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- Keechelus Lake contains 2,560 water-surface acres. Anglers will find salmon, cutthroat trout, and rainbow trout.
Recreation - Fishing and boating opportunities are available at Keechelus Lake. Anglers will find salmon, cutthroat trout, and rainbow trout.
Climate - The climate of Washington varies within each region. The Cascades split the state and alter the weather patterns. The mountains receive large amounts of wet, heavy snow from October through May. These peaks remain snow covered throughout the year. The terrain east of the mountains receives approximately 12 inches of rainfall per year, generally much less than west of the mountains. Since the area east of the mountains is landlocked, temperatures in this region are lower during the winter months. Frequent winds coming down from the mountains also contribute to the low temperatures of eastern Washington.
Due to the coastal geography, western Washington is primarily temperate. The proximity to the ocean stabilizes the climate, making extreme temperatures very rare. The area receives large amounts of precipitation from Pacific rain and snow storms.
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Keechelus Lake is located along Interstate 90 between Ellensburg and North Bend, and is also near Kachess and Cle Elum lakes.
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Post SMTP and Full Email Log Preview Security
Before I start I want to do a spoiler: most of this is post is a security disclosure for vulnerabilities I found in two WordPress plugins. One of the most requested feature at the time I started to maintain Post SMTP is full email body preview in the email log. Post SMTP only show the raw email, and … Read morePost SMTP and Full Email Log Preview Security

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Where to Get a Business Loan When You Have Bad Credit
For small businesses, the ability to borrow money is often what separates the successful from the unfortunate. Therefore, you may find it crucial to know where you can get a business loan when you have bad credit.
As any entrepreneur knows, the deck is already stacked against you when it comes to securing fast business funding. Getting a business loan when you have bad credit is even more difficult but thankfully, you do have options.
Is it Possible to Get a Business Loan When You Have Bad Credit?
Most small business owners believe that a bank is the only place to go for an instant business loan. However, studies have shown that only about 25 percent of small business owners who apply for a business loan get approved. The percentage is significantly lower for those who have bad credit.
At a bank, they look at your credit history very closely, in addition to your financial statements and amount of collateral. If everything is not in perfect order, you will not be approved.
Perhaps the most you will get from a traditional bank is a home equity line of credit. You can get your money, but you have to put your house up for collateral. This means that if you have difficulty with repayments, you could lose your business and your home.
Are There Alternatives for Getting a Business Loan When You Have Bad Credit?
Instead of going through the hassle and paperwork at banks, choose a cash advance company, like Financing Solutions (www.fundmypayroll.com). They can get you the cash you need now to maintain and grow your business.
Unlike banks, at Financing Solutions, they are accustomed to working with business owners that have bad credit. Owned by two serial entrepreneurs, they know firsthand the trials and hardships experienced by small business owners. As a result, they are willing to look beyond your credit score and consider other factors such as your current payment history and the strength of your business.
Best of all, with Financing Solutions, you can get immediate business funding in less than two days. It takes only 15 minutes to apply and you can receive an answer in a few hours. In fact, more than 90 percent of the businesses that apply are approved.
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You already know that your bad credit is causing doors to be slammed in your face and ignoring the problem won't make it go away. The best thing to do is work on fixing the problem.
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Another important step is to contact Financing Solutions. They will give you cash now to grow you business, even if you have bad credit.


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Mas Sajady Live Program
From Fear of Success to Fearless Prosperity
Workshop + Medihealing®
Sacramento, California | July 14, 10am-1pm PT
Location: California State Railroad Museum
25 I St, Sacramento, CA 95814, USA
What is holding you back from success? You may think it's Fear of Failure. In fact, to most it's Fear of Success.
Part 1: Exponential Intelligence - Fear of Success
Why is Fear of Success holding you back more than fear of failure
How to conquer the Fear of Failure
How to understand the Fear of Success
The misconception about success
The 15 sacrifices that success demands
What's your subconscious success programming
How to overcome self-sabotage
Part 2: Medihealing - Fearless Prosperity
Meditation & Healing
Instilling Fearlessness
Frequency infusion of prosperity
What do you need to do:
Nothing more than sitting still & suspend your disbelief. Mas works on your frequency level to remove the Fear of Success and instill the courage of Fearless Prosperity.
However, you must keep working on your awareness after the event with consistent vigilance. There isn't a magic solution, but simply knowing that you could be sabotaging yourself is half the battle. The next time you are confronted with a new thing and conquer your fear of failure, make sure you give some thought to your fear of success, too, so you can really move all of the barriers out of the way.
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Marsha Dubrow's (DC Art Travel Examiner) wonderful article in Examiner.com
July 21, 2015 4:12 PM MST
- A 94-year-old Holocaust survivor, who had hidden the worst horrors he'd suffered including sexual abuse, now "exuberates joy with every fiber of his being," the author of "Auschwitz #34207 The Joe Rubinstein Story" told a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum July 21.
Young Joe Rubinstein. 'Auschwitz #34207 The Joe Rubinstein Story'. Courtesy of author Nancy S. Geise, used with permission
'Auschwitz #34207 The Joe Rubinstein Story' by Nancy Sprowell Geise. Cover image courtesy of Nancy Sprowell Geise, used with permission
Two things that Rubinstein had kept hidden for 70 years until agreeing to the book: he was forced to work as a Sonderkommando (Special commando/death brigade), moving bodies from Auschwitz's gas chambers to open pits, and was sexually assaulted repeatedly by a fellow inmate, a capo whom even the SS guards feared, author Nancy Sprowell Geise said.
The author had offered to leave out those two most gruesome of all the indignities. But Rubinstein told her, "'The story is not complete without them. This needs to be told.'" Although extremely worried about his family's reactions, after the book came out in April, Rubinstein's grandson told him, "'I never loved you more.'"
Rubinstein's story began before dawn on a frigid morning in one of Radom, Poland's Jewish ghettos, when German soldiers with machine-guns forced 21-year-old Joe, wearing only a thin undershirt, pajama bottoms and no shoes, into a crowded open truck. "'But I haven't done anything wrong,'" he kept saying. Overnight, several of the captured men froze to death. That was just the first of many "miraculous, improbable escapes from death" during more than two years at several camps, Geise told the rapt audience.
He arrived at Auschwitz, the most notorious Nazi death camp, on April 30, 1942. He was made a Sonderkommando (Special commando/death brigade), moving thousands of corpses. "He prayed for their souls and prayed that his family would not be among them," the author said. Rubinstein's entire family was killed in the Holocaust, including his widowed mother, his identical twin, and three other siblings. (They were among the 380,000 Jews from Poland's Radom District who lost their lives during the time of the German occupation, according to the Radom Regional Commission.)
When Joe was transferred to a coal mining sub-camp of Auschwitz, he thought the worst was over. But there, he was repeatedly sexually abused.
In the book, written in Joe's voice, he says, "Death would have been easier than spending the rest of my life trying to forget and forgive myself" for the sexual attacks. "The only thing that kept me from taking my life was the realization that my death would have been the final victory of evil, taking every last morsel of my being and that of my family." He adds, "Every day, I chose life."
And how did he manage to continue choosing life day after day, camp after camp, until being liberated when he was perilously near death from TB and starvation?
"He never gave up on life, on love, or God," the author noted. "He's amazing. He says, 'Tell everyone life is precious, love life, love God.'"
Knowing that no one he had loved was alive, he never returned to Poland. He and a fellow freed inmate, a German Jew, went to Germany. There, he fell in love with a Catholic woman, Irene -- and they've been married for 68 years. They emigrated to the United States in 1950.
In New York, this man who had been barefoot when seized by the Nazis, and whose feet were bloodied by the wooden clogs he wore in Auschwitz (Joe explains "If my feet became infected, I would not be able to work and I would be shot.") -- became one of America's leading shoe designers.
His shoe sketches got him hired by Beth Levine, the designer (and wife) of Herbert Levine Shoes -- so esteemed that it had a retrospective at New York's Metropolitan Museum in 1976, a year after the manufacturer closed. Rubinstein became the lead designer for Nina Shoes.
Later, in yet another improbable life event, he and Irene moved to the Midwest, to a retirement home managed by Geise. Noticing part of his usually covered tattoo #34207, Geise eventually asked whether her daughter might interview him for a school project. "'Never,'" Rubinstein responded.
Geise never mentioned it again, but after they became well acquainted, he asked her to write his story. "Joe realized that when he dies, everything would die with him. His (current) family and the family he lost deserved for his story to get out," she explained.
"I'm the most unlikely person to do this. I'm not Jewish. I'm not a Holocaust scholar." She thanked the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) repeatedly for their extensive research and additional help, and "for their dedication to helping us all never forget."
"I crawled into a cave, a very dark cave, for three years to write it." She published the book on Amazon.com, and it shot to #1 in Amazon's Holocaust memoir section, and remains at the top of the list. It's also on BlueInk Review's Best Books of 2015.Among the many very positive write-ups, the prestigious "Kirkus Reviews" termed it "A riveting, well-documented account of survival that's harrowing, inspiring and unforgettable."
Geise's other book, "The Eighth Sea," which she describes as "historical Christian fiction," also has done very well. Initially, she had no confidence in it, and stashed it away in a drawer for 23 years.
So the author encouraged everyone to "Follow your dream; don't give in to fear."
And regarding the Holocaust, "The most important thing we can all do is make sure that people never, never, never forget." The museum presented her with its Coin of Excellence.
"This book is dedicated to the millions of Holocaust victims who did not live to share their stories."
For more info: "Auschwitz #34207 The Joe Rubinstein Story," by Nancy Sprowell Geise, who will speak at the Library of Congress in October. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, S.W., near the Washington Monument on the National Mall, Washington, D.C. 202-488-0400.


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Palma - The new airline Balearics, the Spanish subsidiary of one of the largest travel groups in Europe, begins to take shape.
Just after receiving its Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) from the Spanish authorities, Balearics, the Spanish bet of the Thomas Cook Group, welcomed the first aircraft of the company. The A320 registered EC-MTJ, arrived at Palma de Mallorca on March 21 to begin the training of the crews and thus start scheduled flights in coming days.
The first route will be launched between Palma (Spain) and Hannover (Germany). With new acquirements in April and May, the fleet will reach four aircraft in total for the summer season.
The project, as highlighted by the company, is important for Spain, as it is an initiative promoted by one of the most prominent travel groups in Europe.
Balearics is the new company of the air division of the tourist giant Thomas Cook, Thomas Cook Airlines, which has an operating fleet of 119 aircraft.


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The Real Deal reports there's a greater demand for tall warehouses in order to fit distribution vehicles in their operations, to load the trucks and take inventory out for delivery. The news provider reports that while warehouse demand in general is high, most organizations are looking for structures with at least a 36-foot clearance height. Additionally, multi-story warehouses are getting the most attention from potential buyers.
Real estate for warehouses has been a hot market thanks to the rise of e-commerce, with companies wanting to increase their distribution in an effort to more efficiently serve their customers.
Material Handling & Logistics News reported that demand for warehouse space would be strong this year, as more companies have been putting a focus on last-mile logistics. Not only is this a strong market in the U.S., but e-commerce and global suppliers have helped elevate the demand to a global level. Should things continue, we could see demand like this for years to come.
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Ethereum Movie Venture (CURRENCY:EMV) traded flat against the dollar during the one day period ending at 23:00 PM ET on February 11th. Ethereum Movie Venture has a total market capitalization of $331,091.00 and $0.00 worth of Ethereum Movie Venture was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last seven days, Ethereum Movie Venture has traded flat against the dollar. One Ethereum Movie Venture token can currently be purchased for $0.0504 or 0.00000678 BTC on major exchanges.
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|Squeaky clean, but not for long
|Tying desk (left) and photo desk (right)
Notice the toddler locks
The last time the fishing office was throughly clean and organized was just after moving in. I decided to bite the bullet and devote my January tying time to getting the fishing office back up to snuff. Sure, I tied a few flies here and there, but I really hunkered down the past couple of weeks and finally finished the job. I wanted to get a few pictures of the room in its current (and temporary) pristine state.
|Craig's "bay window," which is actually an arch window
More toddler locks on the closet doors
The big window lets in a lot of light. It actually lets in too much unfiltered light in the winter. It's a lot more pleasant when there are leaves on the trees. The light is awesome for the plumeria cuttings, but I worried about UV light damaging tying materials. Also, I had a couple of framed flies and a large shadow box (with pictures and contents of my great grandfather's barbershop) on the wall. I decided to replace the framed flies and shadow box with pictures of flies and fishing scenes. If the pictures fade, they can be easily replaced. The frames will go into the music teaching/rehearsal studio in the basement where they will be safe. I used to leave a lot of materials (dubbing boxes, thread, etc.) out on the desk, but have since moved them into drawers. I think the room's contents are pretty safe from direct sunlight now.
|Fishing books, The Onion anthologies, Mutiny on the Bounty,
Colonel Sanders' autobiography, etc.
Another task I finally got around to was taking a razor to retired and/or junk flies. Having been tied in our previous home, sone of them actually predated the fishing office. In the future, I need to cut them up as soon as they get into the room instead of letting them pile up in a plastic cup for years. Another new year, another resolution...we'll see how that goes.
|The reason for the toddler locks
The fishing office hasn't look this nice and orderly since we moved in. I almost don't want to tie flies in there for fear of messing it up again. I've been going in there just to hang out and relax lately. A new order for salmon flies just came in, so looks like it's not going to stay pretty for long. I'm glad I got some pics before I trash the place!
|Room for more materials!


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Associate Director: Quant & Qual
- Recruiter
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- Location
- Farringdon
- Salary
- £42,000 per annum
- Posted
- 23 Jan 2019
- Closes
- 21 Feb 2019
- Job Function
- Director
- Industry
- Marketing / Media
- Position Type
- Permanent
Associate Director: Quant & Qual
Salary: £42,000 - £55,000 + Bonus
Benefits: Flexible working / one day a week from home
Location: Hertfordshire
Would you like the opportunity to work for an award-winning research agency on a range of mixed methods projects?
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This a fantastic opportunity for a senior researcher to join a highly reputable company and take the next step in their career. If interested, then please apply today!
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Martial World - Chapter 1623
Chapter 1623 - Target
''Compete with me for the Dragon Contract?'' Lin Ming's heart chilled. Although he appeared to remain calm, his mind was racing as he considered this blue-clothed man's words.
''Their words and actions... seem to be targeting me, probing me...''
Lin Ming slyly smiled. Within the inner Asura Road, this sort of massive treasure fair that had all sorts of top quality pills, divine runic symbols and Empyrean spirit treasures for sale would attract influences from all over.
At this treasure fair, there were more divine Lords than dogs, Holy Lords walked everywhere, and there were even a massive number World Kings. Even half-step Empyreans were hidden amongst the crowds. If one were to casually provoke someone, they might end up being someone with a powerful background.
The Dragon Contract refined with the jade dragon horn cost a minimum of 500 million points. This was not a price that the average person could put forth.
And this blue-clothed man and black-cloaked old man had come from nowhere and then signaled that they were going to compete with him for the Dragon Contract;it was clear that their origins were great!
Lin Ming couldn't help but find this a bit strange. Ever since arriving at the Inner Asura Road he basically didn't make any enemies. Yet, these two people came from out of nowhere and also originated from a great influence, so just how were they connected?
After sifting through his memories, Lin Ming still couldn't find a clue as to who they were. So, he simply put this line of thinking to the side.
Lin Ming nonchalantly glanced at the black-cloaked old man. This old man seemed to have a familiar atmosphere to him, the atmosphere of a divine runic master...
Different situations called for different measures. If these people were probing his financial situation, he absolutely could not show the slightest hint of weakness. Otherwise, once these people discovered what his financial bottom line was they would bide their time until the auction began and then make targeted bids against him. This would be extremely disadvantageous for him.
''You also want the Dragon Contract?'' Lin Ming's eyes were indifferent. He lifted his gaze and looked at the blue-clothed man. Although his voice wasn't loud, it held the tone of inevitable victory.
Duke Fullmoon's eyes flashed as he welcomed Lin Ming's gaze. A taunting smile curved up his face. ''Yes, there are many things I am interested in at this auction. And of those things I am interested in, there is nothing I cannot obtain.''
Duke Fullmoon's words were similarly sharp.
Xiao Moxian watched on from the side, her eyes filled with loathing and disgust as she glared at this Duke Fullmoon. To be fair, this duke's words weren't too hateful, but the tone in which he spoke and the contempt in his eyes was far too aggravating. If this were the divine Realm she might have already dug this dog's eyes out.
But this was the Asura Road and her situation was different to how it used to be. They had no backing here and their wealth was also limited.
Xiao Moxian could only puff out her cheeks and glare at Duke Fullmoon with eyes that could kill.
''See you in a month then.'' Lin Ming lightly smiled. His eyes slowly swept over Duke Fullmoon and Shadow Overflow's faces as he imprinted them deep in his mind.
In any case, these two people were hostile to him, so remaining a bit vigilant was always good.
After leaving behind these words, Lin Ming took Xiao Moxian's hand and left. The moment he turned, he frowned. This was a bit of a headache... to think that there would actually be competition that appeared. At the time of the treasure fair, he feared that it would be hard to obtain the things he wanted...
Points! He had to earn some more points!
''This smelly brat really has no manners, to think he would dare to take the last word against the Duke. It seems he doesn't know how high the heavens are.'' Junior-apprentice Sister Qing leaned against Duke Fullmoon's shoulders, sending a disdainful glance at the fading Lin Ming and Xiao Moxian.
''According to what he said, it seems he believes that he'll win against you at the treasure fair.''
Duke Fullmoon smiled. ''Win against me? They are far from enough!''
In that brief probe just now, although Lin Ming was airtight and didn't reveal anything, Duke Fullmoon's intuition told him that Lin Ming and Xiao Moxian weren't people with deep backgrounds nor were they too wealthy.
The Dragon Contract required over a billion points to win, and that was the bare minimum. That was a massive amount of wealth, and even as a Duke of the divine Void divine divine Kingdom, taking out all of that at once was still painful.
In regards to Lin Ming's words, he hadn't taken them to heart. But, his gaze was a bit sharper. He didn't know why, but the way Lin Ming looked at him and the apathetic disdain in his eyes caused him to not be too happy.
''This brat can endure.'' Shadow Overflow walked over. His eyes stared at Lin Ming's departing back, flickering in the dark of his cloak.
''Send some people to keep an eye on him and keep looking up any information on him. It's impossible that he'll be a good little boy and hand over the secrets of his divine runic arts inheritance. We must be prepared.'' Duke Fullmoon thoughtfully said.
The air around the grand and splendid divine Rune City was filled with mysterious fluctuations of energy.
All year long, the only season was a warm spring. Gentle sunlight fell down from skies, falling onto the buildings and creating mottled shadows.
Wandering through the city, Xiao Moxian could feel the warmth of the person hugging her wrap around her. Even though she couldn't be called happy, her earlier anger and worries diluted a great deal.
''Big Brother Lin, those people were just disgusting! I just wanted to take a stroll around the treasure fair... but now even my mood is ruined by them...'' Xiao Moxian said, twisting her lips. She hung her head down, nestling into Lin Ming's warm chest, feeling weak and not wanting to leave.
''Just treat them as nothing.'' Lin Ming smiled, letting go of the playful and beautiful girl.
Xiao Moxian chuckled and then coldly snorted as she thought of the events again. A faint killing intent rolled off her. ''Humph, if this was the divine Realm I would have already killed them. To dare speak to my Lin Ming like that...''
Lin Ming shrugged. To him, the events of today were only a small interlude. He simply didn't take it to heart.
However, this small event did remind him that there would be many more hardships than he thought if he wanted to obtain the treasures he wanted from the treasure fair a month from now.
He needed to earn more money! He needed to make more preparations!
After flying straight back to the divine Runic Masters Guild, Lin Ming strode directly into his seventh grade divine runic room.
Because he had successfully had successfully produced the Nirvanic Tribulation Flame Symbol and caused the reputation of the divine Runic Masters Guild to rise to new heights, his fame was completely different from before. The guards all treated him with respect and didn't stop his movements.
At the entrance of the seventh grade divine runic room, he could see a familiarly enchanting figure standing there.
Wearing a dress with a plunging neckline, Suya's bombastic figure was outlined in a soul-stirring manner. Her black hair hung down like a waterfall, shining with a gorgeous brilliance in the sunlight. Her collar was lowered to the point of revealing her collarbones and downwards to the deep and snowy valley of her chest.
In addition to the sensual atmosphere that surrounded her, she exhibited a unique charm.
Suya's eyes shined as she saw Lin Ming. She had already been waiting here for some time.
Her eyes glanced over at Xiao Moxian happily walking as she held onto Lin Ming's arm. She didn't know why, but a faint feeling of jealousy appeared in her heart.
But she quickly suppressed this feeling and a welcoming smile appeared on her face. ''Sir Lin is indeed burdened with a myriad of affairs every day. I've already been waiting here for you for six hours. I wonder if Sir Lin has any available time;we're in need of another batch of divine runic symbols...''
Before she finished speaking, Lin Ming had already brought Xiao Moxian and rushed past her like a breeze of wind.
He threw back some faint words, ''I'm not available for the time being.''
Suya froze in place as she heard the door to the divine runic room open and then slam shut.
She couldn't help but bitterly smile. What should she do now?
Ever since Lin Ming had finished the first batch of Nirvanic Tribulation Flame Symbols, the Extreme Star Holy Lands' dependence on Lin Ming increased with every day. These past days, Lin Ming seemed to be making some big movements within the seventh grade divine runic room. The surging power of divine runic arts within was much stronger than before.
One couldn't help but think that he was creating a new divine runic symbol. The Extreme Star Holy Lands had already tasted the benefits so they wanted to monopolize these new divine runic symbols if possible. And Suya was the only person who could probe the situation for them.
But now, them.
But now, Lin Ming hadn't even given Suya the chance to speak.
This was the first time that Suya ever felt powerless and frustrated in front of a man.
''This man...'' Suya looked unwillingly at the tightly shut door of the seventh grade divine runic room. She bit her lips, her thoughts rapidly turning...
To be honest, Lin Ming really wasn't in the mood to deal with Suya. The treasure fair was only a month away and his points were far from enough!
If he mass produced divine runic symbols for the Extreme Star Holy Lands, he clearly wouldn't make enough points in the time he had.
His greatest hope was to invest all of his efforts into the two divine runic symbols he had been researching - the improved Heavenly Fire Symbol and Heretical God Symbol.
These two divine runic symbols were far stronger than the improved Havoc Flame Symbol he first created. He would definitely be able to exchange them for more points.
Upon entering the divine runic room, Lin Ming went into a quasi-enlightened state. His entire being was immersed in recalling the comprehensions of the Asura Heavenly Dao Laws.
In front of him, Xiao Moxian was skillfully bringing out the materials that Lin Ming needed to draw up the improved Heavenly Fire Symbol. Her actions were practiced and familiar as she lined up the mountain of various materials, placing them on the spirit stone table near Lin Ming.
Xiao Moxian had a deep tacit understanding with Lin Ming, nearly reaching a state where their hearts and minds were connected. With just a glance, without needing words, she could accurately make out what he was thinking as if she could read his thoughts.
After the preparation of materials was complete, Lin Ming's eyes flashed with a brilliant light. His hands flew out as a blue spirit root flew into his grip. He began to carefully extract the juices, not even relying too much on the array formations in this room.
Although these seventh grade array formations were astronomically expensive and useful, there were still some crucial materials that needed to be handled by Lin Ming. This was because the requirements for drawing up the Heretical God Symbol were far too high. Even a seventh grade array formation wasn't enough. The only materials that Lin Ming would allow the array formations to process were the ones that weren't important.


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Readings: Ruth 1:1-18 & Mark 12:28-34
'Which commandment is the first of all?' Jesus answered, 'The first is, "Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength." The second is this, "You shall love your neighbour as yourself." There is no other commandment greater than these.'
These most profound words uttered by our Lord come out of a quite mundane situation. Jesus is engaging in the banter and dispute so popular in the Jewish religious tradition. They love throwing six-marker questions and trick questions at each other! It is theological debate in its most raw form – almost like the kind of theology and philosophy that some people discuss over a cup of coffee or over a pint of the black stuff….and yet…in this ordinary setting comes the most profound 'Summary of the Law' which to this day is the center of what we Christians are about: Love of God and Love of neighbour.
It sounds quite simple – just two basic principles to remember and we should be pretty good Christians, but of course in practice its not quite that simple.
This tradition of banter and trick questions is still alive in the Jewish tradition and a story is told of a rabbi who asked his class of students: "Which act of charity is higher--giving out of obligation or giving from the heart?"
All in the class were inclined to respond that giving from the heart had something more in it, but they knew the rabbi was going to say just the opposite, because in spiritual teaching nothing is logical. They were not disappointed.
"Giving from the heart is a wonderful thing," the rabbi said, "It is a very high act and should never be demeaned. But there is something much more important that happens when somebody gives charity out of obligation.
"Consider who is doing the giving. When somebody gives from the heart, there is a clear sense of oneself doing something; in other words, heartfelt charity always involves satisfying our own desire to help others.
"However, when we give out of obligation, when we give at a moment that every part of us is yelling NO! because of one reason or another--perhaps the beneficiary is disgusting, or it is too much money, or any of thousands of reasons we use to avoid giving charity--then we are confronting our own basic instincts, and giving nonetheless. Why? Because we are supposed to. And what this means is that it is not us doing the giving, rather we are vehicles through which God gives.
( Source: David A. Cooper, Entering the Sacred Mountain: A Mystical Odyssey, Bell Tower.)
I love that story because it disturbs me – It really makes me think! It challenges so much of the culture of our day which emphasizes the value of personal choice, of personal integrity and freedom and the necessity for all our acts of goodness to be motivated from within. It is a culture that revolves around our needs, even if those same needs are capable of generating goodness, they are still our needs – our choices and not our obligations. As an example think how slowly we are coming to terms with the necessity to take care of our planet – Why? Because it is an obligation, not a choice! But does that make it bad? Is there something wrong with obligation? Why has it become a dirty word? This is a culture we cannot help but be influenced by, this culture which elevates choice and denigrates obligation, and yet the rabbi reminds us of the importance of surrendering ourselves to the will of another – the will of God! This is something we are obliged to do and this is something that is not comfortable, or safe or private or personal….this is about discipline and obedience…..and we are not very good at it!
Going back to Jesus and summary of the law – Is he not saying exactly the same thing? "To love our neighbour as ourself" To truly do that is a sacrificial act which involves giving up something of ourselves for another – that is not something that comes naturally – that is something that requires the Grace of God and through which God's love is communicated and shared. Note it is a commandment: "Hear O Israel…You shall" Jesus knows this is a difficult thing!
It's the kind of love we see in today's lesson from the book of Ruth where Ruth against all sensible advice and any concern for her own well being pledges herself to stay with her mother-in-law Naomi whatever the future holds: Ruth said,'Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die - there will I be buried. May the LORD do thus and so to me, and more as well, if even death parts me from you!'
It could not be any clearer! "MAY THE LORD DO THUS AND SO TO ME"!!!
Ruth is acknowledging the authority of God in her life and in a strange way this authority does not captivate her but sets her spirit free to serve God in and through her service of her Mother-in-law Naomi.
In a world that worships the power and ability of the individual to chip away at the power of God we worship the God who desires to fill us completely with his Love and his Power and so free us from all that prevents us becoming what we have been created for.
I want to finish with an extract from Frederick Buechner in his book, The Magnificent Defeat:
"The love for equals is a human thing--of friend for friend, brother for brother. It is to love what is loving and lovely. The world smiles.
The love for the less fortunate is a beautiful thing--the love for those who suffer, for those who are poor, the sick, the failures, the unlovely. This is compassion, and it touches the heart of the world.
The love for the more fortunate is a rare thing--to love those who succeed where we fail, to rejoice without envy with those who rejoice, the love of the poor for the rich, of the black man for the white man. The world is always bewildered by its saints.
And then there is the love for the enemy--love for the one who does not love you but mocks, threatens, and inflicts pain. The tortured one's love for the torturer. This is God's love. It conquers the world."
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Released: 01/10/2012
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Down, Dirty and Divine is an invitation to readers to go on a meaningful and transformational journey through the underground of London, and to assist in healing the City whilst also cleansing their own soul and the soul of the planet.
Murder and madness, death and disease, crime and corruption, pain and punishment, ghouls and ghosts – this is London's morbid history. But it is humanity's history too. Rev. Stephanie Clarke answers the question: how can we heal? Selecting 12 London Underground Tube Stations as the physical and spiritual entry points into the City's underbelly, she offers readers some historical information, some personal reflection and an affirmative prayer to heal the particular trauma associated with the site of each Tube Station.
In a dream-state, the author was told that the 2012 Olympic Games would stimulate an unprecedented convergence of the masses upon the City of London and would be a powerful catalyst to usher in global transformation. Serendipitously, many of London's great citizens, including Sir Christopher Wren, the architect of St. Paul's Cathedral, have long held the vision of London as the New Jerusalem, a celestial city of light and a universal centre of peace and reconciliation.
Down, Dirty and Divine is a spiritual tour guide, inviting readers to be active instruments in the fulfillment of this grand planetary vision in 2012 and beyond.
Rev. Steph will be facilitating a workshop called "Down, Dirty and Divine - the New Jerusalem and the London Underground" at the Centers for Spiritual Living Annual Convention in Vancouver, Canada, on Feb 21, 2013.
Her second book and autobiography, "The Miss-Adventures of an Irreverent Reverend: a metaphphysical ride through the Bible", is due to be released on Jan. 31, 2013
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After a conversation with S last night, I've been thinking about public/private distinctions within the blogosphere, and it turns out that Adrian Miles and Jenny Weight have been blogging about this topic recently. Jenny Weight comments that she is concerned about using blogs in the classroom because of students' right to privacy. This is certainly a major concern for me, and in the past, I've been hesitant to use blogs or other online discussion forums because I was concerned about a student's comfort level with posting his or her work in public space.
I'm more inclined to share Adrian's perception that "what constitutes private is up to individual definition." I'm certainly intrigued by the idea of using blogs in helping my students to develop their argument skills, specifically their ability to negotiate the various audiences within the blogosphere. I also like the idea that a blog community can be defined as "an emergent semantic or epistemological community." This notion of emergent community summarzies well the main benefit of blogging that I was trying to describe to S last night.
I've used bulletin boards and listservs, such as Web Crossing, in the past, but this is definitely a much more public forum. George offers some useful advice about how to deploy blogs in the classroom, specifically in terms of a Slashdot discussion. Any suggestions on how to negotiate some of these difficulties would be much appreciated.


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He used to live with the other Maxim in the institution in Torez. He's 11 and its been 20 months now that he's been living his new life.
I wanted to touch on something that's not spoken to me much but I know it's a real thing and just recently Pat Robertson drove it home when he spoke of adopting children who were brought up "weird." His word, not mine. One of the greatest fears I have heard from families adopting is what if the new child does something to my existing children? What if they require so much that we just can't handle? (I am quite certain it is more than you can handle. God only calls you to things HE CAN REVEAL MORE OF HIMSELF IN. It was never about you.)
I have had the "weirdest" conversations of my life with an 11 year old. Weird only because they are conversations you have more like with your 4 yr old or conversations you'd never imagine having, period. Everything from why there are stoplights to why does my body want to rock when I get into bed?
Without a doubt, Maxim has affected our other children. They have had a first hand glimpse into the reality of what life is like for a child starting out a decade late in life from a "weird" place. (Thanks Pat!) And to tell you the truth, I don't think it's so bad. They have had to have more patience than they've wanted to have. They've had to slow down and wait at times. I have often found Liam taking the time to teach on the simple things that I am sure he wouldn't have otherwise. I hear "watch out" and "look where you are going" pretty often from both Holden and Liam as they have learned to keep their own eye closely observant.
Most certaintly sacrifice has been involved. All great things take some sacrificing, don't they? I know that anything I have ever really wanted to succeed at required time, patience and diligence and a giving up of what "I feel like." I'm thankful that we didn't wait until our others were all grown up before we took our "chance" on adoption. I'd hate for them to miss out on learning all about perseverance and prayer.
The other night he was angry because he had not obeyed when it was time to get ready for bed. When he becomes angry sometimes he shuts down and just stares. His eyes will start to look glassy like I once knew and this is when I know we don't have our Maxim with us. I didn't want to put him down to bed this way because I knew the rocking would start, being in the frame of mind he was. Randy and I put the others to bed and had him with us in our room.
After some fruitless attempts to get his attention, I did something I didn't plan to do. I just started apologizing. It went something like this:
I am sorry no one was there for you when you were scared.
I am sorry your birthparents could not take care of you.
I am sorry that you do not remember having birthday parties.
I am sorry that you were not able to go to school.
I am sorry that you did not have a doctor help you with your cerebral palsey.
I am sorry that your feelings were ignored.
I am sorry that you didn't have a family that loved you.
I am sorry that you felt hungry and thirsty.
I am sorry that you felt cold and lonely and scared of the storms at night with no one to comfort you.
I am sorry that no one taught you how to care for yourself.
Everytime I said each of these I paused and looked right into his eyes.
His body began to shake. Not like a tremble of fear but more like a touch of the Holy Spirit.
The glass look in his eyes began to transform into soft brown yearning eyes. He was drinking my words. His spirit NEEDED them. He didn't have a need to speak but he wanted to hear more. Whatever I was saying, it was exactly the medicinal application he had longed for.
I continued.....
I love you so much. Can you believe me when I say, I will never leave you? His eyes grew larger and he said emphatically, "I know you would never leave me." I knew in my heart that these were not the words trying to please but words he could find immediately because it was truth to him. "And Maxim, I love you so much, that I want you to learn all of the things that I would have taught you if I had been given the pleasure of having you since your were born." He replied, "I wish I would have learned all of it when I was little too. It's hard. I don't know why I do the things I do sometimes. I just don't think." I shared, "Sometimes you think you know, but you don't. It's better to just ask than to not and find out you messed up."
"Mom, why do I keep rocking when I don't want to?"
Grace at 17 months (size of a three month old)
And the following is what I shared with him (not the exact words):
Every baby was created to receive love. When a baby is born they need a mom and dad to care for them. They learn right away that when they cry because they are hungry, thirsty, startled, dirty, cold, or sick - that Love shows up to help them. When Love shows up, the baby feels safe and special. And when a baby experiences Love over and over, they know they can always expect that mom and dad will be there. This is why Rainan was such a happy baby and why she knows what to do when she is sad or scared or hungry or anything that she needs. She was learning trust not only in her Mom and Dad but in Love (God).
When a baby does not have Love show up when they have these feelings, they don't know what to do. It makes them even more scared. At some point, that little one desperate to locate comfort begins to shut off their feelings because it hurts too much. Grace didn't rock like you. She put her fingers on the metal screws in her orphanage crib and stared. And when she came home she looked for anything metal and circle shaped to scoot up to and shut off. When I tried to draw her away she shrieked and screamed for hours those first months. Maxim looked at me in amazement. "Grace did THAT?" I went on, "It took a very long time for her to stop too. She was used to it and it felt good to her, but it was NOT good for her. I wish you didn't still rock sometimes in your bed, but I know why you do." "Because I didn't have someone take care of me when I was scared." he replied. "I don't have to rock anymore because I have parents now and when I get scared I can just come to you at night. Sometimes my brain wants to turn off and I have to tell it not to so I will come to you."
I share all of that with you because the trauma of neglect and lack of affection is very real. Far beyond his special needs of cerebral palsey, truly the special need we work through the most is just understanding how people were knitted together in relationship. When we remove relationship, compassion, affection, a sense of belonging - we have a weird upbringing. We were created by God in love (God is love and we were created in His image.) to know how to recognize love, receive love, understand love, and to relate to one another in love. When it is void, you are going to have confusion, loss, fear, pain and well- a "weird" upbringing.
But what troubles me most about the word "weird" is that it turns the reality of millions of orphans in desperate need all over the world and sums it up as a freak show- an eyebrow raising, interesting topic. It belittles, warps, and misrepresents the vastness of loss these children experience minute after minute, hour after hour, day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year. How can we KNOW this and simply stop at a mere thought or discussion on the pathetic state our world is in?
God said, "I will not leave you as orphan. I will come to you." Yet oftentimes we are like those who walked by the man lying on the side of the road. We have other things to do and we have every excuse as to why this is not our problem. It wasn't our sin. They live in another country so their people should take care of them. And now we've got, they're WEIRD and not something I should have to take on. God crossed every one of those lines for us because God can only move in truth and love. If convenience, comfort or cost are reasons we stay at a standstill, then we have nothing to stand on.
Any word of sorrow about orphans void of action, is mere pity and I can tell you from the mouths of my own children they do not want your pity. They want to experience love through touch, words of affection, food, shelter, clothing, prayer, dedication, teaching and equipping. If I can believe the word of God to live it out loud, than I can be sure that any weird behavior or difficult painful thing my children present to me will be met with the Holy and Living God that dwells inside of me. The sacrifice is to only flesh, but thankfully we were born of the Spirit!


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"Thorin Loeks, born in 1990, is a singer-songwriter from Whitehorse, Yukon, who most recently has been living in North Vancouver, British Columbia. His music style and songs can be described as soulful indie-folk, influenced and inspired by his thirst for exploring/learning about the world and the potential of the human spirit."
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Golden Rules & Sanctions
At St. Stephen's we promote a positive ethos where we celebrate all of our pupil's achievements. To support this we reward children for many different reasons. Below is an outline of the rewards children receive and what they receive them for:
Praise is a key part of every staff member's daily practice. At St. Stephen's we:
- Praise individually, as a group, as a class, as a whole school, in private, in class, in assembly and explain clearly what the praise has been given for;
- Feedback praise to parents – by speaking to the parent or using notes home, texts, etc;
- Give out merits, stickers, smiley faces, certificates, prizes, team tokens;
- Provide extra responsibilities. For example, monitor jobs etc.
- Challenge stay green – Each week the children's traffic light behaviour system is monitored. If all of the class stay on green they then achieve 100% and a 'good to be green' sticker is awarded to the classes. This is then calculated and tracked throughout the weeks and the winning class at the end of each term have a 'behaviour reward day'. This is a trip outside of school linked with BRFC where the children partake in various sporting activities.
- Team tokens – rewarded for behaviour & modelling Christian/British values - Each child and member of staff belong to one of four teams, each team has captains and vice captains to represent them. Team tokens are given for good behaviour and demonstrating the school values, they are collected in class and taken at the end of the week to the central collection point where they are counted and a winner announced at the end of each half term. An appropriate reward will be received by the winning team decided by the school council and house captains. Display the reward in the classroom as an incentive. Maximum of tokens given at any one time is 1.
- Merits – rewarded for excellent work & positive attitudes to learning – these are collected on various coloured cards. Once filled with 10 merits, a certificate is given. Each Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum Award requires 3 certificates – therefore a total of 9 certificates are available throughout the year. A maximum number of merits given at one time should not exceed 2 (only in exceptional circumstances). Merits given for examples of improved standards against their own performance (pride in own work/doing your best)
Aut. term-Bronze award-10 steps Spr. term-Silver award-20 steps Sum. term-Gold-30 steps & Platinum award – 40 steps
- Dojo points – rewarded for excellent attitudes to learning – Points are given for a variety of signs of positive behaviour and can be taken away, if negative points are given then the children MUST move their name on the traffic light system. These will be used as a class-based behaviour tool only and not shared with parents. There is no expectation that this is used. Photographs should not be put onto the Dojo system. Children should be given no more than 5 points at any one time.
- Captain's table – Children who are chosen by the welfare staff for showing good manners and good behaviour during lunchtime are invited to eat lunch on Friday at the Captain's table with members of staff and SLT.
- Oscar winners – Each week the teacher nominates a child from their class who has worked hard or shown excellent behaviour throughout the week. That child is then invited to the Captains table to eat their lunch with the Captain's table winners.
- 'Golden Time' – Time on Friday afternoon (2:30pm) where the children take part in enrichment activities, behaviour depends on how long they get for Golden time.
- Good to be green rosette-If a child has stayed on green all week they are randomly selected to receive a rosette-kept in the SLT office.
We have a set of Golden rules in and around school that are expected to be adhered to and followed at all times. They are as follows:
Our school rules
How they link with our school values
We are gentle (We don't hurt others)
Peace, joy, patience, friendship, forgiveness, compassion
We are kind and helpful (We don't hurt anybody's feelings)
Kindness, hope, tolerance, love, reconciliation, thankfulness
We listen (We don't interrupt)
We are honest (We don't cover up the truth)
Co-operation, justice, courage, trust
We work hard (We don't waste our own or others' time)
Self-esteem, perseverance, wisdom, service
We look after property (We don't waste or damage things)
Self-control, respect, humility, responsibility
*These are discussed with the children and understood/agreed by all the children in all the classes*
Children are also encouraged to value their own and other people's cultural heritage and be made aware of the effects of their behaviour on their own health and safety and on the health and safety of others.


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Located just 90 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, Las Uvas Valley Dairy near Hatch, N.M., has become a beacon for people seeking a better life.
The 10,500-cow dairy employs 160 people, many of whom have worked for two and three generations for the business established in 1979. The company employs no migrant labor. All of its employees have documentation to live and work in the U.S., and some have obtained citizenship in the U.S., as well.
Applicants must pass a drug test and a background check. Other measures have been adopted to further ensure team excellence and bolster retention.
"We used to bring in food trucks until we had a guy selling alcohol out of the back of his truck," says Mitch Horton, who with his brother, Loren, is a managing partner. His mom, Frances, and dad, Dean, round out the ownership. "We're a big operation and we can't always keep eyes on everything, so we had to change the culture on the dairy."
It has taken the family business two decades to get to this point. The decision to focus on human resources procedures stemmed from too many experiences with bad-apple employees and a turnover rate of up to 50%. The resulting changes have led the dairy to create an extensive strategy for keeping its employees, ensuring compliance with labor and immigration laws and building the framework for future growth.
HR Structure. The strategy is key to support a diversified operation spanning 7,000 drip-irrigated acres of forages including alfalfa, triticale, oats, winter wheat, sudangrass and corn, plus two ranches on which the team runs cattle when it is profitable.
Drug testing and background checks have been in use at Las Uvas for about 15 years. Drug testing on farms is increasingly popular, says Holly Courtney, associate attorney with Milwaukee, Wis.-based Michael Best & Friedrich.
"Employers choose to drug test for a variety of reasons, such as workplace safety and productivity," she says. "We recommend that employers who test for drugs have a written policy that should be reviewed for compliance with applicable law."
Making sure workers have accurate documentation is another way to protect against unwanted employees. The Hortons found that out when the federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency came knocking a few years ago.
"We had nothing to hide and we didn't do anything wrong," Mitch explains. "The 60 people we lost were either felons or they provided false documentation."
The dairy cooperated fully with the investigation, providing the paperwork and support agents needed to do their job. After the year-and-a-half investigation, no fines were levied. Now, all the documentation goes through Gracie Whitlock, who has been with the dairy—named after the surrounding valley, which abuts the Sierra de Las Uvas mountains where Spanish conquistadors planted grapes—for more than 30 years.
"Gracie knows the rules and how to keep the right records and do the background checks and keep everything in order," Frances says.
Today, the culture at Las Uvas Valley Dairy is one that feels a lot like family. Members of a family can sometimes be hard on one another, but in the end, they still appreciate one another and remain part of a core group. Call it tough love.
"We have to be fair," Frances says. "If we respect ourselves and our business, we expect our employees to respect the business, just like we do."
Intentional Leadership. Despite the strict rules, the Hortons have established an environment that makes people want to stay. That environment is centered on two things: providing a consistent
management framework and implementing a system that enriches the lives of employees and their families.
As the dairy has pivoted from focusing on expansion to building efficiency, the Hortons have created a structure for employee growth.
Mitch drew on his own experience working for 10 years at Shamrock Foods and Dean Foods before dairying. He strengthened a flat management structure that split the dairy into 12 departments.
The division of leadership originates with his parents, who implemented the system years ago. Each business area has a department head that manages a small group of supervisors, who direct employees.
The shift of companies from hierarchical management to vertical management represents a revolutionary step, writes Steve Denning, a business consultant and contributor to Forbes magazine. It's a structure common to large dairies.
"In the 20th century, successful firms followed the precepts of hierarchical bureaucracy," Denning says. "They focused on making money, told employees what to do and controlled performance through rules, roles, plans and reports."
Then, globalization and the internet moved power away from sellers and into the hands of buyers. Companies had to be more creative and nimble to compete.
Hierarchical management couldn't keep up, and innovative companies such as Apple became pioneers, providing employees with the ability to collaborate across teams.
"When we have departments, each person has their own area but they help in others as well," Frances says. "They are all working together. They are equal across departments."
Leaders at the dairy are self-made, Mitch says. They must be self-
motivated and be committed to Las Uvas. "It's not necessarily that they have the skills you're looking for," he says. "It's what's inside. Are they quick on their feet? I could teach anyone to milk or breed or feed cattle. That's the easy part."
Robust Benefits. Each department head receives health insurance and paid vacation. When a department head position is available, or if one of the management areas gets split, Mitch looks internally. Each department head has direct access to the partners, but he adds that the company has an open-door policy. "There is a communication process through your supervisor or department head, but if you feel like you're not getting heard, you can always find us to talk," he says.
Back in the day when local onion and chili farms poached dairy employees, the Hortons realized they'd have to offer more than a competitive wage to keep employees. Those team members, after all, ensure a steady stream of milk leaves the farm. The milk is sold through their cooperative, Dairy Farmers of America, for use at a local cheese plant in Las Cruces. Their milk also goes to Dean Foods plants in El Paso and San Antonio in Texas.
They provide a yearly bonus on employee anniversaries. Team members are rewarded for every six months of perfect attendance, and there is a year-end drawing for TVs, gaming systems and other items for those with perfect records. A vehicle allowance offsets the use of personal vehicles since most employees live a considerable distance from the dairy.
Mitch and the management team also offer specific solutions for a special set of employees. "We have a small group of employees that would come and go," Mitch says. "For this group, if you work a full year, you get your yearly bonus and can take off for as long as you want and when you're done you can come back." These employees are rehired with no strings attached. "It's worked well. They don't get all of the other benefits that others do, but we know exactly what they are going to do."
Health insurance is provided, above what is offered through the Affordable Care Act. The managers are also considering offering paid vacation when milk prices get better.
Generational Security. The family focus extends to team members' children. A scholarship program at the dairy is open to all employees with kids going to college.
At its peak, the Hortons provided scholarships to 10 students at once.
"We have a female employee that has worked here for 20 years," Frances says. "We helped put two of her kids through college. She's still milking cows but happy that she could send her kids to college."
It all comes down to providing a good work-life balance. "We understand the dairy is a small part of our employees' lives, and they have their own families they want to be with," Mitch says. "We want our employees to have quality time at home."
Going forward, the dairy will focus on incorporating robotics and improving herd genetics, Mitch says, to maximize resources and support a better life for their team.
"Are we perfect? No, but no family is," Mitch says. "We try to respect and understand one another."
Show your team you care
At their New Mexico dairy operation, the Hortons make company culture and leadership development top priorities for their team of 160 employees. Creating a focused, engaged and capably led workplace is one of the best things you can do for your bottom line, says Richard Hadden, a leadership consultant at Contented Cow Partners headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla.
"If you are saying your farm is a great place to work, you better give them more than a sign," Hadden says. "You have to show them the evidence. Your best recruiting tool is your reputation as an employer."
A smart way leaders can show compassion and interest in their teams is by asking pointed and caring questions. "Leaders need to ask the right questions, and then really listen," Hadden says.
Check in with your employees often by asking these meaningful questions provided by Hadden.
1. What is your name?
2. What are you really good at—both at work and also in your personal life?
3. What do you do for fun at work and outside of work? (Don't get too personal.)
4. What are you lousy at?
5. What would you like to do better at work?
6. What are a couple of your strongest passions?
7. How do you get to work each day? Do you drive or take some other form of transportation? Do you travel alone or with others? How long does it take?
8. Has there been some powerful life experience (good or bad) that impacts your approach to your work? (No need to go into detail, and if there isn't one, that's OK.)
9. Who and what is most important to you, outside of work? Be careful not to pry.
10. Is there something about you, or your life experience, that especially suits you to serve some need in your work?
11. What are you having trouble with at work that you could use someone's help with?


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Boston University
"Decentralized Targeting of an Agricultural Credit Program in West
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"The Top-Ten Way to Integrate High Schools"
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Hitotsubashi University
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University of Connecticut
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How Debit Cards Enable the
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Monash University
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Boston Unversity
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Maastricht University
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Aix- Marseille School of
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Goethe and Heidelberg
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Institute for International
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Stanford University
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