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As a Realtor™ that specializes in selling expired listings, I would like to share the 10 biggest reasons that a home doesn't sell and the key steps that need to take place to re-package your home to come back to the market.
How do I know this information or am qualified to give advice?
I have sold over 200 homes in the last 3 years, about 25% of them were homes that were either expired listings or that the clients had decided to take them off of the market for one reason or another, normally because the owners were frustrated with the lack of activity for their property. I have been in real estate for 23 years, and I have an extensive marketing background, so when I look at a property I am aware of the market conditions surrounding the property and what we need to do to sell the home for top dollar. Believe it or not, most of these properties we sell without changing the price!
So with that, let's get started! Here are the 10 reasons a home doesn't sell, and the simple ways to change that expired listing into a SOLD sign for top dollar, and move to your next home!
Reason #1 - The Home is Too Cluttered
OK, this one can be a sensitive subject. You and your family have been and are living in your home. There are things that you need everyday. However, we employ strategies in order to help you live in your home while you are selling it. Remember, if we do this right then the inconvenience won't take that long.
For example, on the kitchen countertop we recommend only 1 thing to be left out, 2 things max! Like coffee makers, toaster ovens, etc. If we don't have cabinet space to put everything else away then we bring a tub and place the items in there and set in the garage. For showings and open houses they are put away in the tub and the tub is placed in the garage.
Collections and items of value that you love, can detract from a room - so placing them away in a safe place is very helpful to making your home show better! Remember, you are moving anyway so why not prepare now?
We always take 5 minutes and walk through a property with the owner and many times they are willing to make simple changes in order to help their property sell!
Here is an example of 2 pictures of the same home:
Reason #2 - The Pictures in the Marketing of the Property are of Poor Quality.
90% of the buyers we work with refuse to see the home they actually purchase because the pictures are so poor. After we insist they must see it they walk inside and say to us "Wow, I had no idea - this feels way different than the pictures I saw online." Dark pictures, cluttered spaces, fuzzy and out of focus photos can kill a listing quickly! Remember that it is an emotional purchase and when a potential buyer sees your home online it is with the idea that they can start seeing themselves living there. We want one spouse emailing the other and saying "WE MUST SEE THIS HOME!".
That is why every listing we take we spend a lot of money on professional photography, and it shows. What is surprising is that the home sellers almost always didn't know what they were missing until they see our photos.
So why doesn't all agents use professional photography? It is because they either don't know anyone or they don't have the money to do it. The average agent spends less than $200 on their listings - for us, we spend normally 1% of the cost of the home investing into the marketing of the home, and the results show as we sell our homes and normally within 1% of asking price.
Here is the same home but the first picture (not listed with the Stevenson Team) without professional photography and the 2nd photo (listed with The Stevenson Team) with professional photography:
Reason #3 - The Home is Smelly.
Again, this is a sensitive one. Sometimes owners don't understand this. You may love smoking cigars, and the smell that remains, however buyers don't and it is an immediate buyer turnoff. I remember when my husband was on a new fitness regime and he was always cooking catfish in our home, it smelled terrible, but he didn't really smell it after awhile. Now we weren't selling our home, but I had to tell him to stop with the constant fish smell. Cat boxes and pet smell can be really difficult too.
Recently I took some buyers out to look at a home. The home was perfect for their needs and I knew it was the one for them to buy. The homeowner must have burned some incense before our showing and it was so strong it burned the back of our throats. We immediately left. A day later I was following up with them and my buyer said to me, "I know that the last home we saw is in a great neighborhood that we would like to be in, but we couldn't even see it because it smelled so bad. My wife refuses to go back." I called the listing agent and let them know of the feedback, but this seller lost a really good opportunity.
Reason #4 - There are Pets in the Home.
Before I elaborate on this one, I need you to know that I LOVE pets. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them....Cats, dogs, horses, rabbits, they are my friends (not fond of snakes, rats, or ferrets). I have dogs that I have rescued and fostered, and I donate to animal rescue programs. So I am NOT anti-pet! However, when you come to show a home and there is a dog barking in the home, it is one of the biggest turnoffs. Many agents won't show your home. I see listings comments all the time, "DON'T GO DIRECT, DOGS ON PROPERTY AND THEY WILL BITE." I think to myself, "Ah, now that sounds like a place I want to call home...." Dogs are not the only one, some people don't like cats - either they are fearful or they have allergies.
At the Stevenson Team we employ a few strategies in order to help our clients with pets sell their homes. For dogs, we have several places that have day daycare at a reduced price for our clients. Sometimes we have our team go there and one walks the dog while the other person show the property. If the owner is home we recommend for them to take their pet with them. For cats it is a bit more difficult, as they normally are not fond of car rides. If we can sequester them to a small area (like the laundry room) we can take a picture of the laundry room and leave it on the door and explain that there is a pet there. However, it is far, far better to not have them in a home at all.
Reason #5 - The Home is Dirty.
Nothing turns off a buyer faster than looking at a dirty home. Think of it this way, if you went to a car dealership to see your "dream" car and you walk up to the vehicle on the showroom floor and it has dirt and bird droppings all over it, and then you open the door to find McDonald's wrappers and cigarette butts in the ashtray you would run as fast as you could from that car and dealership. It is the same with homes. Having a deep cleaning, including windows and carpeting can make a huge difference on selling time and sales price. It shows that you cared about your home.
At The Stevenson Team, we provide and help coordinate companies that can help in this area! Trust me, it makes a HUGE difference in the time you are on the market and the price you will get for the home!
Reason #6 - The Home Cannot Be Shown.
Believe it or not, if a buyer can't see it they won't buy it for market value. When you limit the availability to show it, you limit the amount of qualified buyers coming through your door. We recently had a listing and the client told us that we could only show her home during the day between 8:30 and 5:00 Monday thru Friday. The problem is that most buyers are working during that time and wanted to see her home on the weekend or after 5:00 (this was a home we were selling during the summer where it stayed light later). We recommended that she allow weekend showings, but she just said "I am not changing my life to sell my home." However, when you are selling your home you are changing your life. After 60 days of being on the market with limited showings she finally allowed us to show on the weekend. The people who bought her home came through on a Saturday morning!
Remember, if you limit your availability to limit your buyers as well. If we do this right, the inconvenience shouldn't be too long.
Believe it or not this is a real showing comment for a home that someone is trying to sell:
Now it is common to send proof of funds or a pre-approval to see a home, especially in a HIGH price point, which we did. Then the listing agent sent this to me:
Now, is this agent doing a service to their clients? Absolutely not! As I am writing this the listing on the home was cancelled after more than 1200 days on the market! (And for the record, our client had up to $13,000,000 for a home) - lost opportunity for the seller for sure, and if this happened to us we know it has happened to others.
Reason #7 - The Home Is Dated
Many of the homes we sell are older and many have not been updated to today's needs of the buyer. If my owners have lived in their home for a long time, they don't see it - however, in a buyers eyes they are just thinking that it is going to need a lot of updating which means money for them, and a lower sales price for our sellers. Some buyers don't have the money necessary to update a home.
Sometimes if a seller is unable to do anything about it, with some clever staging we can minimize the issue to the buyer. That is why, at The Stevenson Team, we offer complimentary staging for all of our listings! It can make a huge difference. Here is an example of a home with a dated dining room - it was the first thing people would see when they came into the home, and while the rest of the home was updated in the buyer's mind it is an immediate turnoff. We removed the wallpaper, draperies, and chandalier - re-painted the room, removed the railing in the hallway, installed an updated chandalier and staged it - The result? Multiple full price offers within 48 hours of going on the market!
Reason #8 - Deferred Maintenance.
If a buyer comes and looks at your home and there is a huge water stain from a leak on the ceiling, they are immediately thinking that there is more that they will find as they dig deeper, and that results in dollar signs in the buyers eyes. Regardless, you will be disclosing any issues with the home, but a buyer is better able to accept it if you have repaired it correctly.
As a licensed contractor, I am able to help our clients be able to fix any issues with their home correctly, quickly, and for low cost which makes a huge difference!
Reason #9 - No Marketing Plan.
When we take a listing we create a custom plan to get as many qualified bodies through the door. This takes skill and expertise. Besides the professional photos we discussed above, we do many, many more things to bring real buyers to the door. It takes no talent or skill to take a few photos and pop them onto the MLS. For us we build a plan, and we share that plan with our sellers. Things like custom websites for our clients highlighting their home, blogging, social media advertising, extensive listing syndication, search engine optimization, direct mailers, newspaper publications, door hangers, and MORE! It makes a huge difference to get a lot of activity for a home! We spend a lot of money marketing our homes and it shows. It is funny how many calls I get from other agents asking us "How did you do that??".
Here is an example of marketing we did for a home that resulted in 130 showings and multiple offers after being on the market for over 200 days with minimal showings and no offers, and we actually increased the selling price by $10,000! Click Here to see an example of our marketing.
Reason #10 - It Is Priced Too High.
This is really in last place when I look at a property. Too many agents will claim a listing didn't sell because of the price, however in my experience it is not the price but one of the other items above. However, if one of the items above is an issue it will result in sales price. When I look at a home, I know the market so well that I have a general idea of what the price should be, and then I look at the demands in the market place as well as overall availability of similar homes. Once I am able to walk the home with the owner, I can tell them pretty definitively what their sales price should be. I don't want to be priced too low to leave money on the table, or too high to not get interest - but I want to be priced right to market. That is something we do extremely well.
That's it! I hope you found some value out of our list of tried and true ways to take an expired or cancelled listing to sold!!
If you would like for us to come and do this exercise with your home, for free and without any obligation please CLICK HERE and enter your information or contact us at (714) 749-2179.
My biggest message is don't lose hope, but come up with a winning strategy to have a SOLD sign on your home quickly!!
Mark and Heather Stevenson are the team leaders for the Stevenson Team, a proud part of Reliance Real Estate Services. Being leaders in real estate for the last 23 years, and having lived in Corona for the last 13 years, they are a dynamic team you can trust! They are in the top 1/2 of 1% of all agents nationwide, and have all 5 star ratings from their clients that you can see HERE. If you are thinking of buying or selling real estate, call Mark and Heather at (714) 749-2179 or click HERE and they will be in touch with you quickly!


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Battling behemoths
The answer -- in the battle between the beleaguered colossus AOL and the omnivorous colossus Microsoft for our hearts and minds and online subscription
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|The somewhat duller AOL effort.
That eccentric friend will, in time, of course, own all of our souls. Because Satan always comes in disguise.
But what a charming one, from McCann-Erickson Worldwide, San Francisco. The launch of MSN 8 uses as its central metaphor a friendly invasion of butterflies -- i.e., people dressed in goofy butterfly costumes -- to flutter about improving our online lives. One of them stands behind her front door, shoving junk mail through the letter slot right back into the face of the postman, this promoting MSN's state-of-the-art spam filters. Another has a Peter Sellers look-alike shadowing a young mom and her daughter through the dangerous city, shielding the child from violent music, gambling and porn.
Oddball tone
The oddball tone is set in the Spielberg-esque intro spot, in which the sudden appearance of gigantic cocoons transfixes the world, until one sac finally tears open and a "butterfly" drops out. Only he's a latter-day Art Carney in an insect suit. "Hey," he says to the entire world, "how's it goin'?" Fabulous.
AOL, by contrast, in several dull ads from Gotham, New York, shows its ubiquitous logo and other visual trademarks projected onto city walls and rural barns, playground blacktops and mountainside treetops. They are illuminated in skyscraper windows, carved into pastures and mowed with precision into the turf of a major-league outfield.
That fairly alarming demonstration of (current) online dominion -- from an AOL Time Warner combine that is fearsome in its own right -- is accompanied by the tagline "Get ready." Must we? These days, that sounds more like a warning than a come-on.
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The mealy-mouthed copy doesn't help, either. AOL, which became the world's leading online provider by cultivating the lowest common denominator, offers nothing more than a vague promise in a run-on sentence:
"We listened to everything you asked for and designed new AOL 8.0 with better, more personal ways to stay close to the people you care about, the things that matter most and to do it all more easily and more safely.
"It's not just a new version. It's a whole new vision."
Yeah, but vision isn't much good if you can't see it. So far, the advertiser has provided no details, save an equally general claim about improved parental controls. More specifics are scheduled to follow, but at the moment it's all just happy talk -- due, apparently, to AOL's strategy of trading less on the goods than on the trusted AOL brand.
Broadband marketplace
Bad idea. Considering Microsoft's advantages in the broadband marketplace, AOL is poorly positioned in this battle to begin with. But don't forget: An invasion of butterflies is still pestilence. Microsoft always eats everything in its path. AOL's only hope to sustain its leadership is to make its brand synonymous not with ubiquity but with superiority.
Ask Netscape what its browser brand is worth. Then, AOL, get ready.


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Police murder, terror and repression have to stop. Mass incarceration has to stop. No more Mike Browns or Eric Garners.
Inspired by the October 22, National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation, I'm calling on people in NY to come be part of an artist led action Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014. Download and print out a color copy of my "Danger Police in Area" poster (link below). Cut the bottom so you have a diamond poster. Make your way to the Times Square police station at 43rd & Broadway. Listen for whistles at 3pm sharp. We will stand displaying the poster in front of the police station. We will mark that area for the danger the police pose to the people.
Rain or shine. (Because of threat of rain, laminating the poster at Staples/Office Max/FedEx Office for $2 would be a good idea.)
Tweet if. Post it. Bring your friends.
I made this artwork shortly after Amadou Diallo was killed over 15 years ago. It is unfortunately even more relevant today.
Hope to see you on October 22, 2014.
If you aren't in New York, feel free to organize similar actions in your city.
I've done similar art interventions in the past and know that these actions are important lasting additions to people fighting for justice. Links here to: Our Grief is Not a Cry for War, Not in Our Name, and Sign of the Times/Danger Police in Area.
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Welcome to the
Grand Lodge of Prince Edward Island A.F.& A.M.
MW Bro Kevin B. Crozier, Grand Master
This website was designed to provide information to our membership and also provide an opportunity for those who are not members to visit and see what Freemasonry is about.
This site also provides links to other Masonic Concordant bodies.
Freemasonry is the oldest and largest fraternity in the world. It is a fraternity of men who desire to make their lives better and to do what is right in the world. While Freemasonry is not a religion, it is religious in that it encourages all its members to be faithful and true to their religious beliefs.
Freemasonry encourages all Masons to respect all religions and has three guiding principles – Faith, Hope and Charity.
Grand Master's Address
My theme for this year is mentorship. I am a strong believer inmentorship as I was mentored in my Lodge and in other bodies bysome great leaders and mentors in Freemasonry here on P.E.I. My mentorship has not come to an end simply because I am Grand Master, rather I strive to mentor others and pass on some of the knowledge that was given to me. I would like to see Lodges really address the topic of mentorship. I realize not all Lodges use the Mentor program which is available and a wonderful tool to be used with new Masons. Those that do use it can attest to its strengths.
However, I would like to see all Lodges and all Brethren participating in mentorship. What I mean by this is you'll often hear people saying that you only get out of Freemasonry what you put into it. Well, if our newer members are not getting any direction after they become Master Masons then we as a Fraternity are not going to get strong members for the future if we are not wiling to develop and mentor them.
Get them involved right away, by exposing them to what happens outside of regular monthly meetings, put them on lodge committees so they can see how they operate, encourage them to go to Grand Lodge Visitations, Masonic Memorial Services, Ladies Nights, Charitable functions and call on them at least once in their first year to deliver an educational talk at a regular meeting but be certain to provide guidance when necessary.
Then, when they are ready, encourage them to get involved in some of the concordant bodies to expand their Freemasonic learning and understanding.
I may be Grand Master but I always remember that we all meet on level. Please help me and all Brethren when you can. We're all in this
MW Bro Kevin B. Crozier, Grand Master
Grand Lodge of Prince Edward Island, A.F. & A.M.
Grand Master 2017 -2018
Kevin was born on May 7, 1972 to parents Roy and the late Beatrice (Bea, nee Ferguson) in Summerside, PE. On December 31, 2009, he married his wife Dr. N. Elizabeth (Beth) Barbrick-Crozier and they welcomed their daughter, Kennedy Elizabeth Anne, on June 17, 2012, Father's Day.
Kevin was most recently employed with the Canada Revenue Agency, but has been a stay at home Dad since the arrival of his daughter.
Kevin joined Hiram & Lebanon Lodge No. 3 in Summerside on February 10, 2004. The following year, he joined both the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite (AASR) and the Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine (Shriners). Along with several other offices, Kevin is a past President of the Red Oak Shrine Club, has served as Most Wise Sovereign in AASR and has served a Worshipful Master of his Lodge (Hiram & Lebanon No. 3).
He was installed as Grand Master at the 142nd Annual Grand Lodge of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Prince Edward Island on June 10th, 2017.
He is looking forward to a wonderful year as Grand Master of Masons of PEI which will include a trip to London, England to take part in the celebrations of the 300th Anniversary (Tercentenary) of the formation of the United Grand lodge of England.


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Man accused of EgyptAir hijacking appears in Cyprus court
The man accused of hijacking an EgyptAir plane and forcing it to land in Cyprus was remanded into police custody for eight days during his first court appearance on Wednesday.
Police told the court in Larnaca that 58-year-old Egyptian Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa faces possible charges of hijacking, kidnapping people with the aim of taking them to an unknown destination, reckless and threatening behaviour and offences that breach the anti-terror law.
The accused did not speak in court.
But as he left in a police car, he gave the victory sign to journalists attending the hearing at the courthouse, which is less than a kilometre (half a mile) away from Larnaca airport where the hijacking unfolded on Tuesday.
Mostafa, who has a Cypriot ex-wife, will not face any formal charges until a later hearing and only at that point will he be expected to enter a plea.
Cyprus authorities have described Mostafa as "psychologically unstable" and said the case was not "terrorism-related".
He is accused of forcing the plane to divert to Larnaca airport on the island's south coast on Tuesday by threatening to detonate an explosives belt that turned out to be fake.
Authorities allege that his motives were personal and related to his Cypriot ex-wife with whom he is reported to have had children.
The hijacking triggered a six-hour standoff at the airport and the closure of the main entry point for tourists to the Mediterranean resort island.
Most of the 55 passengers on the plane — originally travelling from Alexandria to Cairo — were quickly released after it had landed.
But some escaped only minutes before the standoff ended, including one uniformed man who was seen clambering out of a cockpit window and dropping to the ground.


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NPSF and The Joint Commission have been working toward the same goal—safer health care—for a very long time now, so the NPSF Patient Safety Curriculum is a very relevant resource for professionals focusing on Joint Commission standards.
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The NPSF Online Patient Safety Curriculum, a 10-module, self-paced educational program, has been reviewed and accepted by Joint Commission Resources (JCR) as a continuing education activity in support of maintenance of the Certified Joint Commission Professional (CJCP®) credential.
Joint Commission Resources, which oversees the CJCP credentialing program, is an affiliate of The Joint Commission, a not-for-profit organization that accredits and certifies more than 20,000 health care organizations in the United States. The Joint Commission sets rigorous quality and safety standards for a variety of health settings and conducts periodic surveys to ensure that the standards are being met.
Currently, there are 205 individuals holding the CJCP credential who have a proven understanding of Joint Commission hospital accreditation standards and the survey process. Similar to other certification programs, the CJCP program requires professionals to participate in continuing education activities in order to maintain their certification. CJCPs must obtain 30 hours of continuing education within a three-year period, with 20 hours derived from education activities provided by Joint Commission Resources. The remaining 10 hours may now be acquired through other approved education activities. The NPSF Online Patient Safety Curriculum was accepted by JCR for 10.0 hours toward CJCP recertification. Credit hours will be awarded only to those who have achieved this certification. Hours will not be awarded retroactively.
"JCR convened a committee of experts to review external education programs for eligibility to fulfill continuing CJCP education maintenance requirements. The committee determined the NPSF Online Patient Safety Curriculum meets the very specific educational requirements of our program," said Cathy Hinckley, PhD, executive director, Publications & Education, Joint Commission Resources. "We are pleased that Certified Joint Commission Professionals will have this option for continuing education as they plan for maintenance of their certification credential."
The NPSF Curriculum is intended to equip learners with the foundational knowledge necessary to understand the context, key principles, and competencies associated with the discipline of patient safety and how these tenets and skills are applied in everyday practice. The program provides background and essential knowledge about the science of patient safety; systems thinking and design; measurement and outcomes; risk management; policy and regulatory matters; and other relevant topics. The content includes lectures and presentations by a distinguished and multidisciplinary faculty. More than a thousand health professionals from a diverse range of disciplines have participated in the NPSF Curriculum since it was introduced in 2012.
"We are very pleased that Joint Commission Resources has approved the NPSF Curriculum for CJCP recertification requirements," said NPSF President Tejal K. Gandhi, MD, MPH, CPPS. "NPSF and The Joint Commission have been working toward the same goal—safer health care—for a very long time now, so the NPSF Patient Safety Curriculum is a very relevant resource for professionals focusing on Joint Commission standards."
To learn more about the NPSF Online Patient Safety Curriculum, visit http://www.npsf.org/curriculum.
About the National Patient Safety Foundation
The National Patient Safety Foundation's vision is to create a world where patients and those who care for them are free from harm. A central voice for patient safety since 1997, NPSF partners with patients and families, the health care community, and key stakeholders to advance patient safety and health care workforce safety and disseminate strategies to prevent harm. NPSF is an independent, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. To learn more about the Foundation's work, visit http://www.npsf.org.
About Joint Commission Resources
Joint Commission Resources (JCR), a not-for-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission, is the official publisher and educator of The Joint Commission. JCR is an expert resource for health care organizations, providing consulting services, educational services and publications to assist in improving quality and safety and to help in meeting the accreditation standards of The Joint Commission. JCR provides consulting services independently from The Joint Commission and in a fully confidential manner. Please visit our Web site at http://www.jcrinc.com.


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Lime juice makes this cocktail slightly tart, while Triple Sec gives it a sweet flavour. Some bartenders also add a dash of Orange Juice to make this drink tangy. The ingredients of this cocktail are shaken vigorously, until the drink gets a hazy white colour. You can serve this cocktail in a Chilled Martini Glass or Old Fashioned Glass. Sweet Lime peel or Orange peel can be used as a garnish.
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The Idea of America
Our young people are already part of our national story—but most don't realize it. Any effective survey course must show students how they are part of the enduring debate that is American history. Too often, students see history as remote, settled, and irrelevant. Our effectiveness as teachers should not be measured by students' mastery of disconnected facts and dates, but by how well we kindle their natural curiosity—curiosity about who they are and what kind of American they will become. It starts with an idea.
Colonial Williamsburg recently launched The Idea of America, a high school history curriculum intended to equip students with analytical skills in a historical framework instilling a shared sense of belonging and citizenship. When students can make connections on a gut level with distant episodes in our history, they have a genuine stake in our society. They do this by looking at American history as an enduring debate. The debate is about how to balance the values that we as Americans hold most sacred: law and ethics, unity and diversity, private wealth and common wealth, freedom and equality. Since no value taken to its extreme is workable in a republic, citizens must work together to strike the right balance.
For example, Americans believe in private wealth—in reaping the fruits of one's own labor and owning property. But we also believe in the common wealth—that some resources must be shared for the good of us all. We know that if everything of value were held in common, democracy could not thrive. Yet we also know that if all resources were in private hands, people (and democracy itself) would suffer. So we debate wherever we gather: in political groups and community organizations, at social gatherings and places of worship, over the water cooler at work, or across the dining room table.
Using this approach students see how debates that began in colonial days shift, evolve, and continue today. By examining how previous generations of citizens grappled with the issues, students see that they too have a role in shaping the events of their time. They have a stake—more to gain—in looking at how we got to this point. The spirited debate over who should bear the cost of the national road two hundred years ago is the health care debate of today. The issues are worlds apart, of course, but they still depend on citizens figuring out how to balance these core American values. We cannot resist asking ourselves what position, given our feelings about certain values, we would have taken back then and what position we should take today. And the debate goes on.


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autodesk sketchbook express: my story
the project was to create introduction videos for autodesk's sketchbook express design competition.
the main theme, "my story", is introduced within different categories such as art, history, and social science. in each content, it explains how people engaged "story" in the form of murals.
as the lead artist of this project, i created all the artwork for the pre-production stage.
i designed multiple illustrations of historical landmarks, buildings, people, and icons from the sketchbook express software application.
all done in watercolor, digitally modified later.
click on the links below to view the videos.
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Wouldn't this be a fantastic development? Rather than focus on income, they actually work on the factors that make measurable difference in people's lives.
The article talks about how GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is a measure used to estimate people's well-being. It is a crude and misleading statistic. Some of the happiest people in the world are poor. According to the Happiness index, 7 of the 10 places are in Latin America.
I think part of difficulty with focusing on well-being is that people tend to prefer making decisions based on "hard data". It is easy to understand money and who has it and who doesn't. When you start talking about relationships, community, health, and happiness then this causes difficulty for decision makers. I'm not excusing their ignorance, but rather that any transition is going to take time and new thinkers who will perceive the situation.
For example, the latest research on homeless shows that it is far cheaper to society to house the homeless than the costs of them being on the street. As a society it is a fail to have someone on the street no matter what their mental state is, or their personal background. People make mistakes, and yes they do have to face the consequences of their actions, but living on the street and not being in a position to correct those mistakes doesn't help anyone. We have to help those who don't have the means to help themselves or what is a society for? Society has to be for more than just enriching the already rich and powerful. Shouldn't we see in others that we could be in their position if not for the randomness of our own life? Should we have the foresight to see that if we were in their position, we would want some help as well? Shouldn't we see the waste of the current system and be motivated to do something about the human potential that is untapped?
What is life if it is not spent in making ourselves and others happier?


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Now, four separate developments in the past few weeks point to a change in the politics of water supply in Tanzania. So what are the new developments, and what is the change that they point to?
This blog documented the first of the new developments just last week - that villagers in part of Ludewa district reportedly turned to violence in anger at the slow pace of progress in the national 10-villages programme. They made compulsory community contributions (10,000 per household), nearly five years ago, on the basis that a "World Bank" project (actually part of the multi-donor Water Sector Development Programme, or WSDP) was coming soon. They're still waiting, and are likely to be waiting for a long time yet, given the mess that the 10-villages programme is in.
Second, the Njombe North MP, Deo Sanga (known locally as "Jah People"), asked a question in parliament on when the long-promised new water projects in his constituency were to be constructed. The answer- that 656m/- (around $400,000) has been set aside in the 2011/12 budget - is also linked to the 10-villages programme. The villages mentioned are among the ten that were selected for Njombe district back in 2006/7. Similar allocations have been made in the current year's budget for all districts - Njombe's is slightly higher than average as it has a higher than average population. (But note that similar allocations were made last year and no funds were disbursed.)
Third, the Singida Urban MP, Mohammed Dewji, has stated that he spent 500m/- on water projects in ten villages in his constituency (reported here and here). Given his personal wealth, this is certainly possible, but it's worth noting that the 10 villages mentioned by Dewji are the very same villages that were selected for Singida Urban under the 10-villages programme. Either he is presenting public expenditure as his personal expenditure, which would not be unusual for a politician, and would anyway mean he has done very well to get these projects funded well before the equivalent projects in other districts. Or he too lost patience with the 10-villages programme and decided to use his personal wealth to keep his constituents happy after their expectations were raised by their selection in the 10-villages programme.
Finally, as this blog noted a few weeks ago, Chadema has spotted an opportunity in rural water supply and are doing what they can to exploit it. Their benefactor, Mustafa Sabodo, is spending $1.5m on water projects in mostly Chadema-held constituencies.
What do these cases tell us? Well, first, they show again how the politics of water supply are local. In Ludewa these were protests about promised waterpoints in a sub-village of Lugarawa village. In Njombe and Singida, the MPs make a point of listing the villages involved. These are not issues of policy or law, but the very local, very practical issue of when a particular village is going to get a water project. Water supply is a naturally local issue, more often discussed as "when will my village get a new water project?" on a village-by-village or town-by-town basis rather than as part of a national conversation.
Second is the more pressing point that the politics of water supply in rural Tanzania are heating up. Violence in Ludewa, Chadema getting active, questions in parliament, MPs losing patience and taking things into their own hands - this all points to growing anger at community level, growing pressure on MPs to do something. Which is hardly a surprise. After all, if you were forced to pay for something five years ago, and hadn't received it by now, wouldn't you be angry?
And these politics are likely to get hotter. Remember that people made financial contributions to the cost of water projects in 10 villages in every district, but that funds are only available for an average of 3 of those villages in each district. People in the other seven villages per district have waited five years already, and are going to have to wait several more years before they see any water flowing. In most cases, they haven't yet been told that they're going to have to keep waiting. I wouldn't want to be the person sent to tell them. Yet surely they have the right to know. And if they want their money back so that they can go it alone, or just so that they stop losing out to inflation and bank charges, that sounds pretty reasonable as well.
My guess is that with people having to wait longer, the protests and violence in Ludewa will turn out to be the first of many such cases. And that MPs will find themselves under more and more pressure to fulfil their promises.
My fear is that with so much control concentrated at the centre, where decision makers are isolated from the local pressures on village leaders, councils and MPs, little or nothing will be done to respond to the increasingly vocal demands of community members. Councils' hands are tied and few MPs can afford to spend their own money on solving the problem (and nor should they have to), but the Ministry and donors don't feel the pressure. There can be no accountability when decision makers are so divorced from ground-level realities. So instead of clear and decisive action to resolve the situation, we continue to drift deeper and deeper into crisis.


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Delridge Action Plan
What's Happening Now?
Thanks to all who attended our Delridge Projects Workshops. Dozens of neighbors and a number of community organizations and Departments from the City of Seattle engaged in discussions about:
- North Delridge Action Plan: Working to make the positive changes you want for North Delridge. See how you can get involved taking action on your priorities.
- Delridge Way Multimodal Transportation Project: Reviewing options for transforming Delridge Way SW into a safer and healthier space with predictable movement of people and goods.
- Longfellow Creek Natural Drainage: Learning how to improve drainage for a healthy Longfellow Creek and Puget Sound.
- Delridge Resource Fair: Promoting awareness and participation in projects and community services taking place around Delridge.
This final public workshop for the North Delridge Action Plan was the result of input from hundreds of your neighbors who helped identify the community's vision for North Delridge, and prioritizes steps that you, organizations and the City can take to make Delridge a healthy and livable neighborhood for all community members. The meeting materials and comments are on the Get Involved page.
The Community Review Draft of the North Delridge Action Plan is now available. Send your comments by the end of November to firstname.lastname@example.com to consider them in the final version. Seattle's Community Toolkit is a guide to City of Seattle and other programs and resources that you can access to take action on priorities in the Action Plan.
We are also working on a more focused community vision for how neighborhood parks and cultural facilities can take a lead role in improving the health of all Delridge communities.
Seattle Public Utilities and Seattle Department of Transportation will continue to work with community members as they progress with the Natural Drainage Systems and the Delridge Way SW Multimodal Transportation projects.
An Advisory Core Team (ACT), made of members who represent cross sections of the community, helped guide this project. The ACT began by reviewing background information, the 1999 Delridge Neighborhood Plan, and the comments you provided at Delridge Day and at Gathering of Neighbors in 2014. Since then, they have been meeting almost every month to set direction for this project. They have made business development their near-term priority, and have started business outreach funded through a Neighborhood Matching Fund.
Project Benefits
It has been 16 years since Delridge completed its neighborhood plan. Together, the community and the City have accomplished many of the neighborhood plan goals. However, some of the plan's priorities are out of date. It's time to work with the Delridge community to establish current priorities and to develop an action plan to achieve those priorities.
The Delridge Action Plan will use the Healthy Living Framework to focus attention on how neighborhood planning can improve our health, connect people and places, and make sure places serve people. The framework proposes that a healthy Delridge includes strong community and organizations, healthy people and families, and a supportive physical environment.
The Delridge Action Plan seeks to support a healthy neighborhood that:
- Contains diverse households, supported by strong social and cultural institutions and services
- Provides access to resources necessary to meet personal needs, such as healthy food, retail, and commercial destinations
- Includes a natural and man-made environment with infrastructure supporting healthy activities such as parks, sidewalks, playgrounds, transit, shopping, and services
The End Result
Our action plan will define community and City strategies that address key priorities developed through the planning process, with the aim of ensuring Delridge's people and places can thrive.
Get Involved
Our planning process and action plan will engaged the full range of community stakeholders, including historically underrepresented communities, using the Department of Neighborhoods' Community Liaisons. Our engagement process included an advisory team that helped create an ongoing and representative committee tasked with implementing the Delridge Action Plan.
Youths at a Food Empowerment Education Sustainability Team dinner encouraged their peers to:
- Provide comments to help direct the Healthy Delridge Parks Vision
Our booth at Delridge Day on Saturday, August 8, 2016 encouraged community members to:
- Review and comment on draft action plan strategies
- Provide priorities and suggestions for the Healthy Delridge Parks Vision
Our Delridge Projects Workshop on Saturday, June 6, 2016 invited residents and community members to:
- Provide direction on the North Delridge Action Plan (North of SW Elmgrove St.)
- Help design future multimodal improvements to Delridge Way
- Learn about Longfellow Creek Basin Natural Drainage Systems
The results and your feedback are posted in the meeting notes below.
Here's what we have heard at previous Delridge meetings:
- Create more community and cultural gathering places
- More places to shop and eat
- Improve walking, biking, and transit connections
- Create more recreation and cultural programs
The transcribed workshop notes and their emerging themes are posted below. These notes are helping us and the Advisory Core Team (ACT) establish the priorities and actions in the North Delridge Action Plan. Here is what we've heard:
Our community loves:
- Friends and community
- Community and cultural centers
- Recreation and open space
Our community says they need:
- Better Access to Food
- Better access to local shops
- More activities for youth and adults
- More programs and spaces for them
- Improved transportation service and safety
Meeting Notes
Phase 1 Issues & Opportunities Summer/Fall 2014
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Phase 1 Meeting Notes
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Phase 1 Meeting Themes
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Phase 1 Public Outreach and Engagement Meeting Notes
Advisory Committee Meeting Notes
- N. Delridge Action Plan - ACT Meeting Agenda - December 2014
- N. Delridge Action Plan - ACT Meeting Notes - December 2014
- N. Delridge Action Plan - ACT Workplan
- N. Delridge Action Plan - ACT Meeting Agenda - January 2015
- N. Delridge Action Plan - ACT Meeting Notes - January 2015
- N. Delridge Action Plan - ACT Meeting Agenda - February 2015
- N. Delridge Action Plan - ACT Meeting Notes - February 2015
- N. Delridge Action Plan - ACT Meeting Notes - April 2015
- N. Delridge Action Plan - ACT Meeting Notes - May 2015
- N. Delridge Action Plan - ACT Meeting Notes - August 2015
- N. Delridge Action Plan - ACT Meeting Notes - September 2015
- N. Delridge Action Plan - ACT Meeting Notes - October 2015
- N. Delridge Action Plan - ACT Meeting Notes - November 2015
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Issues and Opportunities Map
Phase 2 Preliminary Strategies Summer 2015
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Andover Node
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Brandon Node
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Campus Node
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Sylvan Node
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Gather/Shop/Play Map
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Action Plan Summary
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Action Plan Meeting Notes
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Delridge Days Feedback Tally
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Gather, Shop and Play Map
Phase 3 Strategies Fall 2015
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Andover Node
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Brandon Node
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Campus Node
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Sylvan Node
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Affordable Healthy Food Notes
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Neighborhood Centers and Drainage Notes
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Parks and Connections Notes
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Supporting Communities Notes
Delridge Projects Workshop Materials Fall 2016
- N. Delridge Draft Action Plan
- N. Delridge Seattle Community Toolkit
- N. Delridge Natural Drainage Systems
- N. Delridge Parks and Cultural Facilities
- N. Delridge Brandon Parks Vision
- N. Delridge Projects Workshop Display Boards
If you want to contribute your input and ideas for the North Delridge Action Plan, contact David Goldberg at firstname.lastname@example.com or (206) 615-1447.
Our collaborative planning efforts address three areas of opportunity. These opportunities have expanded and evolved through neighborhood community engagement in a conversation about the future of Delridge.
Create Great Community Places
- Encourage neighborhood-serving development that creates great places at SW Brandon St., SW. Orchard St / Sylvan Way SW, and SW Andover St., around the Community Center, and Youngstown Cultural Arts Center as identified in the neighborhood plan
- Inform conceptual design for future improvements as part of the Delridge Way SW Multimodal Corridor Project (see below) so that it supports its Delridge's growth and provides the safe and efficient connections the community needs
- Assess issues and identify opportunities to address drainage and flooding
Improve Community Health
- Increase access to healthy food by building on existing community work such as the Food and Fitness Initiative, the Delridge Grocery Cooperative, and the recent report sponsored by the Women's Commission and Council Member O'Brien
- Identify ways to build on Delridge's parks, open space, and natural assets to make walking, biking, and taking transit and easy choice
Build Community Capacity to Identify Priorities & Take Action
- Engage historically underrepresented communities through the Public Outreach and Engagement Liaisons to improve the health and livability of Delridge for all its community members
- Include community-based actions as well as City actions
Delridge Multimodal Corridor Project
This project seeks to transform Delridge Way SW into a safer and healthier space with predictable movement of people and goods. To help inform the project design, we teamed up with the Seattle Department of Transportation and University of Washington graduate students to conduct a voluntary Health Impact Assessment (HIA). The goals of this HIA were to:
- Examine potential health impacts of the proposed design concepts
- Take steps to mitigate potential negative health impacts, and enhance positive health effects of the Delridge Corridor project
Download the Health Impact Assessment for more information.
- Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association – DNDA's mission is to "inspire and engage residents, businesses, and institutions in creating a thriving Delridge."
- North Delridge Neighborhood Council – NDNC is a community organization dedicated to preserving and improving the neighborhood in accordance with the wishes of the community. NDNC strives to inform the community about matters affecting the quality of life in the area, provide leadership in addressing community needs, communicate with governmental agencies in an effort to represent the interests of the community, and cooperate with other organizations and person having similar interests.
- Delridge Grocery Cooperative – Planned to open summer of 2014, the Delridge Grocery will be a member-owned consumer food co-op in the heart of the Delridge, in the retail level of the new Cottage Grove building. The Delridge Grocery will provide a place for our diverse community to gather and celebrate simple, affordable, healthy food.
- North Delridge Background Analysis Report
- Seattle Women and Food Access: Learning from Women in Delridge
- 1999 Delridge Neighborhood Plan and Approval and Adoption Matrix
- Status Check: Citizens Assess Neighborhood Plans
- Policy Link Equitable Development Toolkit: Equitable Food Hubs
- Food for Thought: Groundwork for the King County Food & Fitness Initiative
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Approval and Adoption Matrix
- N. Delridge Action Plan - Background Analysis Report
- N. Delridge Action Plan - UW Evans School Report
Business Development Analysis
- North Delridge Executive Summary
- North Delridge Store Analysis
- North Delridge Retail Marketplace Profile
- North Delridge Healthy Food Retail Meeting Minutes (February 2012)


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It's a fact. A strong father has more impact on the health and well being of a family than anything else.
Enter DADCAMP....a movement that is on the mission of building stronger fathers who build stronger children.
what began 10 years ago with 48 dads and kids has grown into a movement in 4 countries and 23 events in 2017!!
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One of the things that often makes it difficult for people to start and then maintain an exercise routine is boredom: They'll begin walking, for example, and see some physical changes, such as weight loss or energy improvement. But then those changes will stagnate, and the person will lose interest, eventually giving up the exercise—and starting at square one if they begin again.
There's a better way to approach improving physical health, and it's called cross training. Sometimes referred to as muscle confusion, cross training is all about varying your workouts—changing patterns, equipment, repetitions, or rest, or integrating new-to-you exercises, in order to trick the body. When you trick the body, you help it use muscles that it's not used to using, which builds strength in unexpected places. Cross training can help with a number of different factors in fitness, from tackling cardio plateaus to weight loss and reduced risk of injury.
Cross training can take a number of different forms. You may do stretches one day, then an intense exercise class the next, followed by a swim and then weight lifting. You can even cross train during a single workout, breaking a 30-minute session into three different 10-minute workouts. The key is to include elements that improve flexibility, aerobic levels, and strength, as well as incorporate low-impact elements.
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In this compelling new tip book you'll find innovative and surprising ways to keep your personal diversity journey moving and the diversity commitment of your organization. Written to make this information bite-size and accessible, you'll find quick answers to typical What should I do?" questions,...
In this compelling new tip book you'll find innovative and surprising ways to keep your personal diversity journey moving and the diversity commitment of your organization. Written to make this information bite-size and accessible, you'll find quick answers to typical What should I do?" questions, like: What if I say the wrong thing, what should I do?" What if I am work and someone makes a sexist joke, what should I say?"
The book is a perfect handbook for anyone who is looking to develop the habits of culturally effective people. In this handy reference, you'll find answers to questions about all types of diversity issues and tips about how to practice culturally effective habits. And with the variety of suggested follow-ups and actions contained within it, you will better know how to handle your own situations. Many of these situations occur without us being "properly prepared" for them; reading these habits is like doing drills so you'll be ready!
Turn to these tips whenever you need them, or if you need an infusion of inspiration. Purchase copies for everyone at your organization to make sure everyone knows the culturally effective way to approach diversity situations. With this book they can be prepared and practiced at moving diversity forward!
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"...an excellent compendium... (It) will provide anyone who is looking to build relationships across differences with practical, concrete tools and strategies in a quick-to-read and easy-to-apply format." -Ritu Bhasin, LL.B. MBA, People Strategist & Diversity Specialist Bhasin Consulting, Inc.
"This is a must read for law firm leaders and others responsible for creating and nurturing deeply connected and inclusive cultures in their organizations." -John B. Frisch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
"Provides practical responses, solutions and advice for almost every scenario, comment and challenge faced by diversity professionals, sometimes on a daily basis. The Tips that follow each Habit, help me advise, counsel and inform our lawyers." -Virginia G. Essandoh, JD, Chief Diversity Officer, Ballard Spahr LLP
"I had more than a couple of "aha" moments as I read it and would recommend it to anyone who wants to improve their ability to relate to the people around them. This book is one to which I will keep returning again and again." "One of the most useful books I have read on how to combat the tensions that inherently occur in a diverse global workplace." -Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., Partner, Member, Executive and Management Committees, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
"This invaluable writing will not only inspire readers to make an investment in the success of others whose backgrounds are different from their own, but just as importantly equip them with the tools to do so thoughtfully, meaningfully and impactfully. A truly wonderful book!" -James K. Grasty, Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Office of General Counsel Merck & Co., Inc.
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January 23, 2007
States step up Zyprexa marketing probe
Eli Lilly has been asked by state prosecutors in Illinois and Vermont to turn over information about the way it promoted its Zyprexa antipsychotic drug, reports The New York Times. The Illinois attorney general's office demanded that Lilly release marketing materials, e-mail messages, and other documents with information about promotion of Zyprexa. Vermont investigators issued a similar order. The states are part of a coordinated five-state civil investigation into the way Lilly promoted Zyprexa, notes the Times. The states are investigating whether Lilly tried to hide Zyprexa's risk of causing weight gain and other risks associated with diabetes and whether the company promoted Zyprexa for off-label uses. In a statement, Lilly said it would cooperate with the investigations and had done nothing wrong. Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia also have recently escalated their own investigation into Lilly's marketing of Zyprexa. Among other state-level investigations, attorneys general in California and Florida may seek to recover Medicaid payments that the states made for Zyprexa. The commercial success of the drug could mean any fine or cost recovery could be sizable. Zyprexa had sales of $4.2 billion last year and about $30 billion since its introduction in 1996. A review of documents in the Times last month claimed Lilly played down the risks of Zyprexa to doctors and that it encouraged off-label use. Lilly has denied any wrongdoing and said it provided all relevant information to doctors and regulators. The company has also said it did not promote Zyprexa for conditions other than schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.


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5 Ways Pets Made Me a Better Person
There are always a hundred reasons not to get the new puppy—or maybe the cat, or even the chicken. You're not home enough during the day. You travel too much. Your life is busy enough with the other people in it, never mind adding an animal. But in his new book, Buddy: How a Rooster Made Me a Family Man, Boston Globe columnist Brian McGrory shows in vivid detail how animals, particularly his beloved golden retriever, named Harry, and a sometimes ornery rooster, Buddy, changed his life—for the better. We asked him to share five things he learned from his pets.
1. Friendship. There's a saying in Washington that if you want a friend, get a dog. There is no guile with a great dog, no doubt about what she or he may be thinking, no worries that when you ask what he's doing this weekend, he already has other plans. So you let it all hang out. You show them aspects of you that probably no other human will ever see, because it's safe and it's pure. They need your friendship, so you give everything you have, unabashedly, and soon enough, you learn you need their friendship in return—and you get it, unabashedly.
2. Patience. I wasn't a particularly patient person before I got Harry, my first golden. Immediately, I learned that he needed my praise, my love, and, inherent in all this, my patience. When he was a puppy, he gnawed the legs to an antique desk and chewed shoes, but, hey, he's a teething youngster. He got sick in the house, but I knew it wasn't his fault. It's life, a dog's life. As Harry got older, the pace of our long walks slowed dramatically because his arthritic legs would carry him only so fast, so I just slowed down and took in the scenery. Eventually with Buddy, amid all his crowing, I accepted that he was just warning the predatory world of of his strength, just being a rooster, and when he chased me away from the women in the family, he was just trying to defend what he saw as his flock.
3. Commitment. There's something nice and easy about going all in. These animals need you, for food, comfort, guidance, and affection, whether a dog or a cat or a rooster. You have to be home at certain times. You have to be present when you're home, engaged with them. And the result—a wonderful relationship with a golden retriever who wants nothing more than to be constantly at your side or a rooster who pecks at the doors to be inside—is deeply and profoundly gratifying.
4. Activity. A dog gets you off the couch. He brings you out in weather that looked a lot worse from inside. He shows you mornings you wouldn't have otherwise seen, introduces you to people you wouldn't otherwise have met, gets you fresh air at night when you probably would have already been watching TV or in bed. The world, a dog's world, is a much more vibrant and vital place, and many of the people I met through Harry have remained friends long after he has been gone. And Buddy, well, neighbors would stop by with bread. Cars would pull to the side of the road when they saw him in the yard. And I got more exercise than I should admit fleeing his attacks.
5. Joy. I swear this is true: A great dog makes you laugh at least a dozen times a day when you otherwise wouldn't have. And yes, the same thing is true about a rooster. There were Harry's ritualistic dances over a pig's ear, always looking at me out of the corner of his eye; the way he sighed so heavily when he knew I was about to leave him alone; the way he pointed at squirrels in the park before setting off in pursuit. I could go on for a thousand pages. It was quite literally impossible to be in a bad mood around him. Likewise, my wife Pam could sit on the front porch with Buddy for an hour at a time, watching him patrol the lawn or casually chirp and bark while she fed him bits of bread. Life is simply better with animals in it. They don't stay in our lives as long as we wish they could, but they make our days infinitely better.
To see pictures of Harry and Buddy and read a Q&A with Brian McGrory, click here. Or, learn more on Facebook.
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