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Progesterone for Preventing Preterm Labor and Delivery
Progesterone for Preventing Preterm Labor and Delivery
During pregnancy, the placenta makes high levels of the hormone progesterone, which helps support the pregnancy. A drop in progesterone levels is thought to be one of many factors that help start labor contractions.1
Studies have shown that progesterone treatment in the second trimester helps lower the risk of preterm birth. This means that although some women still delivered prematurely, progesterone treatment helped more high-risk women carry their pregnancies longer than a placebo treatment did.2, 3 (In this case, "high-risk" meant that a woman had had at least one preterm birth in the past.)
In high-risk women, progesterone has been shown to reduce preterm birth.4
There is no evidence that progesterone treatment prevents early miscarriage.
Progesterone is a new treatment. And the type of progesterone used in this research, 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate, is not available in all areas of the country.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) advises doctors to consider weekly progesterone injections only for women who are at high risk for preterm labor. This is based on studies of women who have had a previous spontaneous preterm birth (before 37 weeks).5 More research is needed before other high-risk women, such as those who already have signs of preterm labor or women who are pregnant with twins or more, can be considered for progesterone treatment.
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A Software synthesizer written in Java that implemented a configurable number of tones per octave, music usually has 12 tones per octave, this synthesizer has 13 by default. It will include AudioToMidi conversion and more features i hope.
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Mineral Springs
Founded in 1987, the Mineral Springs Foundation is a non-profit 501 (C) (3) organization whose mission is to restore, protect, and publicize the mineral springs of Manitou Springs and to document their historic origins. This mission remains intact today, and has been expanded to include health and spa culture redevelopment. The Mineral Springs Foundation Endowment Fund was created in 1995 to assure that the springs would be available for the continued enjoyment, benefit and education of future generations. The Endowment Fund's goal is $250,000 in donations. At present, over $100,000 has been raised toward this goal.
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Manitou Mineral Springs.
The Native Americans who traveled in this region long ago considered the land around the springs sacred. The bubbles, or natural carbonation in the water, represented to them the breath of the Great Spirit "Manitou". With the westward spread of early settlements and the foresight of individuals like the town's founder Dr. William A. Bell, Manitou Springs developed around the mineral springs, becoming a destination resort for people desiring a health vacation in the "Saratoga of the West". Visitors arrived with doctors' prescriptions to drink specific waters as a cure for their ills.
The 1930′s saw a change in medical treatment. The drinking of mineral waters was replaced with drugs, synthetic vitamins and minerals. The country's economy was also under severe stress. Priorities changed, and the mineral springs and spas took a back seat to more pressing concerns of the day. Numerous attempts at restoration have been made over the years, but lack of continued upkeep and the natural toll that Mother Nature took on the springs left them in disrepair time and again.
In the mid 1980′s another movement to restore the springs began to take shape. The year of Manitou Springs' one hundred tenth birthday, 1986 to be exact, saw the establishment of a city fund for mineral springs restoration. In 1987 this effort evolved into the Save The Springs program; predecessor to the Mineral springs Foundation of today.
During the 1990s the resurgence of the health and spa culture has been strong. It is believed that mineral rich waters provide a natural link to healing ailments of the body and soul. Many local organizations and individuals utilize the waters for the mineral springs in their health regimens.
To date, the Mineral Springs Foundation, in cooperation with the City of Manitou Springs, private individuals and numerous organizations have restored many of the springs to their original splendor. The waters are available free to the public. People fill cups or jugs from their favorite spring. Walking tours called "Springsabouts" are held a brochure with a map is available for those who prefer to tour the springs at their own pace.
Heated mineral water bathhouses were common at the height of the spa culture in Manitou Springs decades ago. Today, a study to determine the sustainability of the mineral springs aquifer is currently underway, in an attempt to one day bring back these once popular mineral soaking pools. But for now you'll just have to enjoy drinking our naturally carbonated mineral springs!
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Smart Growth
Recorded: Friday, March 21, 2014
Senior Fellow Lawrence J. McQuillan exposes Government misappropriation of gas tax revenue to fund "smart growth" urban development programs.
Experts: Lawrence J. McQuillanType: Independent Institute TVIssues: Agriculture, Bureaucracy and Government, Economic Policy, Environment, Government Waste/Pork, Land Use, Regulation and Deregulation, Urban Issues
Art Carden on Stossel
Recorded: Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Research Fellow Art Carden on Stossel to discuss the topic What you think you know...may not be so.
Experts: Art CardenType: TelevisionIssues: Agriculture, Economic Policy, Education, Free Market Economics, Trade
Jonathan Bean on the History of Racial Segregation
Recorded: Thursday, January 12, 2012
Research Fellow Jonathan Bean engages with John Stossel of Fox Business Networks Stossel on positive market influences toward racial integration in America.
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President Jeff Turner told Nashville's News 2 right now his company is averaging about five or six sales a day and workers have been installing two shelters each day.
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New Twitter account for TIOS
Not sure if you guys knew about this little -problem- but I had to factory reset my computer not too long ago, and I lost everything
All my characterization, all my planning, all my plot-points, and my chapter 3 script. I only have the first 3 scripts, and I lost heart in working on TIOS (school was a factor, too)
But I found a solution, thanks to my lovely mother-in-law:
TIOS is going to be a novel. Not a fancy-ass YA novel that I'll make hundreds of thousands off of (ha), but just one of those 99-cent books that middle-aged women read on Kindle.
The names will be different, but it will still be amazing and it will really help me figure out the characterization.
The comic version won't be a perfect copy of the novel, especially since I'm going to be changing names and certain events and such to fit the format (also there will be more exposition)
And that's what I'll be doing in my free time over break, aside from fan drawings and working on the art for chapter 2 of TIOS. It's basically just an exercise to help get my thoughts in order so that I can FINALLY release TIOS for you guys. I know you've been waiting through failed-release dates and I'm really sorry, but life got in the way, especially when I got back into acting to deal with the stress at school.
After all this is over, I guarantee I will have a solid release date for the pages of chapter 1. Expect an update in mid-January.
I will also take time to create a FB page (along with one to match my modeling blog) so look out for that.
I've got a lot on my plate, guys, and I need your support. I love you all for sticking by through this hiatus, but it'll end soon. I promise.
Since my drawing program isn't installed on this computer because of the factory reset I did a couple months ago, I'm not going to be working on anything drawing-related tonight
Especially since I just tried to sketch in Paint and I failed so hard that I just want to crawl in a hole and die
It'll be a sketch for TIOS
I promise, right after my art history test.
I want to see how much I've progressed and how my classes have improved my stuff.
Look for it in a couple hours
But then I'll forget there's an unfinished page
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1. Regal Atlantic Station Stadium 16
You say, "Regal at Atlantic Station is the best I've seen in a while. Convenient, new, clean and they have digital projectors."
2. AMC Fork & Screen Buckhead
3. Plaza Theatre
4. Regal Tara Cinemas
5. Northlake Movie Tavern
1. Fox Theatre
We say, "It isn't always a movie palace, but when this Midtown jewel brings out the big screen, it's the best movie-going experience in town."
2. AMC Discover Mills 18
3. Northlake Movie Tavern
4. AMC Barrett Commons 24
5. Landmark Midtown Art Cinema
November 1st, 2010
12:59 pm
Fork & Screen.
November 1st, 2010
1:16 pm
Movie Tavern at Northlake
November 1st, 2010
1:17 pm
midtown art
November 1st, 2010
1:55 pm
Midtown Art. Have a beer or espresso and a movie. Civilized.
November 1st, 2010
3:25 pm
Fork & Screen for blockbusters, Midtown Art for arthouse fare.
November 1st, 2010
4:32 pm
The Fabulous Fox. Gotta love the Mighty Moe
November 1st, 2010
4:46 pm
Hands down, Fork & Screen is the best.
November 1st, 2010
5:59 pm
Insurection peep booths on Roswell Road.
November 1st, 2010
6:06 pm
Crossroads Theater in Conyers
November 1st, 2010
6:07 pm
Discover Mills
November 1st, 2010
6:08 pm
NCG Cinema in Acworth. All you can drink sodas, all you can eat popcorn for one flat fee. Nice clean auditoriums. Big cushy seats.
November 1st, 2010
6:19 pm
Fork & Screen, but I'm also a big fan of Starlight Six Drive-In.
November 1st, 2010
6:22 pm
Atlantic Station, begrudgingly. The facilities and screens are the nicest, even if the patrons and staff can be un-Regal. Midtown Art shows better movies, has better concessions, and serves alcohol, but it smells like feet and needs updating.
November 1st, 2010
6:41 pm
Ritz Theatre in Thomaston. Best old school theatre with modern A/V.
November 1st, 2010
6:44 pm
The Plaza Theater on Ponce de Leon. Not only the best, but the most important!
The Starlight Six on Moreland Ave. is a close second.
November 1st, 2010
6:54 pm
The WORST is the Carmike Cinema in Canton !
They are so cheap they can't afford a ticket cashier. You have to purchase tickets inside at the concession stand. To be able to purchase any concessions you have to take out a 2nd mortgage. The popcorn isn't fresh half the time and they aren't too generous on the butter. A large popcorn & soda will run you $12-$13.
I feel like I was pickpocketed !
November 1st, 2010
6:55 pm
I love The Movie Tavern at Northlake, however, while my children were growing up, we started putting them in their PJ's and packing the truck with air mattresses, blankets, pillows, cook stoves, Bar-B-Que grill, folding chairs, coolers of beverages (from hugs to rum & coke), Whirliy-Pop (popcorn popper), folding chairs, ice, food, various snacks and etc.
We would then file into the Starlight Drive-In on Moreland Avenue. We would get there two hours before dark (or showtime) and I would cook while the children played frisbee or hoola hoops. We only went to the concession stand if someone needed a bathroom break. The children usually lasted only through the first movie and that would leave me and Mommy (I actually cal her that – we all do) to enjoy a peaceful evening under the stars.
Today our children are all grown up and they continue the tradition with their own children. Mommy and I go along occasionally, but now I don't have to cook (so much) and I get to play frisbee a little too. I also don't have to pay for it all.
Now what could be better than that.
November 1st, 2010
7:09 pm
I hate to further leak the news of the best spot around–but The Movie Tavern at Northlake is just great. Great screens, plus beer, wine and full meal menu.
November 1st, 2010
7:15 pm
Fork & Screen is my fave. The movies are all first run. The food prices are comparable to a Chilli's Applebees and they have fantastic matinee ticket specials. I love their bacon cheeseburger with onion rings!!
The Starlight Drive-In is a close second. The fact that you can bring in your own food is a huge plus. And, where else can you see two movies for $7 a person.
I'll also check out the AMC mega theaters with stadium seating (Southlake Pav, Parkway Point), but only go to Atlantic Station for a movie when the tickets are free. I really like Tara, but Phipps Plaza isn't too bad for smaller crowds either. I miss AMC Galleria…that was a great small theater.
November 1st, 2010
7:17 pm
Been to movies all over the ATL – and have to say….Discover Mills. Best seats, right height between rows, curved design. Almost like Imax. Sound is top rate. Second vote goes to Atlantic Station. I have driven from Alpharetta to Gwinnett to see a flick in Disc Mills.
November 1st, 2010
7:20 pm
Tara on Cheshire Bridge. Not the best building or equipment by any means, but good films and a great location. If I'm going to see a Hollywood blockbuster, Hollywood 24 for the screens or Movie Tavern for the value.
November 1st, 2010
7:21 pm
Colonial 18 in Lawrenceville. Nice big theatres, comfy seats and few teenagers
November 1st, 2010
7:23 pm
Oh, I have to second the Discover Mills mention. I saw some of the Metropolitan Opera simulcasts there and the quality of sound and image was excellent.
November 1st, 2010
7:31 pm
South Dekalb Movie
November 1st, 2010
7:43 pm
You're kidding, right?
November 1st, 2010
7:45 pm
The Tara on Cheshire Bridge is my fav for independent movies, Studio Movie Grill on Holcomb Bridge is my fav for "popular" movies – and for the recent Grease sing-a-long event.
November 1st, 2010
8:11 pm
the Purple Palace (aka Hollywood 24 off of 85)
November 1st, 2010
9:32 pm
Buckhead Fork & Screen. You would expect overpriced food that is not very good, but it's surprisingly reasonable and delicious.
November 1st, 2010
10:10 pm
Plaza Theater and the Starlight Drive In, all the way!
November 2nd, 2010
2:09 am
Have to throw the fox theatre in there as well. I know they only show a limited number of movies in the summer, but it sort of brings back memories.
Atlantic station is the best when it comes to movie/sound quality, but you have to look past everything else.
November 2nd, 2010
7:30 am
The Movie Tavern at Northlake, Food is pricey, but it's good
November 2nd, 2010
8:21 am
Insurrection (it's a multi-screen cinema of sorts) at Piedmont/Cheshire Bridge Roads. It's unique and is one of those pay-as-you-go type of theaters.
November 2nd, 2010
8:28 am
Northlake Movie Tavern
November 2nd, 2010
9:11 am
I feel like the best movie theater can be divided into so many categories:
@Bub totally agree (but I call it) the Big Purple Theater lol. It's so big and the seats are very comfortable.
But for dinner and a movie definitely Fork and Screen (formally Backlot). I've been to Movie Tavern but for some reason I prefer Fork and Screen, probablly location?
And for continuous/independent films definitely the Plaza Theater: Keep it alive!
November 2nd, 2010
12:09 pm
Nothing beat watching movies like Jurassic Park and Independence Day at the old 85N Drive In.
I wouldn't know about the best place today. Two movie tickets, a popcorn, and two small Cokes…I'd rather spend $50 on a nice dinner and watch a BluRay on the LED at home.
November 2nd, 2010
12:10 pm
Buckhead Fork and Screen of course! I am just starting to go to the Studio Movie Grill (SMG). It's trying to give Fork and Screen a run for it's money.
November 2nd, 2010
12:13 pm
Absolutely the best movie experience in Atlanta is at Regal Hollywood Stadium 24 on the I-85 access road north of Shallowford. If a major movie is playing in the city, it can usually be found here. It has easy access, no waiting in lines, and the superior stadium seating in all theaters. This is a perfect place to catch an afternoon matinee at reduced prices.
November 2nd, 2010
12:32 pm
Movie Tarvern @ Northlake…u get to watch the movie and order a "blue thing" as referred to on the menu…which is a blue frozen marqarita. Lol..The seating is nice but the tables are slighty away from the chairs so if you don't have long legs or arms, you will have to move up to eat your food. Lol
November 2nd, 2010
12:34 pm
Oh and also, the Movie Tarven @Northlake has all u can eat"Pancakes" and kid movies on early Saturdays and Sundays…
November 2nd, 2010
12:39 pm
Fork and Screen is the best. I've been to Northlake Movie Tavern and found it to be a low rent version of Fork and Screen. The seats weren't comfortable and the tables in front of the seats are so far away from the seats that you have to scoot to the edge of your seat just to reach your drink.
November 2nd, 2010
12:50 pm
Studio Movie Grill on Holcomb Bridge in Alpharetta. Full bar and nice seating and the service is great!
November 2nd, 2010
12:53 pm
Studio Movie Grill on Holcomb Bridge..wonderful service and menu!
November 2nd, 2010
1:17 pm
My house – better presentation, cheaper, no kids, no obnoxious talkers, no popcorn munchers. I can wait the extra three months to not have to deal with the generally awful theater experience.
November 2nd, 2010
1:25 pm
No thanks. Surly teenagers who don't want their jobs. Pricey tickets. Rude people in the theater, talking, and taking cell phone calls. Pricey food and drinks. No trailers. Theaters don't make it at all worthwhile. Their only chance to to offer an experience, and they utterly fail.
November 2nd, 2010
1:27 pm
You should definitely go to the Starlight Drive In on Moreland Ave. It is great and a great $$ value as well. 2 movies for $7 and they replay the first movie shown after the 2nd feature. So really you could see 3 movies for 1/2 the cost of one in a theatre. In the summer do the "tailgate" dinner and in winter snuggle so you don't freeze! Yipee!
November 2nd, 2010
1:32 pm
Living in the City of Decatur, my local favorite is:
The AMC Theater at North Dekalb Mall. 16 screens, clean bathroom and screening facilities, polite employees, fresh concessions, and futuristic lobby all make for a nice movie-going experience.
Favorite Long-time theater: The Plaza Theatre. Shows foreign films and indies no other theater will show. Next door is a funky tavern with great late-night food,; the Righteous Room. Good hummus and burgers.
Haven't been but want to check it out: The Movie Tavern at Northlake.
Biggest hassle theater: The AMC at Phipps Plaza. Purchase tickets on one floor; attend movie on another.
November 2nd, 2010
1:33 pm
Some jerk always says "my house" get over yourself
November 2nd, 2010
1:56 pm
The Fox Theatre
November 2nd, 2010
2:23 pm
Fat people shouldnt eat while theyre sitting and watching movies.
November 2nd, 2010
2:29 pm
Regal at Atlantic Station is the best I've seen in a while. Convenient, new, clean and they have digital projectors. Though the "crowd" can be a bit ghetto-fab & pants-on-the-ground.
Phipps is too small and is way too far along without updating to modern technology. Only think it's got going is that you can bring any food you want in with you.


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India can manage only 120 in 20 overs. Will England win a consolation victory?
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Please see, with the past experience, no score is small or big...winning depends on the will to win and play as well. Best of LUCK TO india.Answered by Sridhar, 29 Oct '11 08:24 pm
YesAnswered by klm, 29 Oct '11 09:19 pm
England all set to winAnswered by anil garg, 29 Oct '11 09:14 pm
It is possible.. But may be it is too early to predict.. now it is 80 for 2.. may be some more wickets will slow them down, and eventually we will win.Answered by subhash, 29 Oct '11 08:51 pm
Still, we can hope for the best for India...!Answered by Dil Se, 29 Oct '11 08:39 pm
May be they canAnswered by rajnikant raiyarela, 29 Oct '11 08:37 pm
120 in this wicket appears big to chase.Answered by Damodar Biswal, 29 Oct '11 08:26 pm
It appears to be a difficult target because of the pitch condition. When Bopara is able to turn the ball so well, Ashwin will certainly bowl better. It is a tough target for England. But England's fielding was outstanding. India must match their fielding and restrict their runs. Then only, we can win the match.Answered by Seshadri Srinivasan, 29 Oct '11 08:20 pm
I think India will win todayAnswered by hitler, 29 Oct '11 08:20 pm
India is expert in T20 especially in home ground
India is expert in T20 especially in home ground
India can win if Dhonis luck continues in Indian Soil.Answered by Mike Tison, 29 Oct '11 08:19 pm


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Why are we afraid to make mistakes?
I recently saw this article and found the following paragraph: "In science, you make your mistakes in public. You show them off so that everybody can learn from them. This way, you get the benefit of everybody else's experience, and not just your own idiosyncratic path through the space of mistakes."
While i'm not sure that all scientists share their mistakes so that others can learn form them, i was wondering why we're afraid to make mistakes at work, for instance? Is it because we are told that mistakes are not tolerated? Could it be our education, from our family and school, that mistakes should be avoided at all cost or hidden when they happen?
May 31 2013: That's an easy call. Education (in America anyway) has no grounding on social development. It is purely competition only. There are no formal models for social development, authority is lorded over you without contract or explanation. Fix these things and one of the first realizations is that there is developmental value in honest failure. And sniggling and mob ridicule becomes the sign of social illiterates and arrested development rather than the norm it is still today. That's why people are afraid to fail. When we have a culture of cooperation that offsets the over-emphasis on competition, it begins to occur that failure is a stimulus that leads to synergy. And if you don't know how great a thing synergy is, you are undoubtedly a product of that flawed western education. Synergy is the coming together of two or more persons whose unique interactions creates a new whole greater than the some of its parts--in other words, together we can and will discover collaborations that lead to creation neither of us could have accomplished or even imagined alone. Capitalists frown on that kind of thing--it's winner take all, so there are probably political reasons we still have the Industrial Factory system still churning out under-achievers if not failures. IMO, no reformed educational system should accept even one failure. It's gotta be all "hit, no miss" not hit or miss with a high degree of misses.
Jun 1 2013: What would be the realistic result if the educational system were to change?
I honestly agree with your point, but from another perspective competition drives people to strive for higher achievements, and thus produce people with supposed 'higher' success, but consequently results in many failures. (Life is too damn unfair).
Should society change there educational system in that it would reduce the competitiveness and strive for 100% success (Note: Competitiveness is part of human nature, if that helps with anything).
Jun 1 2013: Competition and cooperation are not mutually exclusive--it doesn't have to be all one way or all the other. Consider team sports--one team cooperates with each other and so does the other, but the two teams compete with each other and nothing is lost while so much is gained as the sport takes form. When it comes to education it becomes much more unwieldy if you think of education revolving around a building hundreds or thousands of young people come to each day. What if you dispose of that model after elementary school where the basics of language and mathematics are uptaken and convert part of that building to a "facilitation zone"? Here there would be guidance personnel, students completely liberated from the confinement to this thing we have called "class" where young people who may be intellectually ready to progress at extraordinary speeds have been dragged down by the luck of the draw of a poor teacher or slow students no longer have that confining them to 20th Century views of "normality". On the same token, those who have not done well in "class" for whatever reason get remedial help from older students where the elders are able to get credit for the social development value as well as the communication skills helping those a little younger in age can provide. I'm going to run out of characters long before I can address even a fraction of the potentials that are possible if we cease seeing education as tied to "time slots and a central building" and instead retrain what used to be "teachers" (with the help of new media technologies) to take the approach of having a number of "clients" that they "facilitate" by matching cooperative relationships which are by nature, temporary and fluid. How could this be configured so that it is not so faulty and makes for the mixture of some competition? Use what nature has shown us--the bee hive where no more than 6 and no fewer than 2 can work in a "cell" to achieve an objective. Culturize lecture as entertainment etc
Yen YangMay 30 2013: there are only two things:
1. people have pride issues. somehow, people try to be as perfect as possible because they are afraid of being trampled on which hurts their prized ego. that hurts emotionally.
2. people don't like to be reprimanded or punished. as we were all brought up, our parents and elders usually chastised us when we've done wrong. that hurts physically.
people are afraid of making mistakes because it has a double effect: you have already committed one and you're a bit unsure of what happens next. people are afraid to get hurt.
Dale FarnanJun 3 2013: One reason has to do with education. In school, a mistake is the worst thing you can make, the whole grading scale is based on how many mistakes kids make. Inadvertently, this has caused a drop in risk taking and creative solutions to problems because kids are so afraid they will make a mistake they will not take a risk. You can't be creative if you are paralyzed by fear of making a mistake.
Jun 3 2013: Robert Kiyosaki in his book, "If you want to be rich and happy, then don't go to school", postulated pretty much exactly what you have just said Dale. By making people believe that mistakes are wrong/bad, people then become afraid to make them. This then transpires that people don't innovate in their jobs because they are afraid of being wrong!
The missing key ingredient here about mistakes, is that you are meant to learn from them! It is by learning from your mistakes that you grow and gain more knowledge and insights. If anything, mistakes should be encouraged with the proviso that you learn from them. Much as we should learn from the mistakes of the past in our collective human history, so the same mistakes aren't made again! :D
Jun 5 2013: My Father, who was a masterful handyman and carpenter, said that, in today's work culture, he'd have to fire himself as a 17 year old apprentice, because he made loads of mistakes in the beginning....
My son gets frustrated because he can't play guitar like I can...except neither could I when I started....You try, mess up, try again,mess up, try again, mess up a little less, try again....etc.
Dale RobbinsJun 1 2013: I think it has to do with maturity. I'm 50 and I don't think about mistakes, one way or the other. I live life and go through each day living. If I thought to myself," oh no! I made a mistake! what will people think??" what kind of life would that be? Mistakes are facts of life, we all make them. Look at, Post-it-Notes... I have them all over my laptop.. they were a mistake.. in that, while looking for an adhesive to perform a certain task, the world got turned on to Post-it-Notes... that wasn't at all what the company was shooting for, but the "mistake" has make them millions... or, you make a "mistake" and walk down the wrong aisle at the super market, and run into your future wife, or husband... forget about making mistakes... you'll not only make less of them when you do, but you'll also learn how to live, and be human.
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May 29 2013: The first thing that popped into my head, when I read your question, QF, was: fear of failure.
But when I read your description, I think you're on to something when you said, "Is it because we are told that mistakes are not tolerated?"
In 2nd grade, my teacher said to us: "You're allowed to make mistakes, that's why there are erasers on the ends of pencils." 2nd grade was a joy, because I felt that no matter what happened, I was learning something.
In 3rd grade, my teacher would circle erased sections of my papers with red ink. Suddenly, that freedom and excitement to learn was gone.
Victor Wooten said in his TEDed talk, "Music as a Language":
we don't refuse to communicate with infants who are learning to talk, because they don't speak perfectly yet, do we? What kind of world would this be, if that were the case? Is there no room for development anymore?
The wisest thing any person ever said to me, was an 8-year-old autistic boy. He said, "I can do anything. I just have to learn how first."
May 29 2013: Actually I think your first comment was right, "fear of failure", and that happens at a very young age.
From parents always saying "dont", dont play with matches, dont run with scissors, dont forget, dont paint outside the lines, dont be late, dont touch... etc. It's also similar to down, quite down, sit down, put it down.
All negative reinforcements which then lead to...
School tests which are a perfect example, as now your being rated amongst one's peers. And compounded with 'what will people think of me', if I fail, nicely takes us to the next level, cheating on a test. Which can change peoples perception of you, clearly from a negative to a positive experience. And the respective reinforcement that comes a pass or a fail.
Sometimes it's quite clear to see that this methodology of learning and its traits are still unsurprisingly in adults - they still have the same propensities as the child. Look at a politician as a good example.
Which I suppose justifies/re-enforces Freud's - ID / Ego / Super-Ego philosophy.
Which Lizanne because of your initial thought shows you are at a level of ... Always the Child :)
May 30 2013: Absolutely, Tify! You know me well!!
My Mom, who was a Montessori teacher, always replaced 'don't' with 'you need'. Do instead of saying 'Don't play with those scissors', she would say, 'You need to be careful with those scissors'. It was a simple grammatical switch, turning a potentially negative comment into a positive one. Just the word 'need' implied that I was responsible for my actions, and it made me more aware of what I was doing. I totally agree, testing reinforces this deep-rooted need to achieve perfection.
This leads me to how we deal with emotions. Just like you described, Tify, we often tell our kids not to do things, in order to protect them. We also tend to say, 'Don't cry' or 'Don't be afraid', as if switching off these natural emotions were that easy! Inadvertently, we're teaching our kids that there are some emotions that are ok to feel, and others that are not. It is a form of conditional love - we're actually saying to our children, 'I'll love you when you're happy, but not when you're angry'.
Our natural instinct is to protect our children from pain, but the paradox is, that we need to allow them them feel it, along with every other emotion, so that they can recognize it in another - it's about building empathy. Making mistakes are vital, otherwise, how will you recognize that wonderful sense of accomplishment?
Tify Ndanoboi 50+May 30 2013: Your right Lizanne, we need to make mistakes, it was a comment of mine in another place.
To be a good judge you need experience, to get experience you need to make mistakes.
I was just trying to point out how society currently changes our perception about that, from childhood to adulthood, and until we change what we do, we cant expect people to change and so nor society.
And Lizanne realistically, I don't think by continuing along this path, we either actually doing the child any favours either, not in-terms of it's ability to learn more, nor it's ability to grow more, nor in its ability to change society and the problems that we are starting to face.
I look at the high school drop out rate in the US, a ted talk currently on here, and I wonder if that 'negativity' is setting these kids up to fail.
I cant tell you how so right you are about 'conditional love', you obviously know and realize that what we are seeing in society now is a direct and absolute cause of that ingrained behaviour.
May 31 2013: great comment! but i wonder how the 8 year old child will learn to do things? will he figure everything out himself? definitely not. someone will teach him lots of things, including what's "wrong" & "right", which means that the kid will also learn what is acceptable behaviour and what's a "mistake" (which is usually something bad, as opposed to whatever is considered good)
May 31 2013: I feel, there are so many levels of 'right' and 'wrong', even where mistakes are concerned.
In this example, a mistake is not the same thing as unacceptable behavior. It's something fundamentally unintended. Unacceptable behavior implies premeditation:
A child who feels something complex like envy, for example, can act out in an effort to change the situation. They have trouble with the initial emotion, can't figure out what it is but knows it doesn't feel good, so another emotion like frustration or anger takes over. Then what often happens, is that he/she is scolded for behaving 'badly'. The core emotion, envy, is masked by another emotion, which means the core emotion is never properly dealt with.
When my kids act out, I try to get to the bottom of things, and work out what they were feeling before they started 'behaving badly'. We calm down, then we go back, step by step, till we work out what sparked that first emotion. Then we talk about it (and when talking doesn't work, we sing about it!)
As far as learning goes, I agree with you QF, someone will help that child learn. Some things, he'll figure out on his own, which is a wonderful achievement. Kids know at a pretty young age what's okay and what's not okay (i.e. acceptable vs. unacceptable behavior). And even when they do, they can still 'opt' for the unacceptable behavior, and are indeed 'making a mistake' by doing so.
Little kids deal with big feelings, it's vital they learn to be open and communicative about them in some way. That's where adults come in - parents, educators - to guide kids in discovering and coping with these emotions. Concealing our emotions won't get anyone anywhere, which goes for everybody.
May 31 2013: I want to agree with you, but your making a mistake :)
Unfortunately you also forgetting that not all parents care about their children, which is another whole long subject but also effects the reason why I'm posting this, shown the final paragraph.
Another example is the use of and influence of religion to influence people into 'mindset'. An doctrine, being imbued with specific believes. A commonly used form - indoctrination.
Thus your assuming that parents are the primary means of morality, up to a point that's true, but it's a status quo that ends. Peer demands and opposition will nearly always trump initial guidance, as will other forces. And not all of them for good.
Those facts and others, are used by two opposing factions, one being your typical suicide bomber, ever notice they are not men or women in their 60's? Or that they go through an indoctrination - typically managed and motivated by 'pre-selected' peers.
The other opposing faction being the military, ever wonder why the average age of a solider in Vietnam was 18-19?
Lest we forget the why the word exists and the obvious implications that word has - infantRY
I wont go into the whole cult scenario - but they follow similar psychological patterns of indoctrination, honed to their specific goals.
and the reason for this comment is that, motivational changes can and do significantly adjust a child's perspective of what you said Lizanne about - 'Kids know at a pretty young age what's okay and what's not okay (i.e. acceptable vs. unacceptable behavior).'
That's why I think that comment, while it has the potential to be true, is not the whole truth.
May 31 2013: Tify, if I did, it was absolutely unintended, despite the fact I'm a grown-up (on the outside, anyway!!)
My point of view is indeed, but one point of view. Seeing the world in a broader perspective is the main reason I visit TED on a daily basis. ;) You are absolutely right, I often see children who are 'dumped' at school and left to their own devices.
And, I notice the influence of peer pressure on my kids - you're so right, the effects of it sometimes undermine my methods. This just motivates me to work harder, to get at that core and encourage communication, especially when it concerns situations that take place outside the home.
Young minds are easy to mold, if it's fighting a war or selling them stuff they don't need. There are indeed so many examples of the youth being brain-washed into making mistakes, for 'the good of *fill in the blank'. The Hitler Youth jumps to mind - can't imagine a bigger mistake than that...
Reality and history has shown, we do possess the ability to suppress what we know is 'right', in order to comply.
Andre WicksJun 15 2013: People are afraid to make mistakes because of a deeply entrenched societal norm that communicates that a mistake is equal to failure. People don't want to fail. The problem is that the fear of making mistakes cripples people. People who are highly capable, people who are well intentioned, people who can make a difference will shy away from even attempting something because of the fear of failure.
I agree with the referenced article, that we should absolutely celebrate mistakes, as scientists do. However, it should be noted that the even more honorable factor of mistake making that wasn't mentioned is that of the attempt, stepping up to the starting line. Whether or not you actually complete a task mistake free, you've set yourself apart from the masses who would rather not try then make a mistake if you simply try. There can be no success without an attempt.
I am a middle school assistant principal and I see the fear of making mistakes holding hundreds of students back from meeting their full potential all too often. Fear related paralysis plagues our youth. The good news is, we can change that by modeling the necessity of attempting to achieve, by demonstrating willingness to try, to mess up, to learn, and to try again.
Aneek JamesJun 19 2013: I think that we as a culture have incorrectly classified the value of a mistake. We tend to see mistakes as a waste of valuable time we could have spent being right. We often look back on mistakes we've made as a unit or group (Slavery, Universal Suffrage, etc. - I'm from the US) and think, "Wow, how could they have been so blind" as opposed to "Wow, I'm glad we got that right eventually." It also comes from pride in some ways. Some like to think that they have that knowledge or piece of the puzzle that no one else has. We see mistakes as moments when we fall down and correctness as moments when we pull ourselves up. We really should see mistakes as ways to pull ourselves up and moments of correctness as ways to pull others up.
Education plays a big role in the perpetuation of this negative view of mistakes and correctness, but it is not the sole reason. Our systems are reflections of our own values; we have to acknowledge problems with our moral code or list of virtues as a community before we can expunge and correct those problems as a community.
Jun 17 2013: Dear Questions First,
I think you are spot on when mentioning some of the reasons people are afraid to make mistakes...sometimes told that mistakes are not tolerated...should be avoided...hidden when they happen...". I suggest...mistakes are sometimes refered to as "failure"? People may think less of those who make mistakes? We may think less of ourselves?
The definition of mistake includes..."wrong action or statement proceeding from faulty judgment".
It also says..."inadequate knowledge".
These statements, both part of the definition of "mistake", seem contradictory to me. If we do not have adequate knowledge, I don't know how a decision can be labeled "wrong", or "faulty judgment".
Whatever the reason, I do not feel afraid to make mistakes, because in my perception, life is an exploration. I embrace the part of the definition which says..."inadequate knowledge", and continue to seek more knowledge, so I do not make the same less useful choice or decision again. Decisions and choices I make are based on all available information I have at any given time, and I do the best I can with the knowledge I have in the moment. We can move along the path of life, and in my perception, there are no mistakes....only opportunities to learn, grow and improve our life experience:>)
Evan BonneyJun 12 2013: It might be appropriate to add Shakespeare's quote from Hamlet, "...there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so." Mistakes are perhaps a matter of individual perception for some of society's greatest mistakes became some of our greatest inventions.
Brené Brown talks about making mistakes in her book, "The Gifts of Imperfection" which is a great read. Worth a read for some understanding regarding mistakes and shame. This talk was helpful for me as well in understanding this fear:
Mark Epstein is also a great read for understanding how mindfulness can allow us to overcome this fear. His book "Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart" is great as well.
Great conversation to ask the questions that allow us to be mindful in our daily lives!
Evan BonneyJun 13 2013: Hi Mary,
You're very welcome. Epstein is a great read. He approaches psychotherapy through a Buddhist lens which is quite interesting. He tackles the ego and how liberation from our ego's allows us to understand our true potential and come to Enlightenment.
Perhaps, making mistakes bruises our egos and we have to free ourselves from them in order to be as I think Brené puts it, secure in our insecurities.
Vibhu Gauba
Jun 11 2013: we tend to avoid public shame and the side effects derived from them. Making mistakes is something that's not tolerated in our societies even if we don't have a writen code, we seem to have an invisible mental law clung to our inner person that prevents us from doing something that risks our reputation before others. I feel we do it because we want to protect ourselves, and to be more precise, our selfsteem. and the other hand, PRIDE has its share!
Jun 10 2013: Well, what exactly is a mistake? Yes, we can agree that you can learn from mistakes, but sometimes the lesson that we learn is not victorious enough to overpower the damage from the mistake.
In science mistakes are usually not feared because the whole goal o experimentation is to make mistakes. The information that you learn from these mistakes prevails over the detriment which is caused by the mistake. This detriment sometimes not even existing.
Jun 10 2013: We are raised to be perfectionists. At school, everybody expects us to have perfect grades. We are expected to have a perfect social attitude, a perfect appearance, a perfect mental state. Of course, we can't -it's just not feasible. And deep inside, we know that. But even though when these extremely high expectations from the people around us are forced on us for the first time we know they're totally wrong, we get used to them and we begin having these expectations ourselves.
Mistakes should happen and it's not possible for them not to happen. If we are perfect since our birthday, what's the point of education, what's the point of experimenting with things? Mistakes should be accepted and then corrected. That's the only way that we can evolve.
Jun 9 2013: It's because of simple princeple: "Human being is social animal and he is wise enough to expresive. Being social animal, he made the soceity with rules & regulations to run the soceity".
Soceity made these rules based on the understanding & consequnces of the situations at that time, mainly with the intension of public interest. As per me, at least some of current rules & regulations may not be completely perfect / some times wrong, because of misunderstanding of the situations when the rule is framed. Example: so many sceintist hanged or killed, when they invented some thing against the rules. but later those rules were chaged during the evaluation of finding real truth.
I think & I am sure, Finacial indipendence of all the groups (such as, young, women, old, handicapped, even children group, etc,) in all places may induce the revolution of many social rules & regulations. we have seen this in past & hystory is suggesting the same.
Jun 5 2013: When I was a Pastry Chef, I had a boss once say one thing she loved when she was a "department of one" was that no-one saw her mistakes; if she burned a tray of croissants, she simply threw them out and started over, even though that might add an hour two to her day. Granted, she tried very hard to not make mistakes because she valued her time as much as anyone. However, if she was working in a department of several, like I was with her, any mistakes were immediately noticable and seemingly "worse" than hers might have seemed to her.
I think we fear mistakes because we are taught that there is ONE way to learn...that is by mastering the task the first time. Mistakes are too often associated with improper learning or inattention, rather than simply not learning the way we are taught. It is seen as the student's fault if they don't get a concept or task...
Jun 5 2013: For some reason Donald Rumsfeld's famous statement came to my mind:
"There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.
There are known unknowns; that is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know.
But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know."
Nate Silver's penetrating book "The Signal and the Noise" also refers to this quote. While many people like scientists and forecasters are placing much emphasis on revealing or predicting known unknowns, it is unknown unknowns such as the 9/11 terror attack — most people had never thought about if an airplane would crash into a huge tower — that may potentially influence our life and therefore we should really care about (which is impossible because we don't know they exist). Failing to do something is acceptable as long as it doesn't trigger unprecedented effects — that is, unknown unknowns — but otherwise we would hesitate to try. Fear of mistakes could be part of our instinct to survive in this world where unknown unknowns are omnipresent.
Jun 10 2013: I've spent the last decade trying to sustain the rumor that Donald Rumsfeld spent two years confinement at the federal maximum security prison in Butner North Carolina for obstruction of justice . . . or maybe I just want to start the rumor . . .
But the unknown/unknowns are always there. And dealing with those requires two things: 1) Vigilance, and 2) Courage. It is said that "Eternal Vigilance is the price of freedom." You just have to pay attention to protect yourself. That's the risk of the Unknown. And Courage is always part of every decision we make -- where we have to act upon incomplete or potentially inaccurate information.
And the most consistent observation I have made thus far is quite simple. Even an obviously BAD decision creating misery for everyone, iS often much preferable to making NO DECISION. The consequences of making a bad decision can often be corrected or repaired. But making no decision can destroy everything.
Jun 11 2013: Juan, and don't you think that a person who repeatedly makes mistakes and gets called out on them might end up deciding to make no decisions at all, in order to avoid mistakes?
I know people like that. They will not make a single decision.....because they are afraid of making a mistake.......
I remember when I was young that I would go out with a group of friends, and nobody wanted to say where we should go....nooooo.....I had to always speak first and give the options available.
It gets old....having to decide all the time.....and also dealing with the backlash if things do not turn out well. But it is a risk I have always been willing to take.
Other people.....not so much. These individuals are, in my opinion, emotional cowards. I know, tough terminology, but I am surrounded by individuals like that.
Jun 11 2013: Some people are just like that. And I guess that's OK. The rest of us certainly have to live with it. And It can be tough to describe others in exactly the way that you see them. It takes courage. But what's to be gained by saying or doing anything else?
I see the courage that underlies your insight. And I think we both know that some people love the freedom of "backlash." The gal with the guts to decide sticks her neck out - and then has to put up with the petty blame-game when things don't go well. I guess that's how some people delude themselves into thinking that they are never wrong. They just wait. And then pass judgment on others. I've seen that pattern before. We all have at one time or another.
I've always tried to get away from those where and when I could. Get away and stay away.
Also, I have to revise my comments above. I met a Doctor who told me once, "If you don't know what to do, don't do ANYTHING!" I was perplexed, but then she explained her words. In medicine, you make a big mistake if you just experiment to see what works. Your patients want to get better. If you don't know what you are doing, you can 1) make them sicker, & 2) make it harder for a Physician who does know what they are doing to sort out the mess you have created. So, like anything in life, you have to find a balance.
Jun 11 2013: "What's motherhood got to do, got to do with it?" (to be sung, rather than read, to the tune of Tina Turner's What's Love Got To Do With It)........Lizanne would be proud of me for this little musical creativity.
Being a mom has nothing to do with it Juan...imho.
I think that individuals who avoid making decisions because they are afraid of making mistakes have issues with autonomy. At least that is what I have read in psychology books. Add to this that many times these individuals wait and wait until someone else steps forward and decides for them, just so that they can turn around and criticize a bad decision, is just terribly terribly wacked.
But, unfortunately, some individuals have had this sort of conditioning.
So, how to fix it?
I have read that you have to empower these individuals, praise them for their decision making skills when they do decide on something. Their self-esteem needs to be built up.
I am presently working on those around me.....I want to be part of the solution, not part of the problem. But it requires alot of patience.....I myself am a work in progress.
Jun 11 2013: Out of deference to your observation, to wit: "What's motherhood got to do with it?" I edited my earlier comments to remove my offensive presumptions. But if my removal, of my formerly offensive 'motherhood' comments, are, themselves, offensive (is offensive?) then I'll put them back.
. . . 'er, if I put my fat 'foot-in-it', I tried to fix it! If I failed to fix it and just missed the point, well, I can find a way to fix that too!
"What's Mom got to do, got to do with it . . . ?" I get the Tina Turner reference. Wikipedia says some wonderful things about her!
As far as your comment: "So how to fix it?" I generally do NOT go there. Not when dealing with other adults. If things get too "backlashed" I just absent myself from the equation. But this does explain my, now deleted, "Motherhood reference." I grew up in a culture that tends to abuse "Mom" in that way. It isn't fair, but Mom's have responsibilities that are a bit broader than the rest of us. Where I grew up, Mom's tend to supervise everything! So if you screw up, somewhere, somehow, 'Mom' will let you know! That is, if you're lucky . . .
Backlash? The best Moms have the resources to deal with even that! And Mom or not, so do the strongest women. And the strongest women are people that only a fool would mess with. For sure!
Jun 12 2013: Oh, you don't need to apologize, I was not offended.
I was just attempting some humor with my comment.
But in all seriousness, I don't really think my observations and feeling are necessarily related to being a mom. I am just an observant person.
I do feel that, at times, we can help others, albeit in a tactful, discreet way. That is, if the person is someone we love and care about, and if we are always around them and see how their behavior hurts themself and others.
I usually steer clear of these types of individuals Juan. They suck the life out of me.
You know, when I read Covey's Habits of Successful People and learned about interdependence, I underwent a huge paradigm shift. Since then, I have worked hard to not be the only person who works around my home. And, although I observe alot more than the others around me......I pick my battles carefully, and I help others to also be "aware".....all for their own good.
"The strongest women are people that only a fool would mess with"......if you say so.
I liked this quote I read once:
"A strong woman stands up for herself, a stronger woman stands up for someone else."
Check out superwoman: http://wisewomenrule.com/wtwquotes5/
Heather White 20+Jun 1 2013: Interesting question.
We are afraid to make mistakes because we are conditioned into believing that mistakes are bad and wrong. People will laugh at us, or punish us, so we lose face and feel ashamed.
Children naturally learn by trail and error without embarrassment. Parents and teachers knock this out of us. It leads to people covering up mistakes, or denying that a mistake has been made. It stops people taking responsibility for their errors. It's very damaging.
Paul Lillebo 10+May 30 2013: It all depends on the mistake. There are mistakes so small that nobody cares if you make them. We all make them and we don't worry about it. But I've had jobs (flying) where a seemingly small mistake could easily cause the loss of life, and you just can't make those mistakes. There are good and obvious reasons to be afraid of making those mistakes.
And then there are all the other in-between mistakes - embarrassing, perhaps costly, but not fatal. I worked with a guy who evidently dressed in the dark, because from time to time he'd show up with one brown shoe and one black. I was "helpful" and pointed it out to him one time, and he was genuinely shocked and slightly embarrassed. But it kept happening just as often as before. I liked his attitude - the shoes were meaningless to him. On the job he worked with great concentration and precision, because his work was important. The shoes just weren't. The moral is perhaps, don't sweat the small stuff. But the flip side is do sweat the big stuff: Don't drive without giving full attention to driving. Mistakes here happen quickly and can be fatal, just as in flying.
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Barry Palmer 100+May 29 2013: You might want to read some of the comments in this conversation:
In that conversation, I pointed out that failure/mistakes can cause real harm.
We are afraid to make mistakes for a good reason, the resulting harm..
Jun 27 2013: Right, I punch my two every chance I get. All they have to do is look at me for too long and I punch them. Both of them have black eyes right now, I mean It's summer time, who's gonna really know if you keep them locked up in the house? They live in fear of me but they sure know who is boss!
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First Rosie ... now TMZ has learned roughly 30 people got the chop at the Oprah Winfrey Network today ... including 2 high level execs.
Sources connected to OWN tell us ... people from at least 3 departments were let go ... including the creative services dept., integrated marketing and promo scheduling.
We're told one of the casualties was the head of the Creative Services Department. Another was the Senior Vice President of Production.
One source tells us the group included people with years of experience in the industry as well as newcomers.
The timing is interesting ... considering O just cancelled Rosie O'Donnell's show. OWN has been struggling with low ratings since its launch.
One source tells us, "It's like a ghost town over there."
We're told, "They did the firings respectfully ... brought everyone into an office individually and explained the situation face to face."
Calls to OWN have not been returned.
But... But I thought the whole world was watching Oprah???
Well not me anyways.
OWN, you been PWNED!
bloodbath???.... TMZEEgro please!
People watched an hour of Oprah on network TV,but as others here have said that's not enough to carry your own network and expect people to buy cable to watch her station. On network Tv Oprah was able to get the top stars on to interview and current topics in the news. I watched Gail a few times when she had a show on Oprah's station and I could hardly find her or her guests of interest, Gail tried to be Oprah and she is no Oprah. Watched Rosie once and she seemed too tame was expecting the old Rosie with all the controversy and mouth. Nothing on Oprah's station I would watch again. If I didn't already have cable I would be upset to pay for Oprah's station after having watched a few shows and would not watch again and definitely not pay cable to watch. Don't think firing all these people is going to fix the lack of viewers. The station is exactly what Oprah wanted it to be and nobody is watching.
Oprah knew this would be a gamble. Her mistake; thinking people would PAY to watch her. I'm on Comcast. To get her show I'd have to go up a tier to Comcast Preferred...which would cost me another $10 a month for the first year. Sheesh...I'm a guy...Oprah wasn't a choice for me when she was FREE!
OWN is only available here on the premium cable packages. Regular people can't afford that (at least the ones who actually stick to a budget). They need to make it available on the basic cable package...
When OPRAH WINFREY abandoned CHICAGO for CALIFORNIA...the writing was on the wall. If you want to "play" in CHICAGO but abandon the very element that made it successful...you have written the slow death of a franchise.
The OPRAH WINFREY "GOLD standard" is melting. Viewers are tiring of DR. PHIL, DR. OZ (Michael Jackson-type skinny version of a "doctor"), NATE BERKUS is just decorating the equivalent of store window sets by his "interpretation" of viewers real rooms. OWN network's demise results when OPRAH'S gigantic ego meets reality (which she lost touch of 20 years ago).
Time for folk like OPRAH WINFREY, PAULA DEEN, REGIS PHILBIN, DAVID LETTERMAN, JAY LENO, MATT LAUER, KELLY RIPA etc. to sit on the "porch" and count the money which they received for many decades than they were worth.
Anytime I put on the OWN channel, there are depressing shows about murders, people in jail and criminals. Or out dated 1980's movies, or Dr. Phil reruns. Her Sunday night stuff is kinda interesting but then they replay everything a zillion times. She should run the old Game Show network stuff.
How DARE you fail for Queen Oprah! She just doesn't realize that OWN is not network television anymore.
You knew all the Rosie people would get fired, but to kill some who have worked for her for years?....Bad karma.
I hope Oprah didn't point at them and say, "You get fired. And you get fired. And you get fired...."
Oprah got too full of herself when she bought her OWN network. I never once tuned into her network channel. Never had any desire to, the last couple years Oprah was on I got to sick of her New Age crap and promoting occult hooey, I stopped watching her years ago.
In my opinion she misguided A LOT of vulnerable people with her occult/new age hoohah.
God giveth, God taketh away.
The public is Oprah'd out. Her time has come and gone - not a bad thing just reality.
She overestimated her following. She should devote her immense resources helping new production companies get off ground and mentoring new media talent since the current crop basically sucks from political favoritism and getting old.
There's nothing respectful about firing someone, I guess Oprah wasn't even in the Building when all this went down...had other people do her dirty work
Oprah, if you or your people are reading this, I will tell you right now the reason your network is failing is because of the channel it is on. It took me forever to find it. You need to try to get a better channel in the main line of channels because yours is way out there in the middle of nowhere. At my house it's like channel 217 or something. We never look at the shows in the 200's, only the 700's. We live in San Diego, so if you have someone checking it out, I am telling you this is the reason.


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Why is this relevant to Ford? Because cloud computing is the next big thing for in-vehicle technology, and the Ford show display at the 2012 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit will give attendees a view from "the Cloud," providing a sneak peek of what's in store for Blue Oval vehicles.
The display will allow Ford to showcase future trends, such as Changing Population Demographics, Emerging Technologies and Living Green. There will also be a super cool 20-foot-tall elevator to take visitors up to "the Cloud" for a 360-degree film showcasing the future of Ford in-car technology. Visitors to the Ford display will also be able to drive with motorsports star Ken Block, take a ride in a Mustang on the dyno or use trivia to plan out their next great "Escape." We like to call it "augmented reality."
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