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Jan. 16 --The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said he plans to revisit the principles behind the agency's Open Internet Order, which was largely thrown out by a federal appeals court.
The court "invited the commission to act and I intend to accept that invitation," Tom Wheeler said in a Jan. 16 speech delivered at a Minority Media and Telecom Council event. "Using our authority we will readdress the concepts in the Open Internet Order, as the court invited, to encourage growth and innovation and enforce against abuse."
Wheeler declined to offer specifics after the speech, including how the commission planned to revise its rules to govern the Internet.
It was his first speech since the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Jan. 14 that the FCC's Open Internet Order should not prohibit broadband Internet service providers from charging content providers for improved Internet connections to their customers. The ruling provides ISPs--like Comcast Corp., AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc.--the legal certainty to enter into paid-prioritization agreements with content providers like Netflix Inc., Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. (Verizon v. Federal Communications Commission, D.C. Cir., No. 11-1355, 1/14/14).
Wheeler said he would hold ISPs at their word to voluntarily keep their commitments to uphold the principles of net neutrality despite the fact that the court remanded the commission's anti-blocking and anti-discrimination rules. "That is the right and reasonable thing to do and we will take them up on their commitment," he said.
"The reason broadcast ownership was so important in the past was because it gave access to a highly controlled media," Wheeler said. "We will not let that kind of control take over the Internet, period."
Wheeler has so far given little indication as to how exactly the commission will respond to the court decision, other than to say that all options are on the table. The court left the FCC with room to rewrite its net neutrality rules when it held that Section 706 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act authorizes the FCC to regulate "broadband providers' treatment of Internet traffic." Alternatively, the commission could appeal the case to the Supreme Court, an option that Wheeler has not dismissed.
Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, a Democrat, said she's focused on the positive aspects of the case.
"The court recognized our authority under section 706(a) and 706(b) and upheld our transparency requirement," she said. "I will of course support the chairman as he lays out the next steps on what I believe is a high-level set of six principles that set clear signals both to consumers and companies."
Commissioner Ajit Pai, a Republican, said the FCC should take no for an answer.
"As a legal matter the answer is pretty clear," he said. "This is the second time in four years that the D.C. Circuit, the second highest court in the land, has held the FCC exceeded its authority in trying to regulate the Internet."
Added Pai: "We should focus on what are the ways the FCC can incentivize the deployment of broadband infrastructure, as opposed to focusing on a problem that may occur in the future."
Republican Commissioner Michael O'Rielly said he doesn't expect the decision to have a big impact on consumers.
"The companies that potentially would be governed by net neutrality rules have all indicated to me and to others that they intend go forward with business as usual, trying to meet the needs of all consumers," he said. "So I don't imagine it will have a dramatic impact on the marketplace today given the decision."
O'Rielly, who was a congressional aide since 1995 before joining the FCC, said he disagreed with the court's decision to uphold the agency's authority to regulate the Web under Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act.
"I was actually in the room when Section 706 was written," he said. "I was there, I know what it meant and I know how far it was supposed to be intended. So I have difficulty in agreeing with the court in this instance."
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It started with a noise on the roof and subtle creaking in the walls. It was an autumn night, and Ludvig was currently living alone in the old bakers cabin on his mother's farm. The strange noises frightened him, but he was all alone and simply had to deal with it. If you see or hear something that is unexplainable, and you have no one there to share it with – what do you do?
Together with best friends Jonatan and Martin, this slowly grew into an idea, and a mystical being called Lulin. Six years later, this idea has developed into both film and music.
Lulin is the joint creation of electronic duo Gidge, film company Lampray and arts platform NORR. Usually, a film comes with a soundtrack and an album comes with music videos, but Gidge and Lampray wanted the film and the music to be separate, yet strongly connected. Everything is filmed close to where they all grew up, and more specifically, right where Gidge recorded most of the sounds for their debut album Autumn Bells.


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Here's the updated list of needs (along with some non ST stuff I'm including for a few folks):dustrho - Wave 3 MOMC, Starspeeder 3000 MIMBDSJ - Wave 3 MOMC, Deluxe Clonetrooper, shaved Endor Soldier (ship all together)CyberScout - Wave 3 MOMC (ship all together)chuckles - Wave 3 MOMC, Starspeeder MIMBobi-dad - R4-M9, R3-D3 & R5-D2 (non-mint)OCB - two R5-D2's (non-mint), Torii Hunter Sportspick variantJesse James - Wave 3 + 1 extra R5-D2, Nexu (all non-mint) ship togetherBigDumbWookiee - Wave 3 (non-mint), Starspeeder 3000, Dlx. Spider Droid & SBD Builder - non-mint (ship all together)CHEWIE - two R5-D2's (1 MOMC, 1 non-mint)Boba Binks - 2 sets of Wave 3 (1 MOMC, 1 non-mint), 1 Starspeeder 3000 (ship all together)Membraneman - R5-D2 (non-mint)Daigo-Bah - R3-D3 & R5-D2 (pref. MOMC)
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Unfortunately, the Star Traders shop stashed all their Stormtrooper guns in the back for a couple months, for reasons unknown, so we're SOL on those for now Josh
What "Stormtrooper guns" are you actually talking about Matt? Is this something new that Disney has and no one else does?
Hey Matt, what's the stock like on the older astromechs, R3-D3 and R4-M9? ...If they're in danger of selling out pretty soon, I'll see what I can do to scrounge up some cash. Unless, of course, you think they'll be around for a while. . .
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The board-certified neurosurgeons at Neurologic Associates of Wisconsin are adept at "rewiring" the body's electrical system. They perform peripheral nerve surgery to treat conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome and neuropathy of the ulnar nerve.
A painful disorder of the wrist and hand, caused by excessive pressure on the median nerve. Often caused by overuse from repeated movements, carpal tunnel syndrome is actually nerve entrapment. There are many treatment options, depending on the severity. These include resting the wrists and hands, nonprescription medication to relieve pain and inflammation, occupational therapy, splinting and minimally invasive endoscopic laser surgery.
This nerve entrapment condition affects the elbow, the outer arm and the hand near the little finger, caused by pressure on the ulnar nerve. Symptoms may include pain, tingling, numbness, weakness in the hand and forearm, cold sensitivity and elbow joint tenderness. We often recommend conservative treatments such as physical therapy and other forms of nonsurgical treatment. When these options fail, we may recommend minimally invasive surgery or endoscopic laser surgery.
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Making connections in the UAS world
How do you get a retired U.S. Air Force three-star general to become part of your unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) business? You go to events to make connections and you make sure your company's name has a solid reputation behind it.
Last week, SkySkopes announced that retired Lt. Gen. Vern "Rusty" Findley was joining its team as a senior consultant for business development. Findley is a former vice commander of the Air Force's Air Mobility Command.
Matt Dunlevy, CEO of the UAS startup located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, explained the value of Findley's involvement with SkySkopes.
"We're trying to scale up nationally and he has national networks. He has national and international credibility," Dunlevy said of Findley. "He's willing to open doors for us and stand shoulder-to-shoulder with us when we try to lock down new contracts and partner with new companies. It makes a world of difference when we have a retired three-star general sitting next to us and we're trying to make things happen."
As you might expect, there's more to the story than simply reaching out to a retired general and asking for his assistance. It started 10 years ago when Dunlevy was a student at the University of North Dakota (UND). He grew accustomed to seeing Findley's picture hanging on the wall among the university's distinguished alumni.
Findley had connections to UND and the Grand Forks area. As a young Air Force tanker navigator, he was stationed at Grand Forks Air Force Base from 1978 to 1981. He earned an MBA from UND and returned to Grand Forks in 1999 to serve as base commander.
But the partnership between Findley and SkySkopes might never have happened if not for Dunlevy's efforts to get the company noticed and get it exposure at UAS events. Avid UAS Magazine readers might recall that SkySkopes and Dunlevy were the subjects of our third quarter cover feature.
Last August, SkySkopes was an exhibitor at the 10th Annual UAS Summit & Expo in Grand Forks. Dunlevy was also a speaker at the event. While manning the SkySkopes booth in the expo hall, Dunlevy saw a familiar face pass by, which caused him to blurt out, "It's Gen. Rusty Findley!"
That got Findley's attention. He and Dunlevy had a conversation, exchanged business cards and later exchanged emails. Beyond the chance encounter, Dunlevy said that what convinced Findley to join SkySkopes was the story he read about the company in UAS Magazine.
"Otherwise, we're just a bunch of kids running around," Dunlevy explained. "What legitimized us and convinced him to join our team was that story."
As someone who spent more than 25 years in the public relations and media relations field before joining UAS Magazine, one of my mantras became: What you say about yourself isn't as important as what others say about you.
In this case, Dunlevy's efforts to put SkySkopes in position to make key contacts was further leveraged through his media relations efforts. It all paid off. Dunlevy has big plans for SkySkopes, and it's likely the relationship formed with Findley will pay dividends going forward.
"With the government side of contracts, it's important to have someone like him working for us," Dunlevy said. "He has a network and ideas of where to go next, how to refine our business model and how to stay scalable while continuing to fly safe."
Dunlevy just completed his first semester of teaching a UAS business course at UND. Its success has spawned additional education opportunities for would-be UAS entrepreneurs and future UAS pilots. SkySkopes is opening an office in Minot, North Dakota, which will put it closer to the Air Force base in that city, as well as the oil and gas industry looking to employ drones in the western part of the state.
The experience has reinforced what Dunlevy already knew. Good contacts and good communications are a critical part of doing business in the UAS industry.


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In the past months i´ve updated more than 400 armv6j packages and other 300 this week: rdesktop 1.8.2*, x2goclient 4.0.2, virt-viewer 0.6, vnc-server, ssh-server etc...
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If someone need the single package, plese use the repository here
VMWare Client 1.7.0: http://armv6j.armtc.net/pool/main/v/vmware-view-client/
Citrix Receiver 13: http://www.citrix.com/downloads/citrix-receiver/linux/receiver-for-linux-130.html
RDesktop 1.8.2: http://armv6j.armtc.net/pool/main/r/rdesktop/
Spice GTK: http://armv6j.armtc.net/pool/main/s/spice-gtk/
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due to the old architecture (armv6 and not armv7) Citrix Receiver and VMWare Client didnt work on RaspberryPi board (als hardfloat).
What in this hardloat release:
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- customizable Sysinfo on screen (IP, MAC etc) via Conky
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- hostname generated on macaddress at boot
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- added Java enviroment 1.7.0u40
- added VirtualHere USB Server for sharing device over the network
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This chair is now officially owned by Champ, our jack russel terrier dog. I am sure that he misses his girlfriend Chelsea. We gave Chelsea for adoption to one of the Pinays that we knew here in the area. She did not have a daughter so she treats Chelsea like one lol.
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- Phivos Nicolaides said...
They look so cute!
- November 26, 2010 at 11:36 AM
- eileeninmd said...
Great photo, cute doggies!
- November 27, 2010 at 8:10 AM
- i beati said...
special chair we have one at our house overloaded with cats and doggies..4 sk
- November 27, 2010 at 10:31 AM
- Dhemz said...
oh, I miss seeing these two together...I'm sure champ misses her...ehhehehe!
- November 29, 2010 at 8:23 AM
- Hi! I'm Grace said...
They are so adorable. I wish to have one, but we can't. :(
- December 1, 2010 at 8:43 PM
- N. Cider said...
Dogs will always remember their friends... even after a long while.
See you around.
- December 1, 2010 at 8:45 PM
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Do you use ebay?
Whats your site of choice? I'm going to get rid if a few sparklies.
Do you use ebay?
Whats your site of choice? I'm going to get rid if a few sparklies.
MissCaraMia: I'd use diamondbistro since it's free right now plus it's more likely to be seen by jewelry lovers. Ebay will take a percentage of your sale and is full of people who want to buy your jewelry and turn around and resell for profit.
MissCaraMia: I've sold a few pieces on kijiji.ca (Canadian version of craigslist).
Good deal. I did post on DB, but wanoted to be sure I wasn't missions some other awesome site. thanks!!
And yes. For the thread that was pointed out to me by a "concerned party," I'm married now, the boards totally made me ring crazy, and now I wear the ring my husband picked for me, and one slightly bigger diamond I bought for myself, and have this absilutely silly pile of diamond ring and no desire to own them or wear them. And yes. The yellow pear. I just never wear it. 🙂
MissCaraMia: Where did you get the yellow pear ring from?
PM'd you.
MissCaraMia: Can I see this yellow pear? 🙂
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I'd love to see your for sale collection!!!
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Villains are the characters in your book that your readers love to hate. Your antagonist stands between your protagonost and what they want. Villains can be the main opposition to your protagonist or they can also be a supporting character who causes extra conflict and difficulties for your main character.
Some stories have villains that are simply one dimensional with no redeeming qualities. For example, in the Harry Potter series, Voldemort's only positive trait is his intelligence, and even that he uses for malevolent purposes. He has no remorse for his actions, no love for any of his fellow wizards or for humans and, even his followers are not safe from him. There is nothing redeeming about him, and readers of Harry Potter love to hate him. He is a great foil for Harry Potter.
But your villain can't be one dimensional. To the reader, your villain has to be real, and real people or creatures have a past, even if it's not discussed within the confines of the book. They have reasons for being the way that they are. Voldemort has an innate hatred for humans, and, as he calls them, muggles. Perhaps this is caused by his upbringing in an orphanage or perhaps, he was just born bad. The reader is shown glimpses of his years as a student at Hogwarts, showing that he was scheming and had bad intentions from very early on.
In contrast, the character of Snape in Harry Potter is a different type of villain, one who becomes redeemed by the end of the series. This is an example of another type of villain in a story; some stories have villains who have redeeming qualities but choose to act against them. Snape is an exception in that, despite his antagonistic behavior towards the main character, he is actually acting to keep Harry Potter safe. His main redeeming quality is his love for Harry Potter's mother and his loyalty to that love.
A better example of a villain with redeeming qualities would be Loki in Marvel's Thor and Avengers movies. He starts out as a younger brother who fights by his older brother's side. It becomes clear, as the story goes on, that he is jealous of his brother, and, there are instances where the viewer gets to see, in the midst of his villainous actions, that he is really acting out in a desperate attempt to gain his parents' approval and love. The love they show him isn't enough, because he has always felt that they loved his brother more. He's a rebellious child, but he still has redeemable qualities that make the viewer wonder if he can ever be redeemed. In fact, at one point, he helps his brother Thor save the woman he loves, but he then uses his assistance as a way to escape and the viewer is left, again, wondering which side Loki will fall on years down the road, and if future experiences of his will change him for the better or for the worse.
A villain with redeeming qualities always leaves the question in the reader's mind of whether or not he will be redeemed. It leaves the reader with just enough hope to wonder, but not enough to ever root for him over the protagonist.


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If you wish to make a corsage that is pinned on the wearer's shoulder, wiring the individual flowers and decorative components (such as ribbon, tulle, greenery etc.) is the most common way.
Roses are prepared for corsages by pushing a thin wire through the calyx (bulb) of the flower head and bending down to form a new, more slender and flexible stem.
If you were to simply tape the flowers together using their original stems, it would be very stiff and unflexible, resulting in a thick and unwieldy stem.
Use professional floral tape, winding it high under the flower head and pulling in a downward motion. This causes the tape to stretch and adhere to itself.
Be sure to buy your supplies from a working warehouse or floral supplier. I was in town for a friend a few summers back when she asked for help in creating some corsages and boutonnieres for a local wedding. She had purchased her floral tape from a $1 discount store.
It was a mess! The tape was sticky, gooey and made the job so much harder. Floral suppliers have a regular turnover of their products - which do sometimes have a shelf life. "Bargains" may not always be as great as they seem!


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A world scaled down to one sixth of its size, That's where I seek to realize the aspiration of mankind.
The approach towards the world that cannot yet be seen or touched, Towards the desire to possess that which cannot be possessed, This is what I seek to realize in this condensed world.
I try to craft the most human-like skin, form and operation. By creating lifelike expression and posture, as if to emulate God's breathing of life into Adam, I seek to attain the complete analog desired by humans.
The values of direct observation, as well as those of touch and possession, are all being surpassed in this condensed world.
For us humans who seek possessions for the satisfaction of the senses, or, the completion of the analog, the effort to provide such minute yet detailed "1/6" world is of great significance, as it serves as a channel through which everyone of all age, race and gender can transport across time and space to touch and possess to their satisfaction.
The act of possessing is a privilege unique to humans and is a completion of human nature.
I call this "1/6thism".
About the artist:
Jun Ho Kim, also known as Zuno (b. 1964), is a graphic/Web designer, art director and a collector of toys and customized 1/6th figures and dioramas.
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The food recall warning issued on April 23, 2016 has been updated to include additional product information.
Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. is recalling Organic by Nature brand frozen Organic Butternut Squash and Organic Vegetable Medley from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below.
The following products have been sold by Costco warehouse locations in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
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Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Symptoms can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache and neck stiffness. Pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are particularly at risk. Although infected pregnant women may experience only mild, flu-like symptoms, the infection can lead to premature delivery, infection of the newborn or even stillbirth. In severe cases of illness, people may die.
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From Grant Williams
Any time you see smoke amidst a whole stack of paper, it's likely a fire is about to break out and that certainly happened this past week as the paper futures market led a drubbing in prices for the silver contracts that, even by silver's standards, was pretty spectacular. But as the fall in the COMEX contract price captivated the world and headlines in print media, on TV and across the blogosphere seemed to delight in the pummeling being dished out to the former favourite, a curious thing was happening in the physical market.
Sadly for anyone trying to drive the price of silver lower through the futures market, the temperature at which silver melts down is 961.93oC - and THAT is the kind of heat you aren't going to get by setting fire to a bunch of paper.
As you can see from the picture (above) the price of physical silver simply traded on huge premiums to the spot price throughout the collapse on the COMEX (this snapshot was taken on Friday AFTER silver's bounce, but, as you can see from the column marked 'Yesterday's Price', prices at the nadir were still in the mid- to high-$40s).
This dichotomy in silver must come to a head at some point soon. Stocks of physical silver are declining rapidly, bids for physical silver are through the roof and yet the paper price of a futures contract can fall 30% in a matter of days. A look at the backwardation in silver futures only makes the smoke start to billow harder as Atlantic Capital point out in this article:
In January and February 2011, leasing rates jumped as the SIFO curve fell all the way into the negative. These moves were in anticipation of a difficult delivery month of March, where approximately 1,800 contracts actually stood for physical delivery. Although it only represented about 9 million ounces, on an exchange that advertised over 100 million ounces in its vaults and 50 million ready for actual delivery, it took the entire month to service all the contracts. It even went all the way down to the last weekend before all the contracts settled.
...as we approached the first notice date for the May delivery month...[t]he open interest "problem" reappeared with an increased vigor above even March. The COMEX data shows almost 2,200 contracts standing for delivery, about 20% more than March.
Hmmm..... I smell smoke.
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She is such a great daughter. I thank God every single day for this girl.
She is kind and thoughtful and can read people well.
She is goofy and awkward and knows that it's part of her charm.
She is smart and prides herself on getting straight A's.
She still plays the clarinet, and it comes easily to her.
She is 5'9" tall, and still growing.
She eats me out of house and home and is unapologetic for it.
She is an awesome babysitter and earns extra spending money watching neighborhood kids.
She misses my mom almost as much as I do.
She was there with me, holding my hand, as we watched my mom leave this earth.
She is strong and wise and happy and hormonal, all wrapped into one.
She is a good and loyal friend.
She is obsessed with volleyball and getting an iPhone.
She texts all.day.long.
She snorts when she laughs, just like me.
She is serious and sincere, just like her father.
She is a light in my life that shines on the darkest of days, and I adore her.
Love you, Jami.
Enjoy your day!


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Friday, 5 December 2014
Secret Santa - Polkadoodles
20 comments:
- ElizabethR said...
Gorgeous card Cheremane, she is lovely xxx
- Friday, December 05, 2014
- Eve's Card Designs said...
Gorgeous card hun, I'm struggling to think who you're secret santa is........I'm such a bad teamie!!! Y x
- Friday, December 05, 2014
- Linda Simpson said...
This is gorgeous Cheremane, I love the beautiful image.
Linda xxxx
- Friday, December 05, 2014
- Sandie Gough said...
Gorgeous hun, and its a struggle but are you talking about our Jan by any chance! She who is a little Scatty! lol
Sandie xxx
- Friday, December 05, 2014
- Karon said...
Beautiful CAS card. I love the snow charm! TFS and have a wonderful weekend.
- Friday, December 05, 2014
- Scrappy Scatty said...
now I wonder who this is for ?? lol such a beautiful card and using one of my favourite digis too xx
- Friday, December 05, 2014
- Cara Caswell said...
Beautiful work hun xx
- Friday, December 05, 2014
- frezja said...
lovely card :)
- Friday, December 05, 2014
- Kate M said...
Love the image and that beautiful bow! Great card!
- Friday, December 05, 2014
- Lea Brawn said...
Gorgeous card x
- Friday, December 05, 2014
- Bev said...
how cute! Such a girly card x
- Saturday, December 06, 2014
- Julia said...
Lovely coloring of your image on your card. Thanks so much for playing with AAA.
- Sunday, December 07, 2014
- Anne Temple said...
This is a wonderful Christmas card and I love the added touches of glitter. So glad you shared it with us for the Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenge.
- Sunday, December 07, 2014
- Emily Lauritzen said...
Simply adorable! Love the sparkly papers! Thank you so much for joining us at Tuesday Throwdown!!
<3 Emily L. - DT
- Tuesday, December 09, 2014
- Angela said...
This is such a darling card, Cheremane! Thanks for showing us your blue at AAA Cards!
- Friday, December 12, 2014
- Bonnie said...
Great card! Thanks so much for participating in our Party Time Tuesday Anything Goes Challenge.
- Friday, December 12, 2014
- Melanie Joyce said...
Beautiful sparkly card Cheremane, I love it! Have a great Christmas :) x
- Saturday, December 13, 2014
- Claire said...
Beautiful card, gorgeous colouring too
Claire xx
- Sunday, December 14, 2014
- Anita Scroggins said...
Lovely card! Thanks for playing along with us at Sparkle N Sprinkle this month!
- Monday, December 29, 2014
- Bridget Curnow said...
OMGosh just so cute, love image and the soft colour palette
Thank you so much for joining us at Without Words this month we do hope that you will try to join us again for next months Challenge
Hugs and kindest regards
Bridget WWDT :) x
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Lynx lynxLince (Sp), Luchs (G), Lynx (F). Sometimes called northern lynx.DESCRIPTION Head and body length 31-51 inches (79-130 cm). Tail length 4-8 inches (10-20 cm). Shoulder height 24-30 inches (61-76 cm). Weight 40-55 pounds (18-25 kg). Females are slightly smaller than males.The Eurasian lynx is the largest of the world's lynxes. It is a distinctive, medium-sized cat with prominent black ear tufts, pronounced cheek ruffs, relatively long legs, very large feet, and a short tail with a black tip. The coat is reddish-gray to yellowish-gray, and may be predominantely spotted, predominantely striped, or unpatterned. The winter coat is long, soft and thick, and the paws are densely furred for walking in snow.BEHAVIOR Solitary, except when breeding or when females are with their young. Territorial. Mating season is March-April. The female delivers one litter a year, usually with 2-3 kittens (range is 1-5) that remain with her until the following winter. Eurasian lynxes have lived as long as 21 years in captivity.A shy animal that is seldom seen by humans. Active mainly during evening and morning. A poor, quickly winded runner, but a tireless walker and good tree climber. Good swimmer, able to cross large rivers. Eyesight and hearing are good, sense of smell is adequate. Hunts mainly by sight, preying on small hoofed mammals such as roe deer, chamois, and fawns of larger deer species. Will generally take small animals such as rabbits only when larger prey is unavailable.HABITAT Wooded areas, preferably high forests with dense undergrowth, often in steep, mountainous terrain.DISTRIBUTION Eurasian lynxes are found in the taiga forest zone from Scandinavia to eastern Siberia, and in the mountain forests of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. In Europe, they occur mainly in Scandinavia and Russia, and in the Carpathian Mountains along the Czech-Polish border and extending through Romania. Isolated populations also occur in northeastern Poland, the Balkan countries, and possibly southern France. Recently reintroduced in parts of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and the former Yugoslavia.REMARKS Lynxes may be hunted in several eastern European countries. Usually taken as a target of opportunity while stalking another animal, or during a drive for wild boar.TAXONOMIC NOTES Authorities differ on how to classify lynxes, but, following the current consensus, we treat the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), Spanish lynx (L. pardinus) and Canada lynx (L. canadensis) as separate species within the genus Lynx.A number of subspecies of Eurasian lynx have been listed, of which the following are found in Europe: lynx (European lynx), most of Europe and eastward from the Ural Mountains to the Yenesei River in Asia; carpathica (Carpathian lynx), Carpathian Mountains; balcanica (Balkan lynx), Balkans; dinniki (Caucasian lynx), Caucasus Mountains and adjacent parts of Asia; and sardiniae (Sardinian lynx), Sardinia. Biologists doubt that all these forms are valid. They are not separated here.STATUS Lynxes occurred over most of Europe within historical times, but disappeared from all but the remotest areas during the l9th and early 20th centuries because of excessive hunting and trapping. Since receiving protection early in the 20th century, their numbers have been recovering and they have expanded their range.
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Eva died days after her 90th birthday, on 5/4/15.
(Past note: I only know one generation up from her, so I have been trying several research routes to find out more. I located a microfilm through the LDS Family History Center that supposedly has some research on the Swiss Aeppli family. It's going to be a process; the microfilm has many images of handwritten index cards, which are difficult to read, and they don't have a printer.)
died 5/4/2015
grandchildren Jane Leu Rekas, Filip Leu, Ama Leu, Aia Leu, Ajja Leu
Zofingen, Switzerland
Born in Zofingen, she spent her childhood in Basel where she attended the School of Decorative Arts. Later, in France, she began her artistic career as a painter. Aeppli then became interested in sculpting figurines in textile and in bronze.
In 1975, she discovered astrology thanks to Jacques Berthon and the painter Eric Leraille. Fifteen years later, she decided to combat poverty, oppression and ignorance by creating the Myrrahkir Foundation. Eva Aeppli currently lives in Normandy, France.
Born in Zofingen on 2 May 1925, Eva Aeppli was raised in Basel where she attended the Rudolf Steiner School and, between 1943 and 1945, the School of Design where she met Jean Tinguely. In 1946, she married the architect Hans Leu; a son, Felix-Vital Leu, was born. She married Jean Tinguely in 1951; a daughter, Miriam-Eva, was born to them. She met Daniel Spoerri in 1952. In 1953 she and Jean Tinguely moved to Paris and very soon after into an atelier in the Impasse Ronsin. She met numerous artists as well as Pontus Hulten, Pierre Restany and Iris Clert. She embarked on her own artistic career and started her "Livres de Vie". After her separation from Tinguely she worked in various ateliers in Paris; she destroyed the majority of her drawings and paintings. In 1960, she married Samuel Mercer and lived with him henceforth either in Omaha or in the surroundings of Paris. She met Jean-Pierre Raynaud in 1964; their first collaborations saw the day. From 1975 on, she got deeply interested in astrology and collaborated with the astrologist-psychoanalyst Jacques Berthon and the painter Eric Leraille who later produced sky paintings that were often exhibited with her bronzes. In 1990, she set up the Myrrahkir Foundation to combat oppression, poverty and ignorance. Her astrological cycles were exhibited in the space for astrological art founded in Omaha in 1985 by Samuel Mercer. Her short stories, "Le Mot Tombé Du Ciel", were published in 1989. She became a member of Amnesty International and supported its aims. In 1990-1991 she worked on a joint project with Jean Tinguely; the "collaborations" developed. She participated with 16 textile sculptures from her "Groupe de 30, 1972" in the "Cyclop", the monumental sculpture jointly carried out with numerous friends in the forest of Milly.
In 2001, she moved to Honfleur.
Eva Aeppli's œuvre consists of drawings, paintings, small figures, textile sculptures and groups of figures as well as bronzes. Her works have been exhibited in museums and art galleries since 1954. Comprehensive retrospective showings of her works were held in 1993 in Stockholm, in 1994 in Solothurn and Bonn. The Moderna Museet Stockholm houses a major group of her works and others are to be found in numerous museums and collections.
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Courtland spent his childhood watching his mother turn tricks and bow to her abusive pimp. It taught him a lot about relationships and how never to get involved in one. When he meets sweet Adelaide, his life is forever changed. Her gentle personality has his thinking maybe his vow to never commit is misplaced. Until she disappears out of his life.
Adelaide knew the only way to escape the darkness she's lived her life in, is to go back to the one place that's haunted her dreams. Home. Reuniting with Courtland is the last thing on her mind until she becomes helpless to his every kiss. Hopeless to his ever touch. And no matter how far she tries to run, her heart is irrevocably bound to him.
A story of tragic pasts colliding, finding a friendship that turns into searing passion, and a love strong enough to last forever.
"Let's go!" She whispered-yelled at me.
If there was one thing I knew to the depths of my soul, I knew Adelaide was the girl of my dreams. Underneath her glasses, her eyes were still rimmed red from tears she must have shed. As a preacher's daughter, she had so many boundaries. She had called, begging me to take her somewhere where she could breathe. She got into another argument with her dad. She didn't tell me what it was about but she called me from a pay-phone, begging me to pick her up. She couldn't take it anymore.
∞ But first, a little background story…
I got emancipated at seventeen. My mother was a drug addict and a prostitute and my father? Who the fuck knew? Probably her pimp. He paid for everything she had and when she didn't give him what he wanted, he beat the shit out of me but did she give a fuck? Ha. Only in a dream world. All the pent up bitterness and frustration from my past always made me want to fight and when Joe, my boss, told me to start working it out on a punch bag, I did. I lived in Granville for five years, took about three to get my rage under control. Now, five years later, it's just a dull blur in the back of my mind.
I met her two years ago when JR, my best friend and coincidently, her cousin, invited me to dinner with his parents and there she was. Pure sunshine and brilliant blue eyes. The first time I made eye contact with her, it was like seeing someone's heart shattering. There was a pain and desperation in them that only one who understood could see. So I didn't make eye contact with her any more than necessary. At first, I didn't give a shit, the girl was fifteen and one-I had no business dealing with little girls, and two-my home life sucked enough ass, that I didn't want any more stress weighing me down. I was one of those boys parents didn't want to meet. Rough around the edges and poor as dirt mechanic that had ink covering most of his body. I was tall and built like a brick
Like I stated, JR's my best friend and she's five years younger than me. I never hit on her, or flirt with her because I respected the hell out of her. And not just because she was a preachers daughter. She is the sweetest girl I've ever met. JR always talked about how big a dick his uncle was even though he was a pastor. How he treated his wife and daughter like property or some shit. Sometimes JR could get Addy to talk about it, but after a while. She just stopped.
Over those two years though, she came over to JR's parents more often, and sometimes tagged along with us when we went out. She wasn't like those annoying teenage girls that always talked your ear off or tried flirting with me like some chicks did when they wanted my attention. I am pretty sure most chicks saw me as a challenge. Bad boy who was good in bed, but not good enough to wed. Yeah, that saying was totally reversible ladies.
She wasn't very talkative, but after a while in our company, her eyes lit up with happiness and I knew I didn't want to see her any other way. She came alive and became playful, but in an innocent, sweet girl-next-door way.
Even though there was a gap in our ages, we became friends who texted every now and then. She had also stopped at Joe's whenever she walked home from school and would hang out and she's the type of girl who gave with her whole heart. She had to have made JR give her my birthdate, because the last two years, she showed up at the back door of the small house I rented (it was basically an efficiency type place in the poor side of Granville). I got a cake (when I never had a birthday cake in my fucking life) and a gift she made. First one was a shell necklace like beach type people wore, but since she made it and put a lot of thought to it, I only took it off when I took a shower. Last year, she came over to my shit-hole and cooked me dinner. I didn't know what she told her parents but she was at the house for hours. She totally made my house shine like it was brand new and cooked deep fried chicken, cornbread, boiled potatoes and corn on the cob. Never had a meal that tasted so good. Those simple gestures counted a lot to me. We became close and there wasn't anything I wouldn't do for her. She had my complete and utter loyalty. Even got her name on my chest, the opposite of JR's. My family.
So when Adelaide called me on the prepaid cell phone I had, I dropped everything and went right to her. I told her to stay on the phone and went over to Joe, my boss, and said I needed to leave for a family emergency. He knew the only family I had was JR and Adelaide. This was the first time in five years working in Joe's garage that I told him I needed to leave right then and there. He looked me square in the eye and saw I was dead serious. He nodded, told me he hoped everything was okay and I bolted. I never called in because I couldn't afford to. But he took a chance on me when I was a know-nothing poor boy from the wrong side of a big city and I thanked God every day that he did. He became some sort of father figure I didn't know I needed. He and his wife, Mildred, are good people.
I walked out of the garage and put my ear back to the phone. "Addy, where are you?"
"I am so sorry Courtland. I just didn't know who else to call. I couldn't call Uncle Chet. He's dad's only brother and twin at that. But I just can't…I feel like I can't breathe. I wanna disappear. So bad. Please. I am at the corner-
"Corner? What the fuck are you doing on a corner!?"
"I walked to the front of the neighborhood. I'm at the Stop-N-Go, inside on the pay-phone. Could you come get me? I just need to-I don't know. I just need-". She didn't even finish before quiet sobs started coming through the earpiece.
"I'm in the truck, baby. Stay calm. I'll be there as soon as I can. Stay in the light and where the owner is. I'll come in and get you."
"Okay. Courtland?"
"Yeah, babe?"
"Thank you." Her voice tethered with sadness and tears. A rage settled inside. NO one was allowed to make Addy cry like that. Somehow, I knew it was really bad this time. No one knew what they argued about, but Addy just seemed to pale lately. I decided right there and then I hate Geoffrey Hunter.
"Anything for you Adelaide."
JR and Adelaide are my family. Even though I grew up not knowing a damn thing, I was loyal to the bone when it came to them. I felt protective as hell over the both of them, too. JR was a year younger than me, and although I didn't feel like an older brother or anything-I knew he had my back like I had his.
I made it to the Stop-N-Go within eight minutes when it's normally a fifteen minute drive.
I threw my old Chevy pickup that Joe helped me rebuild, into park and when I got out, I looked inside the convenient store, right into her eyes. Her face looked swollen from crying and I was making my way towards her when she disobeyed me and burst through the door and thrust herself into my arms. Her tears were soaking up my shirt, but I didn't give a damn. Every tear was a promise of retribution. I wasn't letting her dad take any more of the light from her eyes. It must have been really bad because she didn't stop and her body evidently couldn't take it anymore because her knees gave out and I swooped her into my arms.
I opened the driver's side door and lifted her into the middle part of the truck. She slumped her head back and closed her eyes. I hopped in and took a drive to the only place I knew of that I could think and breathe. The only place I felt at peace.
There was an empty field by a small airport at the edge of town and I parked in front of the 'No Trespassing' sign.
"Why are we here?"
"When I first came to this town, I didn't know what I would do. After working at Joe's for a few years, I stumbled on this field. So whenever I feel like shit or had a bad day, I would come here. Hearing the air planes take off and land calmed me for some reason. All the shit I grew up with, being in and out of juvie, hoping I'd never go to jail permanently. Anytime I ever thought about the shit-life I had before getting here, I'd come here and just watch the planes take off. The sounds often lulled me to sleep actually."
Shit. I ain't ever told anyone that. Not even JR knew about this place.
"Why were you in and out of juvie?"
"My mother. I was the fault for everything ever since I was twelve." I looked right into her eyes, saw not sympathy but curiosity. "My mother was a prostitute. I was a mistake, yada-yada."
Adelaide gasped and gripped my arms tightly. "Surely you don't believe that?" I shrugged because, hell, I didn't ever think about it. I hated looking back into my past now that I was making a semi-future for myself. "Come on, Courtland! How could you be a mistake? You're a miracle. My miracle."
Whoa. I knew my eyes widened and she smiled her beautiful smile and she stepped out of the truck. She walked to the grill of the truck and nodded her head towards the open field.
Even though there was a No Trespassing sign, the gate was never locked. Maybe the people thought since it was really out in the middle of nowhere, no one would pay any mind. People would just see it and drive by. I never went across it though. I usually had real bad luck but looking at Addy, I didn't care. She needed somewhere she can breathe, and this was the only place I thought of.
I opened the door, slammed it shut and just shook my head at her. "Don't you see that sign?"
"Let's go!" She whisper-yelled to me again.
"What? I wanna hear the planes. Please?"
The redness was still around her eyes but they sparkled and glowed with something I couldn't describe. Mischief? Curiosity? Probably both because there was a spark about her now that wasn't there before.
Chuckling I said, "Alright. Get back in the truck law breaker."
She giggled and pumped her hands in the air like she won something. Then ran and jumped back in the cab. Shaking my head and saying a little prayer I took down the sign and pushed the gates wide opened.
I drove us where the grass wasn't too high and parked the truck. I had a blanket I kept behind the seat when I slept out in my truck when I drove here. I never went passed the sign because I knew I would most likely get caught. Bad guys like me had shit for luck. But I didn't want to disappoint her.
When I opened the tailgate and laid the blanket down I didn't see Adelaide next to me. Instead, she was about ten yards away, staring up at the sky. A plane was coming closer overhead and she didn't take her eyes off it. I couldn't take my eyes off her.
She spread her arms wide and twirled as the plane finally flew passed. It was low so the wind from it whipped her hair all around and Adelaide started laughing like I never heard her laugh before. That glow seemed to wrap all around. It was freeing and innocent. She was so perfect. Beautiful and caring. And dammit, over the last few years, she not only became my best friend, but she was turning into my everything. My very reason for truly breathing each breath I took.
She stopped when she was facing me with the biggest smile she ever wore and ran towards me. I caught her and lifted her high into the air, twirled her in circles just as she did when the plane was above us. I laughed right with her.
Then I brought her body down mine and her eyes changed. My body felt all of a sudden too tight. Adelaide is the most beautiful girl I knew. Her smiling eyes turned into eyes full of longing and I felt at the moment, nothing could ruin this night.
I smiled, and put her on the tailgate before she felt the heat of my desire. I didn't want to frighten her and I definitely needed to cool down. I looked towards a plane that was taking off. In my peripherals I could see she was looking over my body.
I knew what hers looked like. She was short, curvy and had beautiful hair the color of milk chocolate. She wore square glasses on her face that always seemed to tilt to the side. She was adorable and sexy all rolled up in one sweet package.
I sat my ass on the tailgate, and scooted back to lay down on the blanket and told her to do the same.
Sighing, I didn't want to pry but we were here for a reason. "Adelaide. What happened?"
She turned to me, body stiff and eyes losing that happy glow from earlier. "Do we really have to talk about that right now?"
I leaned up on my elbow and stared right into her eyes. "No, not right now. But Adelaide."
"Please, Courtland. Let's just be happy right now. Be so happy and right in this moment."
I pulled her into my arms and started asking her those 'get to know a person' type questions and then we just stared into the starry sky, listening to the sounds of planes and machines and it was so relaxing. Addy was sleeping soundly on my shoulder and hell if it didn't fit perfectly. She was made to be in my embrace. I was almost asleep I could feel my eyes drifting.
Then I heard the sirens. No fucking way.
"Man, this is some fucking shit."
The cops pulled up near the truck and I shook Adelaide awake and told her to just stay quiet and listen to them.
They started asking questions about why we were here and when I tried to speak the officer took a good look at me and saw the tattoos. Yeah, that's all it took. Any niceties went flying out just like the planes overhead.
They weren't playing and threw the cuffs on our wrists quick. But did Adelaide listen? Sweet-as-pie she is and she tried charming her sweet little preacher's daughter charm on the officer, but they didn't fall for it.
But I sure as hell did. If I survived this night. I sure as hell wouldn't change a fucking thing.
They put her on the right side and me on the left. "Do you think we could make a run for it? It would make for a really great story." She smiled bright and beautiful.
What? I stared wildly at her and there was a freedom and fire in her eyes that made me laugh with gusto.
"Be quiet!" The officer hit the top of the patrol car.
I whispered, "I doubt it babe."
She truly was something else. If we could make a run for it, I would take her away from all this. Go somewhere neither one of us would have to deal with our crap pasts nor some crap in our lives now.
She smiled and winked at me, "Then let's have a good laugh." I lifted an eyebrow and shook my head with mirth. She turned to the open door and got the officers attention.
"Yes, young lady."
She put her hand up to her mouth as if she had an actual cigarette and asked, "Do you have a light?"
Growling, the officer slammed the door in our faces.
She didn't smoke and I thought it was funny as fuck. I was falling in love with her. Right in the backseat of a cop car. We sat there talking about nothing and everything while the cops were taking their time with our ID's and I knew with my background it didn't look great but right here, sitting in the back with Adelaide. I didn't care. She made me feel more alive than anything in this world.
Right then I knew. I was already gone.
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The Black Ceiling: It's Not A Minor(ity) Problem
By Aimee Hansen
Even though 2017 was a record year for women in the C-Suite amidst Fortune 500 companies (32 women in CEO jobs, vs. 21 in 2016) , no African American women have sat at the helm since Ursula Burns stepping down at Xerox in late 2016.
Soon there will be only three black CEOs at all in the Fortune 500, against a peak of seven in 2007, and overall upward trending back in the 2000s.
Further, Anne-Marie Campbell, EVP of U.S. Stores for Home Depot, was the only African American to rank in "Fortune's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business." Though Rosalind Brewer did reappear in the C-Suite as the first women and African American to be appointed COO of Starbucks.
The Black Ceiling
In a Fortune article calling out the "black ceiling," Ellen McGirt writes about the absence of African American women: "Burns' appointment to the top job in 2009 had been hailed as a milestone. Suddenly it looked more like an anomaly."
Black women in business continue to feel both excluded from male dominated and white dominated informal networks as well as demoralized by being unrecognized and underestimated.
McGirt writes, "They report environments that they feel continually overlook their credentials, diminish their accomplishments, and pile on cultural slights—about their hair, appearance, even their parenting skills. And they often have fraught relationships with white women, who tend to take the lead on issues of women and diversity."
Greatest Obstacles, Least Support
According to a Women In the Workplace 2017 study by McKinsey & Company, drawing on data from 222 companies employing more than 12 million people and a survey of over 70,000 employees, women of color "face the greatest obstacles and receive the least support."
Black women consistently perceived less managerial support, less opportunities and less objectivity.
Only 31% of African American women felt managers advocate for their opportunity (vs 41% of white women), only 23% felt managers helped them to navigate organizational politics (vs 36%) and only 28% felt managers defend them or their work (vs 40%).
Only 48% of African American woman felt they had equal opportunity for growth (vs 59% of white women), only 29% felt the best opportunities go to the most deserving (vs 40%) and only 34% felt promotions were based on fair and objective criteria (vs 41%).
The report also found that "inequality starts at the very first promotion" in general for women but is more dramatic for women of color. Among women, African Americans had the lowest promotion rate (4.9% vs. 7.4% for white women) and the highest attrition rate (18.2% vs. 15.4%).
With slower advancement, African American women are more likely to move on in the corporate world or want to go on their own, since they hold higher ambitions to be a top level executive than white women but encounter more obstacles.
Professor Ella Bell Smith from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, notes, "To be able to advance, we know that there are several things — you have to have good mentorship and sponsorship, which means that you have to have some type of relationship, constructive, positive relationship with the managers and executives in your company. You have to perform three times as hard….The formula I like to use is performance plus relationship equal advancement."
Lack of Inclusion
Without access to networks, African American women feel excluded from the relationships that create opportunities for recognition and advancement. African American women were also far more likely to report they never have senior contact.
Speaking at the Most Powerful Women summit, Anne-Marie Campbell pointed out, "Inclusion is not just a professional thing, it's a me thing." She argued it's up to leaders to explore and broaden their social circles to befriend people of different races and backgrounds, and to open more diverse conversations in the workplace.
Thasunda Duckett, CEO of consumer banking at JP Morgan Chase, also said, "Without emphasizing the importance of an inclusive culture, you're missing out on talented individuals who don't feel that they can bring their entire selves to the table."
Distorted Perception
Indeed, the Walden University report states, "In order to advance, African American women have tried to display work-appropriate behaviors so as to avoid stereotypical images that label them as angry, combative, and aggressive."
Stating that African American women rarely receive truly constructive feedback or receive inappropriate feedback, Professor Smith observes, "Black women, if they come in too aggressive, assertive — I like the word assertive — they're told that they're angry. If they come in too tough, they're told that they need to soften. So, there's no right way that they can be. The flip side of that is if you come in trying to be more nurturing and more caring, then you hear, 'Well, you're not tough enough.' So, it's a very slippery slope…. because after a while, you start believing what you're hearing, and then you don't know how to behave. Then you wind up sabotaging yourself, because you really are not bringing your full voice to the table. You can't lead, you can't make a difference, you can't contribute if you're only bringing half of yourself to work."
Peripheral Roles
According to the Fortune article, Ursula Burns isn't surprised that she has no immediate followers in her footsteps, one factor being that black women who do make senior positions are too often concentrated in support positions, removed from product and money, rather than operational roles.
"HR isn't going to get you there," Burns told Fortune. "Communications and the arts aren't going to get you there."
"You have to really contribute to the bottom line of the business, which does not include HR, which does not include social responsibility. You have to really show that you can run a business. It's very hard to do to get those positions, particularly if you're an African-American woman," echoes Professor Smith, "It's hard if you're a white woman. It is triple-time harder for African-American women and other women of color, too. This is not just a phenomena that hits African-American women. It hits us the hardest, though."
Not a "Priority"
It's not only that black women are excluded from networks but making sure the talents and performance of black women is cultivated, recognized and rewarded is often not a corporate priority, even amidst the diversity agenda.
At the MPW summit, Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments, said: "Another thing that bothers me is that we're 'working on' this, but we aren't 'working on' anything else that matters in our companies. You either do or you do not. You do not 'work on' better earnings."
In Fortune, Burns attributes much of her career success to the support that she received from Xerox, but most companies don't want to invest and focus for a group that comprises less than 7% of the U.S. population. "For one," said Burns, "they don't like to leave the other women out."
Not a Minor(ity) Issue
The McKinsey reports notes, "When companies take a one-size-fits-all approach to advancing women, women of color end up underserved and left behind."
This recently appeared in my Facebook feed from a women named Stacy Jordan Shelton: "I loathe the word 'minority'. Ain't nothing 'minor' about any of us."
Diversity efforts that are monolithic and treat women of color as a side issue simply fail from the outset. To recast the problem, resulting in benefiting some women while overlooking others, is to proliferate inequality with different players. If diversity isn't intersectional, it's far worse than ineffectual. It's ironic.
That's only one reason why the black ceiling is neither a "minority" or a "minor" problem. But it's a real one.


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May is Older Americans Month and a time to acknowledge the contributions of our older citizens who have given and continue to give generously of their time for others. Help us honor and recognize older Americans for the contributions they make to our families, communities and society.
Three cheers for older Americans. Ole', ole', ole'! SCC appreciates you all.
Brighten up your Thursday with free bridge lessons at 12:30 p.m.
Don't miss out on our devotional program at 11:30 a.m. Friday. It may be just what you need to inspire or encourage you. Who doesn't need inspiration these days? When you attend a devotional program at the SCC, your meal here will be paid for.
Get out of your home, come on down and meet with friends over a good meal. We offer a tasty and nutritious meal weekdays for $5. The center also offers meals to home-bound seniors for $6. Delivered by volunteers, this service is separate from Meals on Wheels. All meals include an entree, side dishes and a drink as well as a dessert.
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It's a 2012 Yamaha 15FMH. This is NOT the 15hp Enduro currently being sold in the Caribbean, but the two stroke version that was sold in the US which was lighter (and some say nicer).
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Banana Split Mini Bites
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White Bean and Chicken Soup
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Innovate. (But Delegate.)By Ed Tobin | Posted 2003-08-08 Print
Once you discover what your company's really good at, writes Colgate-Palmolive CIO Ed Toben, let someone elsea single someonedo the rest.
Colgate-Palmolive is nearly a $10 billion company, and we operate literally everywhere in the world. The company's strength has been building new business, country by country. Historically, it was appropriate that that also included building our technology country by country as well.
But that's just not appropriate anymore.
We started a significant technology standardization program in the mid '90s. Our objective was to have the major applications we use for everything, everywhere, to be supplied by one vendorin this case, SAP.
Years ago we'd spend a significant portion of our time just making all the systems work together. On our first SAP project, in 1996, all of our legacy systems had to be adapted to communicate back and forth with the new software. Half of the work and all of the problems revolved around that. Now, most of those problems are gone. We don't have much left that's homegrown. Homegrown systems are harder to maintain and more expensive. A huge part of being able to manage our technology cost is that, by staying with SAP all over, most of the interface work went away, or is on its way out. The 53 countries that we've put SAP into had 53 data centers. Those are all gone. We're down to one data center and a backup.
But there's a trade-off in standardizingjust as there is in anything else. I'd never argue that SAP is the very best of breed in each componentat least, not in the short term. However, we've learned that, in the longer term, as SAP focuses its R&D investment, it will get up to best-of-breed level eventually. We hope for that kind of innovation, but what matters is execution. There are hundredssometimes thousandsof steps involved, and you need to execute on all of them, sometimes perfectly. As a result, we do the vast majority of implementations ourselves. We decided that even if the technology itself wasn't going to be core to our company, we still had to figure out how to run it ourselves.
Innovation is necessary, but we want that innovation to come from our vendors. In concept, we've outsourced to SAP. That's where we want the technological innovation to come from. We want SAP to create innovations through R&D, so that we can benefit from them. SAP is a technology companywe're not. We're an information-technology unit within a consumer-products company. We want to be innovative in consumer products.
While we may not be able to quantify it, it's clear that we've reduced our cost, from both the business and the technology standpoints. Take SAP's Advanced Planner & Optimizer module (APO)I'd argue that it's best of breed. But if I had to pick a particular piece of our deployment that's been more challenging than the others, I'd point to APO. But that innovation reduced the order-to-reorder time for the top half of our customers from 12 days to five, and collapsed 17 inventory databases into one. And APO is just one example. If we hadn't standardized on SAP, we'd be a couple of years behind where we are. We'd have spent a lot of our time putting pieces togethera lot of integration and a lot of interfaces. And that's hard work. But we only know now that we made the right call. If it had been a bad decision, it would have been a very bad decision.
Not to oversimplify it, but anybody can buy software. If the innovation comes from your vendor, there's only one way to keep it from becoming a commoditized innovation that anyone can capitalize on. It's the whole process of implementation that provides you with unique benefits. Broadly speaking, it's about internal discipline. It's not about the product. It's how you use it.
It's a delicate balance: having a technology staff that we view as a core competency and yet also outsourcing the technology needs of the company. If we were doing little more than making sure everything runs, that would be hard to get overly excited about. But we're constantly trying to implement new things, and that's a lot more fun. Sometimes, though, that means delegating the actual innovation to someone else.
Ed Toben has led technology initiatives at Colgate-Palmolive since 1990, and was named the company's chief information officer in 1999.
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