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Application Agnosticism26 Dec 2006 · Filed in Musing
I coined the term "application agnosticism" in the context of the discussion surrounding virtualization and its impact on the future of the operating system. Virtualization proponents, such as VMware, say that virtualization means the end of the general purpose operating system and instead point to the rise of virtual appliances. In the virtual appliance realm, the operating system exists to provide services to the application, and unnecessary components of the operating system are stripped away. This is a good solution in the datacenter, but is it an equally valid approach on the desktop?
My view is that the forces that shape the desktop market are going to push operating systems and OS functionality in a different direction. This is not to say that virtual appliances don't have a place in the personal desktop world, just that they won't have the same level of importance. This is also not to say that virtualization doesn't have a place in the personal desktop world. Virtualization does have a place and will play an important role moving forward. The functionality of virtualization will just be put to use in a different way.
Simply put, application agnosticism is the ability for a general purpose operating system (such as Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X) to run any kind of application without regard to operating system for which that application was designed. Want to run Linux applications on Windows? Or Windows applications on Mac OS X? Application agnosticism would allow that functionality. There are a number of components that play into making application agnosticism possible:
Convergence on x86 hardware: For better or worse, the hardware industry is converging on x86-compatible hardware. (Fortunately, we aren't tied to just one vendor in that regard, but that's another story for another day.) This means that coding for many different platforms isn't as necessary today, nor is it quite as likely to have applications written for many different CPU platforms.
Application-specific subsystems: Like the POSIX subsystem in Windows NT and successive generations, the OS/2 subsystem in early Windows NT generations, or the X11 application in Mac OS X today, these application-specific subsystems provide the necessary resources to run applications not specifically designed to run on that particular OS. Windows seems to be moving away from this functionality, having removed the OS/2 subsystem and (I believe) the POSIX subsystem as well. Mac OS X, on the other hand, seems to be moving strongly in this direction, with the BSD subsystem and X11 support. API emulators, such as WINE, are also forms of application-specific subsystems (more on that in a moment).
Virtualization: Virtualization is a key enabling technology for application agnosticism. As vendors such as VMware, Parallels, and Microsoft move to provide greater integration between the host and guest environments, this role becomes more evident. Excellent examples of this type of host-guest interaction are the drag-and-drop file sharing of VMware's Fusion beta, the Coherence feature in Parallels Desktop for Mac, and the ability of the now-defunct Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac to launch the PC guest environment when a user double-clicked on a PC file type in the host environment.
In the datacenter, these kinds of host-guest interactions are not only unnecessary, but actually undesired—very few would actually want the ability to drag and drop files between a host server (assuming there's actually a host OS present) and a guest server, especially if that guest server is running in a "headless"-type scenario in the background. On the desktop side, however, these kinds of interactions are quite useful, and help extend the desire and ability of users to actually make use of these kinds of technologies. It's these kind of forces that I believe will drive virtualization on the desktop in a different direction than virtualization on the server, and what will bring about application agnosticism.
In the initial discussions of application agnosticism, I mentioned that I believed Mac OS X to be further along the curve to embracing application agnosticism than other general purpose operating systems. If you look at the components that make application agnosticism possible, it appears to me that Apple embraces and utilizes more of these components than some of the other major operating systems on the market. Without this devolving into a discussion of one operating system versus another or which OS is better, allow me to mention the ways in which this appears to be the case:
Mac OS X currently utilizes application-specific subsystems:
There is a BSD subsystem that allows many UNIX command-line applications to run without modification. Some require a simple recompile in order to run. Future versions of Mac OS X are seeking certification as an "official" flavor of UNIX from The Open Group, further increasing the compatibility and usefulness of this subsystem and its ability to run command-line UNIX applications.
Likewise, there is an X11 subsystem for Mac OS X as well, allowing users to run native Mac OS X applications side-by-side with X11 applications. Of course, this is certainly not an advantage possessed solely by Mac OS X as there are X11 subsystems available for Windows, and X11 is "native" to Linux distributions.
Future versions of Mac OS X (the next version, code-named "Leopard," in particular) may include technologies developed years ago by Apple. Called "Red Box" at the time, these technologies would allow Mac OS X to run Windows applications at near-native speeds. Like the Intel version of Mac OS X that was buried for years before resurfacing at the start of the Intel transition, it's very possible that Red Box could rise again in Leopard and enable Mac users to run Windows applications on their Macs. A number of others have written about this possibility; see here and here for more information. And let's not discount WINE, which currently runs on Linux and is being ported to Mac OS X. Both of these could be considered application-specific subsystems designed to support Windows applications on Mac OS X.
Mac OS X seems to be at the forefront of host-guest integration:
Parallels Desktop for Mac offers a Coherence mode, which I mentioned earlier in this article as well as here; this allows you to run virtualized applications side-by-side with host applications. No separate desktop environment, or windows inside another window. Just applications running.
VMware's Fusion product, now in public beta, offers drag-and-drop interaction between the host and guest environments. Again, drag-and-drop is a function that users on the desktop have come to expect, so embedding this into a virtualization solution makes perfect sense.
The now-defunct Virtual PC for Mac, from Microsoft, offered a number of very innovative host-guest integrations during its lifetime. I mentioned guest file type registration already, in which guest file types that were double-clicked in the host environment caused the guest environment to launch and load the document. If I'm not mistaken, Virtual PC also offered clipboard integration as well. (I never used Virtual PC on the Windows platform, so these features may have been present or still be present in that version.)
Take a moment and think about an environment utilizing a virtualization engine with all three of the functional integrations I described above—drag-and-drop between host and guest, side-by-side host/guest windows in the same windowing system, and the ability to double-click a file in the host and have it launch in a guest. In that kind of environment, a user could easily run just about any application for just about any operating system and not have to really worry about the details. (Of course, this glosses over little details like installing the guest operating systems and the applications for those respective guest operating systems.) Being able to do that is what application agnosticism is all about. In my humble opinion, application agnosticism is virtualization's "killer app" on the desktop.
So there's my thoughts. What about you? Do you buy into the idea of application agnosticism? Or do you think that virtualization on the desktop is headed in a different direction? Speak up in the comments and let me know.


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It is difficult to quarrel with the concept that all Americans should have access to affordable health care. We might disagree on how we accomplish that goal, and certainly a large majority of those who voted in Missouri in August on Proposition C expressed their disapproval of any requirement that a citizen must have health insurance. It is one thing to allow access to health care. It is another to require that the person obtain health insurance.
I have had private health insurance my entire adult life, but since I am now a few years away from qualifying for Medicare, the prospect of having Medicare provide my health care is enticing. I don't hear many people who are on Medicare fussing over the benefits afforded to them by this form of federal health insurance. They might complain about the cost of the part B coverage for physician care, or about the drug benefits, or lack thereof, but seldom do I hear senior citizens complain because they have access to health care that is an entitlement to them.
I must confess that I have some issues with Medicare that have nothing to do with the quality of health care provided through Medicare coverage.
I deal with Medicare issues a lot in my practice because many of my clients are on Medicare, and from what I can tell, the benefits are pretty good. Health care providers don't like Medicare much because of the huge discounts that are rendered to medical bills. Yet, from the patient's perspective, it does not matter if the hospital or physician gets substantially less than the value of the services rendered as long as the bill is paid.
My issues with Medicare concern reimbursement of Medicare when I recover money for Medicare from liability cases pursued on behalf of my clients. Under federal law, if the patient is injured through the fault of another, whether it is through an automobile accident, malpractice, or a slip and fall because of a dangerous condition at a business, Medicare is entitled to be reimbursed from any recovery the injured party obtains. The payer of any recovery is called a "third party" and the laws are very clear now that the liable third party, the attorney for the injured party and the injured party have a legal responsibility to make sure Medicare is repaid. If that responsibility is not fulfilled, all involved can be held responsible for substantial penalties.
At one time, the law was different as it only provided that the injured party had a responsibility to repay Medicare, but apparently lawyers and liability insurance companies were not taking adequate measures to make sure that Medicare was repaid, so the law was changed with some pretty sharp teeth placed in it.
Another feature of the Medicare reimbursement law has changed, but there is so much uncertainty about this change that no one, including Medicare knows how to handle it.
Under the old law, once the case was settled, Medicare was repaid for the benefits it extended and everyone went along their merry way. The law has always provided that Medicare had to pay its proportionate share of attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the injured party, so that if the injured party hired a lawyer to help obtain compensation for the injuries and coincidentally helped recover Medicare's money, Medicare has to pay its fair share of the attorneys fees and expenses. There is a formula that is applied and frankly it is fair.
However, under the old law, if the injured party continues to need health care in the future as a result of the injuries, Medicare would go ahead and pay for the future health care without any expectation of reimbursement since the case had settled and it had been repaid. In most cases, this is not an issue, but in some cases it can be a major issue.
Now, the law has changed so that Medicare is requiring that money be set aside for future medical care to protect Medicare. This is called a "set aside trust" and Medicare will now insist that such a trust be established if future care is contemplated. The only problem with this concept is that Medicare has not produced any guidelines for setting aside money, which creates horrible uncertainty when a case is settled. The liability insurers are insisting on protection on this issue and so what happens is that the liability insurer requires some written verification from Medicare that it has been reimbursed for what has been paid thus far, and protection for possible future care.
Thus, if a health care provider states that future care is going to be required for treatment of the injuries, we must now wait for Medicare to tell us how much money to set aside. This could take months or longer.
Under the current law, once you announce to Medicare that a case is settled, provide the details of settlement and the attorneys' fee arrangement to Medicare, it must provide a statement of what must be reimbursed within 60 days. However, there is no such requirement on the set aside trust issue, and so a case could be settled and everyone waits for Medicare to tell you how much to set aside for the future.
I am sorry, but I just don't trust the government, and based on personal experiences I have had with Medicare on other cases that I will share in my next column in two weeks, I have good reason to be distrustful. Maybe Medicare will work all of this out, but right now I have huge doubts and my clients will be the ones who suffer. My clients who have no quarrel with the quality of health care and the benefits that provide payment of their bills will now have huge complaints.
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Ray Storms is providing a brighter future for the Lost Boys of Sudan. For more than six years he has been volunteering with the Alliance of the Lost Boys, helping them assimilate into and become responsible stewards of the Jacksonville community.
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These young refugees were torn from their families due to the Sudanese Civil War and would have truly been lost, were it not for volunteers such as Ray. He is a mentor and teacher, providing lessons to these young men that range from eating with silverware, learning to drive, to helping them fulfill educational goals. Because of his selfless acts of giving, these young men have a chance to experience freedom.
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7.35am – Glenn is wishing Kate a good morning and happy birthday, with the Simpsons quote "I choo choo choose you". Glenn takes her to feed the animals as a birthday treat. She's very excited as they walk out to the pens.Kate finds it cute all the animals sleep together. The piglets are very hungy, it seems. Kate choses to walk the Alpaca if it doesn't look at her. She's a little hesitant with the animal, and needs some reassurance from Glenn. She eventually gets into it while Glenn feeds the piglets.
Inside the girls are in the bathroom. Geneva has a mouthfull of toothpaste when she is called to the diary room. All other housemates must go to the table in the garden. Kate and Glenn rush out of the animal pen area. Geneva has a note about today's shopping. The shopping budget is $367.50, but Big Brother is deducting $85 from it for 17 breaches of house rules. It is now $282.50. Michael says they need toilet paper, but also garlic and potatoes. Michael is in charge of the shopping today. He goes into the "supermarket", which is the door on the side of the house we haven't seen before. Inside is a whole lot of supplies and a computer monitor with the current budget on it. Of course there is a whole lot of food from the show sponsors – I won't mention them. Michael must "check out" the food and the money remaining comes up on the computer monitor. The other housemates give him a hand with taking the food out. Michael says the prices were very steep and he noted some of them so they can do some planning for next week.
6.21pm – The HMs are getting ready for Kate's birthday celebrations. Christie is singing happy birthday in a weird voice. All housemates are called to the lounge, ready for a party – but something else happens. Gretel is on the screens and announces It's Time to Go… Constance. Constance is shocked, as are the other housemates. They wonder about packing clothes – but Constance has none! Big Brother tells her she must leave the house. She gives everyone a hug – including Nelson who looks worried. Constance exits via the eviction stairs. Geneva is shocked. Gretel comes on later to announce It's Time to Go… Nelson. Nelson is all smiles, probably because he thinks he's getting a car. Logan gives a suspicious point to Dean who smiles nervously. Geneva is teary. Tim says this is horrible for Kate so he's going to give her a special "Tim kiss".
Tim goes on to tell Kate he thinks she's the best person in the house and she has this amazing smile, she's intriguing and interesting. In the bedroom Geneva and Dean are both surprised they are nominated. They start talking about the 3 point nomination deduction given by Glenn. They agree Michelle couldn't have got the highest nomination points because she was saved in the end. Geneva says she's "gotta win" on Friday. She says she can't beat the boys in physical activities. She recons the twins are going to cause so much trouble because it's two for one vote – even if some remotely likes one twin they aren't going to vote for the other (because they are treated as the same housemate). She also notes everyone is getting along with Greg well in the house. "How can you trust two people who lied to you from day one?". Dean says he's not going to find it hard to vote at all. Big Brother quickly announces Geneva and Dean should stop this conversation immediately -eep!
8.39pm – Christie, Tim and Hotdogs bring out Kate's birthday cake complete with sparkler candles. They are all singing happy birthday. Everyone grabs plates for the cake. They joke she has to kiss the closest boy, and Kiss gives a sexy look. Greg is the cloest boy but they all say she should kiss Tim. Tim is pointing at Greg. Kate ends up kissing Greg.
9.43pm – Christie is still shocked by the eviction. Christie and Angela are decorating Kate's bed to get things lively again. Kate comes in and they tell her to get out. Kate goes into the toilet. Gianna comes in and says it's now like the luurve bed. Christie says she has the urge to kiss Greg now, but she doesn't know why.. maybe because he's "innocent". Kate comes out of the toilet and says the bed look pretty. Angela gives Kate a birthday hug. Kate moves to the bathroom now to brush her teeth when Angela comes in to invite her to the spa, and comments Kate is brushing her teeth for her next kiss. Kate lets out a drunk giggle. Kate says her and Greg had a little peck when she cut the cake – she might follow it up. Lots of drunk giggles.
In the bedroom Christie, Greg and Tim are planning another birthday surprise – Tim is dressed in drag. Chrisite is putting makeup on him. They present the new Tim and everyone has a good laugh. Tim brings Kate over to a blockseat and starts pole dancing for her as sexy as he can. Kate is saying "oh Timmy". Tim gives her a big hug.
10.11pm – Dean and Geneva to the diary room. Meanwhile Christie is "lapdancing" and rocking back and forth on Greg's lap! He is holding fluffy handcuffs and looks a little uncomfortable. Dean and Geneva come from outside, they don't know whats going on. Big Brother tells them the fundamental principle of Big Brother is not to discuss nominations. He announces their earlier conversation breached rules – they both get a strike. Dean says he's alreayd up for eviction so it doesn't matter. Geneva says at least they didn't lose any money. They tell the others there are no fines.
10.38pm – Christie is telling Gianna she just wants to hook up. Gianna asks Chrsitie about Greg – she doesn't fully like him but she wants a friendship to just muckaround and keep her amused. She says there is no talent at the moment so go for the next best thing – which is Greg. Christie isn't attracted to Michael, Hotdogs is just no, Dean is so hot and he has a girlfriend. They both agree he has a bad attitude. Tim – he is just so hot right now (sarcastically). Meanwhile Tim is in the bathroom flossing with Angela and David. David says he's going to confront Gianna tomorrow about their situation, but Angela doens't think it will happen.
At the same time Gianna is in the bedroom saying before the twin thing happened she could tell Dave liked her. But now it's not like that. David tells Angela in the bathroom his excuse for not talking to Gianna yet is because Gianna doesn't want a hype up and he was giving her time and space – and enjoy your time in the house and we'll see what happens. Angela says the "see what happens" will keep her hanging. Doesn't sound like David is interested in Gianna at all now. Gianna is now talking to Michael and Hotdogs about it – she says before the twin stuff David was nice but now he's not. Michael says thats because before it wasn't him. In the bathroom Angela is giving David advice on how to soften the blow – maybe add that he's not looking for a relationship and looking for a bit of fun. The general concensus is be yourself.
As Angela finds lubricant on the bathroom counter, David asks Tim if he has made his mind up about Kate yet. Angela has given up gossiping… apparently. But oh dear.. Kate is now more interested in Greg and is giving him an oil massage in the bedroom! The two are talking about finding knots in your back. Chrsitie goes to "fall" on a bed containing Glenn and Michelle, but hits her head on the headboard with a very loud thud. Everyone starts laughing, which draws the attention of the housemates in the lounge. They have to hush Christie's laughing because Geneva and Michael are sleeping. Michael wants to know what is going on with the lights – when suddenly they go out.
In bed Chrisite is telling Tim and Angela how shocked she was about tonight. Angela feels sorry it happened on Kate's birthday.


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With a background in nursing, naturopathy and nutrition Sam Beau Patrick has become a leader in women's health especially when it comes to hormones. From TV appearances, books and retreats, Sam strives to help women understand how lifestyle, work and relationships affect your health and how you can live a happy balanced life.
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Announcement: Welcome to Rising Stars Radio, where we share the stories of ordinary people taking action to create extraordinary changes in their businesses. They are the true rising stars to watch. Get ready to take notes around no fluff, cutting to the chase, 20 minute interview.
Janet: Hello and welcome everybody. It's Janet Beckers here from Rising Stars radio show. It's great to have you here and I'm really excited to introduce you to my guest today, Sam Beau Patrick. Now Sam has been a member of our community for quite a few years now. We also have some mutual friends as well.
The thing that I've always loved about Sam is throughout all of that time that I've known her and I've been watching her business evolve, is her incredible passion for what she does is absolutely unwavering. This is a woman who knows why she is doing what she's doing. She knows the outcomes that she wants to get and she's incredibly passionate about it. For me, that is one of the core things that means that this is a woman that's going to be there for her clients and that her business is going to keep on going from strength to strength.
Instead of me telling you all about what Sam does, I'll introduce her and let her tell you a little bit about herself. Sam, it's wonderful to have you here.
Sam: Thanks Janet. Thanks for the beautiful introduction.
Janet: You're very welcome. Our aim today is to be able to give as much value as we can to the people who are listening so that they can learn more about you and also importantly, about the decisions that you've made as you've grown your business so that they can learn from what's worked for you and what hasn't worked for you. We're going to try to do that in about 20 minutes. Everybody who's listening, thank you for your time. Get ready to take some notes because we're going to get straight into it.
To start and drive straight in Sam, would you mind sharing with us all who it is that you help and how it is that you do that?
Sam: Yes, I've got a strong medical history – nursing, pharmacology, got the science behind me I guess as a practitioner. About 13 years ago, I've always had a passion for natural medicine and that's where I branched out on my own and started my own business as a naturopath-herbalist and nutritionist with a background of nursing and oncology.
My absolute passion is actually helping women understand why we respond the way we do in social situations when we've eaten certain foods, and really giving women the understanding that we can have the life we want to have. Regardless of what's going around us, if we get our understanding about our life and what results we get from certain actions. I'm a health coach. I've written now five books. I tend to focus on the hormones because it's a tangible modality I guess when I measure women's hormones, and I can present it to them. I say, you know what, you're telling me you're quite happy in your environment, but let's check out what your body is saying. What's the body saying. That's the body saying it's not happy, it's stressed out. Let's get down and dirty and talk about are you really happy? Are you getting the results out of life that you want? Have you put too much pressure on yourself. I just love that, I love working with women in that space.
I generally use food. I'm very active and I travel a lot and I really try to inspire women that they too can do the same. Yeah, that's generally what I try to achieve in the work place.
Janet: Excellent. I know that you been talking about hormones almost acting like a little bit of a barometer of how successful is what you're doing in your life for your health. I know that you mentioned about food and that's always one of the things that I've associated with you is your lovely approach to food, and health, and nutrition as being something that is to be celebrated rather than for it to be a hangup with, that the food is the problem.
Sam: Totally, the people, particularly in your western cultures where when I sit down with people, or do it over Skype, or through my programs, I really try and keep what their values are and what they feel they're here to achieve. Often being rich sitting on a yacht, it's something sometimes it's nice, it's a dream, and I suspect a lot of us like it, but the real thing women will tell you is they want connection, they want love, they want to be proud of their body when the light's on and it's in the bathroom.
They don't want to be judged for external things that they don't have. Helping women understand that food is a really integral part of that, love's a really integral part of that, movement is as well. They shouldn't be punishments, they should be pleasure activities because as soon as we make them pleasurable we can gravitate and do more of them.
I think it's a real travesty that we have diets and people feel like a failure when they fall off them. I tend to try and inspire good nutrition. Wine's not bad, have it with a social set with friends, it's quite different. I tend to think we've got a little bit caught up sometimes with punishing ourselves.
Janet: I can so relate to that, you see that so much. There's already too many opportunities for us to beat ourselves up. It's really nice to be able to have somebody that's kind of approaching health and nutrition from a place of positive rather than lack.
From a business perspective Sam, how do you help people? Do you work with people one on one, do you do everything remotely? You mentioned Skype before so how is it that you help people? How do you structure that?
Sam: Yes well there's a few way. I've ebbed and flowed, tried different things over the years. Historically I started speaking from a very early point in my business. I got asked to speak on menopause at a medical function. There's 200 doctors in the room and because they knew of my pharmacology background, nursing background, I guess they thought I wasn't someone who bathed in the moonlight so they thought I had a bit of science behind me so that was good.
For a while with that whole speaking, drawing people to me from a speaking perspective, and then what I'd do is pick them up as clients. I became the go to person for doctors because they trusted what I had to say. They get a little bit scared of natural medicine I suppose. I've always taken speaking opportunities as learning opportunities for myself and people in front of me. It really helps when you're standing in a forum to formulate your own ideas.
I've loved speaking and I became a professional speaker about five years ago. I do still speak. I do have a one-on-one health clinic where people can either come and see me in person. I'm trying to wind that down, because time wise and leverage wise from a business perspective, I've got so many grander things at the moment. Yeah, help one person is fabulous, but I prefer to help people en-mass.
I've been on TV quite a lot so when I do get asked to do TV interviews, which is not as regularly not but at one stage there I was on a lot. That's a brilliant platform to inspire people. Interesting from a business model, being on TV generally gives you credibility, but when you're running a one-on-one business it's not necessarily good for that, but it does give you credibility.
I started writing books six years ago. One of the books has been a best seller and that's been instrumental. I've just spoken at a conference in the last couple of days and people were coming up from all around us saying we've just come to hear you speak because I read your book.
Janet: How fantastic is that?
Sam: Yeah, and you just kind of sit there, you know going, oh wow, this is quite overwhelming, and really flattering. Then you understand that you're changing lives sometimes by not even being present and in front of people. That your words or tools that you've provided for people is helping people.
With your program, I looked at the online YouTube presence, and I really want to expand on that because that's a 24/7 platform where people can educate themselves. They're a declared avatar or person that wants to buy a product so I really need to amp that up a little bit. I've had some good clips that have had 40,000 plus views, but I need to maybe sharpen that one up a little bit. It works as well.
Janet: A lot of your work is building on your strengths as a person who can speak and present, and you can hear your passion in your voice. I know for you to be doing any kind of speaking as part of your marketing mix, and also as part of your delivery when you're saying workshops, is obviously pulling on your strengths as a communicator.
Listen now, you mentioned the programs just in briefing so let's have a look at what programs that you've done of mine through the wonderful web group. We'll have a look at what they were and then we'll have a look at the different hings that you've implemented as part of that. What programs have you done?
Sam: I've done the Me TV and Shine. Just even being able to tap in and listening to the coaching and hot seating of people is really useful. You can get a little bit isolated when you're running a business, particularly when you're sitting in front of a computer. Those programs have been really good.
Janet: Let's have a look at the nice part of that Shine online program, we were talking about this before we got on the phone, is you have lifetime access to the modules. Listening to the hot seats and things, that's the inner circle that you get when you get 12 months of that with the Shine online program. The nice part about the actual teaching modules is you can keep on coming back to it.
As you go and you try one particular method that you might have been doing either through this program or something that you've been trying elsewhere in your business, and then your business evolves to the next step where you think, okay I want to try something different, the modules are always there. That's quite powerful.
What were the things that you've learned from doing, say the Shine program to start with, that you've been able to use that's made a bit of a difference in your business?
Sam: Well I've got more file with all the printing that's in front of me.
Janet: Oh good girl, very organized.
Sam: I found that step by step, working through probably from a marketing perspective, was the greatest benefit to myself. In running a business, one of the discoveries is you might be good at speaking from the stage, or you might be fabulous as a practitioner, but when it comes to running an online presence it's quite different. Offline marketing and online marketing, as far as I'm concerned, very different. You get people trying to assist you with offline marketing and it just doesn't transcribe online. Online is just, in my mind, totally different.
Going through exercises that you've had in the Shine program has really helped me understand the market. Probably something I've reckoned with, and I still do probably. I've got high energy, and I've got different avatars, and different niches. Dropping, like the feedback says, and just being focused on one, I still believe that you can probably develop two. Whether that's right or wrong.
I really enjoy the now the Romancing Your Tribe, I really love the language that you use. It makes it very easy as a recipient of the program to work through stuff, not just get bogged down and overwhelmed. I want a program to just sit there going, oh I feel like such a failure because it's so much to learn. Yours is really good, it's really gentle. It's really well put together.
Janet: Like a gentle person, nice praise.
Sam: It is.
Janet: It's interesting – avatar. If we can explore that a little bit further because I know this is the thing. Just have a little bit of the look at the avatar and then we might also look at things that you've done with the Me TV. Really, in order to even be able to create a really good Me TV program, and this is a regular, consistent, video contact with your subscribers, is you have to know who it is that you're actually talking to. You have to know who you're talking to when you're creating those videos. You have to know when you're making any changes on your web site who it is that you're talking to. The same when you're presenting at any of your speaking gigs.
It's interesting that you were saying that you really consider that you've got two avatars. Did you want to share a little bit on how that's worked for you with you being able to with your marketing and your message?
Sam: Yes, this would be one of those times, if I can be really honest and share with the people behind the scenes who have seen successes and failures with that. I feel fascinated between the two. I don't know what in terms of hearing names like Michelle Bridges, and I kind of go – I could be Michelle Bridges if I had focused on one avatar. Sometimes I feel a total failure that I haven't achieved the same traction in the market place. I'm sure some of it is because I have not really focused on one avatar because it changes everything.
Janet: Yes.
Sam: So when you go to my web site, it's kind of pitched at the 45 to 55 year old, 60 year old woman who is looking for health and well-being. She understands that without that, particularly once you hit 45, if you haven't looked after yourself you're kind of like, I'm not feeling as good as I could. Image wise everything comes in to play. For me it's great avatar to work with, I'm not 21, fresh out of college so they tend to trust me a little bit more. I've got children so they relate to me a lot more. We can talk about guys, we can talk about sex. There's a lot more as a youthful practitioner we can draw upon.
As an avatar it makes sense. When you read Harry Dent's talks about demographics it's also the demographic in Australia that has money to spend. It's a really good online avatar to have.
My second avatar is a younger woman who's working and has the issues associated with high testosterone and hormone imbalance. She's the young girl whose got it all going on, has a nice boyfriend or married, and cannot get pregnant, or has ongoing acne. I've got lots of answers to why that occurs and that got a little bit of money to burn as well.
Interesting quadrant, they're quite a different shopper. Their purchasing habits are a lot different to the 50 year old woman. I've got these two avatars and it's a real non-issue for me, but I think if I'd just bit the bullet and let one go I would have been a lot better along the line than I am. But anyway.
Janet: Thank you so much for sharing that because very few people actually hear that kind of insight. When you're doing your avatar, and we do this as one of the modules in the Shine online program, is working through the profitable avatar quadrant that you've still got choices to make. You could say, well I can actually see this here is an avatar that I can build my business around and be profitable, but this one here could work as well. It can be a really difficult decision because people are going, well can I go with one, can I go with both, can I mix the message?
As you've said, sometimes you've been able to go with both, but now you've been able to work out. Well there's actually one that is going to be much more profitable and much easier to market to. Doesn't mean you can't help the others, but your core message goes to that. You don't know that until you've actually given it a go. Then for you to be able to say with great insight that they have different buying habits and different ways that you market and sell, is a great insight that you could not possibly have unless you were working with those people.
Sam: Yeah, and you do. You grab the bull and run in business and sometimes you don't get the outcome you thought you were going to get. Some people are just successful by default. When we're doing a program like Shine or I'm rally spending time in the planning, then you think this will be great, and you launch, you get your head around it, you get your marketing around it, you invest money, you change your logo and your branding, then when it doesn't come off it doesn't just affect your business confidence. It actually affects all your confidence. You can feel like a failure in all elements or your life, it can really throw you.
I've grappled with that – trying to discern between business success and personal success, are very different. Then revisiting, okay that avatar is great, but possibly from a marketing perspective let that one go, roll with the other one.
Janet: Yes, and that's part of growing your business isn't it? That you're helping a lot of people, you're getting out there, and these sorts of decisions that we all as business owners have to make are ones where you take your emotion out of them. When you can take your emotion out of it and go, I've got this choice or this choice. I've tested both, really what I've done is I've done my market research here and this is the one that I know works better. Now we move to that.
I find a lot of times as business owners, especially when we're the face of the business, when we're the core part of the business, it can be difficult to take the emotion out of it and really realize what I've done is I'm making a market test here, I've got the results, now I can make decisions. A lot of times we have so much invested of ourselves that we can't stand back and actually see this as what we've been doing as wise business here.
Let's look a little bit, you mentioned about confidence. I know this is something that you work with your clients with as well. The things that you have recognized from with business, with confidence, and I know that you were talking previously about consistency as well. Would you mind sharing a little bit on that with lessons that people who are listening can also take to use in their business?
Sam: I imagine a lot of the people listening to these podcasts, I think we put a lot of pressure on ourselves. I think if we hide the filed sponge cake in the kitchen, we think we're hopeless shit. I think if we have a business faux pas, we think we're a high class business person. If we can't succeed in an 8-week boot camp challenge we're no good at exercise. I think we're massive at putting ourselves down and not really nourishing and getting a positive chatter ride.
I've noticed in business I've done the same even though I am highly successful. We put such drama on. I've made mistakes like look at other people's social media and go, oh God, how come they've got 200,000 followers and I don't. Therefore I'm not as good. I think the comparison thing can be really self limiting. It doesn't give you much to work with it just makes you feel backwards.
Janet: Especially when you don't really know what's happening behind the scenes. They could be 200,000 really un-targeted followers that actually don't result in any sense of community or income.
Sam: Yeah exactly. I think in business the thing that I have started to do more and more is, well what's the quality of my life like? Is it about income? Is it about quality of life? Is it about statue in the community? What's my highest value in business? For me at the moment it's actually freedom to travel because I do lots of charity work off shore, and raising my three kids, and making sure I spend three hours outdoors each day. It's a higher value for me, not more money in the bank.
Having said that, considering what I do there's reasonable coin coming in as well. The comparison thing I think can knock confidence and that's what I'm learning to do less and less of.
Janet: You know what? I think that is brilliant advice that you've got there. Is instead of comparing yourself to other people when you're only seeing the outside, you're not seeing what's happening behind the scenes, is being very, very clear on how do you measure success in your own life? Just those simple things that you had there about three hours outside. Most people would never have that at one of their important things. Being very, very clear on what does actual success look like to you because then it allows you to make sure that you're planning your business model so that it actually allows that to happen.
As you said there's good coin that's coming with it as well. You can also see how you can have even greater coin which, when you've just shared about, okay so now I know that I'm going to focus tighter on one avatar that's going to build even higher on that. That's a great insight.
Let's have a look, it's getting close to the end of our time, this would be a good time for us to do a wrap up I think. For people who are listening to this podcast, what I'd love for you to be able to do is take some action this week. What Sam and I are going to do now is, from what we've been discussing about the decisions that Sam's made in her business, and how she's made changes in her business, especially around clarity on her avatar, and her branding that goes with that, is let's have a look at what things that you can be doing this week. Some core points that you can take aside.
Actually one thing that we didn't mention that I know we talked about before hand Sam was, once you got clearer on your avatar and what your brand was, is you were sharing with me about how that changed the way that you were doing your video. The reason I've said this even though we're about to talk about summaries, is there's an important point that you were making to me before hand about that that I think would be an important thing for people to be able to take as an action step going forward.
Would you mind sharing how that changed the way that you were making your videos and your approach to that marketing?
Sam: Yeah, for me if you advertise to a 45 to 60 year old woman, she's actually out for information and connection, not judgment. She's not going to sit there and look at my unprofessional, YouTube clips and go, she hasn't got fantastic graphics, and she hasn't got amazing, sweeping landscapes in the background, and her body's not a size 10. They're just after content and useful stuff that they can take home with them.
From my perspective it's great, I can sit on my couch at home and birds chirping, and not as high powered in the delivery or the production side of it. I think by understanding who the avatar is can really help you form the finer details of how you're delivering your message. It just gives you a lot more guidance that way.
Janet: That's a really great point. It allows you to build that stronger connection. I think one of those key points in a summary is get very, very clear on who your avatar is. It might mean that you've got to do a little bit of market testing to see which is the right one, but once you're clear on them you can know the way that you're doing the marketing, whether it's through a Me TV channel through video, or whatever medium you're using, podcasting for example, you know that you're going to be putting the right messages across. That they're going to resonate with.
I think that's a really important thing for everybody listening is to take that time to make sure that you're being very, very clear on who that person is. Let's look at some other things that people can take from what we've been talking about Sam.
I think one of the other things that we were talking about was getting clear on what strengths that you bring in the way that you do business. We really talked about you as a communicator, didn't we?
Sam: Yes. You've touched on how your personal business, or your professional business, your business actually changes as you evolve. I've had my own radio show which I absolutely adored and I want to go back to that. At some point in your evolution as a business you've also got to use a medium that's fun, because as soon as it becomes fun it doesn't become a chore and you feel you've got to do it. I'll be re-visiting my radio product as such. I used to go into a station, but now just doing this process with you I realize I don't actually have to have a live radio show where things used to stress me because I would crash and you would have an audience listening to you. Just things like this, I just love how you bring things to the audience, I really do.
Janet: Thank you. Another thing that came through to me that I think is an important point, I guess a point from there is if your strengths are communication, and it doesn't have to mean that you're the extrovert it just means that your strength is being able to talk, or to tell stories, or to interview other people, and just listen to what they've got to say, make sure that's part of your marketing mix. If that is something that you're strong with. If you're more of a video person, or an audio person, or a written person look at what comes naturally to you and make sure that you're integrating that into your marketing. You'll naturally do it much better.
Sam: You really will, exactly.
Janet: Pick an avatar and know your message from your avatar. Choose the medium that you're going to use that resonates well for you. I know that there was another thing that I really picked up from talking to you Sam, was about consistency. Was one of the big things.
Sam: Yeah, and consistency I think as women we grapple with it because we've only got so many energy states we can tap into in a day. I'm the mother of three, I've been a sole parent for 10 years. Sometimes I'll do great marketing plans, the kids will go to bed and I'll stay up til midnight which I'm dead against doing because I know hormonally that's not right, but sometimes we have to do it. I'll get this message flow going, and yes, yes, yes, this is going to happen. I can commit to it whole heartedly and financially I can commit to things. Then two weeks into it one of the kids get sick for a week, and it just can rattle everything I think, being a parent.
I've had my own business now for 13 years and I think anyone whose paid, I don't get handouts or anything, so everything in my life is self-funded. I think after a while once you've been through other things, I know there are core things I do well in the business that keep that money coming in. I wouldn't say consistency is one of them, but I think I'm quite aware of it, and committing to a level of commitment that I can do consistently is more important than going through massive, almost manic moments where I'm going to change the world and this is what I'm going to do just to fall short, because then you've got nothing to show for it. Small, daily actions tend to get you over the line in all elements of life. Daily savings, daily exercise, daily great food, daily commitment to certain business activities I know have what's gotten me to today.
Janet: That's brilliant, brilliant advice. You know what, it's not sexy but it's the absolute basis isn't it. Consistently doing something every single day that's going to move you forward in your business is the thing that's usually going to make much more of a difference than the big grand scheme things that you may not be able to reliably succeed in.
Really, really great advice. I've loved the insight and your transparency Sam. I know this is going to have helped a lot of people to be able to see somebody who, as you've been saying, bringing up three kids with your own business for 13 years, consistently being able to do that and to consistently be able to grow it. Still be humble enough to say, you know what, I think I can do this part better because I've learned from this experience. It's a huge thing.
Everybody if you're listening to the podcast we're coming to the end of our time. Now I know that you would love to contact Sam, to get to know her a little bit better. Sam's web site is www.sambeaupatrick.com. You can see the links to that in the transcript here below the audio which is at risingstarsradioshow.com. Please go over there, introduce yourself to Sam, see what she's doing over there. Give her some feedback about her interview today. That's incredibly rewarding for us to be able to hear from you, or leave comments down below here and Sam will be able to come back, and answer questions, and leave comments as well.
Thank you so much for your time today. Please let us know of your big ah-ha's from today and any action that you've taken so that we can cheer you on as well.
Thank you so much for your time today Sam and thank you everybody for being with us.
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Many people make big mental efforts during the morning shower. Not only do they make their daily schedule, but they also mentally prepare for meetings and make important decisions.
This doesn't come as a surprise, because for many people, the morning shower is one of the rare moments when they are truly with themselves and simply let their thoughts flow.
Afterwards, for the annoying morning commute, you either sleep (which, apart from drawing certain conclusions while dreaming, cannot quite be considered a very active activity) or you are exposed to some form of stimulation. Stupid morning shows on radio; plug in your headphones and your favorite band, on full volume of course; or if you are really motivated, read a book. That way or the other, you are not with yourself and your thoughts - and won't be during the whole day anymore.
Thus, let me ask you something: When was the last time you ate alone, at home and in true silence? That means no radio. No TV show. No computer. And of course, also not texting, reading, whatsoever at your ubiquitious pocket-computer.
Obviously, it is great to go for lunch with your family, have a barbecue with your friends, or a candlelight-dinner with your significant other. There are even books which recommend to never eat alone. Obviously, there is much to gain from such talks and events.
In fact, there was also a time I totally avoided eating alone. When I served national service at the Red Cross, I didn't feel very good mentally. In such moments, eating alone was quite counter-productive, because it triggered even more depressing and negative thoughts - I do totally recommend seeking for company in such occasions, and even the TV might make good company at times.
Most of the time, however, your subconscious is your biggest, unique treasure. You just need to open a door, instead of trying to constantly kill it with audio and video stimulations, in order to "let it out".
A perfect way of doing so is eating alone - in silence! Sounds ridiculous and / or boring? Give it a try, it comes for free and won't hurt!
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Ashby Canal. Built to carry coal from the Leicestershire Coalfield to Coventry and Birmingham in the 18th century, it is a popular leisure waterway notable for being devoid of locks as its course follows contours.
Twycross Zoo is just outside the same-named village. The zoo is small but well run, some years ago its chimpanzees attaining fame in TV ads for a well-known tea manufacturer.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch, another old market town, has historic significance due much to Ivanhoe's association with it. Now by-passed by the main route between Nottingham and Birmingham, Ashby has many old buildings, and the castle ruins are particularly worthy of note.
Burton-upon-Trent, just over the Staffordshire border, is a medium-sized town famed for many years for its brewing industry, which produces some of UK's best known beers. Certain breweries arrange guided tours, and the sampling encouraged can be most enjoyable.
Derby, one of three cities forming the East Midlands triangle, the other two being Leicester and Nottingham. It is the home of Crown Derby china, Rolls Royce Aero Engines being headquartered there also.
Any combination of the foregoing can, of course, be made into a day trip.


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I want to talk to you about one of my favorite blogs, Dinner: A Love Story. Jenny Rosenstrach has kept a diary of everything she's eaten for dinner since 1998. The result of which is a trove (a trove!) of simple and delicious recipes, organized by the chronology of Jenny's dinner table — what she ate as a newlywed, a new parent, and a bonafide, established parent. Her blog is beautiful. Her straight-up writing and her devotion to family dinner, inspire me to cook even though I don't have my own family yet. Her idea is simply that cooking for the people you love isn't an annoyance — it can be a pleasure.
So obviously, she is brilliant and I try to commit to memory everything she says. Not just about food, but about blogging too. Here are Jenny's common sense rules for blogging, my favorite excerpted here:
Lesson 1: Shorter Isn't Necessarily Better. Better is Better
My crash-course in blogging lasted about two weeks. I had just lost my job at Cookie, the parenting magazine where I was editing features, and a website called to see if I could help out launching a few blogs on their lifestyle vertical. I was feeling a little lost — not to mention there was not one more corner of the house to organize, which seemed to be my way of dealing with my sudden daily aimlessness — so I said yes and pretty soon was on the 8:43 commuter train again, headed to a downtown office where the staffers seemed to check every box for website start-up. (Skull caps: Check; Bright Eyes station playing on Pandora: Check; Enrollment in artisanal, fetish-y food project: Check.) Everything happens faster online (first lesson) so my supervisor did not waste anytime laying down a few crucial rules about blogging to his seemingly prehistoric new freelancer. Don't write in long paragraphs. Don't write long at all. Online readers like quick hits. They like lists and bullet points whenever possible! Say things that will start a conversation in the comment field. (Or better yet, incite a riot in the comment field!) Tweet everything! Post everything on facebook! And my favorite, which I think about every single day: Remember: Producing content is 10% of the job; Promoting it is 90%. Ay yi yi.
For week one I just followed orders and repeated to myself "Don't be old." But by week two, I was done. Here's the thing. My supervisor was right about every single thing above. If you want more visitors (and any blogger who tells you he or she doesn't is lying) you can get there more readily by following all of his rules. But you could also assume a certain amount of intelligence from your reader and write the way you want to write, the way most readers want you to write, that is, honestly. The masses might not come right away, but if you take time to write something that is pure and resonant and comes with no behind-the-scenes agenda, people will respond. And you will respond to their response. I remember early on in my DALS life when my ambitions were a little grander, I called my VC friend Roger in Palo Alto for a counseling session on building the "business." He gave me the best piece of advice — or at least the best piece of advice that I felt most comfortable with. Don't think about anything but the content for the first year. You need to earn the trust of readers and you need to distinguish yourself. The only way to do that is by paying close attention to what you are producing every day. Roger flip-flopped the formula for me and set me back on the path I knew so well from magazines, and that had never really led me wrong before: 90% of your time should be spent thinking about content, fresh new ideas, and presenting those ideas from a fresh perspective. Your perspective. Everything else? 10%.
Do you agree? What are your rules for blogging? I'd love to hear about them, and which blogs you turn to for inspiration.
P.S. I just tried out this recipe for dinner. Perfect for summer. I could eat this everyday.


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Corey and Matthew.....to finish your blog post I am including my favorites from the rest of your day. Corey, you have that unmistakable look of anticipation and are a glowing bride. The way you are looking at Matthew at the "altar" is priceless too. The mustang was a surprise from Corey's dad and it was a nice touch and great getaway car!
Thursday, May 14, 2009
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Report: Samsung Has Shipped Over 20 Million Galaxy S8 Smartphones
by Aug 4, 2017 2:14 am0
2017 is looking good for Samsung as it has already shipped over 20 million of its flagship Galaxy S8 smartphones, according to a new report by market analyst Strategy Analytics.
According to the report, Samsung shipped 19.8 million units of the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, both of which were released on April 21, by the end of June and breached the 20-million mark sometime in early July. The report claims that the company shipped an average of 278,800 Galaxy S8/S8 Plus units each day since their release.
Strategy Analytics also published a previous report that the success of the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus was massive enough to affect the average selling price (ASP) of Samsung smartphones quite significantly as its increased to $235 from last year's $227. The trend is also said to continue as the launch of the Galaxy Note 8 draws closer.
RELATED: Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Supposed Release Date Leaks
The Galaxy Note 8, Samsung's other flagship, is expected to launch on August 23 and release sometime in September. The new device is expected to be another commercial success and hopes to redeem the company from last year's Note 7 fiasco.


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If you know her personally, you know Trish Sowers is most emphatically NOT a drama queen. That's why it's more than a little ironic that this very laid back woman is generally surrounded by enough mayhem to make Lucy Ricardo feel right at home. Since Russell and Allen were out and about during the time of our weekly phone call, I had a chance to catch up with Lucy, er, Trish. Think of this as more of a script for a pilot episode of some sitcom about Honduran missionaries than a blog post.
The political situation in Honduras appears to be semi resolved. It looks as if the winner of the election is probably going to actually be the president. The other side will probably continue to protest, but they have said they will be non-violent protests. And both sides made a point of saying they will keep things calm over the holidays.
Because of that, the Sowers4Pastors shipping container, which was being held at port until it was safe to transport was finally able to make it all the way home on December 26. But, due to the delay, the container was scheduled to arrive the same day as a short-term missions team. Let the zany antics commence!
Allen drove to San Pedro on Christmas night so he would be able to meet Michelle Spanos and a team of college students on the 26th. The students were arriving from various parts of the U.S., due to the holidays. There was a plan that Russell would drive to San Pedro and transport the earlier arriving team members back to Gracias, while Allen stayed to meet the late comers.
Russell got word that the container would be arriving very early on Monday morning, so he changed the plans, having Allen to collect the earliest arriving team members, while he stayed in Gracias to unload the container and then headed to the city to collect the later arriving team members. After waiting a few hours for the container to arrive, however, Russell got word that the container wouldn't be pulling into Gracias until noon! So, Russell hopped into the new-to-them, big, white van to head to the airport to pick up the visiting team. He left the crew in charge of meeting and unloading the container. Russell was less than a half hour out when he saw the container heading the other way. He waved to it as it passed, knowing the crew was about to get down to the work.
|The view out the windshield of the van, as the
container truck arrives from the other direction
At some point during Russell's trip to San Pedro, the driveshaft on the aforementioned new-to-them, big, white van broke. If you recall, this van was purchased especially for use with visiting teams. This was its maiden voyage, so to speak. Russell was able to rent a vehicle to transport the team, but because it was the last minute he was only able to rent a pickup truck for a one day rental.
The visiting team members were bundled and put in the back of the pickup along with their luggage for a chilly, drizzly ride to their lodging. Keep in mind, their hotel is a few hours away from the airport! Trish referred to that as their "mission trip adventure number one!"
The following day, while Allen took the team out for their activities in the Gracias area, Russell was making another trip to San Pedro, to return the pickup truck and collect the newly repaired van.
Scene at Home
Because of the overcast, drizzly weather, not much power is coming in at the ol' homestead. The generator has a problem in its breakers and every so often it stops charging the batteries. It runs for about five minutes and then someone has to go out to do whatever it is you do to make it start running again. Trish and Ben have been taking turns getting it up and going, so that the buildings have lights through the night. Laundry is piling up because of the lack of power, too, but even Trish is not quite ready to go out and beat the clothes on a rock. She'll wait until she can use her washing machine, thankyouverymuch.
|Random possum photo
Oh, and there's still a possum at large in Allen and Trish's house. It mostly keeps to itself, but you might run into it if you have to get up in the middle of the night. Since the family is busy with back-to-back teams, Project Possum Removal has been penciled in for about two weeks from now!
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"Why are you late?"
"Stuck in the rain."
"But its 34 degrees in the shade and my cactus is asking for majjige!"
"Im from Malleswaram."
Pregnant pause.
"Oh ok."
As an old-timer was wont to say: "Wherever else it rains or doesn't, it always rains in Malleswaram. And Seattle, where my second son, my neighbour's daughter, her cousins, all her classmates and their yuppie families live."
Truer words were ne'er spoken. The steep slopes of brain drain central are almost always negotiated through a hazy drizzle, while avoiding slowly liquefying cow pat and fallen sampige flowers. As the years roll on though, less and less of the gentle rain from heaven falls upon the upturned face of Malleswaram's youth. For the simple reason that dere ain't no youth no more. But perhaps this is also why nobody has meddled much with malleswaram, and much of its old world charm is still intact. Well, except for the flyover and Pizza hut.
THEN AND NOW: My mother remembers Malleswaram as a dark cold hilltop suburb, where people wore nine yards sarees and rattled around big houses with big brooding gardens. Modern day Malleswaram isn't radically different. Except that it's now in the middle of the city and people wear nine yards sarees and rattle around flats that they exchanged their big bungalows with brooding gardens for. The youth of Malleswaram gathered in temples and libraries, and built up resistance to infection by swimming in the infamous "swimming pool", a natural rock pond, now replaced by the larger albeit less charming Sadashivanagar swimming pool a few hundred yards away. The 7 men and 4 women under thirty five that still inhabit Malleswaram take yogercise lessons and look for discounted airfares online for their parents to visit their siblings abroad with.
THE WEATHER: Whenever the family car turned into Malleshwaram, my great grandmother would say "Jersey potko, jersey potko" (Put on your sweaters) to all the kids in the car, for fear of the legendary icy-cold Malleswaram draft giving them the legendary Malleswaram sniffles. I think my mother had a troubled youth, the poor dear. She still mutters jersey potko, jersey potko to herself whenever she feels a little chilly. It still rains more in Malleswaram than anywhere else though, and the old Jersey Potko draft still blows through it every evening. I love it, though my dad, a Madras man, has a less charitable view towards it. He would freeze solid at the door when he returned home every evening. My mother would have to swathe him in shawls, feed him piping hot coffee and tell him embarrassing stories before he thawed out. Well, perhaps its good old Jersey P thats responsible for preserving Malleswaram so well for so long.
THE FOOD: There are six things you can do in Malleswaram besides geting a good soaking:
(1) sleep all day under a razai
(2) visit the temple
(3) go to 8th cross and
(4-6) eat, eat, eat.
Strolling on 8th cross, talking to the toothless spinach lady and looking at the underwear shops on Sampige road can work up quite an appetite. Which is a good thing, because you need it to do justice to the air-like idly at Veena stores, a tiny hole-in-the-wall shop on 15th Cross, that provides a steady supply of heaven to all who might care to sample it.
But you can't live on air alone, the same old-timer was also wont to say: "Honey, you aint no Malleswaramite unless y'all say ha' to Krish at the temple and eat vada at Janatha hotel on 8th cross." He was just back from helping his daughter reproduce in Texas.
The vadas at Janatha are definitely unique, and the old-world Malleswaramites have a unique way of eating them. An enormous vada is served to you on a tiny plate with a small bowl of sweet (yes) sambar. Dunk the sambar all over the vada and smash it to bits with your spoon until the resultant mixture resembles a gloppy upma. Err, in my humble youthful non-texan opinion, I think the best justice to the truly magnificent janatha vada and the delightful sambar can be done only by savouring them separately.
Top it off with a concert at the temple and a benne masale dose and filter coffee at CTR (with a new fancy name that nobody remembers), and all's well with the world again. Or if you're one of those "modern sorts", go get a home-made ice cream cone from the deep voiced goddess-like lady at Amrith Nice Creams on 11th cross.
An evening in heaven for Rs 20. Texas, I have only two words to say to you: Jersey Potko.


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KNC Next Leg Up
BINANCE:KNCBTC KyberNetwork / Bitcoin
Had a bounce off the Kijun which signals good bullish momentum and continuation. Also currently forming a descending pennant as the volume aligns with that as well. A break of the pennant and we should see the next target at the 1.618 Fib level of the previous retracement which also happens to be the same distance as the pole.
This dosent look solid, can go anyway..
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@diamondeye966, Yes, clearly has to break the pennant to confirm. A break upwards though would be a bullish continuation of the previous trend likely leading to a fib target.


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If enshrined in strong legislation, these principles would reduce the dangerous and often tragic conditions that many migrants currently endure.
Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) January 29, 2013
Catholic Relief Services joins the US Conference of Catholic Bishops in welcoming the release of a framework for comprehensive immigration reform presented by a bipartisan group of eight U.S. Senators.
The framework is a significant first step towards addressing our broken immigration system. The principles outlined recognize the importance of immigrants and their families to our nation's well being and future.
"If enshrined in strong legislation, these principles would reduce the dangerous and often tragic conditions that many migrants currently endure," stated Bill O'Keefe, Vice President for Advocacy and Government Relations for CRS. "Creating a legal means for future workers will significantly stem the humanitarian crisis that our broken immigration system contributes to."
As the principles become legislation, CRS urges members of Congress to truly approach the issue from a comprehensive perspective, which includes addressing the factors that compel many to migrate out of economic necessity. Strengthening partnerships for poverty reduction, rural development, youth employment and citizen security, particularly in the Western Hemisphere, can reduce migration pressure and contribute to regional stability and prosperity.


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I'm tired! After running almost 6 miles last night in the 3K3 event, my body is slightly exhausted today. I would guess that some of the other 123 participants of the 3K3 are also tired today but it was well worth the effort for all of us. The 3K3 event raised almost $2,000 for the American Cancer Society. For me, it was one of the highlights of the 50 Days of Service.
Next week the 50 Days of Service ends with our relay run from Des Moines to Forest City on the 19th and 20th of April. It's going to be a fun way to finish out the 50 Days. We are still trying to raise money for our 50 Days charities and I hope that we'll get a lot of our fundraising done after the 50 Days are over. Who knows if we'll ever get up to the $50,000 we have been aiming for? But even if we don't, every penny we get will have been worth our time - we've done our best.
And, in the long run, service is not about money or numbers or awards. It's about getting off the couch and doing something for someone else.
Friday, April 13, 2007
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A secret report of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) around two years before the assassination of Indira Gandhi had deemed her son Rajiv Gandhi "politically immature" and unlikely to succeed her in the event of her sudden death. The report, dated January 14, 1983, that was declassified by the US agency, noted that Rajiv Gandhi had "failed to excite either the party or the public". The report further observed that the Congress party would become weaker in such circumstances.
However, the sequence of events after the then premier's assassination in October 1984 proved otherwise as she was succeeded by Rajiv, who within a few months was re-elected with an unprecedented mandate.
A sanitised copy of the report 'India in the Mid-1980s: Goals and Challenges' was released by the CIA under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which is similar to India's Right to Information Act.
Running into more than 30 pages, the document discussed the prospects of India in the mid-1980s and looked into various political scenarios, which among others included re-election of Indira Gandhi in the next general election in 1985 with a slim majority and what happens in the case of her sudden death.
"In the event of (Indira) Gandhi's sudden death, Rajiv Gandhi, working closely with President Zail Singh, would be one of the major figures involved in the selection of a successor. His own chances of being elevated to the office right now are uncertain, in part because of his political immaturity and because of his still junior status," the CIA had said in its secret report declassified in December.
"Rajiv's prospects would probably improve the longer Indira Gandhi remained in office. However, even if he were to become prime minister, his hold on the reins of power could be short lived unless he unexpectedly emerges as a superb political strategist like his mother or develops a party organisation," the report noted.
"Other possible candidates which party factional leaders might consider are such cabinet-level statesmen-politicians as defence minister R Venkataraman, foreign minister PV Narasimha Rao, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, and industry minister Narain Dutt Tiwari," it said.
Intelligence agencies, globally, are known for talking about and discussing various political scenarios in the country of their interest.


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Penelope Kokkinides is the chief administrative officer of InnovaCare Health Solutions which is leading Medicare and medical organization which provides healthcare-related services in Puerto Rico.
She has been serving as CAO since August 2016. She has also held the post of Chief Operating Officer in the same organization serving from September 2006 to 2012. She worked in the organization as the vice president of the clinical operations department before becoming the chief administrative officer.
Kokkinides has worked in Americhoice, a unit of the united health group. Here she served as the corporate vice president for care and management and disease management. She then proceeded to serve as the chief operating officer for Aveta.
She was also the chief operating officer at Touchstone health. She has also been the executive vice president and chief operating officer for Centerlight Healthcare where she oversaw overall management of the organization.
Penelope graduated with B.S in biological sciences and classical languages from the State University of New York at Binghamton. She then joined the New York University for a master's degree in social work. She then proceeded to do her second master's degree, specializing in public health at Colombia University.
United States president Donald Trump invited eight women to a panel at the Whitehouse to discuss health affairs. The Women in Healthcare Panel comprised of Penelope Kokkinides among other executives in medicare organization.
During the meeting, Kokkinides brought up the importance of increased funding by the United States for Medicare in Puerto Rico. The US government funding for Medicare advantage in Puerto Rico had been observed to have dropped since the year 2011 by a large amount of over one billion dollars annually.
Puerto Rico's administration had been considering to make changes to Medicare advantage systems which would aid them to come out of the bad situation they were in already. She pointed out fixing the cuts was the right thing to do and that if not, the Medicare system in Puerto Rico would collapse.
The failure would bring about citizens of the island nation to flee to the United States where affording medicare would be much harder since Medicare costs are much higher.
Innovacare's two subsidiaries PMC Medicare and MMM Healthcare alone serve more than half a million people showing just how vital it was. After the meeting in the final notice, favorable adjustments occurred for the healthcare systems of Puerto Rico.


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You have been quite the little stinker these past few weeks :-) You are no longer content to sit and play for hours....You want to go and get things now, but unfortunately this is proving to be a little on the difficult side. Right now, you can only go in circles and reverse. This leads to a good bit of whining. However, I predict you will be crawling by next month and walking shortly after. You love to stand up.
Sleeping is not going so well. We put you down in your crib and you wake up around 1am. I scoop you up,
You weigh right at 20 lbs.
Size 3 diaper.
I'm pretty sure you are ready for table food and we have tried a few small pieces here and there, but I'm paranoid you will choke...so I tend to stick with baby food, crackers, and yogurt. Blueberry yogurt is your favorite.
Still saying da-da and as of a couple of days ago can say "ball" and you definitely know what it means.
You are mimicking more things.
You are definitely not a baby anymore and it is just amazing watching you learn and explore. I'm literally in awe and think you are a baby genius :-)
The nine month photo shoot did not go so well (we took these right before heading back to MS for Christmas).....Therefore, please refer to the Christmas pictures as your 9 month pictures.
Anyway, just for fun...
Oh yeah, this is your new trick (we had to lower the crib---and then lower the crib again)
Life is so hard. :-)
I also forgot to mention, his top tooth that was coming in last month....it wasn't his middle, top tooth. It was the next one over (and now the other side, not the middle, is coming through). Yes, his smile is a little "rednecky!"
Love him.


text: The Morning Show looks at the California Budget with Paul Hogarth Managing Editor of Beyond Chron, San Francisco's Alternative Online Daily. Then an update from San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi on the Worldwide Day of Action on Iran. Jeff Scharlet, author of "The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power" has a lot to say about recent Republican sex scandals. Then Robin Long, Iraq War resister recently released after year in military prison is in studio.


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Some web hosting providers have a limit on how many inodes you can use. Here is the shell command to display how many inodes the current directory you are in is using:
find . -printf "%i\n" | sort -u | wc -l
If you don't have shell access to your web server, you can do the same thing with a PHP web page. Just place this web page in the directory that you want to know the number of inodes it is using and access the PHP web page from your web browser. The PHP code to put in the web page file is:
<?php echo ""; system('pwd'); echo ": "; system('find . | wc -l'); echo " inodes
\n"; system('cd ~/public_html; pwd'); echo ": "; system('cd ~/public_html; find . | wc -l'); echo " inodes
\n"; system('cd ~; pwd'); echo ": "; system('cd ~; find . | wc -l'); echo " inodes"; ?>


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Ever wondered how many ways your beautyblender can help you get that gorgeous flawless finish?
Watch Calyxta's very own, Marj Maroket, as she shows us the different ways on how she achieves her go-to look with the help of her trusty beautyblender!
In this video, you'll witness how Marj uses the beautyblender to apply the following:
1) Foundation
2) Concealer
3) Contour
4) Set
And, like her, don't forget to show your beautyblender some love!