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For those of you who joined us last week for Finding Your Creative Focus with Shawn Blanc, you're familiar with the exercises we went through. For those who didn't, Shawn led us on a small journey of figuring out things that were important to us, setting some goals, and some small wins to achieve those goals. In putting together this workshop, we spent some time with Shawn on shaping it and what we thought would be really valuable for the community. But it struck a chord with us on a personal level, and on an organization level.
For a lot of us personally, we'd been thinking a lot about our lives and how we were spending our time. We'd been evaluating what brought us positive energy, what we may be losing passion for, and things that are (re)sparking our interests. So we thought it might also be important for us to really look at what we were doing with C&D, how it lined up with not only our original mission, but where we wanted to go. Three things became really clear as we began planning the workshop with Shawn:
1. This was exactly the direction we wanted to go with C&D. We knew we'd been successful with the connection and inspiration aspects of our mission, but we weren't doing as much with the growth piece as we wanted to be. And to be honest, that's the one that really excites us and where we find the most value in. How could we create opportunities that not only helped foster community and inspiration, but actually made designers better at their craft and even as people? This workshop with Shawn was absolutely a start.
2. The rhythm that we'd been doing with C&D - two hour long morning monthly events - had ultimately created a constraint that didn't truly allow for us to dive deep into this focus. We know mornings aren't accessible for everyone. And while Design On Tap provides an alternative, it's not the same thing. We know two hours aren't long enough to create the truly meaningful events we want to. We'd run into going way over time or feeling reluctant to having to cut it off for a handful of events before; and as we were planning this workshop, we cursed ourselves that we had limited time to go through everything we wanted to with Shawn.
3. Things had to change. This rhythm wasn't going to work anymore if we were going to truly commit to this new direction. Quite simply, we needed more time. More time to plan things, more time for events, and more time to build things. If we could change the rhythm then we could change how we do things, and we could start creating more value as an organization that serves the design community. Because that's what we're here for. (Because that's why we're here?)
So if you haven't caught on yet, things around Coffee & Design are going to be changing. We will no longer be doing "the last Friday morning of every month" events, and instead focus on putting on more unique and interactive events that will take on the shape of whatever's best for them. Meaning, if it makes sense to be on a Saturday night with a keg then that's what we'll do. If it's a Tuesday morning at a coffeeshop, that's what we'll do. If it's Friday morning from 8-10, that's what we'll do. If it means there's a lull because we're working on something awesome, that's what it'll be. We have a lot of ideas, and we're really excited about what we can do with the next couple of years. To be honest, it re-instilled a passion in C&D for some of us that had started to burn out.
We hope you're as excited as we are for what's to come. If you have any thoughts or ideas on how we can be better, tell us because we seriously want to know. If you're totally freaked out by this or you totally hate it, we want to know that too. And if you pre-marked your calendar for the rest of the year, sorry about that but we're pretty sure it's going to be worth it. The best way to keep us with C&D is going to be to sign up for the newsletter and follow us on the socials. We promise that's the truth and not just a plug ;).
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Spacious and well furnished, the apartment features a bright bedroom with a king-size bed. The comfortable living area boasts 2 sofa beds, and the fully equipped kitchen even has a full length glass wall and partially glass roof.
The kitchen is equipped with everything you need for cooking a meal and has a table with two chairs. Two small balconies with table and chairs are ideal for smokers.
The house is well maintained and has an elevator and a secured front entrance. Wireless internet is included! The apartment is always professionally cleaned and we provide fresh sheets and towels.
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Nice apartment in a great urban area. The apartment is functional and practical.
Fin lejlighed i et fedt byområde. Lejligheden er funktionel og praktisk.
All the best, perfect organization! The location of the apartment is a dream, we will be back!
Alles bestens, perfekte Organisation! Die Lage der Wohnung ist ein Traum!Wir kommen wieder!
Friedrichshain is just always great and the location of the apartment is ideal. So central yet peaceful. We got to know the landlord is not true, but the key was deposited practical and reachable at all times. Via sms on the first night was very nice inquired whether everything was all right. We felt very comfortable in the apartment, everything was nice and clean. Thanks to Ben and Steve
Friedrichshain ist einfach immer toll und die Lage der Wohnung ideal. So zentral und doch ruhig. Wir haben den Vermieter zwar nicht kennengelernt, der Schlüssel war aber praktisch und jederzeit erreichbar deponiert. Per sms wurde am ersten Abend sehr nett nachgefragt,ob alles in Ordnung sei. Wir haben uns in der Wohnung sehr wohl gefühlt, alles war schön sauber. Danke an Ben und Steve
spacious apartment in a prime location with complete facilities. Handover uncomplicated and practical. The only catch is that there is something "dead" effect, as it is only rented to tourists
großes Appartement in bester Lage mit kompletter Ausstattung. Schlüsselübergabe unkompliziert und praktisch. Einziger Haken ist, dass es etwas "unbelebt" wirkt, da es nur an Touristen vermietet wird
The apartment of Ben discovered by chance on the internet and typing chosen after viewing the photos from the website has fully complied with, the apartment is clean, comfortable, furnished in a modern design without frills and without unnecessarily burdensome, is silent as The windows overlook the courtyard and is 4 underground stops from Alexanderplatz something to be reckoned, would spend some of the words for the district in which it is located far from the centers of the facility and is full of cafes multiethnic.
L'appartamento di Ben scoperto per caso digitando in internet e scelto dopo aver visualizzato le fotografie dal sito ci ha soddisfatto pienamente; l'appartamento è pulito, confortevole, arredato in modo moderno ed essenziale senza fronzoli e senza appesantimenti inutili, è silenzioso in quanto le finestre guardano sul cortile interno e si trova a 4 fermate di metropolitana da alexanderplatz cosa da non sottovalutare; spènderei anche qualche parola per il quartiere in cui si trova che è lontano dai centri commerciali del centro ed è pieno di localini multietnici.
Apartment completely fine, ideal for fans of miles around Simon-Dach-Strasse. Parking succeeded with happiness almost on the doorstep. Self can reach on foot all the stores. By public transport to the center in 15-30 minutes. Highly recommended for all who are on foot
Wohnung komplett in Ordnung, Ideal für Fans der Meile um die Simon-Dach-Straße. Parken gelang mit Glück annähernd vor der Haustür. Selbstversorger können fußläufig alle Läden erreichen. Per ÖPNV zum Zentrum in 15-30 min. Sehr empfehlenswert für alle, die gut zu Fuß sind
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Nett und gut eingerichtete Wohnung Mitten im "coolen" Friedrichshain. Ausstattung wie beschrieben, unkomplizierter Kontakt - alles sehr prima und absolut empfehlenswert!
The apartment is great! Great location in the middle of Friedrichshain, a still quiet courtyard. Nicely decorated.
Die Wohnung ist klasse! super gelegen mitten in Friedrichshain, trotzdem ruhig zu einem Innenhof hin.
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Flat top, only the TV was very small!
Wohnung top, nur der Fernseher war sehr sehr klein!
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Storytelling In Business: How Can It Benefit You?
|Kelsey Ruger
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Have you ever wondered how you can make your presentations more dynamic? Do you want to relate to your audience so that your message is more memorable? Maybe you want to add more drama or humor to your presentations. If so then storytelling is definitely the way to go.
Take a moment and think back to the last time you read a book that you simply couldn't put down? How did you feel? Do you remember the story? The characters? Now think about a time you were inspired to work hard or keep going after reading an autobiography or success story? That feeling of exhilaration and energy you felt is the result of a powerful story. In a business context, leaders can use these types of stories to educate, engage, inspire and encourage employees. You know your story hit the mark when it helps your audience connect the dots between the rational and emotional in situations where they might not otherwise be engaged or interested.
To illustrate this, before you watch the clip below let me present the facts of the scene:
- 4 junior high aged boys are traveling across their county to see something interesting
- They come to a railroad bridge that spans a large canyon with a river below
- They decide to cross despite the possibility of danger
- Two of the boys narrowly miss being run off the tracks when a train does come through
Big difference right? The scene presents the story on a level that is hard to reach with simple facts. Something else to note: The context of this scene in the movie doesn't affect its meaning because the scene presents what is called a universal truth story. Universal truth stories are used to communicate widely understood values, beliefs or situations that are understood regardless of race, ethnicity, religious beliefs or gender. Ultimately this is what you want to achieve when you pick a business story.
We've all experienced loss, fear, doubt, change, and complexity. Sometimes it's easier to put those experiences in perspective when we see them through the eyes of a character in a story. Your stories should make it easy for the audience to empathize with what happens to the characters based on their own life experiences.
There is however a problem with all this. We have been taught in school and business that facts rather than narrative should drive our decision process. Most people don't keep track of situations, stories and anecdotes that they can use later to explain work issues or problems. Here are some reasons why it's important to start using meaningful stories in your work:
Stories help people cope with change
Change is an inevitable part of work life. Whether good or bad most change brings some level of discomfort to the workplace because the unknowns of change are perceived as bad. When things change a story can help people understand that change doesn't always mean doom and/or loss. By relating to their fears, uncertainties, confusion and anger you can help your audience craft a new more positive version of their stories (more on the bad stories we create later). When crafting a story about change don't just ask what happened. Ask yourself "what will make people understand the change?", "how did change affect the character in the story?", "how can I illustrate that the change wasn't the end of the world?"
Stories get rid of the FUDs
Fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUDs) controls the average person more than they will admit. Fear of failure, rejection, ridicule or the unknown keeps many people from pursuing things they would likely find success in. When we feel afraid our instinctual reaction is to run or fight. We naturally want to do whatever it takes to preserve our sense of 'safety'. A story in these situations can help people to fight their natural instincts by presenting a character who overcomes their fear without suffering a great loss. Many times the characters in these stories are far better off after facing down their fear.
Stories help make the complex simple
If you look at one of my presentations you will see I am not a fan of the 'stuffed data' slide. I learned a long time ago that the majority of people simply tune you out when you drone on about data item after data item. We live in a complex world that has taught us to incorrectly rely heavily on facts and figures when communicating meaning in the modern workplace. The rule of thumb here? No one cares about your facts and figures as much as you do. Throw them out in favor of a story that explains what those numbers mean and why that meaning is important. A simple, memorable universal truth story about a person who solves a problem by taking a certain course of action will always serve you better.
Stories persuade where facts can't
We live in a world where the best storytellers get what they want. They understand that the stories we hear and tell daily influence us on a very deep level. They also know that relying solely on organizational, product or technical knowledge isn't enough in today's complex business environments. When faced with an opportunity to persuade, if you can't make it meaningful for your audience, what you talk about doesn't make much difference. Stories will work because when compared with other persuasion methods, they allow your audience to come to the desired conclusion on their own.
Stories produce mental images
Visual communication is a fundamental part of human history. Indigenous cultures used images to communicate and record history. You see it in primitive cave painting, the hieroglyphics of Egypt and the notes and sketches of such great thinkers as Leonardo Da Vinci. This tradition has helped shape language, history and and culture around the world. On top of that, a full 80% of our brain is dedicated to visual processing. If you can find a way to activate your audience's imagination and create a strong mental image, the impact of your story will be multiplied. Visual imagery can help capture ideas and significantly improve the ability to learn and comprehend a subject. Start using visual words like imagine, think, picture, or when was the last time. Now that you have read that look at the first line of this post again.
So the next time you have to give a speech or presentation remember the benefit of using a strong narrative to get your point across. P.S. Check out Lessons From The Emporium for another universal truth story.
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We've all experienced loss, fear, doubt, change, and complexity. Sometimes it's easier to put those experiences in perspective when we see them through the eyes of a character in a story.
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|Robbie Vorhaus
|Wednesday, March 3rd 2010
Hi, Kelsey,
wonderful post, thank you.
storytelling allows us to express our internal truths in ways humanity understands.
what's so important about storytelling in business is that when we simply talk facts, we leave it up to the audience(s) to interpret our message.
storytelling, w/ it's common themes, structure, cadence, and characters, is like a trojan horse because our truth is carried across the threshold, where ordinary communications is blocked at the door.
let's keep in touch and i remain your new fan,
|Brad Pecot
|Wednesday, March 3rd 2010
Even though this article is about storytelling in business, why can't it parallel to storytelling in life? Many people face the same types of challenges at work that they do in their personal lives. This is why I believe every person should read. You will find similarities between other stories, whether fiction or non-fiction, to your own story.
|Kelsey Ruger
|Tuesday, March 9th 2010
@Brad I use stories for nearly every teaching situation. Metaphors work really well too. There is actually a Metaphor dictionary that you can get to see some of the common stories that we use everyday.
|Sean Bennett
|Wednesday, March 3rd 2010
Thanks for the great post Kelsey! I may want to use some portions for a later presentation, if you don't mind. As a producer of multimedia communications and working with gov't/corp/nonprofit clients, it never ceases to amaze me how they continuously want to include data point after data point in videos and multimedia productions. Some do end up getting it, but for some, it's like fighting tooth and nail to simplify, simplify, simplify! They rave about it when they see examples of successful techniques…then resist when it comes to their own material. I've used your "rule of thumb" before and it's definitely true…"no one cares about your facts and figures as much as you do."
Thanks again for the great post & the creative motivation!
|Monday, September 27th 2010
Hi Kelsey, thank you for your great post. I also like metaphor dictionaries, especially regional/local ones.
I am developing a workshop for architects, they have great stories to tell but many don't, they traditionally stick to telling the facts and figures of their design. Imagine a video like the train & 4 boys one in the setting of a construction site …
Another challenge I am facing is to get government officials of the EU to use storytelling to connect internally and externally. Should be possible if they are willing to understand better what their funding is achieving. Stories about EU funded innovation projects have great potential because of their high drama factor.
Looking forward to read more from you!
|Chris Ekblom
|Wednesday, January 25th 2012
Very informative post Kelsey, thank you for sharing. Storytelling bedazzlement is essential for conveying meaning and illistrating your point. I agree with several points you make in the post-especially when you talk about 'activating your audience's imagination'.
How often do we find ourselves at a presentation being bombarded with pie charts and graphs? Tell us a story not a statistic!
Thanks again, looking forward to your next post!
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CHICAGO – The "Paranormal Activity" franchise has been in steady decline since its relatively ingenious first film but I never expected quite the drop off to absolute garbage as comes in the fourth installment, recently released on Blu-ray and DVD and worth no one's time. Stunningly boring and arguably the worst offender of the common "they wouldn't still be filming" aspect of the found footage genre, this is lazy filmmaking on every level.
Rating: 1.0/5.0
"Paranormal Activity 4" picks up in 2011, five years after Katie (Katie Featherston) disappeared with her nephew Hunter after killing her sister, brother-in-law, and husband. No one has seen them since. Until they move in next door to the hapless victims of this piece, led by a teenage girl named Alex (Kathryn Newton) and her younger brother. Alex spends much of the film on Skype (or some other webchat), which allows for a whole lot of over-the-shoulder shots of our lovely lead in the camera frame and a doorway sure to be occupied by something creepy over her shoulder. Despite some clever references (there's a nice nod to "The Shining"), "Paranormal Activity 4" just has no personality. The pace is wrong and it doesn't really produce any honest scares until the final minutes. And it commits the most cardinal sin of horror — it's boring. Sleep-inducing boring. Ten minutes from the end and I didn't mind that I was interrupted boring. It's really amazing to consider how far this series has fallen in just a few years. Like "Saw," the first film is really the only worthwhile one. Hopefully, like "Saw," they'll realize that soon and stop the supernatural madness.
Paranormal Activity 4 was released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 29, 2013
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Hardware assisted virtualization is a feature of the CPU. You have to have a CPU that supports it, and it must be enabled in the BIOS.
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Chris White, director of the Freedom Ministry at Knoxville's Fuse Church, will be the guest speaker during the next Christian Business Fellowship of Roane County meeting.
The meeting will begin at 8 a.m. June 20 in Harriman Shoney's.
"Their greatest passion is to see people set free, raised up and operating in their gifts and callings in God," said Dee Mann of Rockwood's Healing Rooms and River Gate Church, in describing White and his wife, Deb.
New Midway Baptist Church, Kingston, now has two Sunday morning services.
The services begin at 8:45 and 11 a.m.
The church is at 240 New Midway Road.
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"To the Edge: Encounter the God of the Universe" is the vacation Bible school theme at Batley Baptist Church near Oliver Springs. A VBS kickoff cookout will be from 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. June 20; classes will be from 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. June 21-25 at the church at 670 Batley Road. Free dinner will be served from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. daily. Call 435-2400 for transportation, and visit www.BatleyChurch.org for details.
• The Presbyterian Women's Association of Rockwood First Presbyterian Church will have a two-day rummage/bag sale from 9 a.m to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the basement of the church at 429 W. Rockwood St.
• Three Rivers Community Baptist Church, Kingston, will have a yard sale beginning at 8 a.m. at the church at 107 Paint Rock Ferry Road. Call Pastor Dennis Hawkins at 765-7459 for details.
• Christian Business Fellowship of Roane County, a new ministry open to all business people, will meet at 8 a.m. the third Saturday of each month at Harriman Shoney's for breakfast, prayer and fellowship. Call David Barkley at 705-1903 for details.
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"Outback Rock: Where Kids Venture into Solid Faith" is the vacation Bible school theme at Harriman United Methodist Church. Sessions will be from 6 to 8 p.m. June 17-19. The church is at 601 Queen Ave. Call 882-1353 to preregister or for details.
• Horizon Yacht Club will have a Blessing of the Fleet service beginning at 10 a.m. at Blue Springs Marina, Ten Mile. Luminary United Methodist Church Pastor Chuck Griffin will be the service officiant.
Lloyd Turner, left, and Wayne Woodlee of the Roane County Military Memorial Honor Guard are surrounded by members of the Kingston Boy Scout Troop 101 Color Guard during a special 50th-anniversary celebration at Kingston's Central Baptist Church last weekend.
The church commemorated its anniversary with a two-day celebration: Saturday's was a salute to the military, and Sunday's had a special church service and luncheon afterward.
Harriman's Courts of Praise food pantry was the recipient of almost 8 1/2 tons of food collected by Harriman letter carriers during the Stamp Out Hunger campaign last month.
"They feed over 8,000 people a month," explained Karen Whittle, Harriman Post Office supervisor.
Whittle said more than 17,000 cans were collected, exceeding last year's numbers by more than 7,000 pounds.
She expressed thanks to all who donated to this year's campaign.
Randy Kington, author of "What A Life: How the Vietnam War Affected One Marine," will speak during the 11 a.m. service on June 7 in Harriman Church of God.
A free breakfast will be served at 9 a.m. for those who serve the community. The church is at 3106 Roane State Hwy.
Kington will describe his time as a U.S. Marine in the Vietnam War in 1965-66.
He will also talk about being critically wounded and of the nine months of recovery and his life that followed.
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In 1992, a court awarded $68,000 to the parents and $250,000 to the institution. But the insurance companies appealed and won. To the family's horror, bailiffs arrived at their home to recover the money. ''It was more than shameful, it was offensive,'' Mr. Perruche told his lawyer at the time. On three occasions, Nicolas won damages, but each time the verdicts were reversed on appeal.
The ruling of the Cour de Cassation, France's equivalent to the Supreme Court, cannot be overturned. In its decision, first made last year and confirmed in July, it said that because the ''errors'' of the doctor and the laboratory ''had prevented Mrs. Perruche from exercising her choice to end the pregnancy in order to avoid the birth of a handicapped child, the latter can ask for compensation for damages resulting from this handicap.''
Lawyers familiar with the decision said the court did not use the words ''wrongful birth,'' as some critics have argued. It also avoided words such as ''quality of life,'' the lawyers said, to avoid giving the impression that life of the handicapped is a life of lesser quality, but critics said this was the implication.
Yet the High Court has recently thrown out three other cases in which parents of handicapped children demanded damages because abnormalities of the fetus were not detected by ultrasound tests.
''This sends a message to handicapped people that their life is worth less than their death,'' said Christine Boutin, a conservative legislator who heads the Alliance for the Right to Life, an anti-abortion group. Jean-Francois Mattei, head of the conservative Liberal Democratic Party and himself a doctor, said the ruling ''validates the principle that the birth of a handicapped child in itself is an abnormality,'' and a reason for awarding damages.
This view was echoed by others. ''Life cannot be treated as an error, whatever the error may be,'' said Catherine Fabre, a member of the Federation of French Families. Elisabeth Badinter, a writer and philosopher, who is not opposed to abortion, said she was troubled by the decision because ''it is untenable to demand damages for being born and even more untenable to grant them.''
Several lawyers warned of the potential negative effects of the ruling.
Jean Hauser, professor of family law at the University of Bordeaux, said that if doctors were held responsible for the condition of the babies they help deliver, ''they will be encouraged to recommend abortions at the first suspicion of abnormality.''
''That is what eugenics is all about,'' he added.
Didier Le Prado, another lawyer, said that the door was now regrettably open for France to follow the recent American practice of permitting children to sue mothers who have knowingly contributed to their handicaps.
Some critics say that the outcry is overblown because human reproduction is already widely manipulated as parents test for gender, order male or female babies and have ultrasound and amniocentesis tests to learn of problems early and avoid defective births.
Society and medicine want more and more control to produce perfect children, said Israel Nisand, professor of gynecology at the University of Strassbourg. ''If the doctor had discovered the problem, he could not have prevented or cured the handicap; he could only prevent the birth.''
He called the ruling a disaster, because ''in essence this verdict says that the child should not have been born. What does this mean for parents who have the courage to face up to a diagnosis casting doubt on the state of the baby?''
Mr. Chalanset, the lawyer for Mr. Perruche, said the issue had been distorted in the public debate. ''This is not a complex philosophical problem,'' he said. ''It is about medical errors and about who must bear the consequences.''
Photo: Alexandre Varaut, center, announcing a lawsuit last year on behalf of an advocacy group for the handicapped. The group is fighting court decisions that a child's birth 18 years ago was the result of medical errors. (Agence France-Presse)


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McLaren's Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Saturday ahead of team mate Jenson Button as world champion Sebastian Vettel was banished to the third row of the grid.
The Briton's best lap of one minute 24.922 seconds put him just ahead of compatriot and fellow former world champion Button, who was second quickest in 1.25.074 and will make up an all-McLaren front row for the first time since 2009.
French driver Romain Grosjean sprung the biggest surprise by steering his Lotus to the third fastest lap and he will line up alongside the Mercedes of seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher on the second row.
Vettel, who claimed a record 15 pole positions last season including on his way to victory at Albert Park, was sixth fastest just behind his Red Bull team mate and Australian hope Mark Webber in fifth.
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"It's an incredible feeling to be back here and to get off to such a good start," said Hamilton, who won at Albert Park from pole position in 2008.
"I think it's my and Jenson's first one-two in qualifying so it's fantastic to start the season this way. It's going to be incredibly tight and tense in the race."
Button was equally delighted to lock up the front row for McLaren for the first time since Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen at the 2009 European Grand Prix.
"It is only the beginning but this is great first result for us on a Saturday and it looks like it's going to be a very exciting season," Button, who won in Melbourne in 2009 and 2010, said.
Vettel said it was too early for Red Bull, who took 18 poles in 19 races last year, to panic despite Sunday marking the first time they will not have a driver on the front row since the 2010 Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
"We are not starting at the front but we are not starting at the back either, so it's far from disastrous and regarding the car, we know what we need to do," he said.
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg and Pastor Maldonado of Williams will be on the fourth row of the grid after finishing seventh and eighth quickest.
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Ferrari's problems continued with both cars failing to reach the final round of qualifying.
Former world champion Fernando Alonso spun off into the gravel in the second session while running fifth fastest and will line up 12th on the grid, while Brazialian Felipe Massa's miserable run of form continued with the 16th fastest time.
Another former world champion, Kimi Raikkonen, made a mistake on his final flying lap and failed to get through the first phase of qualifying on his return to Formula One with Lotus after two years away.
The former Sauber, McLaren and Ferrari driver also suffered the embarrassment of being resoundingly out-qualified by the inexperienced Grosjean, who has never raced at Albert Park and will be starting his eighth race on Sunday.
"It's really nice to be back in Formula One and I enjoyed the time," said the 26-year-old, who last raced for the then Renault team in 2009.
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The two HRT cars both failed to get inside 107 percent of the best time in the first session and therefore failed to qualify for the race for the second successive year.
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Standard Life today announced plans to reimburse 97,000 investors who lost money in its Pension Sterling Fund at a cost of £100m.
The move follows a string of complaints from consumers and financial advisers that they were mislead about the safety of the £2.1bn fund and the assets in which it invested.
Promotional literature for the fund gave the impression that it was wholly invested in cash, and as a result it was popular with people looking for a safe haven for their pension pot in the final years before they retired.
But in reality around of half of the money was held in mortgage-backed assets, and investors were shocked on 14 January when Standard Life announced it was slashing the value of their holdings by nearly 5 per cent.
The life insurer today apologised to its customers and said it would be injecting £100m into the fund to restore the value of people's policies to their previous level before the reduction was made.
It will also compensate people who have since moved their money out of the fund or used it to buy an annuity, and it has changed the way the fund is marketed.
The group issued a statement saying: "Having conducted our own review of the literature for the Pension Sterling Fund and listened carefully to what customers and advisers have been saying to us, it is clear that many people were not fully aware of the nature of the fund.
"Furthermore, some customers would not have anticipated that units in the Pension Sterling Fund could fall by such an amount in one day. With hindsight, some of the literature we provided in respect of this fund fell short of our own high standards.
"Against this background, we feel strongly that the right thing to do is to put all customers back to the position they would have been in had we not reduced the value of the fund on January 14."
The fund invests in bank and building society deposits and floating rate notes, a type of bond which pays a variable rate of interest, the majority of which are asset-backed securities.
But while the fund had only 3 per cent of its assets invested in mortgage-backed securities in December 2004, this had mushroomed to 55 per cent by September 2007, although it had fallen back slightly to 44 per cent last month.
Standard Life said it would continue to operate the Pension Sterling Fund in the same way, as it contained high quality assets.
But it added that customers should be aware that the value of the fund could fall, and people who were not happy with this level of risk could transfer to its Managed Cash Fund.
Independent financial adviser Hargreaves Lansdown, which had written to Standard Life demanding compensation for investors and threatening to refer the matter to City watchdog the Financial Services Authority, welcomed today's announcement.
Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "Credit where credit is due, they prevaricated for a while and tried to wriggle out of it, but I am delighted that they are doing the right thing.
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Des Garrahan
Most of what I know of Britain I learnt through my feet – its heritage and culture, its dynamic urbanscapes and majestic countryside.
The Ramblers is a charity whose mission is enacted by its volunteers, supported by its members, enabled by its staff and governed by its trustees. The whole is much greater than the sum of its parts.
I have been a Ramblers member for 18 years, a volunteer for 17 years, I was on the staff for 10 years, I was elected a trustee at Ramblers General Council 2012 and have the honour to be Chair of the Board since standing unopposed in 2015.
The character of this changing world where we strive to carry out our mission is indifferent to tradition, unforgiving of frailty, no respecter of past reputations and yet I believe it is full of opportunities to those swift to adapt, accepting of compromise, open, willing and able to change.
I need little reminding that I can walk the many miles of England & Wales' footpaths and roam across acres of land in no small part because of the hard-won successes by the Ramblers. It is a tradition I am proud to build upon. I will continue to strive and do my utmost to ensure that in the 21st century the Ramblers remain:
The guardians of the footpath networks
The advocates of the right to roam
The protectors of the countryside
The champions of walking
I am often reminded of the John Schaar quote: "The future is not some place we are going to, but one that we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them changes both the maker and destination."
To find out more about me read my walking class hero blog or follow me on Twitter @walkngclasshero or @ramblerdes
Christine O'Byrne, Vice Chair
I am an experienced lobbyist and have built strong relationships with many key decision makers in Wales. I have a personal interest in sustainable transport. Until recently, I was a Trustee and Director for the Women's Equality Network (WEN) Wales. I have used my experience to support local Ramblers groups since I joined in 2012 and am Publicity Officer for the Tiger Bay Ramblers. I have used social media to increase the group's presence online and engage with Welsh politicians and other prominent figures.
Alex Mannings
Honorary Treasurer
The Ramblers is vital to the protection of walking and I am proud to help them as the Honorary Treasurer of the Ramblers. I have worked in Finance for 20 years including roles in both the public and private sectors and currently as Indirect tax manager in a multi-national company. I have held various volunteer posts in the Ramblers prior to taking on my current role including Chair of the Inner London Area and of the London Strollers. With walking still the most popular hobby in the UK, I want to ensure that the Ramblers is the organisation that all walkers want to join. As Honorary Treasurer I will work hard to make sure that the Ramblers continues to thrive and has sound finances to carry out and increase it's important work. You can follow what I am doing with the Ramblers on Twitter @LondonRamblers .
Kate Ashbrook
Previously a trustee for 30 years (1982-2012), twice Chairman, President for the past four years and now vice president of the Ramblers. I am General Secretary of the Open Spaces Society, Trustee of the Campaign for National Parks and Patron of the Walkers Are Welcome Towns Network. Read my blog at https://campaignerkate.wordpress.com/. Follow me on twitter @CampaignerKate
Mike Church
I joined the Ramblers in 2000 and shortly after became Countryside Secretary for my local group North Kirklees. In 2004 I was elected Area Countryside Secretary for West Riding Ramblers, for which I am now also Area Chairman. Alongside my work in finance for a multinational home shopping group, I also organise Ramblers promotional stands at agricultural shows in North and West Yorkshire and am a Trustee of CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England) West Yorkshire Branch.
Roy Hunt
I have been a member of Ramblers for about ten years and have served at Group and Area level within East Yorkshire and Derwent Ramblers for most of that time. I was recently elected as that area's chair.
Prior to my retirement I was a European Sales Manager for IBM.
A focus of my work will be to ensure that any decisions about governance are made based on a balanced proposal followed by detailed consultation. Above all else I am a very strong proponent of open and transparent democracy within our organisation.I will work hard for members and I will be a strong communicator with Areas and Groups and through them hopefully to all members.I believe that the most important part of Ramblers is our membership. We need to ensure that any changes are properly discussed and debated, primarily through our delegate, Area and Group structure.
Jeremy Kenyon
I have enjoyed walking for most of my life, from Sunday walks with my father, as a child, to regularly walking in the Lakes and Peak District, which led me to Sheffield 40s Ramblers, and an understanding of how much Ramblers has done to give us a fabulous walking environment.
I love making things work better, whether a system, a product or a process and have spent over 25 years in the software industry and product development. I look forward to using those skills on behalf of Ramblers and our mission to get more people walking and improve our walking environment even further.
Alison Mitchell
Convener - Ramblers Scotland
I joined the Ramblers in Scotland over 30 years ago and have been supporting my local group, Grampian Area and Ramblers Scotland since then as a Walks Leader, Secretary and Chairman. My involvement has included serving on the Scottish Council Executive Committee for 25 years with 6 years as Convener and 3 years as Vice Convener. For many years I have headed up a team organising the Scottish Ramblers Gathering which has successfully brought members together for an annual weekend of walks
For 10 years, from 2000 I was a Ramblers GB trustee and am currently Treasurer of the European Ramblers Association. My working life was spent in BT and the NHS in HR, Training and Finance management roles. As a volunteer for WRVS I have also served my local community. My interests also include the National Trust for Scotland and the John Muir Trust.
Teri Moore
As a member and volunteer in the Ramblers for over 10 years, I am passionate about growing membership and raising the Ramblers' profile in order to attract a more diverse audience.I am group chair of Capital Walkers, London's fastest growing Ramblers group, which I was instrumental in creating. I have also been active at an area level as area secretary in Inner London and at a national level at Ramblers head office helping organise General Council and supporting local groups.At a professional level I have 25 years' financial experience in a multinational organisation. This will bring financial experience to the organisation and help with partnership development with corporate organisations.I feel my skills and passion will help the Ramblers to develop and modernise in the future
Alan Norton
Chair, Ramblers Cymru
I joined Ramblers about 10 years ago after moving to Snowdonia National Park, with a view to getting some exercise, finding my way around and meeting like minded people. I very happily achieved all these. I started leading walks, then joined the committee, and subsequently volunteered to be Group Chairman. Nowadays, I enjoy the walking, the environment and the company of other Ramblers even more, but feeling that we could do better in various ways, agreed to be nominated for WCEC in 2014, and I was then elected Chair in April 2015.
My main interest is in people enjoying walking (and related social activities), enjoying the natural and built environment, enjoying the company of others, and, if possible, gaining satisfaction from "giving something back".
Robert Peel
I took my first walk with the Ramblers at the age of 14 and was immediately hooked – I'll soon have been a member for 50 years. After taking early retirement as a senior civil servant I became Area Treasurer in Kent, then Area Secretary (which I remain) and Board member from 2010. I was honorary Treasurer from 2012 to 2015. I read natural sciences at university (including mathematics and physics but specialising in genetics) and my civil service career was varied, including training in accounting, law and business economics. At different times I was responsible for overseeing the tax compliance of the UK life insurance industry, running huge IT projects, building expert systems, advising Treasury ministers on tax policy, managing litigation involving over a billion pounds of disputed taxable profits and drafting parts of many finance bills. I still work part-time doing IT development and delivering tax training to financial advisers. I am currently writing a guide to the first part of the Kent coast path to be published by Kent Ramblers when the route opens later in 2016.
Paul Rhodes
I enjoy exploring Britain and the world through walking. I want to help people have the chance to discover Britain in the same way. My introduction to the wide variety of Ramblers work came through taking an active part in group and area activities having chaired group and area committees. I am passionate about increasing awareness of the Ramblers wide range of work in innovative ways and via our group walks. With a degree in Business Information Systems I have worked in business and technology service consultancies to deliver solutions, services and manage change to enable well-known companies provide their products and services. I hope to combine my love of walking with my business and technology expertise in my role as a trustee.
Benedict Southworth
Chief Executive
Benedict was appointed Chief Executive of the Ramblers in December 2011. He was previously Director of the World Development Movement and has held senior management positions in Amnesty International and Greenpeace International. Benedict has more than 20 years' experience in the charity sector, and has worked as a consultant on strategic programmes with high profile charities including ActionAid, Friends of the Earth, and UNICEF UK. Benedict was raised in Lancashire but now lives on the Surrey-Kent border. His favourite walks are on the High Weald and the Ribble Valley.
Simon Barnett
Director of Delivery & Development
Simon joined the senior management team in 2010. He oversees the Ramblers work to help more people go walking more often. This includes responsibility for Ramblers volunteers who lead walks, who develop and check walking routes and who make practical improvements to the path network. Simon has strategic responsibility for Walking for Health in England and for volunteering across the Ramblers - ensuring that all volunteers have a quality experience and enjoy their volunteering. Before starting at the Ramblers Simon worked for Living Streets and prior to that was a local scheme coordinator for Walking for Health. Favourite places to walk include Dartmoor near where he grew up, the Chilterns where he now calls home and the Lake District where he also fell races.
Christine Grant
Director of Services
Christine joined the Ramblers in August 2013. Following training as a Chartered Accountant, she has worked in finance and operational roles for almost 30 years. Her sector experience has been achieved within the accountancy profession, membership organisations, property, and education. Prior to joining Ramblers, she has worked at senior level in a number of trade unions, most recently at the Public and Commercial Services Union.
Nicky Philpott
Director of Advocacy & Engagement
Nicky joined the Ramblers in September 2011. For the previous 12 years she worked at the NSPCC leading the campaigns team. She has also held campaign and policy positions at Age Concern, RNID, Scope and Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE). Nicky is committed to working with staff and volunteers to develop campaigns which preserve and increase access for walking. Nicky grew up in Somerset and her favourite walks are in the South West as near to water as possible as she likes to incorporate walking with a swim when she can.
Jess Dolan
Director of Scotland
Jess joins Ramblers Scotland following 8 years with Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern Ireland), working in various roles to support local groups, engage supporters and developing engagement strategies for national campaigns. She also worked for RSPB in Scotland, managing a multi-million pound partnership project involving local authorities, statutory bodies and third sector organisations. Jess in a firm believer in the power of walking in green spaces to increase wellbeing and support better mental health. Favourite walks include the Yorkshire Three Peaks, the Great Glen Way and she will always have a soft spot for beautiful Arthur's Seat in the heart of Edinburgh.
Angela Charlton
Director Wales
Angela joined Ramblers Cymru in 2008, coming from her previous role as Chief Officer with a Council for Voluntary Services. She has over 20 years experience in the voluntary sector, working across Wales, Shropshire and Gloucestershire. She has experience in community engagement in both the rural and urban environment context. Her previous roles cover environmental education, fundraising, project development and management, countryside management and walk leading. Angela is from South Wales and has a real passion to see the people of Wales have every opportunity to flourish in a sustainable way whilst meeting the needs of the people and the environment.


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Historically, when the U.S. military deploys to a war zone, it sends roughly one contractor for every ten soldiers in uniform. But under George W. Bush this situation changed dramatically. The ratio between military contractors and soldiers in Iraq is roughly one-to-one. And the contractors are performing functions which are increasingly difficult to distinguish from the troops.
Journalist Jeremy Scahill has labeled Blackwater as America's new "Praetorian Guard." He focuses on its revolving door relationship with the Bush Administration, and the role the administration has taken in actually peddling the company and its services to friendly governments. The families of four Blackwater employees who were killed in an attack on a convoy in Fallujah, Iraq in 2004, brought suit against Blackwater in January 2005. Blackwater has attempted to block the suit all the way up to the United States Supreme Court. It hired former Whitewater Special Prosecutor Ken Starr to handle the matter for it. And it lost all the way up the line.
Now, The Virginian-Pilot's Bill Sizemore, who has done an excellent series of reports on Blackwater, notes that the contractor has achieved a victory of sorts. The court litigation has been stopped and the claims have been referred to an arbitration panel, one of whose three members has close personal ties to Blackwater. The case is important for several reasons, notably as it tests Blackwater's claims of immunity and will determine what liability private military contractors face when their employees are killed or injured in a warzone.
A successful wrongful-death suit could set a precedent for holding companies liable when their contractors are wounded or killed on the battlefield.
In a largely invisible cost of the war in Iraq, hundreds of civilian contractors have been killed and thousands wounded doing jobs that would have been handled by U.S. military personnel in previous wars. A report Friday in The New York Times said at least 917 contractors have been killed.
This issue has not received the attention that it deserves. Indeed, it's increasingly clear that there has been a concerted effort to obscure relations between the Bush Administration and a number of contractors, and the Blackwater case is among the most striking.
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