; disconnect. Focus on the most important thing. You have to set priorities and focus on those things to get results."
Task completion – starting and finishing a task – is another quality of people who are more successful than others. "All success comes from task completion," he said.
Joy is as a result of doing something that improves your life, said Tracy. "Every time you complete a task it makes you happy."
Successful people are those who have the habit of starting and completing a task, he said, even as he stressed the need to pray to God about one's desires.
Speaking about the importance of clarity, he said: "If you are clear about what you want, you will start to attract all the resources and people you need to achieve it."
Writing down goals also set successful people apart from others. "When you write down a goal with your hand, it will be programmed in your subconscious mind." Quoting Henry Ford, he said any goal can be achieved if you break it down into small tasks.
"Be clear about what you want and focus on that one thing until you get result. What is your most important goal right now?" Tracy challenged the audience. "To achieve the goal you have not achieved before, you need a new skill. Ask yourself 'which one skill we help me most to achieve my goal?'"
He added: "Be clear about your goals; be clear about the most important skills you need and be clear about the most important tasks that you can do to achieve your goals."
'FEMI tweets @asufemi
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What Is Your One Big Thing?
By Phil Cooke
"I've found that the most effective and successful way to cut through the clutter of competition…is to simply be remarkable at One Big Thing."
In a cluttered and distracted world, it doesn't matter how great your idea is—because if no one's listening, you've failed.
It doesn't matter if your idea can change the world if the world isn't paying attention.
So what's the answer? How do you break through? How do you or your ideas get noticed?
While researching and writing my new book, One Big Thing: Discovering What You were Born to Do, I realized that in today's distracted, digital culture, when it comes to getting businesses and nonprofit organizations noticed, it takes singular, brilliant execution.
In other words, they do "One Big Thing" extraordinarily well. In today's hyper-competitive, distracted, cluttered, ADD culture, the best way to get noticed is to be incredible at one thing. For more than 30 years, my work has been helping nonprofit organizations tell their stories. And after three decades, I've found that the most effective and successful way to cut through the clutter of competition from other organizations, products, and messages, is to simply be remarkable at One Big Thing.
It's the same for you. In a distracted, hyper-competitive world, you can't just be decent at a number of different tasks. Too many people are pretty good, and that doesn't get you on the radar.
People don't pay for OK; they pay for great.
It's important to keep in mind that once you're successful—once you've made it to the top—you can do anything you want. The Salvation Army, for instance, is a global organization that features programs and outreaches to the homeless, disaster relief, human trafficking, poverty, the elderly, those struggling with pornography, youth camps, and much more. It reaches into every corner of need and is making a remarkable impact around the world.
But when William Booth began his ministerial career in 1852, he focused on one thing: reaching the outcasts. Thieves, prostitutes, gamblers, and drunkards were among his first converts to Christianity. As the Salvation Army website says: "To congregations who were desperately poor, he preached hope and salvation. His aim was to lead people to Christ and link them to a church for further spiritual guidance."
Today, The Salvation Army is one of the largest social service organizations in the world—even launching SAVN.TV—a remarkable, video driven web strategy that is taking them into the digital age. But William Booth started with one noble cause and was remarkable in his commitment.
For Don Stephens, it was building a floating hospital that became a global organization called Mercy Ships. For Jackson Pollock, it was discovering how splatter could transform his art career.
For Steve Jobs, it was combining design elegance into a computer interface. For Truett Cathy, it was creating the perfect chicken sandwich. For Dean Koontz, it was writing thrillers.
For Jeff Bezos, it was selling books online. For Guy Kawasaki, it was empowering people. For Allison Krauss, it was bluegrass music.
Once they became successful, they could do anything they want. But to get noticed, they focused on One Big Thing.
What about you? What is the One Big Thing you were born to accomplish?
Phil Cooke, an internationally known writer and speaker, has produced media programming in nearly 50 countries around the world.
Culled from CharismaNews
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Change your lens, change your life
By Abimbola Okpabi
What if there was a pair of glasses that can actually change how you experience life? For example, you pick up a cup of coffee and all you see is a bland, tasteless liquid, but as soon as you put on those glasses, the same cup becomes robust with flavour and sweet-smelling, intoxicating aroma.
Living without challenges can slowly but surely erode the beauty of life. As an entrepreneur, an employee, an applicant or a student, you have to view obstacles from a positive angle.
Focus, Focus. There is this game in some magazines where you are asked to look at a picture and spot what is wrong with it. Nothing big, but the focus is always on what is wrong, instead of what is right. We are all guilty of this in one way or the other. Spotting and dwelling on the negative will never bring about the peace of mind needed to concentrate on moving upwards to the next level.
Gratitude glasses. My mentor once said, "Gratitude determines a person's level of happiness." Not the abundance of things or the absence of stress. Be grateful for all the rights in your life, then you will start to experience life in a whole new and positive way. Even the most austere situations will bulge when you imbibe the attitude of gratitude.
#Abimbola Okpabi is a graduate of Economics, Lagos State University. She has a strong passion for writing and writes vastly on societal issues affecting women and children, entrepreneurial ideas and concepts, youth empowerment and health issues. She can be reached on email@example.com
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First man fighting vs last man standing
By Adeleke Adeite
It doesn't matter if you are living in a humble hut;
Just make sure it is built on the hills of honour.
It doesn't matter if you are not impressing others;
Just makes sure you are expressing beyond borders.
It doesn't matter if your purse is not pompous;
Just make sure your passion and purpose is not porous.
It doesn't matter if your past was painful,
Just make your present peaceful and your prospect powerful.
It doesn't matter if your sins are like scarlet,
Just be soaked in soberness and seek for serenity.
It doesn't matter if you have flaws and falls…
Just have faith and focus to fight on and move forward.
It doesn't matter if you are slow, just go steady.
Success is not all about speed but significance.
It doesn't matter if your foundation is faulty,
Fix it if you can or find another ground and forge ahead.
It doesn't matter if your foes are fiery and forceful;
Just make sure you have friends who are ever faithful.
It doesn't matter if your forefathers failed;
Don't be a fairytale for future folks…to read.
It doesn't matter who is leading if you are still in the race,
Put your heart on winning and increase your pace.
The best is not always to be the first man standing but the last man standing!
#Adeleke Adeite is a graduate of Economics Education from the University of Ado Ekiti. He is a poet, motivational writer and songwriter. He has over four International Poetry Awards to his credit and has won lots of member contest on PoetrySoup International. He is passionate about building positive mindsets in youth . He fervently believes he is a product of God's grace. He can be reached on email@example.com
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'When I was living in the mud house, I knew it was not going to be a permanent abode'
By 'Femi Asu
Dr. Otive Igbuzor, the Executive Director of the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development has stressed the importance of personal goals and vision in combating poverty.
Speaking at the 1000 Points of Light Summit, last Saturday, Dr. Otive wowed the youthful audience with his speech titled "Heads Held High: Maintaining Self-Esteem, Personal Goals and Vision in the Midst of Poverty".
Said he: "The challenge of poverty is probably the greatest challenge of our time… Individuals have roles to play in combating it. It is possible to escape poverty through personal vision and goals. You have to know that as an individual you are created for a purpose. That is why it is important for you to understand your purpose; it will give meaning to your life, it will simplify your life, it will give a proper focus and it will motivate you. You must understand your purpose.
"There are three key things you need to understand and know for you to hold your held high: purpose, success and happiness.
"You must define for yourself what you think success is and you must understand that success is a journey."
He defined success as "knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential and sowing seeds that benefit others. It is in that context that you can have a meaningful life.
"Happiness is not about the amount of money that you have; it is the joy that accompanies positive activity. Happiness is a lifestyle. Happiness is an attitude. Happiness is contentment. Do not use others to determine whether you will be happy or not."
He asked: "Where does success come from? Success comes from the spirit – if you look at the stories and biographies of many successful people, however defined, you will discover that they had some inspiration. The second source of success is the mind. The kind of thoughts in your mind determine a lot."
"I come from a very humble background, but my parents were not poor because they were rich in values and ideas…I lived in a mud house, my 'bed' was made of mud covered with mat… There are certain things you must do as an individual that can make you come out of poverty. If you are disciplined, you work, you save and you invest, you can come out of poverty.
He gave the audience seven keys for combating poverty.
"Have a vision. Let your dream be big. Vision is very important. When I was living in the mud house, I knew I was not going to stay there. You must create a vision of where you are going to.
"Have a plan. Vision without a plan is a fantasy. What plan do you have to make your dream a reality? Those plans must have priorities and targets. You must find the capacity to concentrate on one priority at a time.
"Have focus. You must talk and think success. You must persevere. You must ignore distractions. The future is a clean slate and it depends on what you write on it. If you remain poor, don't blame your father or your mother; they are not responsible. You are responsible for what you are going to become.
"Be informed. You must secure all pertinent information concerning your vision. Internet has equalized everybody in terms of access to information.
"Create a climate of confidence. Excuse no matter how beautiful is not an alternative to performance.
"Help others to become successful and build relationships. What you make happen for others God will make happen for you.
"The God factor. You can be strategic, hard-working, but you also need God in your endeavours."
"To move out of poverty, the beginning points are the riches which you already possess; your talents, your networks, your positive mental attitude"
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Thou Shall Not Scatter It!
By 'Femi Asu
What is the usefulness of a scattered broom to a dirty floor? Can the scattered broom sweep the dirty floor? Not in the least! Until the broomsticks are gathered and bundled, they are as useless as anything as much as the room is concerned.
Too many people today scatter their energies; they try to do too many different things in too many different directions.
– Bernard Baruch
How many wonderful dreams have been shattered because the dreamers' energies were scattered! Are you not treading the same path?
It has been said, and it is true, that the sun's energy warms the world. But when you focus it through a magnifying glass it can start a fire. It is the same with your energies. Little wonder Denis Waitley said: "One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it."
When your energies are scattered, they achieve little or no result. But when you direct your scattered energies into one powerful channel, there's no limit to what you can achieve.
That's the force of focus! "No steam or gas drives anything until it is confined," said Harry Emerson Fosdick, "No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated and disciplined." With focus, we can achieve great feats with our lives.
Trying to do too many different things at a time or trying to become virtually everything is pointless; it is a sheer waste of time and energy. Focus is the name of the game when it comes to maximum achievement.
"The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his powers." (Earl Nightingale). Many people are stranded in the journey of life because they lack focus. They lack the power to follow through on dreams that are specific and realistic. All they do is to hop from one thing to another.
Harry A. Overstreet has rightly said: "The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through." To achieve success, you have to be mature. Being mature, in this context, means having the ability and willingness to follow through on your dreams without permitting any form of distractions to derail or deter you.
One of the powerful forces on earth is the force of focus. No wonder the sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. To paraphrase the words of Norman Vincent Peale, when every physical and mental resource is focused, one's power to solve a problem or to achieve a dream multiplies tremendously. The force of focus works wonders.
Friend, whatever dream or vision you have, remain focused and right on track; you will get to your desired destination. Be like tennis players: they focus intensely and specifically on what they're doing at the moment. They know that being focused is essential to their success and you can't take your eye off the ball.
You too must focus intensely and specifically on your dream, if you want to achieve meaningful results. Let what you want to achieve become a consuming obsession, and the possession of it will not only be probable, but possible! Focus all your energies on your dream like a goalkeeper who is set to catch a penalty shoot-out: he focuses his mind and energy on the ball.
If you want to achieve all that you are capable of achieving, learn to gather your energies; don't scatter!
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all our resources on mastering a single area of our lives. Controlled focus is like a laser beam that can cut through anything that seems to be stopping you… one reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power.
– Anthony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within
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How To Stay Focused In This Fast-Changing World
By Peter BREGMAN
I was late for my meeting with the CEO of a technology company and I was emailing him from my iPhone as I walked onto the elevator in his company's office building. I stayed focused on the screen as I rode to the sixth floor. I was still typing with my thumbs when the elevator doors opened and I walked out without looking up. Then I heard a voice behind me, "Wrong floor." I looked back at the man who was holding the door open for me to get back in; it was the CEO, a big smile on his face. He had been in the elevator with me the whole time. "Busted," he said.
The world is moving fast and it's only getting faster. So much technology. So much information. So much to understand, to think about, to react to. A friend of mine recently took a new job as the head of learning and development at a mid-sized investment bank. When she came to work her first day on the job she turned on her computer, logged in with the password they had given her, and found 385 messages already waiting for her.
So we try to speed up to match the pace of the action around us. We stay up until 3 am trying to answer all our emails. We twitter, we facebook, and we link-in. We scan news websites wanting to make sure we stay up to date on the latest updates. And we salivate each time we hear the beep or vibration of a new text message.
But that's a mistake. The speed with which information hurtles towards us is unavoidable (and it's getting worse). But trying to catch it all is counterproductive. The faster the waves come, the more deliberately we need to navigate. Otherwise we'll get tossed around like so many particles of sand, scattered to oblivion. Never before has it been so important to be grounded and intentional and to know what's important.
Never before has it been so important to say "No". No, I'm not going to read that article. No, I'm not going to read that email. No, I'm not going to take that phone call. No, I'm not going to sit through that meeting.
It's hard to do because maybe, just maybe, that next piece of information will be the key to our success. But our success actually hinges on the opposite: on our willingness to risk missing some information. Because trying to focus on it all is a risk in itself. We'll exhaust ourselves. We'll get confused, nervous, and irritable. And we'll miss the CEO standing next to us in the elevator.
A study of car accidents by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute put cameras in cars to see what happens right before an accident. They found that in 80% of crashes the driver was distracted during the three seconds preceding the incident. In other words, they lost focus — dialed their cell phones, changed the station on the radio, took a bite of a sandwich, maybe checked a text — and didn't notice that something changed in the world around them. Then they crashed.
The world is changing fast and if we don't stay focused on the road ahead, resisting the distractions that, while tempting, are, well, distracting, then we increase the chances of a crash.
Now is a good time to pause, prioritize, and focus. Make two lists:
List 1: Your Focus List (the road ahead)What are you trying to achieve? What makes you happy? What's important to you? Design your time around those things. Because time is your one limited resource and no matter how hard you try you can't work 25/8.
List 2: Your Ignore List (the distractions)
To succeed in using your time wisely, you have to ask the equally important but often avoided complementary questions: what are you willing not to achieve? What doesn't make you happy? What's not important to you? What gets in the way?
Some people already have the first list. Very few have the second. But given how easily we get distracted and how many distractions we have these days, the second is more important than ever. The leaders who will continue to thrive in the future know the answers to these questions and each time there's a demand on their attention they ask whether it will further their focus or dilute it.
Which means you shouldn't create these lists once and then put them in a drawer. These two lists are your map for each day. Review them each morning, along with your calendar, and ask: what's the plan for today? Where will I spend my time? How will it further my focus? How might I get distracted? Then find the courage to follow through, make choices, and maybe disappoint a few people.
Source: Harvard Business Review
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Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Labour Party, gave a speech on the deficit, today. If you want to read the original, then go to this Labour site. If only the leader of Britain's largest opposition party could have given the following speech.
My speech today is about the deficit.
Its place in our priorities.
How a progressive government would deal with it.
And how we would do so consistent with our values.
Eight days ago in the Autumn Statement, it became clear what the Tory plan for the country is.
They promised to clear the deficit in this Parliament and they have failed.
Now they say they want to run a big surplus by the end of the next Parliament.
And their plan is to return spending on public services to a share last seen in the 1930s: a time before there was a National Health Service and when young people left school at 14.
There is only one 35 per cent strategy in British politics today: the Tory plan for cutting back the state to that share of national income.
They have been exposed by the Autumn Statement for who they really are.
Not compassionate Conservatives at all.
But extreme, ideological and committed to a dramatic shrinking of the state, whatever the consequences.
They are doing it not because they have to do it but because they want to do it.
That is not our programme.
That will never be our programme.
And I do not believe it is the programme the British people want.
But the British people do want to know our approach.
And today I want to set it out.
We start from the clear facts that the government, on behalf of all the people of Britain, underwrote and saved the private banking companies who caused the financial crash, believing that not to do so would have worse consequences for us all. This country needs a long-term plan to make the country work for the majority, but it has only been the privileged few at the top who have felt the benefits of the resumption of economic growth in Britain.
Now, some people have argued that who caused the deficit simply doesn't matter when we are thinking about how to cut it.
They are wrong.
It matters.
Because unless those who most enjoyed the good times, whose reckless speculation and pursuit of profit above all other things, pay back their real dues, then it will be the people of this country and the cherished public services we have defended for three generations who will be sacrificed. This will harm us and our society. It will be harmful to our economic stability. It will be harmful to social cohesion.
And it is working people who will end up paying the price in the economic instability that is created.
Dealing with our debts is also necessary for funding our public services.
Higher debt interests payment squeeze out money for those services and for investment in the long-term potential of our country.
So there is no path to growth and prosperity for working people which does not tackle the deficit fairly and decisively.
But what we need is a radical approach, which deals with our debts, but does so in a way that does not punish the people of this country any further.
Today, I want to lay out the principles of a genuine and radical alternative.
Not a shadow Budget, but a sense of how a government that will not decide policy by focus group, will approach the key issue of our time.
This is the central contrast between our approach and the Conservatives':
We will deal with our debts but we will never return to the 1930s or the 1990s and 2000s, when we were wrong to be relaxed about people becoming filthy rich.
We won't take risks with our public finances but we won't take risks either with our public services, our National Health Service.
Our tough and balanced approach will balance the books through an economy based on high wages and high skills, common sense spending reductions and fair choices on tax.
Their unbalanced approach of 1930s public spending and unfunded tax cuts will put at risk our National Health Service, undermine our economic future and threaten working families.
Today I want to lay out the five real policies which will show that my words are not merely rhetoric but show that we have principles and that we have learned from the mistakes and missed opportunities we had while we were a New Labour government.
Our first policy is that we will set out now credible and deliverable cuts to help deal with our debts while protecting public services.
This starts with an end to the Trident nuclear weapons system. We will defend services from real threats and we will defend our country from real threats. Our nuclear weapons are obsolete and act as no deterrent to the very real threat of terrorism that we face today from extremism.
We will also scrap the planned HS2 rail line. At a time when we can work online, at any time and in most places, the need to get from one British city to another faster than the 125mph our quickest trains currently manage matters only to elite business people. What most of us want are reliable buses and trains serving our local communities, not a white elephant of a project that will serve only those who will be able to afford what will be very expensive fares.
Removing these two items from public spending will be essential if we are to prevent debt interest payments mounting up.
The second policy is that a successful deficit reduction strategy depends upon reform of our economy.
That is the biggest lesson of the failures of this government and New Labour.
For some time, I have heard people claim that our economic argument around the cost of living crisis has been missing the main economic challenge, of tackling the deficit.
But the facts are now in: it turns out that tackling inequality is the key to tackling the deficit.
Last week, the Office of Budget Responsibility confirmed that income tax and national insurance receipts are £43 billion a year lower than forecast in 2010.
Sixty percent of the drop in tax receipts in the last year is because of weaker wage growth but we are also seeing the corrosive effect of tax avoidance. Where tax can't be avoided is if we are willing to tax wealth, not income, making it far harder for corporations and wealthy individuals to avoid paying their fair share to society.
Putting our young people back to work will improve tax revenues and cut the social security bill but we need to move beyond that to ensure that those who are most able to pay do so. Britain bears a great responsibility for a number of tax havens around the world. It is time to make the kind of tax evasion and avoidance that is routine in the corporate world becomes unacceptable to the British public.
We'll raise the minimum wage to £10, end the scandal of zero-hours contracts and ensure people have the right to fair pay, a value enshrined in United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
And reforming the banks, requiring them to make an ongoing contribution that reflects the size of the problem they have left the people of Britain with, a public works programme to tackle and mitigate the effects of climate change that will provide job and training opportunities for those who have found it most difficult to find work with low skills. We'll rebalance our approach to businesses of tomorrow: with our focus on small and medium sized businesses, not the large multinationals that least need our help.
This is the modern agenda for both successful businesses and social justice.
And there is a lesson for Labour here.
The last Labour government increased spending year on year, but year on year inequality increased. We didn't get it right. We could have done more.
That option will not be available to us but an ongoing commitment to reduce inequality in our society, with a clear statement that we will, year on year, used the proceeds of progressively higher taxation on the very richest to fund the boost in spending power that a citizen's income would provide for the majority of us in a way that would benefit communities up and down the country.
Our third policy is that Britain needs common sense taxation, not a vastly overcomplicated system.
We can tax wealth in a way that redistributes it year on year from a minority who hold the most, to the majority who hold the least. We know that if wealth was spread fairly in Britain, every child, woman and man would hold a £135,000 share each. That is more than many families can even dream of.
Here we should take inspiration from what the radical 1945 Labour achieved and believe that another world is possible.
We will devolve unprecedented levels of spending from Whitehall to local and regional government over a whole range of areas, including transport, skills and back to work programmes.
Local government leaders rightly want control over these budgets.
They know those budgets will be smaller than what is spent at the moment.
But they know they will make better decisions because they are local decisions that suit local needs.
And just as we need to spend money better by giving power to local people, so too by breaking down the old bureaucracies.
Our fourth principle is that we should ensure that those with the power to influence others in our society will no longer be able to scapegoat, blame or attack the most vulnerable.
It was not immigrants who crashed our economy. It was not those claiming Disability Living Allowance. It was not those claiming unemployment benefit. This crash was caused by those with the most wealth, who were hellbent on amassing even more. Let's make sure we always remember who caused the problems.
Our fifth policy is that this party will only make promises we will keep.
The promises we make now will shape our society for the next century, not just the next five years. To tackle the problems of the 21st century, we need real radicalism. We promise not just a Tory-lite approach to austerity, but the alternative. We present it to you the British people so that country has a real choice at this election.

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I discussed in the past how you can boost your endurance and improve metabolic health with only a few minutes of training a week. Now it's time for the second chapter of the minimalistic series: I'll give you some scientific background on how you can become stronger and bulkier with a few reps a week.
First, how is a muscle stimulated to grow and to become stronger? I won't annoy you too much. It needs to produce tension at high levels. This happens with a high threshold of neural activation which produces the action of the contractile machinery in your muscles. When the load is high, the mechanical stress on the muscle fibres produces some damage, which drives muscle repair and enlargement.
At the same time, neural activation is improved. This shows how the body adapts to the external stresses in order to withstand them, in this case muscles adjust to the mechanical stimuli they themselves produce. This mechanism is what makes the human being trainable, in a 'adapt or die' fashion.
Muscle growth needs tension. How to get max tension in minimum time?
By increasing training intensity! This the keyword for minimal training. Few reps at a % close to your 1 repetition maximum work well and are time efficient against lower loads for more reps. But we can do much quicker!
You might have heard of eccentric movements, aka negatives, for example lowering the bar in the bench press. That also feels much easier then pushing the bar, doesn't it? Yes, although muscles are resisting the same weight as in the concentric (the positive) push. Due to muscle architecture, muscles generate more tension during muscle lengthening (eccentric) than shortening (concentric) and such contractions require also less neural activation to generate the same absolute tension. Therefore in eccentric movements (muscle lengthens) we can generate the same amount of force with a smaller effort, but also a higher max tension.
This is the plan: train with eccentric movements using 100-120+% of your concentric max. So if you can bench 100 in the pushing action, load the bar with 100+ or above and perform a few eccentrics. This allows you to overload the muscle much quicker than in traditional concentric reps.
This means that fewer reps are required to get the training stimulus.
Some more scientific proof? A recent meta-analysis compared traditional resistance training with eccentric protocols. Out of 20 studies taken in consideration, eccentric training was found to produce the larger gains in size and strength, accounted for the higher level of tension involved.
Warning: Take it easy. At the beginning muscles are not accustomed to this mechanical stress and you'll get soreness and strength loss for a few days. Later on with practice, your body will learn how to deal with it. So start easy for just a few reps and increase as you feel confident with your capacity.
As an example of an exercise that gives extreme eccentric overload, take the one-arm negative chin ups. These are usually performed in the progression to learn full one-arm chin ups (super hard), as lowering your entire bodyweight with one single arm off the bar will teach you how to deal with enormous mechanical stress. It was very hard at the beginning and you might need to hold something with your free hand to assist the movement. I experienced huge soreness, especially on the bicep myotendinous junction, the region where muscles bind to tendons, which is more fragile due to its anatomy. This extent of muscle damage is probably not required to promote growth but was a collateral damage of the learning period. As said earlier, you'll became better at sustaining the 'fall' by producing more tension and your muscles will learn to deal with eccentric stress, resulting in less soreness in the days after the workout.
Bottom line, by learning how to increase the intensity of muscle work, i.e. tension produced, you can dramatically reduce the duration of your workout to a few super intense reps. Due to the degree of muscle damage that one can produce in one session, I think two but perhaps only one micro-workout a week could stimulate a stronger and bigger muscle, although there's a need of a scientific trial that uses super-minimal (once a week) volume to be sure of this.
I suggest you make your own experimentation in the meantime.
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As Americans scramble to complete their taxes this week, a report released today finds that the federal government funnels nearly $300 billion in taxpayer dollars to businesses in states where it's perfectly legal to discriminate against LGBT workers.
Although nine in ten Americans mistakenly believe that it is already illegal to fire someone simply for being LGBT, there is still surprisingly no federal law to protect LGBT workers from employment discrimination due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. To date, only 21 states and the District of Columbia have laws that explicitly prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Sixteen states of those states have employment nondiscrimination laws that also explicitly cover gender identity. This means that in the vast majority of states, LGBT people have no legal protection from bias, harassment, or discrimination on the job.
According to the report, in 2012 alone the federal government awarded $293 billion to contractors in states that have no state-level protections for gender identity/expression in the workplace, with $249 billion of that total going to states that also have no protections for sexual orientation. This is a significant problem considering the high rates of discrimination that LGBT people continue to face in the workplace. Anywhere from 15 to 43 percent of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people have experienced discrimination and harassment on the job. Even worse, a staggering ninety percent of transgender and gender non-conforming employees report have experienced harassment, mistreatment or discrimination on the job, or had to hide who they are to avoid it.
It's worth noting that LGBT employees of the federal government itself are afforded significant protections from discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity. However, these protections do not extend to LGBT employees of companies that do business with the federal government, even though federal contractors often work alongside and perform the same work as federal employees.
President Obama can change that by issuing an executive order to level the playing field for LGBT employees of federal contractors so that they are evaluated based on their abilities, qualifications, skills, and job performance, and not work-irrelevant characteristics like their sexual orientation or gender identity. If signed, this executive order would cover more than 20 percent of the American civilian workforce — including extending protections to an additional 16 million workers. In doing so, this order would help fill significant gaps in nondiscrimination coverage for LGBT workers, who await the passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would make it illegal in all 50 states to discriminate based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Protecting workers from employer discrimination through an executive order is not unprecedented. For the past 70 years presidents from both political parties have used executive orders to advance workplace protections. In 1941, for example, President Roosevelt issued an executive order that banned federal contractors from discriminating against workers because of race, creed, color or national origin, serving as an important precursor to the passage of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. President's Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and others have issued similar executive orders to advance workplace fairness.
In its most current form, Executive Order 11246 prohibits federal contractors and subcontractors, with contracts in excess of $10,000 from discriminating in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. President Obama can and should swiftly add sexual orientation and gender identity to that list.
For the overwhelming majority of Americans, there is nothing controversial or unpopular about President Obama issuing an executive order for these basic workplace rights. Seventy-three percent of voters support workplace nondiscrimination protections for LGBT workers. Even a majority of Republicans support this commonsense policy. Yet despite the momentous public we've seen over the past month in support for LGBT equality, the battle for equal protections in the workplace wages on.


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Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing…..Prayer humbles us as needy and exalts God as wealthy. -- John Piper
That's actually two ends of the complete statement. I shared those recently on twitter. And I thought they fit well as a good starting point for today's post. Sunday's morning message from my pastor came down to three things: our anchor, our assurance, and tradition. It strikes me that those all apply to prayer – if we do pray, why we pray, how we pray. Let's take a look.
Hebrews 6:17-19 (KJV) Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
"Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul." That speaks to our relationship with God. It has to. If we look at ourselves , what we see is someone who has limited knowledge, limited power (both physically and spiritually), is changeable, goes by sight. Not much of an anchor. Prayer helps us latch onto the right anchor. As John Piper's statement indicated, we recognize our spiritual poverty and where we can find the wealth. The best part is that God offers it freely to us. We only need to reach for it.
Isaiah 32:17 (KJV) And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Assurance is another important gift from God. The original Hebrew word, when fully defined, has additional meaning. We dwell in safety, can rest in security, have confidence in our life, all because of God's protection. Prayer is our line of communication in that. We may not anchor what's going on, but God does. Prayer is our part of that conversation, seeking directions for our walk with Him. And we ask because we have assurance and confidence in the answers we will get.
When we think about our assurance in those terms, there's an interesting insight into what happens to those who believe there is no God. Or at least rely on themselves as their source of confidence. They recognize that their knowledge and perceptions are flawed. There is no omniscience in the equation. When they make the wrong decision, the results are accepted as coming from a lack of understanding. And then excused. A reliance on God, in contrast, leans on an eternal omniscience, a universal love, complete power to use all of existence for His creation's benefit. Which gives us an anchor of strength, confidence in that anchor and His decisions.
2 Thessalonians 2:15 (KJV) Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
The original word for tradition or traditions is the same, whether it's used to define man made traditions or spiritual traditions coming from God. The Bible is clear that oral traditions created by man may be followed, but don't necessarily have any spiritual value. There's no "must follow" there. And there's good reason for that, when we consider the things we've already discussed.
If we pray as a man made tradition, it becomes vain repetitions, having no connection to the heart, strength and wisdom of God. Which means it has no valid anchor and it has no assurance of who we're praying to or the results. But contrast what happens when we follow the traditions God has given to man and has passed along through generations. No matter what events occur, they and we are anchored in something solid. We have an assurance that our prayers are not just heard, but responded to. And the response is going to be in our best interest.
Psalm 18:2 (KJV) The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalm 27:1-3 (KJV) The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
We can rely in ourselves, with no need of prayer. Or we can live in those verses from the Psalms and have an anchor for our lives, an assurance of the results of our prayer because of who we pray to. And we can take advantage of our spiritual heritage, not because of it being tradition, but because the source of that tradition gives us a special legacy. We can pray with guaranteed stability carrying us through every circumstance. Which would you prefer? Are you confident in your anchor?


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Etalon 2017 Total Asset Value Reaches USD 2.3 bln
ETALON GROUP PLC ("Etalon Group" or the "Company"), one of Russia's largest and longest-established development and construction companies, announces the results of its asset valuation as of 31 December 2017, conducted by Knight Frank.
The total value of the Company's assets reached RUB 135 billion, or USD 2.3 billionat the Central Bank of Russia exchange rate as of 31 December 2017, which amounts to USD 8.0 per GDR.
The asset valuation includes the valuation of the Company's project portfolio, which increased by 10% from RUB 116 billion as of 31 December 2016 to RUB 127 billion as of 31 December 2017. Furthermore, the integration of a number of Etalon Group's smaller business units into a single construction and maintenance business carried out in 2017 enabled Knight Frank to conduct a valuation of the unified company, valuing it at RUB 8.3 billion.
Etalon Group President Viacheslav Zarenkov said:
"We are pleased to report a 10% increase in the open market value of our project portfolio in rouble terms, which was supported by the acquisition of high-quality projects in Moscow and St Petersburg, as well as further progress at existing sites.
"Our 2017 acquisitions included three business class projects that will enable Etalon Group to further diversify its portfolio into the higher-end market segment in both Moscow and St Petersburg.
"In accordance with previously announced plans, in 2017 we consolidated our construction, maintenance and service entities into a separate division with centralised management and KPIs that are tied to Etalon Group's overall strategic goals. With the process of integration complete, we can now treat the new business unit as an asset for valuation. We expect that increases in operating efficiency and a common marketing strategy will help this division to deliver on its great potential for further growth."


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SYDNEY (Reuters) - A tourist has died while snorkeling at Australia's Great Barrier Reef, police said on Thursday, the fourth such fatality in recent months.
Police said the man died on Wednesday and was in his 60s but did not provide further details. They declined to comment on a report in the Cairns Post newspaper that said he was British.
Three other tourists died swimming at the reef in November.
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Householders having a spring clean in Bourne and the Deepings are being asked to check before calling out workers to collect it.
South Kesteven District Council is advising people to check waste carriers' licences when having household or garden waste collected from their homes.
Once waste is collected, it is the owner or tenant's responsibility to check the service holds a waste carrier's licence and where the waste will be disposed of to avoid committing an offence.
Ian Yates, the district council's executive manager for environment, said: "As the weather improves in the coming weeks, we know it is a popular time of the year for spring cleaning homes and gardens.
"But if you are having a house or garden clearance, simply ask the company you employ to show you their licence and where your items will be deposited.
"We do not want our residents potentially committing criminal offences and, in this way, you can do your part to avoid unlicensed carriers flytipping in the district or elsewhere.
Most businesses are very trustworthy and will not hesitate to show you documentation on request as it is an offence for collectors to fail to display a licence
"Most businesses are very trustworthy and will not hesitate to show you documentation on request as it is an offence for collectors to fail to display a licence.
"So make the necessary checks that you are using a reputable business for your own peace of mind."
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A good 1100 words in about 90 minutes tonight. This has been my best total over the last couple of days and the story is getting closer to it's ending. I am a little worried that I've drawn the ending out too much but I'll see how it looks once I've finished and have done an edit pass on it.
I'm now thinking about what I'm going to do once this draft is done. Some of what I've written here I like a lot but it contradicts events in Book One, so I'm going to re-write book one, hopefully I'll have the first draft done by February at the latest, and then once both are done I'll edit them back to back, almost as one novel. That way I think will work out pretty well as there won't be a huge gap between working on the first and second books.


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Courageous rescue puts horse, rider in spotlight
Sun., June 15, 2014
Originally published Sept. 18, 2011
In a cloud of dust, a 25-year-old wrangler likely saved a boy's life near Glacier National Park while demonstrating that skill, quick-thinking and guts sometimes are the best weapons against a head-on charging grizzly.
On July 30, 2011, Erin Bolster of Swan Mountain Outfitters was guiding eight clients on a horse ride on the Flathead National Forest between West Glacier and Hungry Horse, Montana.
"We'd already led two trips that morning," Bolster said. "It's always been a very routine hour-long loop, until that day."
The group included a family of six plus a vacationing Northern California man, who'd booked the trip for his 8-year-old son's first horse-riding experience.
The young boy was riding Scout, a steady obedient mount, following directly behind Bolster, who was leading the group on Tonk, a burly 10-year-old white horse of questionable lineage.
Tonk isn't the typical trail mount. Best anyone knows, he's the result of cross-breeding a quarter horse with a Percheron – a draft horse. Bolster is 5-foot-10, yet she relies on her athleticism to climb into the saddle aboard Tonk.
"He's kind of high-strung and spooky, the largest of our wrangling horses," she said. "I like a horse with a lot of spirit, and I was really glad to be on him that day."
Bolster started riding at 4 years old, became a pro trainer at 15, graduated from high school at 16 in Roanoke, Virginia., and ran a riding academy for several years. Seeking a more laid-back lifestyle, she wrangled in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic before moving to Whitefish three years ago to guide tourists during the summer around Glacier National Park and ski through winter.
Bolster quickly racked bear experience, too, although it was always at a distance.
"At the peak of the season, we were seeing bears daily," she said. "The wranglers name them so we can let each other know where they are. Usually the bears just keep feeding in the distance or they run away when we come. Just seeing them is a treat for us and our guests."
The wranglers do not use pepper spray, which could blind their horses, or carry guns, which could spook them.
That's how Bolster went to work that day: a young but seasoned pro rider on a new, huge and spirited horse, unarmed in the wilderness with eight dudes.
"It was a pleasant ride until we came around a corner on the trail and my horse stopped firm and wouldn't move," she said. "He never refuses to go, so that caught my attention quick."
But not fast enough to avoid the spike white-tailed deer that burst out of the brush and glanced off Tonk's left front shoulder.
As Tonk spun from the impact, Bolster saw a huge grizzly bear crashing through the forest right at the group in pursuit of the deer. Horses panicked and guests grabbed saddle horns for the ride of their lives.
"No amount of training could keep a horse from running from a 700-pound charging bear," she said.
Seven of the horses sensed the danger, scrambled around and galloped back on the trail toward the barn.
But Scout bolted perpendicular to the trail into the timber packing the 8-year-old boy.
"The deer peeled off and joined the horses sprinting down the trail," Bolster said. "So the bear just continued running right past me. I'm not sure the bear even knew the roles had changed, but now it was chasing a horse instead of a deer."
The grizzly was zeroed in on Scout and the boy – the isolated prey in the woods.
Adding to the drama, the boy's father, an experienced rider, could not convince his horse that it was a good plan to ride to his son's rescue.
"The last thing he saw over his shoulder as his horse ran away was the grizzly chasing his boy," Bolster said.
With the bear on Scout's heels, Tonk's instinct was to flee with the group of horses. But Tonk responded to Bolster's heels in his ribs as she spun the big fella around. They wheeled out of a 360 and bolted into the trees to wedge between the predator and the prey.
"The boy was bent over, feet out of the stirrups, clutching the saddle horn and the horse's neck," she said. "That kept him from hitting a tree limb.
"But all I could think about was the boy falling off in the path of that grizzly.
"I bent down, screamed and yelled, but the bear was growling and snarling and staying very focused on Scout.
"As it tried to circle back toward Scout, I realized I had to get Tonk to square off and face the bear. We had to get the bear to acknowledge us.
"We did. We got its attention – and the bear charged.
"So I charged at the bear."
Did she think twice about that?
"I had no hesitation, honestly," Bolster said. "Nothing in my body was going to let that little boy get hurt by that bear. That wasn't an option."
Tonk was on the same page.
With a ton of horse, boulder-size hooves and a fire-breathing blonde thundering at it, the bear came within about 10 feet before skittering off to the side.
But it quickly angled to make yet another stab at getting to Scout and the boy – who had just fallen to the ground.
"Tonk and I had to go at the bear a third time before we finally hazed him away," she said.
"The boy had landed in some beargrass and was OK. Scout was standing nearby."
Bolster gathered the boy up with her on Tonk, grabbed Scout's lead and trotted down the trail.
"The boy was in shock," she said. "I looked back and could see the bear had continued to go away through he woods, but I had another five or 10 minutes of riding before I got back with the group."
Not until she reunited with her riders – all OK and standing in various stages of confusion with their horses – did she start to shake.
"I looked at Tonk, and he was wet with sweat and shaking, too," she said.
She was especially concerned for the boy's father, who probably suffered the most terror in the ordeal.
"He was fine, and I got my biggest tip of the season," Bolster said. "My biggest hope is that the boy isn't discouraged from riding. This was a one-in-a-million event."
For the next few days, the outfitter shut down the trail rides and Bolster joined other wranglers and a federal grizzly bear expert to ride horses through the area looking for the bear.
"They tracked it for a long way and concluded that it kept going out of the area," she said. "Judging from the tracks and my description of how high the bear came up on Tonk, the grizzly expert estimated it weighed 700-750 pounds.Bolster and the other wranglers vowed to have bear spray on their belts to make sure they can defend their guests during breaks on the ground.
"But when you're riding, the horse is your best protection, if you can stay on," she said.
In those minutes of crisis, the big lug of mongrel mount proved his mettle in a test few trail horses will face in their careers.
Tonk's grit moved Bolster. She wasn't about to send him back to Wyoming with the other leased horses.
"Two weeks ago, I closed the deal and bought him," Bolster said as she was wrapping up her 2011 wrangling season.
"After what he did that day, he had to be mine."
Rich Landers
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In Norway, a country on top of the global ranking list on gender equality, women's share of leading positions is growing gradually, but slowly. The gender gap in top management is closing even more sluggishly. However, recent research gives ground for a more optimistic view of the future.
– One generation away, about 30 years from now, the distribution of female and male leaders may be 50-50. It probably will be just as natural for a woman to be a leader as for a man, says Knud Knudsen, professor emeritus in sociology at The University of Stavanger's Department of Media and Social Sciences.
Together with professor Tom Colbjørnsen at BI Norwegian Business School, he has studied men's and women's career trajectories, and pointed to factors which may explain their climb in workplace hierarchies. Over a period of twelve years, they have observed progress which gives reason for optimism.
– Progress will be faster
According to Statistics Norway, women's share of management positions grew from 30 to 35 per cent between 2008 and 2016. In top management, the figure went up from 20 to 22 per cent in the same period.
The researchers base their optimism on the fact that women now start their careers at higher management levels than before. Furthermore, they are catching up with men, and they are – to a great extent – in control of some crucial determinants.
– Our findings provide a more optimistic view of the progress of women's share than other Norwegian studies. The number of women in leading positions is approaching critical mass, which in all likelihood will speed up the development further, the researchers point out.
Cutting into men's lead
The researchers have analysed the starting point of women's and men's management careers. Do they, for instance, start out as first-line managers or middle- or top managers? They found that in 1999, men started their careers at a higher level than women, and that the gender gap has since narrowed.
– Young female managers at the outset of their careers in 2011, started in higher positions than those in a similar phase in 1999. In 2011, the job levels for women managers in a beginner's phase were about the same as men's, the researchers say.
In addition to a more equal entry into their management careers, women catch up on men over time.
– Women who stay on in management positions, climb the career ladder faster, and may succeed in cutting into men's lead, Knudsen says.
Higher education and the private sector forward women's careers
The researchers have also studied which factors determine men and women leaders' way to the top. While education level does not seem to matter to men's job positions, a long, formal education clearly benefits women leaders.
– Education is something women are in control of themselves. We see women's share in higher education rising, management training included. There are now large classes of able women ready to take over, says Knudsen.
For men, on the other hand, it appears to be all about getting a head start, and be willing to go 'all in' by working long hours.
Economic sector is another factor determining women's way to the top. The researchers found that women in the public sector were employed at lower levels than women in the private sector. Female managers in the public sector suffer a significant career loss, compared with male managers who don't experience a similar loss.
The reason for this may be that female managers often choose the public sector for its 'family friendly' arrangements, such as flexible working hours and generous leave of absence policies. Previous research has pointed out that social welfare schemes may contribute to the stagnation of women's careers, as they 'tempt' women to continue taking the main responsibility for their home life and children. In practice, this is a responsibility which is difficult to combine with the efforts required for a management career.
– It is a paradox that social benefits may contribute to this, Knudsen says.
Unique data on Norwegian managers
The article «Underveis. Menns og kvinners lederkarrierer» (On the way. Men's and women's managerial careers in Norway) makes use of data from the Administrative Research Institute (AFF) surveys.
In the survey, 586 managers are interviewed on three occasions – in 1999, 2002 and 2011. The data are unique in providing the opportunity to study Norwegian managers over a period of twelve years. Among other features, they document the ways in which gender influences managers' careers. This is probably the first time such a large number of managers have been followed so closely over time, at least in the Scandinavian setting.
Colbjørnsen, T, & Knudsen, K. «Underveis. Menns og kvinners lederkarrierer» (2018), Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. Universitetsforlaget. (The article is in Norwegian, nevertheless, with an abstract in English.)


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Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah promised thousands of supporters Thursday that these people eventually bring down Lebanon's Western-backed government, but the prime minister vowed to stand firm against protesters. It was the seventh day of street demonstrations by Hezbollah and other pro-Syrian parties aimed at pressuring Prime Minister Fuad Saniora to quit in a deepening political crisis threatening to tear a rural area apart.
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Hungry Planet is a photo-chronicle of families around the world, the they eat, and how uncontrollable forces like poverty, conflict and globalization affect our most elemental human need – food.
According to Shahin Gerami, professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Southwest Missouri State University, in Muslim Middle-Eastern countries Iran, Yemen, Jordan and yemen military women don't typically change their last names with marriage.
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Beach Weddings
We have been doing Beach Weddings for 15 years now. Today we would like to share a few things we tell our brides when we assist them with their wedding planning.
1. Lace dresses are beautiful, but for the beach they tend to collect everything. Unless you don't mind dragging little sticks around a lace dress is not a good choice for a beach wedding.
2. A light dress that is not to warm is a good choice.
3. Comfortable sandals to slip in are a good choice for the beach. You can always take them off to go barefoot, but it's nice to have them.
4. High heels look good, but at the beach the heels sink in and it becomes really difficult to walk in them.
5. If you a wedding arch with several beams across it creates a zebra shadow pattern on your face, that is not very attractive.
6. When you have a canape to stand under, choose white fabrics. There is really no good way to fix the colored shadows on your face. Or go with a simple one dimensional wedding arch, then you can choose any color.
7. Midday weddings are not only hot, but all your guests will be squinting. Choose an early morning wedding or a sunset wedding instead.


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An often requested song at my Frank Sinatra Impersonator show is The Way You Look Tonight. It originally goes back to 1936 when it was sung by Fred Astaire in the movie Swing Time, for which it won the Academy Award as that year's best song. It was also a 60's hit with nice harmonies by The Lettermen, and has been recorded many times over the years by various artists.
It was recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1964 with a chart by Frank's favorite arranger Nelson Riddle, and popularized for a new generation in 1989 when that version was featured in a TV commercial for Michelob Beer. Though that exposure generated many fan requests for the song, The Way You Look Tonight was never performed in concert by Frank Sinatra.


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IIT Guwahati the sixth member of the IIT fraternity, was established under the Institutes of Technology (Amemnded) Act 1994. IITG has now put in place of a world-class infrastructure and state-of-theart facilities for its academic and research programmes, both in the classical areas of science, technology and humanities and in various new and emerging areas.
Its activities are supported through eleven(11) academic departments and three(3) inter-disciplinery centres covering all major disciplines in engineering, science and humanities. Located on the north bank of the mighty river Brahmaputra, the pictureque 275 hectare campus area combines all the facilities for a modern township in a natural setting which gives which gives a glimpse of the natural flora and fauna of the region. IITG is conveniently accessible by road,rail and air and is situated about 20 km away from Guwahati city.
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"I am happy that IIT Guwahati is empowering students with quality technical knowledge, skills and ability and inculcates in the right atiitutde and holistic values"
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PHILADELPHIA — After 32 seasons of tough, bitter football at Veterans Stadium, played on turf so bad an exhibition game was once called off because the surface was deemed too dangerous, the stadium will host its final football game next week when the Eagles play the winner of today's San Francisco 49er-Tampa Bay Buccaneer divisional playoff game.
The Eagles will play next season in a new home nearly completed across Pattison Street, 66,000-seat Lincoln Financial Field. The Philadelphia Phillies have one more season at the Vet, as the locals lovingly refer to it, before moving into a still-unnamed site under construction in the Veterans Stadium parking lot.
But the old stadium isn't going quietly. On the cold, hard ground Saturday night, with a temperature of 20 degrees with the wind-chill factor, four Atlanta Falcons were shaken up badly enough to leave the game, at least briefly.
Defensive backs Keion Carpenter and Juran Bolden needed the assistance of a medical cart to get off the field. Quarterback Michael Vick and linebacker John Thierry made it off under their own power with a little assistance from the trainers.


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should we assume that the equilateral triangle with parallel to X axis base is "pointed up" (third vertex above base) or could be pointed in both ways?
looking back at the question i figured there are two kinds of triangles as described. pointing up and down.
solving it pointed up is somewhat similar to what we've done in class, while both sides alters the question completely.
talking to other people, they assumed triangle pointed up as well.
Unfold Ex3 q2 - triangle pointed up or both sides by snvksnv (guest), 25 Nov 2013 18:42


text: McKinsey Q&A: Katja Share this content on LinkedIn Tweet this content on Twitter Share this content on Facebook February 20, 2015 – Katja, a senior coach with McKinsey Implementation who is based in Frankfurt, describes why she joined McKinsey, the flexibility she loves here and the tremendous impact she's achieved: Interviewer: Why did you join McKinsey as an implementation coach? Katja: I came from a medium-size specialized consulting firm and was looking for the opportunity to work on a larger variety of topics. I was also really excited about growing and shaping McKinsey Implementation – an emerging service line within McKinsey. Interviewer: What do you most love about your role? Katja: The options. I can explore topics that interest me. I can go deep in one area or quite broad across multiple topics. I can work in Central Europe or relocate (temporarily or permanently) to Australia, which has a huge need for experienced implementers right now. I have a global network which provides more interaction and options. I'm always learning here. Interviewer: How would your team mates describe you? Katja: They would say I'm open-minded and creative, but practical. I love working closely with clients, helping them to grow and develop. Interviewer: What impact have you achieved since you've been with McKinsey? Katja: I've helped organizations to significantly reduce material cost (by 10 million euros), increase reliability in delivery schedules, and reduce handling time (by more than30%). The best part, though, is hearing a client say "thank you" – it's really humbling to make a difference to individuals.


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All You Need To Know About Auto Repair
If you own a car, you realize how frustrating car trouble can be. However, if you learn a little about repairs and maintenance, you could find some relief in your wallet in the future. Use these tips to better your car's longevity. You will find it useful when your car next encounters a problem.
Keep a good battery charger on hand at all times. Dead batteries are a very common problem for all car owners. Not only will you be able to charge up your battery, you can also help others whose battery has broken down. The charger has special connecting points that you should be aware of when hooking it up to a car.
Regularly check your radiator. Let the car idle for a short period first, but only long enough to let the fluid circulate. You never want to open up the radiator if your car is still running. Check the radiator fluids using a dipstick and remember to always mix the coolant with water before putting it in the radiator.
Know what the repair is going to cost you before handing over your keys. You want to make sure that you understand each and every charge, and if you do not then you need to clarify and ask questions before any work is done. You do not want to be surprised with added charges when you are handed the final bill.
Read the manual for your car and make notes of important pages. This will help you when it comes time for you to visit your mechanic if a major problem occurs. By knowing the manual, you may actually find you can fix some issues yourself.
Always keep records each time your car is repaired. When another issue crops up, this record will allow you to provide the history to the mechanic. If you don't have a record of past work, it may cost you money and make it hard for the technician to diagnose the problem.
Beware mechanics who charge you for repairs which are unnecessary. A trustworthy mechanic should inform you about parts that are becoming worn and will need replacement in the near future, but no parts should be replaced without first getting your approval. Never return to a mechanic that ripped you off.
Before you bring your car to a repair shop, try to determine what is wrong with your car. Knowing what your car needs can help you avoid being talked into repairs it doesn't need. Mechanics sometimes will cost you an arm and a leg for unnecessary repairs.
Get multiple estimates if you're in need of major service. Although most auto shops are reliable, you don't want to pay too much. Look for mechanics that know the ins and outs of your car. Shops like these understand your car through and through.
Remember you don't need to use a mechanic for car problems. There are many great technicians all over the place. If you find someone that you're comfortable with, they should be used.
Think about snapping some photos of your car prior to taking it to the auto body shop. Most shops are reputable but there are always a few bad apples out there. This can give you proper documentation in the case of an accident.
Know about car parts prior to visiting a mechanic. Parts are classified as new, re-manufactured, rebuilt, and reconditioned, and salvage. New parts come right from the manufacturer's factory. If a part is rebuilt or reconditioned, it has simply been fixed or restored. Salvage parts just means used parts without any type of alterations.
Paying for expensive parts means you must get a warranty with them. Ask the mechanic about any warranties on parts they ordered for you. Ask for a print out of the warranty for your personal records.
Believe it or not, there are a few shady auto repair businesses that will take your newer tires and switch them with older tires. They prey on the ignorant, those who don't pay much attention to their car. Prior to taking your car to the garage, use chalk to mark your tires. If you don't have the chalk on your tires still when you pick the car up, then you know things aren't right.
If you are short on cash and need some auto repairs, you should think about going to the car repair department of a vocational school near you. This gives you the option of paying less for a repair while students get the opportunity to practice under a licensed mechanic's supervision.
OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer. Ask for OEM parts if you need some new parts for your vehicle. Your mechanic will consider you as a knowledgeable customer if you ask for OEM parts. This tells the mechanic that you know what you're talking about and don't want used parts.
If you plan to not use your car for a long time, put it up on jacks and fill the gas tank. This will avoid repair costs when you put the car back in use. Store it in a dry place and don't use the parking brake.
Don't hesitate to ask any and all questions that you have when you're getting your vehicle repaired. Have the mechanic explain all of the repairs and costs to you upfront. A reliable mechanic will take the time to answer all your questions.
Problems with an automobile can really make a person stressed out and annoyed. Not to mention the expense involved. You can save a lot of time and money by learning more about auto repairs and preventative maintenance. This article was just the beginning; you should do more research on this topic.