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What if you only had 1 hour to teach your employees about antitrust laws?
I usually reserve at least 25% of the time for questions and conversation, so now you're down to 45 minutes.
Given the complexity of antitrust laws, it's not immediately apparent which topics corporate counsel should include in their legal training presentation. Realistically, it might take 4-5 hours to give employees a presentation covering every inch of US antitrust laws. Unfortunately, antitrust training often doesn't get the full attention from companies that other compliance topics receive - e.g., employment law and anti-corruption.
Okay, you have 45 minutes. How do you decide what to present? Aren't all the topics equally important?
In order to answer these questions, corporate counsel need to get back to basics. What do employees need to know? And when do they just need to spot a red flag and report back?
Think about it, do employees really need to know the nitty gritty details? Will they remember the definition of "rule of reason" the minute they walk out of the training room? (no, they absolutely will not)
Corporate counsel need to focus on teaching employees to (1) spot red flags and (2) respond appropriately in risky situations.
By focusing on these 2 principles, you will give employees the confidence to identify antitrust risks, avoid problematic behavior and refer any issues to the legal department for a more detailed analysis.
One other question: which employees should get training on antitrust laws?
Let's start with the policy (and you should have an antitrust policy). Whenever the company has a complex policy in place, all employees should receive at least enough training to understand its general prohibitions. So in short, all your employees should receive some training to understand your antitrust policy. Even the new hire in customer service.
But there are 2 functional groups (in addition to executive officers) who need to receive most of your focus for this training: salespeople (and the department who controls pricing & promotions) and supply chain employees. These are the 2 highest risk groups for potential antitrust issues, and are the main focus of this article. I don't expect you to train a mixed group of engineers, operations managers and customer service reps for 45 minutes.
Attempting to create legal training following these guidelines, I vetted a large number of resources to create the following Ultimate Guide. No doubt, there are areas of antitrust that affect companies differently, and corporate counsel will need to adapt the guide accordingly.
Please note: where a specific antitrust topic (such as minimum advertised price policies) only impacts one department, you may need to schedule follow-up training with a smaller group. I will note where this is most likely to occur throughout the guide.
Also please note: I'm not going to go deep into each antitrust concept. This is an antitrust Training Guide - I'm going to give you the training structure, timing and the most important points you need for effective training. That said, I am going to link to resources to help you with the content. Also, given the complexity of price discrimination (Robinson-Patman, Clayton Act), the low prosecution rate and the very few employees who are involved with its compliance (I assume you don't have a lot of employees determining pricing and promotion schedules), it is not built into the 45 minute time limit. That said, I have included a training summary at the end for your use.
Without further ado, here are the most important topics to focus on during antitrust training, presented in order.
1. Antitrust laws apply to everyone
Antitrust sounds like such a huge concept, your employees likely think it doesn't apply to them. The public usually only hears about antitrust these days in the context of monopoly - e.g., the EU suing Google or United States. v. Microsoft. Only the savviest employees will understand that antitrust applies to product pricing, negotiations with suppliers and customers and conversations with Joe the salesperson who works at your competitor.
Now, your employees aren't dumb. Clearly they've been "chosen" to listen to your presentation because the laws apply to them. That said, it's important corporate counsel make it 100% clear that antitrust laws apply to your company.
PRACTICE NOTE: You can make this as easy as telling employees about the applicability at the outset, or you can ease into it with hypotheticals showing that it applies. With more time, I usually prefer the latter, but since this is the 45 minute version, stick to the former.
Suggested time: 5 minutes - 1 slide
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2. Antitrust laws were created to protect small businesses and consumers
The power of "because" is uncanny. Research shows that giving people a reason (nay any reason) they need to follow a certain rule will make them more likely to comply.
Because of this (no pun intended), it's important for corporate counsel to tell employees why antitrust laws exist. Without getting into an economics lecture, it's as simple as showing employees how antitrust laws can protect small businesses and consumers from the actions of large companies.
Additionally, I've found that when employees understand why the laws exist, they're more likely to understand what conduct is appropriate under the circumstances.
For example, Jill Salesperson may not remember the nuances of Robinson-Patman, but she may remember that it exists to protect small mom & pop shops against the Wal-Marts of the world. Now when Jill designs her pricing programs, she understands that if her pricing negatively impacts mom & pop, she needs to talk to her legal department.
Suggested time: 5 minutes - 1 slide
3. What are the big risks employees need to know?
Here's where the rubber really meets the road. Can you design your legal training so employees know how to identify the "red flags" and react appropriately during those risky situations that can come up in a second - e.g., competitor's salesperson walks up to your salesperson at a trade show.
Here are the big risks that all employees should know:
A. Dealing with competitors (horizontal conduct)
I like to keep things simple by dividing each section into 2 subsections: (1) the completely illegal actions employees should never take and (2) the not completely illegal but really risky issues employees need to discuss with the legal department. Each section will highlight best practices for making the training "stick".
From a top down level, employees should understand that it is almost always risky to discuss any part of the company's business with competitors. This means that employees need to be on alert when topics like mutual customers, suppliers, or pricing (among many others) comes up at a trade show, customer meeting or a talk with friends.
i. Illegal horizontal conduct - Need to know
While corporate counsel should never confuse fact with opinion and lose their employees' trust, there are times when you need to stress that certain conduct is absolutely prohibited. The US government treats certain conduct as per se illegal under antitrust laws. This includes (1) price fixing, (2) bid rigging, and (3) collaborating with your competitors to (a) limit output, (b) divide territories or (c) allocate customers.
Note: cartels are also per se illegal, but it's likely your employees will never encounter the issue. Move on unless you work in a special industry.
In order to get this training done in 45 minutes, corporate counsel should advise blanket prohibitions on speaking with your competitor's employees about company pricing, margins, delivery terms, suppliers, discounts, advertisements, fees, customer acquisition, bidding and other confidential business strategies.
This tactic will allow you to focus on the content that requires a bit more nuance. That said, it's key to emphasize how easy it is for employees to fall into these sorts of discussions at trade shows and outside of work. What if you have a friend or good acquaintance who just started working at your competitor? Can you not speak with that person any longer? (no)
For these cases, it's important to provide employees with (1) hypotheticals and (2) quick reference resources. The training hypotheticals give employees a good feel for what types of situations may give rise to prohibited discussions. If you want a big list of antitrust training hypotheticals, get it free by signing up for our Tuesday Training Tips.
The quick reference resources (such as a wallet card or electronic resource) will allow employees to refresh their recollection before they go into an event where discussion with competitors is likely.
Suggested time: 15 minutes - 1-2 slides on rules, 1 slide on hypotheticals
ii. Risky horizontal conduct - need to spot red flags
Moving away from the absolutely prohibited conduct, you should briefly touch base with employees on conduct the government will analyze under the "rule of reason".
Be careful not to get too bogged down in this section. It's likely that you've already scared your employees into contacting the legal department if there are any conversations with competitors, and most employees won't have any involvement with deals that will be evaluated under the rule of reason.
But if you're training executive level employees, you'll want to be sure to address the following issues concerning doing business with competitors: (1) research and development agreements; (2) joint ventures; (3) licensing agreements; and (4) creating industry groups or setting standards.
In order to get this training done in 45 minutes, corporate counsel should consider their audience. Again, you will likely not need to go into detail on these topics with lower level employees. It's extremely unlikely they will ever be making decisions on R&D or joint ventures with competitors.
Not only that, since each of these decisions will likely require substantial legal analysis by outside counsel, employees really only need to know how to issue spot.
Once the idea of joining an industry group with a competitor or licensing a competitor's patent/trademark/etc. has been discussed, employees simply need to know to alert corporate counsel immediately.
Suggested time (if at all): 5 minutes - 1 slide on rules
B. Dealing with supply chain & distribution (vertical conduct)
From a top down level, employees should understand that antitrust laws play a key role in regulating conduct between your company and its suppliers and distributors. Most of the key concepts in this area revolve around pricing, which will give you the opportunity to limit or expand these sections depending on your audience.
If your audience is a group of salespeople who have substantial control over promotions, advertising and pricing (or a group of supply chain employees making decisions about pricing and choosing suppliers), then these sections must be expanded. If your audience is a mixed group of employees, it can be pared down, but keep in mind that a lot of your support team will be involved in conversations with suppliers and customers. Don't forget about training those "less risky" groups of employees - antitrust laws apply equally to everyone.
I. ILLEGAL vertical conduct - need to know
Unlike horizontal conduct, there aren't a lot of absolutes involving vertical conduct (though the area is still a minefield).
In the past, resale price maintenance (RPM) agreements, used to fall into this category. Now, in a post-Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. (Kay's Closet) world, RPM agreements (including minimum and maximum resale price restraints) are now evaluated under the rule of reason, which again, means your employees need to know how to issue spot. However, it's still important to emphasize that RPM agreements could still be interpreted as per se illegal under some state laws (California, North Carolina, etc.)
In order to get this training in 45 minutes, corporate counsel should simply comment to employees to keep their eyes out for any distributor and supplier pricing conflicts where unfair pricing with other distributors/suppliers is alleged. This should be an immediate red flag for the employee to get corporate counsel involved.
Suggested time: 5 minutes - 1 slide on rules
II. RISKY vertical conduct - NEED TO SPOT RED FLAGS
Vertical restraints of trade involve a host of risky issues that employees need to know. These restraints are generally divided into 2 groups: price and non-price restraints with distributors and suppliers.
Vertical Price Restraints
Vertical price restraints generally refer to RPM agreements where your company sets minimum prices for distributors to resell its products. However, it can also refer to minimum advertised price (MAP) policies, which are not agreements about resale price, but restrictions on advertised price. Since RPM agreements and MAP policies deal exclusively with your company's sales and pricing team, you don't need to address this issue with supply chain groups.
Vertical price restraint training is extremely specific to your company's pricing policies, but there are some best practices which apply to all policies. For example, if your company maintains a MAP policy, you must train your employees (1) to treat all policy enforcement decisions equally; (2) to never talk to distributors about policy enforcement against other distributors; and (3) to always be fair.
To do this, you need to train employees to recognize the "sensitive situations" where these issues could arise, such as: (1) distributors who want to argue about the policy; (2) distributors who want to talk about other distributors' compliance with the policy; (3) distributors who have thoughts about enforcement penalties; (4) distributors who want to talk to multiple individuals at the company about the policy (the "I want to talk to your boss" approach); and (5) distributors who want to talk about your promotional schedule.
Once these situations arise, employees should consult the legal department as soon as possible to discuss how to proceed.
You can also help employees by creating standard forms and scripts they can use post-training when dealing with these sensitive issues.
Vertical Non-Price Restraints
Vertical restraints can also involve territory, dividing customer bases among your distribution, tying purchase of one product on the purchase of another and refusal to deal with suppliers and customers.
While this may seem like a lot of information (which is difficult to fit into 45 minutes) here's how you condense it:
Territory/Customer Base - No distributor may be given exclusive rights without first consulting the legal department.
Tying - Whenever a promotion involves a condition of sale of multiple products (or packaged products) that are already sold separately, first consult the legal department. Note: packaged products which are not sold separately should be vetted separately.
Refusal to Deal - Never tell a supplier or customer to stop selling, licensing or interacting with a third party without first consulting the legal department.
Suggested time: 10 minutes - 2 slides on rules
C. (OPTIONAL) Price Discrimination
Price discrimination laws are technically vertical restraints, but since most of your employees don't have any involvement with promotions or pricing, you won't need to include them in most training presentations. That said, if you are presenting to a team of sales executives, price discrimination can be an important topic.
Even though analyzing whether certain conduct violates the Robinson-Patman Act is complex, there are some key concepts you should discuss in training:
Definition of Price - "Price" can include free goods, waiver of inventory requirements, rebates, discounts, promotional services, payment terms, return policies, and credit terms. Employees may not be able to offer bigger and better pricing terms to your big customers. If the company is going to make a better offer to a certain distributor, the employee should first notify the legal department.
Defense to claim - Functional Availability - The company can offer different pricing to different customers if discount pricing is truly available to everyone. E.g., you can offer better terms if a customer increases its amount of purchases with your company by 10%, but generally not by $10 million, as not all companies can buy $10 million in products.
Defense to claim - Bids - You can offer better terms on a temporary basis to meet the lower price offered by a competitor for the same project.
Defense to claim - De minimus or Introductory Offers - You can generally offer better terms on a temporary basis for new product or new distributor introductory offers as long as it's not maintained long enough to cause competitive damage.
Please note: depending on your industry, you may need to present more information on one of these defenses or the other Robinson-Patman defenses.
Even though I've placed questions and answers at the end of the outline, making your antitrust training interactive is extremely important. If your audience is not engaged, you might as well not do the training. Remember, the federal sentencing guidelines require compliance programs to be "effective".
In order to do this, I encourage you to allow Q&A throughout the training presentation. Let employees interrupt you when they don't understand a concept. I realize this makes staying on schedule much more difficult, but it's important to make sure concepts are understood before you move on. You may never get another chance as I'm sure most of your employees aren't writing down a list of questions to ask you at the end.
This is obviously not the end of antitrust training. Nor is it the complete picture. Antitrust laws are incredibly complicated, but so is employee training. The goal of this training guide is to allow corporate counsel to focus on what employees truly need to know about antitrust laws. Where they don't need to know the law, teach them the red flags so the legal department can do the analysis.
Let me know in the comments what other areas corporate counsel should address!


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Report of the 1985 external management review (EMR) of ICRISAT, conducted concurrently with an EPR. The document includes letters of transmittal from the review panel to CGIAR Executive Secretary Curtis Farrar, and from Farrar to CGIAR Chairman S. Shahid Husain, as well as comments of the ICRISAT Governing Board in response to the review report. The report evaluated ICRISAT's organizational structure, mandate, mission, objectives, and strategy. It considered the qualifications and responsibilities of its Board of Trustees and Director General, and described the relations between them. Reviewers diagnosed over-centralization of decision making and budgetary processes, lack of planning and discussion surrounding the establishment and development of ICRISAT's Sahelian Center, and unclear criteria for determining compensation levels for nationally- and internationally- recruited staff. The report indicated the need to increase the openness of ICRISAT's senior management and communication among different levels of staff. The panel found unreasonable delays in the computerization of ICRISAT's financial administration. There were recommendations concerning the division of responsibility between the Director of Research and the Director of International Cooperation, and the governance framework for ICRISAT's Sahelian Center. Implementing ICRISAT's ten year plan required high quality administrative support and financial management. The report discussed ICRISAT's relations with the Government of India and with Indian research institutions. Considered at TAC 35 in October-November 1984 and at the CGIAR's June 1985 meeting.


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Schaumburg, IL - Feb 2, 2010 - Flexera Software, the leading provider of software licensing, entitlement management, installation, and application readiness solutions, today announced an updated version of its FlexNet Producer Suite for High-Tech Manufacturers. Adding new features and capabilities, Flexera Software provides manufacturers a flexible and comprehensive end-to-end solution to differentiate products and drive revenue growth, improve channel management, streamline operations and gain deep insight into the installed base to drive product strategy.
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In a series of tweets, it was done. Ryan Blaney once again showed his mastery of social media by posting before, during, and after pictures of his long locks going bye-bye.
That before picture was re-tweeted over 200 times, with nearly 400 people commenting. Then came this.
One of those watching this unfold was Dale Earnhardt, Jr., who aptly described the anticipation of the haircut with one picture.
Blaney has been threatening to cut his hair for months. He started growing it out at the start of the 2017 NASCAR season and thought he'd be told sooner rather than later to get it cut. But he never was. The story of his hair seemed to take on a life of its own. Fans were expecting this day and Blaney, true to form, didn't disappoint.
The next tweet was the big reveal. I have to say, he doesn't look a whole lot different since he decided to not go all the way and lose the mustache as well, although he says that is coming off Sunday.
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I have been working at Rogers, Townsend & Thomas PC full-time (More than 5 years)
The firm is open to new ideas and encourages collaboration among lawyers. The priority is to maintain a culture where everyone (lawyers and staff) have open communication and contribute to the overall client experience.
There has been a lot of change in the past 5 years, but it has all proven to point the firm in a good direction.
I have been working at Rogers, Townsend & Thomas PC full-time (More than 3 years)
RTT is a business-driven law firm, and its focus is on doing good work for its clients. The hours are flexible within reason, and that's good, because the workload is often heavy. Very good 401k plan with no vesting period.
Insurance costs keep going up, I guess thats true other places too but it is expensive.
Advice to Management
Apply the company's excellent client experience program to its staff, not just its clients.
I have been working at Rogers, Townsend & Thomas PC full-time (More than a year)
Absolutely love my supervisors and coworkers, they are all more like family. Management firmly believes that family should come before work. If you have a personal issue they will assist in any way they can and are very understanding. Benefits are great however can be a little expensive compared to other places. They have an employee assistance program where the employee or their family can receive counseling through an outside source if needed. The supervisors honestly care about their employees. There's a lot of work to do at times so if you are looking for an easy/lazy job then this is not the place for you.
Job security- the layoffs have been pretty strong lately, though to no fault of the company. (Which is pretty much like that anywhere these days).
However in their defense to that, the company as a whole is very accommodating to those who are being laid off and do not believe in just "throwing the employee to the wolves".
Employee reviews should occur more than once a year.
The job in itself can be overwhelming due to the amount of work that you are given and the many obstacles that can be thrown your way while trying to do your work.
Advice to Management
There is not much advice that i can give that management is not already aware of.
I feel that there should be a better review of employee production/dedication/loyalty when determining the people who should be laid off-there are a lot of people who work very hard and others who like to ride their shirt tails. RTT has missed out on keeping some very versatile and valuable people who have been with them for many years.
Another piece of advice is to please crosstrain as much as possible so that when one employee is overloaded or even out of work, then they next person who isn't can step in to help. Or even if the next person is laid off, this will help them be successful elsewhere also.
On a positive note- please continue to care for your employees like we all know you do. Most of us know how the hard decisions that some of you have to make daily really do effect you as much as they do the employee. I wish you all many many successful years!
I worked at Rogers, Townsend & Thomas PC full-time
There seemed to be a good number of employee gatherings. The company was small enough that everyone knew everyone else. There was understanding about work/life balance to a point. Many lower level people had a great handle on their business, and several people have been at the company for years.
The company hemorrhaged employees during my employment, mostly because their main area of business dried up and they were too slow to compensate. There seemed to be a very "bottom line first" mentality, which led to a lot of employee turnover due to dissatisfaction. Many people, including those in management roles, engaged in the company rumor mill to a point I've never seen in my professional career. Insurance was incredibly expensive.
Advice to Management
Overall I would not recommend this company to anyone due to its instability, the propensity for upper management to not focus on staff first, and the inability to maintain flexibility as markets change.
Relaxed Environment, great work/life balance.
Hiring people who don't know how to do their job.
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I have been working at Rogers, Townsend & Thomas PC full-time (More than 8 years)
The renewed culture of this corporate-style firm rewards attorneys and staff who are hard-working, collaborative, creative, and business-oriented. Following a period during which the default services practice tended to diminish the relative visibility of other practice groups within the firm, Rogers Townsend is now repositioning itself to grow as a full-service firm for business clients in both Carolinas. Some of the earlier negative comments, in my view, likely come from good people who unfortunately were not able to maintain an open-minded, flexible, and responsive business focus. The firm is focused on building its client relationships through strong communication and performance. We believe that in a competitive legal services marketplace, resting on our past laurels or on our "tenure" is not an option.
The firm's considerable success in the default services marketplace over the past few decades have formed the inaccurate impression in the business community that we are "just a foreclosure firm". Effective communication between the firm's multiple offices can be a challenge.
Advice to Management
Continue to challenge attorneys and staff to grow and develop our abilities to offer legal services to the business community. Continue to dedicate substantial time, energy, and resources to unified firm-wide marketing efforts.
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I have been working at Rogers, Townsend & Thomas PC full-time (More than 10 years)
The Firm has transitioned from being one dominated by foreclosure work to a litigation and business development firm. When the economy improved, foreclosures declined by almost 75% and many positions in that department could no longer be supported. (That is the source of many of the negative comments in other reviews.) The litigation and business development departments have remained strong and are starting to grow. The current firm is much more streamlined.
There is a great emphasis on numerical performance. Morale is still low from the foreclosure downturn and streamlining.
Advice to Management
Need to keep employees informed of plans and why you are taking certain steps.
I worked at Rogers, Townsend & Thomas PC full-time (More than 8 years)
Great place to work for...good people,,,very flexible
Insurance wasnt the best and very expensive but it served its purpose!
Advice to Management
need to be more loyal to the people that have been loyal to you!
Decent employer contribution to benefits.
Good PTO
Constant lay offs, not enough compensation for the constant increase in work load due to lay offs
Advice to Management
Appreciate the employees still here, lots are trying.
I worked at Rogers, Townsend & Thomas PC full-time (More than 3 years)
Good employees that are flexible and helpful. Fun atmosphere in most departments. Management is flexible.
Benefits are expensive. Many senior employees are inflexible and resistant to changes.
Advice to Management
Develop training programs for everybody: attorneys, managers and non-managers that will help strengthen the company culture.
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This time in the form of a nighty.
I got this stretchy fabric on sale at walmart for $1/yard. I bought 2 yards b/c I thought it was cute and knew I'd eventually come up with something to do with it.
I finally did a month or so ago!
I used the Miss Madeline Pattern and modified the hell out of it.
For starters, I pieced it together exactly as it says to, but didn't cut a piece for the waist band.
When I put the elastic in the neckline, I set it in about 1/4"-1/2" from the edge, to give it a small ruffle.
Then I zigzag stitched the arm openings and the bottom. B/c it was a stretchy fabric, It ruffled out. (it's hard to see in this pic b/c she just woke up, so it's all wonky from her sleeping in it)
Anyways, that's my Modified Madeline Nighty
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
More teeny Pjs
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When Middle was born he wasn't Middle he was the second. Because I vowed not to forget everything about the second and to ensure that he had his own identity, I belabored terms of endearment. Oldest was known as Smooch or Peanut. Middle was almost 2 full pounds bigger than his sister so Peanut was out. I did forget a lot about the early days of Middle's life, but this I remember vividly. The day we found his term of endearment.
When we was not more than a few weeks old, during the early days when we were still trying to figure him out, I was changing his pants on the floor. We had tried all the usual endearing nick names for a baby boy like Buddy, Little Man, Slugger, etc. But that day I looked right at him and said "Mister Man." His squirming and fussing ceased. And ever the slight smile broke across his little face. SCORE! We found it! Everyone wanted to call him that, his response was so clearly delightful.
It was not the panacea for all of his fussing, but boy did he like it. Of course, Queen Mommy's version of Mhister Man was the preferred version. So it goes with mothers of new babies. We are everything to them.
Mhister Man
Mhister Man
Mhister Man
And then when Middle was not quite two, Cousin H started a new version. He started calling him Mitter Man. And that was even more endearing that Mhister Man. Both because of the joy that Mhister Man found in Cousin H's new term and the pride that Cousin H had for his new found name for Middle.
Mitter Man is hardly used anymore and when it is we all smile to ourselves remembering the day when Mhister Man was born.


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Dave Brown is a leader in business planning. He recently read A Lifetime of Riches: The Biography of Napoleon Hill by Michael J Ritt Jr.
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If you don't know where you are going any road will get you there. We have all heard this or one of the many sayings meaning the same thing. To become successful you need a clear focus of your intended result. Napoleon Hill says about Success Principle #1: Definiteness of Purpose, "Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement." I ask you, do you have a starting point?
Recently I read the book A Lifetime of Riches the Biography of Napoleon Hill by Michael J. Ritt Jr. and Kirk Landers. Being a student of Hill's teaching I wanted to learn more about the man. Based on his story he lived by the words he wrote. He had a clear focus on what he wanted for his life even before meeting Mr. Carnegie.
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In his youth he was rebellious like most youth. It wasn't until his stepmother explained to him how he should focus on his reading and writing and she had faith in him to reach his desires in life. Hill desired fame and fortune and he began to see himself this way.
Through his many positions in life he remained focused on his life goal. This focus eventually became success principle number one - definiteness of purpose. On his journey through life he tells of many rises to rich and falls to broke. Each time he got back up dusted his self-off and knew he could do it again. He had a definiteness of purpose. He was not going to give up.
The other thing Hill had been faith in himself. This became success principle number three – applied faith. His focus and faith in himself gave him the drive to keep moving forward.
We are no difference than Hill. The principles he wrote about in Think and Grow Rich gives us a blueprint of what we need to have inside of our self to grow to be successful. Setbacks happen to each of us. It is so easy to give up but having faith in yourself and a clear purpose we will get back up and keep going.
Like Hill we have been applying many of the success principles in our own life before we even knew about them. We did it because of our determination and desire to be successful.
I encourage you to never stop learning. Every successful person is a student of not only their profession but life. Some books are worth reading over and over. My copy of Think and Grow Rich was given to me almost 30 years ago, the cover is taped together the pages yellowing besides the highlighted passages some the ink is coming off the pages. It has been read more times than I can count. I'm sure each of you has a book that is the same way.
Find your definiteness of purpose, have faith in yourself, surround yourself with likeminded successful people and follow your passion to success.
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The economic climate we have today in 2011 has led to many large corporations downsizing their workforce. This is leading to a large number of individuals trying to find new employment. Some are unable to find the replacement position. What I have found is these tend to be middle age people who still need a source of income, as they are unable to tap into the retirement nest egg. At which point they decide to become an entrepreneur.
This decision can be troubling as most of these individuals have never been neither involved in running a business nor have any idea as to what it takes to start one. This is where my book comes in and fills this gap in knowledge. From the Bottom Up is a book that will provide the information needed along the way as they start to plan the business. In the opening portion of the book we discuss what it means to be an entrepreneur and the responsibilities it brings. One of which is having a written business plan for the business.
As an entrepreneur you need a different mindset from an employee of a business. This book will guide you through a creative process while providing you resources for information needed.
The book is an easy-to-read detail of what a business plan is, how to write the business plan and how the plan is used in your business. We take it even further into operating a business. Time is spent on goals, setting and tracking them. Translation of goals into income and create a budget for the business including tracking income and expenses to determine profitability.
There are some key take pieces from this book we want the reader to walk away with, they are: a. Necessary steps to write a quality business plan b. How to effectively market their business c. Describe who is their ideal customer d. What to know about hiring employees e. Setting goals and budgets for their business


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Just Pull the Damn Trigger…
|Walking down the 'mean' streets of Sherman Oaks
Listen Up! I got really fired up last night!!!
We all have goals. We all have dreams and bucket lists. But the problem is we all have EXCUSES! What fires me up is when I watch people (that I truly care about) consciously stop themselves from succeeding through life.
People like to talk…and talk…and talk about what they 'want to do' OR what they are 'gonna do' and end up not doing anything.
If you truly want to get everything out of life (the goals we truly want to attain and the dreams we have for ourselves) you are going to have to step out of that 'comfort zone' you've created. And its gonna hurt, you are going to be scared and nervous, people will question you, you will question yourself, it is not going to be fun for a while.
So lets say you are really ready to go for it and nothing is going to stop you…And then for whatever reason (excuse) you don't. Why does this continue to happen to you?!
The problem is we continue to set ourselves up to be 'comfortable'. We consciously and sub-consciously create everything around us in our lives to let ourselves go back to being comfortable. So when we get frisky and have that glimpse of confidence or one of our friends gives us a pep talk and re-light's our fire, and we are just about to go for it…we stop…think…get scared and run right back into our comfort zone. Don't do it, and regret it. We make it so easy to run back to what we know and away from what is unknown. Each time you do that you continue to lose a piece of yourself. And honestly ask yourself how many times have you done that???
Break free and "Just Pull the Damn Trigger". Don't think…Don't digress…Just Pull the Damn Trigger. If you are afraid to act in fear that you will make a mistake…Then you WILL do nothing (because that's what you always have done) and continue to let yourself down:-( Thinking too much has put you in the situation that you have been in for years.
And let me give you a little secret…You are going to make a mistake! You are supposed too. Nobody gets it right the first time. Not Warren Buffet. Not Kobe Bryant. Not Stevie Wonder…
The other secret is you already know what to do. You have everything it takes to succeed, you just don't trust yourself. And why would you if you have never Pulled the Trigger before!
Half the time I do something that is working towards my goals in life I have no freakin clue what I'm doing let alone what the next step is! But I do it anyway.
Because what is the worst that can happen?! Life is all about trial and error. The people that figure out life and WIN are those who have pulled the trigger more times than they can count, not the ones that play it safe and comfy.
You know what you want. Whatever is burning in your heart and soul is good for you. Push past the uncomfortable feelings and onward to success…its just like a CF WOD, of course it is going to hurt but you know it is good for you.
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Wow… this post is awesome!! Time to get a little uncomfortable and break out of that comfort zone. No pain, no gain right?!?! What I love about this blog is you not only talk the talk, you walk the walk. Taking a chance by moving to sodak, building cfsf, then taking another chance by selling it and moving to cali. Thanks for the motivation… now time to dream big!
I absolutely love this post!!! I think there is so much more reward and growth out of life when you put yourself out there and really go for it! Thank you for always believing in me and supporting me to go for it! I love you lots
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Low fats content, light meat and meat products for the entire family and friends. Prepare them they way you feel like preparing them on a particular day.
However, this is not what this is all about. At least this is not only what this is all about. This is about our chickens, turkeys and rabbits!
If you go as far as to believe that someone can be proud of chicken, turkeys and rabbits, you find it at least a bit strange, do you not? Well, a bit! Yet we are proud of them. There simply are no chickens, turkeys and rabbits that could match ours. The tradition, a great deal of feeling, knowledge, the care for health and for good and just the right kind of feed. All of these have to show somewhere. Yet, others can have all of these as well. But we have more. Good air, just the right amount of wind. You are smiling, are you not? The weather? And yet, grapes do not grow everywhere. And the wines of the Littoral are different from the wines of Lower Carniola. We are already getting closer. We do not claim that the Karst chicken, the Karst turkey and the Carst rabbit are better than others. However, they are different. Well, there are those who say that they are better. Tastier. But this is something to be decided at the table.


text: The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon Strong's Number: 2693 Browse Lexicon Original WordWord Originkatastronnumifrom (2596) and (4766)Transliterated WordTDNT EntryKatastronnumiNonePhonetic SpellingParts of Speechkat-as-trone'-noo-mee Verb Definition to strew over (the ground) to prostrate, slay, (cf to lay low) NAS Word Usage - Total: 1laid low 1 NAS Verse Count 1 Corinthians1Total1Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.Bibliography InformationThayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Katastronnumi". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999.


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Hi Guys,
I just wanted to share a gift bag that I decorated to go with this (the second card down in the post) card that I made for my friend Eileen. I got the idea from the lovely Sarah-Jane Kale and the gorgeous "Convention Survival Kit" that she made me when we were roomies in May.
Apologies for the pic, I took it in a rush and at night. I stamped the coffee pot from 'Morning Cup' on Whisper White CS and coloured it with my inks & blender pens. I punched it out and backed it with a Soft Suede circle. I ran a strip of baja Breeze CS through the crimper and topped it with a strip of Soft Suede CS & some retired Baja ribbon. I randomly stamped the mug image over the bag in Baja. Very easy but Eileen was impressed. Mind you, she is a lovely lady and very easily pleased. (She also agreed to swap her hols with me so that I can go to Melbourne for Convention next year so I think I'd better buy her a nice gift and make a fancy card to go with it. Gotta love Eileen!!!!!).
Fi xox
Saturday, October 2, 2010
A quick post
Posted by Fiona Harrison at 20:14
Labels: Morning Cup
2 comments:
- Andrea L - EnchantINK said...
Oooh! These colours are scrummy! Love this gorgeous gift bag! Hugs xxaxx
- October 5, 2010 at 7:59 PM
- Sarah-Jane Kale' said...
Oohhh WE LOVE Eileen!!!! Oh wait lets hope I can get to Melbourne too.. :-\
- October 8, 2010 at 7:52 PM
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Design a Website Mockup for a charity website
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Charity website where people book travel and percentage goes to charity.
There is no extra cost to the consumer. This webpage is to be with travel booking as the service.
The page is to be warm, professional, the slider in the middle will when live show alternate images of travel within New Zealand and different charities that will be supported
Attached is a very very rough mock up without design input. The elements making up the page are:
1. Logo – Give, attached – please look to add the tag line , "support your cause - give free" in small font below the logo
2. Travel tickets of popular destinations within New Zealand, ( possibly train tickets, bus tickets, boarding pass type format
3. This will be an offset slider, can you please slightly cut the corners to look a little like a photo in a photoalbum , for this mock up please use any picture you wish to on - [login to view URL]
4. This will be the travel booking drop downs – this can either be as shown or another way you think could be good – such as seen on [login to view URL] ( just must need to have standard search areas for accommodation.
Colour of logo deosn't have to be the main colour - this is upto you and I'll feedback if i like or not
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Swedish disappointment for McVeigh
Danielle McVeigh will have to wait for her maiden tour win after a closing 80 saw her finish 18th in the LET Access Series' Sölvesborg Ladies Open.
The Co Down talent went out in the last group after a second round 69 gave her a share of the lead with final round playing partner Chloe Leurquin of Belgium and Sweden's Lina Boqvist on one-under par.
But nothing went right on Friday as she went to the turn in six over 42 and slipped to nine over before her lone birdie of the day at the par-five 17th left her nine shots outside a play-off at Sölvesborg GK.
A cheque for €900 left McVeigh where she began the week, ranked 22nd in the money list with the top five earning full LET membership at then end of the season.
Still, she was looking on the bright side after making her third cut from five starts this season.
"Tough day today, but great experience being in the final group," she tweeted. "Still room for improvement."
Scotland's Heather MacRae broke through for her first win in her third season on the LETAS when she holed a seven-foot putt on the first extra hole to beat Leurquin and England's Kym Larratt.
Larratt had set the clubhouse target at two under following an impressive 67 and was joined by MacRae who shot a final round 68.
Leurquin had the opportunity to overtake Larratt and MacRae with a birdie on the final hole, but could only manage a par to also finish at two under par.
The next event on the LETAS schedule, the Fourqueux Ladies Open, takes place from the June 6 – 8 at Golf de Fourqueux, near Paris.


text: Shindo Tomo (進藤 基) is an Entrepreneur and a member of Mukudori Guild. He is a middle-aged man who wears a cyan (sometimes tan) jacket, various hand accessories and a purple bandana that hides his mohawk. He is a levelheaded person who serves as the right arm of Mikuni Souichirou, both in his real world and Financial District matters.


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Michael Schumacher officially returned to Formula 1 today as he took to the track in the brand new Mercedes GP W01 for the first time.
Nico Rosberg took the initial duties of shaking down the title challenger in the morning completing 39 trouble-free laps.
Schumacher toyed with journalists down the pitlane as they patiently waited for his F1 return, lifting the garage door slightly, raising hopes before slamming it down again.
The seven-time world champion was delighted with his afternoon, "It was a perfect rollout for the new car today. I felt totally comfortable and really had a feeling that everything was very natural."
He went on to admit that he felt like a kid again climbing back into the cockpit, "It felt just like at the very beginning of my career in 1991 when on the first lap, I thought 'wow that was really fast' and then on the second lap, I was just extremely excited. I feel like a young boy again and really enjoyed myself out there."
Schumacher was impressed with the reliability of the car and how the team performed today.
"We did a good job today, just making a few control checks, and the most important thing was that the car ran reliably. With Nico and I covering 79 laps between us, it was a superb job by the team."


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Belapur's Rage 2016 – A Gigantic Success for MSM Dance Academy
CBD Belapur, Sept 14, 2016 : Nearly 600 participants from all over India participated in the recently concluded Mega Rage 2016 at MSM Dance School, CBD, Belapur.
Like every year, this year too, students travelled from all across India to participate in the 12 hours long non-stop dance battle.
Students across age groups ranging from 13 to 26 years came from various cities like Pune, Nasik, Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai and took part in Rage 2016.
Rage 2016 saw various dance styles performed by Dancers trained at MSM Dance Academy. The competition saw performers giving their best shot. This year Rage 2016 became better and bigger than last year.
Eminent Judges like Funky Monkey, Icelet, Archi (Spillitsvilla Fame), Rokone etc judged the show. Rinhee Subberwal was the judge in the Bollywood Category.
Winner's –
Popping Category – Shivam
Breaking – Bboy Rawr Delhi
7 to Smoke – Bboy Bunny
All Style – CC & Shane
Bollywood – Arushi & Saran
4 on 4 Breaking – Rockfresh
Rinhee and her Team would like to thank Dhanalaxmi Electricals and Subrot & Ankita Dasgupta. We are also thankful to all our students Mudita Maggu, Arushi Singh, Kaustub, Sagar Naidu, Dona Ghoshal, Heena Kausar and Pooja Kulkarni, who put in great efforts in organizing RAGE 2016.
Profile –
Rinhee Subberwal – Dance Guru of Contemporary Salsa, Samba, Semi-Classical, Latin American style of dances, Folk dances of India, Hip Hop, Belly, Ballet, Bollywood, Free Style, Dance Workout, Yoga, Bharatnatyam and more.
A trained Kathak dancer who has endeared the audiences with some of the most electrifying performances at numerous mega entertainment events, a dance guru of repute Rinhee Subberwal has done it all and surging ahead with many awards and accolades.Rinhee has been trained under the likes of Shaimak Davar, Padma Sharma (disciple of Birju Maharaj and Lachhu Maharaj. With thorough grinding, devotion, dedication and discipline to her art Rinhee is now in a space where she has established herself as a trusted Dance Trainer.
MSM Dance School at Belapur is Rinhee's dream venture. It is an amazing sight to see youngsters of all age groups spend hours at the academy perfecting the expressions and the moves under Rinhee Subberwal. The respect for her skills as a Dance Guru and affectionate bond the MSM dance students share is so palpable.
"I feel privileged and blessed to be sharing my skills to youngsters and it gives me a high to see them growing as a dancer under my guidance, it's a very special feeling for me" says Rinhee.
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I'm getting back into the hobby and what better to spark the flame of the hobby with new loot? Two weeks back, the local gaming store called to say my order arrived. That is my new year's order… And so my late Christmas present finally arrived! I put on some extra sail and went straight for the shop! I was delayed for two weeks due to commitments to my family. But then I went straight for the shop!
The overview
Behold the loot from pillaging my last year's savings. As my family keeps me tightly locked in the house, I find myself with a renewed building frenzy for the hobby. The slow pace of my painting prevented me from actually building the models and playing the game. So, I decided to put the painting on hold for the time being and work on completing the army first.
The tools:
- 1 Cauldron of Blood, hoping to yield me a spare medusa.
- 1 Bloodwrack Shrine, though I'd like to make this one generic enough so it could function as a cauldron of blood as well. It should yield me a spare helebron.
- 30 Executioners. I loved the 6th edition models, but I quickly learned I far prefer plastic over metal. Besides, the new models look great too.
- 10 more Witch Elves. I had bought 20. Now I'll be at 30. 30 is still a magic number, though the cauldron of blood also makes multiples of 7 a magic number with 28 probably being the most interesting of all.
- 1 Scourgerunner Chariot. I'm actually not convinced I'll be using this one soon, but I like the model and there's an experiment I want to try. The kit should include two cold ones. I still have some metal chariots from 6th edition. I'd like to combine the spare cold ones with the metal chariots.
- 2 units of 5 Warlocks. I doubt I'll need more unless I want a Warlock deathstar unit.
Future expansions will more likely be to complete the model collection or fill in specific themes for the army. But for the first time I'm getting the feeling I've more or less completed the army. And it is invigorating!
Building pace
I struggle to find a correct pace with the hobby. Commitments and fixed goals help me as much as they burn me up. If I follow what I feel like doing, I tend to loose track of the hobby too often to keep up an enjoyable rate of expansion. Naturally, I try to find a new approach every time I pick up the hobby again to see which one works best.
This time, I take on a project by project approach. A project could be a single unit, a single model or anything I would like to put on the table. For example a monster or a small unit. The aim is to keep it small so a project can be accomplished in a day or two, perhaps three. The goal is to match the duration of the project to the duration of that 'magical spark of joy' everyone gets when working on a new project. A few days is all I dare expect.
The basis for selecting projects is the joy of the hobby, rather than the gamey 'need this'-basis. Maybe this time, I'll get farther than the previous attempts. Not whit standing, my previous building frenzy handed me 50-some rank and file models!
My first picks
The first pick… a Hydra. I just looked at the box and felt like building something big. A single model that would bring me joy to see the end result. I'll report on the model in a future post.
My second pick is probably the Executioners. I really like the look of those models and I would love to bring them to the table. I'll start with a modest number though. I don't want to burn up on the tedious repetition.
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Always at the right time
To ensure that logistics operate internally in production and administration, we work with materials and production control systems and the 5S method (see operating systems). But for our customers, our external logistics are just as important. The deliveries we offer are made secure by using Edicom. Every small package or large pallet leaving the warehouse can be traced and kept under surveillance in real-time, until the customer has signed for the goods received.


text: This Mother Brought Childcare To Millennial Coworking Spaces This Mother Brought Childcare To Millennial Coworking Spaces It was May of 2010 when I found myself, six months pregnant, crying in the backseat of a car service, as my in-house position was on the chopping block from another round of corporate cuts. I must have cried for about a week. Not because I really missed my job, but because I felt helpless… and lost. Entering my third trimester, I couldn't even apply for jobs. Who would hire me? Then one day, when I literally found myself barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen watching a marathon of Real Housewives of New York, I stopped being sad. I realized this could be an opportunity to reinvent myself; and luckily, I soon secured a job with a former employer. I was to start some time after my baby's arrival. It never even occurred to me that I may want to stay home with a baby. I always assumed I would want to work. My first daughter arrived on Labor Day weekend. We hired a nanny, who started when my daughter turned 6-weeks-old. I went back to work at week seven, ramping up to four days of work in New York City, and one day a week from home in the New Jersey suburbs. As most new mothers will tell you, going back to work is hard. Tears were shed. Pump parts were forgotten. Late nights were hard. Sleepless nights even harder. But I managed. I had the support of my husband, work got busy, my baby girl was happy, and life rolled right along. Around this time, I also read an article in USA Today about a new trend in office spaces called coworking. Hmm, I thought. How cool would it be to have a place like that here, in the suburbs, that also has childcare? I dreamed of a place where I could plug in, participate in conference calls, fulfill my job responsibilities, and still nurse my infant throughout the day. But work was busy, life was busy, and I had little time to devote to cooking dinner, let alone nurturing a business idea. So I let the concept gestate. And then I got pregnant again. This time, I wanted to take a longer maternity leave – four months off, my company's max. I wanted to use the time to decide how to move forward. Did I want to continue working full-time? Did I want to stay home with my girls? Did I want to work part-time? What was the right formula for me? Deborah Engel during her daughter's birthday party at Work and Play I quickly realized I wasn't cut out to be a stay-at-home mom. But I also couldn't commit to the long hours and endless commute anymore. I tried negotiating a part-time deal with my employer; they said no. I wrestled with what to do, and after having a heart-to-heart with a senior level female executive, who reminded me that kids are only young once, I decided to call it quits and launch my own business. I remembered the idea I had for coworking and childcare, which my husband dubbed Work and Play, and I decided to pursue it while also freelancing as a public relations specialist. I started attending networking events and met other entrepreneurs in the community. I talked about my idea for a flexible workspace, one that would also offer drop-in, customizable childcare. In late 2013, while seven months pregnant with a third daughter, I bought a building that is now Work and Play. By offering childcare and a workspace, we are offering a solution for parents who want to balance their career and family. Our community is made up of creatives, entrepreneurs, mothers, fathers, friends and their young children. What have I learned on this journey so far? 1. Learn something new from everyone you meet. People are interesting. They have fascinating careers. They have stories to tell. Ask questions. 2. Don't try too hard to figure out your future. Your goals and ideals might change. Focus on today. But also allow yourself to daydream. 3. If you're young or in transition, consider jobs that allow for flexibility – find a trade that you can use at a company or freelance, like a graphic designer, copywriter or social media marketer. Therapy of all kinds – speech, OT, PT, psychological – allow for flexible schedules through private practice. 4. Be confident in your decision and know you won't be perfect. You may mess up. You may feel you could do better. But trust me, you're doing great! Beth Goldring, Director of Play, at Work and Play's childcare space Deborah Engel Deborah Engel founded the first coworking facility with flexible childcare back in 2015 in the tristate area of New Jersey. After quitting her public relations job to go part-time while bringing up two girls, she discovered a niche for a crossover between childcare and coworking spaces.


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These initiatives are listed in the Larger Fee category, requiring over $100 for involvement. They have also been chosen due to a high level of importance or impact.
RSPCA Australia is an animal care organisation, known worldwide for their campaigns and their work to support programs that will improve the life of animals. They helped collect signatures to ban bullfighting in Catalonia, which proved successful when the lawmakers of the region voted against bullfighting, despite it being commonplace for centuries. Most recently they have been working at discouraging puppy farm being sourced for pet stores and home pets. Experts in animal care circles state that many dogs that end up in their shelters are either indirectly or directly affected by puppy farms and other negligent care during their infant years.
To fund these programs, the RSPCA oragnises events and fundraising opportunities. One of which is for pet owners. The RSPCA offers pet insurance, which helps secure your pet's best health, and funds the important work they do. Up to 10% of the first year's premium goes to help support the RSPCA's ongoing initiatives, and continues to contribute for the life of the policy.
Prices depend mostly on the age, breed, and lifestyle of your pet, however, all situations are treated differently for you and your pet to get a suitable policy. The insurance does not have any excess, and will pay back up to 80% of vet bills, with some exclusions. Claims are processed fast and stress-free.
For 60-80c per day, your cat or dog can be covered up to $11,000 per year in medical cover, through any Vet in Australia. If you are registering more than one animal, ask about the 10% discount for additional pet policies. Unfortunately, only dogs and cats are covered at this time.


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Gipsy Kings
Being a guitar player and seeking out great guitar work was a major driving force as a teenager. In my search I discovered the Gipsy Kings who are a group from France that perform in Spanish and have a great flamenco style with pop influences.
Some of their most popular songs are "Amor Amor", "Bamboleo", "Bem Bem Maria", "Djobi Djobi", and even a cover of the Eagles classic "Hotel California."


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Finding Prince Charming
Air weekdate: Thursday
Genre: Reality, Romance
Channel: Logo
Status: Ended
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Robert Sepulveda Jr. as Prince Charming
Lance Bass as Host
Brandon Kneefel as Brandon
Brodney McClinton as Brodney
Chad Spodick as Chad
Charles "Charlie" Erickson as Charlie
Danique McMillan as Danique
Dillon Powell as Dillon
Eric Leonardos as Eric
Jasen Kaplan as Jasen
Hosted by Lance Bass, "Finding Prince Charming" will include 13 charming and gorgeous suitors, all housed together, who compete to win the heart of one of the nation's most eligible gay heartthrob. The sexy suitors grapple to stand out from the crowd all hoping for a moment of intimate connection, romance and, perhaps, true love. One by one, the suitors are eliminated until the heartthrob chooses one ideal man to sweep him off of his feet and commit to an exclusive relationship.


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Cleaning Companies in Eltham
List of Eltham based agencies offering home, carpet & upholstery, office & window cleaning services.
Business Listings
EDM (UK) Limited is a specialist cleaning services company dedicated to offering a reliable and efficient cleaning services to both the commercial and domestic sector. As an experienced business we are able to offer the type of service that is difficult to find these days. From our head office we control a number of operatives who are personally supervised to ensure our high standards are always achieved.
We are a privately owned business based in Blackheath, London. We are a domestic cleaning agency. Our aim is to offer a flexible package of services to meet your individual requirements. We agree terms, preferred days, times and type of person required. When we have found a cleaner to match your requirements we ask them to contact you to arrange a meeting and hopefully.
Launched in Summer 2005, the company provides cleaning services to the South East London and North West Kent areas. The company's aim is to provide a clean and hygienic home or workplace. By taking pride in the job, we aim to exceed our customers expectations. Furthermore, with the extensive array of services that we offer, we aim to free up our customers sacred leisure time.
Optim Contract Services was formed in 1984 to provide specialist cleaning and security operations working throughout the South of England. The Company has grown steadily during the 80's and 90's through a process of organic growth and through adhering to its culture of customer satisfaction. Over this period we have built up a reputation for providing quality services, based around strong on-site management,
Tradition has been in operation for some 21 years and specializes in supplying a high standard of work across a wide range of cleaning related services. For references, we have a large list of exclusive clients including Government contracts where security clearance is necessary. We offer free competitive quotes and advice in all our areas of expertise.
Good cleaning and environmental care are important for any business. All employees like to work in an environment which feels cared for; where hygiene in the toilets and washrooms is of the highest standard, where bins are emptied daily and desks regularly cleaned. Office buildings are an integral part of your business and maintaining the highest standards.
We offer domestic and commercial services in South East and Central London. We specialise in providing domestic cleaners to private homes and office services to small and medium sized businesses. If you are a private client who is tired of doing domestic chores such as cleaning your home or, simply, would like more free time, then let us help.
AL Cleaning supply cleaners for both domestic house cleaning, carpet cleaning and commercial cleaning for homes and offices in and around London including Bromley, Beckenham, Chislehurst, West Wickham, Sydenham and south east areas.
We are based in Greenwich London UK and provide a comprehensive and specialised range of contract cleaning services in addition to large scale industrial and office cleans. We employ and train our own staff to high and exacting standards and our business is self-financing and efficiently managed to ensure that we have the facilities and the foundations from which to deliver the very best contract services
Ladderless window cleaning provides (in most cases) a quicker and safer service. Ladderless also means no damage by ladders to paving stones and lawns. Our use of Purified water ensures a streak free finish and delays build up of dust & dirt. The system will clean window frames without harmful chemicals damaging them.


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Consultation launched on halal meat proposals
Lancashire County Council has launched a consultation on proposals to provide only stunned halal meat to schools.
The council currently supplies non-stunned halal meat in 27 schools catering for up to 12,000 students choosing from either non-halal or halal menus. School governing bodies have the option to provide either stunned or non-stunned halal in their school meals.
When the contract to provide non-stunned halal meat came due for renewal last year, the council agreed a resolution not to provide meat, other than poultry, to county council establishments unless animals are stunned before they are slaughtered.
This resolution however has not been implemented and a 4-week consultation is now being held to inform the council's future policy.
During the consultation the council will continue to supply halal meat under the terms of the contract which was in place before the resolution being agreed.
The online consultation is available for anyone to complete, and asks for views on the council's proposal to provide only stunned halal meat to schools rather than the currently policy, to provide both stunned and un-stunned halal meat.
County Councillor Geoff Driver, leader of Lancashire County Council, said: "We know people have strong views on this issue and would encourage them to help shape future policy by taking part in this consultation."
The consultation is available at www.lancashire.gov.uk/haveyoursay where you can also read the full report presented to Full Council on 26 October 2017 detailing the implications of changing this policy to supply only stunned halal meat.


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Auditions for Kiss Me, Kate by 2nd Star at the Bowie Playhouse, Feb 23, & 24
AUDITION NOTICE!! "Kiss Me, Kate"
by 2nd Star Productions
Monday, February 23, 2015 at 7pm
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 7pm
2nd Star Productions at the Bowie Playhouse
Auditions for Kiss Me, Kate will be held at the Bowie Playhouse in Bowie, MD (16500 Whitemarsh Park Dr, Bowie, MD 20715) on Monday, February 23rd, and Tuesday, February 24th at 7 PM. Callbacks will be on Wednesday, February 25th. All roles are open! All ethnicities are encouraged to audition, and all ages 16 and over.
Please prepare 16-32 bars of a song that will showcase your voice in the style of the show. Accompanist will be provided. Bring a headshot and resume if you have one, as well as a list conflicts for March through the performance dates. Please dress appropriately for a dance/movement audition.
Rehearsals begin approximately March 9, and will be primarily Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 pm and Saturdays at 11:00 am until tech weeks when they will be daily. The show runs at the Bowie Playhouse May 29 – June 27, 2015 Fridays/Saturdays 8pm, Sundays 3pm.
Questions can be sent to email@example.com.
Produced by 2nd Star Productions/Jane Wingard
Directed by Roy Hammond
Music Direction by Joe Biddle
Choreography by Rikki Howie Lacewell
Synopsis: Taking its inspiration from Shakespeare, Kiss Me, Kate recounts the backstage and onstage antics of two feuding romantic couples during a touring production of "The Taming of the Shrew." Sparkling with 18 classic Cole Porter songs — including "Another Op'nin', Another Show," "Wunderbar," "Always True to You in My Fashion," "Too Darn Hot," and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" — Kiss Me, Kate epitomizes the American musical comedy at its irresistible best.
Roles – All roles are open to all ethnic diversities.
For more information see: http://www.2ndstarproductions.com/2ndStarAudition.html


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|beaver kill
|underwater hole 10-12 feet deep and full of trout
|looking downstream
|apple trees in the wild forest
|the valley
I'm back from the woods and missing it already.
I'm hopelessly enamored with the Beaver Kill
(kill is another term for creek)
and the mountains it winds through on its way to
the Delaware River.
Pleasantly tired but rejuvenated.
Tomorrow some photos from my Saturday hike.
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Part of the magic of Christmas is being able to enjoy all of the great treats available. One of my all time favoutire flavor combinations is mint+chocolate and mintchocolate is bountiful arounf the Holiday season.
Premade/Store bought:
Candy Cane Kisses.
White Chocolate + Minty Candy Cane pieces = OMG, yum. My favourite stocking stuffer.
Terry's Chocolate Oranges.
Another great thing to find in a stocking.
White Chocolate Toblerone.
This is probably the least traditional but this was one that was almost always found in my stockings and made me happy.
Homemade Treats:
Shortbread Cookies.
To me, shortbread cookies are the quintessential holiday cookie. They were my favourite cookie and my mom would only make them at Christmas.
Nanaimo Bars.
Nanaimo Bars remind me of being at my grandparents on Christmas with all 8 of us grandkids, 8 adults, and 2 grandparents. There is a classic holiday movie playing on CBC in the background. I reach in to a tin pan full of treats for the coveted Nanaimo Bar. All homemade by my Grandma sitting next to the…
Butter Tarts.
That nice crisp shell, with that sweet gooey filling. Golden, with soft raisins. These are to die for and another great holiday treat.
I hope you enjoyed my list of holiday treats enjoyed with my family at Christmas. What does your family have around the holidays?
Sam ♥


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There is no hotter topic in parenting circles than that of sleep. When the topic is raised, most parents slide into two categories: those that are so proud of their amazing sleeper they just have to shout it from the rooftops; and those that feel like such a failure they slink back into their chair as they frantically try to change the topic.
"HOW about those teething poos?!" I've blurted out once or twice to direct the focus elsewhere.
You see, I'm from the latter group. I've had many a parent tell me their little ones sleep 12 hours straight and would even sleep while a freight train passed through their bedroom. If this is you, congratulations. You can probably stop reading now.
How much should your baby sleep?57663
How much should your baby sleep?
I confess ...
I have three children, and right from the beginning I have breastfed or cuddled my babies to sleep. Even after they were weaned, all three of my kids have needed me in the room to go to sleep. Some would say (and have, on several occasions) that I was making a rod for my own back. Others would suggest it was actually MY problem, not theirs, and they're probably right too. Whatever the reason is, I have never been able to just put my kids down to sleep and get a solid eight hours of sleep at night.
My eldest has just turned 10 and my youngest is three years old, so with the lure or more than four hours of sleep in a row, I decided now was the time to do something about it.
I recently wrote an article on 'bedtime fading', and the whole time I was researching and writing up my findings I was itching to give it a try with Olivia, my youngest sleep bandit.
You see, rather than suggesting I let my kids scream the house down, or duct tape them to their beds, this method seemed pretty relaxed.
It was definitely something I could get on board with, and seemed like a really logical way to achieve a one-way ticket to Sleepytown.
And I'm shocked to say that it's worked.
What is 'Bedtime Fading'?
Bedtime fading is about finding your child's optimal sleeping time.
You can do this by keeping a record of what time your child goes to bed and timing how long it takes for them to fall asleep, and adjusting accordingly. This article here explains it all in a little more detail, but you give each bedtime a few nights and if your child is still taking a long time to fall asleep, move their bedtime 15 minutes later and try again.
The aim is to find your child's sweet spot, the time that they will happily fall asleep without too much effort on your part.
Before trying this out, my daughter's routine was generally like this:
- Read book in bed, 8pm
- Lights out 8.15 and Olivia fights sleep for at least half an hour, often an hour or more. Normally I fall asleep before she does.
- I wake up 10pm, grumpily get uniforms and lunches ready for next day
- I go to bed at 11pm
- Olivia wakes up between midnight and 1am and I bring her into my bed
- I re-settle her between three and 86 times through the night
- I wake up at 4.45am for work
Needless to say, I was often a very grumpy and short-tempered mother with dark circles under my bloodshot eyes who just wanted a few hours' uninterrupted sleep.
We waited until we shuffled our kids around and Olivia got her own bedroom. We decorated and painted a queen sized bed we had in storage. We got her a new mattress, added a mosquito net above her bed and started calling it her 'Princess bed'.
Olivia in her freshly-painted old/new Princess bed! Image: supplied.
For good measure, I threw the age-old parenting trick of bribery into the mix. We had lots of chats about how she's a big girl now, and if she sleeps in her own bed for a whole night, Mummy and Daddy will get her a special treat. Look, I know some of you are going to judge, but we're talking a tiny Shopkins here and there, spaced further apart with each treat.
We were desperate, we would have spent hundreds to get a full night's sleep in a hotel room without the kids, so what's a few dollars here and there if it helps sweeten the deal?
Here's how it went down with us
The first night was enlightening. I put Olivia down at 8pm and it took her 53 minutes to fall asleep, which is a lot of time when you're husband works night shift and you have other children and school lunches to prepare. The shocking thing was that she only woke ONCE that first night. This is unheard of, and probably a huge testament to our bribing skills.
The next night it took 40 minutes for her to fall asleep, so we moved to 8.15 for the third night.
With an 8.15 bedtime, it took Olivia 36 minutes to fall asleep, then 15 minutes the next night and 56 minutes the night after. The middle night of success was after a day of no napping. She still naps at daycare four days a week, so I decided those days would have to be handled slightly differently.
We moved to a bedtime of 8.30 and I stopped lying in bed with her. Sitting on a chair next to her bed, I watched her doze off for the next few nights. It took 27 minutes for her to fall asleep, then 32 minutes, but her waking at night was happening much less. And settling her was only a matter of walking into her room, gently lying her back down, and walking back out again. This was a HUGE improvement from lying down in bed with her where she would wrap her arms around my neck so tightly that she would wake the second I tried to escape.
We were so proud of her, she was treated with a new Doll's House (which serves as a great reminder when she moans that "bedtime is BOR-ing". Image: supplied.
This was a game-changer!
Now Olivia's bedtime routine is the same, but instead of lying in her bed, I sit on a chair in her room and read a book. Within 15 minutes she's asleep where she will either stay until 4am, or wake once and resettle easily. It's not perfect, but it's a massive step up from where we were a few months ago.
I always said that all kids need is time. My boys are now eight and 10 years old, and no longer need me to help them drift off to sleep, so I was simply waiting for the time that Olivia did the same. Maybe being my last baby made it a little more difficult for us both, but at the end of the day, bedtime fading and a little bribery has gone a long way.


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Friday, October 16, 2009
..From the Heart!
Daries from my Fellowship in Germany!
During the last weekend of September, the World witness catastrophic floods in the Philippines rendering hundreds of people homeless and many killed. At least one town was completely under water. Power has been cut off to parts of the capital, Manila, where hundreds of people were trapped on rooftops.
The equivalent of a whole month's rain fell in six hours as Tropical Storm Ketsana, also known as Ondoy, lashed the island of Luzon, causing the worst flooding in Manila for 20 years.
We watched this sad news over over CNN (the only English News Channel) together with Denis, our co-fellow from the Philippines whose Family was affected. We Prayed for her and for the safety of her family members and i was inspired by the support of the fellows and the D&F to Denis but then personally something else was on my mind... CLIMATE CHANGE!!
Could this be an impact of Climate Change? This crisis happened after the UN Climate Change Summit in New York (SEPT.22ND)and hopefully the Government of the world will "seal the Deal" in COPENHAGEN!!
I wish Denis's Family and other Affected people quick recovery and let us remember that we live in one global world and we have a shared Responsibility and Accountability..Please support the victims/survivors of the Floods in PHILIPINES and GO GREEN!
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How Do New Hampshire Auto Insurance Companies Use My Credit Info?
Coverage providers in New Hampshire use credit information to decide whether or not to issue or renew a policy and to help determine an individual's insurance premium, according to both the federal and state Fair Credit Reporting Acts (FCRA). This is done because many companies believe there is a link between motorists' financial history and their likelihood of filing a claim.
The FCRA requires that insurers inform motorists if their credit info will have an adverse effect on their policy. This could include denying coverage, canceling a policy, or altering the terms of a plan in any way that harms the motorist.
Motorists shopping for New Hampshire car insurance should ask a series of questions to better understand how their financial history may be used. Drivers should inquire:
- If this info will be used for underwriting
- How it affects the driver's eligibility
- If it will be used for rating
- How the premium will be affected
- If the credit information of family living in the same household will have an effect
Fortunately for some motorists, premiums are not entirely based on financial history. Insurers typically examine a wide range of details that are used to determine a motorist's risk of filing a claim. This can include a driver's age, location, vehicle information, and accident record, among many other details. Furthermore, individual companies also employ different methods when rating motorists. To best utilize these potential differences, residents should make multiple New Hampshire auto insurance comparisons in search of the lowest priced policies available.
In the Granite State there are many different insurers to choose from, and each one may give different weight to an individual's credit info. To evaluate a wide range of estimates in a short amount of time, drivers should search for quotes online. Tools available on the Internet can usually produce dozens of estimates on one website, giving drivers a better chance of finding an adequately priced insurer.


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- Seducing the Innocent: Fredric Wertham and the Falsifications That Helped Condemn Comics
- Information & Culture: A Journal of History
- University of Texas Press
- Volume 47, Number 4, 2012
- pp. 383-413
- 10.1353/lac.2012.0024
- Article
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- Additional Information
Psychiatrist Fredric Wertham and his 1954 book Seduction of the Innocent serve as historical and cultural touchstones of the anticomics movement in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s. Although there have been persistent concerns about the clinical evidence Wertham used as the basis for Seduction, his sources were made widely available only in 2010. This article documents specific examples of how Wertham manipulated, overstated, compromised, and fabricated evidence—especially that evidence he attributed to personal clinical research with young people—for rhetorical gain.
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I rent a movie, make popcorn, and hit play to realize I've seen this movie before.
The person sitting next to me on the plane cracks their gum.
I find a parking spot right near the door, only to find out that entrance is locked.
The weather forecast for the next five days is rain.
My granddaughter tells me that her mom and dad are thinking about moving out of state.
I step into the elevator and someone says, "Hi Marjorie", and I have no idea who they are.
I show up for church and everyone is leaving – I forgot to set my clocks back.
Some voice on the phone says "please tells us the reason that you are calling".
The person in front of me at the checkout is searching for their coupons.
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News in March 2014
Joe Wong hopes to make more people laugh in China
Eric Nee makes history in Maryland
California shark fin ban upheld by federal judge
Taiwan's students head to the streets with sunflowers to protest
Official rebukes China statement, reaffirms U.S. position on Taiwan
What joins the United States and China and what divides them?
Chinese Vice Premier meets U.S. guest
Wealthy Chinese home buyers boost suburban L.A. housing markets
Russia And China stand in agreement on Ukraine
China waging "Three Warfares" against United States in Asia, Pentagon says
Leland Yee case: 'Shrimp Boy' appears in cour
China's Baidu defeats U.S. lawsuit over censored search results
Martha Wong: She made history in Texas
Alibaba is more than 'a Chinese Amazon'
Analysis points to China's work on new anti-satellite weapon
10 best Chinatowns across the USA
Taiwan to receive six more Apache helicopters
Chinese-American groups in California are furious over the revival of affirmative action on campus
First Chinese lawyer in Mass. honored at alma mater Suffolk University
First Asian American nominated to chair National Endowment for the Arts
Study on Chinese-American philanthropists released
Taiwan could resist a Chinese invasion for just one month
Lawmakers push for stronger US ties with Taiwan
Taiwan's first locally designed stealth missile corvette
Chinese heavyweight boxer headed to US
Chinese School of the Wabash Valley provides students with unique learning opportunities
China's disturbing defense budget
Taiwan faces tough choices after US cancels F-16 upgrade
China's hard line: 'No Room for Compromise'
Purdue University graduate gets four-year sentence for grade-changing scandal
Shali Zhang is his year's recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) International Relations Committee's John Ames/Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award
Chinese, on the "Inside"
Russia And China stand in agreement on Ukraine
For Chinese students, admissions consultants provide an $18,000 path to Penn
Why Chinese two sessions matter to the world
Taiwan's reunification with China inevitable, says US scholar
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In an effort to show her how much we love her, a couple of us took her out to lunch. I chose a local place they hadn't been to yet.
When we were seated our server greeted us. In typical Ed-fashion, he asked the server what words of wisdom he had for us. This catches most people off-guard, but this guy was on top of his game! "I don't have any words of wisdom, but we have great coffee! Can I bring you some?"
It's rare that Ed is speechless, so my friend and I were already laughing as he sat with his mouth open and no response!
We had a fabulous time at Anna's House (please go there if you live locally!) and Tim was one of the best servers I've ever had! We laughed - a lot!
We were amazed at how God placed us in that restaurant, on that day, at that time, with that server, who was perfect for what we needed - lots of laughter!
A few days later as I was thinking about Tim and the timing of that day, I was still amazed at how God arranged it all.
I thought to myself how Tim, being Tim, was all we needed. He didn't have to perform or do something perfect. He didn't have to do something he wasn't good at to be great. He didn't have to put on a front to be a blessing. Tim, being Tim, bantering and joking, was exactly perfect for us in that moment.
I'm asking you to remember that for yourself: You being you is enough.
It's perfect. It's exactly what someone needs at the location and time you meet them. Use what you're good at to bless others and that will be enough. Don't perform, don't strive, don't even be perfect - just be you, and that will be enough.