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A promising early-career manager was struggling with his new team and I was invited to help him find opportunities to improve. After observing him at different times and in different settings, and after talking with his team members, it was apparent that he did not understand his priorities. Instead of focusing on removing obstacles in front of his team members, he was throwing out new obstacles at an alarming pace.
He had increased the administrative burden of his team members by requiring a series of time consuming new reports. He doubled the number of operating meetings, which to his team members felt a lot like even more time spent briefing the boss so that he could brief his boss. Last and not least, he assigned a number of his team members to two new high visibility projects, which would have been fine, had the team members not been over-assigned on a number of last quarter's top priority projects.
"My boss promoted me to help improve the performance of this team," he offered. "He wants more visibility into our productivity and he wants this group to play a lead role in some of the new strategic initiatives. I'm making that happen," he added.
His team members supported his interests (improved productivity and more leadership on key projects) but not his actions. "If he thinks he's motivating us to do our best, he's got it all wrong," offered one of the more outspoken team members.
This manager is not alone. Too many that I encounter in my travels fail to lead with the philosophy of, "How can I help?" While part of management is about deciding what's important and determining priorities and establishing controls, including reporting, the leadership component (and yes, managers must lead!) emphasizes direction, motivation and importantly, knocking down obstacles.
The best gift you can provide to your team members is the gift of time. If you've got the right team members (with the right values), they'll respond to your willingness to clear the path with enthusiasm, creativity and commitment.
5 Diagnostic Questions to Remind You of Your Need to Clear the Path:
- Have I shared my priorities from my boss with the team and asked for their input on how to meet those priorities?
- Am I avoiding the tendency to ask my team to more with less in the name of productivity?
- Am I working with team members to identify and eliminate non-value-add activities, including excessive status reporting, unnecessary meetings and low-priority project commitments?
- Am I genuine in my efforts to secure added resources where needed to meet our priorities?
- Am I providing ample visibility and kudos to the team members helping move the needle on our key priorities?
The manager in the above example turned out to be a great student. He quickly came to understand the error of his ways and dedicated himself to becoming a true enabler of success for his team members. He used the questions above to hold himself accountable to this charter, and after a level-setting meeting and a bit of time and reinforcement, his team members came to understand that he was genuine in his intent to help. The outcome was indeed a positive one for all involved.
The Bottom-Line for Now:
Whatever influence you are under a misguided senior manager, some false sense of how to drive performance or just being over-eager to please the boss, stop and remind yourself daily that your core job is to help clear the path for those doing the heavy lifting. You'll be amazed at the results.
Originally published at artpetty.com. Published with permission.
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PHOENIX – The woman at the center of a sensational murder trial in Arizona made the surprise move of taking the witness stand in a Phoenix courtroom.
Jodi Arias is charged with killing her lover in 2008 in what prosecutors describe as a jealous rage. She says it was self-defense against an abusive boyfriend.
The decision to put the 32-year-old on the witness stand was not expected because she faces the death penalty.
Arias spoke in a halting voice as she described how an idyllic childhood in California turned abusive when she was about 7 years old. She also says she made false statements early in the investigation about not being at the scene of the crime because she planned to commit suicide and never have a trial.

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How to organize a playgroup
A playgroup can be a fun way to socialize with other moms and kids in your area.
A playgroup can be a great way for your child to make new friends and for you to keep your sanity. They play and you get some adult conversation, it' a win win situation. Organizing a playgroup can seem like a daunting task but follow these tips and you and your little one will soon be playing! Soon you and your child will be making new friends.
Size and Location
You will first have to decide on the overall size and general location of the playgroup. Do you just want kids from your child's school or your neighborhood or would you prefer to open it up to everyone in your city?
Day and Frequency
Do you want to meet up once a week or once a month? Do you want to rotate the day or keep it the same day every meeting? If the group is smaller it would be easy to see if one day worked for everyone, if you are going to inviting large groups of people then several different days and times is good to ensure that one of those fits into everyones schedule at some point.
Get the word out
After you have decided on who you want to invite to join the group it's time to get the word out. There are tons of options, you can depend on word of mouth or start a group on facebook. These are particularly good options if you are planning on keeping the group small and looking to build a group from school or neighborhood. If you are looking to go big than flyers at local coffee shops and websites like Meetup.com are good tools to reach a large number of people in your area who may be interested in joining a playgroup.
The last step is to decide how you will communicate with the other moms. For smaller groups phone or text are easy and with the smart phones email is another quick way to get in touch. If you are dealing with a large group email and the use of a website like Facebook or Meetup.com are good tools to get a feel for how many people will be attending.
Getting a Final Count
Try to get a rough number of who will attend each meeting to help with planning. The number will not be set in stone but it will at least give you a general idea so you can plan accordingly.
Where to Play
Do you want to host at a house? Would you rather meet at a local park? Another option would be to keep a running list of kid friendly events in your area and appoint a mom as the group leader for each of the events. You could also go to local attractions and museums and after getting a head count try to get a discounted rate.
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WHAT TIME IS IT??? IT'S LILLARD TIME! This is our 2017 Corn Maze! 🙂 OPEN DAILY Sept 1 – Oct 31!
Maze Update after the rain and wind storm:
Please plan accordingly when dressing for the corn maze and farm because it will be muddy! We ask that all guests please wear shoes with good traction, preferably boots, it's EXTREMELY MUDDY and some corn has been blown down in sections of the maze. Our team is working to repair some damaged corn stalks from wind last week but our maze is still open!
Corn Maze open daily: Every year in the beginning of September through October 31!
Corn Maze Hours: (see below)
Corn Maze Hours:
- September 1- 29 Hours: TBA
- Sept 30 – Oct 30 Hours: Open Daily -Sun through Thurs from 9am to 5pm (Maze closes at 5pm); Fri/Sat from 9am to 10pm
- Haunted Maze: Oct 6th- Oct 28th Every Fri/Sat night at dark
- October 31st we will close at 4pm with last call for our Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch at 3pm.
Pumpkin Patch Hours: (See Below)
- Small Patch by the farm store is Open Daily Sept 30 – Oct 31!
- Large Pumpkin Patch is Open Daily September 30- Oct 30 from 9am to 5pm
- Free Hayrides Daily Sept 30- Oct 30 out to the pumpkin patch daily until dark! (weekdays 5) (weekends approx. 6pm)
- After dark on Fri/Sat nights in October – choose from a variety of pumpkins and organic squash in our bins by the farm market!
- October 31st we will close at 4pm with last call for our Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch at 3pm.
Purchase Sauvie Island Corn Maze/Haunted Maze Tickets/Unlimited Activity Bracelets HERE
Corn Maze Info:
There are approximately 2.7 miles of start-to-finish pathways in our 7 acre Sauvie Island corn maze, and it takes intrepid visitors an average of one hour to figure their way out.
Dogs ARE allowed in regular corn maze only (NOT Haunted Maze) on a leash.
Our Sauvie Island Pumpkin patch will be opening September 30th, 2017 through October 31 (with free hayrides out to the patch in October).
Sauvie Island Haunted Corn Maze Open Friday October 6th & Fri/Sat nights in October! (Go to our Haunted Corn Maze page to get more info)
Pumpkin Patch & Activities: Unlimited Activity Bracelets ONLY available on Friday, Sat, Sun in October
These activities can be purchased separately or we also have unlimited activity bracelets .
(Petting zoo is not included in unlimited bracelet) (Prices Below):
*Free Hayrides out to the pumpkin patch (Available Daily September 30th – October 31)
*Cow Train ($3 per ride) (Available Fri/Sat/Sun)
*Grain Train ($2 per ride) (Available Sat/Sun Sept 30 – Oct 31)
*Hay Maze ($2 Admission) (Available Daily all season)
*Duck Races ($2 and keep your plastic toy duck) (Available Daily all season )
*Farm Animals to visit (To enter Petting Zoo is additional charge)
(Farm Animals are here Daily, petting zoo is only open Sat/Sun)
Unlimited Activity Bracelet Info: (Available Fri-Sun October)
Enjoy unlimited access the whole day to Grain Train, Cow Train, Hay Maze, Duck Races, Hay Rides, and regular maze with these bracelets! SEE INFO BELOW:
- Unlimited Bracelet without the regular corn maze (only Friday, Sat, Sun Sept 30 – Oct 30) – $14 per person
- Unlimited Bracelet WITH the regular corn maze (only Friday, Sat, Sun Sept 30 – Oct 30) – $19 per person
Other Things Available in October Fri-Sun: Available Oct 1- Oct 31
- Farm Animals
- Many employees in Costume
- Food Pavilion with freshly prepared yummy food!
- Face Painting
- Our Wine, Hard Cider, and Hopworks Beer Available on Tap!
- Organic Food Market
- Voodoo Doughnuts & Caramel Corn Vendor
- and much much more!!!
Tips for your visit:
**Tip: All activities and food/beer booths, outdoor vendors are cash only!
**Tip: Wear shoes that you don't mind getting dirty and that have good traction! The fields and corn mazes can get muddy and slippery, especially after we have had some rain! (Bring a pair of shoes to wear home.
**Tip – Bring a flashlight with you when going to the Family Friendly Corn Maze at night! (However, no flashlights are allowed in the scary haunted corn maze).
Regular Corn Maze Prices:
Adult 13+ $8.00
Child 6-12 $6.00
5 and under Free
Seniors 65+ $6.00
Combo Pass (Both Haunted & Portland Timbers (regular) Maze) $20.00
Haunted Maze:
All ages $15
Combo Pass (Both Mazes) $20.00
Haunted Maze Fast Pass (Get in immediately don't wait) – $20.00 * can only purchase these at the farm.
Group Rate Coupon Codes:
For Groups Rates of 15 or more you will receive $2 off per person if you purchase your tickets in one transaction for either haunted maze or regular maze. Or you can use coupon code online to get $2 off per person:
Haunted Maze Coupon:Hauntedgroup17
Regular Corn Maze (Portland Timbers theme): LillardMaze2017
Please contact firstname.lastname@example.com for special group events, field trips, birthday parties, etc!
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Rob Gravestocks
Rob has an intimate knowledge of the community and stakeholder engagement sector, having spent 3 years leading training for International Association for Public Participation (IAP2).
He also has a background in communications, marketing and branding and has managed campaign development and production of materials, brands and digital platforms.
Rob is an accomplished trainer and capacity builder across organisations. His experience includes roles as a guest lecturer and tutor at the University of Sydney, project managing the development of new industry training programs at IAP2, marketing training programs with the Australian Company Directors Association (AICD), and as a deliverer of training programs in engagement and communication.
His industry experience includes sustainability, higher education, corporate governance, professional services and local and state government.
Rob brings a dynamic and engaging approach to all his work.
During his career, Rob has:
- Overseen and promoted the delivery of training programs / in-house training courses
- Project managed the development of new training products
- Overhauled brands and managed print collateral
- Streamlined website content and email communications
- Improved internal linkages between education and marketing teams
- Developed marketing materials for existing and new products
- Rolled out new brand guidelines to print and promotional materials
- Investigated and implemented sustainability strategies
- Managed an ongoing marketing team including12 casual promotional staff
- Devised and mounted a range of events including seminars, conferences and recruitment
- Implemented media campaigns involving print, electronic and events
- Been responsible for building relationships, public relations for various clients, business development and business efficiency.
His qualifications include:
- Diploma of Sustainability - Albury Wodonga TAFE 2012
- Bachelor of Planning and Design [Architecture] The University of Melbourne 1992
- IAP2 Certificate of Public Participation and Certificate in Emotion and Outrage in Public Participation
- IAP2 Australasian Certificate in Engagement (Australasia and International versions)


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Thalía's holiday plans might get even sweeter.
In addition to bonding with family and launching a Macy's holiday collection, the Mexican entertainer, 44, is preparing for a romantic milestone with husband Tommy Mottola, 66.
On Dec. 2, the couple will celebrate their 15-year wedding anniversary – and they want to make it an occasion to remember, the singer told PEOPLE.
"We were talking about another marriage like in a church or something like that," Thalía said at a preview event for her Macy's collection at Hotel Americano in New York City on Tuesday.
She added, "We like to celebrate big."
That won't come as a surprise to anyone who attended the singer and legendary music executive's wedding at St. Patrick's Cathedral in 2000 or their vow renewal ceremony inside the famous N.Y.C. church in 2013.
"We love each other so much," Thalía said of her marriage to Mottola, with whom she has two children, Sabrina, 8, and Matthew, 4.
She continued, "No words can describe [our relationship], and it just gets better with age."
The couple has faced their share of challenging times, though – in 2008, Thalía revealed that she contracted Lyme disease, the mysterious bacterial infection that has also affected singer Avril Lavigne and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Yolanda Foster.
Both Thalía and Foster were honored earlier this month at the Global Lyme Alliance Gala in N.Y.C., where Foster discussed not just her her struggle with Lyme, but also the diagnosis of two of her children, Bella and Anwar Hadid.
"I think it is phenomenal that she is so open," Thalía said of Foster. "She is taking advantage of the TV show to use it as a platform to create awareness, so that is fantastic."
Thalía explained how her role as a mother is one reason why she speaks out on Lyme disease.
"It is so important to raise awareness, especially when you have kids," she said. "Because when you think about having fun with your family, you think about a picnic and being outside, and the ticks eat your life."
Thalía's focus on quality time with family has also inspired her head-to-toe line for Macy's, which she hopes will make women "feel beautiful and effortless." With animal prints, bright and warm reds and metallic accessories, the line has everything to dress up the season.
As for her holiday party menu, Thalía told PEOPLE she serves lychee martinis and margaritas to her guests. Her mother's recipe for Bacalao, a cod dish with almonds and peppers, is also a go-to favorite in her household.
But what really makes her mouth water is Mottola's Italian dishes, especially his pasta fra diavolo, which features lobster, tomato sauce and garlic. While their daughter Sabrina also enjoys the pasta and pizza, son Matthew sides with his famous mom's Mexican fixtures.
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OTM - The Las Vegas Shooting and Planet X Possibilities 10-03-17
Yes, we mourn the deaths and injuries of so many people that occurred in Las Vegas yesterday. At the same time, there have been so many inconsistencies in the story and so much disinformation spread that many questions have to be asked. Tonight I addressed many of those inconsistencies and perhaps left more questions than answers but one thing is clear, there was more than one shooter and they didn't shoot from the higher floors. Listen to the show and judge for yourself.
In addition, I addressed even further what might be causing the strange events that have been happening to the earth. Is there a celestial object that is messing with our sun and causing the Earth to wobble? Also, I played an audio/video by Dr. Claudia Albers that shows that there is an object near the Sun that is causing havoc in our solar system and on earth.
This is an edited edition. I fell asleep during Dr. Alber's interview and had a long period of dead air that has been edited out. Many thanks to Adobe Audition.
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Operation Christmas Child swings into action
Thursday, 9 November 2017
DURING October and November, many in the Limavady area will be busy filling shoeboxes for the Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Christmas Appeal. The Samaritans Purse project began collecting filled shoeboxes for less fortunate children in 1990 and since then, over 150 million gift-filled boxes have been donated and gratefully received by children who are in need across the world.
Last year, 4786 were generously donated by people in the Limavady area and the boxes went to Belarus. The Northern Ireland Regional Manager for Operation Christmas Child was in Eastern Europe to distribute the boxes in December .
Daryl Nesbitt, said: "It was a great privilege and honour to be welcomed by the Eastern European people and to see the excitement and the joy that a shoebox brings to a child in need."
Daryl went on to describe what it was like during the shoebox distribution: "The excitement in the room was electric, the children literally were on the edge of their seats in anticipation of what they would receive.
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Here at Roccbox HQ we absolutely love seeing members of our community sharing their recipes, so with it being UK Mother's Day this weekend, as soon as we saw Gigio's Bouquet Pizza, we just knew we had to share it!
Fry your aubergine, being careful not to overcook.
Mix the ricotta cheese with the aubergines and a couple of teaspoons of grated parmesan, 3 tsp of tomato base sauce and a sprinkle of salt before putting to one side.
Stretch your pizza base as usual (see our tips on this here).
Spread the ricotta cheese and aubergine mix on the right side of your base.
Add some tomato base sauce onto the left side of the base.
Spread the julienned mozzarella over the pizza (left and right side).
Along the central line, grab the top and bottom of your base and pull together, folding over the aubergine side as if you are closing up a coat (leaving one side open – see picture below). Press these two sides down and seal.
Spread the cherry tomatoes on the remaining visible area, before adding some basil, grated parmesan and oil.
Pop in your Roccbox at around 300 degree's on a low flame to allow the lower part to cook through before switching to a high flame, allow the toppings to crisp up and the cheese to melt.
Once cooked, add flowers and the rest of the basil leaves, wrap the parma ham around the lower part of the bouquet in order to simulate a knot.
250g Dough ball
60g Julienned mozzarella
Salted tomato base sauce
80g Cherry tomatoes
60g Ricotta cheese
Extra virgin olive oil
Half aubergine, julienned
Basil leaves
Slices of parma ham


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Let me introduce myself. My name is Johnny Cheung Hei Sit, BScN '07, and I am the president of the McGill Nursing Alumni Association.
Every year the Ingram School of Nursing disburses scholarships and awards to help students attend conferences. This support allows students to devote more of their time to their education, worry less about finances, and benefit from the ideas and energy that are shared during conferences. These awards are made possible by the donations of our generous McGill nursing alumni and I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has contributed. It may not seem like much to you, but your donations provide enormous support. Your generosity makes awards possible and in this way promotes excellence at the Ingram School of Nursing.
I hope to meet you in the near future at one of our events. If you have any suggestions for our Association, please send us an e-mail (alumni.nursing [at] mcgill.ca). Meanwhile, if you change your address or any of your contact information, remember to update your profile on the McGill AlumniOnlineCommunity Web site (https://www.alumni.mcgill.ca/UserLogin.php).
I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the previous team of dedicated volunteers for their faithful service and hard work on behalf of all alumni. In addition to Rachel Boissonneault (BScN '01), they are Sasha Dyck (MscA '08), Josette Perrault (BN '06) and Taunia Rifai-Archer (BScN '10).
At the same time, let us welcome our current team of volunteer alumni. We all look forward to serving you and working with you in the years ahead.
Johnny Cheung Hei Sit
President, McGill Nursing Alumni Association
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Bernice Moss of Palos Hills bested nine other finalists to win the 1989 Illinois Beef Cook Off last week in Rockford.
Her winning recipe, ``Light Lemon Beef Salad,`` consisted of shredded beef nestled on a lemon-flavored cellophane noodle salad. To make it, she pot roasted a boneless beef chunk, tossed the Oriental noodles in a lemon vinaigrette and garnished the salad with grated carrots and radish sprouts.


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BATON ROUGE -- Boudin-lovers can now call the city of Scott their own. But depending on who you ask, the Lafayette Parish city may just be another pretender to the title "Boudin Capital of the World."
The House Thursday approved the new designation for Scott, a town of 8,500 that takes its Cajun-Creole sausages seriously, according to Rep. Stephen Ortego, who sponsored House Concurrent Resolution 41.
Five businesses in Scott produce about 1.3 million pounds of boudin a year, a $5 million industry that employees 83 people, Ortego said. The "boudin trail," which highlights stores in southwest Louisiana that sell the spicy sausages, runs through Scott and the city is home to Boudin for Peace, a group that makes an annual pilgrimage along that route.
The city is also planning to start a boudin festival and the designation will help Scott market both the event and their sausages, Ortego said.
But Scott's title is not uncontested. Previous legislatures have given the city of Broussard the same honor and a city in France, where they enjoy a rice-less version of the sausages, also claims the title.
Those other claimants ensured that Scott's new title did not pass without a fight.
"I don't want to rain on your parade, and i know you've got very good boudin over there, but this has already been done," said Rep. John Guinn, whose home of Jennings may supersede all other claimants with its official designation as the "Boudin Capital of the Universe."
Ortego replied, "This is not about the past, it's about the future. The city of Scott is not asking for the universe. They're asking for the world."
In the end, the resolution passed 60 - 18.
A similar resolution has already passed the Senate with a much less contested vote. Sen. Blade Morrish, defending his home of Jennings, was the only one to vote against the measure.
When asked whether legislators could sample some of Scott's wares, Oretego said the
"I think we're personally going to see how we vote and then maybe we'll bring some boudin later on," Ortego said.


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The Biggest Loser is losing Jillian Michaels (again). The longtime trainer will not return for Season 16, NBC announced Wednesday.
"After helping hundreds of contestants transform their lives and inspiring millions of viewers at home, The Biggest Loser and Jillian Michaels have decided to part ways and she will not be returning for season 16 when it airs in the fall," the network said in a statement.
Dramatic celebrity weight loss
Michaels, 40, has been on and off with the reality show for years. She was one of the original trainers when the show launched in 2004. She left in 2006, but returned the following year. She exited again in 2011, but returned in 2013.
The news comes after a controversial season in which winner Rachel Frederickson was criticized by many for losing too much weight (155 pounds in total, to be precise). "I was stunned," Michaels told HuffPost Live in February. "Nobody told me like, 'Oh hey, Rachel is very, very thin.' Bob [Harper] and I had no idea. Nobody had told us. Nobody had said anything to us. So yes, I was stunned. Obviously, I thought she had lost too much weight."
The Biggest Loser will air Thursdays at 8/7c this fall on NBC. Will you miss Michaels?
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We just got about 10 Inches of snow in the last 24 hours. While I love the look of fresh snow fall, I don't love that it took me 5 minutes to get out of my driveway this morning. We need to get a snow blower!
The OJ Simpson trail series is starting to bore me. I thought we would get way more information packed into each hour, but I just feel like its going really slow.
I tried some of my friends perfume this weekend and I really liked it. It's Classis by Banana Republic. I might just have to stop in there this weekend and pick some up!
I would love to be planning a tropical vacation right now. Anywhere warm with a beach. Sometimes I'll put lotion on that has SPF in it just so I can smell like the beach all day.
I never thought having a one bathroom house would be difficult until my husband gutted the 2nd bathroom/laundry room. I truly miss the 2nd bath!
I have a few annoying people around me at work. I'm sorry but if you blow your nose like an elephant you should be stuffed in a sound proof closet! I have a ton of pet peeves at work and most of them include germs.
I love watching 'Quints by Surprise' and 'Parking Wars' every morning. The Jones' and their little family are the cutest! Then I flip to people getting angry at getting a ticket or being booted/towed because they parked illegally!
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I'll totally pretend to give you answers.
know the difference between FEELING helpless and BEING helpless.
So okay. You went on a trip and met a girl and felt titillated and infatuated for the first time in a while. Happens to literally every person in a long-term relationship. I flirt recklessly. My wife knows I do. She also knows I come home to her because a lot of it is situational. Infatuation is exploring the possibilities. Love is cherishing the realities. You may not be in love with Sarah but she's also not surprising you much anymore. Novelty is a hell of a drug.
And okay. Sarah accepted that she cares more about you than you care about her, and you, for some dumb goddamn reason, decided to keep her around as a fuckbuddy until AUGUST or some shit.
This is the only thing I'm going to give you a ration of shit for. You're in a shitty place. It sucks. I'm sorry. I'ma give you some pathways I promise but for a minute, sit there and feel bad for this. Because it's a shitty thing to do to another human being. "I don't feel that we have a future together but... let's keep rubbing our genitals together for another four months because we have nothing better to do." It's one thing if you're both at "eh" in the relationship but if you're already acknowledging that she's way more into you than you are into her, keeping her on the leash is fuckin' cruel, dude. And it's going to cause things to cascade one of three ways:
(1) She's going to muster up her self-esteem and drop you like a hot rock because who the fuck are you to string her along like that after you've both acknowledged that she's got feelings you can't reciprocate.
(2) She's going to take what she can get for as long as she can get it and try to win you over to her way of thinking HONESTLY. You've given her a deadline, you've given her an ultimatum, you've given her a way forward: how to win a guy in 120 days. And, as a bonus, she gets to bump uglies.
(3) She's going to take what she can get for as long as she can get it and try to win you over to her way of thinking BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY. You've given her a deadline, you've given her an ultimatum, you've given her a way forward: how to land your man in one easy step. And, as a bonus, you already had a pregnancy scare 5 weeks ago.
If I understand correctly, you have not been present at any doctor's appointments. You have her word that she's pregnant. If you believe her, that's plenty evidence enough. If you don't believe her, she wouldn't be the first person to fake a pregnancy in order to push a guy into marriage. It's happened to three of my friends, in fact. But don't focus on that. In the end it doesn't matter. Those three pathways are independent of pregnancy, real or feigned; the pregnancy is a complication but it does not affect the fundamental core of your relationship with Sarah.
Your relationship with your father is coloring your current situation way too much. Makes sense. Entirely natural. By all means analyze it, reflect on it, react to it, but then set it aside because the relationship that matters now is between you, your potential child, and the mother of that potential child. That's where a lot of the helplessness is coming from: you had no power over your father yet he still holds power over you. You have no power over this child yet this child holds power over you. Hold it up to the light, nod at it, then put it back in the drawer.
Your current reaction to Sarah has a lot to do with the fact that you thought you killed all responsibility to the relationship yet still managed to reap the benefits. Yet here she is, drowning you in responsibility and threatening to cut you off entirely from any benefits. She's making it clear that you are unnecessary to her future plans, much like you made it clear that she was unnecessary to yours. What was the word? "Paralyzed." All right. You're frozen. You can't move, you can't breathe, and you're freaking out. Hold it up to the light, nod at it, then put it back in the drawer.
You're all about abortion which leads me to believe that divorce doesn't offend your religious sensibilities. You're freaking out about your family's reaction to a kid out of wedlock. And you're fixated on this child's future alienation because you're going to have no input into their life. Yet the obvious solution - marry the girl - has been ruled out, out of hand, with no discussion whatsoever. Why is that?
Marry the girl. Now you've got a say in the kid's upbringing. Commit to not being a stranger. Get to know her family and friends. Commit to three more years in Germany, three more years of trying to see what kind of life you can build with Sarah. It's the first two years of a child's life that govern so much of their future and having two parents that love them under one roof where they feel safe and loved makes all the difference in the world.
If you're not into it within three years, part amicably. Support your child. Be a part of their life. Be anchored in her family. Be a relative that doesn't vanish. Be a father. You can be travel dad no problem. After you've front-loaded the commitment it'll be nearly impossible to shrug you off, particularly if you comport yourself like a gentleman. And fuckin' hell, you may discover that having something in common with Sarah, who is about to give over her body and time for the next two years to the life and well-being of your firstborn, makes her someone you can love more.
You might be surprised what happens when you extend the girl some trust and empathy. You might find she warms up into more of a person you want her to be. And, you might discover that she miscarries and you didn't have to blow up your life. Maybe you go through with the wedding, maybe you drop her like a hot rock and learn to never again string along a girl who likes you more than you like her.
Either way, your best move is to commit to a wedding and let it play out for better or worse. All the bullshit above aside, saying I'm going to do this means you're DOING something which breaks you free from paralysis. You're making a move, you're making a decision, you're acting towards your own future, and you're forcing the probability cascade to break down in your favor.
- You propose to the girl. She turns you down. You say you want to help. She turns you down. You try to be in the kid's life. She turns you down. You've done all you can, your father can't resent you completely, and the door is open to be a part later.
- You propose to the girl. She says yes. You get married, have a kid, stick it out as long as you can, and end up being Foreign Dad. By then you're more settled financially, you have a better idea what your future holds and you've influenced your child's future in an immeasurably positive way.
- You propose to the girl. She says yes. The pregnancy disappears. You walk away unscathed.
- You propose to the girl. She says yes. The pregnancy disappears. You find your feelings towards Sarah have changed. To be continued, for better or worse.
- You propose to the girl. She says yes. You have a family and live happily ever after.
Either way, when you've decided you no longer care for someone as much as they care for you, stop fucking them for both your sakes.
Because beer fucking sucks right now.
You know it, you just don't want to admit it - beer is straight-up bullshit at the moment. Yeah, sure there's a million tiny shitty little breweries out there but they're all being bought up one by one by AB InBev or SAB Miller and they all make fucking IPA. You know what IPA is? It's the beer you make when you don't have the room to make beer - IPA requires no refrigeration to make. It's that shit you made in your dorm room when the RA wasn't watching. It's that swill that tastes the same whether it's turned or not because they sell it to you pre-turned. It's that shit you drink because hefeweizens are too heavy - you know, the beer that they've convinced you to put an orange slice in it so it doesn't taste quite so much like pruno.
Fortunately for the beer companies, your tiny shitty little IPA from bumblesquatch colorado can be sold for fuckin' $2.50 a bottle because it says you need a lumberbeard to drink it or some shit, as opposed to $1.25 a bottle for pilsners that you're shipping from Canada or Copenhagen (or brewing down the street, but as we all know your dad's macrobrews have been fucking terrible for decades, that's why we started down this road). Unfortunately for the beer companies, nobody wants to spend fucking $9 for a sixer of Fat Tire anymore and the alternative you're offering them is fucking Michelob Ultra Organic or some shit which tastes about the same as Zima without the sugar, assuming you remember what Zima is. Fortunately nobody remembers Zima or Bartles & Jaymes so let's try selling them "summer shandy" or "radler" because a wine cooler by any other name would taste as cloyingly sweet.
Bud. Light. Lime. STRAW ber RITA. "Try it over ice!" What. The Actual. Fuck. This is AB InBev throwing their hands in the goddamn air and saying "we never knew why they liked our swill in the first place, mix a Kool-Aid packet in there and see if they buy it." Meanwhile the beer that everyone drank forever is fucking gone, yo. When was the last time you saw an Anchor Steam? I mean, I live 150 miles from the brewery and I have a hard time finding Weinhard's.
I used to drink Kirin Light. Now I can't even find Kirin.
I used to drink Amstel Light. I haven't seen it at the market in three years.
I'm drinking Sam Adams Light - and that'll work - but it is literally the only drinkable light beer left at my supermarket. They generally have three cases of Sam Adams, two cases of Sam Adams Light, five cases of Heineken, two cases of Heineken light, and an entire aisle of various and sundry IPAs.
And those fucking "summer shandys."
You know what I drink down here in LA?
They've got me drinking Russian beer, yo. I live in goddamn America, home of the macrowbrew and because the industry is pushing trasherita premix I'm drinkin' shit that's been shipped from SAINT FUCKING PETERSBERG.
Let's drive a stake through the heart of the whole goddamn industry. I'm so completely fucking over the direction it's taken. Kill this bitch so we can bury it and move the fuck on.
'K. So. That was delicious.
The "disappearance" of "telephone culture" is a direct consequence of place and decorum in that telephones used to be for places. You had a home phone and an office phone and if you needed to be reached at the office you had a number. If you needed to be reached at home it was presumed it was someone who knew you personally, wanted to know you personally, or had something important to communicate.
A phone was not an obligation - a phone was a tool for communicating within certain settings. And because phones were controlled by large monopolies with ridiculous build cost and tremendous vertical integration it was exceedingly difficult to sidestep the decorum associated with calling a phone number. And if you didn't connect, you didn't connect. If it was important, you'd call back.
Answering machines, which are older than Alexis Madrigal, allowed people to leave messages. This allowed people to screen calls, which has been happening since before Alexis Madrigal was born. Where things got messed up for the phone company, however, was when they went digital.
Because they couldn't do it all at once. Your digital system had to be backwards-compatible with your analog system, and your analog system had to be backwards-compatible with the first phone systems installed back in nineteen diggity-two. Which meant, effectively, that the controls on digital technology were adequate for nineteen diggity-two.
The same technology that allowed the phone company to give you voicemail allow VoIP pirates to phonebank the shit out of everyone from a call center in Bangalore. Once it's become data you can do anything with it. The original PCS transport protocol is literally 10BaseT. You're on a computer now, bubba.
So they made them smaller and they put one in everyone's pocket and phones were no longer about place. I fought them for years using this very argument: "I am not a place. If you need to reach me, you can reach me AT home. You can reach me AT work." For a while cell phones were things you called in an emergency because they were expensive. Texts, despite being free sideband metadata, were equally expensive. And then things were deregulated such that texts were free and calling was cheap and suddenly
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And that's the thing Madrigal doesn't get (because he's a fucktard). "Telephone culture" has vanished because there's no goddamn freedom from it. There's no longer any unreachability because the number everyone has (and it's on Facebook and it's everywhere and VoIP is so cheap that you can literally dial every number sequentially) is in your back pocket. Which means if someone is calling you, they're fuckin' interrupting you. You can't get away from that thing.
So yeah. People text first because it's polite and asymmetrical. If you're the kind of person who responds to texts too quickly, people email you. You likely chat with your friends on the phone, but rarely... but when you do, it's important.
I work freelance. We're hired on the phone. Random-ass number calls you, you pick up because it is likely a producer who got your name from a friend or coworker and they don't want to waste time. They want to take your pulse and answer any questions. I once almost got fired off a job because I cracked a joke (wish I had in retrospect). Voice communication is more important now, not less.
My wife delivers babies. She's got a client portal in her EHR. She answers texts from patients all the time. But every single one of them - ALL OF THEM - call when it's time for the baby.
That most reclusive of species, the early-20s woman, who never talks to anyone on the phone anymore, CALLS my wife in the middle of the night to say the baby is coming.
Telephone culture isn't dead. It's just been elevated. And if you don't get that, you deserve to get hung up on.
"Hey, live feed. Active shooter in Texas."
"Santa Fe."
"Isn't that outside Dallas?"
"I dunno."
"Just another example of the government not doing their job."
And then we called attendance.
When I went to college 20 years ago, there were signs up about what to do in the event of a fire. This time? There is no room, hallway or bathroom without an 11x17 placard telling me what to do in case some fucking nutbag with an AR-15 decides to kill me.
We keep hearing "it'll never happen here" and statistically they're right but fuckin' hell, a buddy's daughter lost a friend in a school shooting so statistics or no, that is FAR too few degrees of separation between a statistical fluke and me and my loved ones. You know what I grew up with? I grew up with a constant back-of-the-mind fear that the Russians would get itchy and we'd end up as mohawk-wearing dogfood eaters on the edge of the Great Nuclear Desert.
Forty years. Strangelove, Failsafe, Wargames, Day After, Threads, Road Warrior, the Russians would eventually blow us up. It left an indelible mark on culture and fuckin' hell if the 'boomers didn't wallow in that shit like it was sausage gravy. If you were a kid? You just knew that between AIDS and Andropov there was no fuckin' point in planning for the future.
"I've always felt like eventually it was going to happen here too."
By the time I graduated high school most of the fallout shelter signs had come down because it had just been accepted that there was fuckall that could be done. It feels like we're getting there with school shootings. But while the 'boomers made sure the whole fucking culture understood that death was coming from Ivan the Terrible, everyone is fucking ignoring the fact that we've raised an entire generation to expect one of their classmates to turn an assault rifle on them sometime.
Friend visiting from Fresno. She's talking about the junior soccer league there. Apparently there was a barbecue and one parent got into a fight with another parent and pulled a gun on him. AT A BARBECUE. Which meant there had to be a meeting. About whether concealed carry was okay at soccer league functions. One faction argued - in all seriousness - "that it just isn't a party until the guns come out." And we have to humor that. Because that's the culture. But if anybody said "it just isn't a party until the tits come out" it'd be national fucking news and someone would be required counseling before they were allowed to work in an occupation around children ever again.
I'd rather my kid be around tits.
When I was in high school I had ready access to weapons. Went plinkin' multiple times a week sometimes. Friends of mine got in an armed standoff because someone made someone else mad. Nobody died. I used to fantasize about walking into a classroom with an AR-15 loaded with blanks to shoot at the ceiling. Never did. (1) I knew there would be dire consequences (2) I cared.
I think the caring part has decreased. When the Russians were going to kill us all, it was about fearing a natural disaster, basically. Nothing we could do. Active shooter shit? If you're at the end of your goddamn rope, and you have no real concept of mortality because you're seven-fucking-teen years old, the choice between popper and poppee is a moral one. And in these here United States, you aren't allowed to say "If you have a fatalistic attraction to tools designed to kill multiple people at once and minimal affinity for socialization and thriving, you are sick and we need to help you." Because if you love guns, you're a True American and if you think there should be not just access controls but oh, I dunno, maybe a concerted effort to disrupt a culture that values the tools of military aggression in the hands of civilian sportsmen... well, you don't understand, you're wrong, and I'm a responsible gun owner why are you punishing me?
It was just as easy to get guns 20 years ago as it is now. By any measure, the murder rate has gone down while the gun ownership rate has gone up. You are much less likely to die by gunfire now than you were then.
But back then, you were a lot less likely to die out of the goddamn blue, for no goddamn reason, by gunfire.
The NRA aren't terrorists. Gun owners aren't terrorists. Gun rights advocates aren't terrorists. But every mass shooter is a terrorist and our country has a hobby that is the proximate cause of terrorism.
Most people will never face a mass shooting. But every school student in America has to prepare for them as if they are, and they have to face the reality that we'd rather they memorize "run, hide, fight" instead of "stop, drop & roll" because a splinter fraction of the populace is concerned that if they give an inch, we'll take a mile and the next thing they know they'll be in fucking FEMA camps.
She was Serbian. She'd lost two houses in the war. Her neighbors had firebombed her house in the country and burned it to the ground. Then NATO had bombed her city and leveled her condo. I asked her which was worse. "The country," she said. "Carpet bombing you don't have to take personally."
The entire country arranged its culture around eventual, impersonal armageddon at the hands of unseen Soviet aggressors. Yet that same generation is perfectly okay with kids wondering which one of their classmates might shoot them in the face some day.
When the Run-Fight-Hide generation is tasked with taking care of the Duck'n'Cover generation, I wonder what they'll do.
I wonder if despite all their triumphs, they'll end up eating alpo on the edge of the desert.
And it takes every inch of my generosity to not wish for it earnestly.


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- 8 large eggs
- 2 cups 2% milk
- 1 TBS all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp, kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp. fresh ground black pepper
- 1 tsp. Dijon mustard
- 2 cups shredded swiss cheese
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- Turn oven to 350 degrees F. (If you just baked the pie shells, then turn it down to 350 degrees F, if you baked the pie shells earlier in the day, preheat to 350 degrees F.)
- In a large skillet, heat the 1 TBS butter. Add in the shallots and saute until they start to become translucent. Add the mushrooms and thyme to skillet. Stir and cook until mushrooms are no longer raw and most of the moisture is absorbed. Sprinkle with 1/2 tsp. kosher salt and add in the sherry. Stir to combine and continue to cook until sherry has absorbed. Take off heat and set aside.
- In large glass measuring bowl or large bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, flour, 1/2 tsp. kosher salt, ground pepper, and Dijon mustard.
- In small bowl combine the cheeses.
- Begin to assemble the quiches by layering 1/4th of the mushroom mixture into each pie shell. Followed by 1/4 of the cheeses, then 1/4th of the egg mixture and repeat layers until all ingredients are used up.
- Bake quiches on a baking pan in oven for 40 - 45 minutes or until set. Allow to cool at least 10 minutes before serving. Can be served warm or at room temperature. Second quiche can be frozen for later, if desired, by wrapping well in plastic and foil. When ready to reheat, thaw and bake at 350 degrees F for 20 -30 minutes, or until heated through.
Total time: 65 mins.
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Robyn Stratton-Berkessel wrote an article A Shift from "I don't need an iPad to "I LOVE my iPad that prompted me to think about my own experience as an iPad owner over the last 6 months.
I echo the sentiments Robyn shares in her article. There is also one fundamental distinction that my use of the i-Pad has brought to light. This shift not only applies to what this incredible new technology makes possible, but also applies to leading in an attention deficit world.
The best way I can come up with to describe the fundamental shift I am speaking of is from consuming to connecting.
I'll start by sharing my experience of this distinction as a user of an i-Pad. Then I'll share what I think the implications are for leading in today's world.
From the moment I first held an i-Pad in my hands I had this experience of being drawn in.
That visceral, physical experience of holding the device in my hands and being able to explore the content with an intuitive touch of my fingertips created a connection with the content that I have not previously experienced – not on my BlackBerry, i-Phone or i-Touch, Kindle, nor on my superfast laptop or high definition screens even though I love every one of these devices.
Now I figured there was some novelty factor at first and expected that sense of connection and play that I experienced the first time would fade. But it hasn't.
I have purchased a variety of apps that are essentially information products wrapped up as an app. The ones that hold my attention are those that are well designed. By that I mean they offer more than just wrapping up audio and video files or regurgitate pdf content. The well designed apps offer a truly interactive experience and makes navigating through the content a self-directed and intuitive process.
By far the application that sets the standard for great "information product" app design is Robyn's new app Embracing Change. And while it was developed by Polymash, a company I am now part of, this app was developed before I began working with this company. It was this app that had me see the incredible potential of delivering content in a way that could exponentiate the impact like nothing I had ever seen.
I was clear I had seen a glimpse of the future of how technology will more powerfully connect content owners, including authors, teachers, coaches and consultants, with their clients. And I jumped in with both feet, not only for the possibility of what it could mean for delivering my own body of work in the service of my clients, but for how I could support others doing amazing work in expanding the impact of their work in the world.
Through a well designed app on the i-Pad, instead of consuming information we can somehow connect more deeply with it.
It's like the difference between going to a museum and reading a book about it. Instead of listening to audios and videos we have the experience of being with the people who produced them. We can also in the moment be reach out to these people and/or their community and interact live in ways that are both natural and easy.
So what does all this have to do with leadership…
John Maxwell sums it up in his book titled: Everyone Communicates Few Connect. The essential point of the book is that effective communication is not a function of the words delivered, but rather whether the listener connects with both the person and the message. Never has this been more important than now, when getting and keeping peoples attention is so difficult.
Connection is the antidote to attention deficit. When we fail to make a meaningful connection in some way we will fail to get someone's attention.
As leaders, whether we are in a position of leadership, a coach, a teacher, etc. we always have a message we want to deliver and we want that message to make an impact on the listener. Yet all too often our focus in communicating that message is on what we want to say, how we want to say it and through which vehicles we want to deliver the message.
For example, people in positions of leadership may send a company-wide e-mail or do a live video broadcast so they can be seen and heard. A lot of work goes into those scripts. Information products are created that are nothing more than a series of videos of live events. The information can be very valuable.
Yet it is the emotional connection with both those delivering the message and with the content that will make the difference between whether the communication is an intellectual exercise or a truly transformative opportunity that motivates inspired action on the part of the listener.
The lesson for leaders: get out of your box when it comes to communication. Just don't write the script, design and implement a communication process. And in the words of John Maxwell, don't just focus on communicating, ensure you are connecting.
Here are two critical steps in the communication design process:
- Before you fully craft how you will deliver the message find out as much as you can to those you want to receive it, to those you want to learn from you or join you in manifesting your vision. It is up to you to build the bridges of understanding.
- Once you have the message crafted, create as many opportunities for the people to whom you are delivering your message to connect with you and/or with others who are leading or teaching with you.
Keep in mind that communication is not a "once and done" process. Any message worth hearing once is worth hearing over and over. Think about it – do you ever get tired of great quotes? Besides, it's likely you didn't craft the message or come upon the wisdom you have to share in a day so don't expect it to be delivered successfully in a single one way communication.
While some might argue that technology is the source of an attention deficit world, I believe today's technology is an incredible asset for effective communication in an attention deficit world.
So don't just think about pushing your message out so people can take it in i.e., consume it. It's time to think about how you can leverage technology to increase the connection with you, your message, as well as the connection among the people engaging with that message. You might even be surprised by just how valuable those connections will be for you as well.
Personally I think tablet devices will play a big role in communicating and learning going forward. Yet there are plenty of technologies to leverage that are right here, right now and accessible by virtually anyone. If you re not already. it's time to start using it!
What do you think?


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Kelsea Ballerini Promotes New 'Greatest Hits' Episode on 'The Chew'
Kelsea Ballerini puts all the attention on her Greatest Hits co-host Arsenio Hall during their appearance on The Chew, which aired on Wednesday morning (July 6) from New York City.
The 23-year-old "Peter Pan" singer and Arsenio stopped by the cooking show to promote the new episode of their summer show which will air on Thursday, July 7th, and feature all your faves from the 1995-2000s era.
Echosmith will even be performing with Hanson!
"Hosting @greatesthitsabc has been such a blast!" Kelsea wrote on Twitter over the weekend, ahead of her Hawaiian vacation.
FYI: Kelsea wore a Cynthia Rowley dress, Aldo shoes, and jewelry by Suzanne Kalan, Olive and Piper, and Marcia Moran on The Chew. She wore a PatBo dress, Stuart Weitzman shoes, and jewelry by Nashelle and Stella and Dot on Greatest Hits.
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The Virginia Veterinary Medical Association, the Virginia Department of Health and the Virginia Animal Control Association are holding the annual Rabies Awareness Week, Jan. 15-20, to help combat this dangerous and deadly disease.
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A team of faculty and staff represented NOVA at DREAM 2014: The Achieving the Dream Annual Institute Student Success in Orlando, FL February 23-27. The conference had over 1600 participants from community colleges all over the country who gathered to share ideas about student success in community colleges.
The NOVA team included David Epstein (WO), Frances Villagran-Glover (AL), Jennifer Richardson (WO), Michael Brazie (LO), Stephen Clarke (LO), Rashmi Chilka (AN), Patricia Gary (MA), Molly Lynch (MA), Alison Thimblin (WO), Khaseem Davis (MA), Rhonda Myers (AL), Wes Hillyard (AN), Jenny Lopez (WO), and Vice President of Institutional Research and Student Success Initiatives George Gabriel.
ATD is a national initiative developed to increase student success rates at community colleges. NOVA has been a member of the initiative since 2007 and was recognized as a Leader College in 2010.
Gabriel, Lynch, and Epstein made a presentation, "NOVA's transformation," outlining NOVA's seven year journey in the Achieving the Dream Initiative starting with an examination of data about success in gatekeeper courses and retention, the development and refinement of student success initiatives, and finally recent policy changes to mandate some of these interventions. Also discussed was how NOVA itself has changed as the Office of Institutional Research has played a critical role in championing student success initiatives. Additionally, Thimblin and Gabriel presented on "Using Technology to Increase Student Success: Constituent Relationship Management Software."


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Deeply personal interviews and time-tested, empathetic heartfelt advice for finding healing and new resilience after setbacks: a cutting-edge look at the uplifting discovery of how we can thrive in the face of challenges. Bouncing Forward: Transforming Bad Breaks into Breakthroughs radically shifts our perspective on adversity. Author Michaela Haas, PhD, explores the new science of posttraumatic growth through her moving personal story, encounters with survivors from all walks of lifeafrom soldiers to surfersaand a practical take on the latest scientific research. Filled with powerful insights and more than 60 tried-and-true methods to grow in five areas of your life, this treasury of wisdom will shine a light when life seems overwhelming. Michaela Haas presents twelve inspiring stories from survivors of cancer, addiction, PTSD, the Holocaust, loss of mobility, loss of a loved one, and childhood abuse to show how to transform pain into a journey to wisdom, love, and purpose. This book will help you become more resilient, stronger, and happier in the face of lifeas inevitable setbacks. The author immersed herself into her subjectsas lives, and even interviewed the late Dr. Maya Angelou, who shares with us how her childhood trauma led her into a passionate life of meaning; ex-POW Rhonda Cornum, who found a new purpose after being captured in Iraq; renowned autistic pioneer Temple Grandin, who overcame crippling panic attacks; and famed jazz guitarist Coco Schumann, who played for his life in Auschwitz. In Bouncing Forward, Michaela Haas draws upon powerful storytelling, psychology, history, and twenty years of Buddhist practice to reshape the way we think of crisis. Youall walk away with a deep understanding of the strength of your spirit and five powerful practices to transform your own life. Itas also a great gift for friends who are going through a rough time. aOne of the most inspirational books of 2015a aCyrus Webb, Conversations Book Club aSo beautiful! The world needed that!a aJenny McCarthy, Sirius XM aA great message of hope.a aClaire Fordham, The Huffington Post aSome of the most interesting research I`ve ever read. I don't think this has ever been done before.a aSheila Hamilton, Kink FM Radio aThis book is phenomenal!a aAllen Cordoza, Answers for the Family LA Talk RadioGeorge A. Bonanno, The Other Side of Sadness (New York: Basic Books, 2009), 75. 2. ... Quoted after Posttraumatic Growth in Clinical Practice, Kindle locations 498a500. ... aIn just one example, 61.1 percent of imprisoned airmen tortured for years by the North Vietnamese said that they had benefited psychologically from anbsp;...
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June 04, 2013 08:00 ET
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - June 4, 2013) - LX Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:LXV) ("LXV" or the "Company") and wholly owned subsidiary, Fodio Technologies Inc. ("Fodio"), are pleased to announce that Fodio has hired Gary Boddington as CEO, effective immediately.
Fodio is a managed back office providing financial, transactional and technology services to the small enterprise. Fodio exists to remove the burden of administration from SMB owners and businesses so they can focus on building their businesses. Mr. Boddington comes to Fodio with deep expertise in business intelligence solutions having founded and built Alchemex into a global leader before its acquisition by Sage in 2011. Under Gary's guidance, Alchemex became a leading developer, enabler and support provider of affordable Excel-based Business Intelligence software for small to mid-market enterprises with a global footprint. Gary will be instrumental in developing Fodio into a global player in the back office management industry.
"We are very excited to welcome Gary to Fodio and the LX family. His experience and success in growing Alchemex from founding through to the Sage acquisition will be a huge asset to our team," said Mike Edwards, CEO of LX Ventures.
Gary Boddington, CEO of Fodio, said, "I am thrilled by the opportunity to join the Fodio team. The small enterprise space is ripe for a technology-first back office solution designed to thrive in the mobile space. Fodio is that solution, and I look forward to leading this impressive team to meet the market need."
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LX Ventures is a publicly traded incubator that launches, integrates, and acquires early stage high growth technology companies. We are a group of entrepreneurs dedicated to developing the next generation of entrepreneurs by providing funding, resources, mentorship, and access to our global network. We are in the business of building businesses. Our approach is twofold: we either partner with existing companies to assist with distribution and scaling or we internally innovate from idea generation through to launch and exit. For further information about LX Ventures, its technology, collaborations and partnerships, please visit: www.lxventures.com.
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The College of Journalism, part of the BBC Academy, oversees training for the BBC's entire editorial staff.
This website focuses on best practice in core editorial skills, and offers an overview of specialist areas as well as legal and ethical issues.
It is a site about BBC journalism for BBC journalists, but is available to everyone for free.
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Middle Tiger Trail is a 7.8 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near Issaquah, Washington that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as moderate. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail.
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What a day to be walking in the woods with the Chester
Sometimes Chester just doesn't like to listen. So then we go home. Nice work dumb dumb
It's a road with a bunch of bikes. Worst trail I've ever done! No thanks!
One of my standard dog loops. The boys love it. Then so will I
Half the so called trail is a road walk. Disappointed. Other half was ok walk thru interesting forest.
Pretty decent trail. There's about a mile long area where the brush is very overgrown and you have a ton of shrubs and branches hitting you. We got lost and it turned into a 9.5 mile trail.
Great early summer hike. I got 9.4 miles and 1800' off climbing out of it. One section was pretty overgrown and there was quite a bit off bear scat spotted.
The second half was a bit of a grind being all on logging roads in full sun so I would do this in an out an back if I did it again.
well kept trails for hiking and biking! although many people parked enjoying the trail never felt on top of each other. combined trails for 9.5 bike. BEAUTIFUL!
nice hike to middle tiger mountain, early enough so not alot of bugs out and the salmon berries were just ripening so you can snack on them up the trail. some portions of the trail were over grown, but just push on through.
This is a solid addition to your off-season training as most of the park's trails are below the snow line. A month ago I used this to kick off a 13 mile loop with 7 peaks... wonderful!
Lovely rolling hike up through the old logging areas on Tiger Mountain. Did the hike in mid November and the cool breeze kept the hike really pleasant and bug free. Recommended for a nice leg stretch close to the city!
Going again later this year to post a new gps route... Great hike
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TargetRx launches the FieldPerformanceAdvantage tool
TargetRx unveiled FieldPerformanceAdvantage, an industry tool designed to help pharmaceutical and biotech companies understand how in-field sales and marketing initiatives are actually performing at driving prescribing and how to quickly improve these initiatives as the market continues to undergo rapid change.
FieldPerformanceAdvantage measures the effectiveness of sales and marketing activities at driving prescribing, in addition to measuring utilization and sales rep activities.
By tracking all aspects of rep interactions with physicians and then isolating the impact of these interactions on actual prescribing behavior, TargetRx has identified the five actionable drivers of prescribing that have consistently shown the greatest impact on prescribing within and across categories.
These drivers are similar to those in previously released Sales and Marketing Quality Reports.
The five drivers are classified into two categories: Foundation Drivers—The core platform for a brand's in-field promotional activities, including messages and sales reps. Execution Drivers—Actions that, when executed often and effectively, have proven to drive prescribing behavior, including patient identification, detail piece/communication aids, and closing.
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Creative research laboratory - Lyon
Theater / Dance / Circus / Music
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18 & 19 April 2014
LOVE WILL TEAR US APART is a solo created for performer Petra Hrašcanec. The work itself fuses several genres and is somewhere between a rock concert, confession and abstract dance. The question of ownership over the performance at first was positioned within an abstract dance frame dealing only with the body and the politics of observation, extremely expanding into a broader arts and social context. Love in the title relates to love for dance, the act of dance itself, while the work debates the difference between dance and its realization as a social event through the constitution and definition of the performer herself. Performer Petra Hrašcanec executes dance numbers, chosen love songs, while in the intermission we are to learn about seemingly ephemeral details about the origins of this production, weaving a fine net of relationships between powers which define the act of performance. The audience is invited to actively take on the responsibility about the sequences in the hierarchy of the act of performing.
Concept Saša Božic
Choreography Saša Božic i Petra Hrašcanec
Performed by Petra Hrašcanec / Luka Švajda
Music selection Saša Božic, Petra Hrašcanec
Photo and video Danko Stjepanovic
Producer Štefica Bartolin
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Where to go to learn Python? The first place I went to begin my Python crash course was Codecademy. I chose Codecademy for a few reasons. One, it is free. You can create a basic account and take, what is essentially a full course. If you upgrade to the paid version, it gives you access to multiple choice questions and projects. Another reason I chose Codecademy is that you do not have to download anything (we will get to that soon), it is all internet based.
(Hint: If you have trouble completing a Codecademy assignment, Google the lesson name and you can usually find discussion boards on how to get the correct answer/code.)
I had no preconceived notion that I would be an expert at Python once finishing the free Codecademy course but rather a very introductory view of it. I'd imagine it would take years of courses, training, and practice to become a "Pro". Now that I had a basic understanding of Python and some of its capabilities, it was time to accelerate my learning. I did a lot of research on the Internet to try and find additional resources and one resource I kept stumbling across was Reddit. Reddit is a large community of users that discuss various topics, ask and answer questions, and post content. I quickly found a Python Reddit, a Raspberry Pi Reddit, and even a LearnPython Reddit. I posted a question, "What are best tools/courses/etc. for learning Python?" and almost instantly I started getting responses. I kept seeing responses for ATBS but had no idea what it meant. I Googled "ATBS Python" and sure enough, I found it! Automate The Boring Stuff.