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Apr. 29, 2013 — A University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study suggests that the Mediterranean diet, which emphasizes consuming foods that contain omega-3 fatty acids found in fish, chicken and salad dressing, and avoiding saturated fats, meat and dairy foods, may be linked to preserving memory and thinking abilities. However, the same association was not found in people with diabetes. The research is published in the April 30, 2013, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Mediterranean Diet Linked to Preserving Memory
"Since there are no definitive treatments for most dementing illnesses, modifiable activities, such as diet, that may delay the onset of symptoms of dementia, are very important," said Georgios Tsivgoulis, M.D., a neurologist with UAB and the University of Athens, Greece.
Data came from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, housed at UAB. REGARDS enrolled 30,239 people ages 45 and older between January 2003 and October 2007, and it continues to follow them for health changes.
In this study, the largest yet done on the Mediterranean diet, dietary information from 17,478 African-Americans and Caucasians, average age of 64, was reviewed to see how closely they adhered to a Mediterranean diet. Study subjects also underwent tests that measured memory and thinking abilities over an average of four years. A total of 17 percent of the participants had diabetes.
The study found that in healthy people, those who more closely followed the Mediterranean diet were 19 percent less likely to develop problems with their thinking and memory skills. There was not a significant difference in declines between African-Americans and Caucasians. However, the Mediterranean diet was not associated with a lower risk of thinking and memory problems in people with diabetes.
"Diet is an important modifiable activity that could help in preserving cognitive functioning in late life," said Tsivgoulis. "However, it is only one of several important lifestyle activities that might play a role in late-life mental functioning. Exercise, avoiding obesity, not smoking cigarettes and taking medications for conditions like diabetes and hypertension are also important."


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One of three women who escaped a Cleveland home after being held for a decade has revealed she's married.
Michelle Knight announced on "Dr. Phil" that she has been happily married since May 2016. The episode is scheduled to air April 24. She also promotes her book, "Life After Darkness."
The 36-year-old was kidnapped in 2002 by Ariel Castro and kept in captivity for more than a decade. Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus were later abducted by Castro and kept in the same house.
They escaped Castro's house in May 2013.
Castro was sentenced to life in prison. A few months later he hanged himself in his prison cell.
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In this highly interactive and innovative session, the presenters will showcase the work of the great portraitist, Yousuf Karsh, whose unique approach for building relationships are special lessons learned for all clinicians. The comparisons between an effective clinician and a great artist will become apparent during the session.
Connecting with a Patient in Ninety Seconds describes a major nursing initiative at Brigham & Women's Hospital that supports the goal of becoming more patient centered. At its core, the initiative begins with the personal contact of a nurse saying "hello" and ends with a "goodbye" to the patient. This training session will describe in detail the design of the program, lessons learned, and the plan for spreading the initiative to all of the nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Connecting with a Patient in Ninety Seconds utilizes several innovative concepts such as Appreciative Inquiry, Dialogue, and Organizational Learning. The common thread of the training is the comparison between the work of Yousuf Karsh and Nursing. Through 3 mini lectures and interactive exercises that replicate the actual six-hour training, the presenters will engage the audience so that they experience the actual workshop first hand. A special feature of the training is a short DVD presentation at the end of the work that features a collage of Karsh photographs set to music. Handouts for this session include an exercise workbook, a job aid for appreciating positives, and sample scripts for the patient greeting.


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All packed and ready to go. One more day of snow and ice left... before I get to see the sand and the sun again! We only see each other once a year - but ours is a glorious friendship. The sand doesn't mind my uber white body (the illustration is where the wishful thinking comes in) reading on it. I don't mind it getting into places from which sand might not return:). Girls are also beside themselves with anticipation. We all need some cold and snow free family time.
I'll see you all mid February... hopefully, all full of vitamin D and the will to illustrate tirelessly for the rest of the year.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Monday, January 20, 2014
Moonlight Walk . . .
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Friday, January 17, 2014
birthday wrap ! . . .
Lola will be turning 12 in a couple of weeks... but we'll be on vacation and there will be no reason to make little birthday invitations for all her friends. So... I made this birthday pattern instead!
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Hello Printsource NYC!
This is my PRINTSOURCE 2014 flyer. The show starts on January 13th in NY Penn Plaza Pavilion. I'll be represented by Lilla Rogers Studio in Booth E3. Here's to a good show!
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Friday, January 10, 2014
scandinavian garden party . . .
A bit of scandinavian garden partying going on here:). Wanted to do something with softer, calmer colours.
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014
psikhouvanjou melamine plates !
So happy that I can finally share these melamine plates I've designed for psikhouvanjou with you! I really love the way they turned out. Especially the tea drinking horse:).
if you are in Australia - check them out at lark (here).
if you are in Australia - check them out at lark (here).
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Thursday, January 2, 2014
Sunroom in My Mind . . .
New year... new patterns. Can you take your eyes away from my hypno-cat? I didn't think so:). He's transmitting positive messages your way... all about winter ending soon and greenery returning:).
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014
happy new year ! ! !
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Jeliquilts "A Circle of Geese" pincushion on Pinterest the other day, and I stopped to admire it. To be honest, I had admired it before, but this week I just had to make one too. Kelly told me what I needed to know - that the block pattern was by Piece by Number, and that she had printed the pattern at 33%. So I followed suit.
Before long, I had all 4 quadrants done, and stood back in awe. At this point, each square was just under 2".
I added skinny borders and then hand-stitched around the geese, just as Kelly had.
For backing I used some green Lizzy House Pearl Bracelets, then filled the pincushion with crushed walnut shells and stitched the opening closed.
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This blown spot went down Sept. 30 at a Beyond Wrestling show in Rhode Island, but we only just saw the video-and shit, that is horrifying. Atlanta-based wrestler Charade attempted a top-rope moonsault, only to over-rotate and land directly on the top of his head. The instant silence from the announcer and crowd is perhaps the most unsettling thing of all.
Charade never lost consciousness, even kicking out of a pin as his opponent Black Baron tried to bring the match to an end.
Charade suffered a fractured skull, which counts as being remarkably uninjured compared to what could have happened. But those hospital bills aren't cheap-Beyond Wrestling is holding a fundraiser dinner and show this Sunday in Bridgewater, Mass., so if you're around, it's a good cause.
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Pressure to end tax evasion grows as the Global Forum publishes new reviews
The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes has just completed peer reviews of another 11 jurisdictions
Reports on Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Guatemala, Malta, Mexico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the Slovak Republic evaluate whether their national laws allow transparency and international exchange of tax information (Phase 1). The review of Korea also looked at the effectiveness of Korea's exchange of information in practice (Phase 1 plus Phase 2). These reports bring to a total of 70 the number of peer review the g Global Forum has completed since March 2010.
The Global Forum also issued 3 supplementary reports – for Barbados, Bermuda and Qatar – which assess whether these jurisdictions have acted upon the Forum's recommendations to improve agreements and legislation. All three jurisdictions' compliance with the international standards has progressed significantly. The Phase 2 reviews for Bermuda and Qatar will take place in the second half of 2012 and for Barbados in the first half of 2013.
These in depth reviews identify deficiencies and make recommendations on how the jurisdictions should address these concerns. The legal and regulatory framework is improving quickly in many jurisdictions. Previously, 11 jurisdictions were not able to move to the second phase in the review process. As a result of work by Barbados to establish a network of international agreements to underpin information exchange in tax matters, Barbados can now move to its Phase 2 review.
The reports of Costa Rica and Guatemala, however, conclude that they will not yet move to the next stage of the review process because the deficiencies in their legal frameworks are serious. This will be reconsidered once reports on their progress are received.


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Alisa Clickenger and Women's Motorcycle Tours Announces Partnership with Suzuki Motor USA, LLC
NORTH CAROLINA – JULY 21, 2021 – Women's Motorcycle Tours welcomes Suzuki Motor USA, LLC as a sponsor of the Suffragists Centennial Motorcycle Ride, July 31 – August 20, 2021 and the Women's Motorcycle Festival & Conference, August 19 – 22, 2021. During the ride, Suzuki will be represented by Wendy Crockett, winner of the 2019 Iron Butt Rally, who will be riding from Portland, Oregon to Arlington, Virginia where she will showcase the experience for both Women's Motorcycle Tours and SMC through video and photo.
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"I am so happy that Suzuki is joining us on the Centennial Ride. They were a key supporter of my 2016 Sisters' Centennial Motorcycle Ride cross-country event and it is fun to be working with them once again," said Clickenger. "Suzuki makes terrific motorcycles, and I am delighted that Wendy Crockett will be riding a Suzuki V-STROM 1050XT as it's the ideal cross-country motorcycle for this type of adventure."
Suzuki Motor Corporation was started in 1909 and today has grown into a multinational corporation headquartered in Minami-ku, Hamamatsu, Japan. Suzuki manufactures automobiles, four-wheel drive vehicles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines. In 2016, Suzuki was the eleventh biggest automaker by production worldwide. Suzuki has over 45,000 employees and has 35 production facilities in 23 countries, and 133 distributors in 192 countries.
"Suzuki is very excited to sponsor this incredible women's riding event and conference," said Kerry Graeber, Vice President, Division Manager, MC/ATV Sales and Marketing. "Our involvement with Women's Motorcycle Tours, the Suffragists Centennial Motorcycle Ride, and Wendy Crockett showcase the Suzuki V-STROM's engineering, technology and riding excitement like no other event on the national schedule. Women riders are a key component of growing our industry."
About the Suffragists Centennial Motorcycle Ride (SCMR2021):
The SCMR2021 is an AMA-sanctioned nationwide event celebrating the centennial of the 19th Amendment, women's right to vote. In August of 2021, hundreds of female motorcycle riders will join the celebration in one of 13 cities across the U.S.A. Women and men can join the Centennial Celebration in any number of cities around the USA on August 20-21. Produced by Alisa Clickenger of Women's Motorcycle Tours, the SCMR2021 is a non-political event celebrating the guiding principles of unity, community and freedom of the road. The SCMR2021 ends at the Women's Motorcycle Festival and Conference in Arlington, Virginia on August 19-22, 2021: https://centennialride.com/
About Women's Motorcycle Tours
Women's Motorcycle Tours (WMT) is a female-owned motorcycle experience company exclusively focused on women. WMT offers life-changing motorcycle experiences, moto mindset coaching and bespoke motorcycle tours throughout the United States and the world. With years of event planning experience and hundreds of thousands of miles behind them, the team at Women's Motorcycle Tours understands the power and excitement that epic journeys offer. The camaraderie and friendships that form over the course of their tours have proven to change lives, establish life-long friendships, and bring families together in a way that only riding motorcycles can: www.womensmotorcycletours.com #ByWomenForWomen
About Alisa Clickenger
Alisa is a motorcycle traveler, bestselling author, speaker and community builder. Alisa started her company Women's Motorcycle Tours in 2011, and the Women's Motorcycle Conferences in 2020. Alisa's book Boost Your Confidence Through Motorcycling: A Woman's Guide to Being Your Best Self On and Off the Bike became an Amazon.com #1 Bestseller. In 2019 Alisa was named a Dealernews Top 100 Leader in Powersports and was also named to the Women Riders Now Leadership Board. Alisa's personal mission is to support and empower other riders, particularly women, to become their best selves and create confident, kickass lives they love: www.AlisaClickenger.com
About Suzuki
Suzuki Motor USA, LLC (SMO) distributes Motorcycles, ATVs, Scooters, Accessories, and ECSTAR Oils & Chemicals via an extensive dealer network throughout 49 states. Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC), based in Hamamatsu, Japan, is a diversified worldwide manufacturer of Motorcycles, ATVs, Scooters, Automobiles, Outboard Motors, and related products. Founded in 1909 and incorporated in 1920, SMC has business relations with 201 countries/regions.
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Saturday, October 29, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
my misadvantures in Halloween crafting
So, even though, I did manage to glue a little here and paint a little there, all I was able to post was a cookie recipe which is super tasty, I promise! So, here's to next year where you get to see the finished projects that involved pom-poms and cupcake liners. Until then, I put together a Pinterest board full of previous Halloween projects. Have fun and Happy Halloween!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
halloween fun: chocolate covered candy corn cookies
The first thing you will need to do is to grab some chocolate chips and melt them down either in the microwave or a double broiler. Once you have a gooey mness o' melted chocolate, toss in a cup of candy corn and stir to coat. Once coated, spread out in a single layer on a cookie sheet covered in wax paper and pop it into the freezer. While your chocolate covered candy corn chills, you can get your kiddos' hands washed and mix up the dough.
*1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened to almost melted)
*1 cup white sugar
*1 5.1 or 5.2 oz box of vanilla pudding mix
*1 tsp vanilla
*2 eggs
*1 tsp baking soda
*2 T corn starch
*2 cups of flour
*pinch of salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
1. Combine the pudding mix and sugar and add your super soft, almost melted butter and mix with an electric mixer until pale.
2. Add your eggs and vanilla and mix a bit more. Remove mixer and grab a wooden spoon.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cornstarch, salt and baking soda. Slowly add to your sugar/egg mixture and mix with the wooden spoon until combine.
4. Safely away from the wee fingers of your kiddos, chop up the chocolate covered candy corn and mix in about 2/3 into the cookie dough.
5. Roll a blob of dough into a ball about the size of a large marble and pop a bit of candy corn magic on top, sprinkle with a wee bit of sugar and press down flat with the bottom of a dry measure cup or small drinking glass.
6. Place on cookie sheet about 1 1/2" apart and bake for 10-12 minutes. Cookies will puff up and then flatten out once cool.
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Lesson 50: Do You Really Love Your Wife? Part 2 (Ephesians 5:25-33)Related Media
Kids sometimes have some humorous insights on love and marriage. When asked, "How does a person decide who to marry?" Allan (age 10) said, "You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming." Kirsten (age 10) replied, "No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you got to find out later who you're stuck with."
What do most people do on a date? Lynnette (age 8) says, "Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough." Martin (age 10) has some youthful wisdom: "On the first date, they just tell each other lies, and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date."
Is it better to be single or married? Anita (age 9) says, "It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need somebody to clean up after them!" Kenny (age 7) says, "It gives me a headache to think about that stuff. I'm just a kid. I don't need that kind of trouble."
Why love happens between two people: Jan (age 9) says, "No one is sure why it happens, but I heard it has something to do with how you smell. That's why perfume and deodorant are so popular." Harlen (age 8) says, "I think you're supposed to get shot with an arrow or something, but the rest of it isn't supposed to be so painful."
What is falling in love like? Roger (age 9) says, "Like an avalanche where you have to run for your life." Greg (age 8) says, "Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too."
When is it okay to kiss someone? Pam (age 7) says, "When they're rich!" Curt (age 7) is more cautious: "The law says you have to be 18, so I wouldn't mess with that." Howard (age 8) is a bit more responsible: "The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do." Jean (age 10) says, "It's never okay to kiss a boy. They always slobber all over you. That's why I stopped doing it."
How to make a marriage work: Ricky (age 7) says, "Tell your wife that she looks pretty even if she looks like a truck!" Bobby (age 9) says, "Be a good kisser. It might make your wife forget that you never take out the trash." Roger (age 8) says, "Don't forget your wife's name. That will mess up the love."
We are considering the question, "Do you really love your wife?" We have seen that…
Christlike love should characterize each husband's relationship with his wife.
Last time we saw that…
- Love is the priority for husbands.
- Love is possible for all husbands.
- Love is portrayed as a self-sacrificing, caring commitment that shows itself in seeking the highest good of the one loved.
"Love is self-sacrificing," just as "Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her" (5:25).
"Love is caring," just as a man nourishes and cherishes his own flesh, as Christ does the church (5:29).
"Love is a commitment," as implied by the command to love, by Christ's covenant love for us, and by the analogy of the body.
"Love shows itself," that is, it is not just words, but also deeds, as seen by Christ's going to the cross for us.
"Love seeks the highest good of the one loved," just as Christ died for us so that He might sanctify and cleanse us, to present us to Himself in all our glory, as holy and blameless (5:26-27).
We also looked at two of ten contrasts to help understand God's perspective on a husband's love for his wife:
(1). Love is sacrificial, not selfish.
(2). Love is purposeful, not aimless, effortless ecstasy.
We saw that there is an exclusive purpose in married love ("sanctified," set apart exclusively unto God). There is a purifying purpose (cleansed by the washing of water with the word). And, there is an edifying purpose (no spot or wrinkle, but holy and blameless). We continue now with the rest of the contrasts.
(3). Love is realistic, not blind.
While married love aims at the high ideal of a bride who is without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, it is not unrealistic. A godly husband accepts his wife for who she is and graciously, patiently works with her to help her become all that God intends for her to be. The fact that a wife is far from perfect does not detract a husband from his steadfast love for her.
As we saw, husbands are to love their wives just as Christ loved the church (5:25). What kind of church did Christ love? Was she perfect, or close to it? Hardly! Even as He went to the cross, Jesus predicted Peter's denials and that the disciples all would fall away because of Him (Mark 14:27, 30). Read the New Testament and you will easily see that the churches were far from perfect.
Look at your own life since coming to salvation. Have you perfectly obeyed Jesus Christ? Has your love for Him always been fervent? Have you always kept yourself pure and devoted only to Him? And yet, in spite of your many failures, He loves you with a steadfast, committed love!
One of the questions that I ask couples in premarital counseling is, "Knowing that no one is perfect, name at least five faults in your fiancé." My aim is not to get couples to find fault with each other, but rather to determine if they're entering marriage with their eyes wide open. If they can only name one or two faults, they're going to be in for a rude awakening after the honeymoon (if not before!).
Invariably, when couples come in for marriage counseling, they are blaming one another. He blames her for being angry and she blames him for being indifferent or insensitive. Speaking to husbands (because our text does), your wife is imperfect, just as the church is imperfect. But Christ calls you to love her anyway with the kind of steadfast love that helps her to grow in godliness. If you need an example, study Hosea, who loved an unfaithful wife as an example of God's love to adulterous Israel!
(4). Love is initiating, not dependent on a response.
The book of Ephesians (and all of Scripture) is clear that God took the initiative in loving us and drawing us to salvation. One of the most prevalent heresies of our day is that God's sovereign election only means that He looked down through history and saw in advance that I would believe, so He chose me for salvation. But that would mean that election was not based on God's grace alone, but on some good that He foresaw in me! But Scripture is plain (Rom. 5:8), "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
Applied to husbands, this means that you must continually initiate and demonstrate self-sacrificing love for your wife, regardless of her response. If you think, "Well, I'll go 50-50, or even, 75-25," that's not enough. You've got to give 100 percent love, even if she's being disagreeable or difficult to live with. If you respond to her anger with your anger, it only escalates alienation. I encourage every husband (and wife) to memorize 1 Peter 3:8-9, which follows immediately on his counsel to wives and husbands: "To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit, not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing." Love takes the initiative; it is not dependent on a response from the one loved.
(5). Love is unconditional, not conditioned on performance.
This is the outworking of the previous point. You not only initiate love when it is undeserved. You also must steadily maintain love over the long haul, even when your wife is not being particularly lovely. I've heard many husbands complain, "She's an angry woman and she isn't submissive to me! If she would just calm down and submit as she is supposed to, I'd be able to love her." But, the husband's job is not to get his wife to submit to him or to love her only when she is lovable, but to love her just as Christ loves an often disobedient church.
This does not mean that you never confront your wife with regard to her sin. Many husbands err here. Perhaps his wife is frequently angry, but rather than patiently, lovingly helping her acknowledge and overcome her anger, he runs for cover so that he can get some relief. Or, he sinfully confronts her anger with his fiercer anger, to let her know that she can't intimidate him. Neither approach is godly.
A Christlike husband is not quarrelsome, but kind and patient, even when wronged (2 Tim. 2:24-25). He gently, but with determination comes alongside his wife and teaches her, "Your anger does not glorify God. I want to help you be a godly woman. Let's see what God's Word says about how to overcome anger." By example and by teaching, he helps her to grow in godliness. That's how Christ deals with His bride the church. That's how a loving husband must deal with his wife, even when she is not all that she is supposed to be.
(6). Love is a total sharing of life, not two independent lives.
Paul says (5:28-29), "So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church." He is not encouraging us to learn to love ourselves so that we can love our wives! That is modern psychobabble. Rather, he is pointing out the fact that normal people love their bodies, as seen by the way that we care for our bodies and protect them from danger. His point is that your wife is a part of your body, just as we (the church) are members of Christ's body (5:30). A husband and wife are one flesh (5:31). When you love her, you are loving your own body.
It's an amazing picture, that the wife actually is a part of the husband's body! Paul is probably going back to the creation of Eve, who was not created out of the dust of the ground, as Adam was. Rather, she was taken out of his body, bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh (Gen. 2:23).
This has profound implications for Christian marriage. For one thing, if your wife is hurting, you are hurting! If you are insensitive to her pain, you are denying the fact that she is your body. If you coldly ignore her feelings and say, "I couldn't care less how you feel," you are ignoring yourself. If you attack her with harsh words, you're attacking yourself. It would be as if a man hit his thumb with a hammer and then said, "You stupid thumb! Why did you get in the way? You deserve to hurt for being so dumb! I'm going to hit you again, just to teach you a lesson!" That would be crazy! And yet, that's how many men treat their wives.
A husband who becomes so engrossed with his career that he ignores his wife is committing the same error, of living independently of his wife. It's like trying to live apart from your body. Some years ago, a reporter asked the new head coach of a professional football team if his wife objected to his 18-hour workdays. He replied, "I don't know. I don't see her that much." I don't know if they're still married, but that coach was not sharing his life with his wife as if she were his own body. At the very least, this analogy means that a husband must spend a lot of time with his wife, sharing his life with her and allowing her to share her life with him.
(7). Love is responsible, not irresponsible.
Paul writes (5:28-30) that husbands must nourish and cherish their wives, "just as Christ also does the church, because we are members of His body." This reveals at least two ways that husbands must demonstrate responsible love for their wives.
Love provides; it is not lazy.
Nourish has the nuance of feeding. Every man feeds his own body. Every husband is responsible to feed his wife. This includes material provisions, such as the basic necessities of food and covering. A lazy man who refuses to work to provide for his family has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever (1 Tim. 5:8).
But beyond that, nourishing also implies that a husband cares about his wife's total well being and he exerts himself to provide for her in every way. He makes the effort to provide for her emotionally and spiritually. At the very least, this means taking the initiative to bring your wife and children to church every Sunday, where you all can be fed nourishing food from God's Word. Do not go to a church that serves spiritual junk food. Go to a church where your family gets fed and then talk later about the things you are learning.
Also, read the Bible and pray together as a family. Read good Christian books and talk about them. Listen to other sound Bible teachers, such as John Piper, John MacArthur, and others. Occasionally, go to a good conference, such as the Ligonier Conference that will be in Scottsdale in September. Take the initiative in providing spiritual food for your wife and children.
Love is caring, not callous.
Love cherishes. The word means "warmth," and pictures a mother tenderly holding her infant against her to keep it warm from the cold (Paul uses the Greek verb of a mother in 1 Thess. 2:7, where the NASB translates, "tenderly cares"). Again, this verb stems from the analogy of the wife actually being part of the husband's body. If your hands get cold on a winter day, you don't say, "Stupid hands, stay out in the cold for all I care!" Rather, you put them inside your coat and tenderly warm them again. Responsible love nourishes and cherishes your wife.
(8). Love is emotionally mature, not immature.
In verse 31, Paul quotes Genesis 2:24, "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." This was written about Adam and Eve, neither of whom had a mother or father! So it was given for our instruction, to show us that a man must be mature enough to leave his parents before he enters into marriage.
I've encountered husbands who expect the same treatment from their wife as they got from their mother! They expect her to clean the house, buy the groceries, manage the money, and generally take care of them, while they go play with their buddies. That is immature, to say the least! A husband must leave his parents so that he can be joined to his wife and lead her in a mature, responsible manner. He should be her leader, not her little boy!
(9). Love is a permanent commitment, not a temporary arrangement.
"Be joined to" (5:31) means, "to be glued to." That means when you get married, you're stuck! Marriage creates a new, one-flesh identity of head and body. It is the permanent commitment that enables a couple to work through difficulties, as every couple has to do. I advise every couple to remove the words "divorce" and "separation" from your vocabularies. Even in the heated emotions of a disagreement, never threaten to leave! As we have seen, marriage isn't just about our happiness. It's an earthly picture of Christ and the church. For a husband to threaten to leave his wife when there is a problem would be like Christ threatening to leave His bride, the church. But (Heb. 13:5b), "He Himself has said, 'I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you.'"
(10). Love is growing, exclusive intimacy, not a casual relationship.
Paul cites (5:31) Genesis 2:24, which lays the foundation of marriage as a one flesh relationship. When God instituted marriage, it was between a man and a woman, not between two people of the same sex, which is an abomination to God. It was also between one man and one woman, not between one man and many women, whether at the same time or in serial fashion. Although God tolerated polygamy in the Old Testament, it never reflected His original design for marriage and it always created problems. The same is true of divorce. God's design is that one man and one woman be joined exclusively for life.
"One flesh" refers primarily to the sexual union. Paul says that even when a man has sex with a prostitute, he becomes one flesh with her (1 Cor. 6:16). God has designed the sexual union to create this intimate, one flesh relationship, even when it is a one-time event! But it is to be confined within the boundary of lifelong marriage in order to deepen the relationship between a husband and wife. Casual sex, outside of the permanence of marriage, is never an expression of love, but only of lust.
Marriage is a great mystery, in that it is an earthly picture of Christ and the church (5:32). Sex in the Bible is often described as a man knowing his wife. A husband and wife's sexual union is a sacred picture of the intimate, face-to-face knowledge that we share with our heavenly Bridegroom. Jesus said that there will not be any marriage in heaven (Matt. 22:30). I've often said to Marla, "How can heaven be heaven if I can't be married to you?" The biblical answer is, in heaven there will be no need for the picture, because the reality will have come. We will be married to our heavenly Bridegroom for all eternity. Therefore, we must guard ourselves so that we keep ourselves sexually only for our mates. The picture of Christ and His church is at stake!
A husband was listening to a tape where the speaker cited the biblical text about husbands being thoughtful of their wives. He emphasized that love is an act of the will. A person can choose to love. It convicted this husband, who realized that he had been pretty selfish and insensitive. So as he drove to join his family at their vacation cottage, he vowed that during the vacation, he would try to be a totally loving husband. No excuses!
His resolve was immediately tested. After the long drive, he wanted to sit and read, but his wife suggested a walk on the beach. He started to refuse, but then he thought, "She's been alone with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me." So he went for the walk on the beach.
So it went for two weeks. He resisted the temptation to call the Wall Street firm where he was director to check on things. He agreed to a visit to the shell museum, although he usually hated museums. He held his tongue when his wife's slow getting ready made them late for a dinner engagement. For two weeks, he kept his vow to choose to love his wife.
But on the last night of the vacation, as they got ready for bed, his wife stared at him with the saddest expression. "What's the matter?" he asked. Her voice filled with distress as she said, "Do you know something I don't?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well … that checkup I had several weeks ago … our doctor …did he tell you something about me? You've been so good to me … am I dying?"
After it all sank in, he burst out laughing and said, "No, honey, you're not dying; I'm just starting to live!" (Adapted from Tom Anderson, Reader's Digest [October, 1986], pp. 129-130.)
"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her" (5:25). Do you love her even as you love yourself (5:31)? If not, your assignment is clear. Get started this week!
Application Questions
- Love accepts imperfections, but when a mate is repeatedly sinful, isn't there a point where you say, "That's it"? Is divorce ever justified when a mate is just plain difficult to live with?
- What do you do when there is something about your mate that you just don't like? Is it ever right to try to change her/him?
- How can a husband who feels spiritually inferior to his wife provide for her spiritual well-being? Where does he begin?
- What should a wife with an immature, irresponsible husband do? Should she try to change him or just accept him as is?
Copyright, Steven J. Cole, 2008, All Rights Reserved.
Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture Quotations are from the New American Standard Bible, Updated Edition © The Lockman Foundation
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European Soccer Clubs Opening US Academies
MIAMI (AP) — As the U.S. appetite for soccer grows, more American kids are harboring dreams of becoming the next David Beckham or Leo Messi. Their aspirations, realistic or not, have not gone unnoticed by top international teams, which are trying to capitalize financially.
European clubs like Barcelona, Liverpool and Arsenal have long sent coaches to work at U.S. summer camps, but now some are opening year-round U.S. academies aimed at finding new talent while also expanding their fan bases and revenue opportunities in the states. Later this month, Barcelona will open FCB Escola Florida, its first permanent U.S academy, in Fort Lauderdale. Argentine Boca Juniors and English Everton are already operating in New York and Connecticut, respectively. Other teams are expected to follow.
The expansion of such programs is part of a bigger trend, as major international clubs try to grow their brands in the U.S. to battle for the hearts and pocketbooks of Americans today and in decades to come. Building an international fan base is becoming important for the top teams, which derive a large chunk of their revenue from overseas broadcasting and merchandising.
"If you can engage kids when they are young, then they will stay with you for the rest of their lives," says Simon Chadwick, a sports economist at England's University of Coventry.
The U.S. soccer audience is reaching new heights, with this summer's World Cup setting ratings records. A record crowd of 109,318 packed Michigan Stadium on Aug. 2 to see an exhibition match between Manchester United and Real Madrid. Major League Soccer is averaging more than 18,000 per game, just off its 2012 high.
When teams started opening schools around the world back in the 1990s, their early impulse was to scout and develop players. Now, their main goal is to build their brand, says Simon Kuper, the author of several books on the economics of sports.
One of the first overseas academies was launched in 1999 by Dutch Ajax in Cape Town, South Africa. The club says it produced an average of seven pro players a year. A handful of them have made it to European leagues.
Barcelona chose South Florida for its first U.S. academy and it 12th worldwide. Over 600 boys and girls attended tryouts in May, some coming from other states and countries, like Haiti, Venezuela and Canada, to vie for 384 spots. The winners will pay $3,000 annually to attend the academy, which does not include room, board or schooling. Some parents say they will move their family to South Florida if their child is picked.
Marcel Bombonato, the managing director of Kaptiva Sports, official partner of FC Barcelona in the U.S., says scouting is one of the goals. But beyond teaching soccer, the club wants to convert children into Barcelona fans.
Some 3,200 children attended seven soccer camps held this summer by Barcelona across the eastern U.S. Each day they listened to the team's "Cant del Barca," and at a recent Miami camp most of the 245 children clad in Barcelona colors clapped their hands and chanted the chorus, "Barca, Barca, Barca."
Many parents see these programs as an opportunity for their children to showcase their talents and hopefully be recruited for the team's La Masia academy. Messi left Argentina for Spain at the age of 13 after being discovered by a Barcelona scout.
Ali Rafique brought his 6-year-old son Toby to the camp in Miami from Dallas. Toby trains more than 20 hours per week between his practices with a personal coach and the Dallas Texans under-7 team. He wants to eventually play for Barcelona.
"I am gonna work hard to make his dream come true," said his father.
Argentinian Boca Juniors, known as one of the largest exporters of players to the leagues in Europe, opened its academy in Long Island, New York, in March. The team is still recruiting 200 boys and girls aged 4 to 23.
Mariano Berenstein, the CEO of Boca Juniors in the U.S, says that unlike other international teams, Boca Juniors is concerned with developing local talent, rather than just monetizing the brand. He said that other teams promise young children that they have a chance to play at their home-based academies and advance up to the main team. Instead, Boca Juniors wants to build an American version with the hope that the most talented players would play in MLS.
We will not make "empty promises" to players, Berenstein says.
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Celebrate 4th of July at Ala Moana Center
Ala Moana Center once again will be the place to celebrate Independence Day. The 23rd Annual Fourth of July Celebration runs from July 3-6, with shopping and savings, a chance to win a Maui family getaway for four and of course, Hawaii's largest fireworks display on July 4.
20 percent Savings Pass
Ala Moana Center is offering a 20 percent Savings Pass, valid July 3-6 at more than 80 participating merchants. Visit AlaMoanaCenter.com to print out a pass or pick one up at locations throughout the Center, including Ala Moana Center's Customer Service Center located at Center Court near the Makai Market Food Court. Use the Savings Pass to receive 20 percent off the purchase of one regular-priced item per store, per day.
Maui Family Getaway Sweepstakes
Shoppers can enter for a chance to win the Maui Family Getaway Sweepstakes for four. The winner will receive a $500 Ala Moana Center gift card, roundtrip airfare for four between Oahu and Maui on Island Air, and a three-night stay in an Executive Suite at The Westin Maui Resort & Spa with complimentary resort shuttle service to Lahaina Town and one breakfast buffet for four. Shoppers can fill out an entry form located on mall level 2 near Louis Vuitton or online at the Ala Moana Center Facebook page.
No purchase necessary. Limit one entry per person. Open to U.S. residents, age 18 or older. Random drawing determines winner. Entry dates 6/28-7/6/14. ARV: $5,580. For Official Rules, Visit AlaMoanaCenter.com.
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Shoppers can enjoy free musical performances by some of Hawaii's hottest entertainers at Centerstage throughout the weekend beginning on Thursday, July 3 through Sunday, July 6.
The Centerstage schedule is as follows:
Thursday, July 3
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For the 23rd consecutive year, Ala Moana Center is proud to present Hawaii's largest 4th of July fireworks spectacular. Named among the top 25 shows in the country, this truly spectacular event is the only fireworks show in Hawaii to launch from three separate platforms. The free fireworks spectacular, launched from Ala Moana Beach Park, will begin on Friday, July 4 at 8:30 p.m. Spectators can tune in to FM 92.3 KSSK for a live fireworks soundtrack that accompanies the show.
Fourth of July Hours
Ala Moana Center will have special hours of operation on Friday, July 4. The Center will be open from 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. The Makai Market Food Court will be open from 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m.
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Luke 20:1-19 NIV
One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him. "Tell us by what authority you are doing these things," they said. "Who gave you this authority?" He replied, "I will also ask you a question. Tell me: John's baptism—was it from heaven, or of human origin?" They discussed it among themselves and said, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask, 'Why didn't you believe him?' But if we say, 'Of human origin,' all the people will stone us, because they are persuaded that John was a prophet." So they answered, "We don't know where it was from." Jesus said, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things." He went on to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time. At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. He sent another servant, but that one also they beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed. He sent still a third, and they wounded him and threw him out. "Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.' "But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. 'This is the heir,' they said. 'Let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. "What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others." When the people heard this, they said, "God forbid!" Jesus looked directly at them and asked, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: " 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'? Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed." The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.


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Pre-School Matters for Moms
Child care used to be a family matter, taken up household by household, depending on a variety of circumstances. But times have changed and child care now moves appropriately to the public policy realm. The experts at the Center for American Progress look at three available child care options – a stay at home parent, privately paid for, or subsidized with public funds, in The Importance of Pre-School and Child Care for Working Mothers. Below is an excerpt from their brief, focusing on the consequences of having one parent provide the needed child care.
Fifty years ago, suggesting that one parent stay at home and forgo paid employment to provide child care would have made plenty of sense both culturally and economically. This was largely because families could live comfortably on one breadwinner's income and also because women had traditionally been relegated to the domestic sphere. But in the past 40 years, due to both social advances and economic changes, American families have undergone a dramatic change. Leaving the workforce to provide care today, even temporarily, carries real risks.
The majority of parents now work, regardless of the age of their children. Parents are workers and workers are parents, both out of necessity and preference: 70.5 percent of mothers are in the labor force, including 64.8 percent of mothers with a child under the age of 6. That's in large part because many families in today's economy rely on two incomes in order to pay the bills. In fact, the only married-couple families that have seen real income growth over the past 30 years are families where both parents work.
Given that the cost of child care may be nearly as large as one parent's entire salary, a worker's choice to leave the workforce or work part time so that his or her family doesn't need to cover those costs may appear to be an economically rational decision. And while there are mothers who choose to stay home for other reasons, short-term economic pressures are often part of the equation. But this choice is not without consequences.
Women are more likely than men to cut back their work hours or leave work entirely to care for their children. Unfortunately, this puts them at an economic disadvantage in the long run. Leaving the workforce, even for less than a year, can have long-term negative consequences for women's careers and lifetime earnings.
The fact that women are more likely to take time out of the workforce to provide unpaid care for their children is part of the reason why there is a persistent gender wage gap in this country—10.5 percent of the differences in men's and women's earnings can be attributed to labor-force experience. When women work less, they pay less into Social Security over a shorter period of time, which is one of the reasons why retired women are more likely to live in poverty than retired men.
Access to child care is essential to a woman's ability to participate in the workforce, and a lack of access to child care affects the work-family balance of both women and men. Women need to have the ability to make the choices that are best for them and their families in both the short and long term, and greater national investments in child care and preschool programs could help remove some of the constraints that may push mothers toward decisions that have negative economic consequences for them and their families down the road. It would make quality care more affordable for American families and support mothers' employment.
I encourage you to take a look at the whole brief, comparing private and public funding for early education, right here.
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In plenty of time for ALA Annual–but also for those of you not going to DC in a few weeks, Cites on a Plane 2: This Time It's for Keeps is now available for downloading.
This 44-page issue is Cites & Insights 7:7, Mid-June 2007. (The seventh issue of the seventh volume: A lucky issue?)
Like COAP, COAP2 is much larger than a regular issue and is largely composed of old material.
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- Includes a fair amount of new material, something like 35-40% of the issue.
- Will stick around permanently (or as permanently as C&I itself)
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Indeed, it's a "conference issue"–all about Conferences & Speaking.
After a brief introduction, the issue includes four sections:
- Coping with Conferences
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Business models focus on how an organization creates and delivers value to the market. Operating models focus on internal business process efficiencies
Organizations who leverage the disruptive business model innovation create significantly better products and services and are able to offer a better customer experience
BearingPoint-commissioned research shows us which business models are the most promising from a value creation perspective and how combining them drives maximum shareholder value and creates a significant competitive advantage
In 1974, Jerry B. Harvey, professor of management science at the George Washington University, published a paper about the dangers of miscommunication. Based on his own experiences, The Road to Abilene (note 1) described a 106-mile round trip by car on a hot afternoon, to a place nobody wanted to visit. The phenomenon he observed, and its similarity to the management situations he came across, led the professor to define what he termed 'The Abilene Paradox'. Describing the inability to change a decision once it is made, the allegory became a mainstay of management training courses of the time.
Beyond the general relevance of this decades-old idea to modern boardrooms, lies a deeper truth: that as people and as businesses, we often focus more on how we do things, rather than what we are looking to achieve or why we want to achieve it. Cash-strapped organizations may prioritize efficiency savings for example, freezing recruitment or rationalizing existing systems and processes, when in fact the whole business strategy and how value is created for customers is in question. It is such efficiency drives which have led to a 'race to the bottom' cost-cutting in retail, or indeed, the apparent inability of incumbent organizations to compete against technology-first start-ups in finance, transport, utilities and many other sectors.
We can apply this thinking to how many organizations are responding to the opportunities and challenges presented by 'digitalization' – that is, the process of becoming a digital business, making the most of new technology to deliver on their strategic goals. Many organizations we talk to are looking to making their operating models as good as possible – focusing on internal business process efficiencies, for example. Quite clearly, digital technologies can bring a great deal to process improvement, increased engagement with existing customer groups, and so on.
While organizations improve the 'how' of operating models however, they spend less time on the 'what' and 'why' – that is, the business models that they apply. Business models are outward-focused: they look at the ways an organization understands, innovates and delivers value to customers, to deliver business growth and shareholder value. Conversely, operating models focus inward, prioritizing efficiency and stability.
Too much focus on operating models prevents companies from thriving in a digitalized environment.
Understanding this difference is fundamental to being able to compete in today's world. While operating models serve the now, business models serve the needs of tomorrow: a focus on the former may take into account historical competition, but ignores the fundamental changes that every industry is going through. We see the consequences particularly in industries which are high margin and fragmented, with finite economies of scale accruing to incumbents and limited use of enabling technology. These industries are ripe for disruption – retail, media, financial services and many more.
Above all, too much focus on operating models prevents companies from thriving in a digitalized environment. Digital technologies have a major influence on the kinds of business models possible: for example, driving a move from physical products, towards less tangible services. In turn, new business models drive new operating models, so prioritizing the latter puts the cart before the horse: adding digital features to existing operational models may increase efficiency (and be easier to deliver), but will not grow revenue.
By enabling new business models to exist and thrive, digital has created the opportunities exploited so well by start-ups and with only limited success in traditional businesses. It has therefore become crucial to understand the difference between business and operating models, and the role that the former can play in the digitization of a business. Business model change doesn't need to be radical or high risk, there are many ways in which it can be an evolution that increases value and changes the relationship with customers. A significant issue for strategists is a lack of clear data: in response to this pressing need, we have instigated commissioned research to undertake the World's first AI-enabled analysis of incumbent business models.
This paper reports on this ground-breaking research, showing the different kinds of business model now possible, and even more importantly, how they can be deployed most effectively by Europe's businesses to achieve the levels of growth that CEOs and Boards of Directors are seeking, making the continent a true powerhouse of the digital age.
To understand the nature of business models today, we partnered with data science firm OpenMatters, who have spent the past five years investigating the relationship between business model and economic performance, in collaboration with the Wharton School's SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management and Harvard Business Review Press. Based on a three-year research program with Wharton, OpenMatters identified four distinct business models showing how companies serve and interact with their customers, to create differential value.
As Figure 1 shows, each reflects an organization's investment in a particular resource:
The Network Orchestrator model drives volume allowing massive economies of scale whilst customer data is a source of insight for innovating new adjacent services but also a source of advertising revenues
While traditional companies have been asset builders or service providers, the digital age has enabled newer models of technology creator and network orchestrator. The $64,000 question is this: just how much business value (note 2) can these new models generate relative to traditional ones? Based on recent OpenMatters research, we can see from Figure 2 that the technology creator and Network Orchestrator business models can offer significantly greater ROI. Pure-play Network Orchestrators (public companies like Priceline, Facebook, Alphabet, from the US, or Just Eat from the UK) are currently a small part of the market. However, they have delivered significantly greater performance across a number of dimensions over the period:
The Network Orchestrator model drives volume allowing massive economies of scale whilst customer data is a source of insight for innovating new adjacent services but also a source of advertising revenues. Their engine of growth and new customer introductions is driven by the network on behalf of the organization, which significantly reduces the company's promotion, marketing and sales overheads – for example, take-away service provider JustEat's customers are working on its behalf, even as they benefit from the service.
Importantly, Technology Creators and Network Orchestrators are centered on a digital business platform that acts as a market place for their (and their partners') services. They have moved away from traditional, fixed and linear industry value chain delivering "products", to a multi-sided and cross-industry value chain delivering "customer outcomes". Players in the latter fulfil four main roles (producer, owner, provider and consumer) where any one player's role may shift rapidly. Understanding roles both within and outside the ecosystem is a central element of business strategy.
Pure-play Network Orchestrators are seeing two to four times higher market valuations and market capitalization growth at around 200%
Such digital, platform-based business models are changing the way businesses of all kinds are evaluated by the market because their sources of competitive advantage (e.g. far better customer insight from data to meet customers' needs and innovate new products, economies of scale from network effect, ultra-low marginal cost of growth) are more resilient than in traditional business models. Beyond financial returns, pure-play Network Orchestrators are seeing two to four times higher market valuations and market capitalization growth at around 200%.
So, should all organizations become pure-play Network Orchestrators? The answer is no, even if this were possible. While many traditional organizations operate a single business model, the vast majority being Asset Builders, many others combine complementary business model types. For example:
Successful organizations are following this hybrid approach: indeed, the top five global companies today (Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook) blend business models, with network orchestration as a key part of the mix (see Figure 3). This has enabled them to drive synergies within their model, differentiate key elements of the services across dimensions of growth, profitability and market value, and become 'Digital Superpowers'.
To build successful business models incorporating network orchestration, organizations need to manage and leverage the power of their respective ecosystems in their multi-sided value chain, not for their own sake but because it makes good, financial business sense. So, how do European companies fare?
To determine the effectiveness of each business model over time, and to provide direction on how European organizations can evolve to a better mix, we applied OpenMatters' machine learning algorithm to the S&P and EuroStoxx 500 Index companies, running the analysis from 2010 to now. From the findings we can see European sectors are evolving at different speeds. Very few incumbent business model innovators exist today in Europe: Schibsted, Zalando, and SAP are part of a very small set of Top 500 European companies who are evolving significantly.
All the same, some European incumbents are investing in more dynamic business model portfolios, incorporating Technology Creator and Network Orchestrator elements. Most automotive companies have about 1% Network Orchestrator with Daimler, a leader, at 4%. In more traditional sectors, like telco and financial services, the levels are around 1% at best.
Within each sector are companies who have combined business models to address specific needs and contexts. This means they are adapting to the digital economy by increasing the synergies across their existing businesses. This translates into growth and higher profit margins through better differentiation, more satisfied customers, greater efficiency and higher return on capital employed.
Manufacturing organizations have made significant moves towards incorporating network orchestration. Bosch and Schneider Electric have been proactive in creating and enabling IoT services for example, and Siemens has committed to become a 'digital industrial company', including training and organizational re-design. German firm Klöckner has unveiled a bold strategy to not only create a digital platform for its own services, but also open it up to third parties and competitors. (note 3)
Most media companies face significant threats to their core business model of advertising-funded broadcasting and content production. In a bold response to the threat of digital-first competition, German independent ProSiebenSat.1 decided to add digital commerce and online marketplaces into its mix, extending its competence in attracting and monetizing large consumer audiences. (note 4) Meanwhile print media companies Schibsted in Norway and Naspers in South Africa have pivoted their business models to include network orchestration, with a portfolio of online marketplaces, portals, auction and classified sites. Schibsted achieved record operating profits in 2017 and Naspers continues to grow at nearly 20-30% per annum. (note 5)
An increasing number of European retailers have started to adopt Network Orchestration. French electronics retailer Darty introduced a third-party marketplace in 2014, dramatically increasing the choice of goods it can now offer its customers, significantly grown traffic to its website, and has benefited from twice the margin on goods sold through the market compared with its traditional business. (note 6) And Zalando, a successful European e-commerce site focused on fashion and clothes recently incorporated network orchestration into its mix by opening up its digital platform to third-parties. (note 7)
The hospitality industry is waking up to its network orchestration role. In a bold move to catch up, Accor invested heavily in network orchestration, opening up its booking system to third parties, acquiring the room rental marketplace OneFineStay and concierge service provider John Paul. (note 8) In a bid to change their culture, it created a 'shadow board' of employees less than 30 years old who make recommendations on how to be more digital. Other hotel chains are following a similar acquisition strategy, with Wyndham Worldwide buying LoveHomeSwap in 2017. (note 9)
The major automotive manufacturers have started to embrace network orchestration by investing in or buying service orientated digital business platforms, ride-sharing and ride-hailing businesses. Very sensibly some have established separate business units to run these activities with operating models, metrics and staff – for example, Daimler's Moovel Group and Volkswagen's MOIA. (note 10) However, we now see a proliferation of competing services which are unlikely to have the scale needed to succeed. Recent talk about greater industry-wide collaboration and potentially merging certain digital operations makes a lot of sense.
We can see several examples of network orchestration success in telecoms. For example Nordic Telenor invested in online classifieds businesses as part of its new digital strategy, and BT Global Services created a highly innovative cloud services platform (note 11) but these are exceptions. Telco talks about an enterprise IoT opportunity, but focuses on connectivity rather than ecosystem-enabling platforms. So there is work to be done. (note 12)
European banks are beginning to understand the role of network orchestration, forced partly by open banking regulation ("PSD2"). Leaders such as ING Group are talking of plans to stay relevant by creating digital business platform-powered ecosystems of 'beyond banking' third party services. (note 13) Deutsche Bank recently and impressively applied platform thinking and network orchestration, bringing to market a multi-bank aggregation service and a retail deposit marketplace, and leading the establishment of the Verimi pan-European cross-sector digital identity scheme. (note 14) Fintech and digital masters like Alibaba continue to target high margin retail banking services with low levels of business model reinvention, such as Alipay for online and mobile payments.
Ping An from China last year took this accolade due to the success of its digital ecosystem management strategy which is enabling it to stay more central to customers lives by leveraging others. Indeed Ping An positions itself as 'technology company with financial services licenses'. (note 15)
Many examples of successful network orchestration come from start-ups who think differently about how to serve markets. One example is Houzz, an online platform for connecting home owners with professionals for interior design and other household improvements. Started in 2009, it now has 40 million monthly average users globally and is valued at $4bn, offering what some see as a combination of Pinterest, Yelp, Amazon and Task Rabbit. (note 16)
As the examples illustrate, no organization needs to completely transform; however they do have to incorporate digital-platform-based business models into the heart of their strategy. To do so requires a portfolio approach which incorporates technology creator and network orchestration while still depending on current business models, driving synergies between old and new models for differentiation, innovation, cost efficiency and better delivery against customer needs.
Delivering an integrated portfolio approach requires mindset change at the highest level. Even as traditional organizations re-define themselves in customer outcome terms (Ford and BMW use "mobility" and Toyota, "human movement" for example), how can any Corporate Board be sure that its mental models have adapted to the portfolio approach? The starting point is to understand the existing mental models of the leadership team. How do they see the world in terms of the company purpose, and the way it creates and captures value? Do they see themselves as delivering a product defined by a linear value chain or a customer outcome with an ecosystem of partners?
Once mindsets are understood and strategy set, attention needs to turn to the measurement models required in support.
This provides a basis for setting strategy around new sources of business value. Network Orchestrators focus on business outcomes, relying on intangibles such as knowledge (Airbnb) or relationships (Facebook), or ecosystem assets (Uber) as well as new "non-management" and "non-ownership" competencies related to facilitating a network of individuals and their individual assets and relationships. So, how much value do board members ascribe to intangibles for example? And how clear are board members on where network orchestration can drive the most profitable parts of the (future) core business?
In Europe, we have found very few, if any, incumbent organizations who have been able to both understand but then act upon that understanding in a compelling way. Most 'digital' activities are still treated and managed as a new product line for an 'adjacent' market, and investments in network orchestration are often managed using very traditional metrics (IRR, ROE, EBITDA) rather than subscription-based metrics like AARRR (acquire, activation, retention, referral and revenue).
As a consequence, once mindsets are understood and strategy set, attention needs to turn to the measurement models required in support. Incorporating new business models into a traditional company portfolio might raise alarm bells: how to be sure a new business model will take off, and how to measure its progress? Measures and KPIs need to be rigorous, but are difficult to get right first time, so a bridge is the organization's planned approach to capital and resource allocation. In other words, how are new business models being funded? We can see this as a virtuous circle, as organizations prepared to put money behind new business models are more likely to generate returns. Conversely of course, organizations paying lip service to new models (without sufficient funding in their annual budget planning cycle) may well fail to gain value. Which is why, while not all senior executives will be involved directly, they must understand and wholeheartedly support these activities.
Looking outward, business leaders need also to measure and report what matters to investors – growth, versus cash flow and earnings. Shareholder acceptance of investment and dividend policy decisions can create a major obstacle, particularly for asset-intensive industries paying a high (yet perceived low risk) dividend yield. Even if convinced of the benefits of any business model change, it can be daunting to persuade investors and the management team that it makes sense. The opportunity for all companies, in all sectors, is to define a balanced future business model portfolio, and clearly demonstrate to investors how synergies are created between this and the organization's core business – or risk being commoditized by their own investors as these reallocate their capital, leaving slower moving incumbents with more expensive capital.
As new business models start delivering value, they spawn operating models which can also be improved and optimized using digital technology. Effectiveness-based business growth absolutely must take priority over efficiency-based operations.
In summary, as European incumbent businesses look to digital as a way of improving their operations, they miss the opportunity to innovate their fundamental business models. Even with markets more dynamic than in the past and supply-side scale no longer a predictor of future performance, companies are still too focused on doing what they know best.
The resulting danger for many European incumbent players is that they end up as commodified components in someone else's business model, rather than controlling "market power" in their own ecosystem. But they needn't be. European corporations have fantastic assets – sophisticated and relatively stable political environments, huge networks of customers, suppliers and partners, highly-educated employees, deep connections with local cultures, world-leading technical capabilities, strong balance sheets, and enormous amounts of data. Business model change can be seen as "betting the house", whereas it can be made into a more evolutionary and incremental journey, particularly for existing core products and services.
Digitally enabled business growth is all to play for, but is not going to happen overnight. We have identified five critical actions we believe companies need to take, to adopt new digital platform-based business models and compete in the digital economy. These are:
Our research demonstrates that European businesses urgently need a bold approach to innovating their business and operating models. New disciplines so well executed by the digital superpowers can be adopted and adapted by all organizations to help with this process. With the right board-level mindsets, organizations can start injecting some exponential potential into their portfolios, re-engage with current and future markets and ecosystems by building on the potential of open digital platforms.
Critically evaluate how your business model must change: most industries have a traditional business model with a linear value chain, whereas digital natives create new models with novel use of technology
Apply lean start-up principles at a strategic level to determine the right business model portfolio to create higher levels of business value
Understand the fundamental role of network orchestration in the digital economy – while the model existed before digital, 'digital native' start-ups have accelerated its adoption to great effect
Consider network orchestration in combination with your existing business models, with a goal to achieve significant growth in the digital economy
Identify synergies between existing and new business models, to enable both incremental growth and provide a clear route forward from existing practice to grow revenue and avoid risk of disruption
Base business strategy and future planning on clear measures that are compelling, tangible and achievable, based around continuous delivery of high-value business model innovation
Julie Short, Natalia Danon-Boileau, Pauline Maury and Eric Jesover (Hypercube team)
The authors would like to thank Barry Libert and Megan Beck from OpenMatters for the very interesting collaboration , Tanja Schwarz and Sharon Springell from the BearingPoint Institute, Angélique Tourneux at BearingPoint, Jon Collins at InterOrbis, Michael Agar at Michael Agar Design, Chris Norris at CopyGhosting.
OpenMatters is a data science company, based in Boston, Massachussetts, USA. It focuses on analyzing business models and their underlying sources of value. The firm harnesses technology, including big data and machine learning, to categorize and measure business model performance. OpenMatters uses its proprietary research to develop products that help investors and leaders understand the drivers of value in the age of digital platforms and networks, and make better decisions using that knowledge.
The firm partners with a number of education and research organizations, such as the Wharton School's SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management and Harvard Business Review Press, as well as a variety of corporate entities, to develop and share new intellectual capital.
OpenMatters' business model classification schema offers a differentiated perspective on value creation that helps explain the evolution of industryspanning companies like Apple, Amazon, and Alphabet. The four business models used by OpenMatters cut across traditional industry views and help investers and leaders track how markets, and individual companies, are evolving.
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IPS joined other members of the U.S. Robin Hood Tax campaign in Washington DC, where officials from the finance and climate ministries of select developed countries met to discuss how to mobilize private sector investment in developing countries to address climate change. Chanting, "Human need, not corporate greed! Robin Hood Tax now!" protesters dressed as polar bears, farmers, and bankers engaged with officials entering the meeting to urge them to support a Robin Hood Tax.
This demonstration drew attention to the fact that trillions of dollars of public money have been spent to bail out Wall Street while government officials pay short shrift to untapped and extremely promising innovative sources of public money like a Robin Hood Tax. In doing so, officials risk putting corporate profits over the needs of climate-impacted people.
Both the financial crisis and the recession have left a massive hole in public finances, threatening job creation, community services, and the ability to address climate change. While Wall Street has already bounced back, ordinary people are still trying to recover from problems caused by corporate abuse in the financial sector. The Robin Hood Tax calls for the institution of a small tax of less than half of one percent on Wall Street transactions in order to generate many billions of dollars each year toward crucial public goods and services, like healthcare, education, and helping the world's poor confront the climate crisis.
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99 Coastal Destinations Rated: Doing Well
Score: 69
This stretch of Indian Ocean coastline remains relatively pristine. It has enjoyed increased popularity among eco-tourists in recent years. Thankfully, development has thus far been "adequately managed," and local residents appear to benefit economically from the tourism industry.
Here is a representative sampling of additional anonymous comments from the panelists. They are not necessarily the views of the National Geographic Society:
"So far so good. Tourism development is benefiting from a slow economy, a guiding hand from the World Wildlife Fund and a lack of infrastructure. Still pretty inaccessible. Needs careful stewardship if it wants to develop sustainably."
"Quirimbas archipelago is a jewel and will remain so for a while. Unfortunately, one of the main islands, Ibo already has many foreign buyers. If this trend is not well monitored, the island could turn into another Shela, a place where most of the property owners are foreigners."
"Visited Medjumbe Island north of Pemba. Its remoteness and small size means that relatively few tourists visit. Because all supplies, including drinking water and energy resources, have to be transported in, there may be issues surrounding waste management if the volume of tourists increases. Few local fishermen visit this area, however there is a potential threat of overfishing from foreign fishermen, especially those from neighbouring Tanzania."
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This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.2 platform.
Download (HTTP): https://xcb.freedesktop.org/dist/xcb-util-renderutil-0.3.9.tar.bz2
Download MD5 sum: 468b119c94da910e1291f3ffab91019a
Download size: 288 KB
Estimated disk space required: 2.4 MB
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU
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User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/xcb-util-renderutil
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"AXE COP: PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD" might be just what you're looking for. The latest book was announced at Emerald City Comicon in Seattle. Press release follows:
APRIL 2, SEATTLE, WA–Direct from Emerald City Comicon, mad-scientist brotherly duo Ethan and Malachai Nicolle are back with Axe Cop: President of the World!
This brand-new, print-exclusive story written by eight-year-old Malachai Nicolle and drawn by his older brother Ethan Nicolle promises to be as wild as the last series. Upon its debut as a webcomic in December of 2009, Axe Cop was instantly hailed by the entertainment press as a hit.
"The new Axe Cop miniseries President of the World is a follow-up to Bad Guy Earth. It picks up right where Bad Guy Earth leaves off, when Axe Cop is made the president of all presidents," said Ethan.
Axe Cop has been appointed president of the whole world! But what will Axe Cop and his friends do in a world with no bad guys? Look to defeat the bad guys from outer space, of course! Axe Cop is commander in chief of hilarious adventures as only a kid could imagine.
"This miniseries, much like Bad Guy Earth, was created during a monthlong visit with Malachai. It includes a lot of new characters, good and bad. It's apocalyptic and charming just like a good Axe Cop comic should be. Obviously, way back when we wrote Bad Guy Earth we did not plan for an Axe Cop comic about his presidency to come out right in the middle of the elections, but that is what happened. Perfect timing," Ethan explained. "I think anyone who loves Axe Cop will love this one. I really tried to make it a continuation from the last miniseries and not a 'sequel' that tries to top the last one. Malachai and I had a blast making it."
Praise for Axe Cop: Bad Guy Earth:
"So engaging that you can't help but read this book all in one sitting."—IGN.com
Axe Cop: President of the World #1 is on sale July 25, 2012!
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Since 1986, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent like Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Gerard Way, Will Eisner, and best-selling prose author Janet Evanovich, Dark Horse has developed such successful characters as the Mask, Timecop, and the Occultist. Additionally, its highly successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan the Barbarian, Mass Effect, Serenity, and Domo. Today, Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic-book publisher in the United States and is recognized as both an innovator in the cause of creator rights and the comics industry's leading publisher of licensed material.


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BERLIN- Stephen Decatur's varsity football team earned a big win over an always-tough Easton team last weekend, routing the visiting Warriors, 28-0, to improve to 3-1 on the season.
Decatur jumped all over Easton early and built a steady lead on offense while the defense was outstanding in shutting down the Warriors. The 28-0 win over Easton last Friday was the second shutout of the season for the Seahawks, who routed Washington, 58-0, in the season opener.
Decatur's record now stands at 3-1, its only loss coming to Delaware powerhouse Indian River, 42-16, in the second game of the season. In addition to the shutout wins over Washington and Easton, the Seahawks other victory this season include a 35-21 win over Kent Island two weeks ago.
Decatur hits the road tomorrow for an away game at Queen Anne's, which also boasts a 3-1 record after the first month of the season. The Lions are coming off a 26-0 win over their own against North Caroline last weekend, so something will have to give when the regional rivals meet.
The Seahawks are now in second place in the Bayside South with a 1-0 conference record to go along with its 3-1 mark overall. Decatur trails powerhouse Wicomico, which is in first place in the conference with a 2-0 record and a 4-0 record overall.
Lurking just behind Decatur in the standings is Parkside, with a 1-1 conference record and a 3-1 mark on the season. The Seahawks face Parkside at home next Friday, October 12, and will get a showdown with front-running Wicomico at home on October 26. Sandwiched in between is a date with Bennett on the road.


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City Lawyering Up – May 26, 2011
Kevin L. Hoover
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CITY HALL – City Manager Randy Mendosa will ask the City Council next week to hire alternate counsel to handle legal matters pertaining to recycling.
The Arcata Community Recycling Center (ACRC) had threatened to sue the Humboldt Waste Management Authority (HWMA) over HWMA's intention to contract with Renewable Waste Systems of Willits for recycling processing. Arcata is a participating member of HWMA and might have been a co-defendant, though ACRC withdrew its Notice of Claims on May 16 after the HWMA postponed the contract decision.
City Attorney Nancy Diamond also serves as attorney for HWMA, and ACRC backers have raised questions about the appropriateness of her serving both clients. Though the council waived any conflict of interest concerns over Diamond's double duty on April 6, Mendosa said during Thursday's annual City Council budget-setting sessions that while Diamond could successfully handle both assignments, she "feels pressure from political or public perception to step down from that position."
Mendosa will propose that City hire attorney Bob Black, former Crescent City city attorney, as counsel for recycling matters. Mendosa said Brown has "a lot of experience" in issues relevant to the solid waste processing dispute. "I'm in the process of retaining him," Mendosa said.
Mendosa said legal assistance may be needed in formulating a new City recycling contract. He anticipated Black's fees might fall within the $2,000 to $10,000 range.
Diamond adding associate
Mendosa also said that with multiple legal issues now facing the City, Diamond may hire an associate to handle less complex issues. He said she is a top-tier expert in municipal law, nut that "Not all the things she does requires her level of experience."
The new associate would bill the City at a lower hourly rate. Freed from the relatuvely routine tasks, Diamond would then focus on more complex issues. Her rate would go up, but Mendosa said the goal would be to keep the City's net legal expenditures the same as they are now.
The City's proposed 2011-2012 budget includes $146,200 allocated for legal fees in Activity 9, the City Attorney. That figure does not include all of Arcata's legal expenses, some of which are charged to specific funds within the budget.