text:
Elder Soares Called to Presidency of Seventy
The First Presidency announced in a letter dated December 6, 2012, the call of Elder Ulisses Soares as a member of the Presidency of the Seventy, replacing Elder Walter F. González, who has been called to serve as President of the South America South Area. Elder Soares's responsibilities in the Presidency of the Seventy will include supervision of the work of the Church in the North America Southeast Area. Both Elder Soares's and Elder González's new assignments will be effective January 6, 2013.
Effective that same date, Elder Soares will be released from his assignment as First Counselor in the Africa Southeast Area Presidency. Elder Carl B. Cook of the Seventy will serve as First Counselor in that Area Presidency, and Elder Colin H. Bricknell, an Area Seventy, will serve as Second Counselor.


text:
Rich Corinthian Primer: The Cordoba SPEEDSTER!
Unfortunately, you can't buy this car anymore*. Not from the safety of your seat, anyway. You'll have to actually get close, admire its outta-sight! bodywork, its wheels that could harbor an entire Albanian refugee family, and the custom tonneau cover stolen from Batman's skate park. You'll have to meet its intrepid seller in Viva Las Vegas, smell the Drakkar Noir emanating from his pointy chest hairs, shield your eyes from his Montezuman gold amulet, grasp his ring-laden hands, look him in his sunglasses, and make the man an offer! That's how we do business in America, friend! That's how we keep the Cordoba's memory alive!
From the looks of it, it didn't sell (I wonder why). But for $5,800, you could be (could have been) Captain Kirk's nemesis!
Where do you begin with such a creation? For one, let's look at what it has: it's got 22″ wheels on tires that aren't so much rubber as they are painted on with a Home Depot roller. It's got white leather seats, which in Vegas seems to be handed out to new residents along with their change-of-address cards and Welcome Wagon baskets. It's got a big-block 440 hooked up to a TorqueFlite somewhere. It's got a "winshield cut 5 inches and layed back 3 inches with lexon windshield [sic]." It's got vents behind the seats. It's got the wafting scent of Purple Kush enveloping it in a 30-foot radius. And it's got enough primer to choke an African elephant.
So, what does it not have? Rich Corinthian leather, a fact that has undoubtedly caused a greying septuagenarian from Chrysler Marketing: First Class to spit Ralph's Value Brand™ High-Fiber Prune Juice all over his TV tray. There's no radio, so you can't hear it blasting when it drives past the middle school. There is no backseat. There are no tailights or turn signals, which will surely prove to be a hit with the local constabulary. And most importantly, of course, it doesn't have a roof—proving that the TOP DOWN, ALL THE TIME adage isn't so much a tattoo as it is a lifestyle, a bout of braggadocio, a deep chance of ensuing melanoma and a likely possibility that will photograph your bald spot from low-earth orbit.
And furthermore, it's got, uh, not the approval of a Ricardo Montablán, who surely would have balked at what his beloved luxury coupe might have become: a pseudo-70s Batmobile, had Bruce Wayne violated the . But for serving as an automotive Six Degrees of Hispanic Actors, it certainly has its merits. And even though it might confirm your ex-girlfriend's deepest suspicions at your high school reunion, I gotta say—Corinthian leather or not, those seats still look damn comfy.
* Blame my and general ineptitude. But if it gets relisted for half the price, I'M YOUR MAN.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Why some Uber drivers are sleeping in their cars
This article from Bloomberg about Uber drivers who live near, but not in, major cities and sleep in their cars really highlights the human element of Uber.
Essentially, they pull a kind of WalMart on the area. Where WalMart offers low cost goods but drives small family-owned shops out of business, Uber offers drivers high wages when they start, and slowly lowers them until it's insufficient to get by.
Howard's real home is 40 miles away in Griffith, Indiana. He lives alone in a basement apartment that he began renting when he and his wife split. Before working as an Uber driver, Howard was a nurse's assistant. In 2014, he started driving for Uber on the weekends to make some extra cash. The surge pricing and new driver promotions convinced him that he'd hit the jackpot. "It was great. I made $40 an hour, no problem. Of course, I left my job to become a full-time driver," he said. In the fall of 2015, Howard said everything changed when Uber began offering a group-ride service called UberPool and giving drivers a lower cut of their fares. He said he now makes $12.50 an hour. Uber said it's working on improving the UberPool experience for drivers.
Mark Lewandoske, 51, has been driving for Uber since July. He owns a home in the unincorporated town of Sage, California. It's 77 miles from San Diego International Airport, where he gets the best fares and does some of his driving. He'll drive late into the night, usually until the bars close. Then he'll find somewhere quiet to park and sleep. Some days it's on a residential street. To avoid the police and keep warm, he puts up reflective sunshields in his Prius. He tries to work five days in a row before heading home to his partner and dogs.[…]
It's Lewandoske's military pension that helps him stay afloat; Uber wages are not enough. He likes driving, but, he said, "They need to stop lowering their rates." Lewandoske tries to earn $125 a day no matter how many hours it takes. Sometimes that means he drives 6 hours, other days 18.


text:
"Dean and his staff were extremely helpful in providing us with financing for the purchase of our retirement home. There are numerous steps to the pre qualification and loan application process, and Dean was able to get us through all of that smoothly. I had many specific questions about the best finance strategy given the timing of our pending move, and I feel that Dean structured our mortgage in an optimal way given our unique situation that resulted int he lowest overall cost to us. I would highly recommend him to anyone considering a real estate purchase in this unusual market."
– Mike M.
"We have worked with Dean and his office for 3 transactions now. Every time they have been thorough and very helpful. Dean and his crew are friendly and have high integrity. I would recommend him to anyone looking to finance their new home."
– Ben and Pam D.
"Dean and his team helped me refinance my home and eliminate some other debts. I am self-employed, so establishing actual income required extra info. Dean's team walked me through the whole process."
– Guy C.
"Working with Dean was a pleasure. He was very insightful and knowledgeable. The team of people he has working for him made the process less stressful."
– Tyler M.
"Extremely professional yet caring. I would highly recommend Dean and his associates to anyone. This was the easiest mortgage dealing I have ever experienced. They were prompt, thorough, patient, and most of all, extremely knowledgeable."
– Patty Q.
"Dean's office staff is very friendly and helpful. They were there with us all the way through the process of purchasing our new home. I would recommend their service in purchasing a new home. Thank you."
– Sheri P.
"Dean and his team at Bay Equity were "rock stars" in helping us to get our home with a view! Dean provided the plan, the office team collected all the required documents and they kept us up to date with the progress of the loan all along up until closing. I would highly recommend Dean Hayes to take care of your loan needs!!!!"
– Pam V.
"Dean Hayes and his team of professionals provided excellent service in the purchase of our home. While facilitating a home purchase with a very low loan rate, they also kept us constantly appraised of the whole buying process from beginning to end, which included ** Video explaining the Home Purchase Process. ** Video explaining the individual Underwriter Process. && Flow Diagram depicting the Total Home Purchase Process and where the process stood therein via continuous updates."
– Chuck F.
"Dean was highly recommended by my personal financial adviser when I mentioned that my wife and I were looking to buy our first home. Dean and his team delivered exceptional work from start to finish. Initially, the whole loan approval and borrowing process can seem daunting but our experience was quite the opposite. We especially liked the way in which the loan options were presented to us and found a lot of value in the analysis Dean did to help us decide on a loan structure that fit our needs. It takes considerable work on the part of the borrower no matter who your lender is but Dean guided us well and kept us on track to close on time."
– Tom S.
"Being a first-time home buyer Dean helped me every step of the way. Dean made it so easy to get my house. If I'm interested in buying a second home I definitely will go back to him."
– Dan G.
"My wife and I have been working with Dean for almost 12 years now. Dean is a very knowledgeable individual that consistently gives it his all when finding the best deals possible for any of our needs. We have continued to use Dean's services over the years because he is truly the most honest person in real estate we have met and always makes you feel like you are part of his family. Our trust in Dean in finding the best rates means we will always recommend him to our family and friends as well as utilize him for years to come."
– Kirk & Crystal C.
"Dean is a wonderful guy that is extremely professional and also very understanding to a person's needs and their financial situation. He helped me a lot on understanding what I need to do in order to successfully buy my first home without any stress whatsoever. He did an amazing job on explaining the political spectrum side of things with patients and diligence. Thanks for all the great work Dean Hayes!!!"
– Cody F.
"Have had the pleasure of working with Dean since 2004 and was helpful in all transactions that I had with him. Though he had/has a busy schedule he took the time to sit down with me and discuss all the best options available and guide me through the process to everyone's satisfaction. I would recommend Dean to anyone looking for a real estate professional to handle all their mortgage needs. He treats his customers more like family and looks out for their best interest. It is a quality that is rare to find these days."
– Marilyn E.
"Dean spent four to five days driving us all over the countryside to find the home we wanted. When we decided on one he helped us through all of the paper work until everything was completed. Easy to work with! Honest in his dealings with us!"
– Dewey & Margaret B.
"We bought our first and second homes with Dean as our Loan Professional. He was very helpful, answered all of our questions and walked us through the process which was pretty daunting at first. Dean was great to work with and he even joined us at the start of our signing for our first home, despite having a lot of other things he needed to do. We have been very grateful for the time and effort Dean put into our first home."
– Chad & Carri W.
"Dean was great in getting the process done in a highly professional manner. I would highly recommend him for all your needs! We had tried other financial institutions for a loan but they kept requiring the same information over and over again. Then delay and delay. I got tired of that and went to Dean, the loan process with him went very smoothly. Once I submitted the required paper work, there was no repeating the papers required. Again, very professional!!!"
– Marc P.
"Dean is amazing! This was my first home so I felt a little overwhelmed at times, but Dean made everything so easy. He answered all of my questions, even ones I didn't know I had. Dean made all of the steps of buying a home go incredibly smoothly. I couldn't be more happy with the whole experience!"
– Julia V.
"I almost didn't get my house and this was the second I was going to lose. Dean and his team helped me way more than required. They helped me get my house."
– Joan F.
"Dean is one of the best Mortgage guys I have ever worked with. He holds your hand through the entire process and does a great job of helping you understand all of the in's and out's of a very confusing process. I would not hesitate to recommend Dean."
– Rachael W.
"Dean did an outstanding job helping us secure and complete our mortgage process in 2012. As a former Arizona Realtor and multiple property owner I have done scads of mortgage deals. Ours was an extremely challenging one. Dean came highly recommended by my Banker and he is the only person I will use in the future. You won't be sorry if you choose him to do your loan. "
– Dave and Judy M.
"Mr. Dean Hayes and his whole crew were very helpful especially Andrew who came with some good ideas to help with my VA loan. Thanks to everyone at the Burlington Wa. Bay Equity."
– Richard B.
"I highly recommend Dean Hayes, my older brother and myself both went through him. Great, friendly, fast, knowledgeable! I will go through him again in the future."
– Desirae C.
"I've had several mortgages and refi's with Dean, all have gone exceptionally well. The first one after the new rules and paperwork due to the bank credit crisis went so much better than I had heard about from others because of Dean and those that work with him. I've referred him to others. At times he's turned me down because he recognizes others may serve my needs better. Integrity is why I go to him first."
– George K.
"From start to finish my experience was the best possible. Every step of the way Dean and his team were there to answer my questions and support me with whatever I needed. Every document was explained to me prior to my signing and as a first time home buyer this was very important. I would highly recommend Dean and his team."
– Kristen G.
"Mr. Dean Hayes and Team, We just wanted to thank you and express our sincere gratitude to everyone that worked to get us our dream home. We know that everyone worked long hours. They certainly went above and beyond the call of duty! You TRULY care about the people, you all showed great effort in getting us this home. Your kindness will be rewarded by God ALMIGHTY! We will recommend Bay Equity for anyone wanting to purchase their dream home. "
– Ron and Janet Meyer
"Dean at (Bay Equity), he's great. He was working with me even after the purchase. I can't recommend him enough to anybody! (See Video)"
– James Mustoe


text:
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Three games have come and gone since my last blog. In those three games, the Toronto Maple Leafs have incurred three losses and have only managed to score a total of two goals. In games against Boston and the New York Rangers, the Leafs were held off the scoreboard, losing both games by a count of 2 - 0. In last nights game, the Leafs spotted the Ottawa Senators three straight goals before ending a streak of over 162 minutes without scoring. The Sens beat the Leafs by a score of 3 - 2. Clearly, the Maple Leafs are having trouble scoring. However, it's not due to a lack of trying. The Maple Leafs have outplayed and outshot the opposition in all of these contests. Having said that, I do feel the team has strayed away from the strong fore check, and breakout speed, that lead to their strong start. I'm not hitting the panic button just yet. We are a .500 hockey team with 11 points in 11 games. Remember, it took us until December to get five wins last season. Our defensive depth will be tested tonight versus the Washington Capitals, as the Leafs look to get back into the win column without captain Dion Phaneuf. Phaneuf will miss 4 - 6 weeks due to a leg laceration.
Posted by Adam The Leaf Guru
Labels: Adam The Leaf Guru
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
The Republican White House ticket sought to neuter the perceived foreign policy edge of the Obama electoral campaign on Sunday, attacking the president's record whilst bragging of their own experience overseas.
The current administration was guilty of failing to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions, Mitt Romney claimed during an interview with NBC's Face the Nation. Meanwhile, in a separate TV appearance, his running mate, Paul Ryan, was attempting to make the claim that he is better versed in foreign policy matters than Obama was four years ago, by virtue of Ryan's longer public service record in Washington.
It represented a two-pronged approach to countering what is seen to be a Democratic advantage going into this year's election. Obama's campaign team have made much of the president's decision to pull troops out of Iraq and embark on military drawdown in Afghanistan, as well as highlight the assassination of Osama bin Laden.
Meanwhile, Romney has made a somewhat clumsy opening gambit as a potential overseas ambassador for the US.
In his first foreign trip as a White House candidate he offended one of America's closest allies, the UK, by criticising efforts to prepare for the Olympic Games and drew fierce criticism for suggesting while in Israel that the Palestinians' relative poverty was due to cultural differences.
Compounding the view that Obama has an edge in terms of perceived handling of foreign policy, the Republican hopeful opened himself up to mockery in his recent convention speech in Tampa by suggesting that Russia remained the US's "number one geo-political foe".
Vice-president Joe Biden has said the comment showed Romney was "stuck in a Cold War mindset".
But speaking on CBS's Face the Nation, Ryan defended his running mate's comments.
"I think what he was saying was among the other powers, China and Russia, that Russia stands a great threat," he said, adding: "Iran is our biggest foreign policy threat today".
The Republican vice-presidential pick also sough to push his own foreign policy credentials, boasting that he had more experience than Obama had in the run up to 2008's election.
Challenged on what made him better qualified, considering then-senator Obama had sat on the Senate foreign relations committee, Ryan cited his 14 years in Congress.
He added: "I've voted to send men and women to war. I've been to Iraq and Afghanistan. I've met with our troops to get their perspectives. I've been to the funerals, I've talked to the widows, I've talked to the wives, the moms and the dads. That's something. That matters."
guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media 2012


text:
WJBK-TV Fox 2 Detroit:
On Thursday morning Police in Southfield respond to call made by WJBK security after a 51-year-old woman drove her Lexus through a gated security area and continued to the station's back parking lot. Inside the Fox 2 building an overhead page alerted the staff that the building was on lock down.
Full story: Breach of security at Fox 2 ends with arrest of 51-year-old woman (Thu, 6/26)
Grand Rapids Press:
A quick tap on the remote isn't enough to avoid the thousands of political advertisements running now or scheduled to be broadcast on West Michigan television. Political candidates for office and special interest groups alike have purchased ad time for at least 10,000 commercial spots stretching from January through Election Day this November, according to documents compiled from the Federal Communications Commission.
Full story: Political ads flood West Michigan airwaves: 10,000 ads, 5 channels and $4.6 million (Wed, 6/25)


text:
EcoVive is an innovative company based in Grand Rapids, MI. Our expressed purpose is providing practical solutions to the growing challenges to the health of indoor environments. Odor, bacteria, viruses, mold and mildew all pose a health risk to occupants in the home, workplace and vehicles.
EcoVive of Grand Rapids believes in using nontoxic, green solutions that are ideal to be used around children, adults, the elderly, animals and those with allergies, asthma or immune deficiencies. We are able to combat the worst microbial infestation that threaten the indoor environments of homes, schools, daycare centers, gyms, restaurants, theaters,hotels, medical clinics, medical offices, hotels, buses and other indoor environments.
We provide our customers with the perfect solution for their needs including mold elimination, odor removal, eco-friendly disinfection and much more.
EcoVive Of Grand Rapids ability to target and kill viruses and bacteria makes or process ideal for the cold and flu season. We are able to address indoor pollution in its many forms and eliminate them, creating a greener and safer indoor environment.
Our Guarantee
Our team at EcoVive wants you to be 100% satisfied with your odor removal service. If you feel that an odor still exists, we will be more than happy to come back and retreat any area where you feel an odor still remains – without charge. Please note our Limitations of Guarantee below.
We reserve the right to impose a trip charge for second treatments. In most cases, this would be less than $50.00
Guarantee Limitations: Hidden Causes
When a strong odor remains after treatment and we come back and discover the source to be a hidden cause (see"What are hidden causes" below), in these instances, we do not guarantee our work. However, on a positive note, the smell coming from the hidden cause will be much easier to locate. The customer may elect to have another treatment done at a discounted rate, after the hidden cause has been removed. We may be able to assist in the removal of the hidden cause of odor, or recommend someone for the job.
What are Hidden Causes?
Some examples of hidden causes:
- Mold caused by a moisture problem
- Dead rodents behind walls.
- Cigarette or cigar butts hidden in closest, under furniture, ect.
- Rotting garbage
- Urine that has saturated into walls, floorboards, cabinets, ect.
- Tobacco stains on walls that have been painted over.
A thorough cleaning should be done before an Ozone treatment to make sure there are no hidden causes of odor. In the case of cigarette smoke, painting the walls will cover up the chemical that the smoke produces, but when the paint dries the odor will return. Ozone is not able to penetrate into the paint, therefore it cannot kill odors that have been encapsulated in paint.
A division of Kleen llc


text:
We specialize in Business Strategy Consulting and Investment
- New Business Strategy Planning and Implementation
- Marketing Strategic Planning
- New Business Startup & Development
- Venture Business Analysis and Investment
Principal Consultant: Gibs Song (宋勝九), PE
Gibs has over twenty five years of experience from universities, startups and global companies in three different countries. He has been focusing on startup activities during the past five years, gaining insights into the failures and successes of a variety of companies.
With diverse experience ranging from technology development, strategic planning and executive management to venture investing, Gibs is a founder, investor and advisor for twelve startups. Gibs has held positions including Project Manager (Electric Vehicle Program) at the Electrochemical Science and Technology Center at the University of Ottawa, Director of US Operations for Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, and remains Senior Consultant to Cheil Industries (Samsung company) since 2008 and Executive Advisor to Palo Alto Research Center (Xerox company) since 2010.


text:
It's happened to everyone.
You're out shopping for a new pair of jeans, and on your way to the checkout counter, you come across a belt that's a perfect match. You're already spending $60—so what's another $15?
Bricks-and-mortar retailers have mastered the art of the impulse buy, scattering low-ticket items such as lip gloss, nail polish and accessories near the cash register. Even without these ploys, consumers are more likely to add a few items to their basket when shopping in-store, as it's easier to find and be tempted by products that can be touched or tried on.
But as shoppers shift their spending to the Web, traditional retailers are missing out on these impulse buys in the digital space.
"I think that's always kind of the challenge with fewer store visits," said Forrester Research analyst Sucharita Mulpuru.
(Read more: Consumers are shopping a new way—What it means)
Encouraging shoppers to snatch up those extra items is key for retailers, said Kantar Retail's Anne Zybowski, particularly as the industry becomes synonymous with price slashing. As such, companies are investing in strategies that encourage shoppers to spend more each time they visit.
Tricks of the trade
One way they're doing so is offering shoppers the opportunity to buy online and pick up in-store—a maneuver that, on the surface, makes consumers think they're saving money by eliminating shipping costs. Similar to giving shoppers the option to make returns in-store, it's a way retailers can snag the online sale, while driving traffic to their stores and encouraging further purchases, Mulpuru said.


text:
Budapest is more awesome than you would think
My three month trip in Europe didn't go as planned. I work part-time from my computer doing marketing and social media for a few companies and lost my main client mid-way through my trip. This had me stressing about money, so I took a few detours to do work exchange and housesitting to save. My goal was to visit only new countries but I had to go where I could get hooked up with accommodations. I did however get to visit a new country after Greece: beautiful Hungary.… Read more
Posted on 09/25/2017 | 6 Comments


text:
Grandparents and Autism: Bridging the Generation Gap
Bridging the Generation Gap: Grandparents and Autism
by Shannon Flynn –
As much as you love them, it can sometimes be difficult to relate to your grandchildren. It can be even more difficult if your grandchild has autism. However, grandparents play an important role in the lives of children and grandchildren, so it's important to understand autism and learn the best ways to help your family.
Understanding Autism: The Basics
There are many myths and misinformation about autism, therefore educating yourself about it is one of the most important things you can do. Recent years have yielded a lot of information about the disorder and having a basic understanding is important.
In the simplest terms, autism is a group of conditions with similar symptoms. It impacts social skills, communication, interests and behaviors. While autism affects these areas, the way it presents is different in every child, so it's important not to make assumptions about children with autism.
You're also probably wondering what causes autism. It seems like every day a new study claims to have found the cause of autism, but the truth is no one knows for sure what causes it. Researchers think it's likely caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. While researchers aren't sure what causes autism, they are sure that it isn't caused by bad parenting. Autism is no one's fault.
The Generation Gap: Common Problems and How to Solve Them
Grandparents of children with autism face special challenges. Some of the most common problems are: trying to help without being intrusive; believing that there's not enough discipline; and unintentionally sabotaging routine and diet.
Many grandparents of children with autism find themselves in a difficult situation: they want to help with their grandchild, but they don't want to be intrusive. However, it's critical for grandparents to support parents in every way possible.
"Grandparents can be such a wonderful resource for their children and grandchildren," says Dr. Erin Moran, clinical psychologist with the Portland Autism Center.
Parents of children with autism experience a great deal of stress and rarely have time for themselves. Grandparents can help by providing much needed respite for parents. This can take many forms and the best way to understand what the family needs is to have an open and honest dialogue.
If you're a grandparent who is seeking a more involved role, discuss the possibility of being involved in your grandchild's services. Parents may be willing to include grandparents in the meetings and discussions about a grandchild. This also gives the opportunity to become more involved in a grandchild's care and also provide the family with a neutral third party. A therapist, clinician or professional may help provide input or conflict resolution without intruding on a family's desire to not be judged on parenting styles or methods.
On the subject of judgment, another common disconnect between parents and grandparents surrounds discipline. "Some grandparents can feel like there's not enough discipline," says Dr. Moran. Grandparents have raised their own children so Dr. Moran says, "Grandparents might think what worked well for parenting for them, should work well for the grandchild as well."
As a grandparent, you need to realize two things: (1) your child is having a very different parenting experience than you did because their child has autism and (2) suggesting that your grandchild isn't being properly disciplined makes parents feel judged.
The best thing you can do is to be understanding. Understand that parenting a child with autism isn't easy. Also, understand that most of the time your grandchild isn't intentionally misbehaving. "What appear to be bad choices, aren't really choices. They're more impulses," says John A. Green, III, MD, founder of the Evergreen Center in Oregon City. As a result, children with autism don't benefit from negative consequences. It's best to reinforce the desired behavior and provide redirection. "We do a terrible disservice to kids when we punish them for something they can't help," says Dr. Green.
A final problem involves routine and diet. It doesn't take parents of children with autism long to discover that having a consistent routine is key. Many of these parents also discover that putting their children on special diets can help with the symptoms of autism. However, sometimes grandparents can unintentionally sabotage their grandchild's schedule and diet.
Parents of children with autism are careful to set up a schedule that works for their child. Routines help children with autism function and feel secure. In the name of fun or spending more time together, some grandparents deviate from the schedule. This can be distressing to children with autism and it can make parents feel disrespected. The best thing you can do is learn your grandchild's schedule and be careful to stick to it.
Diet is another area that parents of children with autism carefully orchestrate. However, diet can sometimes be an area where parents and grandparents disagree. "Grandparents take the role of comforter," says Dr. Green. Most of the time, this is a wonderful thing. It becomes a problem though, when grandparents give certain treats to their grandchildren.
Some children with autism are on diets that eliminate foods containing dairy, sugar, gluten, or dyes. Many of the goodies that grandparents give their grandchildren are full of these ingredients. Ingredients that can cause behavior problems, often when the grandchild goes home to their parents. This is why it's so important to ask about your grandchild's diet and to respect it.
Final Thoughts
This article's advice can be summarized in two words: love and respect. The best thing that you can do for your children and grandchildren is love and respect them. If you always do these two things, you'll find it much easier to connect with them.
« Luke's Ride raises Therapy Funds for Local Families From The Publisher – Spectrums Magazine Fall 2016 »


text:
March 29, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese presidential assistant, Ibrahim Ghandour, has said the country is witnessing the largest political dialogue in its history announcing that the coming days will witness further political openness and dialogue between the government and opposition forces in order to arrive at solutions for the country's crises.
- Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir (R), flanked by presidential assistant Ibrahim Ghandour, gives a speech in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on 27 January 2014 (Photo: AP/Abd Raouf)
Ghandour, who addressed a meeting of the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions (ICATU) in Khartoum on Saturday, said the anticipated dialogue will be comprehensive and transparent, noting its outcome will be binding in order to agree on common national principles.
He pointed to Um-Jaras second forum on peace and security in Darfur which is currently taking place in the Chadian border town of Um Jaras with the participation of local and tribal components of the Darfur society.
In a televised address to the nation late last January, the Sudanese president announced a four-point plan for reform "to stop the war and bring peace, free political society, fight against poverty and revitalize national identity".
He further called for political forces and even rebel groups should they lay down arms to engage in dialogue to agree on the implementation items to achieve these objectives.
Bashir afterwards met with several opposition leaders, but it is not yet clear how the dialogue call will be implemented amid deep skepticism over the willingness of the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) to implement deep reforms.
So far NCP officials, including Bashir, have brushed aside opposition calls for the 2015 elections to be delayed and the formation of a transitional government that would work on drafting a new constitution to prepare the country for the polls.
The opposition National Umma Party (NUP) and the PCP are the only major opposition parties who have so far accepted Bashir's call for national dialogue.
But both parties warned that they would pull out of dialogue with the NCP if no progress is made.
In a separate context, the presidential advisor noted that the ICATU has endured all conspiracies of the enemies of the Arab nation, saying Sudan has been facing challenges for long years including economic sanctions and confiscation of money.
He disclosed that a money transfer of subscription fee amounting to more than $15.000 was recently confiscated under the pretext that Sudan is facing sanctions.


text:
15 Mio.
6.000 m2
Welcome to Brechmann
For more than 35 years we supply original spare parts for cars and commercial vehicles to our worldwide customers. With a choice of over 15,000,000 items for nearly every well-known make, we can meet almost any requirement for service parts, body parts or mechanical parts.
Brechmann Glass Business Unit
1800m² warehouse exclusively for glass, all types of genuine glass and accessories, approx 5000 windshields on stock. Demand-driven warehousing, customised packing solutions available, specially trained staff, individual labeling for Eurocodes, locations etc.
Brechmann Handels GmbH & Co. KG
Brechmann has been supplying new spare parts for cars and utility vehicles for more than 35 years. Our core competence lies in world-wide delivery, rapid and cost-efficient supply to importers and large customers.
Brechmann Handels GmbH & Co. KG has the greatest selection of original spare parts for cars, trucks, heavy machinery and other utility vehicles world-wide. Optimal logistics and the use of cutting-edge IT, in combination with national and international specialised freight carriers, ensure that goods are provided as quickly as possible in the best possible packaging.
Brechmann Handels GmbH & Co. KG
Sunderweg 10
33649 Bielefeld
Fon +49 (0)521 9 72 42-0
If you are a wholesaler, an importer or a repair workshop with high demand for genuine parts, we are the one-stop shop for all your needs. You save time, effort and logistics expenses.
Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Citroen, Fiat, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Iveco, Jaguar, Kia, Land Rover, MAN, Maserati, Mazda, Mercedes, Mini, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Opel, Peugeot, Porsche, Renault, Scania, Seat, Škoda, Subaru, Suzuki, Toyota, Volvo, Volkswagen
Whatever make you are looking for, our staff will provide you with the ideal solution and provide swift, cost-effective supply of original spare parts.
With many years of experience, optimum packing for shipping by road, sea or air is guaranteed. When importing goods you can take advantage of the documents we issue as a certified exporter (AEO).
Please contact our sales representatives, who will be happy to answer your questions. You can find your contact here: [Overview of all contacts worldwide].
We look forward to hearing from you.
Andreas Jedaschko
- General Manager -
Brechmann Handels GmbH & Co. KG was established in 1979. Since then, we have been specialized in exporting genuine spare parts for both cars and trucks, all over the world.
Operating as an international oriented company Brechmann Handels GmbH & Co. KG is active in more than 100 countries. Here you will find an overview about the markets, in which our customers and suppliers are located.
Today the Brechmann company is active in more than 100 countries. You will find your personal contact in the overview.


text:
Baseball: Wingers will face Owatonna Thursday
Top-seeded Red Wing will face Owatonna Thursday in Red Wing in the Final Four of the Section 1AAA tournament at 5 p.m.
The fifth-seeded Huskies defeated fourth-seeded Rochester Mayo 7-3 Tuesday in Rochester.
The Wingers and Owatonna met earlier in the season at the Owatonna Wood Bat Tournament. Red Wing defeated Owatonna 3-2.
Second-seeded John Marshall received a bye and advanced to the Final Four. Century also advanced Tuesday after defeating Northfield 2-1.
The Final Four is double elimination.


text:
Sabine Baring-Gould
Forteans Before Fort
And strange laws I have known ... Full story
total: 1 | displaying: 1 - 1
2010 CFHS Alumni Photos
Please wait for album to load. Copyright to these photos remains with the River Journal. These photos may not be used in any commercial manner. ... Full story


text: I have to write an eight to ten page play by Friday for my Creative Writing class. The problem is I have no clue what to write about. The play is supposed to be exploring a conflict in the life of several characters and is supposed to be grounded in some sort of 'everyday' situation. Can you please help me com up with an idea. Thanks in advance.


text:
Because you can never have too many pictures of cute kids in darling costumes, right? These are a mix of some pre-Halloween photos, our night at Heritage Park and actual trick-or-treating. Both boys were totally into it this year. It's so fun once they're old enough to get involved with holidays and actually understand what's going on. We definitely got our money's worth out of their costumes this year! The cutest panda and zebra I've ever seen. Not that I'm biased. Or see a lot of panda and zebras.
This year we checked out the Ghoul's Night Out at Heritage Park and it was awesome! I highly recommend it to any Calgary families. They had so much to do for every age.


text:
OCALA--The College of Central Florida baseball team kicked off a three-game series against Lake-Sumter State College on Monday afternoon at Goodlett Field, defeating the LakeHawks 11-5 in game one.
CF got on the board in the bottom of the second inning off a throwing error by LSSC's catcher Brad Nenna. Nenna tried throwing out Vinny Addona stealing second, but a misthrow scored CF's David Flores on third.
An inning later, the Patriots exploded for a five-run inning off a series of singles and sacrifice flies from Christian Smallwood, Luis Medina, Matt Coello and Flores. CFwent on to plate five more insurance runs in the fourth, fifth and eighth innings to thwart a possible LakeHawk rally.
CF's Nate Pearson kept the LSSC offense at bay, allowing just one run on four hits and struck out nine in six complete innings. Pearson currently leads the state and nation in total strikeouts with 99.
Blake Marabell (2-for-2, 2 RBI, HR), David Flores (3-for-5, 2 RBI, 3 RS) Luis Medina (4-for-5, 2 RBI), and Matt Coello (2 RBI) paced CF at the plate.
CF will be back in action on Wednesday as they head to Leesburg for game two of the series. First pitch is set for 3 p.m.


text:
Riverside Clothing II Class learning and giving back to the community
Riverside Clothing II Class, under the direction Tracey Haas, is taking their skills to the next level of helping others.
Ms. Haas helped write the framework for the pilot Clothing II and Riverside is one of six high schools offering the Clothing II course in Arkansas.
"This class has gone beyond what I thought," Ms. Haas said. "The Clothing I class was not ready for the projects they have completed this year. They are eager and ready to go to work and they have certainly been successful in projects such as taking prom dresses from yard sales or donated and making them beautiful for young girls to wear to the prom."
The GT teacher asked about creating bags for orphanages in Africa and within three days, 36 beautiful bags embellished with buttons and other decorative pieces were ready to be filled with tablets and pencils. One of the students, Lauren Weaver, has been to Africa on a mission trip and was especially pleased to be able to help fill the need working with her classmates.
Brenda Buerkle, Riverside business teacher, asked the girls about cutting out fleece hats to be given to a local resident undergoing cancer treatments. The class did more than cut out the hats, they created a variety of fleece hats for the pink room at Clompton Clinic.
"We were at a FCCLA meeting and the guest speaker was a representative from the March of Dimes and spoke about hats that would be needed. My girls looked at me and said we're on this," Ms. Haas said. "We began to look on the internet for measurements for hats and came across an article about making burial gowns out of wedding dresses. We contacted the March of Dimes and Share Hope and Jill Crews from Share Hope NEA spoke to the girls and gave them an idea and even a model baby doll for sizing."
One of the student's stepmother gave the class their first wedding dress. The class received a small pattern donated from the Stitchn' Post.
"The wedding dress was so beautiful, I had to shut my eyes to make that first cut. We got 17 dresses out of the first bride's gown," Ms. Haas said. "I was talking to a lady when I was visiting in Mammoth Spring telling about our project and she gave me a wedding dress with a long train. We got 18 dresses out of the second gown. The girls used lace, ribbon, buttons, and made the little gowns very special. Diane Powell, a secretary here at Riverside, crocheted blankets for us to match with the gowns. This has been a community project."
They also received a gift card from one parent to purchase accessories. Lace and ribbon was contributed from the Caraway Senior Citizen's site.
The garments will be placed in zip lock bags and will be distributed to Share Hope at NEA and March of Dimes for St. Bernards to be given to parents who have lost their babies.
One student said they made them in different styles and colors so the mothers can pick out what they like.
The girls said if they find some darker colored prom dresses such as chocolate they could turn them into burial gowns for baby boys if parents wanted something other than white.
The word was out on their projects and they had 89 year old twins, Marilyn Holmes andAliene Simmon, share their sewing experiences and showed projects they were working on. They also donated satin material for the students to make more gowns.
Deloris Miller donated her wedding dress that had been stored for 50 years.
Another great gift was from T.L. Horton with the golf umbrella store in Jonesboro. He brought them 31 bridal gowns.
"We couldn't believe it," Ms. Haas said. "We never thought about getting 31 wedding gowns this quickly."
The class now needs white and off white spools of thread and yarn to make the hats.
Ms. Haas said this has been a successful first year for the Clothing II class. There are 14 students enrolled.
"They have been great," Ms. Haas said. "They come in and they go to work. They help each other."
Students in the class are Miranda Denton, Marlana Coatney, Haven Crews, Kylie Colums, Chaney Mclean, Lauren Weaver, Kayla Zamora, Deshayla Gatlin, Natalie McCormick, Skye Booth, Ashlynn Davis, Morgan Johnson, Ashley Holt, and Megan Boness.
The class received two more wedding dresses and three prom dresses over the weekend.
"We do appreciate all of the donations we have received," Ms. Haas said.


text:
"We are the world, we are the children, We are the ones who make a brighter day, So let's start giving. There's a choice we're making, We're saving our own lives. It's true we'll make a better day, Just you and me … We R the Cure!"
The signs are obvious: It's time for a blog Comeback. Easy to say, hard to do. However, blogging is more about therapy and communication than about setting social media records. I am a proud member of the #DOC — Diabetes Online Community, and I am an advocate for better health care through research and technology. I am sorry I've been a dark page recently, but the good news is I am not a diabetes statistic today. I am one in 3 million Americans — an achiever battling against the odds and celebrating each day without complications.
Last week, I had the privilege of meeting Sebastien Sasseville for dinner in Richmond. I will post by recap of that chance encounter. In a nutshell, Sebastien is amazing and inspiring. Covering nearly 7500 km from coast to coast and completing the equivalent of 180 back-to-back marathons, Team Novo Nordisk triathlete Sebastien Sasseville ended his epic run across Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia on World Diabetes Day in November 2014. Sebastien ran his final kilometers into historic Stanley Park, reaching the shores of the Pacific Ocean after nine months on the road battling rain, sleet, ice and snow, and more than 30,000 feet of climbing through the Canadian Rockies. Stay tuned for my story on Sebastien.
In the past few months, I've also done a limited outpatient clinical trial with my friends at the University of Virginia's Center for Diabetes Technology (CDT). I see more trials coming on the near horizon and I'm hoping to participate with Dr. Boris Kovatchev and his awesome team at UVA. Stay tuned for more updates on UVA CDT trials and news from across the globe.
In closing, I'd like to reprint an excellent excerpt from Kerri Sparling's book — "Balancing Diabetes." It summarizes the paradox of living with #T1D — healthy looking on the outside, dying on the inside. If you don't know Kerri Sparling — you gotta check her out online. She's amazing.
Finding Balance and Moving Forward
"It's a delicate balance, this one between "I'm sick" and "I'm fine." … On an average day, diabetes falls in the "annoying but tolerable" category. … But on some days, diabetes falls into the "eff you and the effing islet you refused to ride in on" category.
"You seem fine." I am fine. I think? I have a chronic illness — a disease — that compromises the function of my pancreas to the point where I need synthetic insulin daily, and even with dedicated management, I may see serious and debilitating complications in my lifetime. That's part of the dance — feeling and seeming fine and actually being fine, even though my body is dealing with something serious every moment of EVERY DAY."
"Diabetes means living life on that seesaw. Some days you are way up high and other days have you almost in the dirt, both literally and figuratively. .. I can't let myself hate it because it is a part of me. A part that I work so hard to maintain." Thanks Kerri. Your book is an inspiration.


text:
Trade paper CTW reports that Acclaim is currently urging major videogame retailers everywhere to stock up on its WWF Attitude (PS, N64, Dreamcast) before it's too late -- and too late is quickly approaching. Evidently the giant publisher cannot legally ship any new copies of Attitude or any other WWF-branded product beginning November 15 -- the day its contract expires with the World Wrestling Federation. Therefore, any retailers without enough foresight to order a significant amount of Attitude units early will be, unfortunately, entirely out of luck.
"Demand for this title is enormous -- but come November 15th we are no longer able to supply the title to retail," said Ian Curran, general manager for Acclaim Entertainment UK, to CTW. "All Acclaim's WWF titles will be deleted from our catalogue on that date. Anyone underestimating the demand for our WWF titles will be disappointed -- and they will certainly disappoint their customers if they run out of stock of the best wrestling games available on any console."
Meanwhile, THQ, which has picked up the WWF License for the next 10 years, will kick off its take on the brand with WWF Wrestlemania 2000 this holiday season.


text:
Photography and neon sculpture exploring society, decadence and the weather by Australian artist Dr Lisa Anderson.
Dr Anderson's exhibition explores the relationship between the decadence of society and the crumbling social mores within the composition of place.
The specific sites are drawn together by elements of light and shadow, strands of destruction and the crumbling of beauty. These works reveal what is left behind of the structure of beauty after decadence has had its way.
7 Gabriel's Wharf, Upper Ground, SE1 9PP


text:
Dear Coleen,
When I started going out with my boyfriend two years ago I knew he was a bit of a flirt.
He would often make comments about other women's bodies or say how pretty they were, but I just laughed it off.
Two years in and it's really starting to get to me. I can't help comparing myself to all those he talks about and looks at and I'm always on a diet.
I'm 22 and, while I know I'm fairly pretty, I worry I don't match up to girls around me.
He tries to reassure me but I don't think he has any idea how much his behaviour hurts me. Any advice?
Coleen says..
He's your boyfriend and he's been with you for a while so he obviously loves you very much. If he really thought these other girls were so great he'd go off with one of them.
I couldn't care less if my husband looks at a pretty woman in the street. In fact, I'll often point one out and say, "Isn't she gorgeous?"
Just because your boyfriend happens to take a quick peek at a good-looking woman in the street doesn't mean he loves you any less. Men are very visual creatures and it's their natural instinct to check out other women.
However, you can expect him not to comment on them if he knows it upset you. But the trouble is, I don't think you've told him and I think he needs to hear it.
If that doesn't work, start checking out men and tell your boyfriend how gorgeous they are. See if he likes it. You also need to believe in yourself build up your self-esteem.


text:
WTF? Mr. Wrong wrote me today, a couple of short, and so, so very unnecessary messages…
Logged into the dating site, he had visited my profile again, and liked a photo. Then there was a message:
"Withdrawal symptoms. ;o ". (My note: That is from a joke we had).
And, a minute later:
"Perhaps I shouldn't have written to you, sorry… just finding it so hard to forget… :/ ". (My note: Forgetting me, that is).
And, that was it.
So, I don't know what to do with that, feels like a no-win situation for me. If I reply something, then he will think everything's fine and it's like nothing ever happened, that he can just talk to me anytime he is feeling lonely or horny or whatever…
If I don't reply, I will probably be that b*tch holding a grudge, right?
If I reply something emotional, like something angry or sad, then I become a drama queen.
If I block him, I am probably even more of a drama queen.
I wish I were cool, I wish I were a cool person in a movie, who could think of a single one-liner reply that would just be a knock-out.
I am not that person. Instead I simply get all emotional inside and don't know what the hell to say… or not say. God, I would be awful as a passenger on a sinking ship… I would just stand there, frozen, and go down with it…
Sigh, sometimes I swear, I don't know what's WRONG with people?
He had an amazing weekend planned with me, changes his mind, ditches me instead cause of supposed depression/social anxiety, and suddenly he's finding it "hard to forget"…?! Like he is the one who was ditched?
Call me crazy, but in my world, that is just SO effed up that it has me speechless….


text: Animated short ESCAPE OF THE GINGERBREAD MAN showed at this year's Dallas International Film Festival as was easily one of the easier and more fun shorts to watch. Director/Animator Tod Polson takes the story of the Gingerbread Man and embellishes it with relish taking the little ginger cookie to places we've never thought of. Such as a horse race where in the middle of the … [Read more...] about DIFF Short Film Review: Escape of the Gingerbread Man – A twist on the classic Gingerbread Man story


text:
Privacy Policy
At Toppan Vintage, we are committed to protecting your privacy. Our pledge is to safeguard any personal information that you provide us, and to make every reasonable effort to use this information only as you choose.
Personally Identifiable Information
For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "personally identifiable information" means any information by which someone can be personally identified, including name, address, telephone number, email address and other information incidental to providing goods or services (also referred to herein as "personal information"). We collect personally identifiable information from you only when you voluntarily provide us with this information but, generally speaking, we do not collect personally identifiable information from you and no registration is required in order to gain access our Website.
Browsing Information: Cookies
Like many other websites, we record your visits to the Website automatically through cookies, which are some small data structures sent to your computer to record your visit to our Website and to identify you during your future visits. These cookies may be saved permanently in your computer. You may disable these cookies but this may affect your browsing of our Website. The types of data collected by us include your browser type and version, the operating system, the IP address and the domain name of the server. This information collected from you will only be used to compile general statistics in relation to the number of visitors to our Website and also the usage of our Website. We may also use cookies and/or a technology known as clear gifs to help us confirm your receipt of and response to our emails and to provide you a more personalized experience.
Please note that certain pages of the Website may not function properly if cookies are turned off. Please consult your web browser's Help documentation for more information about how to turn cookies on and off for your browser.
Third-party service providers, including advertising partners, may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser, which will allow them to recognize your computer each time they send you an advertisement. In this way, they may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which advertisements are clicked. This information allows our advertising partners to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you.
We may share your information collected on this Website with our affiliated companies, and unaffiliated business partners for the purpose of providing you with the products and/or services you seek from the Website. From time to time Toppan Vintage may disclose the data collected through the Website, including personally identifiable information, to the following:
- Our service providers and subcontractors, including our affiliates, retained to perform functions on our behalf or to provide services to us, such as warehousing and delivery; marketing and advertising; data processing; software development; website hosting and management; information technology and office services; legal, accounting, audit and other professional service providers; and further provided such service provider does not collect, use or disclose the personal information for any purpose other than to perform such functions or to provide services to us or as otherwise required by law;
- Unaffiliated service providers with whom Toppan Vintage may subcontract, including website hosting companies, fulfillment companies and other third party service providers;
- The prospective seller or buyer of the Toppan Vintage's business or assets, including where the Toppan Vintage or substantially all of the Toppan Vintage's assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by Toppan Vintage about our customers may be one of the transferred assets;
- If Toppan Vintage is under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to: comply with any legal or regulatory obligation; respond to inquiries or requests from a public authority; enforce or apply the Terms and other agreements; permit Toppan Vintage to pursue available remedies or limit damages that we may sustain; or to protect the rights, property, safety or security of Toppan Vintage, its employees, agents, contractors, customers, the visitors of the Website or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
You have the right to limit how we share your personal information for marketing purposes among our affiliates and business partners. Please see the section entitled "Managing Your Personal Information."
We must always reserve the right to disclose information about you as required by law, in response to legal process including law enforcement requests, and where needed to protect the safety property, or legal rights of users of the Website, Toppan Vintage or its affiliates or third parties.
We are not responsible or liable for any content presented by or contained on any independent website, including, but not limited to, any advertising claims or marketing practices. We also are not responsible or liable for any privacy or security policies of any third party sites to which we may provide links on the Website.
In the unlikely event that Toppan Vintage or substantially all of its assets are acquired by another company, or due to any merger, reorganization or liquidation, customer information will of course be one of the transferred assets. Your personal information will remain subject to any preexisting privacy policy unless you consent otherwise.
You may use the Website without providing any personally identifiable information. If you sign up on this site to receive electronic newsletters or promotional emails from Toppan Vintage, including to receive communications about our products and services, you will have the right at any time to opt out of receiving marketing emails or to specify which, if any, communications you would like to receive from us. There is no charge to you to unsubscribe.
At your request, Toppan Vintage will confirm what personally identifiable information we collect or hold about you, and will correct, update and/or remove such information. You may contact Toppan Vintage for any of the foregoing at the following email address:
ASIA: email@example.com
U.S.: firstname.lastname@example.com
If you ask that Toppan Vintage stops using or sharing your personally identifiable information, we will honor that request. However Toppan Vintage may retain records of your personally identifiable for a period of time; for example, to followup on a request, resolve a dispute or for similar reasons or in order to comply with applicable federal, state, or local law. In addition, some personal information may also continue to be stored on backup files for financial, legal or technical reasons.
We reserve the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. You should check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of this Website following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will be considered your consent to those changes. In the unlikely event that we believe that the security of your personal information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we may seek to notify you of that development.
This Privacy Policy has last been updated in September, 2018.


text:
The wireless network is there and is connected although it says 'limited or no connectivity'.
Belkin have helped during many hours of phonecalls but nothing is working.
I have input the network key correctly and I have deleted AVG from my machine - and also disabled windows firewalls. Apparently they think its some form of security that is not allowing me access.
Any help?


text:
Join our faculty for an on-campus information session.
To register for an info session, please click on the link below:
September 4th at 6pm
This event will be held in room G60 of the Hastings and William French building.
3202 Eden Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45221
Department of Rehabilitation, Exercise, and Nutrition Sciences
3202 Eden Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0394
For Nutrition Science Programs:
Kimberly Maco, MS
Phone: 513-558-7503
Email: email@example.com
For Athletic Training, DPT, MOT, and Health Sciences Programs:
Ashley Sandburg
Phone: 513-558-7477
Email: email@example.com


text:
My favorite book from childhood was about a little girl who wakes up one night to the sounds of scratching from underneath her bed. It turns out to be a mischievous demon only she can see. He kicks her out of her own bed, eats all her sugar cookies and slurps all her milk, and gets her in trouble by hanging a turkey from the dining room chandelier. The story was great, but the illustrations were really what got me.
He was so darn cute that I very much wanted my own demon or at least a cat or dog that looked like a demon. In the story, the demon gets attached to an oddly shaped glass bottle, a rubber snake, and those sugar cookies. Eventually the girl comes to love the demon, which is his cue to split, so he climbs into the night sky with all his favorites except for the oddly shaped bottle because it's too cumbersome to carry.
"These demons, that's how they are," soothes the girl's grandmother. "They come and go, come and go." The girl is so heartbroken, she cries herself to sleep.
I liked to think the demon might come back to her one day, if only for more milk and cookies. From what I know about demons now, they don't ever really leave us.
Recently I started to think of myself as a non-drinker. It felt important somehow to identify with others who choose not to drink. There are such fortunates – those who just don't like the taste or get nauseated or headachey from one glass of wine. There are also startling differences between me and someone who simply prefers a glass of lemonade over a bottomless gin and tonic. I will never be that kind of person.
On Friday I had a rough night. Part of it was pms (sorry guys), part of it was that moon, part of it was just my 4 year-old showing us she has the self-will of her mother and father combined (god help us all). She threw the temper tantrum of all temper tantrums at the mall and then in the car and then in the garage and finally in the foyer, where she also grabbed the cat and sobbed into his damp fur because she felt so rotten and I was so mad I could barely look at her. Mother of the year.
On the very loud, very terrible drive home a single thought had popped in my head. I want a cigarette and a drink and I want to get the fuck out of here. These demons, they come and go, come and go. I wanted to punish my family as much as I wanted to disappear from the pain. This was not my finest moment, but I didn't drink over it. I did go home and put the child to bed after giving her a hug and telling her I love her. Then I went in my room and had a good cry. It lingered with me the rest of the night, that ugliness.
The next morning I woke up and the ugliness was mostly gone. The day's fun swept away any remaining gloom and gave me perspective. It was just another temper tantrum. She'll outgrow them. I could have handled it better. I will next time.
Lately the little things have cut me more deeply than they should. My nerves are too exposed, too raw, and if I keep feeling life like this, I will drink again. I plan to get back to a more regular meeting schedule this fall and share more. I plan to bake apple pies (thanks to dear, sweet RunningOnSober). I plan to do everything under the sun and falling leaves but not drink.


text:
RU "All Funds" Approach:
The white paper "Funding Rutgers Libraries Collections: Needs and Challenges" was submitted by H. Dess on behalf of New Brunswick Collections Group.
Three Part Budget Request Strategy Outlined by B. Sewell:
Overall need for greater predictability and adequacy in collections budget. The new university administration recognizes these budgeting principles and goals.
(It was noted that The School of Social Work has contributed for the last 3-4 years $10,000-$20,000, annually, for collection.)
B. Sewell will appoint a CDC advisory committee to work on the budget request consisting of at least the campus collection development coordinators. He will also consult with campus directors. He will institute "mini-grant requests" for collection funding in which selectors will submit targeted proposals that can be used in the budget proposal as well as to inform campus fund code allocations.
RUL will work with university administration to get much early notification of annual collections budget allocation, hopefully in July.
Fund Code Task Force will be established to recommend improvements that will facilitate the allocation process, fund monitoring, and fund utilization.
Problems with over encumbrances and overspent funds:
* Over spent funds have not be a major problem since each campus has established "transfer funds" to cover over expenditures.
B. Sewell distributed an analysis of the encumbrance problems: foreign materials funds, funds of less than $1,000, periodicals, monographic series, publisher package funds. It was noted that while a number foreign materials funds had high encumbrances last year, one reached the encumbrance threshold to cut off ordering and receiving. Funds with allocations $1,000 or less were problematic. Various issues related to periodicals (subscriptions), mono series (recurring or standing orders), and publishers packages were noted. Further discussion will result in recommendations to address these issues.
K. Denda is leaving for sabbatical for the spring 2004. Triveni Kuchi will replace her during this period.


text:
Unigraphics in the 90's
March, 1990:
The 14th Annual Unigraphics Users Group Meeting is held at the Sheraton Hotel in Long Beach, CA. The keynote address was by Lou Delmonico, President & CEO of PDA Engineering.July, 1990:Version 7.0 of Unigraphics is released on DEC VaxStations running under the Ultrix operating system, DEC's answer to UNIX.October, 1990:The Unigraphics Users Group Fall Workshop was held at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston, MA. This was first fall meeting that was sponsored by the Unigraphics Users Group. For the previous 7 years the fall meeting had been sponsored by Digital Equipment Corp. Note that while DEC continued to participate heavily in the fall meeting since they continued to be held in the northeast for several more years, they no longer played a role in the planning or sponsorship of the activities except in the role of both a large user of Unigraphics software and of course as a strategic partner with Unigraphics as one of the the primary suppliers of workstations and file servers.February, 1991:The 15th Annual Unigraphics Users Group Meeting was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Long Beach, CA. The keynote address was given by Peter Marks, a leading analyst in the CAD/CAM industry.March, 1991:Version 8.0 of Unigraphics is released. This was a major enhancement to Unigraphics and included for the first time support for feature-based, parametric solid modeling with the introduction of UG/Concept a standalone version of Unigraphics that included a sketcher, an expression system and for the first time offered the concept of form-features, such as holes, pockets and pads, rather then depending on creating primitives and performing boolean operations. Other feature of Unigraphics Version 8.0 included:July, 1991:
- UG/Concept module
- Many new creation techniques for NURB surfaces
- Non-uniform scaling of NURB surfaces
- Drafting enhancements, including full ANSI-1982 compliance
- Geometry associatively in Point-to-Point CAM module
- GFEM+ embedded finite-element solver
- Internationalization of menusVersion 8.0 of Unigraphics is released on the new HP RISC architecture workstations.August, 1991:Version 8.1 of Unigraphics is released.November, 1991:March, 1992:
EDS (Electronic Data Systems) acquires the commercial computer services business from McDonnell Douglas. Included with this was the Unigraphics organization, which was the primary purpose of the acquisition in the first place. Also included in the acquisition was the GDS organization which also developed and marketed a CAD system, but which was used primarily for AEC (Architectural Engineering & Construction) as well as GIS (Geographic Information Services, i.e., mapping) applications. Except for these two business units, the remainder of the former McDonnell Douglas computer services business was basically absorbed into other EDS units or were phased out. Note that several years later EDS sold the GDS organization to a private company. The Unigraphics operation was reorganized as an EDS business unit and John Mazzola was appointed as President of the new EDS Unigraphics division.The 16th Annual Unigraphics Users Group Meeting was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Long Beach, CA. The keynote address was given by Dennis Drislane, vice president of Operations, Mfg. and Distribution Services Div. of EDS. Drislane played a key role in the negotiations that lead to the acquisition of the Unigraphics organization by EDS from McDonnell Douglas and was currently involved in the transition process.June, 1992:August, 1992:
The EDS Unigraphics West Coast operation moves into their new headquarters at 10824 Hope St. in Cypress, CA. This new location included office space for a majority of the companies development personnel as well as the GTAC organization and the Southern California sales office staff. Excess space was leased to other EDS groups, but over time as Unigraphics grew, they eventually occupied the entire building.Version 9.0 of Unigraphics II is released. This was the last version of Unigraphics that supported UGFM (included with V9.0 and V9.1 was a UGFM to Native conversion program to preserve UGFM header info). It was also the last version that was officially labeled UGII (although we didn't really know that when it was released).September, 1992:The Unigraphics Fall Workshop was held at the Marriott Orlando World Center in Orlando, FL. There were over 300 people in attendance and it was the first of the "East Coast" meetings held in Florida, which proved to be a very popular venue.November, 1992:December, 1992:
EDS Unigraphics provides a sneak preview of Unigraphics V10.0 at the 1992 Autofact Show in Detroit, MI. This was the first public demonstration of Unigraphics V10.0 anywhere. Extra effort was made as this was the first major trade show that Unigraphics exhibited at since the acquisition by EDS. As shown in the scale model on the right, this was a very elaborate booth with several private demo rooms and a reception area with private meeting areas on a separate upper level. The booth occupied over 5,000 square feet (not counting the second level) and included a theater that seated over 100 people at a time where presentations and demos were given on a regular schedule throughout the duration of the 3 day show. A total of 26 workstations were installed in the booth and virtually all products offered by EDS Unigraphics were being shown somewhere at either one of the many public demo stands or in one of the 4 private demo rooms.Version 9.1 of Unigraphics II is released. Due to the long duration of the roll out of V10.0, Version 9.1 was supported for several years with many patches being released over time to keep the product as current as possible.February, 1993:The 17th Annual Unigraphics Users Group Meeting was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Long Beach, CA. Of course the main topic at this meeting was the introduction of Unigraphics V10.0. There were many demos and presentations covering all of the major aspects of the new product. Special attention was given to introducing the new user interface (which no longer supported the PFK), the completely new assembly modeling architecture and the updated Drafting module. However, the most time was spent introducing the concept that the primary method of geometric modeling was now going to be feature-based, parameter driven, solid modeling. As would be expected, a lot of the Q&A session was dedicated to issues involving the transition from V9 to V10.March, 1993:Field testing of Unigraphics V10.0 started on HP Unix only.September, 1993:The Fall Workshop '93 was held in Cambridge, MA. This meeting provided more opportunities to review the functionality of V10.0. Also introduced at this meeting was the new ECI (Early Customer Involvement) process which allowed a select number of customers to review current V10.0 functionality and proposed future functionality. Since there were so many changes in the area of the User Interface much of the effort focused on that area.October, 1993:Unigraphics V10.1 is released. Again this was treated more as a sort of advanced "beta" version with deliveries only to customers who requested it.February, 1994:The 18th Annual Unigraphics Users Group Meeting was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Long Beach, CA. Again the primary topic of the meeting was Unigraphics V10. By this time there were several customers who had already started to adopt V10 and therefore were able to report their progress. While these customers readily admitted that they were not necessarily using V10 in full production, the consensus was that V10 possessed real potential and that it was a step in the right direction.March, 1994:The next release of Unigraphics, V10.2, is shipped to those customers who had already received V10.1 or who had made a specific request for V10.2.June, 1994:September, 1994:
Unigraphics V10.3 is released. This was considered the first fully usable release of V10 and therefore was shipped to all customers as a normal release. Up until now, V10 had only been shipped to customers who had specifically requested it. However, many customers still continued to use V9.1 and only implemented V10 in pilot programs or on only very limited programs. Included with the shipment of V10.3 was a complete "Migration Kit" which included reference materials, self-paced tutorials, training schedules, and the first set of "Head Start Guides", etc. This material was all packaged in a self-contained kit that was provided to all customers receiving V10.3. This was also the first phase of introducing major CAM enhancements based on the V10 architecture. Up until now the primary focus of the V10 release had been transitioning the Modeling and Drafting aspects of Unigraphics to the new V10 paridym as well as the basic Gateway infrastructure.The Fall Workshop '94 was held in Orlando. FL. This meeting marked the coming of age of V10 as the latest version, V10.3, had already been shipped and many customers were starting to put it into full production. While there were still a lot of discussion concerning the user interface and the pro and con of feature-based verse traditional modeling, the mood was that all customers should start at least a pilot program and in many cases begin the planning process for putting V10.3 into full production.February, 1995:Unigraphics V10.4 is released. Some of the significant enhancements in this release are Interpart Expressions, the introduction of User Tools (an early User Interface customization capability), support of splines inside the sketcher, Automatic Cliff Edge Blends, etc. Also with this release was the second phase of the start of the CAM transition to the V10 architecture.March, 1995:May, 1995:
The 19th Annual Unigraphics Users Group Meeting was held at the Marriott Hotel and Tennis Club in Newport Beach, CA. One of the highlights of the meeting was a review of Unigraphics V10.4 (released just prior to the meeting) which was a significant enhancement and maintenance release since usage was up to the point where good quality feedback was finally starting to have an impact on the process of tuning the upcoming point releases of V10. Also at this meeting the importance and popularity of the Vendor Trade Fair was obvious as it was becoming one of the best attended events of the week.Unigraphics V10.5 is released. This is primarily a maintenance release in response to the large amount of high quality feedback that the development organization was finally starting to get from the growing family of early adopters and new customers who chose to install V10 as their initial implementation of Unigraphics. One of the much requested enhancements included in V10.5 was support for a true helix/spiral curve. In that past there were many user developed GRIP and User Function programs developed that created helical shaped splines, but now Unigraphics was supporting a true helical curve.September, 1995:The Fall Workshop '95 is held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA. This is the first time that a national users meeting was held in this part of the country and it proved to be a very popular venue. One of the special events at this meeting was a very early sneak peek at the Windows NT implementation of Unigraphics. This was a sort of prototype built using V10.5 and was only intended to show what a future production version of Windows based Unigraphics was going to look like.October, 1995:Unigraphics V10.6 is released. This was primarily a maintenance release and was the last of the "V10" releases. There were a few minor yet very useful enhancements included with this release such as Partial Shading, Un-Blank Selected as well as the option to predefine the color and font of modeling objects such as Sheet Bodies, Solid Bodies, Splines, Datums, etc.November, 1995:EDS Unigraphics officially announces their intentions to release, during early 1996, a fully compatible version of Unigraphics running on Microsoft Windows NT.January, 1996:Unigraphics V11.0 is released. This was a major release in several areas including the first efforts to add Industrial Design types of modeling functionality to Unigraphics as well as the first release of functionality intended to help manage extremely large scale assemblies. The Modeling enhancements included items like Bridge Surface, Curvature Analysis for Curve and Surfaces, Face Blends, Variable Offset Surface, etc. In the area of Assembly Modeling the new capabilities included Component Filters, Faceted Representations, Clearance Analysis between multiple Components, etc. Also this release included a fully integrated Spreadsheet linked to Feature-Based Modeling.March, 1996:May, 1996:
The 20th Annual Unigraphics Users Group Meeting was held at the Marriott Hotel and Tennis Club in Newport Beach, CA. This meeting was of special significance due to the fact that it was also the 20th Anniversary of the very first Unigraphics National Users Group Meeting where people from only 9 companies met in December, 1976 in Southern California. Several special events and activities were scheduled that acknowledged this milestone as well as providing an opportunity to recognize many long time attendees during the first days general session. However, one of the biggest events of the week was something never done quite on this scale before. As part of the 20th Anniversary celebration, the Unigraphics organization, in conjunction with the Users Group, gave away a brand new Jazz Ski Boat from Bayliner Marine Corp., a user of Unigraphics (in fact the Jazz was one of the first projects to be completely designed with Unigraphics at Bayliner). The prize, which included a trailer, was won by Jerry Cartwright from Delphi Chassis Systems in Dayton, OH.Unigraphics V11.1 is released. While there were many Gateway, Modeling and Drafting enhancements included in this release the primary purpose of this release was to provide a major update of the CAM capabilities of the Unigraphics. Also this was the first version of Unigraphics that delivered a full production version that supported the Windows NT operating system.September, 1996:The Fall Workshop '96 is held in Arlington, VA for the second year running. In addition to the traditional events and activities this meeting also introduced the first PART (Product Advisory Round Table) sessions where users were invited to participate in mediumer groups to discuss and review various projects and proposals being considered for future releases of Unigraphics. There were session help in such areas as Modeling, Drafting, CAM, CAE. etc.January, 1997:Unigraphics V12.0 is released. This release introduced the new UG Scenario line of CAE products as well as enhanced visualization of large assemblies.March, 1997:The 21st Annual Unigraphics Users Group Meeting is held in Anaheim, CA.July, 1997:Unigraphics V13.0 is released. This was a very significant release with the new redesigned Sketcher and the first release that provided full support of WAVE, the new interpart modeling capabilities of Unigraphics.September, 1997:October, 1997:
The Fall Workshop '97 is held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dearborn, MI. This was the first national meeting held in the Detroit area and as would be expected there was a very large number of attendees from the automotive industry with several executives from GM giving presentations covering the progress of the implementation of Unigraphics throughout the worldwide GM organization. Since this was also the first national meeting held in the Mid-West, an area that has always been a strong hold of Unigraphics customers, there was a very good turnout from the non-automotive sectors as well.EDS and the Intergraph Corp. announce their intention to form a joint venture combining the resources of the Unigraphics organization and the MCAD portion of the Intergraph business. This new company would be jointly owned and would be operated as an independent entity with the long term idea that this joint venture could eventually be spun off as a publicly traded company.January, 1998:EDS announces that the previously announced joint venture with the Intergraph Corp. has been converted into an outright purchase of the Intergraph MCAD business unit which includes the all of the personnel, intellectual property and software associated with EMS, Intergraph's traditional high-end CAD/CAM system, as well as the newly released mid-range product Solid Edge. EDS also announced that it intended to combine the assets gained in this purchase and the EDS Unigraphics Division into a new subsidiary that would be spun off as an independent company later in the year. The plan was to launch an IPO offering the shares of the new company on the Nasdaq exchange (this was later changed to the NYSE).February, 1998:March, 1998:
EDS announces that the new Unigraphics organization was going to operate under the name Unigraphics Solutions, Inc. and that John Mazzola was going to be the first CEO of the new company. EDS also announced that the IPO was targeted for June and that EDS was going to retain a majority ownership of the new company though the issuance of special Class "B" shares which would be held by the company with the Class "A" shares sold to the public and the employees as common shares.The 22nd Annual Unigraphics Users Group Meeting was held in Newport Beach, CA. Of course the buzz of this meeting was the changes taking places at EDS and Unigraphics. There was also presentations concerning the plans associated with the former Intergraph product, particularly Solid Edge.May, 1998:EDS releases the Prospectus covering the upcoming Unigraphics Solutions IPO and announces that it will be traded on the NYSE under the symbol UGS and that the plan is to have the first public offering of shares in June.June, 1998:September, 1998:
On Thursday, June 18th, UGS shares traded on the NYSE for the first time. The shares opened at $14.00, which was the original offering price and over 3 million shares traded that first day. When the market closed the share price stood at, you guessed it, $14.00. Oh well, nobody got rich that day, but at least Unigraphics Solutions Inc. was finally launched as a brand new public company. It was sure a long journey from those two rooms above the hairdressing salon in Torrance, CA to Wall Street, and it only took 35 years.The Fall Workshop '98 is held at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn, MI, the second year that a national meeting was held in the Mid-West. This was the first national meeting where the Unigraphics organization was attending as an independent public company. Again, major emphasis was given to the automotive industry and the involvement by Unigraphics Solutions in that segment with many of the speakers from GM and other major industry players.November, 1998:March, 1999:
Unigraphics Solutions releases V15.0 of Unigraphics. This release included many enhancements to the WAVE capabilities as well as additional tools to help manage interpart relationships. Also included in this release was a new implementation of the UDF (User Defined Feature) functionality.
Another interesting aspect of V15.0 was that this release introduced a limited number of color Icons to control several standard functions, such as File Open, File Save, etc. While this still could not be considered a full fledged implementation of a Windows-based UI, it certainly acted as a precursor of things to come.
The 23nd Annual Unigraphics Users Group Meeting was held in Newport Beach, CA. One of the primary themes of this meeting was move by Unigraphics Solutions to a full Windows-based version of Unigraphics. V16.0, the first true Windows-based version of Unigraphics was show cases with demos of early versions of the software.July, 1999:Unigraphics Solutions releases the first version of UG/Mold Wizard. The history of this product was not just one based on normal technical development with Unigraphics, but also the work of many people within the User Group. One of the most active yet unofficial groups was an ad hoc group of Mold Makers and plastic part designers who had been meeting, in conjunction with national user group meetings, with members of the Unigraphics development team and other interested users for several years. As a result of their effort, a new and accelerated effort was started to introduce capabilities in Unigraphics aimed specifically at the needs and requirements of the Mold Design and Manufacturing industry. This effort included several groups within Unigraphics as well as partners and groups in Asia. The result of this was the introduction of the Mold Wizard product, which also was a precursor to the effort that eventually lead to the this whole new push for Knowledge Based capabilities imbedded inside of Unigraphics.August, 1999:Unigraphics Solutions acquires Applicon. Inc. in an outright purchase of assets and responsibility for the currently installed based of Applicon software products. Applicon was one of the pioneers in the CAD/CAM industry and also included the former MDSI company that had developed and marketed the NC software product Compact II, the only real alternative to APT before the advent of graphical based CAM systems. Note that there was no real plan to continue support on any of the Applicon products however, the was an effort made, with good success, to transition existing customers to Unigraphics or Solid Edge. The acquisition of Applicon also allowed Unigraphics Solutions to gain a group of highly experienced programmers and software designers located very near one of their critical markets since Applicon had its headquarters in Ann Arbor, MI approximately 40 miles West of Detroit.September, 1999:October, 1999:
Unigraphics Solutions releases V16.0 of Unigraphics. This version of Unigraphics introduced a completely redesigned User Interface based on the Windows NT standard. In addition to the user interface other aspects of the system was also changed including the option to use the Excel spreadsheet instead of Xess (for NT only) as well as the ability to copy & paste images of the display window into other Windows applications like Word or Power Point and a new architecture for the navigators like the ANT (Assembly Navigator) and MNT (Model Navigator).
V16.0 also launched Unigraphics Solutions efforts in the area of Knowledge Based Engineering with the introduction of the new capabilities referred to as Predictive Engineering. There was also major enhancements in the are of CAM as well with many refurbished and completely redesigned modules including a new Navigator based interface for managing and updating existing toolpath and operations.The Fall Workshop '99 is held at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn, MI. This was possibly the largest Unigraphics Users group ever held with over 1000 attendees from 12 countries and over 200 different companies and organizations. There were special presentations by executives from Microsoft, Saturn and General Motors.December, 1999:Unigraphics Solutions becomes the first supplier of CAD/CAE/CAM/PDM products to achieve worldwide ISO 9001 registration. This was a multi-year effort with the process starting in 1996 when the Unigraphics operations in Europe first initiated a program to gain certification. At that time it was thought that this would only be critical for our European business but it soon became obvious that the ISO certification would have worldwide implications so in late 1997 a more concerned effort was started which would eventually involve the entire organization.
Return to Lobby


text:
The Nigerian legal education system, according to those who should know, does not meet the challenges of the 21st century. To bridge this gap, the Nigerian Bar Association(NBA) insists that lawyers must continue to educate themselves to be abreast of developments, writes Adebisi Onanuga
One message which the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has continued to impress on its members is that of continuing legal education. The advice is to ensure that lawyers continue to educate themselves in all areas of human endeavour and to keep themselves abreast of developments across the world.
It was in realisation of this need that informed the maiden "International Negotiating Skill and Audit Certification Course in Africa" organised by Guardian and Spot Legal Consulting held between July 23 and 26 in Lagos.
The senior consultant/Programme Officer Guardian and Spot Legal Consulting Limited, Mr. Charles Ayaunor, in an opening remarks noted that Africans over time have mostly been at the receiving end of unsatisfactory bargains at international levels owing to the various tactics deployed during negotiations between nations, businesses and individuals occasioned superior and inferior deals.
While admiting that negotiation is a very common tool engaged by everyone regardless of age or education, Anyaunor lamented that competent negotiation is a rarity. He said that this was why his company decided to collaborate with the Dispute Resolute Centre of Bond University, Australia in achieving the overall goal of bringing a course to Nigeria, that will perfect the negotiating skills of participants and make superior Negotiators out of Nigeria's legal practitioners and other professional negotiators.
The main resource person at the programme was Prof Mr. Patrick Cavanagh of the Bond University Negotiation Project, Queensland, Australia.
The professor of negotiation in his paper titled: Evolution of negotiation practice took the participants through the rudiments of hard bargaining tricks which often result in a win or lose situation and its accompanying problem-solving and co-operative bargaining which result in a win-win situation. Cavanagh described negotiation as persuasion, communication and selling.
He said the process of negotiation is often determined by who should open the negotiations, what is being offered for negotiation, the language being used and who should and should not be present during negotiation among other factors.
He said when issues in negotiation are viewed from a hard position, it tends to escalate conflict for inexperienced negotiators as such a negotiator would be seen to be totally unreasonable and greedy adding that the negotiator would miss opportunities to settle since he is focusing on a single issue or concern. To him, distributive bargaining strategies and tactics are quite useful when a negotiator wants to maximise the value obtained in a single deal and when the relationship is not important.
The don if a negotiator allows the opposition to be aware that he was lacking in options, then one should be prepared to be exploited with high payments or minimal settlements.
Where negotiation is becoming difficult, he advised that the negotiator must make effort to identify the real problem that is preventing resolution to issues at hand stressing that unless one is personally connected with his opponent, there will be no deal.
He said most people have the erroneous impression that negotiation succeeds because it is about substance. He explained that negotiation succeeds where the people account for 55 per cent of the issues of negotiation, while the process adopted to attain resolutions and the substance of the issue accounted for 37 per cent and eight per cent respectively.
On communication tips , he said a good commercial negotiator keeps communicating, do more of listening than asking questions, avoid apportioning blames, summarise discussion as much as possible, should be dispassionate, articulate in his goals and be firm on issues without damaging relationship. He stated further that a negotiator look for the right signals before making his moves, discuss perceptional differences, make consultations before taking decisions, focus on what he can control and must avoid debating on who is right or not.
He said that the outcome of any negotiation is said to be successful when the set goals are met, there are derivable advantages and benefits for all parties adding that such an outcome is better than having a no deal situation.
In a vote of thanks delivered on behalf of other course mates, Chief Uwensuyi-Edosuyi(SAN) described the programme as a training that will make a huge impact in expanding the frontiers of their respective legal careers and improve their output as single and multi-party negotiations. He said prior to their attendance, most of them nursed skepticism about what new thing could be learnt in negotiating, since negotiation forms a constant interface in their daily practice as legal practioners. "But the last four days have proved me wrong and I have realised how little I knew about effective negotiation', he added.


text:
Help yourself so you can help the poor
After reading an article from ChristianPF titled "What's the best way to help the poor?", a verse from 1 Timothy came to mind.
1 Timothy 5:8 reads:
8If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
When I was growing up, we didn't always have what we needed. There were times we had to visit a church to ask for food in order to make it through the month. A large factor in this situation is living with debt. Other factors included a broken home, no emergency fund, spending more than we earned and lack of satisfaction.
Unfortunately, we made poor decisions which required assistance from others. Not only could we not help others, we were taking resources from others who needed it most. If we had taken care of our family first, we would have had the resources to help the poor. We would have had additional resources to give of our time and our money.
Be careful how your life is prioritized. Trust in God with your first fruits. Take care of your immediate family and relatives. You will soon see that you will have more than you will ever need during your short stay on this earth. You will also have the resources to continue building God's kingdom. After all, it is much better to store up treasures in heaven, where moths and rust will not destroy it as is written in Matthew 6:20:
20But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
After reading this article and the article mentioned above, do you have any other ideas on how to best help the poor?