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This Week, Erykah Badu Was The Bomb Dot Com.
Each week, we take a survey of the local music scene and try to determine which acts in town are really putting in work and seeing it pay off. Which bands have the most intriguing shows coming up? Which bands are getting the most press around town? Which bands have accomplished the most notable feats of late? Based off these criteria, our music writers submit a list to be weighted and compiled into a master list revealed each week in this here space. We like to think it's fairly revealing. Check out our previous Buzz Rankings here.
For several days last weekend, Erykah Badu's Bomb Factory performance was about all anybody in town could talk about.
Not only was that two-and-a-half-hour-plus headlining performance gushed about by every newspaper, blogger, website and Dallas-based human that still has a Facebook account, it also spawned approximately 19,000 declarations that "Deep Ellum is back," and even a thinkpiece or two on the state of the neighborhood.
It's a lot to come from one show, but duly so. It was, after all, the first show in the new-look Bomb Factory, Deep Ellum's now largest and potentially most important venue. And not only did the hometown hero fill the place to the gills, but eager folks outside the venue lined up in a queue that wrapped all the way around the block.
In all, it made for a pretty stylish way to lock down the top spot in our weekly, local music power rankings for the eighth time, which Ms. Badu did this week. That total, by the way, matches A.Dd+'s Buzz Rankings victories and trails only Sarah Jaffe's unprecedented 12 wins.
Coincidentally, Ms. Jaffe shared that opening-night Bomb Factory bill with Erykah Badu, technically making her the first performer to ever play the new space. Meanwhile, the rest of the venue's local opening weekend performers — Toadies, Baboon and Brutal Juice — did well for themselves in this week's rankings as well.
None of these artists, however, holds a candle to Vanilla Ice, who D Magazine declared the "greatest Dallas artist of all time." It's a huge honor, to be sure, considering all the greats — Steve Miller, the Vaughan Brothers, the aforementioned Badu or all the blues legends such as Blind Lemon Jefferson — who've hailed from these parts. To be fair, D's arts blogger is still pretty new. We're sure he'll learn Dallas' rich music history in due time.
Also of note this week, there was Valise, which became just the second local act to sell out Three Links with pre-sale tickets alone for its album release show last weekend. House Harkonnen, meanwhile, will try to repeat the feat with its own EP release at the venue this weekend. And while Doug Burr's album release at Good Records this coming Friday is technically free, he'll surely move plenty copies of his new long-player thanks to glowing reviews from outlets all over town.
Elsewhere: Kelly Clarkson returned to the American Idol set; Chomsky will play a reunion show this weekend: and Buffalo Black released a new single from his upcoming EP.
(Also receiving votes this week: White Arms of Athena, Sealion, Plain Jane Francis & Tony Q, Paul Slavens, Bee Feral, Quaker City Night Hawks, Cush, Calhoun, Goodnight Ned, Rat Rios, Pageantry, The Pyramids, The Demigs, Things of Earth, Lily Taylor, Colly T, Pleasant Grove, iill, Mothership, Brave Combo, Moth Face, Bummer Vacation, Nite, Nervous Curtains, The Hope Trust, Kaela Sinclair, Lou Charle$, Black Dotz and Jetta in the Ghost Tree.)


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Okay, so you all know you cannot at any time have sex without a condom. There are diseases you can get and there's the whole pregnancy thing and some would say it's not 'nice' dealing with sticky stuff. What? You've heard all that before? It's not what you believe? Oh, you don't care for the dictates of others? You're saying you can do as your conscience sees fit and you are aware of consequences? Wow…well, okay, if you have a mind of your own that's your choice.
Here's the thing, stories are just that – made up fiction. An author has an idea. They write it. It may or may not be based on their beliefs. A reader buys a story and reads it. The reader has a mind of their own. They read and evaluate using their belief system. It's a no-brainer really. When someone reads a story with vampire sex – chances are pretty slim of sleeping with a vampire - but if the question came up then the reader would make a decision based on her beliefs and not on what was written in a story. Sex with a condom or without a condom – same thing. A reader isn't instantly going to change her sexual preferences based on whether a writer has a to semen or not to semen ethic. And writers? Hell, they're not responsible if you get pregnant by a gargoyle just because the heroine in their story did. Gargoyle sex is a personal preference and not a decree by an author.
No writer is ever going to say in a story have sex or don't have sex or use a condom or don't use a condom or don't ride a cowboy or be sucked by a vampire during sex or have gay sex, lesbian sex, man on the moon sex, clown sex…ok, I am going to draw the line at clown sex because clowns are creepy. It's no ones business what anyone else does - except for the clown thing of course. That'll send you straight to hell.
The thing is everyone is accountable for their own lives. No book or story or any piece of romantic or erotic fiction is going to make you do something you know in your heart you're morally against. I wouldn't expect that of anyone. I do, however, think some publishers are getting sillier by the second when they assume readers cannot make judgments for themselves and that as publishers, what makes their teeth grit, is not necessarily a moral indicator of what's good and bad in the world. Sure, sure, they know what the trends are. They don't want to buck the system. Buck it I say. Let the individual decide for themselves. Trends only come about when someone challenges the norm.
Years ago, when I was writing for Ellora's Cave, and every hero had to have condoms on or else you wouldn't get published - it's probably still the same at EC - I had a reader email me saying she liked one of my stories but she was – SICK OF CONDOMS!!!! I CAN MAKE MY OWN DECISIONS ABOUT SEX! STOP THE CONDOMS! Yes, it was all in capitals. I've never forgotten it. I have it somewhere in my files. And I thought then as I do now, yep the woman is right. Readers are individuals who will read sex on their terms and make decisions based on their beliefs as to whether there is latex snapped on or not.
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WASHINGTON — The White House said Wednesday that the United States is committed to continuing to fight ISIL in Syria, signalling a retreat by President Donald Trump from his insistence that the 2,000 U.S. forces there quickly return home from the conflict.
"The military mission to eradicate ISIS in Syria is coming to a rapid end, with ISIS being almost completely destroyed," Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the press secretary, said in a statement, using an alternative name for ISIL, issued one day after Trump met with military commanders to discuss the future of the mission. "The United States and our partners remain committed to eliminating the small ISIS presence in Syria that our forces have not already eradicated."
The statement indicated that the president's top military advisers, who have argued that maintaining U.S. forces in Syria is crucial to defeating ISIL and ensuring that the militant group cannot regain a foothold in the region, have succeeded — at least for now — in persuading an impatient commander in chief not to order a quick withdrawal.
The statement was issued one day after Trump made plain his eagerness to pull U.S. troops out of Syria, arguing that the United States had essentially already won the battle against ISIL and saying that "sometimes it's time to come back home."
"I want to get out — I want to bring our troops back home," Trump said on Tuesday during a news conference with leaders of Baltic nations. "It's time. We were very successful against ISIS."
The United States has been aiding a military campaign in Syria that has reclaimed much of the territory once under the control of the militant group. But while Trump has expressed enthusiasm for battling ISIL, he is reverting to the "America First" posture he pressed as a candidate, hoping to separate the United States from foreign involvement and military adventures abroad.
The decision about troops came at a time when Trump's national security team is in flux, and has been divided over what to do in Syria. The president ousted his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, last month, and his national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, is soon to depart after Trump decided to replace him with John Bolton.
While Trump has pressed intensively to withdraw troops and unwind U.S. involvement, a number of military and civilian leaders have argued that keeping the remaining 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria and maintaining the more than $200 million in recovery aid there are crucial to completing the job of defeating ISIL.
The hard part I think is in front of us, and that is stabilizing these areas, consolidating our gains
"A lot of very good military progress was made over the last couple years," said Gen. Joseph L. Votel, the top officer at the military's Central Command, during a conference in Washington on Tuesday.
"But again, the hard part I think is in front of us, and that is stabilizing these areas, consolidating our gains, getting people back into their homes, addressing the long-term issues of reconstruction and other things that will have to be done," Votel said.
The president surprised even his own advisers last week when he said publicly that the United States would soon remove troops from Syria.
Trump was in Ohio delivering remarks on trade policy when he veered off topic and said, "We're knocking the hell out of ISIS," and added: "We'll be coming out of Syria, like, very soon. Let the other people take care of it now."
The following day, Trump directed the State Department to halt financial recovery assistance for Syria while his administration reconsidered its policy.
By Tuesday, he said he was consulting with allies and would soon be ready to announce a new policy. The White House said the president spoke Monday with King Salman of Saudi Arabia, and "discussed joint efforts to ensure the enduring defeat of ISIS and counter Iranian efforts to exploit the Syrian conflict to pursue its destabilizing regional ambitions."
In his news conference, Trump gave a sharper account of the conversation, suggesting that the king had pressed him to maintain the U.S. troop presence in Syria as he objected.
"I said, 'Well, you know, you want us to stay, maybe you're going to have to pay,'" Trump said.


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Archive for September, 2006
tHim's first lucid dream.
This came quite unexpected as I kind of slacked off in my dream recall exercise since the 2nd dream log. Well what happened was this morning, I fell asleep after I woke up at 8am. I was in a fairly conscious mode. I started to dream of my current home and that it is in its pre-movein state. The rooms were empty and there were no lights. Suddenly a consciousness kicked in and said, "Hey, this can't be true, I have already moved in!". I was so bloody happy and suddenly my world started to twirl around me. I knew I was going to wake up, so I did what the dream forums recommended, and that was to open my arms and spin on the spot. I felt myself being drawn back into the dream.
It was great and I kept telling myself, "this is a dream, this is a dream". Suddenly, Luyee popped by and I decided to explore something with her. There was a "Victoria's Secret" castle that had play stuff in it. I flew in and then Qiuju popped by. I knew I cannot jump out of the castle because I will definitely wake up. So I decided to walk upside down while holding her hand and that feeling was just amazing!
However, the lucidity was lost soon after as I left the castle. Luyee turned into my mom and it seemed pretty normal to my logical mind that I am awake. I asked myself, so am I awake? My mom prodded me and I felt pain. (didn't know that the pain test fails for me) And I fell back into my dream state.
The rest of the dreams? I saw a super bloated Frank (da frank) and he was telling me he liked me and kept trying to hug and kiss me. But I was faithful to The Boyfriend and I kicked his ass out of the classroom. Then I told da frank that if it happened before I went to the US, it might have worked out. Then he replied, well, I was much fatter then and he himself was more eligible then. Wow. I just told him to scram off. Then I went back to my classroom and made friends with the Indian girls there.
And then I woke up. This is so exciting. LUCID DREAMING IS FUN!
Dreams Day 2
I remembered my dreams last night. The details are fuzzy, but I thought I would just type out what I can remember here…
1) I was at some family dinner and somehow I moved to a double storey maisonette HDB in the west. Then there was a roof top garden designed like a football field and there was some funny structure that allowed you to drive a car up. There was a cathedral look-alike building that had a thick layer of moss.
2) I dreamed of Jaron and Jeremy. Weird like crazy.
2) I was in a room with Kelvin and Mei and one funny guy, we were talking about words such as "la-boosh", "hah!", "kepoop", "alcras" and things like that. Trying to form a chain of words. (Could this be a manifestation of the name that I have been trying to look for?)
Yup, I realised that these dreams are way weird but I couldn't pick that out while I was within the dream itself. Things that I don't do normally actually. I will continue intenting to remember my dreams and pick out dream signs.
I want to master lucid dreaming 🙂
Dream Log – The attempt to lucid dreaming
Yesterday I read up a couple of techniques to get started on lucid dreaming. I have been trying for 2 weeks but was unsuccessful. Then I found out that if I'm not a natural at this (like how Kaifeng is), I must start by having a dream log first. This morning, when I woke up, I just thought to myself, damn what an uneventful night. As I tossed around in bed, I suddenly remembered that I had 3 dreams (perhaps more but the rest were forgotten). I was so excited that I must blog it down here!
On Entrepreneurship – the old fashioned way
Dad has a pretty unique style of doing his business that most modern marketing/business gurus will seldom agree. People nowadays go for high tech/personal development books, you hear Blue Ocean Strategy, Innovators Dilemma, 21 irrefutable laws of leadership where they teach really revolutionary ideas about entrepreneurship, leadership, high tech strategies. Very engaging, and it takes a lot of practice to put them into life (which I am attemping to right now).
I try to get dad to move towards this direction all the time and can get quite frustrated when it doesn't really go my way. Is my way, (the way of the books), really the best way? Sometimes I let my obstinate self get the better of me and I tend to forget that I am the one who's reaping all the creature comforts from dad's way of doing business. I forget that as much as I have read, I have not really implemented these ideas into life, yet. I forgot what it means to respect one's ideas. But today, I managed to pull myself out from this rut and got down to understanding what is dad's philosophy of doing business.
So, what is his philosophy? Just do it.
What? Just do it.
What about the SWOT analyses and Porter's 5 forces and … ? Just do it.
I was stunned. I went on and ask him, do you have any plans for your company? Like the system on how you would like your customers to process their photos/documents before they send it to you for printing?
Dad's reply was a short but surprising one: I have a basic idea, just set up some basic stuff, get the customers in and learn at the same time. Refine the system as time passes.
At this point, I still felt a little bit uneasy. I mean, I did discuss a lot with my friends on the possible methods to run the company and improve sales for Dad but whenever I told them that dad doesn't do all the high technology analysis and marketing concepts, they were just as astounded and shocked as me on how my dad would just jump in and do a business this way but yet survive very well till today.
Then a realization struck me while I was taking a swim with him just now. The reason for dad's success can be summarised in 2 points:
- He always had a goal whenever he starts on anything new, which is to bring the business to the state that he initially envisioned it out to be. And he let's "U" take care of it. It is summarised as, 船到桥头自然直。 (A chinese saying that when a boat reaches the destination, it will naturally fall in place with the direction it's supposed to be at) Intention manifestation at work, subconsciously. He focuses on a goal and handles any challenges that comes along the way.
- Just do it. This is the very essence of manifesting a business. Too much cow talk and bull shit does not make a business until you move your ass and start getting it done.
These are the 2 biggest points that I got out of chatting with him. I am not saying that it is the 100% true philosophy to start a successful business because that's very debatable. But they are really very relevant points and elements for a business which I will learn to incorporate them in at my own experimentation and discretion.
Thanks dad! Good stuff! 🙂
From good to great… tHimerosa style.
It has been a humbling past couple of months. Taking down the ego and finally looking at myself and moving towards being critical but not to the state of bashing myself up when I criticse myself.
I would like to reflect on what happened today. It's gonna be a crazy mess of thoughts so do try to stay with me.
On being an Entrepreneur
It is no easy task, but neither is it a task beyond my means. It is just that I am in a slightly different situation where I am taking over my dad's business and expanding it in the way that it is synchronous to how our times have changed. However, because this is a legacy business with its roots deeply imbued in trading and traditional business processes, I am restricted by many barriers such as my father's way of doing business, expectations of being a girl and someone fresh (or rather still an undergraduate). Challenges aplenty but rewards are definitely high. I have a lot of fresh ideas and I have the energy and drive to kick it across. But I still fall into my own idiosyncrasies. The most common being, "Hey, hey, give me that recognition! It's me here!" Yeah, it is just this part of me that's still very deep rooted. I am changing it. Switch state.
There is also the issue of getting a proper job versus doing a business. Well, let's just say that in all jobs, there's no stability and confirmation that you will forever be employed unless you have employed yourself. Yes, I am well placed to move ahead and clinch the jobs that I want but do I want that? I would like to instill a culture of progressiveness, self-development, excitement, commitment in the company that I run. Teamwork, alongside with the traits of leadership, to move towards a common goal of providing value for our customers. This is what I innately want for within myself, and I want to translate that to something tangible for my team.
One day, I will be just like that pizza maker (who owns a pizza conglomerate in the US but calls himself a pizza maker) and call myself a printer. 🙂
These thought process that went through me then inspired me to move thimerosa@wordpress into a blog that talks about this entrepreneurship journey. The journey about an Asian young little thing, working with many restrictions to start, expand and change the way businesses are being run. I will document the troubles I meet, the challenges I overcome, the thrills and high I get and most importantly the fun of it all! This blog will anchor me and remind me that life is about fun, enjoy every moment of it!
On Ego and Enlightenment
The enlightened have the capacity to have ambition without ego. What about me? I am still playing ping pong and oscillating. Damn. I recognise that and I want to work on it. I am really quite addicted to the feeling when I start achieving and I feel my ambition flowing through me but without the ego. Why did I say that? Cause I still had the "I am good, how come you're not looking at me!" attitude sometimes. That gotta go, if I want to do great things. Absolutely.
On pitching
I admit that my pitching skills are still not there. There are many angles to look at how one improves their pitching. One angle is, when is a good time to pitch? And what should be said during a particular time. How can you change your sales pitch on the fly? So many questions, I want to iron them out, but it seems like priority is still on my academic stuff. This is something I want to complete and move on to the next chapter of my life. Hence that's how my priorities rank at the moment.
On social skills
I want to be the social magnet. I want to be able to charm, engage, understand, communicate and network. I like these qualities and I want to build them up. The first step on stepping out of this shell, is to start overcoming my fears one by one. Bring out the courage, bring out the lessons that I learnt, bring out and practice. There is no other way. Be on my toes and psych myself to handle social situations all the time.
On time managment
If Steve Pavlina can do it, thimerosa can do at least 1/2 of it. He did double degree in 1/3 the amount of time normal people did, while holding on to a job at the same time.
tHim can:
- Do a Thesis
- Graduate
- Organize a conference
- Start a business
- Maintain a relationship
I must prioritise my time appropriately and kill procrastination! And yes, really enjoy the entire process!
Life is bright. Life is fantastic. I am not going to short change myself anymore 🙂 That Porsche 911 is here!
Thanks for staying with me all the way to the end. Till the next time.


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Silk Road Development Weekly – September 24, 2018
In this issue: The EU 's response to the BRI, A Digital Silk Road, Belt & Road Big Data, Trade Faciitation & Ports, Sovereign Debt Risk, Russian Gold, The Arctic, Guyana, Italy, Israel, Japan, The Middle East, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka & Thailand.
Compiled by Chris Devonshire-Ellis
Analysis & Opinion
- Could A Digital Silk Road Solve The Belt & Roads Sustainability Problem? (World Economic Forum)
- Beyond Infrastructure: Trade Facilitation Priorities For The Belt & Road Initiative (World Bank)
- China Issues Belt & Road Big Data Report 2018 (Global Times)
- Ports, Railways And Other Infrastructure: The Escalating Challenge For The Middle Kingdom (Splash 247)
- Belt & Road Initiative More Significant Amid Threat In Global Economy By Rising Protectionism (People's Daily)
- Belt & Road Project Tenders Open To Non-Chinese Commerce (Myanmar Times)
- China West Airport Group Grows With One Belt One Road (Air Transport World)
- China At Risk Of Becoming A Colonialist Power (Financial TImes)
- How To Tap Into Belt & Road Finance (Belt & Road Ventures)
- Who Is At Risk From China's Belt & Road Initiative Debt Trap? (Live Mint)
- U.S. Must Engage China On Rising Debts Of Belt & Road Countries (Caixin)
- In IL&FS, India Rues Its Own Belt And Road Debt Fiasco (Live Mint)
- Why China Can't Win The World With Easy Money (Times Of India)
- Europe's Answer To China's Belt & Road (The Diplomat)
- Europe Unveils Its Answer To China's Belt & Road Plan (Financial TImes)
- EU Crafts Asia Infrastructure Plan As Belt & Road Makes Inroads (Asia Nikkei)
- European Union Has A Plan For Asian Infrastructure But Will It Collide With China's Belt & Road? (South China Morning Post)
- Europe Concerned Over China's Hidden Agenda Behind One Belt One Road (ANI)
- EU Commission: The Belt & Road Initiative Is A China Project (Rail Freight)
- Italy Aims To Be China's First G7 Partner On Belt & Road (South China Morning Post)
- Economic Forum Participants Discuss Belt & Road In Poland (Xinhua)
- China And Israel In The Belt & Road Initiative (The Diplomat)
- Middle Eastern Black Swans Dot China's Belt & Road (Eurasia Review)
- China, Guyana Vow More Coperation UnderBelt & Road (Global TImes)
- Pakistan Invites Saudi Arabia To Join China's Belt & Road Corridor (Reuters)
- Russia Eyes Consulate In Harbin (China Briefing)
- Maersk Uses Arctic Ocean Northern Sea Passage For Commercial Shipping For The First Time (Russia Briefing)
- Russia To Establish Overseas Industrial Investment Zones (Russia Briefing)
- China, India, Investing Millions In Siberia's Klyuchevskyoe Gold Mines (Russia Briefing)
- Thailand Sees Shortcut To Belt & Road With Sri Lanka Trade Deal (Asia Nikkei)
- Possible China-Japan Maritime Crisis Threatens Belt & Road Initiative (Japan TImes)
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Snapdeal story a classic example of short term approach: Experts
The once glorified example in the ecommerce business, Snapdeal has become a classic boom to bust story. Here are some insights into the factors that led to the collapse of one of
The Indian ecommerce story is witnessing a new twist. This after one of the serious contenders in this space — Snapdeal, which was once cited as an example of India's rapidly growing ecommerce industry, is finally in merger talks to save its plunging fortunes.
The last two years especially have been tough for the company which tried to rebrand itself in an attempt to stay relevant and spent Rs 200 crore to make it happen. However, nothing worked in its favour and from the pinnacle of success to the crisis of survival, the crushing failure of Snapdeal has baffled us all.
Calling the Snapdeal story a classic example of short term approach, Ramesh Bhat, former Professor, IIM Ahmedabad, while explaining Snapdeal's debacle says, "I think many of the e-commerce companies, Snapdeal in particular, were following a short-term approach without any clarity or vision, and without standing to their values. There is always a trade-off between maximizing gross merchandise value and costs; oscillating between the two always creates a distortion and if this continues for some time, it will create serious sustainability issues. Snapdeal was a victim of this oscillation."
Bhat says in addressing such trade-offs, the finance function needs to have the complete DNA of what drives efficiency and profits of the organization. "For example, if a company has to reduce costs, one does not shut down a key driver of efficiency such as the closing of a warehouse where sellers have stocked their inventory. The cost and finance functions are deeply tied to operations and business, and thinking in a delinked manner will create serious issues. The management of assets seems to be an issue. Their warehousing policy and the acquisition of warehouses might not have generated a good return on investment leading to a short-term focus," he adds.
Insisting that the ecommerce space was cluttered with me-too business models at the cost of profit, Harish Bijoor, Brand Expert and Founder, Harish Bijoor Consults Inc. stated, "Snapdeal was all about a parri passu business model in a cluttered market where everyone was trying to eke out a living. The ones who survive are the ones who are deeply funded and those with a deep desire to be different. The ecommerce space is cluttered with me-too models that seem to want to please all, even at the cost of the basic metric of business called profit. When there are five big players offering the same set of products at literally the same prices, with literally the same degree for customer service at play, with logistics efficiencies being largely the same as well, there is little scope for brand play. Ecommerce in India denigrated to commodity play. And in a commodity play, the early burnouts are the ones who run out of funds early. Snapdeal was that early one. For now, expect more to follow."
Kritika Saxena, Deputy Chief of Bureau (Mumbai), CNBC-TV18, who has covered Snapdeal-Flipkart news extensively thinks that the company invested in aggressive expansion without thinking of long term financial viability. "Snapdeal bit off more than it could chew. It expanded too aggressively and too fast. A lot of capital was invested in aggressive expansion without keeping in mind that investment must be linked to financial viability. That clubbed with the fact that the sector had too many players in the market and what Snapdeal had to offer didn't really stand out. Though, it started out with a very clever business proposition, they failed to reinvent to stay relevant in the face of their peers. They were competing with the likes of Amazon and Flipkart who were bigger and had more financial muscle. Snapdeal didn't have resources to be resilient and they were not able to realize that, and hit the pause and reset button," she states.
"Snapdeal was always in reaction mode rather than thinking proactively and trying to create the differentiation factor. If one examines their offer pattern, it will suggest that they always followed Flipkart or Amazon with no differentiation strategy. No company can sustain just by copying others. It would be interesting to find out why the investors assumed a passive role and not put a serious mentoring system in place to manage these frictions as it happens in most situations. There seems to be a bigger failure," Bhat further explains.
Saxena, who believes that the ecommerce space will witness a never-before-seen era of consolidation in the coming time, adds, "It's a war of survival where the smaller ones can get eaten by the bigger ones if they are not watching. You will see only Amazon and Flipkart as the main players that are here to stay, armed with a war-chest of funds. All small ecommerce players will have to learn from Snapdeal's mistake. They need to be able to innovate and reinvent themselves. What this era will bring is aggressive competition, between Amazon and Flipkart and others that are trying to stay relevant."For more updates, be socially connected with us on
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This Coffee Table Is A Beautifully Compressed Ferrari
It's no surprise that Ferraris are seen as pieces of art (Art, man!) amongst gearheads around the world. But who knew they're just as stunning to look at when crumpled up beyond recognition, lounging in your living room?
If that sort of destruction-porn decor is your thing, you'll want to check out this compressed Ferrari coffee table, which features the heaping metal remains of a 2007 360 Modena under glass.
Part of Bonham's upcoming Zoute Sale auction, this unique six-by-six-foot piece of furniture once belonged to the late Belgian racing driver and team owner Jacques Swaters, a prolific Ferrari collector and owner of a well-known dealership in Brussels. It was dreamed up by his lead bodywork specialist Roberto Bernardi and fashioned from the compressed remains of an irreparable metallic blue 360 Modena, topped with a large square sheet of glass.
From some angles it is hardly indistinguishable from a heaping pile of scrap metal, but upon closer inspection you see it's been deliberately crumpled to highlight particular signature Ferrari details, not least of which is the logoed engine block. Pretty beautiful, even for a clunker.
You can also make out Bernardi's name and signature engraved on one of the square-section chassis rails.
It may not be as exciting as a Ferrari that you can actually whip around in, but the fact that it's dessicated remains have been put on display is a testament to the value put upon its legacy. And seeing as it's estimated to fetch between $15,000 and $23,000 when it goes under the hammer next week, it's a hell of a lot more affordable.
Joe McGauley is a senior editor at Supercompressor. After reading about this, his living room coffee table has been suffering from severe self-esteem issues.


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Busy/still…work/play…give/take…social/alone…confidence/anxiety… All day long, all week long, all year long, all lifelong, I battle with these polar opposites. And I know I'm not the only one- I grew up watching the cartoon devil and angel sitting on each shoulder of … Continue reading
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When we were young and stupid, we did things without much forethought, or afterthought for that matter. Sometimes it was a relatively small decision: It's Friday night in the Tucson desert and we want to go to the beach. No … Continue reading
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Today is my Oma's birthday, the only grandparent I really remember. She was a strong, imposing woman who measured less than five feet tall. Oma was born in 1898 in Amsterdam. In her years on this planet, she bore witness … Continue reading
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Truman Capote once said, "To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music the words make," I have been writing for my own personal pleasure for many years. I've never really worried about whether I was particularly good at it or not; I write because my head is filled with words that want to come out. Sounds kind of like a disorder, doesn't it? In an attempt to find places to put all these words I have turned daily work reports into mini blogs, school thesis assignments into storied fables and created blogs on the Web that have no real purpose other than to house my thoughts. I even wrote a monthly family newsletter for a while called the Hensonburg Times, and mailed it out. It was well-received right up until I offended someone with my frivolity. I retired it then and there.
I've started several blogs, most of which you have never seen. I wrote a blog when I owned B-town Beans, but never really kept up with it. I tried to revive the Hensonburg Times in a blog, a less sarcastic version, but I just couldn't commit to it. I also launched a blog called The Ramblings of Reverend Ex. When I "fell from the pulpit," my co-workers nicknamed me "Reverend Ex." I thought it was catchy so I used it. Don't think I ever wrote a single blog. I don't even know what I was going to write about.
I don't remember when I started writing Motorhead Coffee. It has always been about whatever was on my mind at the time. I have not been as regular with it as I would have liked, but somehow I have kept it going for a while now. I'm launching a new website this coming week for my coffee roasting business, also named Motorhead Coffee. In that site, there will be a blog page. I will attempt to keep that blog focused on coffee and the business. Even if you don't want to buy coffee, you may enjoy the blog on that page…or not. I plan to launch it on 10/17. It will have a new look, new coffees and a monthly subscription option.
I plan to continue with this blog too until I've used up all those escaping words. It will continue to be about whatever is really on my mind. Not censored. Not sanitized. My mind. My thoughts. My reality. The editing is light; first pass. Sometimes things are better if they are a little rough around the edges. I will talk coffee, bikes, road trips, foolishness and frivolity. Love it or hate it. Read it or not. As Mr. Capote said, it's not so much about the content as it is the rhythm of the words.
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Gordon Broom Breeks appears particularly have it in for pub goers and has unleashed his stealthiest stealth tax yet. A tax so stealthy it makes a mouse tiptoeing in rubber soled shoes sound like a cart horse tap-dancing on a wooden floor.
Before he left the treasury old Broon Breeks put together new tax guidelines for a review of business premises. He carefully avoided the normal practice of putting it on line so people could see what he was up to. It only found it's way into the House of Commons library after questions from MPs.
What were these secret changes? He has ordered inspectors to watch out for things like TVs, quiz nights and quiz, pool, darts, or football teams. They are to use them to hike the rateable value of the premises, drive up the rates for such pubs by hundreds of pounds.
That is likely to have one of two possible effects. Either the cost will be passed on to the customers, or the facility may be withdrawn.
Yet again Broon's hand in your pocket.
Domestic council tax bills have already risen at double the rate of inflation since Nu-Lab came to power.
There have been concerns that an equivalent review of people's homes the Government have planned is very likely see council tax bills rocket.
Based on this example of sly practice on non domestic local taxation it is a virtual racing certainty that they will…
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Sotomayor Confirmed With Few GOP Votes
WASHINGTON - Sonia Sotomayor's improbable journey from a Bronx public housing project to the Supreme Court culminates this weekend when she takes her judicial oath, following an emotional Senate vote that made history and could foreshadow political battles to come.
President Barack Obama hailed the 68-31 vote to confirm his first Supreme Court choice as "breaking yet another barrier and moving us yet another step closer to a more perfect union."
Sotomayor, 55, will be the third woman and first Hispanic on the high court. Chief Justice John Roberts on Saturday will swear in his new colleague to succeed retired Justice David Souter.
For the nation's 47 million Hispanics, Sotomayor's elevation from a federal appeals court is a potent symbol of achievement.
"We have finally arrived," said Carlos Ortiz, a past president of the Hispanic Bar Association.
For Obama, however, the exhilaration was tempered by a dose of political reality. Though Sotomayor was confirmed by a decisive majority, the vote was not nearly as bipartisan as Obama had sought.
For the Republican Party, the vote complicates prospects for wooing Hispanics. Nine of the Senate's 40 Republicans backed Sotomayor. The rest, while hailing her as a trailblazer and role model, portrayed her as a liberal who favors affirmative action, gun control and limits on property rights.
"Politically, it's not a helpful moment for Republicans with Hispanics," said Florida's Mel Martinez, the lone GOP Hispanic senator.
New Jersey's Robert Menendez, the Democrats' only Hispanic senator, said he is "immensely disappointed" by the lack of GOP support.
Democrats such as former Housing and Urban Development secretary Henry Cisneros see an opportunity to cement the loyalties of an ethnic group that now makes up 15 percent of the nation's population.
GOP strategist Ralph Reed of the Faith and Freedom Coalition argued that GOP senators were right to oppose a nominee whose "extreme judicial views" are bound to alienate the party's core conservative voters. In next year's congressional elections, Reed said, "intensity and enthusiasm matter."
Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., mocked Sotomayor's opponents for making an issue of her remark that she hoped "a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male." Sotomayor apologized for the comment, but Specter defended it.
"To talk about being a Latino, well, what is wrong with a little ethnic pride?" he said. "And isn't it about time that we had some greater diversity on the Supreme Court?"


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Dan Stelian Roman led a recent projectmanagement.com webinar on the Agile Enterprise.
Roman described a project management structure that retains PMBOK project management at the overall project level, but employs agile approaches at the developer level, including a Scrum Master who's a servant leader and enforcing the rules of Scrum in the development team.
Some attributes that stand out in Roman's envisioned use of agile in hybrid project management:
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Mauritian Wrap Up
Highlights of Mauritian stay:
1) A mongoose crosses in front of us as we walk.
2) A swim to the coral reef at Belle Mare.
3) A trail of sand and snails became our walking zone.
4) A swim at 11 p.m. amidst flying fish.
5) Making friends with a 150 year old tortoise.
6) Drama practices under a grass-roof veranda.
7) Knowing the enemy is not the huge cockroach, but the mind.
8) Presenting the drama "Mr. Puri" to a full house (750).
9) A magician pulling a rabbit out of the box at my request.
10) The walk through the botanical gardens with friends.
11) A chat with godbrothers, Sri Nekatan and Arjuna.
12) The meals of a low purine nature at Amar's.
13) The meeting with the youth, discussing their issues.
14) Giving classes from the book Bhagavatam.
15) Playing charades using chapters from the book, Krishna.
16) Having the company of Kala, Balarama and Bishma.
17) Honouring first and second initiations to followers.
18) Hearing a good, professionally played-out, tabla recital.
19) Ball tossing in the water with community members.
20) Writing these blogs on a daily basis, thanks to Dhruva and Abhidheya Prabhus—bless you honey childs!
21) Receiving successful reports from our travelling monks.
22) Bonding with the local Krishna devotees.
23) Meeting and making new friends.
24) Viewing the Bon Accueil and Phoenix deities of Krishna.
25) Enjoying the laid-back atmosphere of Mauritius.
26) Keeping busy writing, and reading, but with some recreation.
27) Sweating, which is good for the health, cause it's humid.
28) The visit to Le Morne and the cliffs of suicide.
29) Feeling the love of the people—lots of Hindus!
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Apr 28, 2018
Flipper Takes Out SUP
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- Rob Pollard said...
This tickled me as well over and over again! If it was me I would have a large print made of the frame where the Dolphin body checks me and hang it over my mantle! We are just visitors out there.
- April 29, 2018 at 7:14 AM
- Geoffrey Levens said...
So obviously deliberate too. Hilarious! I have shared waves w/ dolphins totally peacefully on a standup regular surfboard (in Mexico) and with a sea otter on my mat in NorCal. Maybe they just don't like SUP's. Or it could be personal! Heh-heh-heh
- April 29, 2018 at 7:29 AM
- tuskedbeast said...
In interview, the guy was impressively nonplussed by the whole thing, even humble. Good for him!
- April 29, 2018 at 10:22 AM
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Shane looks forward to flying solo as fans get a peek at new video30/07/2013 10:48
HE once headed up a chart-topping boyband, but now Shane Filan is 'flying without wings'.
These are among the scenes from the former Westlife star's solo song.
Shane (33) treated his fans to an exclusive peek of the video to Everything To Me.
The Sligo star – who was made bankrupt a year ago – filmed the footage in a plane graveyard in the Nevada desert.
And it's clear that he is aiming for the skies with this latest venture.
In the video, a group of air hostesses walk up and down the aisles of a wrecked plane and dance in tiny mini-skirts, while musicians play instruments beneath twinkling fairy lights as Shane sings to camera.
At the end, Shane wakes up in a bed suspended from one of the wings.
Shane has described the song as a "sing-a-long, sunshine-tinged pop at its finest".
"I am incredibly excited to have joined Capitol Records, and being back in the studio in London and Nashville recording new songs has been amazing," he said.
"Working on solo material is something I had always dreamed of doing, and I'm incredibly happy with the results.
"Everything To Me is a very personal song to me lyrically; it is such an upbeat and optimistic record, perfect for the summer. I can't wait for people to hear it."
Shane's mentor Louis Walsh is confident the album will be a success.
"He lost all his money but that's fine," Louis said. "He's got his voice, he's got his wife, he's got his health, he's got his kids, so we're starting again.
"I'm very optimistic for him because I've heard the music.
"And he's co-written all the songs. Honestly, he's going to be huge.
"They're all brand new songs – it's hits, hits, hits," he added.
"It's very American. It's not like anyone I know. It's quality."
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Overhaul of college aid OK'd by House
Government would take charge of student loans
WASHINGTON - The House voted yesterday in favor of the biggest overhaul of college aid programs since their creation in the 1960s - a bill to greatly reduce the role of private lenders in the student loan business and put the government in charge. Ref. Source 4
Student Loans are the New Indentured Servitude
By Mike Konczal
The prevalence of this debt, especially among the young and the poor/working classes, the transformation from a rounding error amount to a significant burden amount over the past 30 years, the length of term, the idea of mobility and "transport" to a job, debt secured not by property but by personhood, and limited legal recourse. Ref. Source 9
Unpaid student loans top $1 trillion:
Giving validation to Occupy Wall Street protests over the increasing burdens of student debt, a new report indicates that the total amount of outstanding student loans this year will exceed $1 trillion for the first time. Ref. Source 5
Obama Unveils New Student Loan Rules
The Obama administration is revising some rules on federally guaranteed student loans. The administration says the changes will make it easier for graduates to repay them. It's making it easier for students to consolidate loans into a single payment and expanding a program that bases payments on a graduate's income. The new rules will affect 7 million of the 36 million student loan borrowers.
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House GOP to Obama: Scrap Vegas let's work on student loans
The top Republican House leaders, Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to cancel a planned speech on education in Las Vegas in favor of working with them to keep rates on a popular kind of student loans from doubling come July 1. "With all of the great [...]
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In all, nearly one in every six borrowers with a loan balance is in default. The amount of defaulted loans - $76 billion - is greater than the yearly tuition bill for all students at public two- and four-year colleges and universities, according to a survey of state education officials. Ref. Source 4


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For February, Texas Monthly released its list of the 10 best new restaurants for 2018, and, keeping in line with our latest Champ City status, Houston's Xochi landed in the number one spot.
The article author explains, to be considered for this year's list, it must be a restaurant's first location, and they needed to opened between December 1, 2016, and December 1, 2017.
RELATED: 12 Houston chefs, restaurants make it to the semifinals for the 'Oscars of food'
Texas Monthly writer Patricia Sharpe calls Xochi "the most fascinating restaurant to open in Texas in 2017," and it seems to offer plenty, with dishes inspired by the Mexican state of Oaxaca, including flying ants served inside mole de chicatana, and cabrito, a dish made from goat's meat and mole.
The man behind Xochi is chef Hugo Ortega, James Beard award recipient for 2017, and he could win again with Xochi on this year's list of nominees for best restaurant, alongside a number of other Houston establishments.
Hometown biases aside, Houston's food and drink scene is strong, and the numbers prove it:
H-town brought more flavor to the Texas Monthly list than Dallas, Austin or San Antonio, with Killen's STQ, Theadore Rex and Riel also claiming spots, only lower on the list.
Even if Ortega's Xochi doesn't bring him home another James Beard award, his latest creation is already a winner after Houston Chronicle restaurant critic Allison Cook named it number one in Texas.
RELATED: Xochi just got named one of the best restaurants in America
Get your reservations while you can!


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I have a HP pavilion 255 with Radeon R2 integrated GPU. My laptop is not even able to play 720p video, run old games like WC3.... and I think it should.
So I checked my VRAM and I only have 16 MB.
My BIOS only allows me to change the date and has no Advanced Settings tab.
Any clues??
EDIT: I read that Radeon R2 does not have dedicated VRAM and will access main system memory. Is that true? With 4 Gb of RAM it would be enought to play 720p video and run ancient games... Something is not working here, I have no idea Q.Q
I would expect it to be able to do this. Is this laptop a recent acquisition? If not was it ever able to play 720p video and run ancient games?
If it is a problem that has come along over a period of time run these malware checks in the order given:
(blue "Download Now" button on right).
Download and "Save" the file somewhere. Go to the saved file then double click it to run the program. Use the "Scan" button, followed by the "Clean" button.
Junkware Removal Tool (JRT)
(blue Download button).
Download and "Save" the file somewhere. Go to the saved file then double click it to run JRT. It might appear to have stopped at times or flash the screen but sit tight until it has finished.
(use the "Free Download" button rather than the "Buy Now" button).
After the install go to "Settings > Protection". Under Scan Options move the "Scan for rootkits" slider over to On and Run the Threat Scan. Quarantine anything it finds.
If any of them find problems please copy/paste their logs on here. If you lose the ADW log you can find it as a text file in the ADWCleaner folder directly off the system drive root (usually C).
Always pop back and let us know the outcome - thanks
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There the old man sat
Lonely. Deep in thought
His past
Despite time, still haunts
He wondered about
Those he left behind
His doubt
A cloud
Always on his mind
His girls are now grown
Do they think of him
Of what
He's become
Of how he left them
His mind remembers
Every single day
His tears
What he threw away
Visitation day
How it torments him
He prays
For strength
Forgive him his sins
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Skip to 0 minutes and 11 secondsAnd let's review some of our major medications as cause nephrotoxicity The top of the lists is aminoglycoside. As everyone knows aminoglycoside as one of the antibiotics that viruses need to make their recommendation about dosing And actually, Dr. Charles Lee in his previous lecture has mentioned a lots about dose medications. So, hereby, I quickly review those risk factors are for drug induced toxicity. Risk factor for causing aminoglycoside nephrotoxicity includes patients own risk factor, or aminoglycoside risk factor such as prolonged dose or high dose or concurrent with some nephrotoxic drugs. It's the direct toxin to renal tubules so the patient will actually develop those nonoliguria.
Skip to 1 minute and 18 secondsAnd patient may have may get magnesium and potassium waste And usually luckily is aminoglycoside nephrotoxicity is reversible. So after good checking of the blood level and give enough hydration and that kidney will recover. So that's very important that pharmacists need to check those patients who are on aminoglycoside if they already taking those two dosing of aminoglycoside including gentamicin and amikacin and provide well hydration with limited total dose. Cyclosporine This is a very important Immunosuppressant used for transplant patients. And it's very difficult to differentiate cyclosporine-induced nephrotoxicity and the patient if they develop rejection. So clinically we need to monitor cyclosporine level and also check those patients signs and symptoms.
Skip to 2 minutes and 39 secondsand if need the patient may actually undergo fine-needle renal biopsy to see if they have a renal rejection or if they have a high level of cyclosporine which actually indeed indicate the patient has cypclosporin-induced nephrotoxicity. and actually, when a patient actually transplanting patients may actually has a low, you know immunoprotection. so they may actually treated with acyclovir or ketoconazole. Or sometimes if the patient develop fungal infection amphotericin B or some other medications used for infection they could actually increase the rate of a cyclosporine nephrotoxicity. And prevention for cyclosporine nephrotoxicity actually that's monitoring is a top of the last. and we don't actually has very useful method to prevent cyclosporine level and several toxicity.
Skip to 3 minutes and 52 secondsOkay for amphotericin B and amphotericin B sometimes we call "amphoterrible" because it's very easy to induce a nephrotoxicity in patient. And risk factor includes high baseline serum creatinine and high cumulative dose and some patient may have a rapid infusion and cause of amphotericin B induced nephrotoxicity. so it may become irreversible. so it's very important that patient need to have enough hydration and full salt diet and using the liposomal form of amphotericin B can actually reduce the incidence of amphotericin B nephrotoxicity.
Risk Factors & Prevention for AMG, Cyclosporine, and Amphotericin B
In this step, Prof. Chen introduces three major medications, which cause nephrotoxicity notable.
The first one is aminoglycoside. The risk factors include concurrent nephrotoxic drugs. Thus, we can do well hydration, limit total dose, or monitor PK to prevent this nephrotoxicity.
The second one is Cyclosporine, an important immunosuppressant used for transplant patients. It is difficult to differentiate cyclosporine-induced nephrotoxicity and allograft rejection. Therefore, we need to monitor cyclosporine level and check the signs and symptoms clinically.
The final one is Amphotericin B, and the risk factors include baseline renal function, cumulative dose, diuretics, and rapid infusion.
If you have any questions about this part, please leave them below.


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Bibliography: Trade Unions and Labour Movements
Further reading
- Almeida, P. D. 2007. Defensive Mobilization: Popular Movements against Economic Adjustment Policies in Latin America. Latin American Perspectives, 34(3), 123-139.
- Anria, S. 2013. Social Movements, Party Organization, and Populism: Insights from the Bolivian MAS. Latin American Politics and Society, 55(3), 19-46.
- Antunes, R., 2013. Trade unions, social conflict, and the political left in present-day Brazil: between breach and compromise. In: Webber, J. R. and Carr, B. eds. The new Latin American left. Cracks in the empire. Plymouth: Rowman & Littlefield, 255-275.
- Arias, C. C., Menéndez, N. D. and Salgado, P. D. 2015. The Double Confrontation of Grassroots Unionism in Argentina: Union Democratization and Defense of Working Conditions. Latin American Perspectives, 42(2), 12-29.
- Carnes, M. E. 2014. Hooking Workers and Hooking Votes: Enganche, Suffrage, and Labor Market Dualism in Latin America. Latin American Politics and Society, 56(2), 93-114.
- D'Urso, L. and Longo, J. Radical Political Unionism as a Strategy for Revitalization in Argentina. Latin American Perspectives, online first, 1-17.
- Madrid, R. L. 2003. Labouring against Neoliberalism: Unions and Patterns of Reform in Latin America. Journal of Latin American Studies, 35(1), 53-88.
- Mesa-Lago, C. and Müller, K. 2002. The Politics of Pension Reform in Latin America. Journal of Latin American Studies, 34(3), 687-715.
- Niedzwiecki, S. 2014. The Effect of Unions and Organized Civil Society on Social Policy: Pension and Health Reforms in Argentina and Brazil, 1988–2008. Latin American Politics and Society, 56(4), 22-48.
- Posner, P. W. 2016. Laboring Under Chávez: Populism for the Twenty‐first Century. Latin American Politics and Society, 58(3), 26-50.
- Selwyn, B. 2011. The Political Economy of Class Compromise: Trade Unions, Capital–Labour Relations and Development in North East Brazil1. Antipode, 43(4), 1305-1329.
- Serdar, A. 2015. Reconsidering Social Movement Unionism in Postcrisis Argentina. Latin American Perspectives, 42(2), 74-89.
- Zorzoli, L. 2018. Self‐Organization Against Trade Unions and the State: A Case Study from Argentina. Journal of Labor and Society, 21(1), 19-35.


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Really appreciated your guidance today. It's by far the best training I've had in recent memory…. I feel energized to do better.
Deana, thank you so much for doing the client interviews! This kind of feedback is invaluable. I am very impressed that you got them to take so much time out of their busy day to talk and that you asked them for more business (which resulted in a new case two days later)! For my part, I can't wait to do the follow up and just wish you could interview all my clients.
I wanted you to know that the shareholders voted me in as director a couple of weeks ago. I want to extend my gratitude to you for your efforts in coaching me up to reach my potential. There is a long road ahead and appreciate your insight along the way.
Thank you for all your help; you are a big part of MF's success!
Thank you so much for being on the panel! Your comments were fabulous! We are receiving great reviews. One alumnus said it was the best panel she ever saw with very practical tips and a nice attitude! Thanks again for being involved and sharing your master-marketing tips!
Deana, thank you for a successful meeting today. All of us came away from the meeting feeling more encouraged to work even harder. Thanks again.
Thanks Deana. Your hard work and expertise was very valuable and much appreciated. Our Department meeting was yesterday, and the energy from the retreat continued into that meeting and has created an excellent launching pad for further action.
The meeting did go very well due in significant part to your coaching and our preparation. That was very useful.
Very well done meeting this afternoon. Fun to watch you work!
A big "thanks" to you, Deana, for everything you do for all of us. You are part of the family, and it was nice to have you join us.
Deana Kardel helps executive leaders achieve their maximum potential through strategic planning, one-on-one coaching, and executive dispute resolution.
Drawing upon 30 years of business, marketing, and dispute resolution experience in executive level positions, Kardel knows how to design and implement effective programs that realize the client's goals. She has a proven track record of maximizing the capabilities and strengths of the firm and individuals with whom she works.
Before founding Eos in 2008, Deana served as the Regional Vice President for JAMS, the largest mediation and arbitration company worldwide. During those years, she led the firm's strategic business development plan that fostered the company's dramatic growth. As a part of her leadership and operational responsibilities, she recruited, trained and shadowed the Region's mediators/arbitrators while supervising and mentoring her team of senior level managers throughout multiple offices.
In the mid 1990's, Kardel built the Client Relations Department for Littler Mendelson from scratch. The firm is now known as one of the nation's largest employment and labor law firms. In additional to her legal specialization, she served as a Vice President at a San Francisco based public relations agency and a Director of Sales and Marketing in the telecommunications field.
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Kardel earned her M.B.A. in Marketing from Golden Gate University and her B.A in Political Science from Michigan State. She earned an ICC coaching certification from New Ventures West, her mediation skills from JAMS and Rosenberg Mediation, is Myers-Briggs certified and is trained in Neuro-Linguistic Processing.


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A couple of years ago, I wrote down a list of things I was afraid of for the upcoming New Year. As I cleaned out my desk the other day, I found that list. After skimming through, I realized that almost everything I wrote on that list happened. Most of the things I was afraid of happened. My fears happened, yall. Was it hard? Yes. But you know what? I lived through them.
Fear of Honors
One of my fears for 2017 was that I was unable to fulfill my Honors courses. Based upon my major courses and minor courses, I either had to graduate a year later in order to fulfill Honors or drop Honors and graduate on time. Honors meant having to spend two years on creating a project that may or may not help me get into Graduate school. I wasn't even sure if I was going to further my education. At the time being, I was really fed up with school and was really struggling with senioritis. I wanted to graduate so badly and the thought of extending my semesters made my stomach turn. So I decided to turn down my Honors courses. I may have had to discontinue a lot of hard work, but I lived through it.
Fear of Finances
Another fear I had was not having my school paid for. You know what? Last Fall, I almost had to put my senior year on hold because of finances. Because I had gotten married the previous year, I lost a couple of my scholarships and my last year of my undergrad was not paid for. After having to jump through some hoops, I realized that my school had held out money on my account. It was a blessing because it was just enough to cover my Fall semester that I wouldn't have to pay for a dime. However, during my Spring semester, I had to take out a $6,000 loan. Just for one semester. Of all my semesters, it had to be my last one. But I lived through it.
Fear of Graduation
One of my biggest fears was not graduating on time. Technically, I've always been afraid of not graduating on time. Honestly, I have had nightmares at the start of every single semester of failing my classes and having to drop out. And you know what? I didn't graduate on time. Sure, I was able to walk across the stage on the right date. But, I wasn't finished with school. I still had an entire summer class before I could get my diploma. And the date on my diploma? The date says Summer 2018, not Spring 2018. Now, I realize I was fortunate to be able to still walk with my graduating class. I was only one class away from receiving my diploma. Though I never failed a course, I still didn't graduate on time. But I lived through it.
What I Learned
I may not have fulfilled my Honors courses, but I was able to make my own decisions.
I may not have had the finances to fund my last year of school, but I was still able to graduate.
I may not have graduated on time, but I was able to graduate with Cum Laude for my four years of hard work.
You see, there are several things we are afraid of. I had several fears for 2017 that came true. But I was able to learn and grow from them. I survived my fears. And as we transition into 2019, you can survive your fears too.