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- Jack LaLanne: 1914–2011
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Jack LaLanne: 1914–2011By Steve Edwards
Jack, you lied.
You said if you died it would ruin your image, but now that you're gone, nothing has changed.
You were THE fitness icon yesterday; you're THE fitness icon today. Without you, it's impossible to say if there would even be a fitness industry. You started it, you grew it—your influence never waned, and you are still its leader. I think it's safe to say your image is, and always will be, intact.
Jack LaLanne is my hero. I suppose that if pressed, I have others, but he's the first and only one I recognize. And even though his aforementioned famous saying, "I can't die, it would ruin my image," is challenged by his passing, this has little bearing on the validity of his life.
Because Jack's MO had nothing to do with dying. It had to do with living; getting the most out of the days you're given. He wasn't above a bit of hyperbole if it drove his cause, but he was never more straightforward than when he said, "Billy Graham preaches about the hereafter. I preach the here and now."
"My name's Jack," he told my friend Denis, who'd referred to him as Mr. LaLanne, with a look that clearly stated "save the 'mister' for old people, buddy." He was 95. I only met Jack once, but I felt like I knew him well. He was an open book when it came to what drove his existence. To all of us whose lives are a passionate pursuit of fitness, he was simply The Man.
Jack wasn't always this way. Just the last 80 or so years. A sickly childhood motivated his transformation. His mother took him to a presentation on nutrition when he was 15 that changed him. By 21, he'd opened his own health club—back when it not only wasn't trendy, it was practically unheard of.
"People thought I was a charlatan or a nut," said Jack. "The doctors were against me—they said that working out with weights would give people heart attacks and they would lose their sex drive."
Much of the younger generation only knows Jack as "that juicer guy" from a series of infomercials he did late in life. When I tell the under-30 set about Jack's fitness achievements, I generally encounter bewilderment or simple disbelief. But Jack practically invented modern weight training. He invented the Universal Gym, an industry standard for 50 years. He invented and popularized both supplements and specific diet plans for exercise, and he was almost single-handedly responsible for the movement that had athletes train with weight for sports. Without Jack, there would be no P90X®, no INSANITY®, no Beachbody®.
One of my favorite anecdotes is about how Jack got a coach to allow him to train a university football team. The coach was skeptical, thinking that weight training would make the players "muscle-bound." Jack met the team at some sand dunes, hoisted the largest player over his shoulder (Jack was 5'6"), and sprinted up the highest dune. He got the job and never looked back.
Jack parlayed his passion into a career in television, where The Jack LaLanne Show was a daytime staple for 3 decades. His target audience of stay-at-home moms may have hurt his credibility as a serious fitness enthusiast with scientific types, but those who paid attention knew differently. Though the routines he provided were simple, he found ways to sneak in moves that no housewife—or any person except him, in many cases—could emulate, like fully extended one-arm (arm stretched above his head) fingertip dynamic push-ups.
Then, of course, there were his challenges. He explained them to Donald Katz, in a highly entertaining article in Outside magazine in 1995, this way: "I started the feats because everyone said I was just a muscle-bound charlatan. I had to show them I was an athlete."
"Maybe you don't believe in Jesus," he continued. "But was Jesus a showman? Why did he go around making the blind see and the lame walk and those kinds of things? He did it to call attention to his philosophy."
You won't see Jack's obituary in the sports pages, but that's only because he had no rival. His sports—or feats—were so far ahead of what others were doing, no one else could play. These displays of strength and fitness were so far ahead of the curve they couldn't be measured. Not one of Jack's challenges has been repeated—not one. I submit that he's the best physical specimen—the best athlete—who ever lived.
"'Come to the beach and do some chin-ups with me, Arnold,'" said Arnold Schwarzenegger, quoting Jack at the legend's 95th birthday party. "He didn't tell me that we were going to do chin-ups for 1 hour straight without stopping."
The audience all laughed, but Arnold was likely recounting an actual experience. Jack once did 1,000 chin-ups and 1,000 star jumps in 1 hour and 22 minutes. When a friend of mine was breaking the Guinness World Records® record for number of chin-ups in an hour a few years back, he began with 600 and worked his way to 719—about 25 percent less than what Jack was doing half a century earlier, before we even consider the star jumps. Jack once started doing push-ups during an hour-long TV show and kept going until it ended.
Jack's feats, often done on his birthday, were not about ego or bravado. They were simply a way to justify his training system—or philosophy. After all, it's hard to dismiss a guy as merely "muscle-bound" when you shackle his hands and feet, throw him in the water, and attach him to 70 boats (with a person in each), and then watch him tow them all more than a mile—especially when the guy in question is 70 years old.
As a spokesman, Jack pulled few punches. He had a shtick that he'd champion at any opportunity, from his "if man makes it, don't eat it" stance on nutrition to the evils of sugar and junk food, about which he said, "It destroys the B vitamins. It destroys your mind, affects your memory, your concentration. Why do you think so many of these kids today are screwed up? It's what they're eating. You know how much sugar Americans consume today in white flour, cakes, pies, candy, and ice cream? Would you get your dog up in the morning and give him a cigarette, cup of coffee, and a doughnut? How many millions of Americans got up this morning with a breakfast like that? And you wonder why people are sick and obese."
On fad fitness equipment, Jack once marveled to Outside, "Have you seen some of the crap they're selling as exercise equipment now? How about that Suzanne Somers? She should have been thrown in jail for selling the piece-of-crap ThighMaster. It just develops a little muscle on the inner thigh. What good is that? And have you seen Tony Little, the guy who screams on TV? He's like an imbecile. He says you need this little thing to hold you while you do a sit-up. Why does the government let him get away with it?"
Of course a guy who's pulling boats around at 70 has some strong opinions on age: "Don't talk age! It has nothing to do with it. One of my guys who started out at my gym is 87 now, and he still does 10 bench-press reps with a 100-pound dumbbell in each hand. He's training to set a leg-pressing record. I put things in the guy's brain way back when, and now he'll never get away from it."
And on living in general, Jack says something I've tried to follow my entire life—my mantra, if you will: "I train like I'm training for the Olympics or for a Mr. America contest, the way I've always trained my whole life. You see, life is a battlefield. Life is survival of the fittest. How many healthy people do you know? How many happy people do you know? Think about it. People work at dying, they don't work at living. My workout is my obligation to life. It's my tranquilizer. It's part of the way I tell the truth—and telling the truth is what's kept me going all these years."
Jack was so good at telling the truth, he did it even when he was lying. His time on Earth may have passed, but his image will loom large for eternity.
A list of his birthday challenges:
- 1954 (age 40): Jack swam the entire length of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco underwater with 140 pounds of equipment, including two air tanks. A world record.
- 1955 (age 41): Jack swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco while handcuffed. When interviewed afterward, he was quoted as saying that the worst thing about the ordeal was being handcuffed, which reduced his chance to star jump significantly.
- 1956 (age 42): Jack set a world record of 1,033 push-ups in 23 minutes on You Asked For It, a television program hosted by Art Baker.
- 1957 (age 43): Jack swam the Golden Gate channel while towing a 2,500-pound cabin cruiser. The swift ocean currents turned this one-mile swim into a swimming distance of 6.5 miles.
- 1958 (age 44): Jack maneuvered a paddleboard nonstop from Farallon Islands to the San Francisco shore. The 30-mile trip took 9.5 hours.
- 1959 (age 45): The year The Jack LaLanne Show went nationwide, Jack did 1,000 star jumps and 1,000 chin-ups in 1 hour and 22 minutes.
- 1974 (age 60): For the second time, Jack swam from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman's Wharf. Again, he was handcuffed, but this time he was also shackled and towed a 1,000-pound boat.
- 1975 (age 61): Repeating his performance of 21 years earlier, Jack again swam the entire length of the Golden Gate Bridge underwater and handcuffed, but this time he was shackled and towed a 1,000-pound boat.
- 1976 (age 62): To commemorate the United States bicentennial, Jack swam one mile in Long Beach Harbor. He was handcuffed and shackled, and he towed 13 boats (representing the 13 original colonies) containing 76 people (representing the Spirit of '76).
- 1979 (age 65): Jack towed 65 boats in Lake Ashinoko, near Tokyo, Japan. He was handcuffed and shackled, and the boats were filled with a total of 6,500 pounds of Louisiana Pacific wood pulp.
- 1980 (age 66): Jack towed 10 boats in North Miami, Florida. The boats carried 77 people, and he towed them for more than one mile in less than 1 hour.
- 1984 (age 70): Once again handcuffed and shackled, Jack fought strong winds and currents as he swam 1.5 miles while towing 70 boats (bearing a total of 70 people) from the Queen's Way Bridge in Long Beach Harbor to the Queen Mary.
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Beat the Winter "Blahs" with ExerciseBy Amy Ludwig
Feeling a post-holiday letdown? Tired of shorter days and early nights? Wondering how you can get through the dark months as you pine for summer sunshine? Fear not. You can walk—or jog, run, or lift—your way to a brighter mood with exercise.
When you're feeling low, moving may be the last thing you feel like doing. As Sir Isaac Newton pointed out, an object at rest tends to stay at rest. But increasingly, science is proving that if you can peel yourself off the couch and put one foot in front of the other, you'll feel better, both about yourself and the world.
So how do you make this happen?
Working out "cheers up" your body chemistry.
When you're physically active, your body releases natural chemicals that actually make you feel good. Neurotransmitters like endorphins, serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine help you feel relaxed and happy.
Exercise also reduces your body's production of hormones like cortisol, which are released at high levels during chronic stress and depress the immune system.
Working out has a calming effect on the body. When all else is equal, the harder to exercise the calmer you'll be.
You can help support these positive results with the right supplements, like ActiVit® Multivitamins or Shakeology®.
Move your body, change your mind.
Exercise has been proven to:
- Boost confidence: Achieving a fitness goal, no matter how small, will give you a sense of accomplishment.
- Burn calories: How else does the weight melt away? Plus getting thinner and feeling more fit is likely to cheer you up.
- Redirect your focus: You'll be too busy trying to do one more rep of that crunch, curl, or kick to think about anything negative.
Show you can do something positive: By choosing to get up and move, you're taking care of yourself, and coping in a healthy way. And when you observe that, you'll believe you can take other steps forward.
How much exercise makes a difference?
As little as 10 to 15 minutes of activity can improve your mood, especially if you're doing something dynamic, like running or cycling. Harvard psychiatrist John J. Ratey, M.D., writes that a single workout can jump-start the feel-good chemical changes. So the most important thing is getting started. To get the greatest benefits, work your way up to at least 30 minutes a day, 3 to 5 days a week.
What kind of workout is best?
One you enjoy. Seriously. If it's not something you like, you're less likely to make the effort. For instance, I don't happen to be a fan of plyometrics, despite its many benefits. When I work out, I opt for cycling, yoga, or low-impact programs instead. They still get me sweating my way into a great mood. Identify the activities you enjoy, and get going.
How do you get started?
Choose something accessible. The power of exercise doesn't come from fancy equipment, but from the effort you put in. If you pick something you can get to and that fits your timetable, you've lowered the barriers to beginning. For example, you can:
- Turn everyday errands into workouts when you do them on foot or by bike. (Extra points for adding a hill, or taking the long way home.)
- Check out the activities offered at your local park, like swimming, basketball games, or fitness classes.
- Commit to an in-home Beachbody® workout program that's sure to fit your schedule.
So start today. Boost your activity level and help put a smile on your face. Because you don't have to wait for the sunshine to feel good.
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Recipe: Honey-Mustard Salmon
Here's a tasty last-minute dish that's easy to prepare and even easier to clean up (especially if you remember to put aluminum foil in the broiler pan first). Just 7 minutes in the oven, and voilà!
- 4 salmon fillets, about 6 oz. each, with skin
- 2 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
- 1 Tbsp. honey
- Salt and pepper (to taste)
- Small bowl
Preheat broiler. In a small bowl, mix together mustard, honey, salt, and pepper with a fork. Place salmon skin-side down on broiler pan and brush with honey-mustard mixture. Broil about 5 to 7 inches from heat source for about 7 to 8 minutes or until fish flakes with a fork. Serves 4.
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 7 to 8 minutes
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|Fat Total
|Saturated Fat
|40 grams
|>1 gram
|4 grams
|8 grams
|2 grams
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On to lunch at Lawry's Prime Rib which is also housed in a Historic building.
In fact, it was one of the best days I have ever had.
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What amazinglybeautiful structures and such an interesting post! Larry
Wow, wow and even more Wows! What spectacular interiors. How absolutely wonderful that the Oriental wasn't turned into a shopping mall. I feel there's nothing worse than walking into a wonderful old building to find it full of shops! How extraordinary that the chandelier was found and returned to its original home. Thanks for sharing these fabulous places. I would think the day was well spent.
Great post, Eileen. How fortunate to find the old chandy in a farmer's barn.
I envy all the wonderful places you get to vist!
This is another place you would love with all of the stained glass lighting. They were able to preserve just about all of the original lighting.
Hi Bernie,
It was our former Mayor who really pulled the strings to renovate the Oriental Theatre and not turn it into something else.
Hi Zoey,
The farmer saw an article in the chicago paper looking for missing fixtures from the theatre. They didn't believe he had it when he first called, obviously they believed him when they saw it hanging in the barn. He told them it wouldn't fit anywhere else!
Wow! The details in the ornamentation in these theaters are amazing. So beautiful. I am so glad they were able to keep them and restore them so others could enjoy them. They are rare treasures to be kept.
Never been to Chicago so what a treat this post has been. Thank You for sharing it with us. It is nice to know that some Mayors recognize some things are worth preserving. I wonder with the economy being what it is, the theatre might be hurting for patrons.
This very interesting post took me back to the "old days" My parents and I made many trips to Chicago and the Oriental was part of my life. Wonderful seeing these pictures. Balisha
Oh how I love those old theaters Eileen! Seeing plays has always been one of my favorite reasons to go into the city.
I remember Kungsholm well. We went their as kids. The last time I was there was on a field trip in 6th or 7th grade. We saw "Madame Butterfly." The puppet shows were amazing.
Hi Lona,
The detail was wonderful, never really noticed it all the times before I had been in this theatre. It was usually in the evening and not as well lit.
Hi Betty,
Our last Mayor was wonderful and did a lot to beautify the city. I grew up in the city and it has never been more beautiful.
Hi Balisha,
My parents also took us downtown a lot and we used to go to the theatres to see the stage shows and then a move and then out to dinner.
Hi GG,
The Kungsholm was great, remember bringing my children there when they were very young. The puppets have all been brought back from the Museum of Science and Industry and will be on display soon.
What a delightful day and stunning structures, impossible to duplicate today. Many similar treasures here in Detroit too, Eileen. Always in awe to see them. Great photos and thank you for the tour.
Eileen, thank you so much for this wonderful tour! The architecture is great! The post made me a bit nostalgic. I miss Theater! I wish Americans loved theater as much as they love sports! I lived in Moscow for 7 years, and it was the time felled with great performances. I could watch my favorite shows 5-6 times. But now.... once a year? Anyway, I am grateful to you for this article!
Beautiful places, Eileen! Thanks so much for this wonderful post!
Hi Joey,
It was a great day, lots of history.
Hi Tatyana,
We are lucky that Chicago gets a large number of current Broadway plays, operas and ballets but only because these theatres have been preserved and renovated.
What a fabulous tour Eileen. Sounds and looks so interesting, ending with a lunch that also sounded like you wouldn't hesitate to go back. Great photographs Eileen! The Oriental Theater not my favorite............so, so gaudy. Loved the rest.
Mary Anne ox
What an amazing tour, Eileen. I can see why it was such a great day for you. I love that so much effort was put in to these magnificent structures. Thank you for taking us along.
Eileen, your pictures are so beautiful. I love the cinco de mayo red rose. I was so tempted to purchase one that I saw at one of those big box stores, but it was rated for a warmer zone.
Do you think it would grow in my 4b zone? I am wanting a fragrant, reblooming red rose. I found a spot for one.

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As it turned out, the importance of the 49ers-Patriots game Sunday night dictated double duty on my part. Therefore, I shifted from the Raiders game to the 49ers game right away, without having any time to sit in on coach Dennis Allen's news conference or scour the locker room for notes and quotes.
For that, we turn to beat writer Jerry McDonald, who did double duty of his own in performing his regular duties, as well as holding down the blog and writing an additional story.
So, here's a collection of notes complied by Jerry.
The much-anticipated 2012 debut of quarterback Terrelle Pryor drew cheers from a paid crowd of 51,446 at O.co Coliseum on Sunday as he trotted on to the field.
In less than two minutes, it was over.
It amounted to a three-and-out, not including a false start, and starter Carson Palmer returned and finished the game, a 15-0 win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
If the Raiders had plans to put Pryor in position to either run or pass, it never happened because they punted so quickly. After the false start, Pryor lined up behind center, handed off twice to Darren McFadden and threw incomplete intended for Darrius Heyward-Bey on third-and-7.
"We had it set at just one series," Pryor said. "It's just a steppingstone. I enjoyed the four plays, or whatever it was, but I was excited to get in there at least."
Coach Dennis Allen will let game situations dictate how much time Pryor gets going forward.
"How much he plays, I don't know the answer to that exactly, but we'll see on a game-by-game basis," Allen said.
Pryor said he's fine with that plan.
"I'm a team player, and whatever they need from me I'm going to do so we can win," Pryor said. "I love learning from (Palmer), and I wouldn't trade it for anything else. When the time's right, I'll be ready."
Pryor was on the field for exactly one snap last season — a play in which he was called for a false start — against Kansas City.
Sebastian Janikowski moved into second place on the NFL's all-time list in field goals of 50 yards or more with two against the Chiefs. He's tied with John Kasay with 42.
Janikowski's miss from 51 yards was his third miss of the season, with the others coming from 61 and 64 yards.
A pigeon took up residence on the field for the pregame and virtually the entire first half, and somehow managed to avoid getting stepped on. At one point in the second quarter, right guard Mike Brisiel gave it a gentle nudge with his foot — and heard a chorus of boos from the stands.
"I'm at the line of scrimmage and that thing is in between the defensive end and the outside linebacker. I mean, that's kind of deadly," Brisiel said. "I didn't kick it. I was trying to shoo it along, and then I get booed for it. Something was wrong with that thing; it was a little off, I think."
The pigeon, which didn't attempt to fly away, was scooped into a bucket by a member of the field crew at halftime and taken to parts unknown.
Cornerback Phillip Adams left in the second quarter with his second concussion in three games and was replaced by Brandian Ross, who played well and was cited afterward by Allen.
Cornerback Joselio Hanson intercepted a Brady Quinn pass in the second quarter to help set up a Raiders field goal.
Quinn credited crowd noise in the Black Hole at the south end of the Coliseum for resulting in a delay-of-game penalty when the Chiefs were deep in Raiders territory.
Rolando McClain, coming off a two-game suspension and demoted to second-string middle linebacker in the base defense, was inactive for the first time in his NFL career.
"I just felt like we wanted to go with some other guys and we'd have him inactive this week," Allen said.
Kansas City's 119 yards of total offense are the lowest total surrendered by the Raiders since San Diego gained 93 yards in the Raiders' 6-0 win on Oct. 6, 1975. The Chiefs had minus-1 yard of total offense in the first quarter, the first time the Raiders had held a team to minus yardage in the opening quarter since 1992.
Shane Lechler's first punt of the day was No. 1,000 for his NFL career.
Wide receiver Denarius Moore, who caught five passes for 46 yards, struggled to field punts.
Long-snapper Jon Condo was honored before the game with the Commitment to Excellence award, given to the player most worthy of excellence on and off the field as voted by his teammates.
The four sacks were a Raiders' season high, with Philip Wheeler, Andre Carter, Desmond Bryant and Tommy Kelly getting one each.


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SOCORRO, N.M., September 1, 2000-- New Mexico Tech has once again been listed as one of the best engineering schools in the nation in the latest annual rankings published today by U. S. News & World Report.
[Earlier this year, New Mexico Tech's graduate program in hydrology was again ranked fourth in the nation for the fifth year in a row in U. S. News & World Report's annual rankings of graduate schools, while the university's graduate program in petroleum engineering also made the guidebook's top ten list in that field of study for the second year running.]
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S9 E09 Run, Baby, Run
Bailey has a first-class case of the jitters on her wedding day. She kinda, sorta asks Callie, Arizona and Meredith to be her bridesmaids by telling them to not sit down during the ceremony. Callie jokingly suggests that Bailey could leave Ben at the altar if she's truly scared. Richard offers to help take the edge off by offering her a surgery. It was all Ben's idea. However, Bailey still won't give in to their request to have a car take her to the ceremony. She wants to drive herself, wedding gown and all.
Derek and his sister, Lizzie (guest star Neve Campbell), verbally spar with each other as Jackson brief them on their surgeries. This brother-sister banter they share is nothing new. Derek wants to call off the surgery when he learns they need to take nerves from both of his sister's legs. Meredith pleads with Lizzie to talk him out of this. She's shocked when her sis-in-law rants about how her side of the family was left out of the loop for important family events like their wedding and Zola.
Callie operates on Derek after Jackson removes the nerves from Lizzie's legs. Both patients are recovering nicely. It'll take time to know how Derek's hand will function. As for Meredith, she refuses to get too excited about the fact that she's having a baby. It's that whole hostile uterus thing that's giving her pause. Still, she makes an effort to get closer to Lizzie by showing her a picture of the ultrasound before anyone else. Nice.
Jo learns that Alex wants her to perform some risky moves during a stomach surgery on a young boy. Her fellow interns, as well as Arizona, seem surprised by this. Jo makes a mistake during the surgery. She can't recover when things go south even though Alex saves the day. Jo lets Arizona know that she thinks her attending set her up to be fired. That's not what happened, but now Alex is ticked at Jo for blabbing to his boss. He lets her know that she truly burned a bridge with him.
Owen lets Cristina know that the divorce papers are all ready. All they have to do is sign. Cristina is shocked when Mer spills the news that they have a better case regarding the lawsuit now that she's getting a divorce. This leads to some tense moments during a surgery with Owen. Afterwards, Cristina realizes that her husband blames himself for the plane crash. She lets him know that this wasn't his fault. She also lets him know that she wants him back. This leads to a passionate kiss.
April and Jackson worry they'll hook up at the wedding, so they each agree to bring a distraction date. He'll go with Stephanie and she'll bring Shane. Without Jackson as a wingman, Alex agrees to be set up with a mystery friend of Stephanie's. In other news, Arizona is thinking about skipping the wedding because you're supposed to wear heals to a fancy affair. Callie rants that it's time for her to suck it up, stop whining and start living again. She's a little on edge because she hasn't had sex in five months.
Jackson is shocked at how beautiful Stephanie looks in something other than hospital scrubs. Alex is ticked once again when he learns that his mystery date for the wedding is Jo, who is also a stunner when all dressed up. As for the bride-to-be's story, Richard shows up at Bailey's place with a limo to take her to her wedding. It's a good thing, too. There's no way she was going to be able to get behind the wheel of a car in her big, fluffy dress.
During the ride to the ceremony, Richard gets a call from the hospital. Adele is coughing up blood. Bailey orders the limo driver to head to the ER. Richard wants to operate, but the doc on duty won't let him. Bailey settles her friend down by offering to take care of his wife. Back at the ceremony spot, Callie blabs to her fellow non-sitting friends that a now-late Bailey was nervous about getting married. Ben overhears this. He wants to know exactly how nervous.


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We had another four days of workshops before Easter which were great fun but also so intense it felt like we'd been at it for several weeks rather than days. It was great to finally get to work with all of our 8 singers, who I have been gradually assembling over the months, each coming from different musical backgrounds and having very distinctive and individual qualities as singers and as performers*.
We now have a director, Tony Guilfoyle. Me and Tony go back a long way, having met when both working with the amazing Impact Theatre Cooperative in the 80's, and more recently Tony has been working and performing with Robert Lepage. He's brought in some really exciting and playful ideas, and we've had a series of discussions with our designer Soutra Gilmour and have been on quite a journey with the different possibilities of our stage world. We also have another new collaborator, the choreographer Ann Yee, who brings an incredible energy to the project. Meanwhile Dragan Aleksic has been busy filming matches and producing some inspiring and provocative video material.
It's difficult to write about the actual piece. It's still evolving, as is my ambiguous relationship with football.
One unexpected thing has been developing a relationship with Millwall football club. I now have a really soft spot for them. They have been so supportive of this project, enabling us to film and record several matches, and helping us find supporters to interview, one who's been a supporter for 51 years and who's interview about his passion for football and for Millwall I found very moving. There are many more family groups at the matches there than at other bigger clubs we've been going to.
We are poised to go into our 3 week rehearsal period. Exciting, though as always I wish I was more prepared ...
*I met Tannishtha Chatterjee back in 2007 when we both worked on the film Brick Lane. She played the lead role and also sang on the soundtrack which I composed. Trained in Classical Indian singing, she's a really accomplished and soulful singer as well as amazing actress so I was thrilled that she was able to be part of this project. I came across George Ikediashi when I went to see the alternative cabaret show La Clique. He was the larger than life, outrageous 'Gateau Chocolat', and when he sang his rich bass tones reminded me of those of Paul Robeson. I first met artist/composer/singer Mikhail Karikis at a conference last year in honour of the singer Meredith Monk, after Melanie and I performed a piece I'd written for the occasion. He has an incredibly idiosyncratic vocal style and the things he can do with his vocal chords are out of this world! Olivia Chaney is also someone I met recently, and as well as singing is a composer/pianist/guitarist and harmonium player. She's recently been performing as a solo singer/songwriter and also with bands such as Zero 7. Mike Henry is a singer and composer who I worked with many years ago on a 3 Minute Opera for TV, and is so in demand we haven't managed to work together since then, so it's been great to reconnect after so much time. I first happened upon the wonderful soprano Lore Lixenberg in our local café, a place that now holds such importance in my life that I feel almost cheated if I have to miss my daily coffee ritual there. She has the most classically operatic voice of the team, though is so versatile I've heard her do many styles including Bulgarian ululating, and am thrilled she has time between a plethora of international concerts and recitals to be part of this piece. I have worked with singer/pianist extraordinaire/MD Jonathan Williams previously on several occasions, and am thankful that he is on board, particularly now I know he's an accomplished tap dancer to boot! Melanie Pappenheim and myself have been working closely together for many years and although she is quite busy ie has a solo opera to perform on the same evening, she's managing to find time for my piece, so all is well.
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|Tracy City, Tenn.
|High School:
|Marion County
|General Education
AT TECH IN 2010 (FRESHMAN): Stepping in to fill
the third base position for an injured Devin Rivers mid-season,
Guyear stepped up to the challenge of switching starting roles and
hit .333 from April 13 through the end of the season. He started a
total of 31 games for Tech, mainly at the second and third base
positions, recording .320 average overall. He went 41-128 with six
doubles, two triples and three home runs, batting in 28 runs and
accumulating 60 total bases. Guyear maintained a .469 slugging
percentage over the course of the season and a .396 on-base
percentage. For his first 50 at-bats, Guyear held his average about
.400. In a home game against Lipscomb, Guyear went 4-for-5 with two
RBI and one triple.
At Marion County High School:Earned four
letters in baseball playing in the infield, outfieldn and
pitching…named 2009 6AA Player of the Year, 2008 6AA
All-District, 2008 and 2009 Chattanooga Times Best of
Preps…led his team to four consecutive district 6AA
championships, and regional championships in 2007 and
2008…in 2009 hit 13 doubles, four triples, three home runs,
with 46 RBIs, 23 stolen bases and a .429 batting average…hit
.403 for his career.
Personal: Full name is Jacob Zephaniah Guyear…son of David and Sherry Guyear…born Aug. 9, 1991…major is general education.


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Today leading consumer groups revealed a long list of documented deceptions of the No on 37 Campaign, including blatant misrepresentation of the positions of leading science, professional, academic organizations and government agencies as documented below. This pattern of fraud tells the true story about how far the world's largest pesticide and junk food companies are willing to go to keep American consumers from having a choice about genetically engineered foods. Opponents of Prop 37 have been caught red handed:
Making demonstrably false statements in the official California Voter Guide. From page 57: "Respected scientific and medical organizations have concluded that biotech foods are safe, including: National Academy of Sciences, American Council on Science and Health, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, World Health Organization."
False. The only group on that list that has "concluded that biotech foods are safe" is the American Council on Science and Health, which happens to be a notorious front group for the pesticide industry and climate change deniers.
What about the NAS, WHO and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics?
- "A National Academy of Sciences spokeswoman said the group has not evaluated whether it's safe to eat genetically engineered food," according to Sacramento Bee. The story was later corrected per NAS request to say, "The National Academy of Sciences determined in 2004 that 'no adverse health effects attributed to genetic engineering have been documented in the human population.'" The same NAS report states that the products of genetic engineering technology "carry the potential for introducing unintended compositional changes that may have adverse effects on human health." Human studies have not been conducted.
- World Health Organization says that ongoing risk assessments are needed and that "GM foods and their safety should be assessed on a case-by-case basis and that it is not possible to make general statements on the safety of all GM foods."
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics issued a press release alerting voters that their group was misrepresented by the No on 37 campaign in the voter guide. "We are concerned that voters are being misled … Voters need accurate information in order to make an informed choice." While the Academy's official evidence-based position on GM foods won't be available until 2013, registered dietitian and Academy spokesperson Jeannie Gazzaniga-Moloo, Ph.D, R.D. says, "The Academy supports consumers right to know what ingredients are in the foods they purchase to feed their families." She adds, "Those who have specific questions about foods or ingredients should contact food manufacturers directly."
Fabricating quote from US Food and Drug Administration about Prop 37, attaching FDA's logo and mailing it to voters in possible violation of federal law. FDA confirmed to KPBS on Oct. 19 that they "never made such statements with respect to Prop 37." On Nov. 1, the Right to Know campaign received an inquiry from an FBI agent following up on the mailer, and the matter has been referred to FDA for further inquiry.
Misrepresenting Stanford University in first TV ad -- No on 37 was forced to yank their first TV ad because it identified spokesman Henry Miller as "M.D. Stanford" when he is actually a researcher at the Hoover Institute, as Los Angeles Times reported.
Continuing to misrepresent Stanford in mailers to voters with false title for Henry Miller -- as the Stanford Daily reported.
Fabricating San Francisco Examiner endorsement -- see what the San Francisco Examiner thinks about their logo appearing prominently in a No on 37 campaign ad, since they have actually endorsed Yes on 37.
Repeatedly misleading voters in ads.
- SJ Mercury Ad Fact Check: Cost claims "mostly untrue"
- SacBee Ad Watch: "misleads on labeling costs"
- SacBee Ad Watch: "no independent studies have confirmed (cost) estimates" ... "There is no evidence the measure was inspired or funded by the trial lawyer lobby."
- SJ Mercury Ad Fact Check: Exemptions ad "partially misleading"
Misleading voters with deceptive mailers by obvious front groups:
- Why would the "Coalition for Literacy" oppose GMO labeling? It's not possible to tell from the group's one-page website. But wouldn't you know that the same Coalition for Literacy opposed the anti-tobacco Proposition 27 back in May.
- The Cops Voting Guide opposes Prop 37. According to the About Us page of their website, the director of Cops Voting Guide is Kelley Moran, who has "over 20 years of experience working with public safety." His actual profession is political consultant.
- Californians Vote Green opposes Prop 37 and if you want to know why, the only thing you can learn from their website is that you should "please direct inquiries to Paul."
- "LA County Democratic" sent a last-minute slate mailer urging LA voters to vote against Prop 37. The real LA County Democratic Party, which endorses 37, said there's nothing they can do since the fake front group doesn't use the word "Party" in their name.
Using science organizations and professors to spread their deceptive talking points.
- The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) statement opposing GMO labeling repeated the false talking points of the No on 37 campaign and raised the ire of many in the scientific community. See letter by 20 scientists and physicians objecting to AAAS statement. Also see Michele Simon's piece, "Is a Major Science Group Stumping for Monsanto?"
- Kent Bradford is just one of many UC Davis professors parroting the No on 37 talking points and UC Davis gets major funding from Monsanto. See Michele Simon's, "Did Monsanto Write this Op Ed Signed by a UC Davis Professor?"
Elevating anti-science radical Henry Miller as a "top science" source. Miller has fronted for big tobacco and climate change deniers, campaigned to reintroduce DDT, and famously claimed that nuclear reactor leaks could benefit human health.
- No on 37 says don't trust your mom about Prop 37, trust Henry Miller.
- Overview of Henry Miller's radical science claims.
- No on 37 campaign invented false title for Miller as "MD, Stanford."
- Read about Henry Miller and the No on 37 campaign of deception in Mother Jones, the Atlantic, and Chico News and Review.
Also see: California Newspaper Editorial Boards Spread False Claims and Faulty Logic on Proposition 37.
Truth about Lawsuits
Truth about Costs
Truth about Exemptions
Help us spread the truth about Proposition 37; donate today.


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I think it would be interesting to have formal debates with other debate forum sites, once you are organized.Here's an update...
After participating in a thread over the last few days, I've seen firsthand just how antiquated our current system is and it's motivated me to work a bit faster. I'm working on the new forum right now actually, and will be able to send our mods to that development site w/i the next day or so for them to learn the new system and practice with it. While the staff is getting used to the forum system, I'll be working on the CMS (using WordPress) and customizing it for ODN's needs. Also during this time, but after the staff is somewhat comfortable with the new features/settings for moderation, I'll invite some public testers from this forum to the dev site to help test it, cause a little mayhem for the staff, and let them have some practice with the new mod tools.
As far as a time frame, I'd like it to be fully migrated within 60 days or so, but what I'd like and what actually happens aren't always the same.
While some may like the aesthetics of this forum, the new one will be both more functional and aesthetically pleasing IMO.
As far as 1v1 debates, may be possible, but on a limited scale. We'll have to see. Right now, it's all about the migration, features will have to come later.
As far as an app, not yet. But there may be a couple in the future. One that accesses the site more efficiently on mobile devices, and another that has to do with argumentation, fallacies, logic, etc. That's down the road though.
There won't be a new domain name. We are keeping our current domain. It's just the site that is getting a makeover. I use the term "migration" because we are migrating from one software system to another. We aren't migrating to a new domain however.
Once we have switched over to the new format, we will then begin advertising the community once more. We'll be more integrated with social media as well.


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The biggest box-office hit of the new Broadway season hasn't even officially opened yet.
"Betrayal," the latest revival of Harold Pinter's reverse-chronological tale of adultery, is in previews and set to open Oct. 27 with a cast that includes real-life couple Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz, with rising British actor Rafe Spall as the third party.
Ticket sales for the run's first week in previews at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre exceeded $1.1 million -- a more than healthy start for a non-musical production on Broadway. The revival has some heavy-hitter investors behind it, including uber-producer Scott Rudin and media mogul Barry Diller.
PHOTOS: Arts and culture in pictures by The Times
Mike Nichols is directing the production. He and Rudin previously teamed up on another recent box-office success -- the 2012 revival of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield.
"Betrayal" (no relationship to the new ABC drama series of the same name) is being helped at the box office by premium ticket pricing, which allows producers to charge more for popular seats at certain performances.
The top ticket price for the play is $423, the second-highest ticket on Broadway after "The Book of Mormon," which is another Rudin production.
"Betrayal" marks Craig's return to the New York stage following his performance in the two-hander "A Steady Rain," alongside Hugh Jackman, in 2009. The new revival is scheduled to run through Jan. 5.
Theater review: 'A Steady Rain' on Broadway
Daniel Craig, Hugh Jackman in 'A Steady Rain': What did the critics think?
CBS to broadcast Tony Awards ceremony from Radio City Music Hall on June 8
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Investors kept piling money into European stocks this week, despite a fiscal standoff in the U.S. that had buyers cutting exposure stateside.
In the seven days ended Wednesday, European equity funds took in $700 million, according to data from BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research released Friday. That makes 15 straight weeks of inflows, the longest win streak in 11 years for the asset class.
But a debt ceiling impasse in Washington didn't inspire inflows in the U.S.
Equity funds had outflows of $10.3 billion, the largest in seven weeks, while government and Treasury bonds had withdrawals of $900 billion in their fifth consecutive week of outflows, according to the Merrill Lynch data.
That's not necessarily surprising given the market environment over the past few weeks, according to Tom Roseen, head of research services at Lipper.
"The CBOE Volatility Index rose to a height not seen since June as the partial government shutdown hit its ninth day and the October 17 debt-ceiling deadline rapidly approached without any meaningful resolve," he said in a note Thursday. "Politics rather than finance appeared to be running the markets."
For the second week in a row, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds had net withdrawals, according to Lipper's data, which showed a total of $26.2 billion in outflows. Money-market investors pulled out $19.2 billion from funds as worries about the impact of the debt ceiling on short-term instruments prevailed.
-- Ben Eisen
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Midtown: Community
Community Notes, April 23
Great Public Places
Pullen Park has been nominated as one of the "People's Choice" options for "Great Public Places" in N.C. by the N.C. Chapter of the American Planning Association. Through May 9, residents can vote at GreatPlacesNC.org for their favorite place in North Carolina. The finalist will be recognized as the "People's Choice."
Health fairs
• A health fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 17, at 13251 Falls of Neuse Road, Raleigh. The fair will include a collection of various healthcare and wellness professionals from in and around the Wakefield area of Raleigh. Screenings and food vendors will be available. Visit facebook.com/wakehealthfair.
• A Health & Wellness Fair will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at the Raleigh Boys Club, 605 North Raleigh Blvd., Raleigh. The fair will feature HIV/STD education and screenings, blood pressure testing, nutrition healthy living, yoga, sustainability resources, diabetic education and more. Call 252-367-7111 to become a vendor or donate.
North Regional Library events
North Regional Library hosts events each month. Unless otherwise noted, the sessions are free. North Regional Library is located at 7009 Harps Mill Road, Raleigh. For more information, call 919-870-4000.
3 p.m. Saturday, May 10: Raleigh Little Theatre's Players to Go! will present "The Little Prince" performed by a student cast. Based on the classic by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the play tells the story of an aviator stranded in the Sahara Desert and his encounter with a little prince from a small planet.
Forums at the WELL
The Wade Edwards Foundation will host community forums at the WELL, 714 Saint Mary's Street, Raleigh. The forums begin at 3 p.m., and are free. For more information, contact Jessi Rogers at 919-856-9233 or at email@example.com.
May 7: Graphic designer Joshua Vaughn will discuss his job and his habits for success.
May 21: Jeff Crews, president of Splat Space in Durham, will discuss the "maker culture," where technology and a can-do philosophy can lead to new inventions and products for the future.
City of Raleigh forums
The City of Raleigh will hold informational forums concerning the future of the city from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the City of Raleigh Urban Design Center, 220 Fayetteville St., Raleigh. Call 919-996-4635 for more information.
May 21: Downtown: An Engine for Wake County's Tourism Strategy: David Diaz, CEO of the Downtown Raleigh Alliance, and Julie Brakenbury, directer of services for the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau, will offer a look into the role of downtown in attracting visitors.
Museum of History events
The North Carolina Museum of History hosts educational events year-round for all ages. The museum is located at at 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh. For more information, call 919-807-7992.
10 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29: Storytime in the Gallery will include a tour of a gallery and a history-related story about transportation. Ages 3 and up.
7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 2: Readers' Theater: Camp Followers will feature scenes from a new drama by local playwright Rudy Wallace. It follows the trials of a group of newly liberated slaves who have been abandoned in Georgia during General Sherman's historic March to the Sea.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 3, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 4: Talk with representatives from the State Historic Preservation Office, the Office of State Archaeology, Preservation North Carolina, the museum, and other groups and professionals from across the state and discover how they work to save North Carolina's treasures.
1 p.m. Saturday, May 3: Celebration Preservation: "Moving Midway" will be shown. The award-winning 98-minute film follows the move of Midway Plantation outside of Raleigh several miles away to escape urban sprawl.
10 to 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, May 6 and 13: Time for Tots: Start Your Engines will give children ages 3-5 (with adult) a chance to learn about racecar drivers and try on real racing equipment.
10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 7: History Corner: A is for Architecture will teach children ages 6-9 about architecture. $1, adults must be present.
11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 7: History Hunters: The Perfect City will discuss Raleigh and what makes the ideal city. Ages 10-13, $1 per child.
10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 10: Playwright, poet and author Howard Craft will compose a verse about an object in the exhibit "The Story of North Carolina." Participants will then write their own poetry. Ages 12 and up.
Noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 14: History à la Carte: "Th' Bullfrog" will present Piedmont blues sounds and rhythms with musician Willard McGhee.
1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 17: Make It, Take It: Army Patches and Badges will give participants a chance to visit the museum's military history gallery, "A Call to Arms," and make a World War II soldier patch or badge for Memorial Day.
1 p.m. Saturday, May 17 and 24: "Cedars in the Pines" in the Kitchen will offer foods that made the trip from Lebanon to N.C., as well as a lesson about Lebanese foods.
2 p.m. Sunday, May 18: The Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble will perform at the museum, including Duke Ellington compositions, big-band music from the swing era, and some Latin jazz.
1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 31: Saturdays in the Garden will give participants the chance to tour the "History of the Harvest" exhibit along Bicentennial Plaza.


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Let's talk about negotiating contracts.
As authors, we're so damn needy we usually accept whatever we're offered. We're afraid that if we don't take the offer, we won't get published.
Publishers know this. And they use this to their advantage. It is in their best interest to offer low advances and try to acquire as many sub rights as possible.
One one hand, if your book does well, the advance doesn't matter much---royalties will kick in, and you'll get quarterly checks.
On the other hand, a healthy advance lets you spend more time and money self-promoting, which can only help your sells. A healthy advance also shows that your publisher is confident in your books, and will spend a sizable amount on marketing them.
A wonderful book was recommended to me, called The Secrets of Power Negotiating by Roger Dawson. It demystifies a lot about negotiation, and tells you how to respond when your publisher lowballs you, pulls offers off the table, and basically tries to show you that they don't need you.
Truth told, your publisher doesn't need you. But you don't really need them either.
When you're negotiating a contract, your agent should be doing most of the work. But there are some things you should know before you enter negotiations.
1. How much you want per book.
2. What rights you're offering.
3. What your previous sales figures are.
4. What your sell-through is, and how many printings you've had.
5. What will make you walk away from the negotiating table.
6. How you will react to every point and counterpoint your publisher brings up.
The last one is especially important. You should always have an answer for anything your publisher throws at you. This means brainstorming, practicing, and role-playing.
By role-playing, I mean talking out things with a trusted friend playing the part of your publisher, so you're prepared if these things come up in negotiations.
What are you going to say when your publisher tells you:
"Your first book(s) didn't do as well as expected."
"That's as high as we can go."
"If you don't accept now we're pulling this offer from the table."
"The market for your genre is collapsing."
"We're the best publisher for your book, and we love you here."
"We can't offer more money in the advance, but we can offer X in bonuses for copies shipped, hitting the NYT list, copies sold, etc."
Be prepared to counter these statements using a combination of facts and logic. Passion is fine when negotiating. Anger is not.
If you want to be in a position of power while negotiating, you need to:
1. Be in control of your emotions.
2. Be knowledgeable about your numbers.
3. Be confident, but not cocky.
4. Be polite, but firm.
5. Be prepared for every possible thing that may come up.
6. Be willing to walk away.
Your agent should already know all of this. But you should discuss this with her anyway.
It may seem obvious, but it's easier to sell a finished book than a proposal. Just because your contract is finished doesn't mean you need another one immediately. It is almost always better for you to finish your next book and shop it around rather than accept your current publisher's low offer on a proposal.
Negotiation is a dance. Try to lead, rather than follow. And if you don't like your dance partner, find another one.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
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Phillip G. Clampitt Ph.D.
"Changing Neural Pathways Every Class Period"
"Anyone can talk, but few do so strategically"
In order to maximize your opportunity to be a thoughtful, strategic and professional communicator I ask that you abide by the expectations outlined in the illustration below. It requires you to be committed to your personal growth, act professionally, and show respect to your classmates and professor.
Some Common Misconceptions
"I'm already a great communicator; all I need is the degree."
Response: Many people are blessed with natural communication abilities. However, experience does not necessarily equal competence. The faculty is committed to not only further developing your skills but also improving your understanding of the communication process. We are not here to "rubber stamp" anyone.
Our expectation is that CP majors/minors want to enhance their skills and understanding of the communication process.
"I really hate math."
Response: You will still need math skills to effectively study communication. For instance, conducting effective analyses of audiences will require you to collect and properly interpret survey data. Moreover, the rigor and analytical skills used by mathematicians are just as important to students of communication.
We expect you to develop rigorous analytical skills.
"I want someone to tell me exactly how to communicate."
Response: The CP program focuses on developing your thinking skills so you can effectively address any future communication problem or situation. We provide general (and sometimes vague) principles that should structure your thinking well into the future.
Our expectation is that you will become comfortable solving ambiguous problems.
"I love to talk."
Response: Speaking is only part of the communication process. There is also, of course, listening. We stress the intellectual skills necessary to accomplish important tasks. Often, this means repressing a natural desire to speak.
We expect you to approach the act of communication from a strategic point of view.
"I want to sit in a classroom, take notes, and then take the exam."
Response: Our classes are not structured in this manner. Most of the classes involve some sort of group project and guided discussion. We do this to provide you with practical experiences and foster your intellectual involvement.
We expect you to fully participate in group projects and discussions.
"I want to make really cool videos."
Response: Great! But that is only one small part of the educational process.
We expect you to become adept at a variety of other important communication skills.
"I want a major that fits with my work schedule."
Response: This is not always possible. Reconciling work, personal and school conflicts is an important life skill.
We expect you to be in class and devote the time necessary to properly completing your scholarly obligations.
"I want an easy major".
Response: Most students find the courses demanding both in terms of time and rigor. There are numerous group projects, assignments and casework that should be completed outside the class period. If you're looking for an easy major, look else where.
We expect you to work hard.
"I love people."
Response: Great! But love is not always enough. For instance, effectively dealing with people also involves providing them appropriate information using the right channels.
We expect you to transform your love of people into specific marketable communication skills.
"I'm a sensitive person and I want to go into a field where that trait will be appreciated." Response: Sensitivity is an admirable personal trait. But it needs to be balanced with rigorous thinking and willingness to accept constructive feedback. We expect you to be open to constructive feedback.
Some Tips on the Educational Process
Your education will emerge out of the words read, the problems investigated, and exercises experienced. To get the most from this process, we strongly recommend you read the following books:
· The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
· Working with Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
· Teamwork by Carl Larson & Frank LaFasto
Covey's classic book provides a useful overview of the work habits that can make you successful, while the Gardner book discusses the emotional control necessary to thrive in our program. Finally, the Teamwork book is a useful primer for effective group work.
Listed below is some advice from former communications students who have successfully trained their neural pathways.
"Taking a Phil class will definitely raise your stress levels. However, once the class is over, you will realize that it was all worth it." -Jerome Allen
"Do not concern yourself with what you believe Phil is "looking for" as the "right answer," rather construct a unique solution to the problem and develop a strong line of rationale and you will succeed beyond measure" -Marcus Reitz
"GO TO CLASS!!! No matter how many notes you print off the website, you will never get all the information! Also...read, read, read! If you don't read, the multiple choice questions in the exams are going to kick your butt!" -Angela Stangel
Communication Students...
should be striving for excellence by: 1) continuously improving personal communication skills such as listening, public speaking, writing and managing conflict, 2) developing effective group communication skills by knowing how to effectively and efficiently solve problems, 3) becoming critical thinkers by understanding how to analytically and strategically address communication problems and 4) developing communication expertise by learning fundamental communication principles, practices and theories. Concentrating on these four critical areas puts every student in the best possible position to become a thoughtful, strategic, and professional communicator. Such individuals glisten like rare gems – coveted by friends, colleagues and organizations.
7 Questions to guide your thinking...
Can you prove it?
So what?
What are your assumptions?
What is effectiveness?
What is the pattern?
What can you do about it?
Is it ethical?
"Those who write as they speak, even though they speak well, write badly." - Comte De Buffon


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Natixis Asset Management launches Natixis Global Risk Parity, a global allocation fund with a balanced risk approach
Diversifying assets, and especially risk, has become paramount for adapting risk to all types of market conditions. This is the approach offered by Natixis Global Risk Parity(1): a risk balanced allocation in a global investment universe, seeking to capture market rallies while mitigating the sensitivity to market reversals over the minimum recommended investment period of three years.
Natixis Global Risk Parity is designed for all types of investors: professional and non-professional.
An innovative approach to all types of asset classes
Unlike a traditional risk parity allocation investing in a single asset class, Natixis Global Risk Parity can invest in a very broad investment universe. This includes bonds, equities and a wide variety of diversification assets, such as commodities, real estate, volatility instruments, private equity, emerging country debt, etc. This strong portfolio diversication makes it possible to tap into as many investment opportunities as possible.
Furthermore, each major asset class represents a third of the portfolio's risk budget and each subcategory is itself risk balanced.
A dynamic risk parity allocation
The risk parity approach aims to achieve a more consistent performance and a better risk/reward ratio than a traditional balanced allocation, in which equities represent a much larger share of overall risk than their relative weight in the portfolio.
Natixis Global Risk Parity's major asset is dynamic allocation steering:
- The weight of each asset class in terms of risk is first determined systematically, using correlation matrices and analysing past volatility; this asset weighting is revised on a monthly basis so as to factor in changes in terms of risk of the portfolio's assets and any corporate events that could affect the portfolio's risk balance.
- In addition to this systematic allocation, the investment management team also performs a tactical control based on fundamental analysis of market cycles.
Cycle analysis is the main source of value
Natixis Global Risk Parity's approach is strictly "top-down" and is enhanced by proprietary quantitative tools: the fund's main sources of performance are the analysis of macroeconomic fundamentals and the determination of the position in terms of market cycle. This UCITS fund prefers liquid instruments such as ETFs and futures.
The investment management team is comprised of Michael Aflalo and Pierre Radot, two global allocation specialists with more than 17 years' experience in the financial markets.
(1) Natixis Global Risk Parity is a sub-fund of the Luxembourg SICAV Natixis AM Funds, managed by Natixis Asset Management.
About Natixis Asset Management
With assets under management of €289.2 billion and 682 employees(1), Natixis Asset Management ranks among the leading European asset managers. Natixis Asset Management offers its clients (institutional investors, companies, private banks, retail banks and other distribution networks) tailored, innovative and efficient solutions organised into 6 investment divisions: Fixed income, European equities, Investment and client solutions, Structured and volatility (developed by Seeyond(2)), Global emerging, and Responsible investing (developed by Mirova(2)). Natixis Asset Management's offer is distributed through the global distribution platform of Natixis Global Asset Management, which offers access to the expertise of more than twenty management companies in the United States, Asia and Europe.
(1)Source: Natixis Asset Management – 31/06/2013.
(2)Seeyond and Mirova are brands of Natixis Asset Management.
About Natixis Global Asset Management
Natixis Global Asset Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis, comprises management and distribution firms based in Europe, the United States and Asia. Assets under management totaled more than €602.5 billion worldwide. It employed more than 3,200 staff as of June 30, 2013.
About Natixis
Natixis is the corporate, investment and financial services arm of Groupe BPCE, the 2nd-largest banking group in France with 21% of total bank deposits and 36 million clients spread over two networks, Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne. With around 22,000 employees, Natixis has a number of areas of expertise which are organized in three main business lines: Wholesale Banking, Investment Solutions and Specialized Financial Services. A global player, Natixis has its own client base of companies, financial institutions and institutional investors as well as the client base of individuals, professionals and small and medium-size businesses of Groupe BPCE's two retail banking networks. Listed on the Paris stock exchange, it has a solid financial base with a CET1 capital under Basel 3(1) of €12.4 billion, a Basel 3 CET1 Ratio(1) of 9.7% and quality long-term ratings (Standard & Poor's: A / Moody's: A2 / Fitch Ratings: A).
(1)Pro forma of the sale of CCIs - Basel 3 impact will depend on final rules – Fully-loaded except on DTAs
Figures as at June 30, 2013
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1. Technical characteristics of the Natixis Global Risk Parity fund
(1) Extract of the prospectus, which also contains details on all the other share classes.
(2) Total expense ration. This ratio, expressed in percentage, includes the management and administration fee.
(3) Not paid to the sub-fund.
Natixis Global Risk Parity is primarily exposed to the risk of loss of capital, to the equity risk, credit risk, interest rate risk, emerging country risk, currency risk and leverage risk.
2. Profiles of the Natixis Global Risk Parity managers
Michael Aflalo
Head Institutional and Network Solutions, Natixis Asset Management
Michael Aflalo started his career at Crédit Mutuel Finance as an equity index fund manager and structured fund manager, then moved to CAAM as balanced fund manager (quantitative and fundamental management). In 2001, he moved to AXA IM as senior manager in the Balanced Management team, then Head of Investment Management, Flexible Products and Total Return as from 2006. He joined Natixis Asset Management in October 2010 to become head of Balanced Management, Institutional and Retail investors now Institutional and Network Solutions within the Investment & Client Solutions division.
Michael Aflalo is a graduate of Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE), a qualified actuary of Institut de Statistique de Paris (ISUP) and a member of the French Institute of Actuaries (IAF). He also holds a master's degree in Applied Mathematics & Fundamental Science (MASF) of the Pierre & Marie Curie University (Paris IV).
Michael Aflalo has 18 years' experience, of which three at Natixis Asset Management.
Pierre Radot
Portfolio Manager, Institutional and Network Solutions, Natixis Asset Management
Pierre Radot started his career in 1988 at Banque Monétaire et Financière as a treasury operator. In 1990, he moved to Monte Paschi Banque (Paris) as head of treasury, francs and derivatives. He then joined Cardif Asset Management (BNP Paribas group) as a portfolio manager. He moved to Natixis Asset Management in 2006 and is currently a portfolio manager in the Institutional and Network Solutions team, within the Investment & Client Solutions division.
Pierre Radot is an HEC Paris graduate and has 25 years' experience, of which eight years at Natixis Asset Management.


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CAPE TOWN, South Africa, June 21 (UPI) -- Ivory Coast Prime Minister Guillaume Soro Thursday proposed a high-profile weapons burning ceremony to cut violence in the north of his nation.
Soro, at a news conference in Cape Town, South Africa, said he was asking South African President Thabo Mbeki to attend the "Flames of Peace" ceremony in Bouake, the city in northern Ivory Coast where his New Forces rebels were based.
Soro said the ceremony could act as a new beginning for peaceful relations in the Ivory Coast. "From that ceremony onwards, the actual disarmament process will start over the whole of Ivoirian territory."
Soro took office April 4 as part of a peace deal with President Laurent Gbagbo. Center of the conflict was citizenship for the multinational residents of the northern part of the Ivory Coast that he controlled. Soro said identification papers could start being issued this month.
Soro also said that the upcoming Ivory Coast elections should be overseen by the United Nations to ensure valid and fair results, AllAfrica.com reported. No date for elections has been set.


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Center Scott Wells' first year as a member of the Rams was filled with injuries and he's starting the offseason recovering from knee surgery.
Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Wells had an arthroscopic procedure to repair torn cartilage in his right knee recently. It's the same knee that Wells had operated on last spring. Wells made it back from that injury to start the season, but broke his foot in the opener and wound up on injured reserve for nine games before returning to the lineup. Per Thomas, Wells hurt his knee in his first practice back from the foot injury and played in pain the rest of the way.
The Rams offensive line was better with Wells in the lineup, allowing nine sacks in the final six games after giving up 26 in the first 10 contests. Offensive line coach Paul Boudreau thinks Wells, a Pro Bowl selection in 2011, and the line will be even more effective next season.
"He's established here now," Boudreau said. "He's got a house here. He's not commuting back and forth. I think it'll be an easier second year. Because in eight or nine years, he's really never been hurt. He's played with broken bones and stuff, but he's never missed as much time as he's missed this year."
Assuming no further setbacks, Wells should be able to take part in the Rams' offseason work after recovering from the surgery on his knee.


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Merlene Davis: Don't look to Hollywood to provide accurate history
The movie Django Unchained, the 2012 American epic western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, has received a lot of criticism.
Some say it is not a true depiction of slavery, and others, having counted the number of times the N-word is used, say it flows too easily and frequently during the film.
Director Spike Lee said he was boycotting the movie because "it is disrespectful of my ancestors." He later tweeted that American slavery "was a holocaust" and not the spaghetti Western he believes Django to be.
There weren't many slaves in 1858 who were accomplished bounty hunters, as portrayed by Jamie Foxx, and who had the help necessary to find their spouse who had been sold to a demonic slave owner with a mean turncoat servant, as played by Samuel L. Jackson.
The film Lincoln also has the N-word bandied about. Should we complain about that as well?
It is a movie, people. It is entertainment. It is meant to pull in a lot of money. It is not the truth.
We can't handle the truth.
Otherwise, we would have flocked to the theaters when Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions gave us Beloved in 1998, a movie based on the 1988 Toni Morrison Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title.
Beloved was based on a real slave trying unsuccessfully to flee real slavery. In January 1856, Margaret Garner, along with eight family members and several other slaves from farms near Covington, crossed a frozen Ohio River into Cincinnati.
Garner and her family hid with a relative who was free, but they were soon found by their master, Archibald Gaines, and U.S. Marshals, according to the Kentucky Historical Society.
Her husband, Robert Garner, tried to save his family, shooting one of the men, but he was soon overcome.
That's when Margaret Garner slit the throat of her 2-year-old daughter, killing her so that the child would not be returned to slavery. Garner attempted to kill her other children and herself, but she was stopped. Still, two of her boys were cut, and the infant she carried was hit in the face with a coal shovel, according to the historic society.
The family was jailed in Cincinnati while Ohio and Kentucky debated whether a murder charge in a free state trumped a federal law in a slave state that required the return of slaves to their masters.
Kentucky won and the Garners were returned to the Gaines farm in Boone County.
Although attempts were made to return Margaret Garner to Cincinnati to be tried for murder and then, presumably, pardoned, authorities could never find the family again. Gaines continually moved them.
In 1870, a reporter from the Cincinnati Chronicle interviewed Robert Garner. He was living with his two grown sons in Cincinnati. Garner told the reporter he had fought for the Union in the war and that his wife died in Mississippi in 1858 of typhoid fever. She died a slave.
The film Beloved was a fictional version of that true story. I think most movie audiences are not looking for the truth, but are looking for entertainment.
Would I like for movies to be more historically accurate? Sure. But not many are.
American slavery was extremely cruel, molded to be that way by laws created to keep one race designated as free labor so another race could prosper. The devastation that caused cannot be depicted accurately in a vehicle that is meant to produce money.
Non-fiction books and film documentaries that are meant to educate have come far closer. Expect more from those venues and just enjoy the popcorn at the theater.


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Give Ron Jaworski credit for consistency.
Because unlike other providers of televised words in exchange for money who change their tune when public opinion rolls the other way, Jaworski has dug in on the anti-Johnny Manziel act.
After initially saying he wouldn't draft Manziel in the first three rounds, then grudgingly moving him into his third round, Jaworski told Tony Grossi of ESPNCleveland.com that Manziel wouldn't beat out Brian Hoyer for the Browns starting job.
"Johnny just needs experience," Jaworski said, after watching a Browns practice. "He had a two-year college career. I think these guys need to mature mentally and physically with more college reps. This is totally different. This is your life now. You compete against guys married and have kids and they compete like hell. The more experience you have I think the better chance you have of being successful at this level. . . .
"It's noticeable when you watch the offense when he's [Hoyer] running it or any of the other quarterbacks. He's a veteran quarterback. The machinations at the line of scrimmage, the understanding, the command, the calling of the plays – you can tell he's a veteran quarterback."
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GDT – Edmonton Oilers 1, Minnesota Wild 3 – Dec 23, 2009 @ 5:00 PM – SNET – Game 37
Hey everyone! How are we all doing on this fine day. It is my last day of work this week, and then its time to sit on my ass and do nothing.
I happened to be at the last game (row 6!) and, well, the team sucked. It wasn't a total waste as one of my favorite players was Winchester and he had a pretty good game, but other than that it was pretty much the suck.
I imagine this is what coyote fans feel like most of the time.
Anyways the team will win this one because now we all don't expect it. And thats how they roll.
Oh, and canada keeps winning at the juniors. I noticed a couple of our picks playing for finland (I think) and they looked decent, as did Eberle, so things are looking up!
And just say no to tanking. As I mentioned in the comments in the last post (and to Samus), you don't need to tank and draft well to get good, just look at the '06 team (and the number of rookies on it). Cheap, reliable vets.
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The Slow Food WISE Learning Garden at Maryland Avenue Montessorri, an MPS school on Milwaukee's Eastside, was planted the last week of May by the students along with the help of parents and Slow Food volunteers.
The raised gardens, which were built last year, stand on asphalt adding some much appreciated greenspace to the school grounds. The gardens, which use principals from "square-foot gardening," give the kids an opportunity to connect with nature but also to apply skills in measurement and planning.
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Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un انّا للہ و انّا الیہ راجعون
An extremely tragic and disturbing news out of Dresden, Germany. Sister Marwa al-Sherbini was stabbed to death in a German court, she had sued her Neo-Nazi attacker after he insulted her for wearing the hijab. Her husband was also stabbed and "accidently" shot my the cops. Via Suite 101 :
Dr. Marwa Sherbini was a star pupil at her Alexandria School, El Nasr Girls' College (EGC), one of the oldest and most prestigious educational establishments for girls in Alexandria. Her personality and academic achievements led to her selection as Head Girl of the school before she joined the Faculty of Pharmacy at Alexandria University, graduating in 2000 with flying colors. After she got married to Elwy Okaz, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute, she moved with him to Germany.
Marwa Takes her Son to Play in the Park
In a Dresden park, Marwa took her 3-year old son Mostapha to play. A German man, probably piqued by her headscarf, insulted her and called her a terrorist. She filed a case against him in German courts. When she won the case and the court fined him 750 Euros for having abused her, he appealed against the verdict.
Marwa Stands in Dresden Court to Give Evidence
As Marwa stood in court on July 1st, 2009, to give evidence, the 28-year old man took out a knife and stabbed her 18 times. Present were her son and her husband, who ran to rescue her. But the assailant stabbed him 3 times. A German security officer in court shot the husband in the leg probably mistaking him for the assailant. The husband Elwy Okaz, who was scheduled to defend his Ph. D. thesis in genetic engineering in a couple of weeks, lapsed into a coma and was taken to hospital suffering from serious injuries to the stomach and liver.
European state media has been trying to sweep this story under the rug while spinning it as an isolated incident. wonder where all the femenists went. Make no mistake about it, the murder of Marwa al-Sherbini, was the end result of the mainstreaming of Islamophobia, promoted by Judeofascists(like the Mossad midget in the last entry) and their shabbos goyim followers i.e. Neo-Nazis(BNP, Vlaams Belang, Geert Wilders etc) with whom they have formed an allience. They are responsible for her murder, and it my sincere hope inshallah, and each one of these sub-human bastards are dispatched in a similar manner. Had the killer been a Muslim, I can guarantee it would received widespread coverage along with usual "call to arms" over "Islamization" via "Eurabia" conspiracy theories.
Whether its Jewish supremacists and/or white supremacists, let us reflect on this quote by the late El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz :
"There is nothing in our book, the Qur'an, that teaches us to suffer peacefully. Our religion teaches us to be intelligent. Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. That's a good religion."
Amen to that. No integration or assimilation with murderous Nazi and fascist scum. Fry the vermin in gas chambers round the clock.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College softball team wishes to recognize survivors and help bring awareness to finding a cure for cancer at a softball doubleheader Sunday, March 30 against Flagler College as "StriKeOut Cancer Day." The twinbill is slated to start at noon, as the softball team is pairing with the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and the American Cancer Society in this collaborative venture.
The team will honor cancer survivors between games, with Bobcat softball alum and cancer survivor Maggie Davis throwing out the first pitch.
Since starting the StriKeOut Cancer initiative more than 10 years ago, the NFCA has raised thousands of dollars to support the fight against cancer. These vital resources allow the American Cancer Society to continue its lifesaving efforts to prevent cancer, save lives, and diminish suffering from the disease through research, education, advocacy and service.
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