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Too Broad, Too Narrow, or Just Right
Driving down a major boulevard in a city where we lived at the time, my wife spied a new restaurant in a place where many others had failed. In the window, it advertised food from multiple ethnicities, including both Mexican and Chinese! I'd be surprised if "Bueno Wok" lasted long.
There's a truism about how a lack of focus can kill an enterprise. Being "a mile wide and a quarter inch deep" is widely recognized as a cause of failure. Typically, a desire to increase revenue leads to pursuit of business that doesn't leverage the company's strengths and results in lower margins and muddled branding. But, are there instances where too narrow a focus can be just as harmful?
The diagram below categorizes organizations according to two attributes, focus and potential. The Focus axis ranges from single domain to multiple domains through all domains, while Potential ranges from restrictive to growing through saturated. Companies focused on several verticals are distinguished from those whose offerings are truly horizontal (i.e. domain-independent). Of course, each axis represents a continuum so that an infinite set of combinations is possible, allowing for the unique positioning of any specific company.
Back to the original question: is it possible to be too focused? Consider the example of a company providing a niche offering to several vertical markets. In the diagram it would be classified as "saturated domain-specific."
Suppose you're advising a new CEO hired to grow this "plateauing" company, Your first inclination may be to assess each of the company's currently targeted vertical markets in hopes of focusing on the one with greatest growth potential. However, if the frequency of opportunities within each vertical domain is found to be sporadic and sensitive to changing business cycles, it may make more sense to remain diversified. Finding additional verticals that the company can target may represent a more fruitful direction.
So a key factor in opting to narrow or broaden our focus ia available market opportunities. Other factors include strength of brand, plus the company's ability to execute (e.g. capitalization), integrate, partner, and acquire. These affect companies in each of the diagram's nine categories in different ways. (NOTE: future posts will consider how, so if one of the nine categories is of particular interest, let me know when you sign up on this page to be notified by email when the next post is available.)
Translating the CEO's vision for growth into breakout strategies requires careful thought to determine the best way to target and deploy finite corporate resources. Too often a new direction is based on an unrealistic view of the company's position and capabilities. While it takes an optimist to run a company, it takes a realist to lead one toward its highest value.
Stuck? 5 "Non-Urgent" Paths to Growth
In companies who have plateaued, the leader may be absorbed with urgent matters like managing finances and addressing operational issues, while neglecting less urgent but critically important issues. In our work advising CEOs, five common "non-urgent" factors repeatedly arise that can hinder or accelerate growth.
Take a few minutes to think about where your company stands on these 5 issues:
- Clarify (who are we, and what sets us apart?) A shared understanding of purpose and unique assets increases efficiency. With a crystal-clear picture of who the company targets, what problems the company uniquely addresses, and other elements of strategic positioning, managers and employees can act faster while reducing the number of meetings and emails; in short, more gets accomplished.
- Comprehend (what direction will lead to increased value?) Finding the right direction in a complex and competitive market accelerates growth. By comprehending the needs of potential acquirers, acquisitions, and partners, you can identify and target those market segments with the highest growth potential.
- Communicate (what key messages will attract prospects?) In an interconnected world filled with noise, every business needs a brand that associates the company with its unique qualities. Identifying key messages that flow from the strategic positioning and repeating them frequently will reinforce existing customer relationships and open new ones.
- Connect (which relationships will help increase our reach?) Too often CEOs have been burned by partnerships that fail due to poor planning, unrealistic expectations, and unmonitored execution. Self-fueling partnerships with potential acquirers and industry leaders drive new revenue through access to new markets, extended geographies, enhanced product and service offerings, and staff augmentation.
- Convince (how can we improve sales execution?) Too often significant time is wasted on non-buyers. Eliminating them early through rigorous qualifying saves time and money. Based on clear positioning, high potential markets, strong messaging, and self-fueling partnerships, the right qualifying questions lead to rapid elimination of "no's" and enable a focus on "maybes" – real prospects.
Obviously, other important factors (e.g., operational excellence, product and service strategy, customer relationship management) impact success, but less obvious, non-urgent issues are often the root cause of stagnation. Dealing with them may be the shortest path to getting your company unstuck.
Defining Product versus Services Businesses
The genesis of this post is a comment I made about product companies at a large networking event earlier this week in Houston:
"If you think you're a product company and you haven't developed a repeatable sales model, then you're a services company."
In other words, if every deal closed is in a different vertical market and/or solves a different problem, then the transition from a services company to a product company is incomplete. What is the effect on the value of your company?
How to grow a company's value is a topic I spend a great deal of time thinking about, and the 20/20 Outlook process focuses on aligning a company with others in the industry to grow a private company's valuation. While that's a vital driver of any corporate strategy, let's consider how the form of a company's offerings (specifically, products versus services) impacts its market value.
One attraction of starting a product company is the relatively rapid growth in valuation possible in comparison to that of a pure services company. To see why this is a critical issue, go to Yahoo Finance and compare the ratio of revenue to enterprise value for half a dozen public companies that derive most of their revenue from either products or services. For example, the well-run government services company Raytheon's trailing twelve months' revenue is $25 billion yet their enterprise value is only $18 billion, a ratio of 0.7. Compare that with your favorite products companies and you'll find much higher ratios for well-run products companies.
Of course, customers demand varying amounts of service to accompany product purchases, thus few so-called product companies are successful without offering services as well. The percentage mix of product and services revenue can determine profitability and valuation, so it's important to characterize the difference between products and services. Products and services both solve problems, but in their purest form, they do it differently. The chart below depicts these differences.
Cost – Any problem can be solved with enough services, but the cost may not attract any customers. Creating a product to solve the problem is an alternative, and the gap for customers who want more customization than the product offers can be filled with services.
Fit – Services by their nature enable delivery of customized solutions. Products exist because enough problems of a certain class can be solved well enough to satisfy most needs with a generalized solution.
EBITDA – Earnings vary widely, yet as a general rule, the EBITDA of a well-run product company can easily double that of a well-run services company of similar size.
In the software industry, for example, it's fairly common for a services company to evolve into a product company over time. Consider the continuum below that depicts such an evolution, starting on the left with totally service-based solutions ("Custom Services") and incorporating product-like characteristics as we move to the right and end with Product/Service solutions.
To the right of Custom Services is "Packaged Services." Once you've solved the same problem several times, you can package a partial solution (60%? 80%?) that can be customized for each customer. Basing the price of the solution on value rather than level of effort (hours), profitability increases.
Continuing to the right, next to Packaged Services is "Product-Related Services." If your staff becomes expert at designing, implementing, integrating, and managing solutions using highly desirable but complex products, the result is a scarce resource that can be sold at a premium and that raises your margins. The classic historical example is a services company that became a leading expert at implementing SAP systems.
If yours is a well-run product business or is evolving into one, the benefits include higher EBITDA and a higher valuation than those of a similarly-sized services business ("product only"). And finally, the highest valued companies are often those that have desirable products with an abundance of product-related services available, whether supplied internally or by partners.
As the line between products and services blurs with the introduction of new types of products delivered in new ways, it's important to understand how value is derived. Does the statement about claiming to be a product company without developing a repeatable sales process ring true?
I ask forgiveness for some sweeping generalizations. Certainly, exceptions to this high-level look at valuation abound. Feel free to point them out and elaborate or disagree.
Thoughts During Freakish Weather
Freakishly cold weather meant waking up to no electricity this morning. Having to break two early appointments due to temperatures in the teens gave me time to think, and I remembered that it was exactly a year ago when I filed the papers establishing 20/20 Outlook LLC.
Moving beyond 30 years of mostly C-level jobs has been exciting, challenging, and gratifying. The exciting part is meeting many fascinating and gutsy people who are willing to take chances in order to follow their dreams. The past year's challenge has been building a personal brand around what I do. Gratification comes from seeing how the 20/20 Outlook process resonates with CEOs and others who hear about it.
I'm thankful for having experienced a wide variety of responsibilities over the years. Most of the time I knew I had the best job in the company. While I was building strategic partnerships at the world's fastest-growing networking company, the CEO's verbal job description was "go make good things happen and keep me posted." I learned from experts how to formulate business plans and implement integration plans successfully from arguably the most successful software acquisition company ever. A billion-dollar company recruited me to lead product direction for their 100+ software products and help transition from independent product lines to solutions. In between, I helped grow business for half a dozen startups.
Now I'm given the opportunity to apply what I've learned and draw on the wisdom of people I know by advising CEOs of small- and medium-size companies on new growth strategies. Helping them move beyond the "CEO dilemma" and into new levels of business activity is the dream. Working with truly courageous people every day and seeing them succeed in moving to the next level is more a gift than a job.
Top IT Trends for 2011
Cascadia Capital LLC is a Seattle-based independent investment bank founded in 2000. They recently announced their top information technology predictions for 2011, based on insights from their work with private and public growth companies.
The six trends are:
- Increased competition between growth equity and strategic acquirers
- M&A, not IPOs, drive shareholder liquidity
- Web content management, analytics, marketing automation and customer
relationship management (CRM) convergence
- SMB adoption of cloud services will drive consolidation of cloud vendors
- HIPPA compliance drives M&A for healthcare IT sector
- Technology enabled services companies become acquisition targets
Do you agree with their predictions? What would you add?
Surprise: Clients Tell It Best
It's been awhile since the last post was published. Client deliverables, non-profit activities, and family priorities, as well as continual business development, have made it a hectic time.
The 20/20 elevator pitch is that "it is a process that helps a company get ready and stay ready for an exit," but it's more than that. While helping shoot some videos during that non-profit work, we were close to Infoglide's offices, so I asked CEO Mike Shultz to stand in front of the camera and share his thoughts on his use of the 20/20 process.
Mike has started and sold several companies, which enables him to speak with authority in this 2:47 of unedited footage. With just one take, Mike captures the essence of the process better than any marketing firm I could have hired. Enjoy.
Acquisition Activity? Up, According to Corum's Nat Burgess
Corum Group is a leading provider of merger and acquisition services to software and information technology companies. Because of their heavy involvement in M&A, they are an excellent source of data about high tech transactions. Their president Nat Burgess was recently interviewed on CNBC about the current level of acquisition activity.
The Mystery of a Disciplined Process
"Mystery" and "process" aren't often used together. A process is commonly thought of as a way to replace mysterious methods of accomplishing a goal with a well-documented, step-by-step procedure that, if followed precisely, always produces the desired result.
CEOs can be mystified when a competitor with seemingly inferior products and services is acquired by a larger company. The response is, "Why not my company?" The answer often isn't self-evident.
In his book A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink proposes the need to combine left-brain analytical thinking with right-brain creative thinking for those who aspire to succeed in the 21st Century. They must combine both modes of thought in order to "connect the dots" faster than their competitors. The 20/20 Outlook process demands right-brain and left-brain thinking from management teams who implement it.
A client CEO commented not long ago about how the process has precisely positioned his company for an exit. "At first we just wanted to determine where we fit in the marketplace. During the process, we identified twenty potential acquirers and then narrowed our focus to two industry groups. What we noticed over time was that a market for our products developed around those two groups as though the market was mysteriously growing toward us."
The CEO came to realize that the illusion of the market coming to his company was the result of decisions he and his team made to follow the decision framework they had put in place. Now those decisions have put them in a position to achieve significant payoffs from relationships created using 20/20 Outlook thinking.
A Milestone for 20/20 Outlook
Exactly six months ago, 20/20 Outlook LLC officially opened for business. If it seems longer than six months, you're right – planning started over 18 months ago. I felt "nudged" in a new direction and began exploring how to deliver value to CEOs of private companies. The answer ultimately lay in combining an unusual (some might say "weird") combination of C-level experience in partnerships, acquisitions, and product strategy for startups through billion dollar companies to create the 20/20 Outlook process.
In February, I set a goal to achieve a certain level of business in six months, and we're on track to surpass that goal this month. Experienced friends in the consulting business say it takes a year to get it off the ground, so it's exciting to reach this milestone in the middle of what no one but Washington would call a booming economy.
Most new businesses move in different directions once launched, and this one is no exception. Connecting with great clients was planned, and working with some great CEOs to help them achieve their goals is exciting. What was unanticipated is how many people have said "you should write a book" (more on that soon).
No one could be surrounded with a more supportive group of industry friends, comprising serial CEOs, C-level execs, VPs, VCs, private investors, consultants, and other computing industry leaders. Thanks to each of you for being so open and helpful with your advice and encouragement.
Finally, a special note of thanks goes to Mike Shultz, Infoglide Software CEO. His willingness to be a sounding board and continual idea source for 20/20 Outlook is deeply appreciated.
Important Indicators are Up
Because I help companies define an exit strategy and grow value accordingly, I'm always seeking better sources of data that capture the current state of the investment world. Pitchbook is one source that publishes particularly useful information about fundraising, investments, and exits. A recent Pitchbook presentation suggests that we're on the verge of significant growth in private equity investment during the next year, and that's good news companies moving toward an exit.
One factor mentioned in the Pitchbook prez is that capital overhang is high and growing. When that happens, valuations tend to increase because so much money is looking for a place to land and produce a return.
Additionally, chart below depicts that the number of quarterly private equity exits through corporate acquisitions, initial public offerings, and secondary sales is on the upswing after reaching a low in early 2009.
Finally, one of the best analysts in the business, Richard Davis of Needham and Company, commented in his newsletter that it's been 25 years since he's seen so many companies in a great position for an IPO.
Taken together, all these indicators suggest that, despite the continuing malaise in the broader economy, a CEO who keeps his/her company's partnerships, product strategy, services, and partnerships aligned with potential acquirers can expect to see greater opportunity this year and through the next.


text: Plan a Family, Save the World Mark Leon Goldberg October 6, 2008Great column from Neal Peirce in the Seattle Times. Imagine the next president of the United States moving decisively to slow down the world's population growth as it arcs from today's 6.7 billion toward a predicted and perilous 9.2 billion by 2050.The cost to the U.S. Treasury could reach $1 billion a year. Worth it? Consider what a proactive U.S. global family-planning effort might achieve:* By moderating population growth, there'd be some lessening of catastrophic food and water shortages afflicting less-developed nations.* Global-warming dangers wouldn't rise quite so rapidly.* The rights and life prospects of millions of women around the globe might be enhanced.* Significant worldwide totals of abortions and infant deaths could be avoided.* Democracy and stability would be promoted around the world as fewer nations faced the turmoil easily triggered by high birth rates creating population "bumps" of poor and resentful youth.* With a clear, unequivocal U.S. lead, other countries and the United Nations might expand their international family-planning assistance. As they say, read the whole thing.

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China Shows Readiness to 'Punish Anyone' Who Will Destabilize Korean Peninsula
Free solar eclipse viewing glasses while they lastThe last time a full eclipse swept coast to coast across the continental United States was 99 years ago. In fact, there is a massive difference even between a 99% partial eclipse to a 100% total eclipse.
Sunday Brunch's Simon Rimmer confirmed for Strictly Come DancingRimmer wasted no time in attempting some moves as he offered a hint of a cha cha when egged on by show guest Martine McCutcheon. Simon Rimmer has been named as the seventh celebrity taking part in the upcoming series of 'Strictly Come Dancing' .
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Ant McPartlin Reveals Extent Of Drug Issues After Completing Rehab StintSpeaking candidly to The Sun , McPartlin spoke about his battle with depression and crippling drug abuse that led him to rehab. The Britain's Got Talent star now claims to be clean of all drugs other than paracetamol for the first time in three years.
Tech companies lead worst day for stock market since MayUnited States crude rose 0.41 per cent to US$48.79 per barrel and Brent was last at US$52.01, up 0.21 per cent. OIL: Benchmark U.S. crude was down 14 cents to $48.47 a barrel on the on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Burney puts the sword to reigning EPL champions ChelseaIt left the Italian manager concerned by the inability of his players to control their emotions when a team-mate was dismissed. Antonio Conte was not happy with his side's showing against Burnley .
MotoGP champion Marquez takes pole position for Austrian GPThe other KTMs did not pick up any points, with Pol Espargaro ruled out early after a startline collision. That was one place above his Yamaha team-mate and seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi of Italy.
Will Twitter suspend Trump's account for 'threatening nuclear war' against North Korea?The vote passed with unanimous support from all 15 member nations, including Russian Federation and China. North Korea dominated the conversation between the two leaders, according to a readout of the call.
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USA launches federal probe into Charlottesville deadly auto rammingPolice said the helicopter was assisting law enforcement officers monitor the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville . Our message is plain and simple: "go home", McAuliffe told a news conference.
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My last blog-post was on NARS Liquid Blush that was published back in June - it has been two months since! I know it is a terribly long gap but I don't want to apologize! Mainly because it will not be an earnest one!
So, why I was MIA? My parents were here for last three months and this has been one of the most eventful summer in a long while! I had few amazing trips and had many get together with friends and family that I have not met in a while. I have been living alone for a LONG time now and I almost forgot how it was to live with people :-) It was nice being a host, at one point I had about 10 people sleep in my tiny humble abode. The best of all was to come home to my parents after a long day at work and of course Maa Ke Hathon Ka Khana :-)
They have returned now and it has definitely taken me a bit to go back to my regular life. I love makeup and I really enjoy learning the art! But it is taking me a bit to go back to regular blogging; work also has been CRAZY! Okay, enough excuses! I actually meant to talk about this palette today. First of all, I got this complimentary from Influenster! I have never gotten this lucky to get a beautiful, new eyeshadow palette from a prestigious brand via Influenster (@influenster) :-) Marc Jacobs (@marcbeauty) recently launched these 6 new Eye-Conic Multi-Finish Eye Palettes.
I got the "750 Edgitorial"! Here is what I found on Marc Jacobs website "LONGWEARING EYESHADOW PALETTES FEATURING FOUR NEW FASHION FINISHES-VELVET, SATIN, SILK AND LAMÉ-TO LAYER AND DRESS YOUR EYES. EMPOWER YOUR INNER EYE STYLIST WITH THESE ULTRA-LUXE EYESHADOW PALETTES EACH FEATURING FOUR FASHION FINISHES: BUTTERY MATTE VELVET, SHIMMERING SATIN, SPARKLING SILK AND METALLIC LAMÉ. EACH CURATED PALETTE INCLUDES A COVETABLE MIX OF CHIC NEUTRAL, WEARABLE SHADES AND PROVOCATIVE POPS IN A NEW SUPER-PLUSH SHADOW FORMULATION TO COVER LIDS IN LASTING, VELVETY-RICH PIGMENT. AVAILABLE IN SIX DIFFERENT COLORWAYS, CHOOSE THE WARDROBE THAT SPEAKS TO YOU, THEN LAYER IT ON TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE IMPRESSION."
Price & Availibility: This palette will cost you $49! These are available on Sephora.com as well as on Marc Jacobs Website . There are 7 eyeshadows with 0.03 oz. (0.85g) of product each shade. Continue to the end of the post to check what I think about the price.
Packaging: I mean, Marc Jacobs always gets the packaging 100% right! This is in their typical black packaging. It is compact, sturdy which makes it easy to store and to travel with! The mirror can also be used when you are in a pinch! I have nothing bad to say about the packaging.
Shades: As mentioned previously, there are seven shades in different finishes. If I would to buy this palette myself this particular shades in my palette would not be my first choice! I don't typically gravitate towards all the shades in this palette. Here are the shades -
Take a memo (Matte): Pale Beige shade with a subtle hint of light pink. Very soft and oh-so-easy to blend. I can use to blend my crease shades but I would assume if you have skintones lighter than me this is going to a very useful shade.
Next Season (Satin-y metallic): Another gorgeous shade that I think will be more suitable on lighter skintones. But I have use it on the inner corner. You need just a little to get that pop of brightness! I really enjoy this shade.
We'll see (Matte): This is matte brown shade that is a tad richer that what I like to call my perfect crease shade. But I still love to use it. Inclusion of this shade makes this palette truly travel friendly. you can use it as crease shade or on the outer corner to add more depth. Definitely one of my most-used shade out of this palette.
Pleather Python (Sparkle): The finish of this eyeshadow is quite metallic and I love it. It is deep burnt gold shade and it really suits my skintone. Also, it really looks awesome with Indian color-rich clothes. Every time I do a look with this palette, I cannot stop myself using this shade.
Making a Scene (Satin): Beautiful everyday Taupe shade! Very soft and extremely pigmented! Very pigmented!
Enviously (Matte): This has to be my least favorite. I am not at all drawn to this type of shade, but I can use it in multiple ways. On the crease, outer v or on the lower lash-line. It is soft and blendable but for some reason, I felt "We will See" and "Take a memo" had a better consistency and quality than this shade.
Everywhere (Satin-y metallic): This is another shade that is not something I will get a lot of use out if it. It is a deep blackened olive with gold tiny sparkles. It is very pigmented and easy to work with!
Quality & Formula: As I already mentioned with each shade, almost all of them are opaque, very pigmented and oh-so-easy to work with. The shades here are of the same genre so if you use 2-3 shades on the lid, they seem to lose their individuality. What I am trying to say here is that the blendability of these shades works great for everyday easy, go-to looks but if you want to indulge in some creative looks where you want each shades to shine on its own, there are better shadows are there!
Weartime: This is another thing that have a bit of scope for improvement. I always use my Mac Paint Pot; by the end of the day I felt that my eyeshadows kind of fades! But, it did not turn messy or anything, but I would have liked it to be more visible & strong!
I love the shimmers and metallic shades in this palette, but I have used better matte eyeshadows. For the packaging and the product, I think I will be willing to pay $49 but I will always be sure to score the freebies if I am to buy from Sephora :-)
Have any of you received this palette? If yes, which one and do you like it?


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Dust off your Hebrew skills! The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library has released copies of several scroll fragments. In addition to Genesis and The Ten Commandments, you can read the Psalms, the Minor Prophets and several apocryphal texts. If you're having trouble reading Hebrew fragments, they also include an in-depth section about the scrolls.
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A respected Korean researcher says if Nam doesn't identify and fund key areas in the economy such as manufacturing, agriculture and fishing, Vision 2030 is blurry, The report says there is need for reforms in mining, education and fisheries.
Namibia may not achieve Vision 2030 if the prevailing economic, social and political atmosphere goes unchecked, a research by a Korean professor says.
Vision 2030 is a Government policy framework that aims to transform Namibia into an industrialised and economic power house.
The research was done by Prof Jin Park who was invited by the Bank of Namibia late last year to present a feasibility study on privatisation in Namibia.
Prof Park says Government has not identified key sectors in the economy that need to be developed and neither have funds been made available for the country to be fully industrialised by 2030.
Comparing the economic development model being implemented in Namibia to the one that was done in Korea, Park said Namibia is not investing enough capital in small to medium scale development.
He notes that the SME sector should be Government's core expenditure to stimulate growth and broaden the job market.
Prof Park also states that the country is characterised by lack of human resources, civil service inefficiency, management skills and poor social structure needed in a growing economy.
"Capital is lacking for SMEs and Namibia remains a net exporter of capital mainly to South Africa," Park notes.
He also recommends that the country should implement three focus reforms including education, government and an economic policy to drive Vision 2030 home.
He further notes that the country needs to come up with an economic policy that allows growth and absorbs the unemployed people into the production sector.
Park says the Namibian economy is characterised by low living standards for the general populace and the industry is also sitting on heavy income disparities.
In his argument, Park uses core development principles that were implemented in countries like United Kingdom, New Zealand and Korea to drive those economies from developing to developed nations.
He notes that Namibia has not yet put policies in place that can drive the agriculture sector to greater heights and create employment.
Park argues that by identifying key areas in the economy, such as manufacturing, agriculture and fishing Namibia can come up with a reliable focus on how the development of these sectors can be improved.
He says under the current state, Namibia does not have a clear focus on how to achieve Vision 2030 and that there is no co-ordination between the education sector, which is an important catalyst of development, and the industry that require human resources.
Park suggests that for Namibia to achieve developmental goals set out in the Vision 2030, the Government needs to pursue reform in education and the general economy so that they compliment each other.
Namibia is still to capture the full potential of labour and agriculture since 65% of the population lives in the rural areas and concentrates largely on subsistence farming.
This, Park says, has created a limitation on the country's ability to produce enough for both the domestic and export markets particularly on issues such as investments in the education sector to contribute to human resources development.
"For agriculture to be successful, less people, large farms and 20-30% of the people have to leave their rural homes and join the commercial farming sector.
"Manufacturing should be used to absorb the people in the rural areas and without the manufacturing sector the service sector cannot absorb the people," says Park.
According to him, the reasons for high unemployment in the country can be attributed to the fact that manufacturing sector is not creating jobs.
He questions why Government is not vigorously investing in the manufacturing sector and improving the living standards of rural subsistence farmers.
Park notes that Namibia has a low crime rate, political stability, is accessibility to the sea and has a good infrastructure that can attract foreign direct investment.
In his report, Park calls on the Government to strengthen education and economic policies and improve funding for the manufacturing industry which is still to take off.
He says if any reform fails to bring out a clear focus to direct development planning, it will be very hard for Namibia to achieve Vision 2030.
There is a need for exceptional speed, Park says, when it comes to economic growth because of rural to urban migration if the manufacturing industry is not ready to employ these people to avoid serious social problems.
Responding to the report, the Namibian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chief Executive Officer, Tara Shaanika admits the country is doing badly in its industrial and educational reforms.
"I must admit, we are doing very badly in terms of achieving Vision 2030. However, things are not really off beyond remedies. For a very long time, we have seen that the problems in the economy and industry are emanating from the education sector," says Shaanika.
He adds that Government and the private sector need to engage more often and consider any necessary policy shift that may be needed to achieve the target.
"Under normal circumstances, turning Namibia into an industrailised nation at the rate we are going may not be possible because there is no room for growth for industry. It is unfortunate that the moment a company just starts operating government immediately moves in for their tax without really allowing time for growth," says Shaanika.
A renowned local Economist, Martin Mwinga says the challenges facing Namibia when it comes to achieving Vision 2030 stem from the fact that the majority of the people are not participants in the process of industrialisation.
He says the majority of Namibians reside in rural areas where there is little economic activities that can contribute meaningfully to the overall national growth.
To address this, Mwinga says the Government needs to adopt a similar focal point like Malawi where the government invested in rural economies to encourage subsistence farmers to produce surplus for export.
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During the discussions on various past radio and TV shows and what will be explored in coming interviews and television talk shows, R. Scott Lemriel reveals for the first time eye-opening revelations about Earth's hidden history and our solar system, as well as what is taking place off-world among countless extraterrestrial civilization and how they are about to transform the Earth, instead of allowing it be destroyed. He also demonstrates with the participation of his fellow human beings how they too can begin to access deliberately hidden or subconsciously suppressed truth in a special protected way.
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Book Review – Undone
I first heard of Michele Cushatt on the Michael Hyatt podcast This is Your Life. At first she came across as sweet, thoughtful, and genuine. And then one day, Michael turned the tables and interviewed her about her new book. Wow! What a life full of pain and uncertainty.
Fear has only as much rope as I give it.
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Undone is author Michele Cushatt's quest to make peace with a complicated life. It is an honest confession of a diagnosis of cancer and the joys and disappointments of motherhood and marriage, ripe with regret over what is and, yet, still hopeful for what could be.
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Christine Clifford, CSP demonstrates simple, gentle exercises for women recovering from breast cancer surgery that will improve your spirits and help you regain a positive body image.
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How to prepare a proper executive resume
By J. Larry Tyler, FACHE, FHFMA, FAAHC, CMPEChairman and CEO of Tyler & Company
Approximately 8,000 resumes a year flow into the offices of Tyler & Company, one of the largest healthcare search firms in the country. Our offices literally overflow with paper from job seekers. Some 45,000 of these resumes remain on file with our firm for future use. From this abundance of experience in reviewing resumes, I offer the following insights for those of you who may be in the process of updating your resume for some future job change.
A resume is merely a facilitation tool; it is a first step, not an end in itself. Some job seekers believe that the preparation of a good resume is the most important part of a job search, but even the most stellar and professional resume does not ensure success. In truth, a good interview is the most important part of the search process. Do not spend so much time on your resume that you neglect preparation for your interviews. The interviews are far more important than the resume.
Think of the preparation of a resume in the same light as sitting for the CPA exam, which one passes by scoring a 75. One receives no particular credit for a higher score. In fact, one's score does not even appear on the certificate. Any score above 75 could be considered wasted effort. Lots of people waste effort trying to put together the perfect resume. Do not lose sight of the fact that the resume is a facilitation tool to get you from point A to point B. Get your resume to a 75 and put the extra time into getting an interview.
For your information, there are three types of resumes. These are the historical (or chronological), the functional and the narrative. For the purposes of this article, we'll focus only on the historical resume since the others are of limited use and value.
A historical resume is arranged in reverse chronological order. Using the sample resume as an example, let us examine each of the seven individual items in the historical resume in the order in which they normally appear:
Obviously, your name and address are essential items to include on your resume. Begin each new page with your name in case the pages become separated during review and copying. Because of the increase in the practice of scanning resumes and use of optical character recognition software, we no longer use underlining.
If you have a nickname by which you are better known, you may wish to place it in parentheses after your given name. Also, if you have a doctoral degree, professional certifications, or a distinguished fellowship, by all means, place the appropriate initials (for example, CPA, Ph.D., or FACHE) after your name. However, if you have an MBA or B.S., save that information for the education section of your resume.
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Southampton (second day of four): Hampshire, with eight first-innings wickets in hand, are 509 runs behind Surrey
Hampshire are in the running for the championship and Surrey are fighting to avoid relegation but it took some believing on the kind of afternoon that tests the patience of the most die-hard supporters. It was compelling enough in the morning when Mark Ramprakash and Mark Butcher took their third-wicket partnership to 225 but, once they were out, Surrey showed little urgency in piling up a total of 556 and Hampshire were incapable of doing much about it.
Butcher had just completed only his second century of the season when he went too far across against James Bruce and was leg-before. Ramprakash had reached 188 when the wayward Daren Powell surprised everyone with a ball that left him as he pushed towards mid-on and sent…


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WHETHER it's raising funds for the Childhood Cancer Foundation of South Africa (CHOC) or helping people exit a burning hotel, there's nothing Gordon Reid wouldn't do to help others in need. Now the Durban North resident hopes to complete his first Dusi for charity. He has decided to partner with Brett Challenor, who has completed 17 Dusis, for charity. Not only will the duo be raising funds and awareness for CHOC, but they have also decided to complete the Dusi for the Duzi Umngeni Conservation Trust (DUCT).
The trust, which is the chosen charity of the Dusi, champions the environmental health of the uMngeni and uMsunduzi Rivers. With the marathon just two weeks away, we caught up with the duo to find out about the challenge ahead. Reid, who is also part of the CHOC Cows, who are unmistakable in their Friesian bovine patterned suits, is also involved with a number of fundraising initiatives for the organisation.
"I've always wanted to do a Dusi, it's been on the bucket list. I was always going to enter the marathon with a charity angle, we've set ourselves a target of R30 000 to raise for both charities. Being part of the KZN cow herd, it's all about soaking up the atmosphere and not being competitive, just having fun with the purpose to raise as much as we can," he said.
Challenor, who will be attempting to complete his 18th Dusi, said he jumped at the opportunity to give back.
"I wasn't planning on doing it this year, but I jumped at the opportunity to help two deserving charities out. I know Gords (Gordon) well from all the charity stuff he does for CHOC and I decided I had to get into a K2 with him. I love the atmosphere of paddling down the uMngeni River and having my good mate at my side is an added bonus," Challenor said.
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Although there's little love lost between Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) and his carniverous agent Bebe (Harriet Sansom Harris), something bad always happens when our hero is represented by someone else. This time, Frasier's new agent is young Portia Sanders (Kristin Chenoweth), whose eagerness to please borders on the annoying. The limit comes when Portia gets involved in the rivalry between Frasier and competiting radio shrink Dr. Zach (Chris Berg).


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On Tuesday, November 12, 2013, Jerald David August presented at the American Law Institute CLE On-Demand Event, "FIRPTA: Tax Issues and Planning Tips"
Foreign and domestic investments in US real property are on equal footing in one sense: both are taxable, thanks to the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 ("FIRPTA"). But when a foreign individual or corporation invests in US real estate, several tax issues may arise that can catch the unwary attorney (and client) off-guard.
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Growing Consumption of Meat Bolsters Growth in Veterinary Antiseptics Market
The rising demand for meat across countries of Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Rest of the World has led to an increased demand for veterinary antiseptics. The growing number of fitness-conscious people shifting their preference towards a protein-rich diet have spurred a high demand for animal healthcare.
Furthermore, the rising disposable income levels that are allowing consumers to spend on various types of meat are also contributing to the revenues of the veterinary antiseptics market in Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Rest of the World in many direct and indirect ways. Antiseptics are used to heal wounds, prevent infections, sepsis, or putrefaction. They are also used to prepare the skin surface before injecting the animal.
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According to the research report published by Transparency Market Research, the opportunity in the Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Rest of the World veterinary antiseptics market will be worth US$401.6 mn by 2023 from US$243.0 mn in 2014. During the forecast period of 2015 and 2023, the market will surge at a CAGR of 5.6%, observes the lead analyst of the research report.
The steady CAGR and positively rising revenues of this market will be attributable to the emerging trend of pet adoption in several developing countries. Pet owners are gradually gaining awareness about safeguarding their pets from infections and diseases, which has reflected on the increased uptake of veterinary antiseptics in the past few years.
Growing Number of Companion and Production Animals Keeps Asia Pacific at the Forefront
Asia Pacific holds the leading share in the veterinary antiseptics market in Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Rest of the World due to a strong presence of production and companion animals. The exponentially rising demand for good quality of animal-based products is expected to bolster this market in the near future. Furthermore, the growing demand for antiseptics for looking after domesticated animals is also adding to the revenues of the veterinary antiseptics market in Asia Pacific.
According to the research report, the veterinary antiseptics market in Asia Pacific with be worth US$401.6 mn by 2023 as the market expands at a steady CAGR of 5.6% between 2015 and 2022. The increasing disposable incomes in China and India are encouraging consumers to adopt pets, which is expected have a positive impact on the overall market in the coming years.
Iodine and Iodophors Segment to Exhibit 6.3% CAGR between 2015 and 2023
On the basis of product, the veterinary antiseptics market in Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Rest of the World is segmented into iodine and iodophors, chlorhexidine, alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, and others. Out of these, the iodine and iodophors segment is expected to grow at the fastest CAGR of 6.3% between 2015 and 2023. During this period, revenue from iodine and iodophors will rise to US$149.4 mn. The popular usage of iodine and iodophors is attributable to its mildness. Thus, it is extensively used for treating both small and large animals. For instance, the most commonly used form of iodophors is povidone-iodine as a solution or a scrub under the popular name of Betadine.
During the same period, the chlorhexidine segment is expected to rise at a CAGR of 5.5% between 2015 and 2023. This antiseptic is largely used for cats, sheep, horses, cows, poultry animals, and dogs for treating their cuts, insect stings, and abrasions. Chlorhexidine is known for improving precipitation of salivary minerals, which leads to calculus in companion animals.
Some of the key players in the market are Continental Manufacturing Chemist, Inc., Indian Immunologicals Ltd., M.B.D. Marketing (S) Pte Ltd., Bayer AG, Merck Animal Health, Merial, and Zoetis, Inc. Acquiring a talent pool by absorbing microbiologists and researchers through collaborations with academies will prove pivotal to the future of the companies.
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Question: Ryan asks: What is the best jurisdiction to set up an offshore trust?
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Glad you asked Ryan. The best asset protection structure for most U.S. citizens is an offshore trust. When structured properly, an offshore trust provides maximum protection and planning opportunities. When done haphazardly, an offshore trust is fraught with risks and problems.
Here's how to properly plan an offshore trust for U.S. citizens.
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Question: Melinda asks, "Do I need to file any forms with the IRS for an offshore trust, and if so, what are the requirements?"
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Question: "What is a Nested Correspondent Banking Account?"
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A nested correspondent banking account is one where a service provider sets up a master correspondent banking account at a large bank. Then the provider brings in smaller offshore banks under his master account.
A nested correspondent banking account allows smaller banks to deal with providers experienced in their industry rather than with a larger bank that probably has no time for this business.
What are the ways to go about getting a second passport and why is a second passport good to have?
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What are the ways to go about getting a second passport and why is a second passport good to have?
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Thanks Bob,
Your question about Second Passports is a very good one. There are a variety of ways that one can get a second passport. Generally one receives the citizenship of either the place they are born or the citizenship of their parents. For many people this is one and the same. If you were born in Nebraska and your parents are American, then your first citizenship and passport is US.
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Bart's class goes on a field trip to the Nuclear Power Plant. While riding through the plant in an electric cart, he spots Bart and waves to him, sending him crashing into a radioactive pipe causing the plant to shut down. Homer is fired for safety violations. Depressed and unable to find a new job, he sets off in the middle of the night to jump off a bridge. The family gets there just in time but almost gets hit by a truck. Homer pulls them out of the way in time. Homer embarks on a public safety crusade to make the town a safe place, putting road signs up everywhere. Mr. Burns recognizes his work and invites him back to the power plant.
This was a below average episode. I just plain didnt like the episode as I usually like the Simpsons. I just found this episode boring. Give it a watch if you want but I wouldnt recommend it.


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Well, here I am living my dreams in the Sierra Nevada mountains. I would love to hear from old friends and new. Too personal? less
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If you are a small winemaker without a current distribution deal in the UK then the good people at Naked Wines may be able to help you get up and running!
Naked Wines are pledging £5 million to help new winemakers break into the UK (with them naturally!). You can read more about it here on their Facebook page:
Good luck!
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Calling all winemakers!
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back up peen meaning in Urban Dictionary
the expression back-up peen derives from that arbitrary man jacking off in the back of porno flicks. He is just standing truth be told there and isnt in fact included and contains no feedback. This term is employed to describe somebody who does not have any input and is simply going out performing absolutely nothing and it is just following somebody else or it may be someone on tv whos in history and is not involved, same task.


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3rd Annual OME Marathon Concert to Be Held at Mesa Arts Center
Oh My Ears (OME), a not-for-profit organization working hard to connect the community through music, will host its 3rd annual marathon concert on Jan. 23 at Mesa Arts Center. The 10-hour event (noon to 10 P.M.) will include live performances by local composers and ensembles, as well as University of Missouri's Exit 128 Orchestra, members of New York's award-winning experimental group thingNY, and the flute-guitar duo Keith/Larson.
The full lineup: Gulch, Exit 128 Chamber Orchestra (University of Missouri), Orange Crush (Parker Davis, guitar), Kristilyn Woods – bassoon, LORKAS (Laptop Orchestra of Arizona State), Keith/Larson Duo, Megyn Neff – violin, Josh Bennet – clarinet/Black Air, Althea Pergakis, Allyson Wuenscel – viola, Jeffrey Young and Paul Pinto from thingNY performing Patriots…, Holly Pyle – voice/electronics, Driftwood Quintet, ASU Chapter of Society of Composers, Joe Perez and Friends – percussion performing Michael Gordon's Timber, and Aleksey Izotov – composer/pianist.
This year the event will include Musical Maps, which encourages audience members to "draw certain pieces of music" and share their creations on social media using the hashtag "#musicalmaps." Another new element for 2016 is Meet the Audience: "You can—right now—go to ohmyears.com to upload a sound/spoken/musical clip for Josh Bennett (clarinet/electronics) to turn into a new work at the marathon concert. Who will we get to meet?" says OME event organizer Elizabeth Kennedy Bayer in a press release.
To learn more about OME and the upcoming marathon, visit the official website here. Tickets, $16, are on sale now via Mesa Arts Center.


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11 Sep 2017
England Hockey and WePlay deliver Pure Hockey Gold
England Hockey and WePlay deliver Pure Hockey Gold with successful World Cup digital campaign
England Hockey and WePlay deliver Pure Hockey Gold with successful World Cup digital campaign
We're delighted to announce that the Football Business Awards have shortlisted WePlay for Agency of the Year
Introducing PlayEngine, the sport industry's only dedicated programmatic advertising and data-marketing platform
Read about how the biggest football clubs are utilising social media and storytelling to announce their latest assets in the summer 2017 transfer window.
Here we go into the detail of how WePlay plan and execute digital media campaigns for our sporting rights holders and brand clients.
Discover everything you need to know from Facebook's annual developer conference, F8 2017 in our full summary of the event.
New collaboration gives sports teams the digital tools to increase sponsorship revenue, decrease paid-social cost and engage fans 24/7.
We discuss the key topics Facebook will cover at this year's developer conference being hosted April 18-19 2017
In the Attention Economy, having loyal one-to-one relationships with your audience is paramount. Here we show you how to build those loyal relationships.


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Flights from Mettel Field to Manistee County-Blacker
Direct flights from Mettel Field Airport (CEV) in Connersville, IN to Manistee County-Blacker Airport (MBL) in Manistee, MI via air taxi
Total airfare between Mettel Field Airport and Manistee County-Blacker Airport ranges from $3344 to $14153 for the specified travel dates. The total fare is the price for the entire plane (price per person is based on the number of passengers entered above). Flight duration ranges from 1 hour 12 minutes to 2 hours 17 minutes, depending on the aircraft.
Cirrus SR22 or similar
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Popular Direct Flights from Mettel Field
- Mettel Field (CEV) to Frankfort, KY (FFT)
- Mettel Field (CEV) to St Louis, MO (SUS)
- Mettel Field (CEV) to Cedar Rapids, IA (CID)
- Mettel Field (CEV) to Chicago, IL (ORD)
- Mettel Field (CEV) to Indiana, PA (IDI)
Popular Direct Flights to Manistee County-Blacker
- Waterloo, IA (ALO) to Manistee County-Blacker (MBL)
- Manitouwadge, ON (YMG) to Manistee County-Blacker (MBL)
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- Wilmington, OH (ILN) to Manistee County-Blacker (MBL)
- Alpena, MI (APN) to Manistee County-Blacker (MBL)
The flight distance from Connersville to Manistee is 279 miles and average flight time is 1 hour 49 minutes. If you were to drive from Connersville to Manistee, it would take 6 hours 42 minutes to drive 335 miles.
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"Fabulous flight experience. Loved the Captain and Co-Pilot. Flawless flight."
Other Airports Near Mettel Field
- Richmond Municipal Airport (RID) in Richmond, 14 miles away
- Miami University Airport (OXD) in Oxford, 20 miles away
- Anderson Municipal-Darlington Field Airport (AID) in Anderson, 33 miles away
Other Airports Near Manistee County-Blacker
- Mason County Airport (LDM) in Ludington, 20 miles away
- Wexford County Airport (CAD) in Cadillac, 36 miles away
- Nartron Field Airport (RCT) in Reed City, 39 miles away


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carolynh4 Review
So Perfect
I am seriously so mad at everyone who wrote that these glasses are too big, they gave me a heart attack. First off, THEY ARE A PERFECT SIZE (52mm)!!!! I am a 5'5 115 girl, and they look FLAWLESS on. Secondly, I ordered these glasses, and they came the very next day, props to Overstock.com! I love love love love love these glasses and you can't beat that price when they retail for $40+ on RayBan.com
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Dear Gossips,
Serious question: Has Jaime Lannister ever had sex with anyone other than his sister? That's actually the only question I have for the books. Duana's posting the Game Of Thrones recap first thing this morning but what happened before Cersei and Jaime is what, to me, was the best scene of Episode 3: the early education of Tommen Baratheon. Read Full Intro
Smutty Tingles
FINALLY they're starting to turn on this creep. Does this make up for putting Kanye West's fiancée on the cover? (Dlisted)
The BIC's Easter (TooFab)
Next candidate to put the great motherhood whitewash to the test (The Superficial)
I'm really into Ewan McGregor's hair like this (Just Jared)
Dressing like an asshole at Coachella, week 2 (Hollywood Tuna)
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher's baby is growing (Pop Sugar)
Not a bad dress on Katy Cambridge but the shoe choice is a problem (Cele|bitchy)
Does it seem like she's been pregnant forever? (Socialite Life)
Ian Somerhalder is over Nina Dobrev (Celeb Dirty Laundry)
How many awesome jumpsuits does Gwen Stefani own? (I'm Not Obsessed)
Bradley Cooper & Suki Waterhouse are still together
FameFlynet, Splash
What low grade magazine reported that it was over? Well, it's not over. It can't be over if they spent the weekend in Paris. They do like the Paris. They've been in Paris several times together. Paris is their mini-break destination. You go to the cottage/cabin. For Bradley Cooper and Suki Waterhouse it's Paris. Full Story
I'm So Many People
Mad Men Season 7 Episode 2 recap The first thing I thought I wanted to write about where last night's Mad Men was concerned was that Peggy was a complete and total brat. But then I started to think about it. What constitutes a brat? I guess a person who storms in somewhere wanting their own way, then slams doors and hangs up telephones and kicks trash cans until they get what they want, making everyone else miserable in the process. Full Story
Jennifer Lawrence: NY Easter
Splash, Keystone
Jennifer Lawrence spent part of Easter Sunday with friends in Soho yesterday. X-Men: Days Of Future Past comes out in a month. And since she's among the most famous/celebrated/popular members of the cast, they'll want to see a lot of her in the press. If you check the movie on IMDB Full Story
Big G and the bilby
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Big Prince George continues his adventures Down Under. He went with his parents to the zoo. They introduced him to a bilby who used to be called Boy George but has now been renamed after Big G. Big G wanted to touch the bilby. His mother, Princess Catherine, was like, um, don't let the Bruiser near the animal. Full Story
Gwyneth's girl rally
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Gwyneth Paltrow went out for dinner the other night. Nicole Richie was there. Gwen Stefani was there. That's all the paps managed to get. Later on though, G, Nicole, and Gwen posted a group photo to their social media accounts. Naomi Watts was also there. And Stella McCartney. And half of My Obsession, Sam Taylor-Johnson. Full Story
"I am the Scandal"
Scandal Season 3 Episode 22 recap Look, it had to be big. It had to be hardcore because that's what we've come to expect from Scandal, and because all the people watching who would probably never call themselves thrill-seekers are now smacking their veins, desperate for the next hit of weird twisted family/president/B6-13 shiz to come their way. Full Story
Lindsay Lohan's miscarriage
The politically correct thing to say here is that it's so sad that Lindsay Lohan had to go through a miscarriage. Because no one wants to come off as the c-nt who didn't believe Lindsay Lohan when she said on the final episode of her OWN docu-series that the reason she'd missed two weeks of shooting because she lost her baby. Full Story
Who Run The World?
Game Of Thrones Season 3 Episode 3 recap Not girls, necessarily, but did you notice how they were at the centre of every single plot? Westeros is filled with powerful men, but it's the women – right down to Gilly – who have the most going on in every situation. The other notable thing about this episode was that the stories started and ended – more vignettes than overlapping stories. Full Story
April 21, 2014 – Smutty Shout-Outs
To Nosa in Nigeria – good luck on your interview tomorrow! You've been waiting 3 years for this. And working hard. So this is YOUR time. Let me know how it works out. And for Stef who will "Live Below The Line" for 5 days starting April 28 in support of Save The Children – thank you for your story and your blog Full Story


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Arunachal Pradesh Board 12th Results 2016 Check the Intermediate Result From The Official Website Of The Department Which Is arunachalpradesh.gov.in
The state of Arunchal Pradesh possesses a vast culture and bio diversity in different aspects.The presence of hills and valleys makes the state a memorable place.The state has an Education Board for different purposes i.e., for issuing funds for government schools and to maintain the standard of education in state.The Board conducted the exams recently to check the skills of the students studying in different schools affiliated with board.
Arunachal Pradesh Board 12th Results 2016
The students who had given these exams are now looking for the Arunachal Pradesh Board 12th Results 2016.The students are advised to wait for some more days because the board will soon declare the Result of the candidates.We will also upload every possible detail regarding the Results.So the candidates can also refer this website for getting regular updates regarding their 12th Class Result.The official website of the department is arunachalpradesh.gov.in.All Latest details will be available on this website.
Arunachal Pradesh Board 12th Score Card 2016
There is no need to tell the importance of the 12th class Exams to the students.The students are fully aware of it.The students will get admission in different colleges and universities with the help of these marks.So the candidates should take their Result very seriously and check it as soon as it is available on the official web portal.The candidates will also be able to know their strengths and weaknesses with the help of this Result.
Arunachal Pradesh Board Result 2016
This Result will help them to shape their future by choosing their strengths as their career goals.We wish all the candidates Best Of Luck for Arunachal Pradesh Board 12th Results 2016.All other details are discussed below in the article.The candidates should read all these details very carefully.In case of any doubt,write down in the comment box provided below for this purpose.
Steps To Get Arunachal Pradesh Board 12th Results 2016:
-Go to the official web portal of the department which is arunachalpradesh.gov.in.
-Move to the section of Education>Results>Class.
-Choose the class you are interested in.
-Fill up all the particulars very carefully to avoid any difficulty.
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This year's Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelics Research (ICPR) was host to high ranking institutions such as NYU, Johns Hopkins University, Imperial College, and Maastrict University, with evidence presented by researchers and clinicians, such as Kim Kuypers, Roland Griffiths, William Richards, Jordi Riba, and Robin Carhart-Harris, to name a few. The new revival of psychedelic research appears to be gaining momentum, and organisations such as the Beckley Foundation and Multidisciplinary Associations for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) are moving to train therapists and clinicans to use psychedelics in an evidence based psychotherapeutic process.
Psychedelics such as Ayahuasca, Psilocybin, MDMA, Mescaline, and Peyote were all touched upon, as presentations ranged from the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of psilocybin in healthy volunteers, to the qualitative analysis of 'ego-dissolution' experiences from the trip report website Erowid.org. The conference also discussed much of the necessary safety protocols proposed in research and therapy, emphasising the importance of participant screening, setting of therapy, and appropriate dosage.
Clinical research using new interventions look for treatents to be able to show effectiveness in Randomised Control Trials. This is where participants are randomly allocated to either receive the treatment, or a placebo. In a double-blind trial, neither the researchers nor the participants are aware which treatment they are receiving. These trials will look out for significant changes in participants (e.g. less depression symptoms), and assess whether the same changes occured in the placebo trials. If groups aren't significantly different, it's quite difficult to attribute the effect to the treatment alone.
Psychedelic research in its current state is still early stage, but remains progressive, with a number of double-blind randomised control trials completed, and Phase II and III clinical trials in progress or planned. These have shown significant reductions in clinical symptoms, measured using clinical scales, such as the Beck Depression Inventory, State/Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. While these clinical outcomes have been persistent (up to around 6 months), the long term follow up results are still being collected and analysed.
The experiences associated with this form of pharmacological treatment appear to be quite unique, with qualitative and experiential evidence reporting loss of a sense of time and space, 'ego dissolution' (dissolving your sense of self), encountering or feeling the presence of strange beings (a sense of presence), a sense of knowing 'ultimate truths', as well as a host of sensory synaesthesia. There is another aspect to the experience, which is often described as 'ineffable', or unable to be described. This understandably makes it quite hard for science to do its thing. Nevertheless, the types of experiences that are described are often termed 'mystical-like' or 'mystical' experiences in the research, and sound a bit abstract and fantastical, but to the individuals involved in the trials it has been reported as highly meaningful and insightful.
However, the range of individuals involved in these trials are often quite narrow. The participants in the research are mostly well educated, often have previous experience with psychedelics, and are usually relatively small in number, and so it will be interesting to follow the results as differences in sample size and socio-economic status are used.
Despite this, current research suggests that psychedelics used to treat individuals who are suffering the most (such as treatment resistant depression or terminal cancer patients) provides an invaluable resource to heal, to understand their situation with a new perspective, and provide hope when all seems lost. The reports from participants presented at the conference demonstrate the great weight of depression that was lifted off their shoulders, with one individual stating 'I felt like I did before my depression'.
Often at the end of each day at the conference, a panel of leading researchers or therapists in the field would come together to answer any questions the audience members may have. The current paradigm that seems to be favoured at the moment in therapy sessions is that of depth psychology, using psychoanalytic and psychodynamic principles, with a dyad of therapists (one male and one female) working with the client. This therapeutic work was described as a necessary preliminary phase to the dosing stage, and was around 3-4 sessions. Questions came to the panel from other health care professionals in the audience about the use of alternative frameworks to be used alongside psychedelic therapy, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Whether psychedelic therapy will have the same, worse, or better efficacy using the other frameworks will be an interesting direction of research. Because of the time and labour intensive nature of psychodynamic therapy, the current model of psychedelic treatment may mean that the treatment option is only available to a low number of individuals, or for those who can pay. This poses quite an issue for accessibility to a wide population, or those from low socio-economic backgrounds. However, these questions will hopefully be answered by future research and exploration into the therapeutic technique.
When approaching this issue in a scientific manner, the recent research into the use of psychedelics seems to be creating quite a strange dilemma in psychiatry. The experiences associated with psychedelic journeys and mystical experience have often been most associated in main stream psychology with low impact research, dubious methods, new age spirituality, or pathologised as psychotic experience. Yet now psychiatry and psychology is faced with a situation where the strange process of delving into the mind using psychedelics has been suggested as an exciting revived potential for healing.
Since the enlightenment, our understanding of ourselves and our environment has moved further away from religious ideals and embraced a scientific understanding of the human experience. However, the movement toward psychedelic therapy and research is now on the rise, which brings an experience which has been traditionally described exclusively by mystics and religious figures throughout history. With religion and the belief in a literal external personification of God receding, and secular reason, science, and philosophy persevering to fill the space, we are currently left with a sort of spiritual vacuum. In our modern society, clearly there is still a very human need to connect and experience something which brings a new clarity on ourselves, or to experience something transcendent and out of our ingrained and rigid thought processes. So, how can a scientific society aim to fulfil this requirement without using the potential baggage and issues of traditional religious frameworks?
Early 20th Century psychology and anthropology attempted to fill this difficult void by proposing a psychological perspective on the dive into the human experience. Individuals such as Carl Jung, Karl Jaspers, and Joseph Campbell, while often criticised, nonetheless saw anomalous experience associated with psychosis or acute religious experience as potentially meaningful and transformative. This was thought to be shared across cultures in the form of mythological and spiritual frameworks, to guide and shepherd those through challenging times, and provide understanding into the human experience.
In psychosis research, the discovery that many individuals outside of clinical care experience anomalous perception is very interesting. This suggests the need for a more sensitive to anomalous perception than simply labelling it as a pathological disorder, and asks psychiatric research to also look at the context in which we have our experiences, whether that leads to a destabilising, benign or positive effect.
In psychiatric research, the context of mystical experience appears to be something which has so far only been accepted in religious or spiritual frameworks, or is often pathologised as psychotic. Now however we have emerging psychedelic research that suggests a controlled and safe context in which to potentially encounter these experiences. Psychiatry has discredited the role of the traditional Shaman and the Mystic in offering a viable healing practise to treat our modern crises, so where are individuals to turn to try and understand the strange experiences that may await them through the use of psychedelic therapy? Anthropological and cultural research has demonstrated the diversity and oddity of the human experience, and now psychiatric thought must tread carefully and thoroughly to understand the psychedelic experience without diminishing the different levels of meaning and depth that this therapy may hold for those using it.
To progress, psychiatry may work together with multiple disciplines so that a broad and comprehensive understanding of the experience is generated to create the best support for those using it. This is alongside careful research that documents and inquires into the variety of experience, neurologically, psychologically, and socially. The role of the secular shaman may be making an appearance in Psychiatry, with health care professionals taking on the role of an individual who is able to empathise and understand the deep and strange internal experience of those who use psychedelic assisted therapy.
Moving forward, there are many research avenues left to explore. The creation of a broad and comprehensive qualitative database of varying psychedelic experience is underway, as are the biochemical, clinical, and physiological effects of the experience. The ability for psychiatry and psychology to have a rich and open minded scientific attitude, with evidence based research, will support this exciting new option that may be opening up for those who have no where else to turn. This includes understanding when it may be supportive or destabilising, along with the mystical and the ordinary aspect of the process. This will highlight for whom is may be appropriate for, as well as the proper grounding work that may need to be done first before individuals are ready to take the leap. The emphasis of set, setting, and dose was constantly highlighted at the ICPR 2016, and progressing in this way will mean the topic is approached with proper guidance, care, and maturity.


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Audio Damage, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of Reverence, a digital plate reverb simulator, as a plugin effect for VST and AudioUnits hosts. Reverence is heavily inspired by vintage digital hardware, and faithfully recreates the thick sonic character and easy-to-use interface of those early units, while providing the low noise floor and big headroom inherent in modern software-based reverb.
Perfect for synths, vocals, and guitar, Reverence is also capable of creating the unusual effects that are typical of vintage hardware units. Featuring a sophisticated and well-tuned reverb algorithm, Reverence has a much lower CPU load than convolution reverbs, and can be used as either a send or insert effect.
- Simple-to-use reverb settings, with pre-delay, time, and size, plus an extensive filtering section to shape the reverb tail
- Fluid and logical vintage-style user interface
- Optimized reverb algorithm for low CPU load
- MIDI Learn feature for full hardware control of all parameters (VST only; handled by host in AudioUnits version)
Reverence is available as a VST effect for Windows, and as an AudioUnit / VST effect bundle for OSX Universal Binary, and is US$39.00 for instant download from the Audio Damage store.
For more information, visit their web site at www.audiodamage.com.