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If you think you can spend a lifetime avoiding difficult conversations then I wish you well with what will be a very dull, inconvenient life.
Every day we are required to deal with difficult conversations. The level of difficulty is subject to so many variables, but they all begin with a difference of opinion. It can feel like each party is standing on opposite sides of a watercourse, deciding how to meet: does one party swim to the other's side, or do both parties build a bridge that meets in the middle? It could be Dead Dog Creek, QLD in a drought and take no more than a single 2x4s worth of effort to cross, or it might be the mighty Mississippi and you could drown attempting to come to an agreement. The ability to manage your way through these conversations, building a bridge and reaching a compromise, is a critical competence for any person in business, particularly those managing staff and facing clients, but is equally important in your personal life.
Every difficult conversation has three key elements:
- What happened (who said what, who thinks what, what are the facts)?
- What are we/they feeling (what emotions are you experiencing and do you understand why)?
- What does this mean to my identity (what impact will this have on my self-esteem, self-image, my ego)?
In this post I want to focus on the importance of managing your emotions through these challenging conversations and how we can go about keeping a lid on those pesky feelings. Now, emotions play an important part in life and how we relate to one another, but when it comes to difficult conversations keeping a hold on your emotions can stop these discussions from becoming arguments. What we really need to be able to do, to make these conversations effective, is to keep control by having a conscious awareness of the emotional aspect of our exchanges and the impact of those emotions if they are unchecked.
We'll talk about a methodology that will give you the structure to control/guide these charged exchanges, but first let's talk about how most people react.
So, listen up, I gotta tell you there are 3 ways this can go and only one of them doesn't end in tears.
Let's paint some scenarios
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So you're sitting in a meeting room, you're frustrated, angry, and you don't believe what you're hearing. In fact you're so riled that you're about to channel the devil, when you realise, "If the devil gets out during this encounter, I am shot." And then, one more button pushed and there it is, escaped and running rampant like a scene from The Exorcist, destroying everything in its path. Later, forensics are brought in to sift thought the carnage and the report's not good – you're found guilty. Yor tendency is to 'Fight'.
Portrait number 2 Ladies and Gentlemen, is
So you're sitting in a meeting room, you're frustrated and terrified, your legs are shaking and alarm bells are ringing. This is getting way too difficult. Who'd have thought you were the manager in this scenario. You look at your watch, you pray for a phone call, and then you make the call: "Sorry, I really have to go – can we finish this some other time? I have an appointment." You take 'Flight'.
Both these scenarios get you nowhere, but the good news is that they get you there fast.
Portrait number 3 Ladies and Gentlemen, is
So you're sitting in a meeting room with another member of staff, and the situation is getting uncomfortable. The conversation is getting difficult. It's time to hold your Mona Lisa pose, with that quirky smile that belies the gravity of the situation. Time to detach from your emotions, put on the other person's shoes for a moment, and focus on and examine the facts. That's right – time to be calm, remain calm and practice CALM (we'll get to that in a moment).
First things first
If you read my posts, you've heard me say a hundred times now, "Know thyself." Every great behavioural lesson begins with an understanding of our own current behaviours, the position from which you intend to make change and why you need to make change – i.e. the opportunity. Are you prone to Flight or Fight? Will you avoid an issue or take it head on? Will you seek the quick and easy solution for short term gain rather than slog through the longer solution for a more sustainable outcome? How will you react in the heat of battle, which of your buttons will be pushed, what's at stake for you – your reputation, your self esteem, your security? Phew, that's a lot to think about. Got the answers? Don't relax now though – when you've answered all those questions for yourself, you have to ask them all again in relation to the other party.
Know thyself, but know thine enemy a whole lot better.
Actually, the other party isn't an enemy. It may seem like they are sometimes, but the sooner you are able to see them not in an adversarial manner, the more likely you are to have a successful outcome from the conversation.
We all need a method we can use in these conversations so we don't get caught up Dead Dog Creek without a paddle, in a flood of emotions. The CALM method is described in the management book, 'Difficult Conversations – How to discuss what matters most', by Stone, Patton and Heen.
The CALM method is equally as valuable in handling challenging conversations with colleagues and employees, as it is with clients and (of course) personal conversations. The 4 steps are:
Step 1 – Clarify
What are the facts? What does it look like from their perspective? Make sure you really understand the situation, preferably as an independent third party would see it. Put yourself in the other person's shoes and see what that feels like. What might you have done to contribute to the situation? Prepare a chronology of relevant events.
Step 2 – Address
Take responsibility. Avoid excuses. Don't lead with a defensive "It's not my fault!" Focus on the problem, not the peripheral emotions and outcomes that excite the emotions. What about the problem provokes an emotional response in you? Acknowledge those emotions and feelings openly and deal with them, and don't let them fester again once they're acknowledged. Offer amends.
Step 3 – Listen
Practice active listening. Listen for the purpose of hearing and understanding, and acknowledge what you hear (with sincerity). Be conscious of your own and their body language (what does that say about each of you?). Paraphrase what they are saying to confirm that you understand, and reflect to acknowledge their feelings – "You appear to be very excited…" In a successful conversation, the majority of your time,perhaps 80 or 90%, will be spent listening, and only a small proportion telling.
Step 4 – Manage
Focus on solutions. Make sure you have planned and you know what is an acceptable outcome and where you're prepared to negotiate – then do your best to anticipate the same for the other party. You can avoid assigning blame by focusing on how misunderstandings occurred. In the end, what you want to do is agree on courses of action with win/win outcomes.
Managing the motion of emotions
Managing your own emotions is a critical challenge. You can't manage the other party's emotions, only your own, but remaining calm can influence the other party, and may prevent the situation from escalating. Of course it is important to display appropriate empathy.
If your prone to fight, check your ego at the door. I recommend rehearsing. Try to anticipate what reactions there might be, and consider which of those reactions is likely to trigger a response in you. When you've understood that you can deal with the little man on your shoulder before the meeting begins. Why is it riling you up – what do you feel is being ignored or misunderstood? Then look at it again. Pause, take a breath, and don't react. Not everything is a slight on you personally or your performance. Distance 'you' from the issue. Bring it back to the facts, bring it back to CALM.
If you're prone to flight, then again, rehearse. Be prepared. Continue to contribute to the conversation instead of opting into silence. Be assertive. Focussing on fact rather than emotion removes the fear of getting it wrong or causing offence, and makes the situation less threatening. Above all, don't panic – remain CALM.
I hope you'll be inspired now to get out there and tackle some difficult conversations. I'd be really pleased to hear how you go. Please leave your comments.
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Art Work – A huge thankyou to my nephew James Westmore for his Mona Lisa artwork this week.


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Saw Hustle & Flow last night - figured it would be good cos Peter Bradshaw gave it a bad review - I can only recommend it highly. It's not for those with squeamish tastes - set in the Memphis black underclass with its central figure a minor pimp its language and environment is that of a world where life is nasty, brutal and short. Bradshaw complained that it was misogynist which reminds me of those who complained about the racist language of the robbers in Reservoir Dogs or The Guardian (again) giving Bobby Rush's Barbican performance a bad review cos of its sexual content. As Otis Taylor recently told me "no one puts on a blacker show than Bobby Rush" - for a broadsheet not written by upper middle class liberal ninnies! Anyway, H&F's groove is about how hip-hop acts as a dream of escape from poverty for many in the US. 8 Mile did the same and while that was a good film this is much rawer and closer to the real thing. The English the main characters speak is Southern accented black slang - my French partner couldn't understand any of it and i thought at times that a few subtitles might help. Shot in Memphis there's no sign of Elvis or Stax or Sun - this is black Memphis where hip-hop is all that counts and urban blight surrounds everything. I've spent a lot of time in Memphis recently and the film captures just how run down and impoverished a lot of that city is - what Hurricane Katrina showed of New Orleans well H&F signals of Memphis.
Charlie mentioned Nik Cohn's new book Triksta the other week so i hustled a copy - I've mentioned my admiration for Cohn's writing before on this forum but must qualify that by saying i do feel he became very mannered after his best 60s and 70s work. Cohn seems to be aware of this as Triksta - set in the New Orleans rap scene - is his most unshowy book ever. He talks about having hep C and realising how much of his life he's felt like a fake - I guess this is him talking about playing up Nik Cohn the white suited "celebrity journalist". He's in New Orleans because he's so enthused by that city's hip-hop scene he decides he wants to try and make it as a talent scout/producer. The book then details the NO rap scene, Cohn's lifelong love of that city, his own mortality and how he deals with it and his adventures amongst a black underclass. Inevitably, he fails - he takes down CDs by Khaled and King Floyd hoping the producers will sample some of their beats but all they want is that fat, flat drum machine sound; he trys to talk rappers into writing socially conscious raps when all they and their audiences want are party and murder rhymes - but his dream is an interesting reflection on many of us who contribute to SOTW in the sense that i imagine we've all had fantasies of going to the US and producing that "great" soul or blues (or hip-hop) album as IT SHOULD BE DONE! Well, Cohn spent 3 years trying to do it and has only a book to show for it. A book that at just over 200 pages with no photos and retailing for £12 is not good value - some of it has appeared in the Guardian and Granta before and i think that it works better as a series of 3000 word features as none of the characters he engages with are interesting enough to really hold the reader for long (thus i ended up skimming sections). But combined with H&F as a comment on the decline of black American music and social values - no one in Triksta seems to desire anything other than the bling bling lifestyle while accepting the horrific poverty and violence that surrounds them unconditionally (Cohn makes no few political points - a little more thought here would of made Triksta carry more weight) - both are sad and elegaic. If you can't decide which to spend yr £££ on I'd recommend H&F first simply cos it puts you inside the society and the simple mechanics of making hip-hop and the cost of living that life. But for dedicated Cohn heads like Adam, well Triksta is definitely something of a return to form.


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The new year began with a weeklong trip with our Leadership Institute students and codirectors Steve McMullin and Brian Bond to Richmond and Washington, D.C.
For the program's 10-day international residency, Knoll's student cohort will explore sustainable development throughout China's Mekong and Yangtze river basins.
University Distinguished Professor Harold E. Burkhart was honored as Virginia's Outstanding Scientist of 2013 by the Governor's Office and the Science Museum of Virginia at a General Assembly reception on Jan. 17.
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Kirwan dedicated many years to researching trees in Virginia as part of the state's Big Tree Program, which prompted him to co-author the widely acclaimed "Remarkable Trees of Virginia" book.
Assistant Professor Eric Wiseman is the recipient of the 2012 Early Career Scientist Award from the International Society of Arboriculture, which boasts over 20,000 members worldwide.
Associate Professor Amy Brunner is part of a team researching the genomics of wood for biofuels production.
Bettina Ring joined the American Forest Foundation as senior vice president of family forests, bringing over 25 years of experience to the job.
Associate Professor John Loegering, University of Minnesota–Crookston faculty member, gained notoriety as a contestant on a "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" episode.
Alumni Distinguished Professor John Seiler and Laboratory Specialist John Peterson of the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, along with forest landowner and programmer Bob Potts, created a free application for the Android smartphone that allows users to identify the woody plants around them. The app, titled Virginia Tech Tree Identification, is available as a free download on Google Play.
Fighting on the front lines of a major forest fire — ripping up brush, tearing the earth down to mineral soil, working into the night, then collapsing exhausted into a tent for a few hours sleep only to begin all over again.
During her career, Peggy reached out with an extraordinary kindness and thoughtfulness that touched the lives of everyone she encountered.
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Professor Randolph Wynne has been selected by the U.S. Geological Survey and NASA to be a member of the Landsat Science Team.
Katelin Shugart-Schmidt ('12 M.S. in fisheries and wildlife sciences) was selected to give the student address at the December commencement.
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Virginia Tech hosted last spring's Ecological Society of America's Mid-Atlantic Chapter annual conference, which focused on disturbed environments and urban forests.
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Raven-Symone Under Fire For Spring Valley Assault Comments: 'You Gotta Follow the Rules'
Raven-Symone is under fire again, this time for her comments on the violent assault against a Spring Valley High School student, which took place earlier this week.
"The girl was told multiple times to get off the phone," the 29-year-old The View co-host said on After The View. "There's not right or reason, for him to be doing this type of harm. That's ridiculous. But at the same time, you gotta follow the rules in school. First of all, why are there cell phones in school? This shouldn't even be a problem to begin with, and he shouldn't have been acting like that on top of it."
Raven has received a ton of backlash on Twitter and Facebook after her comments went viral.
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Monday, November 26, 2012
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- AnonymousNovember 26, 2012 at 6:14 AM
All I can imagine is the sound of body panels scraping against a plaster wall and it makes my skin crawl.ReplyDelete
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Any info on who's garage this is?ReplyDeleteReplies
I know Nick Mason (Pink Floyd's drummer, owner of a company that supplies classics and exotics for the film industry, EVO magazine contributor) owns an orange LM converted for road use. Seeing as he has the means to also own a 250 GTO, an F40, F50 and lots of other wild stuff, it's entirely possible he bought another. The wreaths on the wall make me think that perhaps it's a driver's garage, though.Delete
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In recent years, one of the stand-out events of the Glasbury Arts programme has been the Harp Summer School, which this year returns for a sixth outing, after a year off last year.
And one of the highlights of the Summer School itself is the stunning closing concert featuring a varied programme of music from students and teachers.
The school will be led by renowned harpists and tutors including Harriet Earis (jazz/fusion harp and improvisation); Eleanor Turner (classical harp), and Adriano Sangineto (Italian folk and continental dance music) and he dances! And they will all be on stage on Saturday, September 2, the final day of the summer school.
As in previous years, the summer school will offer workshops and masterclasses for up to 40 young people and adults to help improve their harp playing in a range of genres, with special emphasis on innovative technique development.
Harriet Earis believes that part of the appeal to harpists is the opportunity the summer school presents to play with people who share their passion.
"The harp can be a solitary instrument so it's lovely to have the chance to play with other harpists, to make friends and socialise with people who share your passion. Even in an orchestra there are only ever two harps, so it's lovely to play with so many – the final concert has seen as many as 40 harpists on stage together.
"And Glasbury Arts' summer school is fantastic – so well organised and very friendly with a lovely atmosphere. With so many participants coming back year after year, it's become a group of old friends – it's obviously doing something right."
Previous Summer School participants have ranged in age from seven to over 70, with experience from Grade 2 upwards. Ticket prices: Summer School, £185 (full price adults); £135 (adult concessions: over-60s or unwaged); £85 (in full time education) including tea/coffee/soft drinks throughout.
The Harp Concert takes place at Gwernyfed High School on Saturday, September 2 at 3.30pm. To book, visit glasburyarts.co.uk or call 07583 544110. Ticket prices: £9 - adult, £7 - concessions (over 60s, claiming disability benefit, registered unwaged); £5 - accompanied children.
Glasbury Arts Harp Summer School is supported by Community Foundation.
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The hardest part of working in my field during the month of December is urge to just take all of your saved up comp/vacation time and run like hell. Twice today I've found myself wondering exactly how much time I would need to take if I left RIGHT THIS MINUTE. It's the office equivalent of laying in bed staring at the alarm clock during a particularly rough patch of insomnia. Except it's nearly 8 hours straight and sitting upright. No one likes that.
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Just like that, our minds went in the general direction of our sales. From that point on the place sort of livened up a bit. Maybe it was lunch or the extra super strong finely ground World Market coffee, but I personally believe that was the moment we slipped over the edge of sanity.
Runner-up for best overheard in the office
Dawn: "Now just roll them around in your hands a little."
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New for 2013 are the Browning Blackout flashlights in both 6V and 9V. These are Browning's brightest CR123A three-battery flashlights.
Both Blackout flashlights feature a powerful Cree® XM-L white LED that never needs replacing. The lock-out tailcap switch has momentary, continuous and fast strobe modes. Both Browning blackout flashlights feature an all-aluminum body and a non-slip design with finger retention ring. Blackout flashlights are submersible to three feet for 30 minutes and feature an optically clear scratch resistant glass lens. The Blackout Flashlights also passed a 1 meter drop test.
The Blackout 6V is 5.5″ in length and has an effective distance of 250 yards, features 600 Lumen brightness and will run for 36 hours on low output. The Blackout 9V features 750 Lumen brightness, has an overall length of 8.4″ has an effective distance of 500 yards and will run for 50 hours on low setting.
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Southwest Good Samaritan Ministries (SWGSM) was founded in 1985 in Los Fresnos, Texas, to provide assistance to hundreds of people in need, especially the Central American political refugees, Cubans, and individuals from other countries in political turmoil. SWGSM is now a member institution of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the Southwest Region.
The mission of Southwest Good Samaritan Ministries is to teach the love of Jesus Christ by building a renewed sense of wholeness and dignity and by standing with those who are broken, especially among refugees and those who are disenfranchised and displaced. The Good News of salvation is lived out by addressing spiritual and material needs, including emergency shelter and food, clothing, transportation, legal aid, advocacy and job referral through a cooperative effort with other agencies and religious organizations.
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Adaprex Review
Adaprex is a weight loss aid that works to suppress your appetite and boost your energy, allowing you to power through a diet and finally get the results of your dreams.
When you first come across the Adaprex website you are left a little confused as is actually featured on the Phentramine website and is actually designed to maintain the weight loss achieved by taking Phentramine.
However the product is also open to the public as it can become a dieter's best friend as they work for a weight loss goal they have never before been able to achieve. Let's take a closer look inside Adaprex to see what really makes it tick and find out if it is indeed the product you have been waiting for.
How Do You Use Adaprex?
Whether or not a product is simple and easy to use can largely well, make or break it for most of us these days. Forunately Adaprex is fairly user friendly as all that is required of you is that you take one or two capsules an hour before breakfast and then again before lunch. It is recommended that you get your doses in early as the formula does contain additives that could keep you up at night.
How Does Adaprex Work?
The main active behind the Adaprex formula is Hoodia Gordonii. This is an active you have probably heard of as it has been featured in news specials across the globe and scientists and doctors begin to realize all of its hidden benefits. Unfortunately most of this products official website focuses on nothing more than providing you with links to each article written on the active in hopes of you getting drawn in due to its fame.
However, the formula is made up of more than Hoodia Gordonii and several other main active are included on the list. These actives are fairly normal and are something you would generally see in most fat burners and weight loss supplements on the market today. In other words, nothing really stands out had us leaping for joy about the prospect behind it. Another factor to consider is that these "active ingredients" are all the makers offer which could mean they are leaving out some harsh fillers we wouldn't like to hear about.
Adaprex Customer Reviews
Unfortunately testimonials for Adaprex are just as difficult to come by as the product itself is and leaves us wondering how many users have purchased and actually been provided with a secure product they saw results from.
How Much Is Adaprex?
Adaprex fluctuates in cost depending on how many capsules you purchase, for 60 capsules it ranges about $69.00 however which, considering the directions for use isn't even a months worth for your twice daily double dose. This high price is disheartening as there are many similar products on the market today that come with an exponentially lower price tag.
Adaprex Final Thoughts
Overall Adaprex doesn't seem to offer much more than its competitors and is formulated by a non reputable brand, we recommend you consider a treatment that offers more peace of mind at a lower cost.


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QUAD is pleased to announce its exciting new association with Silverscreen Primary Education, and will be officially launching their extensive range of 'Literacy Through Film' workshops in September 2014.
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Season the chicken with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Whisk the garlic, ginger, chile pepper, paprika, coriander, tomatoes and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a 4-to-6-quart slow cooker. Add the chicken and stir to coat.
Cover and cook on high, 4 hours, adding the heavy cream and frozen peas during the last 15 minutes of cooking. Serve over rice; top with cilantro.
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Welding as a Career? It's Amazing!
Welding is part of almost everything you can imagine. Bridges, planes, heavy equipment, oil rigs, farming, race cars, commercial buildings, nuclear facilities... the list is dramatic and diverse, and it just goes on and on. Even commercial divers are often called upon to learn underwater welding as part of their skillset. Welding offers a wealth of professional opportunities and can open doors to an exciting new future.
How do I start?
Austin Community College offers two different classes, both of which transfer to our Welding Technology credit department as technical electives.
Our first course (WLDG-1000) will introduce you to oxyacetylene and arc welding techniques. Safety is an important focus of this class.
Our second course (WLDG-1043) introduces the student to MIG, TIG, and flux-cored welding processes. It is required that you complete WLDG-1000, or obtain instructor approval to take this course.
Note: (CE) WLDG-1000 + (CE) WLDG-1043 = WLDG-1405 (4 Credits)
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If you enjoy working with your hands and are anxious to add to your talents, then contact our program coordinator. Whether you want to learn basic welding skills you can use in your personal life or you want to develop job skills for a new career, we can help you get started!
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HealthcareSource announces behavior assessment upgradeFebruary 03, 2015
HealthcareSource has announced that continuing care norms are now available within the HealthcareSource Staff Assessment behavioral assessment solution.
Improved nurse retention begins with smart hiring practices, expert saysDecember 16, 2013
The turnover rate for long-term care nurses is far higher than the national average, but facilities can improve retention by adjusting human resources practices, a top workforce researcher said in a McKnight's webcast Thursday.
Recruiting, retention and onboarding: Part TwoNovember 08, 2013
Finding and keeping good employees is essential for delivering quality resident and patient care. Given the cost of replacing staff, it's never too early in the employee lifecycle to think about reducing dysfunctional turnover
Recruiting to reduce turnover in LTCNovember 06, 2013
Organizations must take steps as early as possible in the employee lifecycle to address dysfunctional turnover. From selection to 'onboarding,' there are specific strategies to improve employee retention.


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You have a place in your business for all kinds of processes, but is digital marketing one of them? Many companies place digital marketing under an all-encompassing "marketing" umbrella when it really deserves its own consideration.
What role does — or should — digital marketing play for your organization? There are several.
Inbound Lead Generation
No one ever lamented that they had too many inbound leads. An inbound lead is anyone who finds their way to your company, such as by seeing a retweet in their Twitter feed or being exposed to a Google AdWords pay-per-click (PPC) advertisement about one of your products.
Converting inbound leads requires a sales funnel, but without the inbound leads, the sales funnel is meaningless. The more inbound leads, the better your overall numbers.
As a lead gen source, digital marketing provides powerful opportunities for you to interact with potential customers. From staying active on social media to developing retargeting campaigns, you can maximize your virtual foot traffic and build your prospect and customer base.
Brand Building
Do you ever feel like your branding is getting lost in all the online chatter? Digital marketing can help you stay in front of your target audience, building your brand and educating the public.
To brand your business, you first need a strong brand culture and image. In other words, you have to define your chosen brand and make sure every aspect of your company resonates that branding. This may take the advice and assistance of web developers, but it's necessary before you can actively start brand-building.
One of the secrets of branding is to seem like you're everywhere at once. Digital marketing can strategically put you in places where you'll be noticed. For instance, you may want to focus part of your digital marketing on developing stronger relationships with your social media followers. This will help with user-generated content (UGC), whereby your brand is exposed to new people through followers/fans.
Over time, a digital brand awareness campaign will boost your sales through a natural association with your company and your products/services.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Are you currently ranking in the top 10 pages on the major search engines for quality keywords? If not, digital marketing can help you find out why. Then, you can deploy SEO techniques to get your website where you want it to be.
Using frontend and backend SEO measures, you can systematically improve your rank for chosen keywords. SEO isn't a one-and-done digital marketing strategy, though. It's quite fluid, especially as popular culture and language changes. That's why constant tracking of analytics, as well as thorough analyses, are part of the equation.
Customer Satisfaction and Retention
You've worked long and hard to gain the trust of your customers. How are you going to keep them from fleeing to your competitors?
Again, this is a place for digital marketing.
Digital marketing controls all your digital customer touchpoints, including emailed newsletters, reminders of abandoned shopping carts, special coupon texts, and more. These touchpoints exist to build a stronger foundation between you and customers who have already shown an interest in what you offer. Ecommerce businesses are especially fond of using digital marketing in this manner.
It takes much less money to continue to sell to the same customer than to acquire new ones. Don't skimp on the time, energy and investment dollars you put into customer satisfaction and retention.
Start at Square One
Even if you're not a start-up, you can always begin with a fresh slate when it comes to digital marketing. Yes, you may have to make major changes in the way you think about your business, but it's going to pay you back. The digital market is only getting stronger, and that requires you to be agile. Stay on top of digital marketing, and you'll be amazed at the difference in the quality of your leads, the way they respond to you, your online reviews, and your general presence in the marketplace.


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Susquehanna Micro is proud to specialize in the refurbishing of Cybermedic and Collins PFT Equipment, which we believe are the most economical and easy-to-use PFT systems available.
Our service technicians have over 50 years combined experience servicing and refurbishing PFT systems.
Cybermedic no longer manufactures these systems, and Collins no longer provides support, so we are pleased to provide sales, service and supplies.
When you buy a refurbished Collins or Cybermedic system, you get a system that runs like new, at substantially less the price of a new system.
We sell the Collins GS (4G) and Collins GS (Standard) Full Gas Systems, as well as the Cybermedic Full Gas PFT (Clamshell) systems. We also offer the Cybermedic Screener, a spirometer.
We offer a range of supplies and accessories for these systems, including patient filters, PFT absorbents like Drierite and Sodalyme,
hose kits, noseclips, mouthpieces, calibration gases and diffusion bags.
The Patient Filters for most of our systems including the Cosmed Spirometers, Cosmed Pulmonary Function Equipment, Cybermedic Spirometers, Cybermedic Pulmonary Function equipment, Collins Pulmonary Function Equipment, Morgan Scientific/Medisoft Pulmonary Function Equipment, and the NSpire Koko Spirometer use the part number CYB-CB1503. PFT Patient Filters are recommended for use when bacteria and viruses are exhaled by a patient during testing, and without a PFT filter, they are carried into the PFT equipment tubing, flow sensor and possibly into the circuitry. Viral/bacterial filters enhance patient care by easing their fears of cross contamination and increase productivity by decreasing sterilization requirements.
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I know a guy who bought this book for a second date. Yup, he was that serious about getting into a good relationship that he cut right to the chase. That guy is now happily married to the woman from that date and they have two children. I don't believe cutting to the chase is for everyone, but asking essential questions should be!
My first two years of marriage were a crap storm. Now that's crass, but I can't think of another way to put it. As newlyweds we did three of the most stressful things, simultaneously. We had a baby, bought a home and changed careers. Three of the most stressful life scenarios were happening all at once during year one of marriage. What were we thinking? We weren't thinking. And we didn't ask the questions we should have beforehand.
We were engaged and married in less than a month. Sure, we successfully dated for three or so years, but those honeymooning years aren't always insightful or efficient. In fact, like us, most couples are blinded by love and don't see things clearly in the falling in love stage. No fault of anyones really. That's just love! We don't see faults or complications and I'm sure we all vow we'll be different.
But couples are more alike than different and compitability can be carefully crafted beyond the honeymoon stage and once the perfectness of coupledom fades. How? Ask the questions. This book outlines 101 good ones.
But even if you just cover basics you should be set:
- Money: Debits? Savings? Goals?
- Sex: Expectations? Unmet Needs?
- Kids: Yea or Nay, How Many? What If You Can't Concieve?
- Career: Demanding? Fulfilling? Stable?
There really should be NO wrong answers when discussing the basics. It's all about getting to know each other on a level that is straightforward while addressing key areas of adult life. So talking personal finances isn't very sexy, but not going over these important matters can complicate life later.
For instance, my husband and I changed careers year one of our marriage. This proved to be a huge challenge financially and our stability went out the window. I supported my husband through it, but I also fought him and complained often! I wasn't always happy with the sudden changes and that strain was so hard on our marriage. It's something I believe would have been different if we would have addressed our career goals and needs prior to just winging it.
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Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)
The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program provides housing to low-income people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Individuals who have AIDS or HIV may want to apply for rental assistance. On the first page of the application, there are several boxes listing different rental assistance programs, including Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA).
Housing and service providers compete for these funds through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process. The RFP is released when funds are available.
During the planning process, the community has the opportunity to participate through the Joint City / County HIV Housing Committee, which serves as an advisory body to the County Housing and Community Development department.
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Moneyball Trailer (2011)
"What are you really worth?" 22 September 2011 Drama 133 mins
The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.
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Happy birthday Lyubov Popova !
Lyubov Popova (April 24, 1889-May 25, 1924) was a Russian avant garde artist. She was one of the Supremus group of Russian artists who developed Cubo-Futurism. She was also a participant in the Bolshevik Revolution, lending her artistry to the cause through various forms of propoganda.
Popova was born outside of Moscow into a wealthy, art-oriented family. Her father was Sergei Maximovich Popov, a textile merchant, and her mother was Lyubov Vasilievna Zubova, and was very interested in the arts herself. Popova began studying art at the age of nine, and by 11 was taking formal lessons at home. By 18, she was studying under Stanislav Zhukovsky, and soon after graduated to study under Konstantin Yuon and Ivan Dudin.
Between 1909 and 1914, Popova traveled quite a bit to broaden her artistic perspective. She started in Russia, and by 1913 she was studying in Paris under Nadezhda Udaltsova. In 1914, she traveled around France and Italy just as cubism was starting to take rise.
Popova worked with Cubo-Futurism. She called what she did "painterly architectonics." This was crystallized in 1914, when she released The Violin. Her work over the next three years was characterized by overlapping and intersecting angles, the use of strong primary colors, and a feeling of balanced energy.
In 1916 she became part of the Supremus group with Kazimir Malevich, Aleksandra Ekster, Ivan Kliun, Nadezhda Udaltsova, Olga Rozanova, Ivan Puni, Nina Genke, Ksenia Boguslavskaya and others. They worked at the Verbovka Village Folk Centre.
Popova's work became increasingly aligned with revolutionist ideas, and eventually she was making posters, book design, and theater design. By 1918, Popova characterized herself as constructivist, and she was working with media of all kinds, from books to fabric to production art.
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Steely Dan Doing Shows Without Walter Becker
Steely Dan is carrying on without guitarist and founding member Walter Becker, who died on Sept. 3.
The band announced Monday they will do a short eight-city tour beginning Oct. 13 in Oklahoma. It includes two Ontario dates — Oct. 19 at in Orillia and Oct. 20 in Windsor.
"I intend to keep the music we created together alive as long as I can with the Steely Dan band," Donald Fagen wrote in a tribute to Becker.
The group previously did a series of shows without Becker, who was ill. His last show with Steely Dan was on May 27.


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Although Jan and I are on course to achieve our initial phase of Financial Independence Early Retirement (FIRE) in June 2017, we could have done it much sooner had we not made a few financial choices along the way. Some may call these mistakes. We see them as choices: some well worth making, others less useful. I'd like to share them with you as a way to both expose some less-than-ideal financial decisions (some of which enriched our lives.) These did slow down our ability to FIRE, but in no way derailed it.
The most important lessons to take from this piece are:
We can spend money on things worth spending money on.
We can spend money on things not worth spending money on.
We can recover from spending money on things, but that recovery costs time and limits choices available.
If someone else already learned these lessons, it may be worth learning from them so you don't have to use up your time recovering from spending you could have avoided, unless that spending enriches your life.
Spending which delayed our FIRE
In Chronological order, here are the financial choices we made, which cost us time and limited our choices about jobs:
Coming to DC for school rather than going for free in CA - When I applied for college I gained admission and received scholarship offers for all three University of California schools to which I applied, as well as The University of Southern California. Instead of going to UC-Club Med (as I called UC Santa Barbara and UC San Diego) or focus on the international affairs I was most interested in at UCLA and USC, I chose to travel 3000 miles across the country to attend a school I had no ability to visit first because it was located in Washington DC. I refused to accept anything less than coming to the nation's capital to learn international relations. Instead of doing an internship in DC for the summer, I would do them the entire time I was here. I remember saying to my mom "I don't care how much debt I have to take out, I am going to Washington for school. I have to stop war, and this is the best way for me to do that.." (I can't imagine what my mom must have thought of that statement. I know what I think of it now!)
Related to the above choice, I had to take out student loans to come to school in DC. So, instead of graduating from a very good West coast school for free, I ended up with $35,000 in student loans for undergrad, and another $20,000 for graduate school. $55,000 in debt before I hit the age of 23. Not a good way to start life. -$55,000 (not to mention the interest I paid on these loans: 6.75% for 17 years = -$26,600.)
After finishing college I shared a very expensive apartment with some folks before moving into my own place. At the time I was making very little, starting to pay my student loans, and acquiring new debt (graduate school), I was paying over 1/3 of my money toward a way too nice place. I had friends in group houses, but I was living in an expensive studio, wasting money on having a place all to myself. This cost me around $1,000 a month for three years, when I could have paid as little as $300 a month for a room in a group house = -$25,200
After college I thought I was ready for the height of culture. My friends and I bought season tickets to The Washington Opera and The National Symphony Orchestra. I thought I could outsmart Columbia House by obtaining a very low cost CD collection of classical music. These crazy extravagances cost me about $5,000 at the time. -$5,000
Throughout college, graduate school, and well into adulthood (actually tonight!) I wasted so much time I could have used to productively write, create art, build a company, do a hobby, or run a side-hustle. What did I do with all of this time? Play computer games. I have a very crude method of valuing what this cost me. A gaming system (STEAM) tracks how many hours a game has been played. If I add the number of hours Steam tells me I played the games I have on it, that time comes out to over 900 hours. Since I did not have Steam before 2007, but started playing computer games in high school, I figure I have on average 100 hours a year of games. (Who am I kidding, I played A LOT in high school, college, and post college. I would spend whole weekends playing Civilization!) Ok, let's average 200 hours per year. Now, since the same time in high school, I've also been working. My average salary from my first job until now has been around $30 an hour (skewed far more toward today than when I first started at $5.15.) So, $30 * 200 * 23 years = -$138,000 in lost earnings
Therefore, my total losses alone = -$229,800 (WOW! That doesn't make me feel good!)
Jan (Not being as financially minded as Jeremy, I do not have monetary figures for my choices listed here.)
Student loans: My choice of undergrad was made solely on financial aid package. Now, I did luck out and have a GREAT college experience despite my lackluster selection criteria. But, it was a necessary criteria. I came out with some minimal student loans; but, as a sociology major graduate school loans were definitely in my future. My first graduate school degree came at a fairly reasonable cost. I was awarded an assistantship which paid my tuition and offered a small stipend and I worked close to full-time at a restaurant to pay my the rest of my bills (good thing I was young!). But, returning to school for my graduate degree in social work was costly. My tuition was completely paid through student loans. At that point, Jeremy and I were still in a hurry for, well, everything. So, I completed my MSW as quickly as possible by not getting paid for work for a little over a year. Simply going into debt.
Credit Card Interest: After college graduation, I used credit cards. I've never been an extravagant spender, but I was a "pay the minimum balance" kind of girl (see above: I had a sociology degree). The time between undergraduate and graduate school, I did work two jobs, but it was just not enough. These habits of both not spending extravagantly but only paying the minimum credit card balance continued through my early career (which, as you will see below, never paid a lot).
Choosing a low paying career: My career has been focused on non-profit work. For a few national non-profits (not my favorite, but they do pay a bit better) and for one community-level non-profit (much more enjoyable, but less pay). By no means do I regret my career choice or am I complaining about my income status, but I do recognize its impact on our financial plans.
Not focusing more on saving when I was single: I was very good about saving into my work's retirement plan, but that was really all I did. Financial planning has never been a topic of interest for me, so I just took advantage of the obvious and did not become curious about much else.
Jan and I learned a lot before meeting each other, but even so, we made a few mistakes together too. The key one was:
Buying a house we were not prepared to own. You can read about that experience here and here. -$130,000
Overall money choices costs
Putting all of these costs together, Jan and I have spent an extra $379,800 we could have saved/earned. That's very close to what we currently have saved up. Therefore, our choices have diminished our savings by almost 50%. Isn't that incredible!
Add to that intangibles like:
Me leaving the government before I qualified for student loan repayment, a pension, retirement health benefits.
Jan leaving work to go back to school for a second Master's degree
Not all choices were made in the past. Even though we don't have enough money to FIRE in every part of the world, I will be leaving my job in 2017 to become a full-time author/podcaster/storyteller. I have no idea how much this will cost us, but it will cost us something.
What did we gain?
We can't just look at all of these expenditures as losses. They were trade-offs of time for other benefits. For instances:
I met and retain wonderful friends from my days in college. I may have met other people had I gone to other schools, but I'm very blessed with the friends I still keep from college.
I gained immense experience living and working in DC throughout college and graduate school I would not have gained otherwise. This taught me that I didn't want to be a part of the DC scene far earlier than I would have realized had I come to the city later in life.
Due to my education I was able to help stem the flow of the world's most dangerous weapons, remove residue of war from bomb ravaged countries, and potentially reduce the chance of war between some of the most powerful countries in the world while travelling across vast swaths of the world to places I would have never been able to experience otherwise.
I have an AWESOME classical music collection!
I've seen most of the operas I've wanted to see.
I got to see Yo Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman play in person.
I can't tell you how many times I've conquered Nazi Germany in my favorite game Hearts of Iron (that has to have some value!)
Jan learned how to be a Social Worker and helped people when they needed help most.
We learned we never want to own a house again. (That is worth a fortune!)
Our spending choices have not always been optimal for FIRE, but they did not prevent it. At the same time, we walked away with some great stuff because of those choices. I doubt we would have left the workforce much earlier because we needed to learn we could do this before we do it. Jan and I did not learn about FIRE until about three years ago. Therefore, we were not even ready to FIRE much sooner. Concurrently, I did not know what I wanted to do with my FIRE time until about two years ago when I started writing in earnest.
All-in-all, yes we've been wasteful, but has it really all been wasted? In the end, we'll be able to achieve FI at a relatively young age, and will be focusing our lives on what we want to do while our kids are still young enough for us to have a lot of good time with them. We all make mistakes with money, even if we get worthwhile things out of those choices. Know that you can recover from past choices with money. You too can build to the life you want, rather than just the one you can currently afford. In the meantime, you can learn from the lessons of others so you don't make the same choices they made. May you learn from us and our journey, potentially buying yourself years back on your life.
What have your choices cost you?
What have your choices about money offered you in terms of experience?
Would you have been ready to FIRE earlier than you will?
We'd love to hear about your life paths toward your goals.


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Dare I be so bold here?
Religion (westernized especially) is a man made hateful form of control, its (as someone else states here, a political agenda and always has been) - History alone proves its destruction, destitution and brutal annihilation of races, cultures and civilizations.
The warped belief of believing in the son of god or god is a saving of your soul for eternity while unbelievers (and those who have not even heard of the westernized god) will suffer eternity in hell....
Deary me... Well anyone who knows me here knows I am non religious yet have a fascination with biblical text, I study it in depth and translate the stories from its original text (Aramaic / Hebrew) where possible, provide metaphorical and/ or etymological conclusions - Not stating I am an expert and must be heard, but, I like to think I am interesting
There is not one passage within scripture that demands a going to any church (in fact the only temple entered in passage Mathew 21:12 by the metaphorical Jesus, was not to worship but to trash in a tantrum within his disgust)..... Christianity! Well, its pretty grotesque in many forms, you are not allowed to read scripture and make up your own mind, cannot question what does not make sense and are not allowed at any time to see outside of the box or you are going to suffer for eternity for daring to., because you allowed yourself to be influenced by the devil......
It is further grotesque concerning worship of an image that expresses torment and pain momentarily prior to an excruciating death (crucifixion) This all explained away concerning a must to remember you are not important only Jesus is.... Problem is, his teachings are actually quite beautiful but, so lost in translation of man made religion
Very warped, as are those who devout themselves to deeming non believers as doomed - I could go on for hours concerning meanings and what The Christ Mind actually represents but, you have not asked me to
Your questions. How can a person take part or claim to be a part of a religious group that puts shame or blame on people?
A person, or people collectively are so confused within the conditioning of religion that they have no real understanding of what is morally right or wrong - If it does not fit within given passages they have been subjected to understand as the preacher demands then they cannot view it any other way - blame and shame are brutal attributes that destroy someones self worth, better theirs than the worth of the one blaming and shaming.
How is it easy to inflict pain on another just because they don`t fit their qualification?
Preacher, Doctor, Scientist, Parliamentary status etc..... All are arrogant beliefs studying a certain subject makes you the expert and it is stated so on paper. if you dont have that paper saying you are qualified then you are thick to the subject...
Truth is humanity (however you believe it was created) advanced mentally without any university, education..... The original clever clogs throughout history were the ones born of nobility or devoted them selves to religion... they had opportunity and the coin to learn.... no different to today.
A qualification is merely those in power stating you have learned it the way they conditioned you to learn it.... Anyone anywhere has the intelligence to learn anything they want in a more freedom of all aspects sense.... Not having spent thousands and having it on paper just means your intelligence is ignored So the true answer to this question is mere `arrogance`
Stones that come from this beautiful planet (that the christian believes only their god made) are deemed devil stones...... Goodness me
Homosexuals are sadly always going to be an easy target - It says in scripture man should not lie with another man - Bizarrely in the same passage it also says man should not judge another man so the contradictive hate filled anti gay christian is doing none other than breaking a rule from the same stone (metaphorically speaking)
Dying hair and Make up (my goodness, this is a very strict church)
I kind of understand why people don`t confess their `sin` (better described as `mistakes`) in fear of being talk of the town though.... Mistakes, upsets (unless as a deliberate means to hurt another) etc are no one else`s business but your own and all the judgmental arses can do one when it comes to what the church deems as sinful.
How has mankind not killed eachother off yet? - Its trying its hardest - and has killed off many to date
I do not blame you for wanting to run and hide - Depending on your situation, is there any chance you can get away from your current surroundings, even if for a short break?


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Mobile Health and Telemedicine Markets in Brazil, Forecast to 2020
Mobile Health and Telemedicine Markets in Brazil, Forecast to 2020
Tele-imaging, Connected Devices, and Distance Learning Offer Value Propositions in an Infant Telehealth Industry
Brazil's telemedicine market is likely to increase from $495.3 million in 2015 to $743.8 million in 2017 whereas the mHealth market revenue will grow from $446.8 million to $1.43 billion over the same period. Telemedicine is strongly focused on teleradiology in Brazil, which represents over 98% of the market segment revenue. Other telemedicine applications encompass real-time solutions such as specialist consultation and distance learning/education. mHealth is a promising market with a broad range of applications including delivery through telemedicine. Nevertheless, it encounters several barriers to realizing the market potential. From wearables to apps, vital signs remote monitoring and chronic disease management, mHealth is constantly transforming the entire ecosystem with new value proposition and solutions. Digital health in Brazil offers huge opportunity given that industry convergence is transforming how care is delivered via the intersection between the healthcare and ICT industries.
Forecast Segmentation:
mHealth—focus on chronic patient management, telecom counseling, wearables and connected devices, paid applications
Telemedicine—focus on tele-imaging and real-time telemedicine
Research Scope:
Telemedicine and mHealth products and services, including perspectives on current and future trends (findings discussed within the context of Frost & Sullivan's views regarding the telehealth industry in Brazil)
- Market introduction (definitions of scope, stage of mHealth and telemedicine, regulatory space)
- Market forecasts and trends for 2016–2020 (areas of growth opportunity near and long term, key drivers and restraints, novel business models)
- Market value chain (key stakeholders in both mHealth and telemedicine markets)
- Strategic imperatives (key requirements to succeed in the Brazilian marketplace going forward)
Key Questions This Study Will Answer:
- What is the current stage of mHealth and telemedicine in Brazil?
- Which areas in mHealth and telemedicine provide growth opportunities in the near and long term?
- What are the key drivers and restraints impacting the mHealth and telemedicine markets?
- Who are the key stakeholders in Brazil that are part of the digital health value chain?
- What are the key requirements to succeed in the Brazilian marketplace going forward?
The Brazilian telehealth market includes an array of health IT, tech, and communication technologies stakeholders who are stepping forward to be a part of a complex ecosystem of digital health where health data collection, curation, and effective utilization will be mandatory as the market evolves. While some areas are more limited than what is occurring elsewhere (e.g., North America), sectors such as teleradiology/tele-imaging and specialist services represent realized value opportunities that boost market revenue. It is essential for vendors to understand fully the Brazilian healthcare market and its inherent idiosyncrasies to optimize chances of success, especially if looking to enter from another country or region.
This study provides readers an overview of the key market factors, drivers and restraints, and value chain activity specific to Brazil, including vendors throughout the ecosystem, company cases, and a insightful view of country's healthcare landscape.
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