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Jessica Nazarali is one busy lady with an online superfood health store and a thriving business as a blog mentor to health and wellness entrepreneurs. Not only that, but she also finds the time to work four days a week in Business Development! Today she is sharing some nuggets of wisdom and a delicious chocolate recipe for you to indulge in. Meet Jessica…
What are 3 words you would use to describe yourself?
Tough question! In 2014 I want to be more fun, magical and fabulous. I'm not sure if I would call myself those three words 100% of the time, but that's what I'm aiming for this year!
What does wellness or wellbeing mean to you?
Being the best version of yourself in body & mind.
What was the catalyst that turned you on to living a more natural and holistic lifestyle?
I grew up with very health conscious parents on a farm so I have always been surrounded by healthy food, alternative therapies and lived somewhat healthy.
When I was in my early 20s I made the decision as an adult to fully embrace living a healthier lifestyle for my future self. This was a big turning point for me because up until then I was following in my parent's footsteps and not questioning things for myself. Luckily they were good footsteps to follow!
Can you tell us why you are so passionate about health and why more people should take more notice of what they consume and how they live?
Your health affects every part of your life – relationships, career, business, and emotional state. Without your health your whole life suffers, I certainly don't want that which is why I choose to look after my health and be mindful about what I eat.
For anyone wanting to upgrade their health or diet, what is your advice on what to change first and how?
I think it really depends on the person, however I would recommend to start with one area and then look to expand. Consider giving up sugar, soft drinks, dairy, meat, wheat or eggs and then move onto another once you have mastered it.
What does an average intake of food consist of for you per day?
I'm vegan so lots of salads, veggies, smoothies, soups and stir-fries. I also love raw dark chocolate – yum!!
What lessons have you learned in the last few years since starting your health journey that have improved or enriched your life in some way?
I used to absolutely hate cooking but now I wholeheartedly enjoy the process of creating in the kitchen. I find it really relaxing and it's been a huge blessing to me.
You've just released an ebook – can you tell us about it and what your motivation was behind writing it?
I love desserts and I love surprising people and telling them that cake, moose or muffin they just ate is actually healthy for them!
Live Healthy Sweetly is over 70 + pages and contains 40 dessert recipes which are so good for you, you can proudly eat them for breakfast. All the recipes are vegetarian, diary free, refined sugar free, egg free & soy free and many are vegan, paleo, gluten and nut free friendly.
Thank you so much for contributing a recipe to Live Healthy Sweetly Polly!
Click here to check out Live Healthy Sweetly
What can we look forward to from you in the future?
I am about to launch a new website www.jessicanazarali.com which is super exciting! It's my new online home where I will be helping women create a fabulous lifestyle, through coaching them on how to create an online business. www.livehealthysimply.com is also in the process of getting a make over and I'm thrilled to bits about that too!
What is your favourite quote or saying to live by?
You only live once.
Thanks Jessica! Please would you share one of your delicious recipes with us?
Chocolate Chai Ice Cream Hearts
Makes 24
What you'll need:
· 3 heaped tablespoons of raw cacao
· 1 cup of coconut oil
· 1/4 cup of sesame seeds
· Natvia or stevia to taste
· 1/4 cup of brewed chai
What to do:
1. Mix all ingredients in a bowl.
2. Fill your hearts (or whatever cute shape ice cube containers you have) to the brim and allow to set in the fridge.
3. Dust with cacao powder to look extra fancy.
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With the admission of Jimmy Carr that he has used legal tax evasion schemes, and the subsequent criticism from David Cameron, does the government now need to be more strict about these offshore account schemes? And do you believe that the likes of Cameron should be more open about their financial investments?
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You know, being on both sides of the "tax" fence (being an individual tax payer AND a business owner), I feel that we should be transparent and should not allow tax evasion. That being said, I also believe that we should fix our tax system, because all the business like my own, are getting ripped new holes that just shouldn't exist. Which only furthers my resolve that tax evasion shouldn't be allowed, as that doesn't make it any easier for positive businesses. Still though, a lot of our B&O taxes are not going to the people, to our infrastructure, to the kids or to anything truthfully beneficial to us, our country or our world - most of it, is going to WARS, government non-sense and political pay checks.
So yes, tax evasion should be completely banned - though it cannot be done without also fixing the taxation system.
For clarification, in general, tax evasion IS illegal, tax avoidance is what you are referring to, which is not illegal. Unfortunately, as long as you have complex tax laws you will always have experts at developing ways to avoid income tax. I believe that a simpler consumption (federal sales tax) tax would work better for Individuals. That way all would contribute to paying taxes and sales tax is much harder to avoid or evade. This would be combined with a continued tax structure for all businesses (but simpler).

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I love this photo, I snapped it with Instagram on the ipod touch while our sweet Eco was reading the Valentine's card from my Mom and Dad. I could stare at her big eyes all day and many days I have especially when she was a baby, her sibling would say they looked like giant marbles, they are so shiny and blue, she's so funny and full of life we all love her so much!
I did decided to re-shooting this with my Canon 5D mark II, but sometime recapturing a moment even with an expensive camera doesn't always have the same feeling as the original, I love it just as it is, but was hoping to get something I can enlarge bigger than the original 2"x2" format, in the end I'll stick with the Instagram one, it just has a sweetness about it the other didn't.
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It seems like it would be very useful to have a page (not post) specific menus that would only show up on particular pages.
The schema I'm thinking about for the sidebar would be something like the following:
The page slug would be compared to a link category.
If a link category with the same name as the page title or slug were found, the links would be displayed in the sidebar along with the link category title
If nothing were found, nothing would be displayed.
The advantage of the above is that even casual WordPress users could have a simple means for generating a custom menu on a particular page.
It seems like a plugin would the most useful means of doing this rather than messing up themes, but I really don't know how to go about doing this. Widgets are a bit less desirable in that that would have to be set up on a page by page basis, and that's probably beyond a lot of users.
Has this already been done? Any ideas about how difficult it would be do to?
This feature would give WordPress a CMS capability that many actual CMS seem to fumble with.
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"Log Drums" or "Slit Drums" represented as hollow percussion instruments found in many aboriginal cultures around the world, particularly Africa and Southeast Asia. Typically made from wood, the instrument consists of a box or log with slits or tongues carved into it to produce notes when struck. Despite the name, the instrument is in fact an ideophone or "lamellaphone", since the body of the instrument itself vibrates when struck.
The instrument we sampled is a modern incarnation of this concept, built by Steve Roberts of http://www.tonguedrum.com. Steve's "Bass Giant" model is 23" long, 10" wide and 8" tall. It's made from African Padauk wood (for the soundboard) and Red Oak for the sides.
This Bass Giant has 12 notes ranging from G1 to D4. Steve handcrafts and tunes each drum to concert pitch, ensuring a consistency of tone and warmth to his instruments.
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Occupational Therapists use equine movement to elicit functional change in individuals with the following medical conditions:
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
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- Developmental Delay
- Genetic Syndromes
- Learning Disabilities
- Sensory Integration Disorders
- Speech-Language Disorders
- Traumatic Brain Injury/Stroke
And with the following impairments commonly associated with these conditions:
- Abnormal muscle tone
- Impaired balance responses
- Impaired coordination
- Impaired communication
- Impaired sensorimotor function
- Postural asymmetry and instability
- Limited mobility
- Limbic system dysfunction related to arousal and attentional skills
At Equulibrium an integrated treatment plan is developed utilizing the movement of the horse along with traditional physical and occupational therapy treatment strategies such as NDT, PNF, motor learning, sensory integration, strengthening, ROM and functional motor control. The patient is able to engage in play and motor skill acquisition activities in a natural sensory environment. Therapy goals are achieved through the use of equine movement, environmental elements, guided play and specialized equipment.
Equine movement is the crucial component of equine assisted therapy. The horse's multidimensional movement, which is variable, rhythmic and repetitive, provides a dynamic base of support making it an excellent tool for increasing trunk control and strength, balance, postural control and endurance as well as weight bearing and motor planning. When an individual sits astride a horse, the horse's walking gait imparts a movement response similar to normal human gait which has an immediate impact on balance, coordination and timing, grading of postural responses and physiological functioning. The occupational therapist is able to combine the effects of the movement with other standard intervention strategies for working on fine motor control, sensory integration, feeding skills, attention skills, and functional daily living skills in a progressively challenging manner.


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January on the farm is pretty quiet and generally allows us to take a small break and travel for a few days. This year, we gave the kids a train ride to Chicago for Christmas. It's been four years since we have gone anywhere for more than a day with the whole crew. The seven of us on Amtrak train, city bus, and wandering the big city was quite an experience. We quickly learned which of us can't handle large crowds, navigating public transportation, walking long city blocks, using a selfie stick, and riding escalators. I think we all would agree that the Baier family is better suited for our quieter life in Western Wisconsin versus the hustle & bustle of Chicago, but most of the trip was very enjoyable and it was revitalizing to be out of our element and experience new sights, sounds, and smells.
I wish you all a happy and productive 2017! As always, stay tuned for bigger things coming from Valley Pasture Farm this year!
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Happy New Year! How have you done on your resolutions during this first week of 2016? I'm trying my best to stay on track and this post is going to help me.
Every January, I get very excited about all of the things I want to accomplish in the next year. One of the resolutions I always make is to get the blog going again. I PROMISE 2016 is the year. 😉 To get started on that resolution, here's a post with a bit of inspiration for all of us to get in touch with our inner farm girl. Even if you don't live on a farm, I hope you find some great "back to your roots" ideas in this post that you can add to your bucket list.
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Nothing says summer in Wisconsin like fresh picked strawberries. Whether you have your own personal patch or you pick up strawberries from a local berry farm, the sweet deliciousness of a Wisconsin strawberry can not be beat! But, here in Wisconsin, the strawberry season is SO short. Here's a run down of what I do with my strawberries to try to lock-in the amazing flavor all year long.
This is one of my favorite recipes to make during strawberry season. Since I like to freeze the sliced strawberries too, it is something my family can enjoy all year!
The shortcake is a more traditional and less sweet short cake that can be baked in a pan or dropped onto a cookie sheet to make individual cakes.
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Do your feet need a little pampering before slipping on sandals this summer? What about those elbows?
Wisconsin winters can do quite a number on my skin while it's hidden under layers of clothes and wool socks. Exfoliation tends to cause my skin to break-out or itch, so it's been a long journey to find the perfect product to use when spring rolls around… until I found sugar scrubs! A sugar scrub is a wonderful way to exfoliate and moisturize at the same time – add some essential oils and you've got a spa treatment. Plus, sugar scrubs are super easy (and cheap) to make at home! Read on for my Simple Sugar Scrub recipe.
Community Food Drive This year we will be collecting non-perishable items for Stepping Stones of Dunn County. When you bring an item on their list of most needed items (check it out here), you will receive 50¢ off of your admission.(Items must not be expired and only 1 discount per person). Let's work together to help … Read More
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With the increasing proliferation of the internet and the sheer amount of tools out there, creating your own site is now easier than ever and provided you have the necessary resources to put into creating an attractive, well function website that keeps people coming back time after time.
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Creating a site is relatively in expensive. Your biggest costs will be hosting, which is typically only a couple of pounds per month. You may also want to spend money at a later date on the look of your site (themes, etc)
You have to be passionate about your site, if you create a site on knitting, having little or vested interest in the subject, it'll never take off because you won't feel compelled to work on it.
Do you have these three attributes in spades? Good. Here's how to create your site:
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NMMU is also extremely saddened by the news of the rape of two of its students, allegedly by a taxi driver. The University does not take these incidents lightly and support measures in the form of counselling will be made available to the students.
These and other acts of criminality underscore the importance of continuing to focus on the enhancement of safety measures on campus.
It should be borne in mind that the university sought and obtained a court interdict in a bid to create an environment in which the rights of all groups – protesters as well as those wanting to return to classes – are protected. The court order spells out these rights and the attendant appropriate conduct expected of NMMU students and staff which, if observed by all, will create a peaceful environment devoid of clashes and tension. We hope that the court order will be respected to avoid a repeat of the clashes witnessed over the past few days particularly between students and the police.
The consequent trauma and tension on campus does not augur well with efforts to re-establish an environment that enables peaceful teaching and learning. And towards this end, the University continues to pursue mediation efforts ordered again by the court this past Tuesday, as well as engagement with various stakeholders.
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Martin Ludwig Bormann was a prominent National Socialist official. Martin Bormann became head of the Party Chancellery (Parteikanzlei) and private secretary to Adolf Hitler. Martin Bormann gained Adolf Hitler's trust and derived immense power within the Third Reich by controlling access to the Adolf Hitler and by regulating the orbits of those closest to him.
Early life and family
Born in Wegeleben (now in Saxony-Anhalt) in the Kingdom of Prussia in the German Empire, Martin Bormann was born to a Lutheran family, the son of Theodor Bormann 1862 to 1903, a post office employee, and his second wife, Antonie Bernhardine Mennong. Martin Bormann had two half-siblings Else and Walter Bormann from his father's earlier marriage to Louise Grobler, who died in 1898. Antonie Bormann gave birth to three sons, one of whom died in infancy. Martin born 1900 and Albert born 1902 survived to adulthood.
Martin Bormann dropped out of school to work on a farm in Mecklenburg. Martin Bormann served in an artillery regiment in the last days of World War I, but never saw action. Martin Bormann then became an estate manager in Mecklenburg, which brought him into contact with the Freikorps residing on the estate. Martin Bormann took part in their activities, mostly in assassinations and the intimidation of trade union organisers.
On 17 March 1924, Martin Bormann was sentenced to a year in prison as an accomplice to his friend Rudolf Höss in the murder of Walther Kadow, who they thought had betrayed Freikorps Albert Leo Schlageter to the French during the occupation of the Ruhr District.
On 2 September 1929, Martin Bormann married 19-year-old Gerda Buch, whose father, Major Walter Buch, served as a chairman of the National Socialist Party Court. Martin Bormann had recently met Adolf Hitler, who agreed to serve as a witness at their wedding. Gerda Martin Bormann would give birth to 10 children one died shortly after birth.
The children of Martin and Gerda Martin Bormann were
Adolf Bormann born 14 April 1930 called Krönzi named after his godfather Adolf Hitler)
Ilse Bormann born 9 July 1931 twin sister Ehrengard died after the birth named after her godmother Ilse Hess, later called Eike, died 1958
Irmgard Bormann born 25 July 1933
Rudolf Gerhard Bormann born 31 August 1934 named after his godfather Rudolf Hess)
Heinrich Hugo Bormann born 13 June 1936 named after his godfather Heinrich Himmler)
Eva Ute Bormann born 4 August 1938
Gerda Bormann born 23 October 1940
Fred Hartmut Bormann (born 4 March 1942
Volker Bormann born 18 September 1943, died 1946)
Gerda Bormann suffered from cancer in her later years, and died of mercury poisoning on 23 March 1946, in Merano, Italy. All of Martin Bormann's children survived the war. Most were cared for anonymously in foster homes. His eldest son, Martin, was Adolf Hitler's godson. Martin abandoned the Lutheran faith of his family and was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1953, but left the priesthood in the late 1960s. He married an ex-nun in 1971 and became a teacher of theology.
Rise through the National Socialist Party
In 1927, Martin Bormann joined the NSDAP. His NSDAP number was 60,508 and his (honorary) SS membership number was originally 278,267. By special order of Heinrich Himmler in 1938, Martin Bormann was granted SS number 555 to reflect his Alter Kämpfer (Old Fighter) status. Martin Bormann became the party's regional press officer and business manager in 1928.
Reich Leader and Head of the Party Chancellery
On 10 October 1933, Martin Bormann became a Reich Leader (Reichsleiter) of the NSDAP, and in November, a member of the Reichstag. From 1 July 1933 until 1941, Martin Bormann served as the personal secretary for Rudolf Hess. Martin Bormann commissioned the building of the Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle's Nest). The Kehlsteinhaus was formally presented to Adolf Hitler on 20 April 20 1938, after 13 months of expensive construction, and is commemorated on a plaque just above the entrance to the tunnel to the lift up to the Eagle's Nest. During this period, Martin Bormann had also managed Adolf Hitler's finances through various schemes such as royalties collected on Adolf Hitler's book, his image on postage stamps, as well as setting up an Adolf Hitler Endowment Fund of German Industry, which was really a thinly veiled extortion attempt on the behalf of Adolf Hitler to collect more money from German industrialists.
In May 1941, the flight of Rudolf Hess to Britain cleared the way for Martin Bormann to become Head of the Party Chancellery (Parteikanzlei) that same month. Martin Bormann proved to be a master of intricate political infighting. Due to his mastery of such infighting, along with his access and closeness to Adolf Hitler, and because of the trust Adolf Hitler held in him, he was able to constantly and effectively check and thus make enemies of Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler, Alfred Rosenberg, Robert Ley, Albert Speer and a plethora of other high-ranking officers and officials, both public and private. The ruthless and continuous intriguing for power, influence, and favour from Adolf Hitler within the regime came to characterise the inner workings of the Third Reich.
Martin Bormann took charge of all of Adolf Hitler's paperwork, appointments and personal finances. Adolf Hitler came to have complete trust in Martin Bormann and the view of reality he presented. During one meeting, Adolf Hitler was said to have screamed, To win this war, I need Martin Bormann! Some historians have suggested Martin Bormann held so much power that, in some respects by 1945, he became Germany's secret leader during the war. A collection of transcripts edited by Martin Bormann during the war appeared in print in 1952 and 1953 as Adolf Hitler's Table Talk 1941 to 1944, mostly a re-telling of Adolf Hitler's wartime dinner conversations.
Martin Bormann's bureaucratic power and effective reach had broadened considerably by 1942. Later, faced with the imminent demise of the Third Reich, he systematically set about organising German corporate flight capital, and established off-shore holding companies and business interests in close coordination with the same Ruhr industrialists and German bankers who, although often not Nazis, had helped to facilitate Adolf Hitler's explosive rise to power 10 years before.
His view of Christianity was epitomized in a confidential memo to the Gauleiters in 1942 by stating that Nazism was completely incompatible with Christianity. Contrary to Adolf Hitler's tactical judgment, Martin Bormann pushed the Kirchenkampf forward at the height of World War II. He reopened the fight against the Christian churches, declaring in a confidential memo to the Gauleiters in 1942 that their power 'must absolutely and finally be broken.' Martin Bormann viewed the power of the churches and Christianity to be completely incompatible with Nazism, and saw their influence as a serious obstacle to totalitarian rule. The sharpest anti-cleric in the National Socialist leadership (he collected all the files of cases against the clergy that he could lay his hands on), Martin Bormann was the driving force of the Kirchenkampf, which Adolf Hitler for tactical reasons had wished to postpone until after the war.
In February 1943, the German defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad produced a crisis in the regime. Martin Bormann exploited the disaster at Stalingrad, and his daily access to Adolf Hitler, to persuade him to create a three-man junta representing the State, the Army and the Party, represented respectively by Hans Lammers, head of the Reich Chancellery, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Armed Forces High Command, or OKW), and Martin Bormann, who controlled the Party and access to the Führer. This Committee of Three would exercise dictatorial powers over the home front. Joseph Goebbels, Albert Speer, Hermann Göring and Heinrich Himmler all saw this proposal as a power grab by Martin Bormann and a threat to their power, and combined to block it.
However, their alliance was shaky at best. This was mainly due to the fact that during this period Heinrich Himmler was still cooperating with Martin Bormann to gain more power at the expense of Hermann Göring and most of the traditional Reich administration. Hermann Göring loss of power had resulted from an overindulgence in the trappings of power and his strained relations with Joseph Goebbels made it difficult for a unified coalition to be formed, despite the attempts of Albert Speer and Hermann Göring Luftwaffe deputy Field Marshal Erhard Milch, to reconcile the two Party comrades.
However, the result was that nothing was done the Committee of Three declined into irrelevance due to the loss of power by Wilhelm Keitel and Hans Lammers and the ascension of Martin Bormann, and the situation continued to drift, with administrative chaos increasingly undermining the war effort. The ultimate responsibility for this lay with Adolf Hitler, as Joseph Goebbels well knew, referring in his diary to a crisis of leadership, but Joseph Goebbels was too much under Adolf Hitler's spell ever to challenge his power.
Martin Bormann was invariably the advocate of extremely harsh, radical measures when it came to the treatment of Jews, of the conquered eastern peoples or prisoners of war. He signed the decree of 9 October 1942 prescribing that the permanent elimination of the Jews from the territories of Greater Germany can no longer be carried out by emigration but by the use of ruthless force in the special camps of the East. A further decree, signed by Martin Bormann on 1 July 1943, gave Adolf Eichmann absolute powers over Jews, who now came under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Gestapo.
Martin Bormann's memos concerning the Slavs make it clear that he regarded them as a 'Sovietized mass' of sub-humans who had no claim to national independence. In a brutal memo of 19 August 1942, he wrote The Slavs are to work for us. In so far as we do not need them, they may die. Slav fertility is not desirable.
At the Nuremberg Trials, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, the Reich Commissioner for the Netherlands, testified that he had called Martin Bormann to confirm an order to deport the Dutch Jews to Auschwitz, and further testified that Martin Bormann passed along Adolf Hitler's orders for the extermination of Jews during the Holocaust. A telephone conversation between Martin Bormann and Heinrich Himmler, who was his main antagonist in the struggle for power within the National Socialist elite, was overheard by telephone operators during which Heinrich Himmler reported to Martin Bormann the extermination of 40,000 Jews in Poland. Heinrich Himmler was sharply rebuked for using the word exterminated rather than the codeword resettled, and Martin Bormann ordered the apologetic Heinrich Himmler never again to report on this by phone but through SS couriers.
Martin Bormann, his adjutant, SS-Standartenführer Wilhelm Zander, and his secretary, Else Krüger, were with Adolf Hitler in the Führer's shelter (Führerbunker) during the Battle of Berlin. The Führerbunker was located under the Reich Chancellery (Reichskanzlei) gardens in the centre government district of Berlin. On 23 April, his brother Albert Bormann left the Berlin bunker complex by aircraft for the Obersalzberg. He and several others had been ordered by Adolf Hitler to leave Berlin.
On 28 April, Martin Bormann wired the following message to Großadmiral Karl Dönitz Situation very serious. Those ordered to rescue the Führer are keeping silent. Disloyalty seems to gain the upper hand everywhere. Reichskanzlei a heap of rubble.
At 0400 on 29 April 1945, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Joseph Goebbels, Hans Krebs, and Martin Bormann witnessed and signed Adolf Hitler's last will and testament. Adolf Hitler dictated this document to his personal secretary, Traudl Junge. Martin Bormann was Head of the Party Chancellery (Parteikanzlei) and was also the private secretary to Adolf Hitler. Shortly before signing the last will and testament, Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun in a civil ceremony.
The Soviet forces continued to fight their way into the centre of Berlin. Adolf Hitler and Eva committed suicide during the afternoon of the 30 April. Eva took cyanide and Adolf Hitler shot himself. As per instructions, their bodies were taken to the garden and burned. In accordance with Adolf Hitler's last will and testament, Joseph Goebbels, the Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, became the new Head of Government and Chancellor of Germany (Reichskanzler). Martin Bormann was named as Party Minister, thus officially confirming his position as de facto General Secretary of the Party.
At 0315 on 1 May, Reichskanzler Joseph Goebbels and Martin Bormann sent a radio message to Karl Dönitz informing him of Adolf Hitler's death. In accordance with Adolf Hitler's last wishes, Karl Dönitz was appointed as the new President of Germany (Reichspräsident). Joseph Goebbels and his wife committed suicide later that same day.
On 2 May, the Battle in Berlin ended when General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling, the commander of the Berlin Defence Area, unconditionally surrendered the city to General Vasily Chuikov, the commander of the Soviet 8th Guards Army. It is agreed that, by this day, Martin Bormann had left the Führerbunker. It has been reported that he left with Ludwig Stumpfegger and Artur Axmann as part of a group attempting to break out of the Soviet encirclement of the city.
Death, rumours of survival and discovery of remains
Axmann's account of Martin Bormann's death
As World War II came to a close, Martin Bormann held out with Adolf Hitler in the Führerbunker in Berlin. On 30 April 1945, just before committing suicide, Adolf Hitler signed the order to allow a breakout. On 1 May, Martin Bormann left the Führerbunker with SS doctor Ludwig Stumpfegger, Adolf Hitler Youth leader Artur Axmann and Adolf Hitler's pilot Hans Baur as part of one of the groups attempting to break out of the Soviet encirclement. At the Weidendammer Bridge, a Tiger tank spearheaded the first attempt to storm across the bridge, but it was destroyed. Martin Bormann and Stumpfegger were knocked over when the tank was hit. There followed two more attempts and on the third attempt, made around 100, Martin Bormann in his group from the Reich Chancellery crossed the Spree. Leaving the rest of their group, Martin Bormann, Stumpfegger and Axmann walked along railway tracks to Lehrter station, where Axmann decided to go alone in the opposite direction of his two companions. When he encountered a Red Army patrol, Axmann doubled back and later insisted he had seen the bodies of Martin Bormann and Stumpfegger near the railway switching yard with moonlight clearly illuminating their faces. He did not check the bodies, so he did not know what killed them.
Axmann, Werner Naumann, and their adjutants escaped Berlin. Axmann hid in the Bavarian Alps under the alias Erich Siewert. He was arrested in December 1945 while organising an underground National Socialist movement. Naumann found asylum in Argentina, where he became an editor of the neo-National Socialist magazine Der Weg.
Lieutenant General Konstantin Telegin, of the Soviet 5th Assault Army, remembered his men bringing Martin Bormann's diary to him. It was brought-in immediately after the fighting had ended. As far as I can remember, it was found on the road when they were cleaning up the battle area. Inspired by the diary and reports from prisoners, Telegin said, Naturally, we sent a recon group to the bridge, who searched the site of the breakthrough attempt. All they found were a few civilians. Martin Bormann was not found.
Tried at Nuremberg in absentia
During the chaotic closing days of the war, there were contradictory reports as to Martin Bormann's whereabouts. For example, Jakob Glas, Martin Bormann's long-time chauffeur, insisted he saw Martin Bormann in Munich weeks after 1 May 1945. The bodies were not found, and a global search followed including extensive efforts in South America. With no evidence sufficient to confirm Martin Bormann's death, the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg tried Martin Bormann in absentia in October 1946 and sentenced him to death. His court-appointed defence lawyer used the unusual and unsuccessful defence that the court could not convict Martin Bormann because he was already dead.
In 1965, a retired postal worker named Albert Krumnow stated that around 8 May 1945 the Soviets had ordered him and his colleagues to bury two bodies found near the railway bridge near Lehrter station. One was a member of the Wehrmacht and the other was an SS doctor.
Krumnow's colleague, Wagenpfohl is said to have found a paybook on the SS doctor's body identifying him as Dr. Ludwig Stumpfegger. He gave the paybook to his boss, postal chief Berndt, who turned it over to the Soviets. They in turn destroyed it. The Soviets allowed Berndt to notify Stumpfegger's wife. He wrote and told her that her husband's body was interred with the bodies of several other dead soldiers in the grounds of the Alpendorf in Berlin NW 40, Invalidenstrasse 63.
In mid-1965, Berlin police excavated the alleged burial site looking for Martin Bormann's remains, but found nothing. Krumnow stated he could no longer remember exactly where he buried the bodies. Stern magazine editor Jochen von Lang, whose investigation inspired the dig, later wrote, even if bones had been discovered, it would have been exceedingly difficult to identify them as those of Martin Bormann. He went on to opine that the only way to identify Martin Bormann would be to find glass particles from a cyanide capsule in the jaw and that would border almost on the miraculous.
Two decades of unconfirmed sightings
Unconfirmed sightings of Martin Bormann were reported globally for 20 years, particularly in Europe, Paraguay and elsewhere in South America. Some rumours claimed that Martin Bormann had plastic surgery while on the run. At a 1967 press conference, Simon Wiesenthal asserted there was strong evidence that Martin Bormann was alive and well in South America. Writer Ladislas Farago's widely-known 1974 book Aftermath Martin Bormann and the Fourth Reich argued that Martin Bormann had survived the war and lived in Argentina. Farago's evidence, which drew heavily on official governmental documents, was compelling enough to persuade Dr. Robert M. W. Kempner (a lawyer at the Nuremberg Trials) to briefly re-open an active investigation in 1972. However, Farago's claims were generally rejected by historians and critics. Allegations that Martin Bormann and his organisation survived the war figure prominently in the work of David Emory. More recently, researchers Simon Dunstan and Gerrard Williams have also stated in their recent work that Martin Bormann escaped to South America and spent the years prior to 1945 preparing the escape plan.
Allegations of being a Russian spy
Reinhard Gehlen states in his memoirs his conviction that Martin Bormann was a Russian agent and that at the time of his 'disappearance' in Berlin he in reality went over to his Russian masters and was spirited away by them to Moscow. He bases his conclusion on a conversation he had with Admiral Wilhelm Canaris and on his conviction that there was an enemy agent at work inside the German supreme command. He deduced the latter from the fact that the Russians appeared to be able to obtain rapid and detailed information on incidents and top-level decision-making on the German side. Of course, at the time he was writing up his memoirs (late 1960s to early 1970s), Gehlen was not aware of the British breaking of the Enigma codes. Gehlen goes on to say that he discovered that Martin Bormann was engaged in a Funkspiel with Moscow with Adolf Hitler's express approval. He claims that in the 1950s, when he headed first the Gehlen Organization and later the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), the West German Intelligence Service, he was passed two separate reports from behind the Iron Curtain to the effect that Martin Bormann had been a Soviet agent and had lived after the war in the Soviet Union under perfect cover as an adviser to the Moscow government. He has died in the meantime. (quotes from the 1971 ed.) After the collapse of the Soviet Union, based on KGB archival material from this period, it was claimed that the Russians may indeed have had a spy in the bunker, code named Sasha. However, Sasha was said to have been a Russian, not Martin Bormann.
Discovery of remains and controversy surrounding identification
The hunt for Martin Bormann lasted 26 years without success. International investigators and journalists searched for Martin Bormann from Paraguay to Moscow and from Norway to Egypt. Digs for his body in Paraguay in March 1964 and Berlin in July 1964 were unsuccessful. The German government offered a 100,000-Mark reward in November 1964, but no one claimed it. The final straw came in July 1965, when the search of Albert Krumnow's Berlin location turned up nothing. The German government determined that Berlin was simply too full of cemeteries and mass graves dating from the last days of the war.
On the political end, the hunt for Martin Bormann became a recurring memory of the National Socialist Regime and also an embarrassment that would not go away. On 13 December 1971, the West German government officially called an end to the search for Martin Bormann. This pronouncement was met with protest from Jewish human rights groups and Nazi-hunters like Simon Wiesenthal who insisted the search must continue until Martin Bormann was found, alive or dead.
Almost a year later, on 7 December 1972, Axmann and Krumnow's accounts were bolstered when construction workers uncovered human remains near the Lehrter Bahnhof in West Berlin just 12 m from the spot where Krumnow claimed he had buried them. Dental records reconstructed from memory in 1945 by Dr. Hugo Blaschke identified the skeleton as Martin Bormann's, and damage to the collarbone was consistent with injuries Martin Bormann's sons reported he had sustained in a riding accident in 1939. The second skeleton was deemed to be Stumpfeggers, since it was of similar height to his last known proportions. Fragments of glass in the jawbones of both skeletons suggested that Martin Bormann and Stumpfegger committed suicide by biting cyanide capsules to avoid capture. Soon after, in a press conference held by the West German government, Martin Bormann was declared dead, a statement condemned by Britain's Daily Express as a whitewash perpetrated by the Brandt government. West German diplomatic officials were given official instruction that if anyone is arrested on suspicion that he is Martin Bormann we will be dealing with an innocent man.
The remains were conclusively identified as Martin Bormann's in 1998 when German authorities ordered a genetic test on the skull. The test identified the skull as that of Martin Bormann, using DNA from one of his relatives. Martin Bormann's remains were cremated and the ashes scattered in the Baltic Sea by Martin Bormann's son Martin Adolf Bormann, a Roman Catholic and retired priest.
Despite these DNA tests, there had and continues to be controversy regarding the authenticity of the remains. For example, Hugh Thomas' 1995 book Doppelgängers claimed there were forensic inconsistencies suggesting Martin Bormann died later than 1945. When exhumed, Martin Bormann's skeleton was covered in flecks of red clay, whereas Berlin is a city based on yellow sand. This indicated to some that the body had been re-interred from somewhere with a clay-based soil, such as Paraguay, the Andes Mountains or even Russia (as the Gehlen theory surmised).
Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal refused to accept the government's declaration of Martin Bormanns death, persisting in the belief that Martin Bormann escaped Berlin with Axmann and headed south to the safety of the Alps. There he was rumoured to have been seen in both Bavaria and Austria. Martin Bormann's aide Wilhelm Zander was captured in Passau, along the Austrian frontier, in December 1945. From the Alps, Wiesenthal believed, Martin Bormann and others escaped to South America.
Others, like English scholar and intelligence officer Hugh Trevor-Roper, decried the evidence upon which the German government based its searches for Martin Bormann the testimony of one man. He and others argued that the testimony of Artur Axmann, the only man who said he saw Martin Bormann dead was falsified to protect Martin Bormann who was then on the run. Both men were unrepentant Nazis and shared the motivation to keep their cause alive. Axmann, they argued, probably escaped Berlin with Martin Bormann. Russian author Lev Bezymenski wrote that Axmann's statements had, the apparent aim of convincing the world that the Reichsleiter had been killed. Bezymenski also wrote that Axmann's statements, give rise to a lot of doubt, especially when one considers that he changed his explanations at least three times in the postwar years. Some also believed it implausible that the Soviets would identify the body of Stumpfegger and ignore Martin Bormann's body, supposedly at Stumpfegger's side. Further, it was said that Martin Bormann was reinterred only to later be discovered by the German government.
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Last fall I experienced my first vehicle break-down since hitting the road, and repairs ended up costing more than my truck was worth. The whole ordeal made me rethink the idea of an emergency fund and ultimately, expand on it.
Most experienced full-timers tote how important it is to have an emergency fund and I do agree. I'm very glad I had mine as it more than covered the repair bill, but while $6,000 fixes a lot of things, it would not have been enough to replace Bertha with a vehicle similar to what I had when I started full-timing (she cost $10,500 in 2011 with 87k miles).
I got lucky that I actually did have enough where I could have replaced Bertha if I'd wanted to. Repairing made more sense in this particular situation, but it was an option. An option I wouldn't have had had I been relying on an emergency fund alone.
Being a saver by nature, I'd been collecting the money from birthday and Christmas presents from my parents and the extra saved after my particularly good earning year in 2015 – essentially treating it as a secondary emergency fund. In my mind I hadn't called it a vehicle replacement fund, I'd just known I'd find a good use for that money someday. A couple readers chimed in on my original posts about the break-down with the idea of a vehicle replacement fund, which really resonated with me.
There are several ways a replacement fund could work, but what I've tentatively decided on for myself is this: I'd keep enough set aside so that it, together with my emergency fund, could replace either the Casita or truck.
Some people might want enough set aside to replace both vehicle and RV, but Casitas last pretty much forever as long as they're taken care of and I've already replaced the most expensive thing that can fail – the fridge (plus I'm still toying with the idea of downsizing to something smaller at some point). I'm more concerned about the truck, which will hopefully have a couple more good years in it now that the head gaskets have been replaced, but at 172k miles it's only a matter of time until something else expensive gives out. In the event of an catastrophic accident, my Casita has full-timers insurance that will replace it at the price I bought it for ($9,000) and not the amount it's valued at currently, this fund is more about end-of-life replacement.
Is a vehicle replacement fund necessary for full-timing? I'd say it depends on a lot of factors, such as how new your equipment is, how long you plan on being on the road, how long you feel comfortable driving a vehicle before replacing it, and how handy you are.
I'm friends with a vandweller whose vehicle was made the year I was born. She's good at mechanical work and even though she regularly spends more on repairs than the van is worth, she loves her van and enjoys the challenging of fixing it. She bought it for $1,000 three years ago and has lived in it since then and it's worth more now that it was upon purchase after the improvements she's made. For her situation, she has a big enough emergency fund to replace the cost of the vehicle easily and having a separate balance for vehicle replacement would be silly.
For my situation and the way I full-time, it makes more sense.
I don't like fixing things myself and while I handled being stranded pretty well, it certainly wasn't my favorite day on the road. I'd rather replace a vehicle when it gets to the point of becoming unreliable and not have to worry about being stranded again, instead of finding joy in seeing how long I can keep something running. Many people like risks even less than I do and would want to replace their vehicle after it reaches a certain age, has a certain number of miles, or when it stops looking nice.
It's a matter of preference and there definitely is no one-size-fits-all solution to the problem of aging equipment, but I feel better having enough squirreled away to know that I won't be forced off the road when Bertha is no longer drivable. New full-timers will want to give some thought to this idea even if their equipment is newer because it takes time to save up enough money to replace a vehicle. If you're going to have one, it's better to start saving sooner than later.It's good to share:


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Easter is one of the most – if not the most – important holidays on the Christian calendar. And nobody celebrates it like Brazil.
Brazil has the largest Catholic population in the world with approximately 130 million Catholics, and like many predominantly Catholic countries, the holiday kicks off with Semana Santa or holy week, the week before Easter Sunday. Many go on holiday this week and the beaches once again become crowded. It's also a time of Catholic passion plays, processions, and mass. We are heading to Nova Trento this weekend to experience it for ourselves.
In Brazil, preparations for Easter begin immediately after Carnaval when all the stores begin to decorate and put up their displays. My favorite decoration is edible – giant chocolate Easter eggs! Currently all the supermarkets have them out on display. Sort of like giant chocolate piñata. They come in white chocolate, milk chocolate, and dark chocolate. They range in size and price. All of the major chocolate brands in Brazil have their version on the edible easter egg. My favorite brand of chocolate is Lacta, and I am very fond of the Ouro Branco (white gold) and the diamante negro (black diamond).
Some of these eggs are ginormous and filled with all kinds of delicious chocolate candies or toys, others are hollow. I even saw a commercial in which one giant chocolate Easter egg was filled with cheesecake!
Dale and I managed to get our hands on one of these Easter Eggs-purely as research for our blog. I'm ashamed to say we gobbled the entire thing up in about 3 days but it was delightful. We also recently renewed our gym memberships. With all of this chocolate surrounding us everywhere we go, we need to work out every day just to break even, but it is so worth it!
Easter in Brazil is turning out to be one of my favorite holidays. No boring painted hard boiled eggs here, just delicious chocolate! This is an Easter tradition I can get behind. The entire county of Brazil gets swept by a massive chocolate craving this time of year, us included!


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"Sooyoung's LA Travelogue"
Sooyoung left for LA, the city she loves most. In California, her bright and lovely energy shined brighter than ever.
Under the palm tree in Echo Park she captured memories with a camera.
Zoom~ Sooyoung is imitating an airplane with a cute pose in Venice Beach.
Cosplaying a traveler on Abbot Kinney Boulevard.
Excitement of travel grows the moment your body boards the airplane.
COSMOPOLITAN KOREA: You finally came to LA! We heard LA is a special city to Sooyoung?
It's my favourite city! Last February, after a business trip to New York, I came over to LA alone. It was the first time I was traveling without any plans, so it's even more memorable. I would chat with friends until 4~5 in the morning, wake up around 3 in the afternoon, would roll around and move slowly, I enjoyed it as I pleased. I didn't have any schedules, or anything to do. That time, I think I was able to enjoy traveling freely for the first time. 5~6 years ago, I did family travel with my mom and dad. Other than that, I mostly traveled with members or friends. When I come with friends, even if it's a bit far, we go out to find delicious restaurants or go to clubs. It's fun to walk around freely at night.
COSMOPOLITAN KOREA: What aspects of LA do you find charming?
I think a huge advantage of LA is pretty beaches like Long Beach, Santa Monica and Malibu. For example, a city like New York is charming as well, but it feels a bit stuffy? If it feels busy and like you're being chased, LA feels relaxed, even if it's only because it has the ocean. Personality-wise, if I don't spend a meaningful day, I feel anxious and uneasy. It's a type of compulsion, but I don't like feeling I've wasted a day. But when I come to LA, I can feel that side of me disappearing a lot. I can do 'whatever happens', which I can't normally do. In Seoul, I can't tolerate myself being lazy without doing anything. Thoughts like 'Should I go to the skin clinic?' or 'I need to go learn English' never end. It rained this time, but California's special weather where it's sunny all year around is also another advantage of LA!
COSMOPOLITAN KOREA: Then even after your drama ended, you didn't rest and you've been busy?
That's right. I learned English and swimming. I started swimming especially because it seemed like it would help for other exercises, but my skills haven't improved that much yet. I will work hard until the day that I can do it well.
COSMOPOLITAN KOREA: We like actress Choi Sooyoung, but fans always miss 'SNSD Sooyoung'. When can we see the whole group?
Probably next year? Next year is 10 year anniversary of our debut. We want to create something meaningful well and show it to everyone. Before, if we did music that we were given no matter what, now we need time to do music that suits us and that we want. That's why we are sorry to our fans, that we make them wait so long. I would like you to know that it's time dedicated to choosing the best. We talk to each other a lot, monitor each other's
individual activities and we are trying hard to draw out our best qualities.
COSMOPOLITAN KOREA: I can't believe next year is already 10 years since your debut!
That's what I'm saying. 10 years ago, I couldn't even imagine what I would be like now. When I look back on the past 10 years, I've been fulfilling things I've wanted to do little by little. When I think, 'I'm promoting in so many aspects!', it still feels like a dream. 10 years ago, if I imagined my future self, would I have been able to sense that I would have a leading role in a drama? I have thoughts like that and I am able to have a grateful heart every day.
COSMOPOLITAN KOREA: Have you ever imagined what you'll be like 10 years from now?
When we were asked questions like this 10 years ago, I remember responding, "We would like to still be Girls' Generation". If the situation allows, 10 years from now, I hope I will be able to say 'Ah, I can't believe I've become like this' in admiration. Much like how I'm spending day by day happily these days with thoughts like that. Before I thought, 'I'm going to expand into the world stage!'. But now our domestic market itself has become global, so even by working hard at home, I was able to make big dreams come true.
COSMOPOLITAN KOREA: In the last 10 years, there must have been a lot of hard times. Who did you rely on the most during those times?
Without even thinking about it twice, it's the members! They understand my work the best, and I can understand them the most. When I speak seriously to any of the members, it's always sincere. If a member says something for me, as expected, their heart will be the same as mine.
COSMOPOLITAN KOREA: Ah, that's such a model answer. Honestly, is there any competitiveness between
members? Really?
No, there definitely isn't. Since before our debut, we've built trust so there's no intention to be competitive among ourselves. We practiced for 7~8 years while encouraging and fostering each other. We worked hard, helped each other, received help and grew together, and it's the same even now.
COSMOPOLITAN KOREA: You've become even lovelier and more womanly recently, and dating must have some influence? It has been a while already but you continue to look good together. You're always very consistent at everything, Sooyoung!
Is that right? Haha. I think I'm receiving good influence from dating comfortably. As human relationship expands, I've come to understand various emotions, and the depth of those emotions have been a big help when it comes to understanding scripts as an actress.
COSMOPOLITAN KOREA: These days, Sooyoung is rising as a 'fashion icon'. When you're styling, what areas do you pay special attention to?
Really? I don't know that yet. Haha. Is it because my airport fashion image is strong? I do like clothes! The item I enjoy and seek out these days, mmm… Since it's getting colder, knits and socks stand out to me. I like matching a knit with a feminine design with a loafer and socks.
COSMOPOLITAN KOREA: The short hair you showed off last year was a divine move. This time it's a choppy bang. It's difficult to pull off, but it suits you well.
For the photoshoot, I tried the choppy bang and I like it! But I think this style has a limit so I don't think I can keep it continuously. These days, I want to grow my hair out. Of course, I can always transform with a wig, so it's okay to try this and that. These days, as I keep getting older, it's true that I like
things that are classic and natural.
COSMOPOLITAN KOREA: When you say 'Sooyoung', a lot of people think of a bright energy. A person can't always be bright and overflowing with energy, but where does Sooyoung's positive energy come from?
I wonder. There are times when my heart keeps changing several times in one day. Sometimes, it's exhausting to desperately want something. When that happens, I pray and try to comfort my heart. Religious belief is a big help. Before, I tried to comfort myself through shopping, but the effect of that is really momentary. About 5 minutes or so? These days, I'm practicing mind control through exercise, and when I'm exercising, I feel like I'm becoming a better person, so it's easy to be filled with healthy energy.
COSMOPOLITAN KOREA: You really like LA, so you were looking forward to this LA trip. What do you want to do while you're here?
After the photo shoot., I'm sad that there's only two days left here. Thankfully, I came here comfortably on a direct Singapore Airlines flight to LA so my condition is really good. Now I will start to properly go out and play. I want to go to the 'Wizarding World of Harry Potter' that opened recently at Universal Studios. I'm also thinking of going to West Hollywood and the nearby Rodeo Drive. Exploring while shooting, Abbot Kinney, the hippest spot in LA these days, is really charming and pretty. Art District, which evokes Brooklyn, is cool too. LA is a place overflowing with personality, so I don't think you can ever bore of it.
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Out in the business networking world it is very common to meet someone for the very first time. Matter of fact, it is part of business networking. The face-to-face meeting can be a challenge for many since understanding how to comfortably communicate with the person is the first issue to figure out.
Awkwardness is the first feeling to overcome. What makes it uncomfortable is not knowing what the person is like or their true personality.
How would you deal with this in the business golf arena?
Many times the meeting at the golf course is the first encounter you have with someone you do not know. What makes the ordeal different is the length of time of the encounter. In the casual meeting at the coffee shop the visit lasts about an hour at the most. During a round of business golf the visit is much longer.
What is at issue in both situation is knowing how to communicate effectively with a person. How can you tell what type of person your guest is going to be?
It could take years of experience before someone gets comfortable dealing with the 'first time' you meet someone. Knowing how to determine what the person is like from just looking is very hard.
In most cases the True character of a person can be hidden since they are trying to impress upon everyone they are someone they really are not. In the business networking environment this 'cover' can go on for sometime, even over more than a few visits.
However in Business Golf, the true character of a person shows through if they are attempting to use a cover of their true personality. this particular aspect of golf is the reason so many business people refuse to consider play golf. They do not want their deception discovered.
TIP: Here are a few ways of finding out during a round of Business Golf more about your guest's true personality .
What's in the Bag?
Just a quick look in their golf bag can tell you a lot about the person. If they have a 12 inch staff bag with no two clubs matching brand or fit, you can bet this person is probably someone who is not that into golf but wants people to think he/she is. Most of the traits shown with how people take care of their golf equipment is reflective of how they would be in their business environment These golfers usually are not into details. Usually they are big talkers and on the hunt to make a sale.
If the person has a nice neat compartment style bag with each club matching brand and model with the plastic covers on each iron you can take a good guess that this person is very organized in their business life. These people are interested in talking facts and figures.
If your guest has a small stand bag with top of the line golf clubs you can take a guess that they maybe athletic and a skilled golfer. Usually these business golfers are leaders, pleasant to be with and can be very good conversationalist.
It's in the Talk!
Most of the time you can tell from the greeting what type of person your guest is going to be. However this is sometimes to impress you so don't assume that if the person is down beat in their greeting they are a untrustworthy person. Remember, they are checking you out as well so, they maybe feeling out how to communicate with you. Let the conversation roll on for awhile before determining what their true character is like.
Its All About Me!
When the cigars are taken out during a round of business golf…well, what is that tell you? My studies show during a formal round of business golf the use of cigars by your guests is a sign that the day is 'All About Them" (I have had an occasion where my lady guest smoked cigars, but that will be a blog for a totally different subject and issue).
The use of cigars and cellphones have become a neon signs of warning in Business Golf. Generally these signs would not show up in a Coffee Shop meeting other than being an annoyance. These business people are usually out of control of their lives and have built in habits of portraying importance in hope people will want to do business with them out of feeling they must be successful if they have such a packed day of issues they have to deal with on the phone.
The 'All About Me' trait is easily covered in the regular business networking environment, but comes out quickly during the round of business golf. Getting these people's full attention is very difficult to do. Playing along with them and joining them with having a cigar or cellphone conversations does nothing but validate to them that the event is "all About them".
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Roll with the Flow
Doing business means you have to deal with all of the different personalities. This is very hard, but has to be done. Knowing the person's personality will allow you to communicate with that person better. Knowing the person's true characteristics will tell you if there are going to be problems after the business starts.
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IRVING, Texas – It's on to the next one, and the next one being Cincinnati. Plenty of things to wonder about as we get ready to see old friends like Terence Newman, Mike Zimmer and Adam Jones this Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium.
** Jerry Jones said he was hopeful but realistic when addressing the Cowboys' playoff chances the rest of the way. I wonder if he will be realistic and honest about the composition of the roster at the end of the season. If the Cowboys fail to make the playoffs -- or even if they do qualify by a whisker -- he cannot look at a handful of plays and say, "We're close." He did that last offseason and has been convinced for far too long this team is close. Close to what? My belief is that every team is 8-8 at the start of the season and with good breaks you go 10-6 and bad breaks you go 6-10. Jones can't live on the what ifs of Dan Bailey's missed field goal at Baltimore and Dez Bryant's fingertips hitting out of bounds as a reason for optimism. There are too many people inside the building at Valley Ranch willing to tell the truth about a roster that could be blown up to a large degree this offseason. Can Jones, who is now 70, bear himself to make difficult decisions on players he likes and believes can win?
** I asked defensive coordinator Rob Ryan last Friday about why he just doesn't use cornerbacks Brandon Carr and Morris Claiborne in press coverage almost on every snap. I saw Miami do that with corners Patrick Surtain and Sam Madison in the early 2000s and eat up receivers. Ryan mentioned the league rules favoring offensive players as a reason why they don't do it more. OK, makes sense. But I wonder why the Cowboys invested $50 million in Carr and moved up to the No. 6 overall pick in Claiborne? The rules didn't change in the offseason. The Cowboys should live with aggressive mistakes on the outside with illegal contact and holding penalties because the way it is going right now is not working. Maybe Carr is banged up, but he's not on the injury report. Maybe the Cowboys worry about Claiborne's confidence, but they say that's not a problem for him. It's not too late. By playing off and soft as much as they are, the Cowboys are not helping the pass rush. Force the receivers to make a move off the line and then the pass rush is better. The way Ryan is playing his corners is further proof that a pass rush makes a secondary and not the other way around.
** Kevin Ogletree is about to enter the final four games as a Cowboy. Barring something unforeseen, I can't see the Cowboys signing him to a new deal as an unrestricted free agent, even if he remains a favorite of Jason Garrett and John Garrett, his college coach. I wonder why he remains the No. 3 receiver when there is no future. Ogletree returned Sunday from a concussion suffered against Cleveland and resumed his normal role with Dwayne Harris and Cole Beasley mixing in. Ogletree has taken too much heat for the offense's woes. As the No. 3 receiver, he is the fifth option at times in the passing game, but wouldn't it serve the Cowboys more to develop Harris and Beasley or mix in newcomer Anthony Armstrong in the final month? Harris is showing he can be counted on as a playmaker. Beasley has a niche role in the slot. The Cowboys like Armstrong's speed, which they could use to stretch things more outside in three-wide packages.
** While I'm wondering about the future, I wonder about Jay Ratliff's with the team. He's missed as many games as he has played this season because of ankle and groin injuries. He turns 32 in August and barring a major change in the final four games his sack total will go down for the fifth straight season. This is one of the difficult decisions potentially for Jones. Ratliff has been to four straight Pro Bowls but that streak will end this year. He has been one of the best late-round picks in team history. But this team has real cap issues and it is hard to justify a $7 million cap figure. The Cowboys would save $1 million against the cap with a straight release or $5 million with a June 1 release and carry over four million in dead money in 2014. With the way Josh Brent has played (at a much, much cheaper price) I wonder if the Cowboys head down this direction and look in the draft for a bigger nose tackle or go to a stop-gap measure in free agency.
** I wonder if the replacement refs will end up hurting the Cowboys by the time the season ends. The Hail Mary touchdown pass from Seattle's Russell Wilson to Golden Tate against Green Bay looms large in the Cowboys' wild-card hopes. That's why the Seahawks' win in Chicago on Sunday was hurtful to Dallas. They need Seattle to lose games, especially with the head-to-head loss in Week 2. In effect 7-5 Seattle has a two-game lead on the Cowboys with four to play. Had the replacement refs, which Jones showed much love to during their work, gotten the call right, then the Seahawks would not be in such a good postseason position in the final month. If cornerbacks Richard Sherman and Brandon Browner end up suspended, that will help the Cowboys as well. Of course, it's all moot if the Cowboys don't win their remaining games.


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The Clippers might have nearly choked on their appetizers Wednesday evening when they sat down for a team dinner and contemplated the San Antonio Spurs trailing by 23 points in their regular-season finale.
A loss by San Antonio and victories by the Houston Rockets and Memphis Grizzlies would trigger what seemed like a worst-case scenario for the Clippers: a first-round playoff series against the defending NBA champion Spurs.
"You probably never want to play the Spurs in the first round if you had your choice," Clippers forward Blake Griffin acknowledged recently, "but there's a lot of great teams in the West."
The Clippers probably didn't regain their appetites after Houston polished off the Utah Jazz and the Spurs failed to complete a comeback against the New Orleans Pelicans, putting their playoff fate in the hands of Memphis.
When the Grizzlies held off the Indiana Pacers, a tricky matchup became official. The third-seeded Clippers will open the playoffs against the sixth-seeded Spurs on Sunday night at Staples Center.
The series will feature two of the NBA's hottest teams. The Clippers have won 14 of 15 games and the Spurs 14 of 16. The teams split their four regular-season meetings, though the Clippers won the last two.
When it comes to the teams' playoff pedigree, it's no contest. San Antonio has advanced to the Western Conference finals or NBA Finals in nine of the last 16 seasons; the Clippers have never made it past the second round in their 45 years of existence.
The Spurs swept the Clippers in four games in the conference semifinals in 2012.
The Clippers enter the playoffs with one of the top starting fives in the NBA but perhaps the most lackluster bench. The same reserves who helped the Clippers outscore the Phoenix Suns by 20 points in the second quarter Tuesday also helped squander most of a 30-point lead in the second half, forcing Clippers Coach Doc Rivers to reinsert his starters in the final three minutes.
Rivers said he wasn't worried about his underperforming reserves in the playoffs because they would always be on the court with at least one or two starters.
"What you've seen all year is five [reserves] on the floor," Rivers said Tuesday. "Everybody knows that's not going to happen in the playoffs. That's why I keep hearing about our bench and I'm like, we'll be fine."
Beyond Clippers sixth man Jamal Crawford, who figures to log plenty of playing time, there probably will be only spot minutes for Austin Rivers, Glen Davis, Hedo Turkoglu, Spencer Hawes and perhaps Lester Hudson.
"There's going to be some sacrifice because some guys aren't going to get the minutes they're used to or very many minutes at all," Clippers forward Matt Barnes said, "but we know our ultimate goal is to win a championship, so that's the sacrifice people have to make."
Rivers said his starters could handle playing heavier minutes than they had in the regular season because of longer timeouts during games and at least one day of rest between games.
"There will be a game that Chris Paul may have to play 44 minutes, and there will be a game where he can play 35," Rivers said. "You don't worry about it."
Unfortunately for the Clippers, they do have to fret about the Spurs.
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Cape Town - Antiretroviral drugs can boost the immune system and enhance life expectancy, but a local study has also revealed that prolonged use of some of these lifesaving drugs can also increase the risk of heart disease.
The study, which was carried out by researchers at Stellenbosch University, investigated the side-effects of Lopinavir/Ritonavir and found that there was a link between the antiretroviral therapy (ART) and mild metabolic dysfunction.
Lopinavir/Ritonavir, otherwise known as Aluvia, is a fixed-dose combination therapy used in the first line drug regimen of HIV/Aids treatment.
Professor Faadiel Essop, the lead researcher of the cardio-metabolic research group from the Department of Physiological Sciences, said early data of animal models had shown that the use of this therapy was associated with increased body weight and bad cholesterol levels – risk factors for heart disease. Added to this, expression of several genes that regulate fat metabolism were increased in the liver and heart tissues by Lopinavir/ Ritonavir treatment.
"Our early animal data show that antiretroviral (ARV) treatment with this therapy can result in side-effects such a higher body weight and increased low density lipoprotein [bad cholesterol] levels, and also some effect on heart function," he said.
Essop said while the study had only been carried out on rats so far, further tests done at several ARV clinics in the Boland as a follow-up to the lab findings, were hoped to shed more light on the effect of this drug therapy on humans.
Essop said the use of antiretrovirals was well known for "enhancing the life expectancy and quality of life of HIV-infected individuals", but warned that long-term use of ART might further fuel the growing burden of cardio-metabolic diseases. He said the new data suggested future treatment of the disease would require a comprehensive strategy.
"In other words, ARV-treated patients will also have to be concurrently managed to monitor the onset of cardio-metabolic diseases such as diabetes and heart diseases," he said.
"It is crucial to understand the underlying mechanisms better that drive these processes, since the ART roll-out has markedly improved over the last decade, meaning that associated metabolic perturbations will increasingly manifest in such individuals," he said.
Kathleen Reyskens, who is taking part in the ongoing study as part of her PhD thesis in psychological science, said there was a need for researchers to find out mechanisms behind the side-effects.
"Ultimately, if we can find out how it works, we might be able to adapt the drug to eliminate the side-effects. In this way, clinicians will be able to benefit from our research," she said.
Reyskens was commended for her role in the study when she won a first place for her presentation of the study at the second UK-SA Cardiovascular Research workshop, which was held in Cape Town recently.
Organised by the European Society of Cardiology, UCT, and the SA Society for Cardiovascular Research, the workshop aimed to highlight the work of young researchers in SA and to promote cardiovascular research collaborations. - Cape Argus


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