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How to Avoid Client Chaos With Effective Screenshots
Some days, it seems like clients are just trying to be impossible. You ask them to click a screen shot image to see it at full size, and they continue talking about how the font in the thumbnail is too small to read. Or, you explain to them that the color calibration on their monitor is clearly off if they're seeing everything in black and white, and they continue to ask you to add some color to the site.
But, the truth is (save a few, very rare exceptions), clients aren't stupid. It's just that this process of working with a web designer is one that they're not used to. And because it's what you do all day, it can be easy to lose sight of the way they approach the process.
Fortunately, there are some really easy ways to approach the design process that will smooth things over for both you and them. Here's how you can handle screen shots so that clients are better able to imagine their new website.
Don't Email Screen Shots to Your Client.
Working with a lawyer on a site design, he asked if I could email the designs to his assistant instead of posting them to our client area. He thought it would be more secure, and I figured there'd be no harm.
But, when all was said and done, it turned out the client was looking at the designs I sent at 200% zoom instead of at full size, so there were parts of the finished product that were "way too small." (Turned out, they wanted the body text at 20px, not the much-more-normal-looking 10px.)
You never have complete control over what the client is looking at on their monitor. From color to resolution, to buggy IE vs Firefox differences, there's a lot that's beyond your control. But, you can exercise a bit more control by doing two things:
- Asking what the clients' resolution is before beginning work. It's a big time saver to always make sure your screen shots will fit well within the boundaries of the client's monitor. and;
- Never uploading an image bigger than their monitor. That way, IE won't shrink the image down without their knowledge; and;
- Sticking with your client area to show them designs.
Don't do Anything Fancy.
I'd seen another designer deliver screen shots with "fancy" effects about five years ago (in this case, a drop shadow and one pixel border). I thought it looked nice and made the site seem more real.
In fact, it simply confused the client who called me on the phone and spent fifteen minutes explaining that her boss hated drop shadows and could I please, please, please remove it before he saw it.
Stay away from fancy. Just keep 'em plain. In your portfolio, sure, decorate away. But, when you're showing it to the client, anything extraneous will only distract.
Set the Background Color.
I used to always display screen shots on a white background and just explain to the client that the background would extend.
They never quite understood, and when I'd post the final code, they'd say, "But we thought it was going to have that white border all around it. We liked the white border."
This one's not the end of the world, certainly. You can always add a "white border" to the finished product. But, it's far better to simply set the graphic on a background that's the right color so that there's no room for confusion.
If you're displaying multiple design options, crop them into thumbnails, don't shrink them into thumbnails.
I like to give clients a full page where they can see everything we've done so far so they can scroll back. But, I used to simply shrink the full size mockups down into smaller-sized images.
Don't do it that way. Even though I told clients to click on an image to see it full size, they would still talk about how the shrunken image was too small. So, instead, crop it so that it is an unmistakable thumbnail, and your clients will understand that they need to click to see the full size version.
Ask lots of questions before making changes.
Sometimes, clients really do say things that are nonessential. (Like the client who wanted the logo to be "the only thing people saw when they arrived at the site.") But, more often than not, they're just not explaining themselves in the way you'd explain the same thing.
So, if the client says, "The flow's all wrong" instead of assuming they mean the flow of the body text, ask more questions to pinpoint what they mean. It's always okay to say, "I'm not sure I understand, can you tell me more?" or even a simple, "Tell me what you mean by that."
As long as you're open to their input, clients will be happy to elaborate. They want you to understand, so let them explain it in a different way.
By following these guidelines for screen shots, you'll smooth the way to a much more productive, easy design process with your clients.


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I am a GIVER. I meet a lot of other GIVERS. I think they are amazing, but, sadly, they shortchange themselves WAY TOO OFTEN. Are you a GIVER? If so . . . read on.
As an UBER GIVER you have been TAKING away from you and your family.
Instead, stay in the MIDDLE of THE EXCHANGE. Think of the OTHER PERSON or PEOPLE, BUT ALSO, think of YOU.
ASK, "What would an outside observer see would be a HEALTHY EXCHANGE where both parties benefit?
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Guelph, ON - August 22 - September 2, EquiMania! made an impact at its inaugural appearance at Minnesota State Fair! Produced by Equine Guelph at the University of Guelph, EquiMania! is an interactive youth education program and exhibition designed to teach kids about horse health and safety. EquiMania! moved in at the Minnesota State Fair horse barn and that is where the replicated display will stay for the next five years to cater to a whole new audience in the U.S. EquiMania! features several interactive components that teach anatomy and biology of horses with scale models and real bones. Equine Guelph is well known for its online educational pathways for horse enthusiasts starting with EquiMania! and ranging up to the Equine Science Certificate and accredited diploma program. Gayle Ecker, director of Equine Guelph, says, "We are thrilled to be partnering with Minnesota State Fair and extending educational opportunities in a way that makes learning fun. That's EquiMania!" The Equine Guelph team greeted throngs of fair visitors 2nd largest fair in the United States visited by almost 1.8 million people and this is what they had to say: "Very helpful! Great information, I LOVED it. I'm in college for Equine Science and this exhibit is AMAZING!" - Michaela "Wonderful! Informative and so much fun! My 6 year old says it's the best thing he saw at the fair." - Veronica "Excellent display & teaching! This is the most fun I've had (and the most I've learned) in the horse barn in 34 consecutive years at attendance. I'm a physician - the comparative anatomy lesson was fascinating!" Agriculture education manager of the Minnesota Fair, Michelle Butler declares, "EquiMania! was a fantastic addition to our fair as it aligned with our fair's mission to educate and involve our guests by providing a showcase that is innovative, entertaining and fun. The response to the exhibit was overwhelmingly positive! We are thrilled to have partnered with Equine Guelph to bring EquiMania! to the Minnesota State Fair for the next several years." EquiMania! will share their popular exhibit with more venues in the United States, teaching horse enthusiasts about safety and horse health in a fun interactive way thanks to this fabulous partnership. Bring EquiMania! to your event: firstname.lastname@example.com Equine Guelph is the horse owners' and care givers' Centre at the University of Guelph. It is a unique partnership dedicated to the health and well-being of horses, supported and overseen by equine industry groups. Equine Guelph is the epicentre for academia, industry and government - for the good of the equine industry as a whole. For further information, visit www.EquineGuelph.ca. Link to news story on Equine Guelph Site:http://equineguelph.ca/news/index.php?content=386
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Traversing the subway in New York City, it's easy to come across an occult, seemingly omnipresent ad for the infamous Museum of Sex, a racy collection of exhibits, sex-ed and sex toys. This is also where photographer Bill Bernstein is showcasing his latest exhibition, Night Fever, which assembles a collection of 40 images taken between 1977 to 1979, exploring the "sexually and socially radical multiculturalism embraced by the New York disco clubs of the late '70s."
Throughout his career, Bernstein has published two books: one that covers his iconic disco photos and another that chronicles his 15 year stretch as Paul McCartney's tour photographer. He's also worked with a number of notable celebrities and musicians, such as U2 and Keith Urban. Today, he continues to work for a number of editorial and advertising clients, and even shoots series on his iPhone, despite coming up in the days of film. Most recently, he spoke at the Library of Congress with Gloria Gaynor and other scholarly types who have studied this era, which he says was one of his greatest honors.
We caught up with Bernstein to talk disco, life on the road with Paul McCartney, and to learn more about evolving as an artist when your career spans more than three decades.
Hey Bill, let's start by discussing the disco days. What was your intention when shooting the disco era? What were you seeking to accomplish?
My mindset was one of a curious photojournalist. I was curious about the culture I was witnessing and knew I was witnessing something interesting. Going back to the late '70s, I saw and felt that something unusual was happening. I basically followed my instincts and tried to capture what I saw without thinking about it too much, but reacting to it viscerally, trying to see what was going on and how it was affecting the world. It wasn't until much later that I had perspective on shooting that work because all I could see and feel at the time was the amazing cultural diversity meeting on the dance floor; LBGT, straight, African American, Puerto Rican, men, women, old, and young people. Back then it was unusual to see, so I just kept shooting.
Moving into the '80s, did any of this thinking change for you?
I kept seeing things in front of me that were unusual, which was a period that basically started after Stonewall and popularized by Saturday Night Fever in 1977. Then Studio 54 opened and it continued for a couple years until the AIDS crisis, which made people a bit afraid of going out. There was also a gay undertone to the whole disco culture, which caused some cultural backlash against the music. A lot of people were sick of disco and moved on to rock, punk or new wave. This is the tiny little period of time I captured for this body of work that can never really be recreated. It was all of these different movements—the LGBT movement, the women's movement, the civil rights movement—that were having their victory dance on the dance floor.
You mentioned that this was an unusual, diverse time in culture. Is there anything happening right now that you'd say is comparable?
On a cultural level afropunk is interesting. But on a larger scale, not just in New York but all over the world, there's the culture against the Trump administration. I think that's bringing a lot of energy to the streets and our consciousness, and it reminds me a bit of the '60's and the Vietnam War protests which I was a part of. Unlike the disco era, this movement had a common enemy, whereas disco was more like an inclusive celebration. That's the difference—today it's more of a fight against something. But the power and strength coming from it, to me, is very noteworthy and shows a lot of creativity. People are really expressing themselves in an interesting way.
Totally. Now can you walk me through a standard night of shooting at Studio 54?
I would usually get there around 11 or 12. I knew the people at most of the clubs by that point because I was shooting a lot. I was also working at the Village Voice so they would always let me in. Around midnight, the place would be fairly packed and people were just starting to arrive. I never drank or did drugs when shooting this project because it needed my full attention. It was also difficult shooting in those conditions because the light was low and I was shooting film, so I couldn't see right away if it was focused or if the light was balanced. Basically, I would start by scoping out the crowd and seeing who was there. Were there cliques? Were there celebrities? Was it a young crowd? Was it an old crowd? From there, I would rely on my gut instinct and looking for interesting things that were happening. Whether it was a cluster of people sitting on a couch or a transgender woman dancing with a straight guy, I looked for things that showed diversity and reported to what I saw that night to the world—the Village Voice often used my pictures to illustrate pieces during that time when disco was so important, which was really happening in New York City.
I'd get back home by around 4 or 5 in the morning and would sometimes develop my film right away, so when I woke up the next day the negatives were hanging to dry. I would make a contact sheet in my makeshift darkroom and sit there with a big, strong cup of coffee. By then it was probably 3 in the afternoon and I would use a loupe and marking pencil to check the shots I thought were interesting. At some point, I'd have a person come in to help make prints. Then I'd repeat that day after day. I was in my mid-20s at the time so I was able to do it back then, but it was a lot of work.
If you fast-forward another 10 years or so when I was Paul McCartney's tour photographer, I would travel on the road with him and was fortunately used to long nights. I didn't actually process the film on the road, but after a show I would arrange to have someone pick up the film and bring it to a lab. Then we'd pay a ton of money to keep the lab open all night so I could have the contact sheets delivered to me the next day.
I read that you spent 15 years photographing Paul. That seems like absurdly long time to work with one artist on one project. How did you manage to continually evolve creatively?
It's interesting because I was on the road with him from about 1989 to 2005. He wasn't touring every year during that period, but whenever he did I would go with him. There were long stretches of time when we were on the road for months and months, then we'd take a couple months off before getting back on the road. So how did I grow? Well, that was a challenge for me, honestly, because the show itself was pretty much the same every night. Over the years some of the songs would change, but once he locked down a show it was pretty much the same show every night in a different venue. Yet what was interesting to me was the crowd because it was always different. I ended up shooting a lot of people in the audience and their reactions to the show. I also experimented a lot with different angles—one night I'd shoot low, then the next night go way up in the back of the arena with a long lens, or sometimes shoot from behind. I knew what was going to happen throughout the night, so I tried to set myself up in different places to cover those things. Then there was also backstage, which was completely different, as well as offstage where I would go with Paul if he went on a bike ride or something like that.
"I'm constantly looking for things that are unusual, which is how I keep myself sane."
I think a lot of it was using journalistic instincts to report back to the world. Artistically, it was very challenging because I was inevitably not able to do too many different things, and after a while you burn out from a job like that, especially when you're shooting just one person shows. But I really enjoyed it, loved it and learned a lot. I learned a lot about how a person—how someone of Paul's stature shows himself to the press, to the world, and how he in some ways helps keep his own legacy alive.
Let's switch gears a bit. I noticed the iPhone section of your portfolio. What's it like transitioning from someone who came up shooting the film days to shooting a series entirely on a smartphone?
I love my iPhone. I like the fact that you can shoot anywhere and people don't really know you're taking a picture. It's much different than holding a camera. I can look like I'm texting when I'm actually taking pictures. Also, I use the iPhone 7 Plus with the big screen and 12 megapixels, so I've actually made pretty large prints from that and they look really good. I think it's a great tool and has really changed the world, but I wouldn't use it professionally for an assignment, unless the client asked me to.
I'm constantly looking for things that are unusual, which is how I keep myself sane. I detach myself from all my life and life problems and look around, soaking in what I'm seeing and finding something that really catches my eye. That's like my therapy and the iPhone is great because it's so easy to have around all the time.
Right on. To wrap things up, is there a purpose that envelops all of your work? What kinds of concepts, themes or messages define you?
For me, it's about producing work that's not contrived and reflects that what you're seeing and feeling, which is perhaps unusual or out of the ordinary. If done successfully this will reflect something universal that anyone can pick up on. Really, I send postcards to the world of what my life is like and what I'm seeing, feeling and experiencing at a given moment in time.
See more of Bernstein's work below and on his site, as well as at the Museum of Sex, which runs until December 2017 and is free to public.


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Friday, October 18, 2013
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I'm finally getting the new blog up and running (I have no idea what I'm doing), so head over there for new posts, pictures, recipes, and new-look fun. I had to delete all the old posts from the WordPress version because the wonkiness was crazy-making, but you can still jump back here if you want to browse through the P&B archives. If you're seeing this on a reader of some sort, be sure to change the address so you don't miss any of the action (ha) at pieandbeer.wordpress.com.
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Dr. Plavi Mittal earned her Ph.D. in Biology from Brandeis University, and did her postdoctoral research in molecular oncology at Harvard Medical School. She was also a management consultant at a global consulting firm, where she worked with leading pharmaceutical companies.
After a family member was diagnosed with a rare muscular dystrophy, LGMD2B/Miyoshi, Dr. Mittal helped create the Jain Foundation. Over the last 12 years, she has led the JF team as President & CEO, and together, they partnered with dysferlinopathy researchers to realize gene therapy clinical trials and the hope for a cure. Repeatedly, Dr. Mittal has seen patients with rare disease struggle to reach a diagnosis and find a treatment best for them, despite the scientific breakthroughs advancing therapies for their condition.
Through her new non-profit organization based in Seattle, Washington, In-Depth Genomics [www.indepthgenomics.com], Dr. Mittal will continue to support the mission of the Jain Foundation while addressing this larger patient need by providing genome-level sequencing and analysis. IDG's national diagnostic program is an unprecedented effort that will raise standards for diagnosing rare diseases and also fuel a research consortium focused on improving clinical care.
You can follow IDG on LinkedIn and twitter.
Can you tell us more about your background before starting the Jain Foundation? How did you first become interested in science, biology, and oncology?
I was always interested in Genetics and Biology for as far back as I remember. I think my interest started when I read the book, Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas. I was fascinated with the diversity, the resilience and the complexity of biological organisms. Later, as a PhD student, I was very keen to work on problems that would impact people suffering from diseases today. I feel that we have an urgent mission to connect the dots from everything we have already learned.
Can you tell us about your work at the Jain Foundation over the past decade, and how that led you to start In-Depth Genomics (IDG)?
At the Jain Foundation, we were completely focused on pushing research towards a cure for LGMD2B, a rare form of muscular dystrophy. Over the years, our strategy of uniting researchers with the relevant expertise proved successful, and we set the stage for clinical trials. Then, I learned first-hand what industry has been struggling with for years: rare diseases are difficult to research, because the patients needed for clinical trials are very difficult to find. With the hopes of finding enough patients to develop a meaningful trial for LGMD2B, the Jain Foundation developed a free diagnostic program. We put together a panel of 35 genes linked with diseases that would have a similar presentation as our disease of interest, LGMD2B. We were able to screen 2,500 people and diagnose dozens of LGMD2B patients. This work confirmed my belief that genetic testing is a quick and efficient clinical tool for complex diagnostic cases.
What convinced you that there is a need for better diagnostics for rare diseases? Why is diagnosis so important for these patients?
While the diagnostic program was very successful at finding LGMD2B patients for the Jain Foundation patient registries, over 60% of the patients tested received no diagnosis. I felt a personal dedication to these patients who were offered the hope of an answer, only to be let down by the inherent limitations of a panel-based approach. These patients would have to wait many more months while they sought other opportunities for genetic testing, if they had the resources to do so. Given the falling price of human genome sequencing and clinical analysis, performing one thorough analysis seemed to me to be more efficient and effective than repeated genotyping. By focusing on providing comprehensive genetic analysis to these patients, I have the opportunity to provide an under-utilized, powerful diagnostic tool to patients in critical need of targeted treatment plans. And by empowering patients with their genetic diagnosis, patients can seek out research and clinical trials best suited to their condition.
How did you choose whole genome sequencing, and how does this open up new avenues for research?
By performing whole genome sequencing, we will be assessing as much of the human genome as technology currently allows. This means that, in addition to identifying known pathogenic variants for diagnostic purposes, we will be able to uncover nuanced patterns in other regions of the genome. We hope that, by strategically combining our bioinformatic analysis with information about patients' symptoms and traits, we can highlight promising avenues for therapy development for a great number of rare neurological diseases.
What do you think distinguishes IDG from other genetic testing/analysis/diagnosis services available today? Why do you think now is the right time for IDG to open its doors?
I've been considering this very question for months – right now, the clinical and academic applications of genomics are booming. So many groups and companies are launching large projects or consumer products that the market appears saturated with personalized technology. However, as I've built IDG's program, it has become painfully clear that the vast majority of commercial products are not able to offer a clinical diagnosis to patients seeking one, or they do not perform a full genome analysis at all. Many insurance plans do not cover comprehensive genetic testing, and patients cannot afford to pay out of pocket for this additional test when they are facing a myriad of diagnostic procedures. By offering our services to patients at no charge, and performing full genome sequencing/analysis for clinical and research applications, we are the only program working to deliver this cutting edge technology directly to patients who could benefit most.
What is your vision for In-Depth Genomics going forward?
My vision is for In-Depth Genomics to become a leader in rare disease diagnosis and patient engagement. By gathering evidence supporting the efficiency of genetic screening for difficult-to-diagnose neurological conditions, I hope to influence a shift in clinical standards of practice. I don't plan to measure the success of my program only by the number of patients diagnosed; my success is also contingent on creating an accessible community where patients can learn about the unique ways patient participation can accelerate and influence the development of rare disease therapies. By empowering patients and generating sufficient data, I hope IDG's program will spark therapy development for a number of rare conditions.
What directions do you see genomic testing (including analysis, diagnosis, and counseling) taking in the future? Do you see a lot of change happening in this area? Do you think these changes are positive or negative? Why?
I think we are rapidly moving to the era of unlocking all of DNA's mysteries, and really charging forward and diagnosing most conditions in much less time. I am not as sure that we, as a species, will take care to provide adequate support, guidance and counseling along with the diagnosis. I hope we do, and IDG is definitely striving for that deep level of engagement with the patient, becoming a source of support for them.
The changes unlocking of the DNA will bring to diagnosis is a big step forward in the right direction. Everything starts with diagnosis: by naming the suffering – then we can begin to understand the origins and begin to develop treatments.
How can members of the CEHG community get involved with In-Depth Genomics?
Once sufficient data is collected, IDG hopes to launch a major research effort that will combine groups across academia and industry who are studying human disease, developing therapies, or performing other computational biology projects that may benefit from data such as ours. Any researcher from the CEHG community who is interested in working with IDG's curated database should contact the foundation for application.
CEHG's core values are "collaboration" and "interdisciplinarity." Are there ways you hope IDG will embody these values as well?
Absolutely! While genomic data is at the heart of this program, I know that progress in clinical care for rare diseases will only occur after combining data from numerous other health factors and biological perspectives. To put our program's data to the best use, we must rely on collaborations with groups across industry and academia to elaborate on relevant findings and push the genetic information towards a meaningful application.
What advice would you give to early career scientists, having worked in both academia and at foundations with a patient-centric focus?
My advice is to always look 10 steps ahead and find the connection to how your research will help humans. This exercise makes everything so much more focused, and also very meaningful.
What advice would you give to patients?
Advocate for yourself; there are answers your doctor may not know. Participate in all aspects of drug development. Read and get educated about your disease.


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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, according to Sunday's New York Times, warned President Obama in a classified memo in January that the U.S. lacks an effective strategy for dealing with Iran's nuclear progress. Gates later rushed to set the record straight, saying his memo had been designed to "contribute to an orderly and timely decisionmaking process." But that may be a distinction without much of a difference; the sentiments attributed to him in the original report remain a coldly clear assessment of the Administration's Iran strategy.
The Times reported that Gates warned that the U.S. had no clear policy guidelines in place should Iran ignore international sanctions and continue to develop its nuclear program to the point that the country becomes a "threshold" power. In that event, Iran would (as Japan is reputed to) have all the major components necessary to quickly assemble a bomb but still refrain from taking the final steps in order to remain within the terms of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Many analysts and policymakers believe that reaching such a threshold, rather than obtaining a full strategic nuclear arsenal, is Iran's goal.
Administration officials, the Times story suggests, hope to prevent Iran from achieving even threshold capability, although it's tough to see how that will be accomplished. Most of Washington's focus is on building international support for a new round of U.N. sanctions. U.S. officials have made much of the fact that Russia and China have eased their opposition to new measures, but the harsh reality is that any new measures adopted at the Security Council are likely to be watered down by Moscow and Beijing to a point where they're highly unlikely to change Iran's behavior. The "crippling sanctions" demanded on Monday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are unlikely to emerge from the U.N. process. Indeed, Russia and China both stress that sanctions are unlikely to have a positive impact on the standoff and could complicate the search for a diplomatic compromise.
In order to prevent Tehran from achieving threshold status, the U.S. and its allies hope to stop Iran from enriching uranium altogether, even for energy purposes but on that issue, the Western position has limited international support. The Russians and Chinese, like other Security Council members such as Brazil, Lebanon and Turkey all three of which continue to oppose new sanctions don't see Iran as an imminent nuclear threat and insist that a diplomatic solution should be found via dialogue with Iran. The Western powers maintain that dialogue failed when Iran turned down a deal that would have exchanged much of its stockpile of enriched uranium for reactor fuel. Iran has begun floating a new version of that deal on terms previously rejected by the Western powers hoping, no doubt, to further deflate any sanctions momentum. Comments on Monday by State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley that the U.S. remains "interested in pursuing that offer if Iran is interested" suggest Tehran could yet manage to reopen negotiations.
While unilateral sanctions by the U.S. and its allies targeting Iran's gasoline imports have persuaded a number of third-country suppliers to pull out of the Iranian market, China remains Iran's key energy partner and is unlikely to join such a strategy. Attempts by the U.S. Congress to force the issue by penalizing Chinese companies doing business with Iran could scupper whatever sanctions consensus has been achieved at the U.N.
In short, Obama's sanctions option is likely to be as protracted and frustrating as it was for the Bush Administration. And what Gates' memo, according to the Times story, seems to be suggesting, is that the Obama Administration had better plan for the eventuality that sanctions will fail. That message is also coming from Republican critics like Arizona Senator John McCain, who said on Sunday, "We have to be willing to pull the trigger on significant sanctions," by which he meant unilateral Western measures that China and Russia would not back. "And then we have to make plans for whatever contingencies follow if those sanctions are not effective." That should include the option of military action, said the Senator, who on the campaign famously suggested that "the only thing worse than bombing Iran is Iran with the bomb."
But while the U.S. claims broad international support for its diplomatic effort to restrain Iran from building a nuclear weapon, such support would narrow dramatically for any military action. It's far from clear even that the U.S. military shares McCain's view. Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen have repeatedly made clear that military action could succeed only in delaying Iran's nuclear progress but at a risk of sparking a regional war with unpredictable consequences.
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The workshop on Identity, Reference, and the Web (IRW2006) was filled to the brim with members of the Web community eager to get to the heart of questions that had been previously considered too theoretical or philosophical for reasonable progress. All the papers, presentations, and podcasts are archived on the web-page http://www.ibiblio.org/hhalpin. Unlike many list-serv discussions on these topics, the mood was conciliatory and practical.
Harry Halpin of Edinburgh University gave a brief overview of the problems within the scope of "Identity, Reference, Meaning, and the Web." Berners-Lee's "every thing must have a URI" slogan, where meaning is dictated by its owner of the URI, was shown to have a historical parallel in Russell and Kripke. This causal theory of names had meaning determined by direct reference through acquaintance and causal chains. In contrast, Frege posited the notion of "sense," as formalized by an interpretation in logic, where the meaning of a whole statement determined reference, and so reference was usually left underdetermined. Lewis's notion of convention was used to explain the rise of tagging, "since people will in general use the minimum amount of convention to solve their co-ordination problem." Members of the audience seemed most interested in how tagging could lead to bottom-up ontologies, and the take-home point was that all viewpoints in the current debate had a lineage in philosophy going back more than a century.
Dan Connolly of the W3C followed with an example-driven approach
to explaining the W3C TAG's resolution of httpRange-14. First, he points out that Berners-Lee's original viewpoint was that any
http URI not containing a "hash" should be taken to about a document and URIs with hashes were therefore safe to use with the Semantic Web. Since this principle would apply to
HTTP POST the word document was replaced with the more general information resource. Finally, in order to use metadata vocabularies like DCMI, the hash requirement was dropped so that anything returning an
2xx HTTP code was an information resource, while anything returning a
303 or a
4xx could be used as a non-information resource identifier. So using a URI to denote a person that returned a 2xx code (such as web-page) was in violation of this rule. Since HTTP redirects are expensive to set-up, the recommendation is simply to use hash URIs. Since this could conflict with using a hash to identify document fragments, Dan recommended that such authors be allowed to "opt out" using hashes as document fragments in future versions of HTML using a "profile" attribute. This audience agreed this line of argument made much more clear the TAG's reasoning, although there was one concern there was no explicit means to identify resources beyond information resources, to which Dan reminded the audience that the TAG's role was to clarify consensus in Web architecture and not to prescribe solutions prematurely.
Presutti of the University of Bologna explained an
ontology, the IRIE formalism, that distinguished the many possible types of resources beyond just "information resources." By segregating URIs by type such as people and web-pages, one makes much more clear Semantic Web statements that are easier for machines to process. If a URI for Aldo Gangemi is used both as web-page and a person then non-sensical statements such as "Aldo Gangemi is a male and non-well formed HTML" could result. Some of the main distinguishing types of resources were resources as a concept in virtual space, a computational object in physical space, and a proxy for something else. These patterns were then formally defined and based on the DOLCE upper ontology. There was widespread agreement that such a fine-grained analysis of the types of resources could be useful, and that only the category "Semantic Resource" was considered controversial. Dan Connolly noted that
proxy-for was like
foaf:topic and
exact-proxy-for was like
foaf:primaryTopic, showing that this design pattern as already in implicit use in Semantic Web vocabularies.
David Booth of Hewlett-Packard stated that URI identity is a myth, for what matters about a URI is what you can do with it. The obvious action with URIs that one can deference them to obtain authoritative, if partial, descriptive information. Since all descriptive information is inherently partial by nature, what matters is that the partial information be sufficient to identify the resource for a given application. Yet on the Web-scale, one loses the network effect unless one could provide information sufficient for identification for everybody. In an algorithm given, this follow your nose principle could use the TAG's resolution in order to follow 303s until partial information is given. However, even with this useful application the critical problem "information resources" is that they can not be precisely and unambiguously identified according to objective criteria. This problem is exemplified by a hypothetical URI that identified the combination of a human and their web-page. He brought up the question about whether or not a URI could be precisely identified with a particular information resource, since two differing URIs may return the same representations. He then proposed that an information resource be redefined as only a URI-named network source of representations. The audience was in agreement with Booth on the usefulness of partial information and the difficulty in guaranteeing sufficient partial information.
Allen Ginsberg of MITRE brought up the informative example of "Is Pluto a planet?" Since multiple ontologies may both account for all evidence in their system of belief and can even be resilient to future evidence, ontologies are likely to enter irreconcilable conflict. This is because the non-linguistic world is not fully ontologically determinate, such that linguistic entities correspond with entities in the world in order to obtain analytic truth (the correspodence version of truth). The alternative is the holistic view of truth that posits that the meaning of language to be determined by its use and that language and belief structure the world we describe. Therefore, the world is ontologically indeterminate and open to differing terms like URIs having differing meanings, but as it stands the current Semantic Web forces us, when using a URI, to accept all beliefs about a URI. This becomes a real problem if a URI for Pluto forcing our reasoner to use the "fact" that Pluto is a planet even if our ontology wishes to not make a claim on this contentious fact. Should we be forced to use a URI that claims Pluto is not a planet, or mint a new URI, thus diminishing the network effect? Ginsberg explained the R-URI solution that would force the user to explicate exactly what ontologies fully or partially explicated the situation. The audience found the Pluto example extremely thought-provoking and a definite problem for current Semantic Web architecture, yet did not seem to believe the R-URI solution was the correct way to solve it. The audience noted that the Pluto problem was a fundamental one, since it allows us to have differing "local" Semantic Webs and threatened the monotonicity of the Semantic Web.
Pepper gave a talk on PRIs (Public Resource Identifiers).
In Pepper's viewpoint, the fact that URIs constitute a universal,
globally unique way of naming things is one of the most powerful aspects
of the Web. However, people are not using (and re-using) URIs as
identifiers extensively enough to realise the great potential that
this offers. Pepper cited three main reasons: the confusion caused by
the many flavors of URIs (URNs, TDBs, XRIs, etc.); the lack of a
discovery mechanism; and the difficulty of knowing what a given
identifier actually identifies. He suggests uniting around the use of
http: URIs (since they are already the most
popular and have a widely-implemented resolution mechanism); ensure that
Public Resource Identifiers resolve to some kind of
human-readable indication of the thing identified (called a
Resource Descriptor); and agree a simple set of conventions for the
contents of a PRD that would enable discovery through the use of
search engines or repositories. This, it seems, avoids some of the
messiness and disregard of current practice in approaches like the TAG
httpRange-14 finding. PRIs are very similar to Published Subjects,
except for the requirement to use the
http scheme. Pepper
suggests creating a XG with sponsors from the W3C, ISO SC34, and OASIS
to fast-track a W3C Recommendation and ISO Report in order to get PRIs
off the ground. Overall, the audience was in agreement with Pepper's
practical approach to solving the problem, and their main concern was
that XG might be too exclusionary. Pepper then noted that only by
keeping it a small group of people would progress be likely.
Patel-Schneider of Bell Labs presented a paper for a more
small, yet fundamental, change in how the Semantic Web operates that
would allow meanings to be local the Web. Under the intended
meaning view, a URI means what it is intended to mean by its owner.
However, this has two problems. First, it is almost impossible to tell
what the owner intended. To avoid these issues, meaning on the Semantic
Web must be constrained to focus on only the formal meaning. Second, the
user of a URI may disagree with what the owner intends. For example, the
http://www.whitehouse.gov#president denotes Bush, and
Patel-Schneider disagrees that this is a true statement.
Patel-Schneider put forward the solution that meaning on the Semantic
Web should be local as to allow divergence of meaning by default
and force ontologies from elsewhere to be explicitly imported. To
avoid these issues, meaning on the Semantic Web must be constrained to
focus on only the formal meaning. Within this domain of formalized
meaning, acceptance of community norms and other opinions can be
expressed explicitly by importing the corresponding ontologies, via the
use of
owl:imports. Patel-Schneider is firmly against
way meaning being localized in a "follow your nose" fashion at the
racine. By using only
it may be only Bush that believes he is the President, but by refusing
to import his statement a reasoner doens't have to "believe" it.
should to be to assume that no statements about the
racine should be considered unless an
owl:imports is used to explicitly use other ontologies. The audience seemed sympathetic to the proposal, and Patel-Schneider, while disavowing any non-formal meaning, did not see the harm in a URI returning a PRI document.
Live via an audio connection, Pat Hayes of IHMC gave a presentation "in defense of ambiguity." As opposed to many of the other presentations that seemed to be committed to eliminating ambiguity, Hayes drilled home the point that ambiguity is inherent in the structure of the world and knowledge representation is no exception. There are two types of distinct relationships (that Hayes claims are muddled by the use of the word "identity" in the Web community) between names and things, that of access and that of reference. Names that refer to must refer to by description and are thus always using a partial description. Reference far outnumbers access, since only things like webcams and HTML web-pages can be accessed via the Web. All English words are ambiguous, so there is no way to guarantee the sender and the receiver have the same thing in mind. For example, is a "carpet in a an office" part of the office or not? "Saying more" by adding richer formal ontologies makes the problem worse, since it introduces finer distinctions. If URIs are global and eternal in scope, they cannot be unambiguous since there is always the possibility of another finer-level distinction being made in the future. So we should use the ambiguity of reference to our advantage by letting URIs for reference access documents to clarify their meaning, as the advantage of the global scope is for access rather than reference. We should have an explicit naming convention for things that can be accessed on the Web, like the names in named graphs or some profile in HTML. Hayes also disagreed with the TAG's resolution of httpRange-14, citing that "if a document can access something directly, then the URI must refer to what it accesses." Furthermore one is likely to presume, if there is no accessibile document at the URI, then that URI is being used for reference. Instead, Pat holds that uses a URI for both access and reference can actually be a good thing, and the use of excess redirection is not only pointless, breaking some current practice, and forces the "way a document to delivered" to disambiguate whether a URI is used for access or reference. Members of the audience disagreed that the Web was entirely like natural language, being a human argument, and that humans do even in natural language (as in a parent giving distinct to distinct children) attempt to reduce ambiguity.
Choi Hee Chul of DERI Korea presented a work on trust management for personal identity that touched on topics of identity in general. Names are given their meaning by the relationships they have, such as links or trusted relationships. He mentioned the utility of having multiple identities, giving the example of the author who writes under a pseudonym and wishes to hide their identity from their work and family. On the Semantic Web this would entail separate URIs, so that this common practice violates the "One URI for a Thing" principle. Choi then describes how the idea of a name only being valid in a particular context, and a person may have multiple contexts.
Black of Deltek then discussed the use of socially
constructed web-sites, such as
deli.cio.us, in grounding the naming process. He noted that for a name to be adopted one should separate the process of naming and accepting the name, and that these must involve at least two agents. Once this naming action, a performative, is complete the name then becomes common ground among a community of agents that all recognize the name. Black noted that this process is more akin to establishing a contract in eBay than using a search engine like Swoogle. However, socially constructed websites allow users to actively name a URI using tags and then for other users to endorse that URI and tag it as well, providing a model for social meaning.
Henry Thompson of the W3C and University of Edinburgh chaired the workshop and summarized the results and themes. The main theme he identified was whether a URI whose primary purpose was to reference or name a thing should someone wear its nature on its sleeve. If this Semantic Web URI can be dereferenced to retrieve a representation, what exactly should it return, and should this be standardized? He also noted there was a call for a separate naming convention. Lastly, he ended by noting Hayes had said that "the Semantic Web languages would operate exactly unchanged if the identifiers in them were not URIs at all, and if the Web did not exist." Thompson noted that if this was indeed the case, then the Semantic Web could not distinguish itself from the failure classical artificial intelligence. Indeed, the new and most interesting element of the Semantic Web that distinguished it from artificial intelligence was its use of the URI, and so we must be able to leverage URIs for more than their uniqueness. Whether we learn how to do so or not is fundamental for the success of the Semantic Web.
There was a surprising amount of agreement that the Web community should move forward on this issue. Indeed, it seemed that there was a demand that the nature of the various types of resources should be clarified, and some sort of best practice for using URIs on the Semantic Web (at least) be explicated. To synthesize the proposals, it appears that something similar to PRIs (Pepper's proposal) and a local theory of meaning (Peter Patel-Schneider's proposal) for the Semantic Web would solve many of the problems. Pepper's proposal would allow a URI for the Semantic Web that is meant as a name (as opposed to only for the access of documents) should be explicitly declared as a "name" for purposes of reference. This explicit acting of naming should also include a way to identify the "namer" who gave this URI the name. This type of resource should in turn leverage the "follow your nose" property of the Web, and return some representation that can tell both a human and a machine that this resource is supposed to be used as a name. Furthermore, following Peter Patel-Schneider's proposal, Semantic Web applications should not assume that all Semantic Web statements are compatible, but instead assume only statements that explicitly include other statements are compatible. There may need to be work on clarifying the role of
owl:imports in RDF.
The word semantic resources was defined as a shorthand by Thompson for URIs being used for primarily for reference as opposed to access (PRIs, R-URIs, tdb, Subject Indicator, non-information resource). There are a number of options on how these semantic URIs could be given an objective criteria distinguishing them from other resources. One was the use
profile attribute in normal HTML or even MIME type to distinguish these types of resources. It would be vital to return a representation that was explicitly human-readable for these resources and that would tell the user this resource was "special," such as a small graphic similar to "W3C Approved HTML" that could state "PRI" or "CoolURI." Also, one could incorporate further information, such as the namer and naming relationship, as RDF, possibly embedded as RDFa in the HTML itself.
One could easily incorporate the "follow your nose" principle using not only human-readable documentation but RDF (through explicit use of code>owl:imports, such that the semantic resource. The "namer" relationship and other distinguishing characteristics, as given for example by the IRIE formalism, could be incorporated in this RDF named graph if needs be. Lastly, this approach of serving descriptions in RDF and a specially demarcated HTML could be implemented in the Semantic Wikipedia with a minimum of effort, and could also be used with redirection if needed. In general, this seems to be the most pragmatic way forward for leveraging URIs as long as fundamental facts about the nature of ambiguity are taken into account. Indeed, a focus upon the role of URIs in the Web is key to making the Semantic Web effort succeed.


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Ayers, 35, earned her PhD in clinical psychology fromNova Southeastern University in 2011. She is the advocacycoordinator at the University of Cincinnati's University Centerfor Excellence in Developmental Disabilities where she saysshe "works toward a vision that people with disabilities andtheir families will lead the lives they want," including providingtraining and technical assistance. Her job also requires herto educate and work withpolicymakers on disabilityrights. In addition, sheteaches psychology coursesand has developed curriculafor three local colleges anduniversities.Beyond her career, Ayersis a passionate advocate forparents with disabilities.She and her husband, whoalso has OI, have a 5-year-old biological daughter(who does not have thecondition) and an 8-year-old son, adopted last yearfrom China, who hasanother form of dwarfism(achondroplasia).She helps parents withdisabilities learn their rightsand know what resourcesare available for support."We need to replace archaicand discriminatory policiesthat list disability in and ofitself as grounds for removalof children from thecustody of their parents,"says Ayers.Ayers credits the ADAwith supporting her rightto request equal accessand says it has helped hermotivate others to helpbuild and maintain diversecommunities. That said, shewishes the law had "a more explicit system for enforcement" —one that doesn't lay the burden on the person with the disabilityto complain when the law isn't enforced.She sometimes is frustrated by the pace of advancement forpeople with disabilities, noting that "we've known ways to betterinclude and support people with disabilities for decades. It'sbasic common sense and compassion for humanity as a whole."The psychology field, too, has a way to go, Ayers says, citingjob discrimination as one issue. "We'd like to believe that our fieldwould be open-minded and unbiased. That doesn't seem to beDr. Randall J. Cox


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All is good, I just haven't had time to blog about the visit to SCCA, the neuropathy, etc. I hope to get some real time to write on Friday. Until then, be assured that I have good energy, my feet are incrementally better, and the doc at SCCA offered some very intriguing options.
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So the resources are ordered, the parish hall is "booked" and parents have begun dropping teenagers off at the parish. Teenage souls are assembled and Bibles are sitting on a cart in the corner…now what?!? What can you do when the video is not playing to keep this ark moving forward through teenage storm waters?
1. Don't go too long.
Many times, Bible study leaders arbitrarily select a meeting time and running time. "Well, I have the hall for two hours, so two hours sounds good," we think to ourselves.
God is timeless, yes…but teens are not. If teens aren't used to reading and praying Scripture at all, what makes anyone think they'll jump right into a 90 minute or two hour study format?
Just like working out, stretch first and take it slow. Build up to a longer meeting time by leaving teens wanting for more. I like to keep teachings to 30 minutes, leaving ample time for fellowship (prior), small groups and prayer (during) and hospitality (afterward).
2. Give context to the Bible verses you are sharing.
Put simply, content without context is pretext. This is where many leaders go wrong: they haven't done their own homework. This is also why resources are so important – Leader's Guides are created to make a Leader's life easier.
The more you can set the scene, the more wiling a teen will be to enter into it. If you use a verse from the Prophet Jeremiah, you better know a little about the brother if you want his message to be heard by the modern teen. If you want to quote Deuteronomy go for it, but first set the backdrop for Moses' "second law".
And for the love of Him, when we dig into a Gospel account, let's be sure we're taking the time to till the soil of the teenage hearts, before we cast the seed (proclaim the word). Before you give the lines, set the scene. Describe the crowd, the tone, the situation and the "mount" before you deliver the Sermon (Matthew 5).
3. Ask questions differently.
Life-giving discussions are easily sidetracked by a lack of guidance. The role of the leader is not to offer every answer, but to help young souls ask the right questions – and to facilitate fruitful conversation.
Open-ended questions are the easiest way to cause side conversations and digression with teenagers, so beware of them. Passive questions like "what do you think" will bring passive answers (cue the crickets again).
Questions posed to the group should be discerned ahead of time, or prayerfully during the course of the discussion. Leaders need to listen not only to what the teens are asking aloud, but also asking through their discomfort or disinterest (shown through body language).
4. Shorten your proclamations.
If it's a long passage, be sure the person proclaiming it has practiced it. Don't just hand a teen a Bible and ask them to read it cold – they should never feel like Daniel being tossed to the lions.
In fact, if it's a really long passage (i.e. The Fall in Genesis 3, the Parable of the Prodigal Son, the Bread of Life discourse, St. Paul's discourse on love), you're better off having the group read it on their own, silently, first.
Next, address the group by paraphrasing it and then focusing in on a few lines at a time, whatever "jumped out" at them, individually. Then, have a teen who has practiced it – in advance – to read it in their own voice aloud for their peers.
5. Develop their hearts first, their heads second.
As their leader, you know what they need most. Outline your goal for yourself and for those on your Catechist/Core Team. Your goal, starting out, might simply be to help your teens overcome intimidation when opening the Bible or to gain confidence when reading a specific Gospel. Maybe your goal is to get your young people to begin reading Scripture daily or to understand the fundamentals of salvation history (always the best way to start, in my opinion).
Whatever it is, make sure it's clear, and measure your decisions and outline (for the night) around that end. Judge your "success" by the depth of their sharings rather than by the laundry list of facts they share.
Thank you, in advance, for all you do to open God's living Word to and with our young people. It's hard work, but the gift you are giving them will remain with them long after they're sitting on the floor of your parish center.
You can do this. There are a thousand ways to improve, so take them one at a time. The Encounter and T3 studies I've authored through Ascension Press are the culmination not only of some successes but the result of countless "failures" I've enjoyed over the years. I continue to learn from them – I pray these resources will help you avoid making some of the same. God bless our (collective) efforts!


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I'm feeling uncomfortable more than ever, I need someone to talk to, someone who will be really concerned the way I am now when I tell them my problems. Everyone tries to cheer me up saying that those are not really problems, but sometimes it's a real hard to get people who are so close to us to understand our point.
Here I am again, playing the same role I always play..put on that fake smile and keep on moving, I want people to put themselves in my shoes for once, or at least just my friends or my parents. I need someone who's completely aware of what they're doing and knows exactly why are they living like…a shrink??
We all need sometimes to see a shrink, because we know that we can trust that someone and that they can keep our secrets no matter how stupid and silly they are. I need to talk it all out loud, I need to see the road I'm supposed to be walking on, I need a hand to show me where I should walk, and then I'll walk it gladly on my own…
I want to explore this world, to understand everything, to analyze people's personalities… that has caused me so many problems so far….
I'm so broken right now, and so not who I want to be, and I'm just thinking the low of myself and I feel so stupid because of it….
I can explain everything to you with a sentence…" I lost faith in humanity"….
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But if you look a little closer you might see the great divide that causes men to fulfill their dreams of becoming a startup founder, whereas the women are restricted to doing a job that their parents approve of.
It is undebatable that a lot has transformed in this once-upon-a-time patriarchal society, but a lot remains unchanged, at the same time. Women Entrepreneurs is still an unknown subject of discussion in India, and those women who tend to make it happen in a Man's world, are either from a rich & affluent family background to fund their startups. Only a few ever get to break the stigma of a woman leading an enterprise and making a real difference in a society dominated by the opposite sex.
Since Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, the country has seen a massive growth in startups, led by both men and women. Now, even the Venture Capitalists are lining up to provide seed funding to womenpreneurs as much as their male counterparts. Yet, there continues to be a surge of home-based female-led startups and businesses in the niches surrounding e-commerce, fashion, apparels, beauty, & education for girls, which remain the primary focus for many.
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Some of the remarkable developments are also being made by the State Governments in helping the women build a startup friendly environment. The Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) & FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO) Hyderabad Chapter had announced in August 2016 to build a Women Entrepreneur's Industrial Park near the Hyderabad International Airport.
Such a remarkable development is the first of its kind in all of India and will contain women-owned and women-run businesses. The national president of FLO, Vinita Bimbhet says, "India can increase its 2025 targeted GDP from 16 per cent to 60 per cent by enabling women to participate in the economy on par with men. Such parks shall give a tremendous boost for women to set up their own ventures."
The organization is said to receive investments of nearly Rupees 200 crores and will create employment for 2000 female entrepreneurs, primarily women. But the journey for FLO doesn't quite end there, once the proposed park is set up, they want to move into other cities of India for a similar establishment.
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Not only that, India's premier management institute, IIM-Bangalore has joined hands with Goldman Sachs (India) to launch program for women entrepreneurs (Read More). The program is aimed at helping women with no prior entrepreneurial experience or expertise but who contain the zest for a startup and ambitious to learn.
The Women Startup Program is launched as a pilot program made free for all participants, and it will help ambitious women to think, create and give a physical shape to their ventures. The whole project is funded by the Wall Street financial services funding all activities for a year. Some of the notable keynote speakers and trainers of the program include Goldman Sachs (India) chairman Sonjoy Chatterjee as well as Bunty Bohra, chief executive of Goldman Sachs Services (India).
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore's NS Raghavan Center for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) had started a women-centric entrepreneurial program about 10 years ago, and since 2011 they are accepting only those women to the program who have a prior venture experience.
The entire course structure initiated as a collaborative task with the financial aid from Goldman Sachs is a great help and is set to boom India's female-led entrepreneurship. What remains to be seen is how the market reacts to the steep rise in women-run businesses in a country that is massively affected by male decisions.
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
Single Saturday #12 - A Depressing New Development
I opened my email the other day and there was a letter in there from my aunt about a Christmas get-together at her house this weekend. Due to the fact that my generation has all gotten married and has other families to include in their Christmas celebrations (which kept them from coming to ours), we started getting together the week before Christmas so everyone could be there.
Instant depression set in as I looked at the email. It was a list of what food everyone was supposed to bring to the party. As I scrolled down the list, everyone was listed as a couple...but me. All my aunts and uncles...and all my cousins. Every one of them. My name was the only one that sat by itself. (I do have a 16-year-old cousin that isn't married, but she wasn't on the list.)
To be fair, I've known this for awhile. I think my aunt was the last to get married a few years ago, but seeing it in 22 point font...well, that was just a little depressing. Now, that doesn't mean I want to go out there and get married just so my name isn't by itself on a list, but still...depressing.
Have any of you had a moment of realization like that?
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If you will ask me that question, my answer is Yes. I had so many times felt that I am always singled out. I felt like I was the only one without a partner especially in our church and among my friends. I was the only one left without someone beside me. So don't worry, you are not alone.
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I looked at the email. It was a list of what food everyone was supposed to bring to the party.
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It's been long enough now that my "young" cousin is now planning her wedding. I feel as if I am forever destined to be the lone single on the email list.
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I started skateboarding when I was 11 years old. A few months from now, I'll turn 30. And I still have a skateboard lying in my car… For when the mood just hits me.
I grew up with this dream and this vision that, one day, I'll be a professional skateboarder and live the dream. It was always going to be a long shot. The only difference between that dream and today's reality is that when I go out to skate, nobody is paying me to do it. But I'm still as committed as I was as I was when I was still a kid. Still as committed as I would have been if I had ever made it to be a pro.
So how can I tell? Because every time I miss a trick and I fall down, it hurts like hell.
When you're on the board, shredding it up, you're not thinking about an exact set of instructions you need to do your trick. There's no real instructions*. Only that feeling in your body that makes things move. Your body just translates energy into motion. When you prepare for a trick, you envision what it's going to look and feel like. And then you just do it. No second guesses, no unnecessary waiting around.
Whenever you pop the board, you're committing to this idea that you're about to jump up and that wooding plank will follow you and do some kind of cool movement and that you'll manage to catch the board at the right point in time so you can land on it and ride on afterwards. Just thinking about this shows the magnitude of absurdity. Yet we do it all the time.
However, there's no fail-safe. When you pop that board and things go wrong, you miss the trick and chances are real that you'll fall. And no matter who you are, concrete is not a soft surface. That stuff is not exactly made for soft landings. Whenever you fall, it hurts.
However I've started noticing distinct differences in pain after missing the trick and hitting the floor sideways. Sometimes, my mind wasn't fully focussed; not fully committed to the moment. Whenever I'd pop the board, I'd almost immediately know that this time, things would go wrong. And I'd stop trying to complete it. I'd bail out of it —way ahead of time?—?and just land on my feet. The board would trip on the floor and that would be it. The difference being that when I'm fully committed to a trick, there would be no moment of backing off until it's too late and gravity would have already taken over.
I learned that every time that I'd try to complete a trick without being fully committed —because I was preparing for a probable failure— , I wouldn't fall as hard. Which was great in the face of pain. But it also reduced my chances of actually landing a trick. Because I was not only thinking about the actual trick. I was also thinking about my backup plan.?Whenever I would not fully focus but leave room for error?—?prepare for the moment when things would go wrong— they would go wrong. And it wouldn't come with a lot of pain.
While, when I focussed every fibre in my body to that very moment, that very trick; when I'd pop that board with every bit of attention, I'd either land the trick… Or I'd find myself lying on the floor in agony. Because I wasn't prepared to fall down.
Skateboarding thought me one thing that is very much like being a freelancer/business-owner/entrepreneur (pick your choice): The amount of pain that goes together with your failure reflects how committed you were to making it succeed.
Try hard. Fail hard.
*Of course there's some sort of instructions to doing skateboarding-tricks but those are more step-by-step guides than they are hard instructions that guarantee success. I just want to make that plain.


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I have just returned from accompanying the Russian exchange to St Petersburg; it was my first time in Russia and it did not disappoint. Our hosts had organised an exciting trip for us and each day we were treated to the different sites of the town itself but also of Peterhof and Tsarkoye Selo. On several of our tours students from our host school acted as our guides and gave us rich and interesting talks about the history and culture of the sites. I think we were all moved at the memorial to those who lost their lives during the Siege of Leningrad made even more poignant by the presence of one of the teachers who lost an 11 month old sister during that difficult time. Latymer students were a credit to the school and their families throwing themselves into the Russian way of life and I am sure they struck up friendships which will last a life time.
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Kite Flying Society in search of bassist
C&T favorites Kite Flying Society are in search of a bassist in the San Diego area. Here's the announcement from their singer-guitarist Dustin:
KFS is seeking a bassist in the SoCal area interested in touring with us across this great nation and recording parts for our sophomore album which we have recently begun working on.
Some prereqs for the new bassist (male or female, we don't care):
1. Someone who understands and really loves the music we're making -- do you have similar influences? Can you add somethin' pretty to this folk pop sound?
2. Someone who can SING. This is a must! We have tons of soaring harmonies, ooohs and aaahs, etc and we want to emulate our recorded sound as much as possible in our live show.
3. If you can play other instruments (keys, tambourine, glockenspiel, guitar, recorder, what have you) it would be a huge plus. Again, there are tons of sounds and parts that need playing on any given song -- we're looking for a bassist that can do lots of other things.
4. Must be willing to travel! We will be embarking on at least 2 large tours in '07 and several smaller, weekend trips up the coast. If you feel that this won't be a problem in any way, and are dedicated to the lifestyle, we'd love to meet you.
These are the main things we are looking for in a new member. If you're interested, please shoot us a myspace msg or email me directly at: firstname.lastname@example.com -- auditions and such will begin in early January in Balboa Park. Also, Orange County and LA peeps are of course welcome if they are willing to travel to bi-weekly-ish practices in beautiful San Diego.
Hope to hear from you,
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