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Mike Hager escaped from the World Trade Centre and got OppenheimerFunds up and running again in less than five hours. Now he faces another challenge: keeping corporate America interested in business continuity planning .
When Mike Hager suggests that much of corporate America is oblivious to the risks of even a minor system outage, it's hard to write him off as just another pessimistic pundit. After all, Hager, then the vice president of security for OppenheimerFunds, escaped the World Trade Centre on September 11 and helped get the company back up and running within hours. The man knows a disaster when he sees one.
But now, this practitioner-turned-consultant is facing a quieter but equally daunting challenge: making sure that, as the horrific events of that day recede from our collective memory, the corporate world doesn't stop caring about business continuity planning. And that, he's sorry to say, is what he's seen happening, as he travels the country speaking at conferences and talking with security and IT chiefs.
"We had a short window to try to change a lot, with regard to security and business continuity," says Hager, now president and CEO of the Business Risk Management Group, a consultancy he created in 2003. "Unfortunately, it was not in a good economic time."
Hager recently spoke with Senior Writer Sarah Scalet about how to crack that window back open again. The key? An integrated, risk-centric approach to information security, physical security and business continuity that ultimately costs less money and is much more effective. But be warned — you'll still have to paint disaster scenarios to keep people's eyelids from drooping.
CSO: Is business continuity planning a profession for pessimists?
Mike Hager: I like to think of myself as an optimistic pessimist. I tell a joke about a little boy who gets thrown into a room with a 10-foot-high pile of horse manure, and he comes out saying: "Hey, where there's this stuff, there's gotta be a pony, right?" Pessimists believe that there are all kinds of threats out there, but there's no way to keep them out. Optimists say, "Yeah, I know there's an opportunity for people to attack, but we haven't been attacked in 20 years, so why worry about it?" I'm the optimistic pessimist — I actually believe something is going to happen, but I'm crazy enough to believe that I can do something about it.
CSO:Some headline writers are calling you a 9/11 survivor. Do you mind having your identity tied to the fact that you escaped the collapse of the south tower of the World Trade Centre?
Hagar:A lot of people ask me how I feel, if I have nightmares, those kinds of things. I don't. That probably goes back to my military training — going into survival mode and doing what I needed to do. But I don't take offence to someone saying I was a 9/11 survivor, as long as they put it in the proper context. Yes, my company went away. I watched it disappear, and then in four and a half hours, I literally had all our systems up and operational again.
CSO:Did your focus change after 9/11?
Hagar:Mine did because management decided that I needed to spend more time in business continuity than in security. Unfortunately for us, someone did a survey that said we were one of the best in the Fortune 500 from a security perspective, and as a result the money dried up. [He laughs.] That's what happens sometimes. People say: "Well, if we're already one of the best, why do I need to spend more right now?"
CSO:Yet you certainly can make a much more persuasive case for business continuity planning than the next guy.
Hagar:I learned a lot of lessons on 9/11. As a result, I'm able to help companies with things that I hadn't even thought about before — things that became important afterward, like having an accounting of what we had. Everybody thinks they know what they have on their networks, but most of them don't really know how many servers they have, or how they're configured, or what applications reside on them — what services were running, what version of software or operating systems they were using.
CSO:Isn't that why people use asset management tools?
HagarYes. But guess what? They don't work. Asset management tools will tell you that you have 6000 hard drives. They won't tell you how many copies of Microsoft Office you have deployed or where those licences are. After 9/11, companies such as Microsoft were willing to say: "We understand you lost your documentation. Just tell us what you had, and we'll replace it for you." If it's a smaller disaster that's very isolated, vendors may not be as agreeable.
CSO:Two years out from 9/11, is it getting harder for CSOs and CIOs to justify the expense of business continuity?
Hagar:It depends on the size of the company. Some of the costs can be very, very high. If you have a large data centre and you want to mirror it to someplace else to make it available immediately, you're talking millions of dollars. That's a lot of money. Smaller companies have a lot more options.
CSO:Such as?
Hagar:The data can be taken home at night.
CSO:That's a pretty big risk, though, putting the company's most important data in somebody's back seat.
Hagar:You have to protect it like you would anything. It's not like you just throw it in the trunk of your car and forget about it. You might put it in a safety deposit box. You might put it in a safe at the CEO's house.
CSO:You make it sound easy.
Hagar:Not really. People don't always remember all the critical functions of their business that would have to be resumed. Maybe you can live without the payroll folks for three days, because you don't make payroll for another two weeks, but you definitely need the people answering the phones to get more orders.
CSO:Doesn't that become intensely political? You're talking about deciding who within the company you can do without for a period of time. Nobody wants to admit they're that person.
Hagar:But the whole process is based on value. That's why it's important to, first thing, do a business impact analysis to find out what those key critical activities are. Someone at the senior level within the company has to say: "These are the functions I have to have for us to continue this business in the event of a major disaster." And a disaster is anything that stops your operations for X period of hours.
CSO:But planning for, say, a huge terror attack is a waste of time for companies in less populated areas of the country, isn't it?
Hagar:It doesn't matter what causes the loss of a facility. You have to plan for the fact that you might no longer be able to occupy your building — whether the windows blew out from a tornado or you found some white powder in the mail room or there's been a major power outage. You need to categorise your planning based on these three things: loss of facilities, loss of personnel, loss of critical systems.
CSO:So disasters come in all sizes?
Hagar:Absolutely. It could be a server that's down. It could be a flu bug that takes out a critical organisation. How will you manage? Do you have other people that can do that job to keep things going?
I think the concept of risk is something that people really struggle with. And their eyes glaze over as soon as you say "business impact analysis".
It all comes down to risk acceptance: How much would it take to put your company at stake? When don't you have a company any more? And then, what's the cost factor involved in getting you to the point where you feel comfortable that that won't happen?
CSO:So how do you get people engaged without painting disaster scenarios?
Hagar:You don't.
CSO:But you don't want to scare them unnecessarily.
Hagar:For so many years, we in the security profession have cried wolf. The way we sold security was FUD — fear, uncertainty and doubt. If we didn't scare our bosses to death, we wouldn't get anything. Now, was it really that bad in all the cases? Maybe it was, and maybe it wasn't.
CSO:And now?
Hagar:Instead of using fear tactics, it's easier today to sell senior executives on things like being a partner to the business and getting a return on investment and making the processes faster, easier, better for the company — and saying: Oh, by the way, while I do this, I can eliminate some of your risk.
CSO:You've said that security is becoming a business continuity job. What do you mean by that?
Hagar:The things I need to protect from a recovery standpoint are going to mirror the things that are identified in my security model. If you're implementing a good security practice, it translates directly into your disaster recovery model — to say: Here are the key systems that I have to have this kind of protection on, and they're the ones I also need to be able to recover. That's one of the reasons you will see a lot of folks in the CSO world who have both disaster recovery and security responsibilities.
CSO:So security is really just one part of risk management?
Hagar:The chief security officer could as easily be a chief protection officer or a chief business risk management officer. It's a semantic thing. But we do it for the sake of the business — not for the sake of security. Why do I want to put in virus protection? It's because the business can't continue if we get hit with viruses.
CSO:What are the key elements of risk management, then?
Hagar:There are really three: physical security, information security (and I take information to be information, period, regardless whether it's electronic or hard copy) and business continuity. But some companies have people who do information security, and people who do physical security, and people who do business continuity; and the three never meet, which is a big mistake.
CSO:Like inventing the wheel three times.
Hagar:Exactly. And the three people may come up with three separate answers about what to protect. If you have a total protection program, you can save a lot of time, money and effort. It just simplifies the whole process and makes it more effective.
CSO:A lot of people, especially those close to the 9/11 attacks, are disappointed by our short collective memory. Why is it?
Hagar:As a society, we're forgetful and forgiving. A majority of Americans have gotten on with their lives and don't want to be reminded of what happened. We had a small window to try to change a lot regarding security and business continuity. Unfortunately, it wasn't during a strong economic time.
CSO:If a company missed that window of opportunity — where the need for continuity planning was so horrifically illustrated — are they out of luck?
Hagar:It's never too late to start planning.
CSO:I suspect that's easy to say but a lot harder to do.
Hagar:But you have to. If you don't know the impact of an event, you're more likely to push it aside and decide it's not important to do a lot of business continuity planning. The real fear comes in when you commit to the fact that you want to know that information. And what I would profess is that a lot of companies don't want to know it because they are afraid of any potential impact.
CSO:Can't they just accept the unknown risks?
Hagar:To accept a risk, you have to know what the risk is and what effect it would have on the company. That's why you conduct a business impact analysis to determine, for example, what the loss is in money and reputation if a particular system goes down for more than three hours. Then you compare that with the cost to maintain that particular server with a backup of less than three hours. If the losses are $1500 a day but the costs are $50,000 amortised over a period of time, maybe the risks don't outweigh the recovery. But the businesspeople have to know what those risks are in order to make an intelligent assessment.
CSO:But it's easier not to go there.
Hagar:It's easier not to know what the risks are. But you have to understand what you're planning for. It's like insurance. You don't plan on having a car wreck, but you buy insurance. You may not have had an accident in the last five or 10 years, but you still pay it every year.
CSO:But most of the time you're not going to have a car accident.
Hagar:And most of the time the World Trade Centre is not going to fall on your head. We got hit in 1993, so the building will never fall down, right? Don't ever tell me that things won't happen, because I experienced one of those. I was there that day, in one of those events that would never happen. w
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To-do list for business recovery planning
- Have you recently conducted a business impact analysis?
- Do you know what data is critical to your business survival?
- Have you fully defined a recovery time objective (RTO)?
- Have you compared your RTO with your capabilities and addressed your gaps in meeting the RTO?
- Have you prepared business continuity plans for each major business function?
- Do you have a strategy for backing up all your critical data?
- Are your critical backups stored offsite?
- Do you have plans for the recovery of each critical system and application?
- Do you regularly test your recovery capabilities?
- Can you meet your RTO?
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Within the overall market, all sectors -- with the exception of chemical, insurance and utility stocks - lost significant ground. Biotech, drug, paper, gold, oil service and brokerage issues took the biggest lumps. In the tech space, every group took a drubbing, led by Internet and chip issues. The Philly Semiconductor Index SOX, +2.30% ended with a bruising 7.7 percent loss. Check the latest market stats.
The Dow Jones Industrials Average DJIA, +1.38% fell 100.85 points, or 1.0 percent, to 9,777.93 after rising as much as 114 points at its intraday peak. Leading on the downside were shares of Hewlett-Packard, American Express, Intel, International Paper, Merck and Philip Morris. Among the Dow's few upside movers were shares of Citigroup, Coca-Cola, Microsoft and DuPont.
AmEx ended with a 3.8-percent loss. The company AXP, +1.00% said it expects first-quarter earnings-per-share to be 18 percent below the 48 cents earned in the year-ago period, citing the deterioration of its high-yield portfolio and losses associated with selling certain bonds. First Call/Thomson Financial currently expects first-quarter EPS at 51 cents. See full story. With the economy continuing to deteriorate and few signs of a pickup in activity or spending by corporate customers, AmEx said that earnings growth for the full year is likely to be lower than its initial forecast of full-year growth at the low end of the 12 to 15 percent range.
The Nasdaq Composite $COMPQ fell 57.29 points, or 3.1 percent, to 1,782.97 while the Nasdaq 100 Index $NDX declined 56.66 points, or 3.6 percent, to 1,516.59.
Bruce Steinberg, Merrill Lynch's chief economist, said that while he doesn't believe the U.S. economy is in a recession, he also doesn't expect a meaningful pickup until the fourth quarter.
Due to weaker-than-expected capital spending, Steinberg lowered his 2001 GDP forecast to 1.9 percent from 2.1 percent. Still, he expects the U.S. will be growing close to its potential of 4 percent in 2002.
Further, Steinberg said he's lowering earnings estimates on S&P 500 companies and is now expecting operating earnings-per-share to decline 5 percent in 2001 vs. the previous estimate of down 2 percent. "We still believe earnings will rebound, rising 13 percent in 2002. We now expect tech earnings to plunge 13 percent in 2001, before jumping 25 percent in 2002," the economist said in a note to clients.
"There's just no conviction. For a little, the NAPM provided support. But fears of what the pre-announcement storm may bring [is keeping buyers] cautious," remarked Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller, Tabak & Co.
Taking the biggest drubbing among the Nasdaq's tech components were shares of Dell Computer, off 6.3 percent, Cisco Systems, down 4.7 percent, JDS Uniphase, off 9.5 percent, Qualcomm, down 9.1 percent, and Applied Materials, off 8 percent.
Among tech stocks trading on the NYSE, Lucent Technologies plunged to a fresh 52-week low, losing 11.4 percent, Texas Instruments plunged 8.5 percent and Micron Technology slumped 12.7 percent.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index SPX, +1.32% slumped 1.2 percent while the Russell 2000 Index RUT, +1.04% of small-capitalization stocks declined 2.4 percent.
Volume came in at 1.20 billion on the NYSE and at 1.84 billion on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Market breadth was negative, with decliners outpacing advancers by 19 to 12 on the NYSE and by 27 to 10 on the Nasdaq.
See After Hours for post-market trading activity.
Sector movers
Chip issues took the biggest hit, with losses spread across the equipment makers and the communications companies.
Leader Intel declined 2 percent and Advanced Micro Devices fumbled 3.9 percent. Among the equipment makers, Applied Materials gave up 8 percent and KLA-Tencor declined 11.6 percent. Among the communications companies, Applied Micro Circuits shaved 14.5 percent, Vitesse Semi 9.2 percent and TranSwitch 9 percent.
Software issues slid, sending the Goldman Sachs Software Index $GSO down 1.6 percent. But I2 Technologies ITWO ended up 6.5 percent even after telling investors that it expects to post first-quarter earnings-per-share of 2 cents, less than the 5 cents a share that had been expected by First Call. I2 said uncertain economic conditions are causing customers to delay purchases and triggering a decline in revenue visibility. To contain costs, I2 said it may reduce its work force by about 10 percent.
Storage stocks tumbled, with Network Appliance NTAP, +1.71% among the downside movers in the group and. The stock plunged almost 10 percent and reached a fresh 52-week low following a downgrade from Bear Stearns to a "neutral" from "attractive." The brokerage cited continued weakness in demand. Emulex dropped 7.3 percent and QLogic slumped 8.9 percent.
In the hardware space, Dell Computer DELL, -0.82% took a 6.3-percent hit. Lehman Brothers said Monday that pressure on margins is increasing for Dell.
"Though Dell's business model is the best in the current environment of rapidly falling PC prices and component costs, we believe it may be hard to avoid the impact to margins even if revenue targets are achieved," Lehman's Dan Niles told clients. Read Hardware Stocks.
In the broad market, biotech stocks fell sharply as they contended with a downgrade in the group. Lehman Brothers lowered ratings on Biogen BGEN Genentech DNA, +0.00% and MedImmune MEDI, +0.62% indicating it sees the potential for a 20 to 30 percent correction for profitable biotechnology companies. Genentech fell 9.7 percent, Biogen 2.9 percent and MedImmune 9.6 percent.
"Looking at the Amex Biotech Index vs. the Nasdaq offers an interesting parallel analysis. Since its peak, the Nasdaq has declined 64 percent while the Biotech Index has only declined 41 percent - giving further evidence that downside risk may still exist. Near-term earnings expectations may still be too high given an opportunity for a perceived shortfall," Lehman told clients.
Chemical issues were among the few upside movers, with the S&P Chemicals Index CEX, +1.57% up 1.2 percent.
Dow stock DuPont DD, +2.40% announced it'll eliminate 4,000 permanent jobs and 1,300 contract positions, citing slower demand amid the U.S. economic downturn. The chemical giant plans to take a one-time charge of 40 to 45 cents in the second quarter. Shares added 0.6 percent. Read full story.
In the meantime, J.P. Morgan upgraded DuPont DD, +2.40% to a "buy" from a "market performer" based on improved valuation. The firm said DuPont is down over 15 percent from the beginning of January, when J.P. Morgan lowered its rating on the stock. "While the near-term outlook remains challenging, chemical stocks begin to outperform the market about three quarters ahead of the recovery in gross domestic product," J.P. Morgan said in a research note, noting that its call is a "cyclical recovery" one.
J.P. Morgan also raised its rating on shares of Air Products and Chemicals APD, +1.69% Rohm & Haas ROH, +3.18% and PPG Industries PPG, -1.80% All three stocks rose heartily.
Financial issues ended lower in volatile trade, mimicking losses in the broad market. Checking the sub-indexes, the Amex Securities Broker/Dealer Index $XBD lost 3.4 percent while the S&P Bank Index BIX, +0.00% shed 0.1 percent.
Among the brokerage stocks, which also have exposure to the junk-bond business, Merrill Lynch MER, +0.94% gained 0.6 percent and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter MWD, +1.46% shed 2.1 percent.
CS First Boston lowered its estimates on Merrill Lynch MER, +0.94% and Citigroup C, +1.04% for the first quarter and full year, indicating that it was moving expectations in line with previous reductions in Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley.
"The largest reductions occurred in M&A assumptions institutionally, as well as retail brokerage/asset management. Upside to our numbers in the first quarter could come from greater cost cutting than we are expecting," CS First Boston told clients. Citigroup added 1.6 percent.
Treasury focus
In one swift motion, prices turned sharply lower on the morning's dose of economic news and never recovered.
Investors got evidence that the manufacturing sector is slowly showing some signs of improvement.
In fact, the closely-watched National Association of Purchasing Management Index rose to 43.1 percent in March, higher than the expected 42.5 percent reading and better than February's 41.9 percent level. But the national survey numbers don't jibe with the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index, which plummeted to levels not seen since 1982 on Friday.
"While it may be premature to say we are out of the woods, we just may be. The implication for Fed policy is clear: We have probably seen most of the easing already," observed Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Economic Advisors.
The 10-year Treasury note was off 14/32 to yield TNX, +1.27% 4.97 percent while the 30-year government bond slumped 21/32 to yield TYX, +0.68% 5.49 percent. See Bond Report.
In other economic news, February construction spending gained 0.6 percent v. expectations for a 0.4 percent climb. Tuesday will see the release of February factory orders. View Economic Preview and economic calendar and forecasts.
In the currency segment, dollar/yen inched up 0.3 percent to 126.67 while euro/dollar advanced 0.6 percent to 0.8794.
The Bank of Japan's Tankan survey of corporate sentiment revealed that Japanese corporations are getting increasingly bearish on their outlook for the economy. The index fell to minus 5 in its March quarter from plus 10 in the December.


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This efficiency tracker improves the productivity of staff members with wearable sensors. Humanyze is a smart badge worn around the necks of employees so businesses can be more productive as a whole. The sensors embedded within the badges -- such as an accelerometer and microphone -- collect more than 40 kinds of data during just one day.
Created by the MIT Media Lab, the Humanyze efficiency tracker has already been put to work with 10,000 Bank of America employees. Individual workers wear the badge, which gains insight based on everything from tone of voice to body language towards colleagues. A cloud-based dashboard shows the gathered data as well as other business metrics. This enables the company to gain further insight into their performance.
Although all data is privacy protected and participating clients cannot access an individual's information, it will be interesting to see how those wearing badges will respond.
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This Wearable Efficiency Tracker is Supposed to Improve Performance
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References: humanyze & springwise
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At least when you zoom in, you can not see the person's exact location, but you get the general idea. Zenly is powering one of Snapchat's newest features: Snap Map allows users to share their location with others, and find their friends on a map. Read More »
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CEO Susan Wojcicki made the announcement during her annual presentation at VidCon , the online video conference that happens in Anaheim, Calif., every summer. This new format delivers 3-D video while capturing 180-degrees around you. The company is working with LG, Yi and Lenovo to on cameras expected to cost "a couple hundred dollars", she says. Read More »
Raymond James Financial, Inc. Upgrades Windstream Holdings Inc (WIN) to Outperform
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Cities: Skylines and Pillars of Eternity to hit consoles later this year
Let me take a break here and scream at the top of my lungs and jump up and down. Paradox Interactive and Obsidian Entertainment are partnering to bring Pillars of Eternity: Complete Edition to Xbox One and PS4 on August 29. It's no surprise that many consider Pillars of Eternity Obsidian's best game to date. According to a press release, the game will also have a redesigned UI built from the ground up to work on a controller. Read More »
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Very big finally set to launch in July on Xbox One and PC
The latest game update brings a bunch of new features into the game including bot matches , voice chat, a new tutorial system, updates to battlefields along with UI improvements and Hero adjustments. For anyone wanting to get a head start in the game, this Founder's Pack is for you. It will commence doing so officially come July 20 , because that's when the game will officially launch on Steam. Read More »
London police link 51-year-old man's death to mosque attack
After a short silence, chairman of the mosque Mohammed Kozbar told those gathered that the attack was "on our families, on our freedom, on our dignity", the BBC reported. Jews, Christians and people of other faiths gave roses to the Muslims, and these were accepted by them, despite many still recovering from a tragedy just hours earlier. Read More »
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Jaguar E-Pace crossover coming in 2018
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Beyond Good and Evil 2 Prototype Gameplay Video Released and Looking Great
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Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE sets a ridiculous Nürburgring lap record
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Shop Announcement:
Welcome to my shop where you will find accessories created from vintage and recycled linens, lace and fabrics together with a selection of vintage and upcycled sewing supplies - including vintage lace. Accessories featuring original embroidery, in association with felting, hand dyeing, fabric painting and crazy patchwork may be found in my other shop 'Lynwoodcrafts'.
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Vintage Crochet Lace Corner Panels with Roses
A matching pair of lovely vintage, filet crochet, lace panels - featuring a pretty rose motif. I love to re-purpose vintage textiles using them for patchwork, applique etc. These are listed as part of my destash.
These hand-made, crocheted panels have probably been salvaged from a tablecloth. Purchased as a part of a job lot - limited space dictates that some items be offered for sale to allow others to use them. These panels are 'half rectangles' rather than 'half square' - no two sides measuring the same. They would make lovely decorations for a pair of cushions, or perhaps to use on a new cloth. They could be dyed.
These are lovely hand-made vintage pieces deserving of a good home. They have been hand-washed and would benefit from careful blocking. One panel has a small brown mark (present on both the front and reverse of the panel) as shown.
Please note:
All vintage textiles may show signs of use or storage - I have described all those which I have found as a result of careful inspection.
Dimensions: 73x47x52 cm approx.
I have a large collection of vintage linens and lace, too much to keep all to myself. I am in the process of listing some to share the possibilities for its use.
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This item will be posted to you by Lynwoodcrafts Recycled within 5 days of receiving payment.
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Happy pancaking!
Monday, November 7, 2011
Bacon-Banana Pancakes
Happy pancaking!
9 comments:
- Karen LeeNovember 7, 2011 at 5:01 AM
looks soooo good!!!ReplyDelete
they are so good.ReplyDelete
mmm mmm bacon in anything is so yummy. Those look amazing.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 7, 2011 at 10:06 AM
your first picture is so great. so fluffy and delicious looking.ReplyDelete
i dont really make bacon (not that i dont LOVE IT)
but this - and the way you cook it - might make me cave :) YUM!
Oh my goodness! I'm a sucker for anything bacon! I must make these!ReplyDelete
Holy cow. I'm doing this.ReplyDelete
P.S. Your cutting board is soooo Asian. Love it! *Peace fingers*
Thanks for sharing this! Saw the pic on FTLOB site and I must try it. And now, I just spent half an hour checking out your other posts/page--what a great experience you're gaining living in a different country!ReplyDelete
Thank you for linking up to our party show and share #13. come back this week.ReplyDelete
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Bullying is an act of aggression by someone or a group with the intent of harming a person either physically or psychologically. Bullying may occur by hitting, threatening, intimidating, teasing and taunting, and name-calling, or by more subtle attacks such as spreading rumors or encouraging others to reject the person. Bullies target individuals whom they perceive are weaker or more vulnerable.
Hazing is any action or situation created by a group to intentionally produce mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment, or ridicule among those wishing to join the group. Bullying excludes the victim from a group whereas hazing is a ritual imposed on a person who wants to join a group. Bullies often act alone or in small groups, but hazing commonly involves an entire group or team.
Some coaches tolerate bullying by older or more prominent athletes on the team. "Boys will be boys" is their attitude, and we should add that "girls will be girls" because hazing is common among girls, although less so than with boys. But even mild bullying may result in unseen but substantial harm to the victim. Bullying often leads to depression when a victim can't see a way out, and depression can lead to suicide in extreme cases.
As a coach of character you must have zero tolerance for any bullying on your team. You should also have no tolerance for hazing. Hazing of athletes by athletes is recognized as serious misbehavior. In the past, coaches often saw hazing as part of a ritual to build team cohesiveness, and condoned or even encouraged such practices. But hazing is contrary to the moral values of the athletes' character code. As a coach you should recognize subtle and outrageous hazing practices for what they are—the mistreatment of fellow human beings.
So what can you do to prevent bullying and hazing among your team members?
1. Learn more about the problem of bullying and hazing by consulting these websites:
2. Determine if your league has a policy on bullying and hazing. If it does, incorporate that policy into your team policy. If it does not have a policy, then develop one for your team.
3. Share the policy with your fellow coaches and all other personnel involved with your team. Review the policy with your athletes to be certain they understand how bullying and hazing are harmful and the consequences of engaging in such behaviors.
4. Include your bullying and hazing policy in your Athlete Code of Conduct to which you will ask your athletes to agree.
5. Describe alternative experiences that the team can do to welcome new members and build cohesiveness.
6. Encourage mentoring as a more constructive way for older athletes to introduce newer athletes to the team.
7. Don't ignore bullying or hazing when you see it or signs of it. Investigate, and then take appropriate action to implement the consequences described in your policy.


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Primary Periodic Paralysis: A Physician's Personal Experience as a Patient
Neurology Advisor spoke with Annabelle Baughan, a retired hematologist-oncologist, who discussed her personal experience with Andersen-Tawil syndrome.
Primary periodic paralysis (PP) is a group of autosomal dominant channelopathies that cause episodes of paralysis or muscle weakness that have many triggers including medication, exercise, certain foods, or stress. There is wide variation in the age of symptom onset, ranging from just after birth to late adulthood, although patients typically begin to experience attacks before age 20 years. PP affects individuals of both sexes and all races.1
The types of PP are defined by shifts in blood potassium levels during acute episodes: hypokalemic PP, the most common form of PP, involves a downward shift in serum potassium levels, whereas hyperkalemic PP is characterized by an upward shift. However, in many patients, the blood potassium levels do not fall outside the normal laboratory reference range. In Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS), potassium levels are inconsistent during attacks.2
"Diagnosis of PP requires a history of transient episodes of weakness, determination of ictal and steady-state serum potassium levels, [electromyogram,] and exclusion of secondary causes," according to authors of a paper published in Brain.2 However, doctors often attribute the symptoms to other diseases or to psychological distress, and patients may not receive a diagnosis until many years after onset.
That was certainly the case for Annabelle Baughan, a retired hematologist-oncologist in France who ultimately had to investigate and determine her own diagnosis. She spoke in depth with Neurology Advisor about her disease history and frustrating encounters in the healthcare system in pursuit of a diagnosis and appropriate treatment, as well as her current status, with important advice for physicians who may encounter patients with PP.
Dr Baughan's story is below, ending just after she was finally diagnosed.
Dr Baughan: I have ATS with hypokalemic/normokalemic PP (ATS PP).3 I consider myself lucky -- my cardiac rhythm abnormalities are milder than some people with ATS,4 and my paralyses have so far never put my life at risk. I am also a physician, which brings the huge advantage of usually being able to refer myself to a doctor of my choice, but it also brings the disadvantage of being "on duty" all the time, as I usually have enough medical knowledge to challenge other doctors' misconceptions. This is very helpful but can be very exhausting.
I am British, and I have been living in France for the last decade. I was finally diagnosed at age 64 years, having had symptoms for nearly 50 years. Very significant delays in diagnosis are sadly not at all unusual in the genetic PP disorders. I have no known family history of PP, but my family is very small, and there is no one to ask now. But since my diagnosis was confirmed, I feel sure that my mother also had ATS PP. She had very similar muscle symptoms and 2 cardiac arrests, for which no cause was given, in the absence of structural heart disease. She died from an unrelated illness in the 1980s and was never investigated for a muscular disorder. She was told those symptoms were "neurosis."
My muscles became noticeably symptomatic at age 15 years. I went to the family doctor with my parents and described that my arms and, particularly, legs were sometimes very weak, even paralyzed, and my muscles were often sore and painful and sometimes stiff. I also had frequent, severe muscle cramps including in rather unusual sites such as the ankles, fingers, and shins. I had very strong muscle power for brief action but almost no muscle endurance; repeated squats, for example, were impossible, no matter how much I exercised.
I had very frequent episodes of paresis, from minutes to hours of very unstable gait resembling a drunk penguin, and paralytic episodes (mostly legs, but sometimes the whole body) lasting up to 90 minutes, maybe 15 times a year, typically waking during the night and realizing I could not turn over in bed, or indeed move at all. In between paretic events I was fit and active.
The doctor told us that my symptoms were "hypochondria caused by academic stress" and that I should be referred to a psychiatrist. My splendid parents disagreed with that diagnosis and refused the referral. I think they might have felt that any sign at all of me taking my studies seriously enough to be stressed by them was not believable! The family doctor refused to refer me to a specialist physician, nor were any investigations ordered.
However, the weakness and paralysis always recovered promptly, I was otherwise well, and the muscle pain and cramps were just "one of those things." So, my parents and I ignored it all, and I continued as a fit and active youngster. But my parents did notice that I very rarely tolerated medication of any sort: those drugs I wasn't actually allergic to seemed to give me other strange adverse effects, and often at very low doses.
During the next decade or so, a few doctors I consulted for minor illnesses told me that my muscle symptoms were a result of being overweight (then just 7 pounds over ideal weight at 5 feet 10 inches tall) and "lazy." At the time I was playing many sports at a high level and seldom sat still for more than a few minutes. I told the doctors this, but they presumably thought I was lying. I rapidly learned that if you want your odd, unexplained symptoms diagnosed and treated properly, you should never, ever, be even an ounce overweight; it's such an easy target for ignorant healthcare professionals to aim for, I think, particularly if the patient is female. I remained large, so I thought it prudent not to mention my muscles again to any doctor.
In my 20s, I had to give up all serious sports, as I frequently had very weak limbs in the rest period after exercise, and it was becoming a nuisance for work. This weakness also resulted in many trips and falls, multiple sprains and bruising, and 3 minor fractures. But I was not otherwise physically clumsy. The worst attack as a young adult was after playing tennis in the morning and then having intravenous diazepam for dental surgery in the afternoon. An hour later, my legs became very weak and I could not stand for the next 3 days. When one is refused a diagnostic process, especially when told symptoms all psychogenic or laziness, one inevitably starts developing strange rationalizations. Mine included: "I must be hypersensitive to the sedative effects of diazepam, and to antihistamines," and, "I have intermittent vertebral disc prolapse," and "this must be an atypical fibromyalgia," and so on. Some of my thoughts were rather silly, especially as I am a physician. My fallback rationalization for everything, even daily, was, "silly me, I've overdone the exercise yet again."


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|2010-06-10, 07:27
|Link #101
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Age: 32
It does get worse as time goes on - it's a negative spiral, that's part of what depression is. One reason why you do therapy is to learn to not go in that spiral.
|2010-06-10, 10:05
|Link #102
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: East Boston, Massachusetts
Age: 29
I'm happy to hear your treatment has worked for you, DragoZERO, but people are iffy about antidepressants for a reason: they have a very checkered history and sometimes can even lead to advanced depression and/or suicide (or even more horrible, look at the homicide-suicide connection with SSRIs). Top-level doctors don't even fully understand the mechanisms by which SSRIs operate, so don't try to reduce it to a simple chemical fix.
|2010-06-10, 11:26
|Link #103
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Age: 32
|2010-06-11, 22:56
|Link #104
Fullmetal Heart
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Florida
Age: 28
The main problem is that I just haven't attacked this wholeheartedly. I've been told I have clinical depression since I was like fourteen and I haven't really stuck with anything long enough for it to start making a big difference for me.
|2010-06-12, 13:07
|Link #105
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: USA
Age: 32
Try out those books or others similar if you were recommended any. Less costly alternative, lol.
|2011-09-29, 05:02
|Link #106
Senior Guest
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Athens (GMT+2)
Age: 30
On August 31st, I enrolled in the army, as everyone in my country is obliged to do at some point in their lives. First week in, the boots had started hurting my feet, so I went to the doctor and he said, "as long as you don't have external injuries, you're fine, you'll get used to it".
Second week was marching week, so my heel was slightly torn open; dropped by the doctor again to get a bandage on it, he insisted that I'd have gotten used to it by the time the wound closed up. After taking the oath, I was given 4 days off, out of which I spent two in bed, recovering.
Last week, the armed services opened up: standing guard, patrolling, etc. became all we would do, from dawn to dawn. Naturally, I collapsed after serving 6 numbers in 5 days (each number being 6 hours plus the time it takes for the next shift to change you, in my case being an extra 3 hours per day). Back to the doctor I went, and instead of giving me a day or two free of service, or at least sending me to the hospital to an orthopedic, he prompted me to the camp's psychologist, who suggested giving me a suspense of service (that is, my 9 months of service), which I told him I'd accept only as a last resort.
So, he gave me till afternoon to decide, and I told him I didn't want to leave and come back in 6 months, because that would mean 3 extra months of service, provided the new bills apply from Jan 1st 2012. Despite my decision, I was handed not one but two referrals to a psychiatrist...who decided I cannot serve any longer and gave me a year away, despite my will.
Now, I won't lie, I cried in the army, and I felt alone, I was told (and at one point believed) that soldiers stop being humans the second they set foot in camp, and my morale had shattered by last Sunday. Still, I don't believe this means I suffer from some kind of serious form of depression, or that my pain is a psychosomatic reaction to the concept of the army...more like, I was dead tired after getting a proper meal once every two and a half days, and spending three days with five hours of sleep. Even though I mentioned all of the above, I was still sent home. Am I right to question their decisions, am I really just being pushed back at their whim, or was the psychiatrist right to send me home and ask me to see an expert outside of camp?
One thing I know is, I won't be talking to a psychologist ever again :S
|2011-09-29, 08:59
|Link #107
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 30
It isn't depression. It is just an adjustment disorder - humans crack when their environment change suddenly.
And since you have said that your morale shattered, it is obvious that you are at the bottom. There is no where else to go but up. The other option is to just stay there and end up slitting your wrists in 2-3 months time.
The only advice I can tell you is to look forward to the end of the 9 months. Do a date countdown, and suddenly you'll feel that army life is so much more easier.
|2011-09-29, 09:34
|Link #108
Senior Guest
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Athens (GMT+2)
Age: 30
Was planning to, but I got literally kicked out...my papers had already been signed before my decision, and I can apply again after 6 months minimum, although I was told (i.e. lied to) that it was feasible after a month.
|2011-09-29, 12:36
|Link #109
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
Don't let the experience put you off psychologists entirely, I myself have gotten good help from psychologists when I was at some of my lowest ebbs.
It's more likely an institutional problem within the army, and they just don't want to deal with you. Sucks, but that's life.
|2011-09-29, 15:15
|Link #111
Senior Guest
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Athens (GMT+2)
Age: 30
Well, I suppose that counts for a lot...really left an impression on me though, total disregard of what I want, and nobody told me why I was forced out...I think that much is my right to know Anyway, I'll leave this matter in the past for now, I lean towards Don's words, that they just didn't want to bother with me any longer.
|2011-09-29, 16:54
|Link #112
Join Date: Sep 2011
I can't observe the extent of your physical injuries, but it sounds to me that the problem was with your body. It wasn't able to take the strain on your feet, and you didn't have the endurance.
It doesn't sound to me like your mind or emotions were the issue. It sounds like your feet couldn't keep up with multiple injuries.
This does not look like a case for a shrink IMHO. It looks like the army wanted to get you back into civilian health care in order to fix your feet, and then punish you with three months of extra service in order to deter others from imitating your example.
It looks to me like the shrink lied and invented a psych issue in order to justify the army's decision to get rid of you temporarily without giving you a real medical discharge.
Edit: I would advise you to get a civilian doctor to provide evidence that you were and are PHYSICALLY injured by your training, and that your inability to meet the army's demands was a PHYSICAL inability.
|2011-09-30, 02:57
|Link #113
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: USA
Age: 30
Depression is a funny thing. There are apparently numerous causes, no real known 'cures.' I wonder if it's just something hardwired into us so that we realize there's something wrong with us? Our lifestyle that is, perhaps the majority that get depressed do so because their life is missing something that humans need. Adventure? Danger? Friends? Or perhaps something we need to get rid of...stress? Monotony? I think everyone has some feel of what depression is like, I get a bit of the seasonal blues. I'm usually look forward to seasons before they come because I'm sick of the previous one, but eventually...the cycle repeats
I think I know the feeling of adventure too, but it never lasts long at all simply because I'm a recluse with few (atm not available) friends. I try to look out for my interests though, whether it's biking, watching anime, hanging out with my bro or whatever. I suppose after a while we all just want some significant change in our lives, at least until we find something we can call perfect if that exists.
|2011-09-30, 07:48
|Link #114
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 30
Depression is a contagious disease, it tends to spread from one person to another.
Usually it starts with a discouraged person transforming someone into a pessimist, then highly negative, then depression. I have had people saying that I suffer from chronic depression, I simply tell them - so, what do you think I can do about it?
The responses vary. The correct reply to "see a shrink" and "I don't know" is "Fuck you/off" - these are people who have no interest in helping you in your business and are simply trying to strike up a conversation; they are wasting your time.
Those who dig deeper, be careful, some are manipulators. Leak a little bit of your problems, one at a time, and see their response. Then try their suggestions, and if it works, tell them and see if they ask a return favour. Good Samaritans usually don't expect anything back.
|2011-09-30, 08:08
|Link #115
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
People from all backgrounds, fortunate and not so fortunate, succumb to it. I think the main outside factor that does induce depression is being "trapped", IE feeling as though it's impossible to change your circumstances.
It's really best to talk to people you can trust, usually a close family member or friend. However that can sometimes not work well, total strangers also work well, in this case a counselor or shrink. They've seen it all before.
|2011-09-30, 10:24
|Link #116
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Elsewhere
Age: 26
I've never understood how talking about your problems is supposed to help. It didn't work for me. Talking couldn't do anything to fix the problems that caused the depression. Therapy didn't do anything, either. Maybe I was just one of those exceptions.
Despite having been depressed in the past (or not? I really have no clue with how antidepressants affected me) I have no idea how one gets out of it. I was put on antidepressants which made me more suicidal, violent, act extremely hateful towards my closest friends and family, made people think I had bipolar disorder... This all fixed itself when I stopped taking them, but left a residual effect of sorts where I just... don't really genuinely care about anyone other than myself. I can empathize, but I feel like my emotions as a reaction of empathy are faked, I guess? I've never made close friends after I was on antidepressants, and all my former close friends are no longer in contact with me. I don't feel like I'll be that sad if a family member or friend dies or just stops talking to me. Actually, if people didn't go out of their way to talk to me I would probably stop communicating with them entirely. I just can't care enough to actively reach out to people anymore. It's like I'm only a few steps away from being a psychopath, or something similar.
And since I'm on that subject, I also know someone who fought with SSRI withdrawal syndrome for years. My suggestion to anyone, just to be on the safe side, is to not take antidepressants. I know they work really well for some people, but how are you supposed to know which group you'll fall into?
|2011-09-30, 10:48
|Link #117
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Edinburgh
Age: 36
Self diagnosis is always a bad thing. It is always better to seek professional help. If you think you have been wrongly diagnose then look for another opinion. Taking any sorts of medication, legal or illegal, to combat ones problem is tempting, but if it goes wrong it can end up really bad. Also giving advise to people only because something works for oneself is not OK, because everyone is different, even for identical twin. Talking about ones problem work for some not for others. I personally feel better if I can help others, not necessary with emotional or psychological problems, but things like repairing fences, electronics and stuff like that. It may sound strange but seeing/making other people happy make me kind of happy.
Everyone feels blue from time to time, maybe just channel it into something creative. But if you feel really down, go and see a pro, i mean they spend years and years studying these subjects.
|2011-09-30, 10:58
|Link #118
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: East Boston, Massachusetts
Age: 29
Look into the nutritional side, too. Omega-3 deficiencies, zinc deficiencies, magnesium deficiencies, etc can all contribute to depressive symptoms. If anyone has interest I'll type something more in depth on how to use nutrition to combat depression. Just remember, people really often overlook this fact, you are what you eat. Literally, the food you put into your body is broken down and becomes a part of you.
|2011-09-30, 11:30
|Link #120
Knight Errant
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Age: 30
When I talk to someone about my troubles it grounds me in reality again. It allows me to let off steam. The great thing about shrinks is that they don't judge you or anything, doesn't matter how weird you are, or whatever you come out with, they'll sit and listen, and they'll ask you the right questions to try and help you get to the root of your problems.
It also helps relieve the loneliness, just having someone listen really takes a load off.
However, it's not really a dramatic change or anything. I certainly don't come out of a session feeling like I have a whole new understanding of the world. And if you expect anything dramatic from a shrink you're only going to be dissapointed. And that dissapointment might actually be worse then any of the benefits talking it out might give you. The benefit is more after the fact. It sorta breaks you of your rut. I find it easier to engage with society again after seeing a shrink.
We are social animals after all, and a lot of depressed people find the loneliness very hard, as they don't feel comfortable talking to their freinds and family about what's bugging them, and often when they do, those friends and family don't understand, or tell you to just "snap out of it" or "stop thinking so much" as if that helps... Psychologists and counsellors will fill that void for you. They'll help you externalize your problems. And when your problems are on the outside, not the inside, they don't seem quite so scary.
I've never taken medication for my depression, and frankly, I'm in no rush to. I've heard anti-depressants give you a kind of "dead" feeling inside. Considering that at the worst of my depressive episodes I actually feel dead and apathetic towards everything, that hardly sounds like an improvement,
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