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August 2016
We recently got sight of our annual RAR (Recommended Agency Register) report and it got us thinking about the ways we work with clients and the values that underpin our approach to collaboration.
We've always been an emotional bunch; passionate in our work and heartfelt in our relationships. Some days this can be tiring – the downside of putting yourself wholeheartedly into your work is that you take things personally if you don't achieve what you set out to. We couldn't work any other way though, and we don't have to beat ourselves up too often!
We've learnt over time that when strong and trusting relationships are forged the end product is better. When there is mutual respect, openness to share information and knowledge, and a shared drive to challenge the status quo, the work produced is something that everyone involved can be proud of.
So how do you build these types of relationships? It's not always easy, but here are a few thoughts from our experience that may help:
Be collaborative
Working closely with clients (as opposed to being an 'admin function' processing requests) is vital. Getting to this point can be helped by considering the observations below…
Listen and trust
Between us we will have different skillsets. A productive relationship will see both parties take heed of each other's expertise and listen to ideas.
Learn and challenge
Equally, those different skillsets and different perspectives should be harnessed to drive strategic and creative thinking.
Inspire and motivate
Client and agency work towards the same goals, but these can become lost among the daily workload. A good relationship is about inspiring and motivating each other to achieve more.
Emotion and instincts
Our industry is centred on emotion and behaviours. Don't ever allow this to be absent from your decisions, or your working relationships!
As our recent RAR report proved, working hard at building honest and rewarding relationships is worth it! Thank you to all our lovely clients who contributed to the report – you are testament to the power of good client relationships.


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Sudden body transformations are scary, says fitness icon John Abraham
Dishoom actor and fitness icon John Abraham talks about how sudden body transformations can be "scary".bollywood Updated: Aug 15, 2016 17:59 IST
Reports about Bollywood actors transforming themselves physically for their films are common these days. Salman Khan and Aamir Khan gained weight for their new movies. Ranveer Singh and Sushant Singh Rajput are also working on their bodies for their upcoming films. But aren't these actors risking their health with such drastic makeovers?
John Abraham certainly thinks so. "Sudden body transformations are always scary. Fitness isn't just about six-pack abs, but also about having a healthy lifestyle," says the actor, who is considered a fitness icon.
Read: Priya Runchal to help husband John Abraham in his business
John says he has continually tried to set an example for others. "I can't be going around smoking and doing drugs. When it comes to fitness, I've been regimental to the point of being boring," he adds.
Read: John Abraham resumes shooting Force 2 post knee surgery
John says that fitness comes naturally to him. "I don't try to lead a healthy lifestyle. It's a way of life for me," he says, adding, "I'm prepared 365 days of the year [to do any role]. As far as playing characters [in films] is concerned, I think we must concentrate a little less on the style and more on studying what we are doing."
Over the years, John has worked with a variety of film-makers such as Kabir Khan, Nishikant Kamat and Sanjay Gupta. A film's director often becomes one of the major factors when he's choosing a project. "But I do believe that content comes first. Also, there's no good or bad actor; there is a good or bad director," says John.
The best photoshop that you can do for your body is in the gym. Stay fit!! Love - John Abraham. pic.twitter.com/nEW8AHyYGV— John Abraham (@TheJohnAbraham) March 14, 2016
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**SPECIAL BULLETIN: Daub out as AHCA chief**
Little more than a year into the job, Hal Daub is out as president and CEO of the American Health Care Association. The group issued a statement this afternoon, naming AHCA chief counsel Bruce Yarwood as acting president and CEO.
It was not immediately clear whether Daub resigned or was forced out. But the change comes less than a week after an alliance of 15 of the nation's biggest nursing home chains said its members were pulling out to pursue a more tightly focused agenda. Such a massive withdrawal would play havoc with AHCA's finances and viability. While it was not stated as a specific reason for the withdrawal, it was clear that the large national chains were upset with Daub's conciliatory statements about federal officials after they announced Medicare rate cutbacks this summer.
Daub, a former U.S. congressman and mayor of Omaha, NE, officially took the top spot at the nation largest nursing home association July 19, 2004. Shortly thereafter, he told McKnight's Long-Term Care News, "I told the directors I'd give them at least five years, if they'd keep me around that long."
Calls seeking comment from AHCA Board Chairman Steve Chies were not returned in time for this bulletin.
Daub, remains an attorney with the law firm of Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, LLP, and will pursue other policy initiatives according to the AHCA statement.
"I stated from my first day that my tenure would be one focused on AHCA's visibility, identity, and that AHCA be an organization focused on one mission, one voice, among a very diverse long term care population," he said in the statement. "AHCA has now reached a point after a constructive, lengthy debate regarding its structure to refocus its advocacy efforts at the state and national levels, and I am very optimistic about its future as an organization and a profession.
Also as part of the "orderly leadership succession" announced this afternoon, AHCA has named Jennifer Shimer, currently senior vice president for business development and communications, to acting COO, a newly created senior management position.
McKnight's LTC News Daily Update will feature continuing coverage of this evolving situation.


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As State Treasurer Denise Nappier has announced that she will not seek re-election in the 2018 state elections, New Britain Democratic Party offered her thanks for her years of service, and her close relationship with people in New Britain.
Nappier, a Democrat, recently announced that the conclusion of her current term will end her service as State Treasurer as, "the longest tenure in modern Connecticut history." By the end of her term, she will have served two decades in the important statewide elected office. The State Treasurer is responsible for being the lead manager of the state's financial assets and public financing.
"Though she will not be on the ballot this year," New Britain Democrats said, "Nappier's trailblazing political career for women and African-Americans can be an inspiration to others in the state and nation."
Democrats recalled that former State Senator Joseph H. Harper, Jr. and the city's Black Democratic Club had supported Nappier when she ran for State Treasurer, "giving her crucial delegates and support against a better financed, establishment candidate."
"A former City of Hartford Treasurer," the New Britain Democrats said, "Nappier ran an upstart campaign in a tight contest at the 1998 Democratic convention and went on to become the first African-American woman to serve as a state Treasurer in the United States." As Nappier's office pointed out, she is also, "the first African-American woman elected to a statewide office in Connecticut, and the first woman elected Treasurer in state history."
After she, "defeated a Republican incumbent who was subsequently convicted for corruption," New Britain Democrats said, she succeeded in, "Restoring and maintaining integrity in the Treasurer's office."
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Connecticut's pension plans and trust funds, invested by the Treasurer's Office, have grown from less than $19 billion to more than $34 billion during the Nappier administration, an all-time high. In fiscal year 2017, Connecticut had one of the ten best investment performances among its peers in the nation and during the length of the Nappier administration, the Treasury has achieved investment returns that meet or exceed the average performance of its peers while taking on less risk.
Democrats thanked Nappier using her role as the lead manager of the state's investments, including in corporate stocks and other securities, to be a national leader in promoting corporate responsibility.
She has consistently worked for corporate reform on issues such as executive compensation, separating the roles of CEO and Board Chair, independence and diversity of board members, disclosure of financial risks of climate change, and urging companies to refrain from engaging in international business practices that condone human rights violations.
Nappier said that, in her work, she has consistently used, "the financial clout of the Treasury to expand economic opportunity not just for a few, but for all people."
"For nearly 19 years," Nappier added, "this office has promoted the protection of shareholder value and the rights of consumers and workers by strengthening accountability and pursuing prudent and responsible business practices. The results are striking."
New Britain Democrats remember Nappier's close ties to New Britain and support for local Democratic candidates, saying she has been, "a frequent visitor to New Britain in her own campaigns and in support of local Democratic candidates in their races."


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Talk a stranger out of suicide
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Okay so this is meant to be a fun debate.
So the theory here is that someone is on a ledge of a tall building ready to jump off, and commit suicide. Both debaters are going to try and convince the person on the ledge not jump.
The winner of this debate will be who the voters decide best deterred the suicide jumper from wanting to commit suicide.
1. Neither debater can pretend to know this person. This Virtual person, is a complete stranger.
2. A forfeit goes to show you do not care about the person, and thus all 7 points go the opponent.
3. We are not making direct arguments against each other. We are both writing a letter, speech, or basically whatever you want to say to this imaginary person. For the sake of being random, let's say this person's name is Adam. This way you can refer to him personally by his feux name.
4. The voting criteria is determined by which person best made compelling arguments to not committing suicide, or emotionally deterring speeches that deterred the person from committing suicide.
Round 1 Can either be for acceptance, or the Con can make his first speech in it.
If choose to use it for acceptance, than I will start in round 2.
Good luck to whoever accepts this challenge!
Inspirational speech?
*Steps up to the window near the Ledge where Adam is standing, ready to jump*
Ahem, Excuse me sir! Yes, listen, I know you probably have a lot on your mind right now, but if you could just hear me out for a little bit here, I would like to speak with you!
*Pulls out guitar, and starts playing it while singing*
Alright man, now it's for me to get serious. I want to tell you a little bit about why this is a very bad Idea, my friend.
Listen I know your feeling down right now. I have felt it too. But listen mate, this seriously is not the answer. Trust me whatever your experiencing now, will one day vanish, and will even be replaced by the most intense happiness you could ever feel!
Let me start off with a few things.
Alright matey, listen, death is not worth it. Again, I don't know what it is you are going through in your life right now. I want you to think for a moment please. Think about the happiest moment you have ever had in your life? How old were you? Where were you? What made this memory so happy? Think about all these questions while you conjure the image up in your head.
Now something is going on with you particularly in your life right now, that is deterring you and preventing you from seeing life the way you may have saw it at the particular time in your life when you were the happiest.
What specific road blocks have come into play since then? Also what is it that has prevented you from experiencing that same un-happiness? These questions are all rhetorical, by the way. I don't expect you to answer any of them, or reveal any personal information, just to think about them.
My next question is most important. What would you do then, to experience that happiness again?
Now when considering this, I want you to really think about how worth it being happy to you really is. We know for a fact that lack of happiness is what has got you up on this ledge here.
So without even having to answer the question, I already know that your primary goal is happiness.
So now the big question here is this. Is the few times of happiness we feel, not worth all of the bull crap we have to go through in life for? I mean it's always going to be there. Life will never be perfect for anyone by any means.
So how do we deal with this in a way such that is not so mentally tolling, and itching at the back of our minds every day, about the stresses, problems, and anything else we occur?
The answer is attitude. Which admittedly can be hard to sustain.
But friend, I would like you to know that maintaining a certain attitude is not impossible. There all several different ways we can enthusiastically enforce happiness.
I am going to tell you some of the things that I myself do.
So often I focus on the many things that go wrong. Humans as a whole naturally do this. So much that when things do work for them, they do not take it as anything more than a normal occurrence.
Let's break it down a little bit for you. Let's suppose this scenario is going to be your day.
You wake up. You make breakfast, brush your teeth, get ready, and are looking good for work. You then get in your car and begin to drive to work. You get stopped at a red light. Instantly your mind pulls up a red flag and says something along the lines of "GREAT Just what I need!", and you managed to barely get to work on time.
Your boss asks you to fetch him a cup of coffee. You do. As you head back you trip, and coffee spills all over you and the freshly cleaned floor. Your brain now is saying "Damn it, my day just keeps getting worse. Your boss says "Don't worry about it", and sends you to work on some documents. As you arrive in your office you notices piles of paperwork on your desk, and know this is going to be extremely time consuming, and vexing. Finally your brain says "I have had enough! I am not happy! Nothing is going my way!".
And thus your day has been determined to be what you would consider bad. Now let's take a look back at this scenario and find if there were any good things that happened.
- You had a good breakfast.
- You prepped yourself up to look well for work, no problems.
- You own a working car, where many people have to walk, or take busses.
- Your boss is kind and dismisses your accident.
- Even though there is a lot of work, you still have a job, where as a lot of people are poverty stricken!
Now I know that this little scenario may have absolutely nothing to do with the things you are going through. For all I know, it could be extremely worse than that. However, I want you to understand the point here, that the way we live in happiness, is by recognizing the many many good things that happen to us in our every day life, that we so often seem to forget about.
Another way to do it is to look at the 'problems' as challenges. The word problem implies that it is just something in the way. The word challenge changes the whole pretext of the situation, however. When we are able to look at something that goes wrong, and say to ourselves, ya know, that's not all the bad. In fact I am happy this happened, because I have the opportunity to learn something from this!
Okay, maybe I went a little overboard with this. No you aren't expected to act that way over every little challenge. The point is more to not look at them as something bigger than they are, however.
There is one more thing I want to talk to you about right now though.
I want you to close your eyes for a minute. Again I want you to create some mental pictures in your head again. Who is the person you love most in life? Which person holds so much importance to you that without this person, the world would seem just a little bit dimmer without?
See this person. This person is in anguish. They feel they have lost everything. This person no longer wants to live. This person attempts to commit suicide. The "attempt" is a success.
Your phone rings. You hear the news. You drop the phone before the person is done speaking. It can't be true. Not this person. You jump in your car, and head to where the person said the act happened. You see this persons house is on fire, as they are the only person inside. You scream and run towards the house, but are held back by police and fireman. As you scream and scream for this person, The fireman just keeps repeating "It's too late... It's too late."
You wonder to yourself "Why? Why did you do this!" You break down and cry.
As the funeral starts, you are finally able to look down at this person. This person is beautiful to you in heart and in mind. How has this person shown up for you in your life? What memories did you hold with this person? Was this person a family member? Was this person a Friend? Was this person a lover?
The funeral ends. People start to leave, but not you. You stay. You can't bear to leave this person. This person who meant so much to you. Who possibly changed your life. After hours, your are forced away. You watch as your loved one is buried. The last sight you will ever see of the person who you love so much. You go to their house. Though it is charred, and burnt, by a self lit and purposeful fire, you do not care. You enter the bedroom. This is the place where this person would sleep. You touch the burnt bed longingly. Is it still messy from how they woke up that morning? Was it nice and folded? You realize that everything that was left in the room, was the way it was as made by this person. Suddenly it all seems special to you. The posters, the dirty clothes on the ground, even the meaningless things. These things all belonged to this person. This person who you held so dearly to your life. You ask yourself again "Why? How could this person leave me?"
*Pulls out guitar, and begins singing one more time*
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I am done talking for now my friend, but please consider my words. My friend Imabench wishes to speak to you.
Hi Adam, my name is Imabench. I dont know what the f*ck took TUF so long but listening to him babble on and on made me wanna jump off a building and kill myself, you know what im saying? LOL
Listen im not going to bullsh*t you, i'll give it to you straight. There are only two reasons why people do what it is your doing.
1) They are blaming themselves for something that they couldnt control or didnt cause
2) They are blaming themselves for messing up something that could have been fixed.
If its the first one Adam, then there is no reason why you should be out here. There is so much of the world that we try to control but the simple thing is that we cant control anything at all. The world has its own mind and its own free will, just like you Adam. We all try to control things that we cant control, and we cant lose our minds every time we try to control something and fail. The world has its own way of working and if you stick through all of the crappy parts, it will always works out in the end. When my dad died from cancer I wanted to jump too, I was just a freshman in high school when it happened, I still had half a childhood to celebrate with my dad and I had all of that taken away from me by something i didnt have any control over. They say that children are supposed to bury their parents, but mine happened too soon.... too soon. I went through the phases too, denial, anger, sadness, all of that, but i still cant accept it, even four years later.
There will be tragic stuff in your life that you simply cannot control, but you shouldnt opt for death just because you hit a rough spot in your life though, you have to press on because its the worst of times that makes the best of times the best of times......
Now the only other reason you could be out here Adam is if you made a mistake about something you did have control over. We all make mistakes from time to time, and some times we f*ck up pretty big. My biggest screw up was probably the time i dyed my balls green.....
What happened was that I went to a University of Miami football game with green hair to see If I could get on TV, which I did, but then when later that night I had to shower and wash it all out. However all of the green hair water trickled from my hair down my body and it all somehow met up "south of the border".............. at the "party zone"........... to throw one hell of a fiesta.
Green haired Imabench:
(Yes im nuts ;D)
Now that doesnt sound like something I couldnt control but it got much worse. Rather than try to viciously wash it out and do irreparable damage to my own goods, I chose to leave it there and over time it would simply go away as I "landscaped" the affected area.
What I didnt know is that green hair dye that stays in hair for more than 3 days in a row starts to itch like its being rubbed by a cheese grater......
So for an entire month of my life I considered mutilating George Washington to relieve the itching. I named my goods George Washington because its patriotic, it looks like its 50 years old, and it loves freedom but thats besides the point.
My point is, no matter how big of a mistake you could make, it could always have ended more catastrophically. To quote Bill Clinton, "If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person." And I learned that month never to dye my balls green, and that actually makes me a better person since I learned from my mistake."
Im going to go back inside now and I would like it if you came too......... Because I got some nice stinky weed and I cant smoke all of this stuff by myself, I could use your help :)
Eh HEM! Please excuse my "Friend". Just forget about that whole part about his painted balls, I think he went a little out of context there.
Ya know mate, there was a time, where I was in your shoes as well. I was super depressed. Almost to the point of suicide. You see, I had a sweet tooth. One that was not satisfied. I had a lovely batch of cookies, that I had unfortunately lost! I spent moths looking for them. Each month that went by, I slipped just a little bit deeper into my depression. I missed those cookies dearly. I felt I had held them close to me for so long, only to have gotten them ripped straight from my fingers. Where had I put them? I often wondered to myself. Eventually I had to let go. I was heart broken.
Then one day, I was casually strolling my kitchen, when long behold....
Now suddenly my life had it's meaning restored! What I had once thought to have had been gone forever, now confronted my longing eyes once more. I was the happiest person you could ever meet.
My point here mate, is to NEVER give up. There is always hope. That which you once thought to be lost, may still be out there, waiting for you to reach out and take it! And then to run around screaming about how happy you are about finding it!
While Imabench was giving you his speech about his green balls, I found and rounded up some people who understand what you are going through. They agreed to sing you a song, written specifically for you, mate.
*Suddenly Blink 182 forms it's set up on the ground below*
There are time in your life, when you will feel like nobody cares. There are times in your life, where you feel like nobody loves you. There are times in your life, where you'll feel like all people care about is bragging about their green nutsack, when all you want to do is jump. I am not going to do that to you my friend. I want you to know I am here. I am listening. You are a never ending vortex of creativity, and intellect. You are the vast and special bond that makes human life exactly what it is.
Don't give up.
Because there is always hope.
And there is Always some on out there who loves you.
I wanted to tell you a series of quotes about suicide, made by famous people.
As anyone who has been close to someone that has committed suicide knows, there is no other pain like that felt after the incident. - Peter Greene
Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A lot of people told me that I'm committing musical suicide with my sound. -Kid Rock
MMM actually scratch that last one! Pulled that one from the wrong book I suppose!
I think we have established that happiness is the goal here. In order to succeed in being happy, though we must first pursue it.
I have one more friend I would like you to meet. His name is Mr. Randy Pausch. And he has a little message for you.
How do we achieve happiness?
We experience. We get out there and pursue those dreams that we have always wanted to do, or accomplish.
Stop waiting around. What is holding you back? Money? Drama in some relationship? There comes a point in life, where we just have to look at it all and say "SCREW IT! I am doing what I want to do!"
Why wait to find that you have stalled your entire life, just to grasp the happiness that is hanging right in front of your face, eager to be grabbed and used?
There is no reason. We create reasons, excuses, and more problems by becoming hopeless.
When we give up hope, we eliminate all the options we once had to making our life become greater.
The thing so many of us often don't realize, is that the opportunities we are looking for a right in front of our noses waiting to be taken advantage of!
Humans are the most intelligent beings on the planet, and arguably, the universe (for those of you who don't believe in alien life forms). We have evolved greatly from the beginning of our existence here on earth. Our knowledge only grows and continues to grow, with each and every passing year. Why is it that we learn so rapidly? It is because from the beginning, man kind has always asked questions. How can we search for an answer without the question?
There are many big questions that man has asked yet still search for the answer to. Such as, "Why are we here?", "What happens after death?", or "Is their a greater being?". There are so many questions, but I think that (arguably) the biggest one, is "What is the meaning of life?".
My answer to the question is: To enjoy life!
Everything we do on this earth, whether we know it or not, is to achieve some sort of goal of happiness. Even those who commit their lives to acts of terror, know (given their beliefs) that they will be rewarded in the afterlife, which is their happiness.
We go to work everyday, such that we can support ourselves or our families. But it is more than that. Because living is more than just staying alive. To really live, we need to enjoy our lives and have fun!
What I mean when I say the rest is "time wasted", is this. If you were to go into an office every single day of your life, to earn money to live, yet never did anything to enjoy your life, what would the point of life be? There is simply no such gain of value from wasting your life away at a good job, with no end mean.
So why not make a living doing what we love instead? The pay may not be great, but at least we enjoy ourselves, thus fulfilling some sort of life goals based on our perceptions and beliefs. If you were to die this way, knowing that you have accomplished all the goals in life to make you happy, how could you ever say it was a life wasted?
A lot of us have dis-illusioned ourselves to believe that in order to accomplish our wants, me must first accomplish our needs! We fail to see that is it possible to accomplish our needs by first acknowledging our wants. So technically this boils down to our attitude about life.
Here's an explanation of how we illusion ourselves into unhappiness by telling ourselves that we must accomplish our needs to be happy.
Average mindset:
I need _____.
If I have _____ then I will get _____.
Now let me point out the flaw with this mindset that creates unhappiness, by filling in the blanks.
I need a good job.
If I have a good job then I will get Good money.
If I get good money, I can pay my bills.
If I can pay my bills then I can focus on Building my fence.
If I Build my fence, then I can clean my house.
If I clean my house... Etc. Etc.
Truth is, the list can perpetually go on and on, til virtually forever. Yet at the same time we deny ourselves of happiness, when replacing our wants with needs.
Really, what do we accomplish by accepting a need? Better attainability to accomplish other needs?
All the while, by doing this we neglect and deny that what we WANT is happiness, and by doing so, refuse to obtain it.
What if happiness was as simple to achieve, by easily reaching out in front of us and taking it? By enjoying all the little things in our life, such that we don't have to neglect and distrust that it is there, out hanging right before our blinded eyes?
What if we went into all of our daily actions with an attitude of "This is what I want!", such that we can obtain our one and only true need. The need to be happy, and enjoy life.
Adam, I believe that happiness is something that is achievable for everyone. You are not excluded. Get out there and go for your goals and your dreams. Now Come inside and let's continue our talk. We have cookies. :)
In all seriousness though, I'm guessing that the reason you are still out here is because you are still really committed to jumping........ If your looking for the golden reason to why you should or shouldn't jump though I cant say that I know what it is, I'm just here to try to reason with you if your willing to listen. The fact that you're still here though sort of implies that your open to suggestions though.
We all go through pain Adam, whether it comes in the form of being heart broken or having your balls itch so bad it feels like an army of ants has colonized it.... I could never fully comprehend the amount of pain you've went through or even what it is that caused you to do this in the first place, but I do know that suicide is a choice made in times of desperation.
You know the phrase "never go to bed angry?"...... Well that's a load of horse sh*t right there. Some of the biggest decisions made in life require more than a day to mull it over or to settle it. Sometimes a good night's sleep calms a person down and helps them think better about their actions, and I think that when it comes down to a person deciding to take his own life or not, well a decision that big requires a lot of time to think about it and mull it over. One of my biggest problems in life is that I am impulsive and make judgement calls, and many times I end up regretting them.
Mistakes happen, and you just need to clear your mind and come to the most rational conclusion you can make when all the other options are eliminated. And I have to say Adam..... I'm not entirely sure you've eliminated all the options. Suicide doesn't really solve anything, its just a way to escape from the world and its problems that can still be resolved. I realize that sometimes the biggest meaning in life is doing everything in your power to right something that you did wrong and gain peoples respect back after you lost it.
I'm only going to ask you to mull it over again and ponder if suicide is the only way to solve your problems even though suicide doesn't solve any problems at all, and just gives people more problems.
I'm going back inside again but let me say one more thing. Suicide sounds like the quick and easy solution, but its not really a solution at all, and sometimes what is quick and easy isn't the right thing to do.
Okay buddy so this is my last chance to talk to you. I want to make it count.
How old are you? 23? That's not very old at all mate.
Listen, I know your having a hard time right now. Maybe a "hard time" is putting the term lightly. I have absolutely no idea what happened.
My girlfriend of 2 years just broke up with me the other night. And she refused to give me a direct answer as to why. It was almost as if I hadn't known her for 2 entire years... Everything about her. Suddenly she wants to play these game on me. At first, ya know I was depressed as hell. I spent the whole night not sleeping, and writing my feelings of hate and anger into a word document.
Last night I was able to spend some time with a friend, who reminded me of some very important things however.
Things I already knew, but once hearing again made me look a little bit closer at them.
Right now I could join you up on that ledge. I could be dreading life, that the only person I had in life has left me, for practically no other reason than she wanted to. After 2 years. But I am not going to join you up there. In fact I am going to ask you to join me in here.
Because honestly I have learned from this.
Why should I allow my happiness to rely on one person?
I mean, seriously, I am only 19. What am I doing wasting my time being depressed? I have another 80 or so years to live, so why not make them count?
I have realized that the true meaning of life is to live in happiness. If I am not doing everything I can to be happy, then I cannot justifiably blame my pity on her.
Who knows why she left me? Better question who cares? Every second I waste worrying about why she did it, and feeling sorry for myself, I am wasting the valuable time that I could be actually doing something to replace that hole she left me.
Adam, you have a big hole. Something is missing from your life.
I am not saying replacing that hole is going to be easy. But you at least owe it to yourself to try.
Because, quite frankly not giving yourself a chance is unfair to you.
You have lived 23 short years. You have many more to come. Some will be hard... Maybe even harder than what your going through now.
But the good times you will experience, the memories you will create, will far outweigh any of those feelings.
Adam you don't know what your missing out on. And you never will unless you try it, give yourself a chance.
Don't end your life because of this. You are great. Everything that makes up you is special in every way imaginable.
And there is someone out there right now, who is waiting for you to change their life.
"To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer
The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune,
Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them: to die, to sleep
No more; and by a sleep, to say we end
The heart-ache, and the thousand Natural shocks
That Flesh is heir to? 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die to sleep,
To sleep, perchance to Dream; Ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes Calamity of so long life:
For who would bear the Whips and Scorns of time,
The Oppressor's wrong, the proud man's Contumely, [F:poor]
The pangs of despised Love, the Law's delay, [F:disprized]
The insolence of Office, and the Spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his Quietus make
With a bare Bodkin? Who would Fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered Country, from whose bourn
No Traveller returns, Puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have,
Than fly to others that we know not of.
Thus Conscience does make Cowards of us all,
And thus the Native hue of Resolution
Is sicklied o'er, with the pale cast of Thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment, [F:pith]
With this regard their Currents turn awry, [F:away]
And lose the name of Action. Soft you now,
The fair Ophelia? Nymph, in thy Orisons
Be all my sins remembered"
So Adam, together, we can take arms against the sea of troubles. Change the tide and make those troubles worth fighting against.
Because what fun is there in life if we do not have challenges to over come?
Adam I want you to consider all of. Consideration can be hard when waiting atop a ledge.
So take a step back inside, and the let's take the first step towards becoming happy together.
Dont play dumb I heard what he said, he said that he wants to be happy together with you!!! I have to give you props you must be a real player if you can get a gay guy to hit on you without even trying, well done sir well done. I also have to give props for making it through the Hamlet recital, when I watched the movie and that long a** scene came up I thought about killing myself. If you didnt jump while sitting through that then deep down you really do want to live.
TUF's gay marriage proposal though sort of reminds me of how things can simply fall into your lap without even trying...... Those things can bring good luck or bad luck, and you cant always control which one ends up falling into your life. Sometimes you just have to be frank with people to avoid any drama. I think TUF is a good guy, but trust me Adam, you could do way better.
When life gives you lemons you make lemonade, life just gave you TUF but you might want to return him to get your money back. You still have a lot of time to take what life gives you and make something out of it. Thats all anyone can do and Im sure you can still do plenty with what life gives you.
Ill see you inside, If you dont come, then TUF might come back out and talk to you again 0_0
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- Negative past experiences (63 percent)
- Concerns that the work will not be done correctly (49 percent)
That's bad for business considering the share of the average store's revenue (about 40 percent) and profits (50 percent) that your parts and service center generates and the impact it can have on customer loyalty when it's time for a customer to purchase another vehicle.
Making matters worse, a study by DEMautomotive showed that the longer customers own their vehicles the less likely they are to return to the dealership for servicing.
That's a lot of revenue to leave on the table for someone else to scoop up.
Which brings us back to trust.
The AAA survey also revealed opportunity for auto dealerships, with nearly two-thirds of U.S. drivers singling out an auto repair shop that they do trust, "suggesting that consumers have prioritized finding a reliable mechanic in an industry with an imperfect reputation."
Which, of course, means that the more your dealership can avoid – or correct – the reasons that customers are reluctant to bring their repair business to you, the better you are likely to fare.
"The quality of work – doing the job right the first time – can noticeably affect customer satisfaction and loyalty," said Chris Sutton of J.D. Power, speaking of the company's latest Customer Satisfaction Index.
It's as simple – and as complicated – as that.
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Written by Mark Macesich
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EVENT: Fall 50
EVENT DATE: Oct 20, 2012
Dear family and friends,
Imagine waking up in the morning and not being able to get out of bed! What would it be like if you needed assistance doing every phyical movement you make in your day? How would you look at the world and what would drive you to continue on? Would life be a challenge?
I can tell you that for me, it definitely would be!
However, for my good friend, Mary Cox, she doesn't know the word "CAN'T"!
Mary was born with Muscular Dystrophy, a disease which slowly has deteriorated the muscles in her body since her 20's. Mary has an incredible spirit which is about endurance and making the most of life!
Racing provides Mary a sense of freedom and excitement that her disability took away.
Mary has inspired me to start myTEAM TRIUMPH, an athletic mentoring program for challenged athletes. mTT provides life-changing team-based endurance racing experiences to individuals with disabilities by pairing them with able bodied team members who push and pull them in road races and triathlons using specialized racing equipment.
Together, Mary and I have participated in marathons, century bike rides and many triathalons! What's next...
Run 50 miles non-stop together in the Fall 50
My goal is to raise $5000 ($100 per mile). This amount will allow myTEAM TRIUMPH to purchase two adaptive racing chairs (such as the one in the picture) that will afford challenged athletes the opportunity to have these same life-enhancing experiences with myTEAM TRIUMPH!
Thank you very much for your thoughts, prayers and consideration to support our effort
In service,
Christian Jensen
The Team: $300 TOTAL RAISED SO FARJOIN THE TEAM
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Spectators and some of the world's best golfers will also be battling showers during the Ryder Cup match-up this weekend.
Friday kicks off a traditional stand-off between teams from Europe and the United States going back to 1927. The now bi-annual competition, alternating between courses on either continent, takes some of the best golfers to Perthshire, Scotland, for 2014.
Showers and dark clouds were looming during practices on Thursday morning ahead of the official start of the cup.
Showers remain in the forecast for those teeing off Friday morning, but by the afternoon, Gleneagles will be dry. Saturday is expected to continue the dry weather; however, showers will be passing off to the north of the course for the first half of the weekend.
Sunday looks to be the wettest day of the tournament. A weak front moving through the region will bring some showers for the final round.
The few showers early on Friday and Sunday are not expected to be heavy, so should not cause enough rain to cause flooding for the area. However, it could be an added challenge for the golfers.
Wetter greens and fairways Sunday will cause drives to roll less, slowing the greens and make the ball stick where it lands. Spectators may want to bring an umbrella or jacket while dodging showers.


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A Summer in Beijing
Sophomore Kevin Jang participated in the Minor in Entrepreneurship's Beijing Program with the support of UNC's Phillips Ambassador Scholarship. A group of UNC students attended classes at Peking University and completed immersive internships. Kevin interned at The Wine Republic.
It may not seem obvious at first, but the wine business in China is one of the most entrepreneurial ventures in the world. In order to penetrate the market, the first entrepreneurs had to overcome cultural, financial, and geographical barriers to establish a wine culture in the Chinese marketplace. They saw an opportunity in the country for a thriving wine market during China's huge economic growth, jumped right in, and are now reaping the profits. Winecompanies are constantly looking for new markets to enter and ways to innovate their products. To me, this is the true spirit of entrepreneurship, which is the ability to revolutionize a market that has existed for thousands of years. I can say without a doubt that my time interning at The Wine Republic in Beijing has given me a treasure trove of information about entrepreneurship that I could never learn by reading a textbook.
After 12 hours, my plane touched down in the hazy city of Beijing. It was the foggiest weather I had ever seen, almost as if the clouds had come down with us during the descent. Not the best introduction to one of Asia's most prominent cities, but I told myself to just deal with it for the next two months as I strapped on my face mask. I had been accepted to the UNC-Peking Entrepreneurship Summer program, and would be studying at Peking University as well as interning at a company. I still remember being extremely excited in the airport terminal as I walked towards the sign saying "UNC Chapel Hill," and would have never guessed that the next two months would be the best two months of my life.
The internships that we were assigned for the program ranged from sports marketing companies to working at companies dedicated to helping Chinese students apply for business programs abroad. Personally, I was assigned to The Wine Republic; which imports premium foreign wines to sell domestically in mainland China. They distribute only premium wines from France, New Zealand, Austria, Australia and elsewhere. They pride themselves on having a very large repertoire of wine selections that can be used as gifts or for celebratory occasions.
Not only was I able to learn a ton about the wine business, but I was also able to practice my Mandarin Chinese daily by conversing with co-workers. It was very inspirational watching the people on the sales team interact with clients because they always exuded a passion for their jobs. I have never before met people so zealous and knowledgeable about a single topic. I could list off the names of any wine in our company's inventory and anyone could tell me the wine's code number, where it was made, vintage, and the type of food that it would go well with. I was assigned to the marketing team to help out with promotional ads and flyers; however, I gradually found myself being lent out to anyone in the company that needed an extra hand. This was probably the best part about my job, because I got to experience every aspect of working at a wine importer rather than just marketing.
During the first month of the program, we were working full-time at our internships. In the second months, classes started at Peking University (PKU) but we were still working part-time at our companies. I really appreciated the changing of pace because going to the classes at PKU allowed me to meet new friends as well as practice my Chinese. I had a blast visiting historical landmarks such as the Great Wall and Forbidden City, and even got to travel to Xi'an with everyone on the program.
I was quite apprehensive before going on the program because two months by myself all the way across the world seemed intimidating. However, any worries quickly disappeared because the other UNC students on the program became a tight knit group that I could depend on. The biggest lesson that I learned during my time there is that you have to go out and explore whenever you have free time. The biggest mistake that anyone can make when they go to a foreign city is to be scared of their surroundings and lock themselves in their room. Explore, make new friends, and gradually the city will feel like home. Even now, I miss Beijing all the time. It is something that cannot be described fully in words and must be experienced firsthand. There is still so much to learn and explore in that great city, and I cannot wait to go back one day.


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Dec 4 2008: Meeting Recap
Welcome back from the long Thanksgiving Holiday! We hope everybody had their fill of turkey. Dr. Bakur started us off with another acoustic rendition. After he started us off, we introduced our plethora of guests:
· Ana Meyers (Bookkeeping + a new member!!!)
· Dave Haugh (Dry Cleaning)
· Jose Castaneda (Auto Detailing)
· Michael Conoly (Payroll)
· Michael Hormozi (Dry Cleaning)
· Nafisa Braimah (Catering)
· Sabrina Nichols (Financial Planning)
We want to offer a warm thanks to the guests and our members that invited them.
Sue Crowder from Union Bank of California was our speaker for today and asked us to talk to other companies about the benefits of doing direct deposits with UBOC. She also told us about safety deposit boxes, which we encourage people to use, considering the fires that plagued us from past years.
Afterwards, we had the raffle in which Ana Meyers won the roller-tote from Sue. Dr. Bakur won the rest of the raffle tickets, contained within a much-coveted, original Mikel Bruce bowl. Congratulations!
It was very encouraging the number of tips that Karen (our Aesthetician) received for her Peel Day Extravaganza. We would like to remind everybody that the reason why Karen did so well was that she actively asked the group to help her in this endeavor. If you have something specific that you would like support for, remember to ask, just as Jasmine did with her request for help distributing her gift certificates. Ask and ye shall receive.
We voted in two new members today, Tammy Reynolds, a CPA with Bruno Skorheim LLP, and Ana Meyers, a bookkeeper.
We want to talk about next week's Winter Social. First, we want to remind everybody that this is in addition to next week's regular Thursday meeting. Second, if you have some time, please get in touch with Sue to find out how you can lend a hand setting up. Third, please be sure to bring AT LEAST 40 BUSINESS CARDS. The way the business cards will work is when a guest talks to you you will give them a business card. Before the raffle, guests can show their business cards in exchange for a raffle ticket. As you all know, our FABULOUS PRIZE will be a week's stay at a timeshare in HAWAII (Thanks Barbara!!!). Also, please remember to sign up for food at:
http://spunlabs.no-ip.info/friki/view?ChristmasLetipPotluck (click on the edit this page button)
Next week we will have a round-table, where Llewellyn will give us tips and tricks on how to remember the most important word for every person: their name.
16 Tips were passed today, plus seven escrow tips: 2 for auto detailer, 2 for a dry cleaner, 1 for a book keeper, and 1 for a financial advisor. Remember, escrow tips are never given to a guest before they join, but escrow tips are business waiting for you should you decide to join.
Llewellyn & Rich
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SAN JOSE -- Cadence Design Systems today announced second quarter revenue of $479 million, compared to revenue of $453 million reported for the same period in 2016.
GAAP net income was up 41% to $69 million for the period ended Jul. 1.
Non-GAAP net income was $94 million, versus $86 million for the same period in 2016.
The Americas made up 45% of sales for the quarter.
The System Interconnect and Analysis, which includes printed circuit board design software, made up 10% of revenue for the quarter, or $47.9 million. By that measure, the unit's sales were up 5.7% year-over-year.
"Customer adoption of our innovative product portfolio enabled Cadence's strong second quarter results, driven by robust software and IP growth," said Lip-Bu Tan, president and chief executive officer.
"Our excellent financial results for the second quarter were highlighted with revenue near the high end of our guidance range and operating margin, EPS and operating cash flow all exceeding expectations," said Geoff Ribar, senior vice president and chief financial officer, and added, "We are increasing our outlook for the fiscal year and expect to repurchase shares in the third quarter under our existing authorization."
Cadence guided for the third quarter revenue of $475 million to $485 million. For 2017, the company expects total revenue of $1.91 billion to $1.95 billion.
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