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Recently I posted my reactions to a new book about Harvard Business School called "Ahead of the Curve," by recent alum Philip Delves Broughton. Philip thought I had misintepreted his reflections in the book, and he was kind enough to elaborate on his experiences as an HBS student and let me pick his brain. Here's our email exchange about the value of an MBA for career changers, the HBS culture, teaching leadership and ethics in the classroom, being a humanities guy in an Excel world, and more:
AI: I got the sense from your book -- I think you even say so expressly -- that you weren't terribly clear in your own mind about what you were hoping to do with your MBA before you embarked on business school. It sounds as if you went to business school hoping to take more control over your life, and you assumed you'd be able to work out the specifics of a career change while you were there. That didn't seem to come together as neatly as you had hoped -- by the end of the MBA program, you were still trying to sort out what you wanted to do, and you were finding the job search harder than expected. In hindsight, do you wish you had done more planning or soul-searching before starting business school?
PDB: No, I was pretty clear about why I was going. I needed to be. I left a great job to go to business school. The challenge was remaining clear about it under the kind of peer pressure you find at a business school. I wanted to be able to pursue my own interests while controlling my own P&L. I didn't want an employer. I wanted control over my time. Now this is pretty different from a lot of people at b-school. I didn't want a "career change" so much as more power to decide my own personal and economic fate. It's different. The book is not about my failed job search. It's about my struggle to remain on the path I set out on while pulled in various directions.
AI: I've been somewhat skeptical about the value of business school, even a top business school, for career changers, for some of the reasons you mention in the book, and also because the recruiting schedule starts so relentlessly early that you don't really have any time to navel-gaze about your career once you get there. I'm thinking in particular of the hiring interview you did with the Washington Post (pretty dispiriting), and the following:
"But I was not alone in struggling to change my career. Luis, the Franco-Argentine, complained to me that many people felt HBS failed in its promise to give people a new start. 'They say this is your chance to change industry, but very few are succeeding. You see, the problem is that the path of least resistance is to do banking or consulting. Now, if you wanted to do either of those, you probably could. But if you wanted to get out of them, you really have to fight.... If you don't have experience in an industry, they don't want you, so you end up going back to the industries you do have experience in."
Do you think career changers should go to business school? If yes, what can they do to make their time there, and the job search process, less difficult?
PDB: Career changers need to do a couple of things. The first thing, as you say, is to start thinking early about what you want to change to. Even if you're not sure, you must have a vague idea. Then use every resource - especially alumni - to help you do that. The second thing is to regard your first job out of b-school as a bank shot. You go into one of the standard b-school professions - banking/consulting - in order to drop into the career you want in a couple of years. Lots of people do that successfully. But simply hoping the MBA magic dust will transform you into the dream candidate in the career you're after is delusional. The final thing I'd recommend, is to go to places where people know you already, your home town for example - then your career to that point, plus the MBA, plus trust and familiarity will make a career change easier.
AI: In hindsight, do you think you were naive about the HBS culture (I know I was pretty tough on you in that regard in my initial blog posting), and what HBS would be able to do for your career change? Aside from reading your book, what would you recommend applicants do to educate themselves about whether business school is a good idea for them, and whether a particular school is a good match?
PDB: I wasn't so much naive as ignorant of what HBS would be like. I didn't come from a profession where lots of people went to business school. I wasn't surprised that people were like they were - but given all that we heard from the most successful business people, Buffett/Paulson/Whitman, about work-life balance, I thought people should have taken that stuff more seriously. As I say in my book, I made a lot of very good friends at HBS and admired a lot of my fellow students. Anyone reading the book as a whole - and not just the reviews - will see that. I think the best thing to do to educate yourself is find people who have been to business school and ask them. Also ask people you admire - would I benefit from this? Match only really matters if you're fortunate enough to get into a bunch of schools. Otherwise, you go to the best one you can.
AI: You write about some of the difficulties you had as a humanities guy with no quantitative or business background. How can other humanities or liberal arts types best prepare themselves if they think they want to pursue a management or business education?
PDB: Oh, this is just practice. I hadn't done math since I was 16. I had never opened Excel. You have two years to figure this stuff out, which I did. It's a hassle at first, but short of taking an Excel course before getting on campus, there's not much you can do. You pick it up pretty fast once you're there - but just have to swallow your ego while you're trying to catch up.
AI: HBS says its mission is "to educate leaders who make a difference in the world." In your book, Ben asks, "I wonder why the school can't just admit that its job is teaching people how to run profitable businesses? Why does it even think that leadership is best taught through courses on business? I mean, if it is really leadership they want to teach, why don't they have us taking history or religion courses or spending the weekends with the Marine Corps?" Do you agree? Do you think leadership can be taught in a classroom?
(I do know your thinking process changed, and that you found that valuable: "Despite my frustration at being so far behind my classmates technically and in my basic knowledge of business functions, I knew that my intellectual apparatus had toughened. I saw things in the world that I had not seen before. I looked at facts and numbers a different way" -- but that's arguably different than leadership skills.)
PDB: Yes, leadership can be taught. Not in the sense that you're teaching people how to be Churchills or Roosevelts or Napoleons even. Just in the sense of helping people think about managing organizations. Every CEO we heard from said that people management was the biggest part of their job. And this didn't mean making big speeches. It meant hiring and firing, establishing a culture, setting the right incentives - and there is a large academic component to that, in addition to any personal qualities a leader might have.
AI: You took a somewhat dyspeptic view of the HBS culture, which in parts of the book sounds like a cross between American Pie fraternity antics and some kind of EST/Maoist reeducation camp. Do you think that's unique to HBS vs. other business schools? And was perhaps your age a factor? Your non-American-ness? I got the impression throughout the book that the other non-Americans were similarly nonplussed by those parts of the HBS culture. Thoughts?
PDB: Yes, being older made me look at it differently. I was married with a child - therefore not going out to Boston nightclubs midweek. Yes, I'm British, but I've lived in America since 1998, except for 2.5 years, and my wife is American, and my grandfather, aunt and cousins are American.... so I'm not entirely "not American." Yes, I think the foreigners did find it strange. American college culture is somewhat startling to foreigners. I know it's not unique to HBS. But perhaps the contrast between the seriousness in the classroom and the frat-ishness of much of the social life was more glaring. But again, I think this exists in business culture more broadly - you have companies preaching corporate social responsibility in the morning and then doing quite irresponsible things the rest of the day. Would the more exotic nightlife of Las Vegas exist, one wonders, without business expense accounts? I think people outside business are more sensitive to this hypocrisy.
AI: In your book, your classmates come in for quite a drubbing on the ethics front. I'm thinking in particular of the "financial aid BMWs" and the large proportion of the class (3/4 or thereabouts) who thought it ethically permissible for applicants to seek access to an admissions server that they knew to be unauthorized. There seems to be a big disconnect between the values of Dean Clark and his students. Thoughts on that? And do you think ethics can be taught in the classroom?
PDB: Ethics can certainly be discussed in the classroom - but can the ethics of students in their mid-late 20's actually be changed? Not so sure. I did find the discussions thought-provoking though. I'm not sure I give my classmates a "drubbing" about ethics. I'm in no position to do that! What I do discuss, however, is the contrast between what I describe as the rather excessive - and unrealistic - piety of business ethics as we discussed in class and the reality of how most people, business students included, actually behave. HBS took ethics extremely seriously - and kind of sets itself up to be beaten up when its alumni cause the collapse of Enron, and now have their fingerprints all over the current financial mess.
AI: You write in the start of the book that it was not intended as an "inside raid." I hear that some people at HBS nonetheless took it that way. One could argue that you wanted the upside of the brand and the network, but then violated a tacit compact with the HBS community by writing an exposé. In the book you express a lot of appreciation for the power of the HBS network. Do you think you've compromised the value of that network (to you) because you've written the book? Has there been any other kind of fallout? Am I wrong entirely -- perhaps it has increased the value of your network? Why did you write the book?
PDB: I wrote the book because I thought it would be interesting and useful to do so. And because I was offered an advance by a publisher. I knew elements of my experience were shared by many of my classmates. And I think at both HBS and many big firms, one is expected either to be a 100% booster, or a bitter critic. The truth is one can be ambivalent. I say that HBS was about 80% great and about 20% weird. Most people I know who went there agree. I know some people are upset. That's fine. I don't think I violated any compact. I didn't become a Free Mason when I went there. I attended an educational establishment and paid handsomely to do so. And I wrote a book that is honest and true. For every attack I've received from the school, I've received messages from classmates and other alumni thanking me for being so honest about the experience. So I'm ok with that.
AI: You acknowledge that "the Harvard Business School classroom is a safe learning environment, a place to experiment and make mistakes...." and that's why you cloaked the identities of your classmates. You decided not to do so for professors, because you think that they have a "public role." That's not as clear to me. Don't they experiment and course-correct as well? Aren't they entitled to some expectation of privacy in the classroom?
PDB: No. They are paid extremely well for their work at HBS and earn even more from outside gigs linked to their role as HBS professors. Most professors come off well in the book. I'm only actually critical of one. They can experiment and course-correct, fine, but I was paying the school $100 per class. I think I'm entitled to do what I did with the experience.
AI: How would your wife reflect on your MBA? Is she glad you went? Any advice she would give prospective business school spouses?
PDB: My wife enjoyed it, I think. We met lots of interesting people and I was around a lot when our second son was born. The only challenge was going back to a student life and budget after living like grown-ups for so long. But that was pretty easy, and rather refreshing. Advice? Be prepared for your other half to become a navel-gazing egotist while going through the process.
And a nice bonus for people working on their Round 2 HBS essays right now: Philip also had some advice for people writing the "career vision" essay (optional this year, but in my opinion still highly recommended):
PDB: I don't think HBS wants to hear "I want to make VP at 30 and MD at 35 and partner at 40." They want to hear that you have some sense of where you want to go: do you want to be in finance, do you want to manage a factory, do you want to be entrepreneurial? Or in my case, do you want to take your proven skills in writing, journalism and being a foreign correspondent, add on some business know-how and go write your own pay check - somehow. Anyone applying to business school should be able to come up with something which is consistent with their life and professional ambitions.


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The Impact of Psychosocial Needs of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients: an Analysis of Clinical Trial Participation and Adherence
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Cancer in adolescence -- Psychological aspects, Cancer -- Psychological aspects, Cancer -- Treatment, Cancer -- Patients -- Care, Clinical trials, Patient participation, Patient compliance
The treatment of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology patients requires a comprehensive understanding of the psychological and social complexity of this group. Psychosocial support is often coupled with clinical treatment, but there are still unmet needs within this population regarding relevant information, mental health counseling, practical resources, and others. A significant gap in available clinical trials and participation in clinical trials has prevented progress in clinical treatment of Adolescent and Young Adults with cancer. A review of pertinent literature on psychosocial needs and oncology clinical trials was conducted in order to examine any relationship between unmet needs and clinical trial participation. Adolescent and Young Adults with cancer who have symptoms of unmet psychosocial needs experience a lower participation rate of clinical trials. This suggests that an increase in available psychosocial resources and delivery of these resources to patients will increase clinical trial participation, furthering the clinical treatment capabilities of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncologists and increasing survival rates.
An undergraduate honors thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in University Honors and Health Studies
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Jensen, Kate, "The Impact of Psychosocial Needs of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients: an Analysis of Clinical Trial Participation and Adherence" (2014). University Honors Theses. Paper 60.

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Mom and Aunt MeMe went out tonight (to shop of course!) and left us at home. Us= Me, Brogan, Teddi, and cousins Thayne, Taryn, Landon, and friend Zack. The kids have been crazy since they stepped out of the car- chasing, wrestling, chatting, laughing, tickling, etc, etc. C.R.A.Z.Y. So tonight was not any different! Us "big people" watched Leap Year (a good movie, but a little suprised by the rating- PG my butt!) and the "little people" watched AstroBoy (Brogan's review was good!).
Ok, I'm rambling here- it's late, I'm bored...but anyways- after the movies the kids came upstairs and waited for mommies to come home before going to bed...hmmm...good idea?? prob not. but this is what happened...
They don't even know what to do with themselves. My favorite part is at the end when Teddi talks to no one, cracks up, then continues to talk to no one.
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Hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day weekend!
First, I want to say I'm thankful for those that lost their lives for our freedom.
I've had a very blessed day! We celebrated my birthday today because my oldest has to move back on campus to start her summer job. My husband also works tomorrow.
First, we went out to a steakhouse for lunch. My son picked my cake out for me at DQ, it's a tradition we do. We came home and my dad and stepmom came over to have cake with me. It is now 10:30 here and the kids and I just finished off the cake. Calories along with everything else is over I'm sure.
I did do my Zumba for 66 minutes. Didn't make as many mistakes as yesterday but I still haven't reached perfection.
We also went down to the church and cleaned the tables,chairs, floors, ect and put up the rest of the decorations for VBS! I definitely couldn't have done it without my husband and kids. I guess you can say we make a great team.
I'm now very exhausted!
Hope you all have a great day tomorrow!
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We scheduled our South America trip for August. It was the summer holidays meaning I had the whole month off from work but also my birthday. I did not want to be on a bus/train/plane on the day, but rather doing something different.
The day was spent in the Atacama desert on the Piedras Rojas tour. This was the best tour of the trip, a whole day thing which was tiring but worth it.
We left at 7am, early but not as early as some other tours we did! Our first stop was the Miscanti and Miñiques lagoons which are home to three different types of flamingo. However, in the deep mid-winter, the majority of the flamingos had gone off to somewhere a little warmer, while the remaining few decided to hang out as far away from the humans as possible! (Entrance fee of 2,500 pesos).
After a warm breakfast of eggs, coca tea and bread, we headed into the mountains to another lake. No flamingos this time, but it was spectacular. Surrounded by snow, it was freezing, but worth it (2,500 pesos entry again). Here James very kindly put snow down my back, what a nice thing to do on my birthday…. (hmmm…).
The next stop was by far the coldest and most windy – las piedras rojas – which is where the name for the day trip comes from. This lake, so high in altitude, was frozen, and we spent half an hour jumping up and down on the ice.
After lunch, we visited a little church and stopped on the side of the road to take some pictures with a sign showing we were on the Tropic of Capricorn which was pretty cool! I was not expecting that to happen in the tour!!
I made a wise investment in some baby alpaca wool gloves in Tacapao village, which would help me survive the cold days and nights in the Bolivian Salt Falts.
Dinner was going to be a fancy meal, but San Pedro was just a little too expensive. I was happy with our usual 5,000 pesos meal deal. Altitude sickness meant loss of appetite and I didn't feel like I was missing out.
It was an incredible birthday, packed in with so much to see. It was really special. Exhausted but the alarm was set for 4am the next day for the Geyser tour…


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As we travel through life, there are times when we win and there are times when we lose. And the shift from winning to losing can often happen in an instant.
But the good news is that when we open our lives up to God as revealed through the love of Jesus Christ, even when we lose we win.
Today we are going to look at a well known little passage from the Bible, written from the perspective of one of the world's biggest "losers."
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Writing: A Peek Behind The Curtain
I made a new friend recently who is thinking about starting a blog. She has a clear topic and a clear vision for her blog and has been mulling over the idea for a few months. I nearly jumped up and down with excitement for her.
"Oh you should!! You DEFINITELY need to start writing!!" I enthused.
I generally don't believe in talking people into (or out of) big decisions. But, I think everyone should have a blog! I've felt this way since watching Seth Godin and Tom Peters (here) explain what blogging does for your mind -- how it clarifies your thinking and forces you to show a little courage.
For me, what I write isn't nearly as important as the process.
Sitting down and staring at a blank screenThinkingBeing QuietNOT surfing the internetListeningLetting ideas flow Trusting that words, even late at night when sleep is closing in, will flow...
And they DO flow.
Not neatly. Not in advance. And certainly not in a linear or orderly way.
But eventually they come. In dribs and drabs. All over the map. Like a flood.
Getting thoughts out has been a fascinating process. I don't follow the usual rules: pick ONE topic and stick to it, target a narrow demographic, and write from your expertise.
Nah. I don't like those rules.
I would be bored writing about one thing. I want to talk to men/women who are old/medium/young in age. I want diversity more than uniformity. And, to be candid, I'm almost always writing outside of anything which could remotely be called an "expertise." (Unless you're talking about carrot cake and tacos -- I know I rock those!!)
The first goal when I write is to listen well. However, on the many days I don't "hear" anything, I write anyway because my second goal is to push "publish."
The crazy thing is, on those days when I LOVE my writing, when I think I've poured out my thoughts as precisely as I am able, I don't hear much feedback. On other days, when I feel like the writing feels flat, the encouragement comes pouring in.
I don't understand what works and what doesn't.
There. I said it.
Almost three years into this process and I really have no idea what I'm doing.
This isn't a plea to you, dear friends, to respond any differently than you already do (and I think you're FANTASTIC, truly), but to say that even when you're clueless, the experimentation process is worth the price of admission.
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A new kitchen lightJune 10th, 2010 in member junk
glendaM44, member
We had been dealing with a bad ceiling for awhile when I found this old door curbside. The chandelier was a garage sale find for $5. I came up with the idea to cover the bad ceiling with the door, and install the light from it...the rest is shabby history. I love it..
Pattern or design used: My own design - glenda ryans
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den987 writes: I love this!!!!!!!!!!! it is something i could use in my kitchen Posted: 10:42 pm on September 7th
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bluebucket writes: Fabulous! What a great take on the ceiling medallion!!! I'll be stealing this idea for sure since my bedroom ceiling needs some attention.
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RedheadedWahine writes: I have never seen this idea before, wow! Posted: 7:47 am on June 12th
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alicemom writes: Fabulous! love the thought , creativity, plan. All pulled together.
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shabbychick writes: What great finds and you put it all together so nicely! I love the look - chippy paint and sparkly glass! :)
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in my house that always peels...but it is near
a wall so this wouldn't work for me :( but fabulous
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It's trivial, but still telling/
Fake news from both our national and local newspapers: The girl dragged into the water by sea lion now has a rare infection. No, that's not so - she's been prescribed tetracycline as a precaution against a rare disease that's carried by sea mammals, as this report in the NY Post makes clear (although note that its headline writer also gets it wrong). Think rabies shots after an encounter with a wild animal vs actual rabies - there's a difference.
Again: it's a trivial error, but so typical of what passes for reporting these days - drives me nuts.
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Olive is the founder and CEO of Zolio, Inc. She has 20 years experience in the asset management industry with a focus on strategic growth and talent management. This includes 6 years as a partner at Tudor Investment Corp. where she led Strategy and Talent Management and worked extensively on portfolio management recruiting. Prior to that, Olive spent 13 years as a consultant with McKinsey & Company where she was elected Director/Senior partner in 2001. At McKinsey she founded and led the firm's global asset management practice. Olive graduated with first class honors from the University of Edinburgh, holds a CPA, and has her MBA from Harvard Business School.
Ted Hayes, Ph.D.
Ted takes the lead on Zolio's proprietary profile design and metric analyses. Ted is currently an adjunct assistant professor at George Washington University specializing in selection system development. He was also a Senior Research Director for 7 years with The Gallup Organization and has worked as a psychologist in the field of screening and selection for the Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service, and various financial services firms. Ted holds a BA in psychology from John Hopkins and a PhD in I/O Psychology and Psychometrics from Rice University.
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With game engines becoming easily accessible to modders and other members of the public, modern remakes of classic games are slowly becoming the norm, with the release of Black Mesa and Renegade X already being available to play.
Today we have found a Unreal Engine 4 remaster of Resident Evil 2, a not-for-profit project which is brought to us be Italian Indie developer Invader Games. Below is a 10 minute gameplay video of the community made remaster.
Invader Games has created this mod using new 3D models, textures, particle effects, lighting and even more, making this a very labor intensive project. The gameplay shown is very impressive, but right now it is unknown how Capcom will react to this, as they have already made HD versions of other Resident Evil games, with more presumably on the cards.
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[Research] About spatial behavior in CSCL
I am starting to think about a possible research project with tamara that would deal with pairs' spatial behavior when interacting when facing a computer, in a Computer Supported Collaborative Learning scenario. I saw that Richard Joiner & Kim Issroff (University of Bath, University college, London, UK) worked on this topic. I found a paper about Spatial representation of collaborative interactions. It report a study of adults collaboratively completing a common multi-robot foraging task. The authors traced diagrams to study this in order to: - see how where pair went - can see if students divided the search areas between them - joint information searching
The problem is that they did not study communication and peer interaction since - interactions like communication not represented - their diagrams not represent time
I like their take about this topic : "it represents an aspect of collaboration which is not normally looked at before" !!
The paper Co-construction through interaction during CSCLby Kleine, Maarten de Lat & Van Der Meijden investigates the process of childrens attunement through the analysis of peer interaction in two different collaborative learning settings.
Another topic, widely studied is the division of labor (as in Naomi Miyake's paper) plus all the stuff with two mouses.
Why are pairs of students working in front of computer interesting? I believe studying the spatial behavior of their interactions, linked to specific collaborative processes that specifically occured in CSCL is smart. It indeed can provide us insights about how spatial behavior supports ? fosters ? mediates ? collaboration between two colocated persons
Interaction (especially audio communication)are often studied, gesturing a bit but the whole is not linked to collaboration. The only spatial behavior which has interested CSCW/CSCL academics is the act of pointing since it supports referential communication. Hence, it would be nice to study spatial behavior of pairs to broaden the scope.
A difficult thing would also be to correlate the learning gains (or the performance - it is easier) to the spatial behavior (do good pairs perform different type of gestures ?)...
There is also a book about School Design that may givess ideas:School Design by Henry Sanoff; but I am pretty sure it's going to focus on un-interesting things...
Of course the field of Augmented reality and roomware/tabletop gizmos gices more incentives about users' spatial behavior (it's not CSCL tough). For instance, "Communication Behaviors of Co-located Users in Collaborative AR ...". It is more about communication patterns but I find the method pretty nice.


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Welcome to my new and improved blog of how life can throw you a curve ball. Going through a major lifestyle change and wanting to share the ups and downs.
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I love living in the desert and enjoy not having to worry about having a furnace. I say this because we do not have a working furnace in here but if we did get anything it would have to be one of those electric fireplaces that way it does not affect my gas bill anymore than it needs to. I am a penny pincher and feel the need to save on my utilities as much as I can. I also think too that it would make this place look so much nicer having a fireplace in it.
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How satisfied are you with your 2015 so far - time for a half year review? - by Nicholas Wai
Photo from: http://coachfederation.org/blog/index.php/4563/It feels like it was almost just yesterday when we celebrated the start of 2015, and now we are already at the half way mark! How are your New Year resolutions? What are your top 3 highlights of 2015 so far? Scoring with a scale of 1 to 10, how satisfied are you with your accomplishments so far (where 10 is most satisfied and 1 is least)?
You may fall into the camp of being ready to celebrate all of your achievements, or may be someone who involuntarily shies away from such line of questions, or even someone who's simply grinding along without much notice of the significance of today as you're focused on the task. Whichever camp you are in – and we can all fall into all possibilities - it definitely pays for us to take some time out now for some self-reflection and to re-prioritize for the next 6 months.
Since I've asked you, it's only fair, I think to share some of my highlights! The year started with my successful graduation from just a practicing coach to an ICF-credentialed ACC in January. This took longer than I originally planned BUT as soon as I added the credential onto my business card I landed 2 mentor coaching assignments in Hong Kong and also in China. Mentoring opened up a new path for me. I discovered that I really enjoyed nurturing and supporting the growth and development of the next generation of coaches, and I also learned a lot about my purpose and practice in the process! This year also saw my retirement from the board of the local ICF chapter which was a bit sad for me. The role gave me so much when I started on my coach journey 4 years ago and I was very touched by the parting words at the AGM from the board members I have had the pleasure of working with, and we were all very proud that that chapter is celebrating its 5th anniversary as a charter chapter with more than 150 members. On the work front I have been invited to become an associate for 3 new business partners. We have done some interesting projects which expanded my toolkit as well as my experience in leading experiential activities. I have also done more coaching assignments this year which just encouraged me to take on more. On the personal front our high school alumni choir which I am a part of has given 3 concerts this year with some varied and challenging songs that we managed to sing beautifully to the applause of the audience.
Looking forward to the next half of the year I am working with 2 fellow coaches from the UK and China on creating a retreat for the development of women in leadership in East Asia, with a focus on personal and leadership identity and presence (hence starting to read Joanna Barsh's Centered Leadership and Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In. If there is any other research which you think we should also be aware of please definitely let me know by commenting below). I will also be spending some quality time tagging along with my girlfriend who will be leading a tour of China with the Sydney Children's Choir in July. I am also expecting more interesting projects and coaching assignments that would mean a rich and productive year for me as I look back at the end of the year.
- On reflecting on your half year so far, what have been some of the highlights for you? What have you been most proud of?
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In 2001-02 Asia's share stood at 40.2% but in 2011-12 it grew to to 51.6%. Asia is a key destination of India's exports. However, Europe has seen a decline in its share, down to 19% in 2011-12 from 24.8% in 2001-02.
In 2012, India's key exports were petroleum products which generated $56bn; followed by gems and jewelry with $47bn. Pharm products, transport equipment, machinery and readymade garments are also big exports for India.
In 2012, United Arab Emirates (UAE) was India's biggest export market, closely followed by the USA. The latest data available from the Indian Government's covering April-September 2012, shows the US to have slightly overtaken the UAE. Explore the graphic above to see India's imports and exports by value and year. The UK is the eighth biggest export market for India and held 2.9% of the market share in April-September 2012.
Major Products exports from India are ready made garments and textiles, engineering products like bicycles and diesel engines, hand tools and automotive components etc., and allied and chemical items like fine chemicals, dye and dye intermediates, tubes and tiers, rubber gloves. Besides from these products, India also exports handicrafts items, sports goods, electronic items, jute, shellac, tea and spices to Latin America.
The most popular products which are exported from India are:
The huge demand of ladies and gents garments manufactured by the big houses in India have created demand in the international garment industry. These garments products includes shirts, t-shirts, trousers, ethnic wears, silk sarees and knitted garments. These products are manufactured and exported from zones of India like Tripura, Bellary, Surat, Kancheepuram etc.
The major medical products exported from India include sterile gloves, crepe bandages and surgical disposables and appliances such as baby incubator, automatic vertical autoclave and digital imaging software's. Medical appliances of India have made their mark in the foreign countries on account of superior quality and variety.
India is the largest exporter in all over the world for leather products. It exports various leather products like leather wallets, belts, key holders, folders, pouches, leather toys, handbags etc. The gift items made of leather which is very popular in foreign countries such as Leather note books, decorated leather journals, key rings, rugs.
In various Industries machines are used in manufacturing process such as chemicals, food processing, textile processing etc. Indian machine manufacturing industry has grown in leaps and bounds and ranks very high among the major export products of India.


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Stokes Singers will be performing a selection of songs from our summer concert as well as some sing-along favourites at Park View Residential Home on Tuesday evening.
This is a regular event which the choir looks forward to and the residents seem to really enjoy. The choir is made very welcome and spoiled with scrumptious cakes and tea before we leave.
We are hoping for a packed house again and are looking forward to catching up with the residents and staff.


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Thank you for all your prayers this week. Those big storms the so-called "weather experts" were predicting never happened around here. The severe weather tracked to the west of us, but even that weather wasn't anything too bad. I did hear of some farm trees being blown down and that's about it. Fortunately those Oklahoma storm chasers that traveled to our area didn't have any tornadoes to chase. Right we are praying for dry weather. It has been unseasonably wet this spring. With the wet ground we can't start our ramp construction project here at Salem.
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This I have been captivated by Hosea's words from God that say, "I desire mercy not sacrifice…" (NIV translation…the translation we use in worship), but I like how the NRSV translates this verse, "I desire STEADFAST LOVE, not mercy…". I like the NRSV because earlier God is saying to the people that their LOVE is like the morning cloud; like the morning dew that quickly disappears. Connecting these two verses together by using "steadfast love" drives home the point better. We are good at showing love…at times…when it is convenient. But God desires STEADFAST love; a love that is never ending. The Israelites were doing all (or almost all) the "right" things according to the law, but they were not loving their neighbor. They were more focused on their acts of worship than on people. I guess we can still relate to that today…can't we?
Let us pray…
God of mercy you have given your one and only Son so we may live. Help us to show that mercy to others so people may come to know you. And help us to daily learn what this means, "I desire steadfast love, not sacrifice…". Amen.
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Inspirational crystal quote of the day:
"The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy- it's all that matters." - Audrey Hepburn
The doctor is in this morning and ordering a healthy dose of vitamin D as the sun shines in all it's glory. Not a cloud in the sky or a breathe of wind kissing your face as conditions are shaping up to be a very tranquil day here at the beach. There are endless possibilities on a day such as this with the ocean slowly making it's way towards our little bay and the birds singing in a Disney fashion. If only they were helping us clean our houses and to hang our laundry to dry as well. Temperatures are heating up from a nice 58F this morning with a decent sized WNW swell pushing it's way around the mesa making for some fun longboard waves. Tide is low this morning so expect the shape to improve through the afternoon as we head towards high tide. Bring your family and abide the doctor's orders and see what the day holds in store.
CHANNEL: Tide is peaking in the negative this morning as you can island hop from sandbar to sandbar. Wait for the tide to fill in before setting your sights here as only a quick drop and turn in the knee high range is to be had right now. Have a late morning and head out with more water over the bars to be able to have nice long gliding lefts this afternoon.
PATCH: Rocky kingdoms of the deep are exposed with the negative tide, but waist+ waves are still finding their way in just past the outside the meeting rock where 4 SUPs and 5 logs are doing battle with each other on a conveyor-belt of rights. Find yourself on the inside here for the reform as well in the knee to thigh high range. Let the good times roll as the tide comes in and the waves start to line-up more and more. This is certainly the spot this morning till the more water fills in (and still may be later today). Enjoy the day, bring your positivity, and waves will come to you.
Respect the Beach.
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Lots of NEW and USED boards are in the racks so come check it out. We have full wetsuits for men, women and kids. Plenty of 3 and 5mm booties, hoods and gloves are in stock as well. If you are in need of a new suit or board now is a great time to shop. We have all the gear for your cold water surfing needs.


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Singer and songwriter Rae Morris signed a record at just 17 after years of gigging around the North with her mum and dad as tour managers. She released her first album Unguarded in 2015 and has lent her vocals to to the likes of Clean Bandit, Bombay Bicycle Club, Kaytranada and Rejjie Snow. Her new record is due out next year and is a working collaboration with producer Ben Garratt aka Fryars – who is also Rae's boyfriend after the two fell in love working together.
In a special Christmas edition of Talk the Line, we met up with Rae to talk about the festive season and the bits of Christmas that you don't celebrate enough.


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ATHENS - Georgia men's basketball coach Dennis Felton likely will peer into his players' eyes and remind them not to take life for granted, not to feel entitled.
It could occur during halftime of a Southeastern Conference game, or the advice might even be directed at his own children.
No matter when it happens, Felton probably will remember his recent USO-sponsored trip to visit U.S. soldiers in Kuwait when he speaks those words.
"(Visiting the soldiers) is going to be extremely memorable because of what it was about," Felton said. "There's a fair chance that I experienced some things that I might not ever experience. When I think about being in America and enjoying all of the great things that we get to enjoy as Americans - and how fortunate I am that we have folks that are out there defending us and our country, this trip brings that much more meaning to this experience."
Felton joined a seven-man group of current and former NCAA basketball coaches in Operation Hardwood IV for a trip to the Persian Gulf near the end of May. Part of the group's mission was for the coaches to guide teams of service members in a double-elimination tournament.
But for Felton, the trip was less about basketball, more about building new relationships.
He slept in the same barracks as the soldiers. Shared the same food. Drank the same scalding hot water.
And the trip also provided Felton with a new perspective on life.
On May 27, the coaches visited Camp Buehring, a staging post for troops near the Iraqi border, where Felton met members of Fort Stewart's 3rd Infantry Division.
"I felt guilty, because as we unloaded out of the vehicle and approached the staging area where these soldiers were loading their weapons and preparing, I felt like that space was the equivalent of our locker room 90 minutes before tip-off, only with much more severe consequences in the balance," Felton wrote in his online journal. "I know how important that time is to be with just teammates, without any distractions from anybody who doesn't truly understand what we are about to encounter."
But the trip also had its lighter moments, like when Felton overslept and arrived a few minutes late for his team's first game.
Staff Sgt. James Strozier, an Atlanta native who played on Felton's team, said the tournament officials stopped another game to present Felton with two alarm clocks.
"I laughed so hard, I almost started crying," Strozier said in an e-mail. "He helped us play really well in the tournament, though. At times I saw him getting hoarse from yelling at us on the court. He reminded me of a drill sergeant in basic training."
Felton said he "developed a relationship with 20 or 30 people that I could see extending for some years."
Strozier and Sergeant Derek Majette of Durham, N.C., said Felton's trip differed from most USO-sponsored trips in that celebrities' trips are brief.
"Coach Felton not only coached our team, but he took the time to get to know us," Majette said in an e-mail. "From eating meals, to just sitting down and talking to us - and not just about basketball. In just a very short week, he knew everyone by their first name, our likes and dislikes."
Felton also rode in a Black Hawk helicopter and drove a tank.
He said piloting the tank was similar to driving a car, except he was ever-mindful that he was near a military operation.
"We were very compliant," Felton said. "Whatever we were told to do, we did it. We had a schedule and we stayed to it. I could have driven every tank, but there wasn't enough time for that. When it's time to go, it's time to go.
"But if it were up to us, we probably would have stayed longer and played with the tanks."


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so whistling is sexydire ocean, dire seacalmly careeningisland by islandbeach by beachso whistling is sexy ...when you doso words unspoken are truelike the wind, like the sandunderneath our almost bound feetstruggling for thoughtsthat the body give awayso easily, so enchantinglywords almost utteredbut then again they were never heardyet so true, its so trueso the tree, so the rockhe climbed, he trudgedfunny, clumsily, and uncannylike me lying half nakedand you whistling sexy ...at meunder the scorching march sunfriends, rocks and the boat menall gone, all donejust you and ileft behind ...
the rain its going to rain and it will wash away all my feelingsi will go blank i wont feel thesunshinethere be no warmth on my cheeks all feeling is gone
the moon glistening above like an emerald eyeflooding the sky with stars passing byhaven't you noticed this new life i am living?haven't you noticed this new day i am starting?
the clouds colliding in the heavenly blanket of the nightleaving traces of the sunset lost in the twilighthaven't you seen me so happy than before?haven't you seen me so alive once more
but youre not here when i ended everythingjust the moon and the sky silently watchingchiding me with their endless comfortwhen youre supposed to be my life support
now the wind is blowing with jubilant heedingthe skyline shifting in a dance of constellations emergingi bet you haven't noticed this new life i am livingi bet you haven't noticed that i have stopped loving … you
Never Have I Fallen
exercising the will to be forcible for you to see me against tidesof unwanted imageryagainst unexplained comedy of you here lying motionlesstouching the skin at my back
calculatingthe risks already undertakenfrom the moment you smelled my hairtill your arms playfully linger on my bare hipthen in unisonlooking thru the frosty windowlistening to the rain pouring madly at the roof whispering carelessly to rememberlong forgotten memories taken in innocence together
leavingthe bliss left under the sheetswith you holding me closelyagainst your bare chestoverpowering me with your able shoulderstrapped endlesslywanting blissfullyto be here foreverwithout turning backto our lives lived in secrecy
back thenback thenwhen the world was fineyou came, you conqueredyou fucking son of a gunand my world crumbled, dissolved, and rumbledwith this feeling of love, lore and misinformation
back thenback theni was alone and i was finethe sky was all mineand there was never any shades of bluebut then you came, you conqueredyou fucking son of a gunand the sky faltered, stammered, and trembledwith this feeling so remarkable, so cruel, and so beautifulyou are so beautiful
back then back theni never thought of this till theni never felt like this till thenback thenback thenlike im falling in love with you againback then
oh thank you so muchfor being so uninspiringfor bridging life and endingso close to my thresholdlike your heart is my falling scaffold
oh thank you so muchfor being so uninvitinglike you never did anythingbut an endless time of luring…to bait meso slowlyto need youwhen im not supposed to
oh thank you so muchfor love and its wondersfor life and its marvelsto long for youwhen im not meant toand to be meant for youwhen im not supposed to
thank you so muchfor love above anythingfor time in the end of endingsfor life in the moment of everythingfor everything, for everything, for everything…
i know a placewhere the sun is a messand the skies are delightfully grayand sirens paint the dayi know this placewhere the world is finewhere the seas are impossibly bluewhere ive always belonged to you…
but you don't, but you don't
i know a scenefrom a long forgotten dreamwhen you smiled so enchantinglyand i laughed non-cynicallyi know this scenelong before ive stopped to dreamlong before ive stopped to believethat youll never ever leave…
and you did, and you did
i know that place long before todaywhen your memory starts to fadeand the tears started to dissipatefor i have entirely forgotten you…
but i don't, but i don'tand you did, and you did
here in the arms of a strangerin the heart of common groundwere hate is never loveand love never hatesnothing of that sort existsbut only this moment in times absence
here in the absence of timetheres a lingering sight of perfectionpleading for this feeling to eventually falllike raindrops falling from the skywaiting to hit the ground finally
here in the realms of the presentwere yesterday steps inand tomorrow walks awayi feel home like coldness aroundi feel love like hate in a distant sound
its all here in the arms of tonightits all here in the arms of a strangerwere eternity exists between his eyes and mineand it pleads to cease the existence of timehere in the arms of a strangerhere in the arms of tonight
breath…breath with methe air of recklessnesswhen you sat beside mewhen you brushed by my heart accidentally
laugh…laugh hard with methe smile of such healthy treacheryof you pertaining to be intimate to meof love being sprung so effortlessly
breath and laughyou and mebreath and laugh with this sudden opportunitybreath and laughthis spark of lunacyjust breath and laughwith this flicker of spontaneity
sleep…sleep tight with mewatch me close my eyes ferventlyand pray with me hard enough o let this be
drown…drown constantly with mein this engagement between constant adversariesof enemies being politely so meant to beof fate so perfectly orchestrating this story
sleep and drownyou and mesleep and drown in this sea of frenzysleep and drownin the abyss of infinite fancysleep and drownin this spark of lunacyall for youand all for me
swooning under the carpetof love and not loveof emotions and none emotionscrashing under the rug of desireor faltering under the feet of denial
fumbling all over your heart so full of carelessnessof stepping out or being stepped atof being conscious or being ridiculousof love and the so-called loveof you yesterday and of you nowi wonder whom did i loved the most somehow
between love and hatredof being impassioned or angeredi wonder how did i ever made itin times and in placesbetween right and wrongi swoon underneath the matof love and not loveof being in love and being in love with you
wondering ... wonderingif you areas sincere as cheatingas gallant as whiningas kind as lyingas valiant as hiding
wondering ... wonderingif love isas furious as hatredas scarlet as deathas fervent as bluntnessas plain as everyday
a new sense of feelinga new sense of missingfrom impulse to this fleeting feelingof excitement of estrangementto you finallyto you eventually
a new sense of reliefa new sense of flightfrom careless airto blissful windsshared together from freshnessto slumberdreaming of you and itogethertogether
a new sense of feelinga new sense of beingi had with youso suddenlyso impulsivelyfrom youfrom you all alongnow i'm never gonna be on my ownhopefullyeventually
moving forthahead...secretly hurtingdeep insideyouve let me down"have the ships been long gone?"
no looking backjust breathing ahead have you let my hands go?i cant feel your heart anymore
i am lostthis world is too big without youill drownmy heart will succumbstay for a whilei cant say goodbye
facing aheadtears against the windtomorrows too blindingall things sinkingslippingdreaming away from mecan you stay for a whileuntil i can say goodbye?
jadie i called your nameyou were the light and you were saneyou were courageous yet so naiveand so i left you as you leave
jadie who told you not to say good-byei know i was there but at least i triedand i know back then you used to trybut now jadie please try to justify
jadie you were the witnessyou were cursed but so damn blessedi'm insane, i'm numb and deceitfuloh why did you ever find me so beautiful
jadie save yourself cause i will miss youas heaven and earth feeds upon the truthi'll be here waiting till you change your mindjadie, if you ever change your mind
butterflies...in my stomachendlessly flutteringi dont know i can feel such thingwith you and your constant invitationto cascade towards earthly communion
seasons...bursting in the sceneim not aware of this foreign feelingbouncing off every walls imaginablei never knew life could be this conceivable
lingering...singing while im sleepinglaughing while im screamingdancing while im spinningi cant escape itneed to be in this constant state
crazy...narcotically impossible to achievethis mindset so high i cant hardly believeif this is trueif this is you
in personae i can bea seamless person apart from mefilling the shoes of somebodyi have ought to live prematurely
in personae i see deceptionmeeting ends against misconceptionbreaking laws altogetherjust so we can be together
in personae i feeli stealglimpse of the sweet futurei walki talkendlessly unbound from realityin personae i am meno matter how immatureno matter how unlikelyin personae i am free
in personae i feel endlesslythe fuel for life to be dealt easilyi tap its majestic longingsto meet my sudden misgivings
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The One Where Zayn Leaves One Direction
Cue the tears, One Direction hottie Zayn Malik has left the biggest boy band in the world, One Direction.
The tragic news broke only hours ago with an ofifical statement from One Direction being released after months of rumours and speculation. The release read,
"After five incredible years Zayn Malik has decided to leave One Direction. Niall, Harry, Liam and Louis will continue as a four-piece and look forward to the forthcoming concerts of their world tour and recording their fifth album, due to be released later this year."
Zayn says: "My life with One Direction has been more than I could ever have imagined. But, after five years, I feel like it is now the right time for me to leave the band. I'd like to apologise to the fans if I've let anyone down, but I have to do what feels right in my heart. I am leaving because I want to be a normal 22-year-old who is able to relax and have some private time out of the spotlight. I know I have four friends for life in Louis, Liam, Harry and Niall. I know they will continue to be the best band in the world."
One Direction say: "We're really sad to see Zayn go, but we totally respect his decision and send him all our love for the future. The past five years have been beyond amazing, we've gone through so much together, so we will always be friends. The four of us will now continue. We're looking forward to recording the new album and seeing all the fans on the next stage of the world tour."
Simon Cowell says: "I would like to say thank you to Zayn for everything he has done for One Direction. Since I first met Zayn in 2010, I have grown very, very fond - and immensely proud - of him. I have seen him grow in confidence and I am truly sorry to see him leave. As for One Direction, fans can rest assured that Niall, Liam, Harry and Louis are hugely excited about the future of the band."
The last few months have take a toll on Zayn with rumours circulating the failure of his relationship with long time girlfriend Perry Edwards from girl group Little Mix. Fans have noticed a change in his attitude with many insinuating a mental breakdown.
As many specialists have weighed in this morning, they have suggested that for a contract worth so many million of dollars to be broken like this, more likely than not it wioupd only been allowed on the grounds of his health and welfare.
I went to the One Dirextion Sydney concert only weeks ago and I myself noticed a more reserved and changed Zayn. Now I'm no 1D expert but if I can notice it I know the "Directioners" especially would have seen it too.
The departure comes just days after Zayn announcing he won't finish the rest of the tour with the boys in Asia.
It's hard hitting saddening news but I wish Zayn the best of luck and also condolences to the rest of the boys Harry, Louis, Liam and Niall during this dramatic time of change.
We know the four will release their fifth album later this year, but will that be the end of One Direction? I hope not but it quite possibly could be. Now excuse me whilst I blast out and cry to One Direction. I can't even deal right now! I mean who's going to sing those high notes now? I can't process this change! Just don't forget Zayn, you are What Makes You Beautiful.


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Whatever it is, they are delicious. And I am amazed how easy it is to make these bad boys. So easy that it was terrifying, because I made over 200 over these f*ckers. Powdered sugar... everywhere. Sheet pans... Everywhere... Balls.. all over the place. But with that said, it was a crowd pleaser. Well, everyone was raving about it. Unless they were all lying to me, which could be a possibility as well.
I am happy that my friend, Frances Yakota, was kind enough to share her recipe with me. I did made some alterations due to the ingredients that I already own at home.
- 2.5 cups of unsalted butter, room temp.
- 1.5 cups of powdered sugar
- 3 teaspoons of vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon of kosher salt
- 3 Cups of chopped nuts
- The first batch I made, I used 2 cups of pecans and 1 cup of walnuts (preferred)
- The second batch, I used macadamia nuts only.
- 5.5 cups of flour
- Extra powdered sugar for rolling the balls
First things first. Preheat your oven to 400 and make sure your rack is centered or 3/4 up.
In your Kitchen Aid, mix the butter, sugar, salt and vanilla extract together. Next thing, add the nuts then SLOWLY add the flour. I am a terrible recipe follower. So of course, I added all the flour in at once then turned on the mixer. Flour was everywhere! Mother F*ck!
Ok let's move on because I am pretty sensitive about that right now.
Form your balls. I like mine a little smaller so I can pop them into my mouth with one bite. They don't rise too much so don't be too worried about spacing them too much on your tray. Bake the cookies for 12-14 minutes. The cookies should still be white, and sometimes, just a hint of color. Let your cookies rest a little before rolling them in powdered sugar to avoid gloopy balls. After the cooled again, roll them in sugar one last time to seal the balls.
I packaged these cookies in small tins as well as mason jars. They make a really thoughtful gift as well as it being appealing to look at. Everyone is going to think you spent a lot of time on these. Which by the way you kind of did.
These tea cookies are great with black coffee or espresso. I left a bunch on a tray for the scavengers at our agency. You would be surprised.
Enjoy & Happy Holidays!


text: Lunch in Damascus Renewing The Experiment There's a new sheriff in town and he's an incompetent asshole. While I can't (alone) reverse any of his terrifying executive orders, I will stage my own form of (edible) resistance by continuing to cook and learn about Syrian food. Work is crazy, I need to do x, I want to do y, blah, blah, but I gotta make more time for this experiment. Stay tuned. Newer:Why I (Especially) Care, Btw, About SyriaOlder:Recipe: Mutabal Shawandar PostedJanuary 30, 2017 AuthorJoanna O'Leary CategoriesSyrian Food Tagsresist, politics, refugees


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- Skit-0 commented on severepb's instructable Wire a Car Stereo to a Computer PSU2 years ago
An xbox360 PSU is unable to supply 1000watts (a fifth of that, at most, and that would already be out of spec), luckily your amp probably doesn't come close to that output either, so it probably is fine. I'd suggest to have an eye on the PSU anyways.If you want to know your real output (and even efficiency and with that, input necessity) of your amp, I suggest having a look at http://amp-performance.de/106-von-Alpine-bis-Zapco... then pick the manufacturer and model. If it happens to not have been measured yet, pick a model close to your rating and look at the real numbers. If the amp actually draws anywhere close to the 1kW (I reckon it's about 200W RMS at most), be extra careful with using the xbox360 PSU, as it's weak. Very weak.View Instructable »
The connection would be in parallel, voltage only adds up if connected in series. Connecting a battery in parallel to save settings is absolutely possible.


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Lenovo foldable smartphone and tablet concept hands on
Lenovo's concepts provides us with a closer look at what are some of the challenges behind making a foldable smartphone. It's a solid effort, probably requiring additional refinements, before they can certified for consumer sale.
Being concepts, you know that we're thinking a lot about price, even though we won't be seeing them anytime soon. We can only imagine them to be pricey, but hey, it's pretty cool that foldable smartphones and tablets are coming at some point.
Lenovo says that folding a display in isn't a problem, but rather, it's when you're bending it out, which is the case here with the smartphone. That's because of how the glass or whatever is covering the panel itself is being stretched, but from what we can see, it's using this stretchy plastic looking cover – much like you might see those plastic covers over furniture. You can visibly see that layer, just because it distorts a bit under certain angles.
These are some pretty cool concepts, especially when they're optimized to make them practical when they're bent – like how the interfaces shift and all. Being concepts, you know that we're thinking a lot about price, even though we won't be seeing them anytime soon.
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So warning, if you aren't me, and are reading this you WILL be bored.
Don't say I didn't warn you. So, grab yourself a cup of coffee!
We swam. Which reminds me of how far we've come. My Noah H.A.T.E.D water when he came home to us. No pools, bathtubs, sinks, puddles, you name it, he nearly had a grand mal seizure when even brought close to water, and now... the kid is a fish! Huge blessing Nana and Papa live around the corner, and have a pool... that is the best kind of pool!
We planted the most beautiful garden ever! We had help with weed pulling (thanks to our friends the Taylor's) and it has been awesome! Potatoes, TONS of tomatoes, cucumbers, every possible pepper, green beans, purple beans, wax beans, all kinds of carrots, every possible herb, eggplant, asparagus, rhubarb, onions, zucchini, snow peas, kale, and new for this year - cut flowers! The garden has never looked so wonderful! I went into this year knowing I'd not have time to keep up with the weeds, but having friends help take care of it, well, what an answer to prayers!
We had family friends come in from Florida and were able to sneak away to the beach! Thank God for parents who live around the corner and can watch the kids so we get to sneak out for just a bit!
What a good week we had! We didn't clean a thing, or do laundry, or even do the dishes (amen for paper plates!) We stayed up way past our bed times like we were 20 again (hey wait, they are!!) after the kids went to bed we chatted about all kinds of fun things, kids, adoption, Jesus, kids, the garden, Indiana, jobs, Christianity, adoption, parenting, marriage, cigars, craft beers, creation, cooking, vacations, you name it! What a blessing and breath of fresh air it was to have people who share so many of the same loves we do.
We made it to the zoo with everyone!
Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for the zoo membership. It would for sure NOT be affordable to take the family.
Last minute we had an awesome friend of ours have an opening for pictures and on the busiest week in the history of our lives (so far) we ran out, mismatched and crazy looking to have our first official family pictures
Thanks Jenn, for the bestest, most wonderful, most true to life pictures we could ever have had taken by anyone!
Then there was our super fun trip to US Cellular Field (aka Comisky Park) in which we had the complete private tour, and the kids played in the bullpens and dugouts and pretended to be announcers and all that fun stuff!
Thanks Taylor family, for including us in your fun times! Also, had to say thanks to Blue Cross (hence the picture) for a great job for my hubby.
I finally was able to complete the redo of our most messy hodge-podge room in the house. OURS! Since we moved in, it has been the overflow room, and since its the room with the mostest love in it, I felt it should at least look like it!
Thanks mom for helping paint. Thanks Rachel for taking a trip down the street on the gator, through the woods, to an old abandoned barn, to sneeze like crazy and get eaten alive by mosquitos, all so I could get some free barnwood for my headboard project. Thanks Brent and Kenney for loading the beast of a dresser (got off of Craig's List from an old hotel for 20 bucks) into our house, then because I decided I no longer liked it, into our barn, then because I am a woman and quite fickle, back into our house because I found a purpose for it, and helping me paint it, and then of course back into our bedroom.
Then there are the days we spent outside, when it was 100 degrees, and this mommy just didn't feel like lugging the five kiddos down the street (literally) to cool off in Nana and Papa's pool (because supervising the 5 of them in a real pool is just a bit too much effort on some days) so we filled a good ole-fashioned plastic pool with water and splashed in our underwear (because again, this mama found it to be too much effort to go down the street (literally) and get the swimsuits we had left at Nana and Papa's pool.) Don't forget, this IS Indiana.
Then there was the fun party we had. A bunch of families all together talking and sharing all about the good the bad and the ugly in the adoption world. We had snowcones and a jump house and a pinata and I think over 30 kids together from all over the world! Too bad we didn't take a group picture with everyone in it!
All the families that made that day possible. The set up, the clean up, the food, the fun, the families that let us borrow coolers and tents and tables and chairs - it was a GOOD day to say the least.
Did I mention the garden? Oh I just love the garden. Did you know, life began in a garden? I think every single time I am in the garden about how that is exactly where God put Adam, in a garden
Genesis 2:15
The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
Of course a garden without weeds, and thorns, and bugs that destroy and disease and fungus... but hey... one day there will be a new earth, so until then, I am enjoying my garden. I love it!
And this guy.... love him too!
So I like the picture, perfect hair, and the butterfly band-aids do make him look tougher. I had to marry him for some reason. Besides, the fact he is "trying" to look tough, makes it all the better.
and all the things that a garden produces, like salsa, LOTS of salsa, pizza sauce, barbecue sauce, jams, jellies, more sauces, relishes, pickles, beets I love that too.
my beautiful basement ready for WWIII, just in case, has been made possible by my Nanny, aunts, sisters, parents and parents - in- laws who have shared their tips, their jars, and their time to teach me and and help me do all my crazy canning projects.
Invitations. If ever one day, when my children are grown and Kenney is retired and we are sitting staring at each other with nothing to do (HA HA HA HA HA, keep laughing it really is funny) We can make invitations.
Of course, we might be up till 2 am on a couple of occasions, and might have to hope my sisters (oh my poor sisters, who get drug on many an adventure that I decide they need to be on) are around to come help me, well, anyway, it just might be a sustainable business idea. Nonetheless, they turned out beautiful and it was quality time spent making them.
A quality Saturday at The Ark.
My parents and 5 siblings all working together to celebrate my parents business of 33 years! So much fun, and so many memories.
Two day vacations. We left at our usual 4am time. When 5 of your children are under the age of 5, leaving while they are still sleeping, so as to allow them to continue sleeping has proven to currently be one of the wisest decisions we have ever made. Then of course we had breakfast at the Cracker Barrel (which in Kenney's eyes is one of the wisest decisions he's ever made) Hit the Creation Museum in Kentucky for the day, and then spent the night in a hotel. We swam and watched movies and made dinner in our suite. The kids had a blast and have been begging to go back ever since.
Then we left Sunday morning to pick peaches and blackberries and sample wine and ice cream at a great Orchard
Of course being the oh so responsible parents we are (can't you tell that by the underwear picture??) we left in hopes of making it home before bedtime, only to be stopped 30 minutes from home in a complete expressway shutdown. The kids got to walk around on I-65 for TWO HOURS since there isn't much else to do on an expressway that isn't moving in the middle of cornfields.
But quite possibly the best part of the trip...
Which again, is such a testament to how far we've come. Tommy until the age of two hated car rides, never slept, never content, always cried, then by about the time he decided he liked car rides, Audrey was born, and pretty much followed in the footsteps of her brother. But now, five beautiful children, asleep in a car, quite, while we drive. It is a parent's dream come true... if only for one hour, it was one blissfully, peaceful, glorious hour!
A summer filled with these kids:
While each day is full of smiles and tears, arguments and hugs, laughing and yelling, happiness and frustration... each day is full... full of good things!
I need to be reminded of how special and precious our children are to Kenney and I.
A gift from God.... I think about that often. I many times look at my wedding ring and think of how much I cherish it and how special it is to me, because Kenney gave it to me, because of what it represents. I imagine Christmas day, or my birthday and I imagine opening a gift from my Saviour Himself. How special that present would be to me, how important, how valuable, how much I would keep it safe and treasure it, I'd protect it.
May I look back and remember these children are a gift from Christ himself. May they always be a priority in my life. More important than my house, my car, a job, cooking and cleaning, friends, hobbies and mostly myself. May I make sacrifices for them.. because HE sacrificed himself for me. May I love them unconditionally because HE loved me first, even in my sin. May I be reminded to treasure them...
Psalm 127: 3-5
Children are a gift from the Lord;
they are a reward from him.
Children born to a young man
are like arrows in a warrior's hands.
How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them!
He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates.


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Pioneering laser know-how may boost the efficiency of the Giant Hadron Collider at CERN to new ranges of effectivity, helping unlock some of science's best mysteries going back to the `Huge Bang'. Tesla ideas are rarely even taught on the earth's most advanced universities- so the videos and writing that I've been discovering have given me a complete new respect for the person that created this technology. The laser is already integrated into our day by day lives, in grocery store scanners, video and compact disks, as a device to make dental work, in beauty plastic and normal surgery, and in industry where it is used to align equipment and even cut out material for garments.
This guarantees to be a more cost-effective different to proprietary battery/deal with inserts of different lasers, such as the Kustom Professional III and Laser Atlanta Pace Lasers. I think it's necessary that youngsters not solely learn how to use computers, but understand the ethical implications of expertise as nicely. The technology for this has been developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Expertise ILT in Aachen and will likely be presented at the LASER World of Photonics 2017.
This extra refined laser can decide vortices (horizontal tornadoes which are generated off the tips of bigger airplane wings) which can upset smaller aircraft landing too close behind. Children immediately usually have entry to classy shade printers that use laser technology to provide good and sharp photos on paper. Even if you happen to aren't a pc grasp, you may information a child's development in expertise by offering basic pc applied sciences to them.
A laser is a singular form of gentle, more intense and concentrated than something in nature. The truth is, the Millennium Technology cannot start to grasp a time when expertise was not an important part of almost every part that goes on in the world. The Lidar In-Area Expertise Experiment (LITE) was flown aboard the House Shuttle Discovery (STS-64). Inexperienced Mild Laser is likely one of the most common minimally invasive procedures which are performed for relief of the signs which are related to BPH.


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The primary aim of The Dribbling Game is to bring the history of football alive with colour. We have therefore taken original press photographs and postcards from our private collection and working with the United Kingdom's top two colourisers we have turned black and white to technicolour. The results are amazing and marks The Dribbling Game out as unique in the field of football imagery. All of the football art prints would look superb framed.
Throughout the site you can look at and buy colourised football images on top quality 350gsm; 42cm x 29.7cm art prints for just £9 plus £4 postage and packing.
All of the images started out as black and white unless otherwise stated. Where they are still black and white on the website then the original press photos and/or postcards will be in the process of being colourised. The watermark does not appear on the finished product.
We currently have the images in three categories; Europe, United Kingdom, World Cup and have chosen them mainly for their artistic potential ie top quality football images that any football fan would be proud to own and show off. We also supply to the services industry eg shops, pubs, clubs, hotels, museums, historical gatherings and associations.