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HAVELOCK � Havelock commissioners have long lobbied for a solution to traffic issues at the intersection of U.S. 70 and Slocum Road at Cherry Point�s back gate.
HAVELOCK � Havelock commissioners have long lobbied for a solution to traffic issues at the intersection of U.S. 70 and Slocum Road at Cherry Point�s back gate.
They thought the answer to the problem was creation of a flyover interchange that would allow eastbound workers entering the base to efficiently transit over westbound traffic.
This was, and is, a solution on which commissioners, base officials and N.C. Department of Transportation engineers agree.
But DOT�s proposed rearrangement of traffic patterns associated with the interchange has been a source of disagreement ever since the state announced its design plans last year.
On Monday night during their board meeting, city commissioners again expressed displeasure with what they see as DOT�s apparent inflexibility on the design of the project.
Mayor Will Lewis cited correspondence between the city and the DOT and a Dec. 13 letter from the state �where they essentially said no to everything except one thing we asked.�
The city�s concerns include several key features of the DOT plan, including:
* closure of the service road in front of Wells Wayside Furniture;
* absence of a pedestrian walkway along Marsha�s Way, a new road to be constructed between the MacDonald Downs subdivision and Tucker Creek subdivision, and absence of a pedestrian access from MacDonald Downs to Walmart;
* closure of the entrance to MacDonald Downs;
* a controlled hazard light at Pine Grove Road for emergency vehicles from the West End Fire Station;
* conversion of the U.S. 70/Pine Grove Road/Hickman Hill Loop Road intersection in front of Wells Wayside to a superstreet intersection that reduces the traffic pattern and requires motorists entering Hickman Hills and Tucker Creek to make U-turns rather than left turns at the current traffic signal.
The city expressed 11 points of concern with DOT�s plans in a June 25 letter and eventually whittled those to five in a July 15 letter. Of the five points of concern, the city appears to have received accommodation on only one � the hazard light for emergency vehicles at the fire station.
In its Dec. 13 letter, the DOT said it could accommodate the city�s request for pedestrian improvements along Marsha�s Way as long as the city paid for it and was responsible for its maintenance. The estimated 2,800-foot walkway could cost about $20,000. The state flatly declined the city�s proposal for pedestrian access from MacDonald Downs to Walmart.
The DOT said it is still attempting to decide about the Wells Wayside access issue based on the opinion of the property owner.
Concerning the MacDonald Downs entrance, the state is still holding firm to its proposal to close the existing access and funnel that traffic out via Marsha�s Way and Pine Grove Road.
Concerning Hickman Hills access, the state contends that �there will be sufficient gaps in U.S. 70 eastbound traffic flow to enable U-turns from a stop condition, as well as adequate sight distance for the travelers.�
Commissioner Danny Walsh said: �That�s their plan. They�re going to stick with it.�
Walsh said that the original intent of the entire project was to eliminate crashes at U.S. 70 and Slocum Road, but the future plan, he said, just moves the danger westward a few hundred yards.
�Instead of front-end collisions, you�re going to have rear-end collisions,� Walsh contended. �This whole system is totally wrong for the future. DOT is not right. DOT is wrong on this.�
City Manager Frank Bottorff called for an urgent meeting between city officials and DOT engineers.
�We need to do a lot of legwork in advance so that we�re all talking on the same page and we all have it figured out in advance,� Walsh said.
Commissioners said that the city needed to get help from county, state and federal elected officials.
Lewis said the city needed to tread lightly. After all, congressional representatives had a hand in helping get the project off the ground after city officials expressed concern over vehicle crashes and frequent traffic backups during rush hours, he said.
�The talk�s been thrown around that we�ll just kill the project and I don�t think for political capital, it�s not that simple,� he said. �So just to throw that in everybody�s mind, it�s a decision we�re going to have to think long and hard about if we can�t mitigate everything that we want. We certainly don�t want to make our citizens� lives harder, but at the same time we don�t want to destroy relationships that have been built over the last several years.�
The $20.5 million project is slated to start in December with right-of-way acquisition. Construction is set for December of 2015.
In other business Monday night, the board:
* decided against moving forward with a pay and classification study in lieu of having the city manager make proposed adjustments to pay scales and bring forward the proposals to the board;
* asked Bottorff and City Planner Katrina Marshall to make proposals for changes to city rules concerning maintenance of developed and undeveloped property. In a 45-minute discussion, the board considered possible new regulations that could require property owners to have perimeter buffers clear of unmaintained growth of grass and weeds. The board also discussed ways to use city rules to require property owners to clear growth from front yard/street-side ditches. The discussion took place based on a citizen complaint about the maintenance of undeveloped property in her neighborhood that is deemed to be in a �natural� state and could violate current regulations. The board plans to revisit the matter at a future meeting.


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In this ongoing series, we ask executives, entrepreneurs and business leaders about mistakes that have shaped their business philosophy.
Maneet Chauhan
After serving as executive chef for restaurants in Chicago and New York and appearing on Food Network shows such as "Chopped" and "Iron Chef America," Maneet Chauhan was drawn to Nashville to open her first restaurant. Chauhan Ale & Masala House welcomed its first diners in 2014. After launching Morph Hospitality Group two years later, Chauhan and her team opened two more Nashville restaurants, Tansuo and The Mockingbird.
The Mistake:
I make mistakes all the time. I think they are very important because you learn from them, whether they are small or big errors. I don't think there has ever been a [decision] I have regretted — because I make the best of them. To me, something that seemed a mistake at the time has always been turned later to my advantage.
When we were thinking of opening a restaurant in Nashville, my husband, Vivek, had a couple of businesses over there, but we were based in New York. The plan was that we would open an outpost and commute but that New York would still be home base. So of course, best-laid plans, right?
The day we opened the restaurant, my son decided to be born three months early, so he was in the NICU in Nashville. At that time, we made the decision to move here, and it was frightening; New York is the food mecca of the world, and if you're in New York, you think you've arrived.
Of course, Vivek had to sell all of his shares in his businesses. At that time, we were asking ourselves, what are we doing? But three years later, we have three successful, thriving restaurants and two breweries — and no plans to stop.
You cannot be arrogant about cooking your food; you're doing it for your customers.
The Lesson:
We turned [the move] to our advantage by exploring Nashville and asking ourselves what the gaps in the city's culinary tapestry were. Moving to Nashville has put me on the international map. Nashville is a growing city, and it's a very exciting time for chefs and restaurateurs.
The customer base here appreciates good food. You cannot be arrogant about cooking your food; you're doing it for your customers. Being here has really helped me because I am now a very vocal spokesperson for Nashville and its culinary scene.
I think the one philosophy my husband and I have is that we explore every opportunity that comes our way. So that's what we did. We fell in love with not only the soul of the city but also with the business promise here. We knew we would be the only restaurant doing what we were doing.
My biggest advice to people would be to do your homework. I cannot tell you the number of people who come to our restaurants and say they want to open their own. Everybody is under the impression that opening a restaurant is a simple thing to do, but it isn't. It takes a lot of planning and forecasting — it's a business.
Maneet Chauhan is on Twitter: @ManeetChauhan.
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I had several people contact me since posting late last week about our upcoming Python and Linux classes, members of 091 Labs and non-members alike.
The members pointed out to me that I had not left much time between making the classes public and the actual beginning of the classes. When talking to others over the weekend, they were surprised to learn that they too had to sign up on the Eventbrites even if they were planning to pay on the day. This rapidly explained the perceived lack of interest by the members!
Members of the public also contacted me saying that their funds in January were still in rather short supply and they would have attended if it had started a few weeks later. Some asked if they could sign up as members of the Labs on the day and get the member discount for the two classes (which is a yes).
So to clarify:
- Python classes that were to start on the 22nd of January have been postponed two weeks until the 5th of February. Classes run 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th.
- Linux classes that were to start on the 23rd of January have been postponed two weeks until the 6th of February. Classes run 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th.
- Saturday classes starting on the 9th of February are unaffected and continue at 2pm-4pm for Python and 5pm-7pm for Linux.
- To let us have an idea of numbers in advance and avoid confusion on the door, people who wish to attend should please sign up on the appropriate Eventbrite. I have made a ticket option for those who wish to pay on the door.
- And yes, you can join the Labs on the day to get the member discount.
I'd also like to say thanks and sorry to all those that have so far promoted the classes for us. I hope that these changes won't stop you from promoting future Labs events! =)
Link to the blog post with class details: http://091labs.com/2013/01/upcoming-linux-and-python-intro-courses/
Python Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.ie/event/5247276746
Linux Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.ie/event/5254761132
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I continue on my bizarrely Wisconsinite struggle to define my ideal Cognac/Brandy. I've discarded some early predilections (Korbel VSOP, E&J, etc.) and tried to move things a bit more cosmopolitan. I can't say my early flirtations with California Brandies have been entirely successful. Germain-Robin's alembic brandy seeming a bit tedious after drinking a whole bottle. The French. There's some sort of French Chortling sound here. Oh, the French. I do like Pierre Ferrand Cognac and Cerbois Armangac. Ah, but the exchange rate. It seems like they go up $5 every month!
So here we are today.
Osocalis have been distilling brandy for about 10 years. They released their first brandy in 2006. I'm just getting around to tasting it now, and it is pretty darn OK. I'm no expert, but I like that there is a bit of the flavor of the wine in the spirit. It's a bit tart and, well, winey. Definitely on the young and feisty side, which is OK by me.
To get around to Savoy Cocktails…
Ichbien Cocktail
The Yolk of 1 Egg.
1 Port-wine Glass Milk. (2 oz Half and Half)
1/4 Orange Curacao. (1/4 oz Luxardo Triplum)
3/4 Brandy. (1 1/2 oz Osocalis Brandy)
Shake well and strain into medium size glass, with nutmeg on top.
I'm not normally a big milk cocktail fan, but I liked, and finished, this.
I guess if it were Scotch instead of Brandy, it would be "Auld Man's Milk". Thanks! Old man eje says, "Lovely and perfect."
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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The biggest indoor gold market has become the most talked about building this week for market participants in the Netherlands as well as in the rest of Europe, given the importance of such precious metal in the market. Find out the influence of this new market in the gold world!
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In recent days, the price of gold has been growing rapidly. It is the moment every participant of the gold market has been waiting for. There haven't been such changes since 1919! and they have finally come into force on 20 March. Did you already guess what is it? Find out for yourself whether this is the turning point to buy gold.
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Friday, March 20, became a key moment in the history of the gold market. The almost centenary London Gold Fix was substituted by a more reliable system of pricing. Is it time to wait for a rapid increase of demand and gold prices? Read further to learn more about this significant event!
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VIENNA — With his probe of suspected nuclear weapons work by Iran sputtering, the head of the U.N. atomic agency on Monday urged Iran to either cooperate or accept the prospect of a ruling on the allegations based on incomplete information.
Comments to reporters by International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano focused on the latest IAEA attempt over more than a decade to follow up the suspicions.
Iran says it does not want nuclear arms and never worked toward them. But the agency says it has collected about 1,000 pages of information that point to attempts to develop such weapons. It again has reported next to no progress since agreeing with Iran late last year on a new effort to try and clear up the allegations.
"This is not an endless process," said Amano, when pressed on how much longer his agency was prepared to pursue its latest investigation. He indicated that the IAEA would make an assessment on the suspicions at the latest in about two years' time — even if it failed to get the information it needed from Tehran.
"It is obvious that much more discussions and meeting are needed," he said.
Reporting earlier in the day to the IAEA's 35-nation board, he said that Tehran had not yet met his request to propose two new areas of investigation by Sept. 2. While saying that discussions have begun on two other alleged series of experiments that the two sides agreed on earlier, he indicated that the agency has yet to receive answers to its queries.
The IAEA inquiry is formally separate from U.S.-led talks with Iran focused on long term caps on Tehran's atomic programs in exchange for an end to nuclear-related sanctions. But Washington says a successful IAEA investigation must be part of any final deal.
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The Reina Sofia (Queen Sofia) Museum is located in the old General Hospital designed in the 18th century by Fernando Sabatini under the command of Charles III. The building was declared a historical artistic monument in 1977. Its collection stems from the Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art, from acquisitions from the museum itself, and from donations from artists like Salvador Dalí and Joan Miró. In 2005 the Reina Sofia enlarged its installations from 51,000 to 84,000 square meters. The Reina Sofia is today one of the largest contemporary art museums in the world and exhibits a key work of contemporary art: Picassos Guernica. The Reina Sofia Museum, along with the Prado Museum and the Thyssen Museum, form part of the Art Walk.
The agreement was unanimous by those present at the meeting, from which five representatives were absent Claude Ruiz Picasso, Placido Arango, Carlos Ocaña, Mercedes Elvira del Palacio and Fernando Castro Flores of the 19 members of the museum board of directors (17 representatives, the vice president and the president.)
Besides appealing to the most delicate state of conservation and immense format of the painting that has impeded all types of transport of this piece from the Reina Sofia, the board of the institution argued that in the museums collection the Guernica isnt considered as just an independent piece but rather as an integral part of the Pavilion since 1937.
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The extraction of the Guernica from the Pavilions context, and from the collection not only means treason to its historical specification, but also the dismemberment of the union of exceptional significance within the history of contemporary universal culture, said the Board in a declaration approved this afternoon.
In the same sense, the Board makes reference to the historical and political significance of Guernica. In fact said in a declaration -, the The Reina Sofia National Museum of Arts collection is characterized for specifically embodying the social and political commitment of the author, which makes it unique among the great international museums.
The buildings origin goes back to 1566 when Philip II decided to move all the sanitary and hospital centers into one area of Madrid. As a result, many hospitals were created around Calle Santa Isabel. The area acquired the name of General Hospital. In the 8th century, Charles III hired architect Francisco Sabatini as the designer of a new hospital that combined the many hospitals into one main General Hospital. With the passing of years the building underwent many modifications and finally in 1977 was declared a historical artistic monument.
In 1980 Antonio Fernandez de Alba began the restoration of the building. The work was finished in 1988 with the addition of three steel and glass elevators located on the exterior of the building.
In 1992 the Royal Highnesses King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Sofia inaugurated the permanent collection of The Reina Sofia National Museum of Art. Until that moment the museum had only held temporary exhibitions. Since then, it has stayed as the official museum to which great artists such as Dalí and Miró have donated their own works.
The director of The Reina Sofia National Museum of Art, Manuel Borja-Villel, said at the end of the meeting of the Board that since the beginning he didnt foresee there being any way possible related to the transportation of the Guernica, property of the state and part of the MNCARS collection, according to a declaration of the Board, as its "most valuable and emblematic work of art.
Breaking up of balance and dialogue
The division between the collections of the Reina Sofia and the Prado Museum, was scheduled in the Royal Decree 410/1995 of March 17th, establishes, is remembered in the declaration of the Board, a dialogue between the past, the present and the future of our country marking as a point of importance in the recovery of democratic liberties.
The division of the balance and this dialogue, concludes the text, not only affects the very definition of the Reina Sofia National Museum of Art and the role of contemporary culture in the Spanish society, but also implicates leaving in suspense the explanation point that was placed by the restoration of democracy in our recent history.
Some of the most representative works of the permanent collection are Picassos Guernica and Woman in Blue, Dalís The Great Masturbator, Juan Griss Guitar at the Sea, and José Gutiérrez Solanas The Circle of the Café Pombo.
The director of the Museum also explained upon leaving the meeting of the Board that during the meeting the importance of the Reina Sofia was seen as a very dear center and highlighted that now that the twentieth anniversary of its birth is here, the center enters into a period of maturity on al levels and it is important that the goal of transforming it into a state agency be achieved.
This will be its culmination, he emphasized.
Additionally, Borja-Villel pointed out that in the two and a half years that he has been directing the Reina Sofia the project has been carried out with which he assumed his position and remembered that the Board is sovereign regarding the Museums decisions.
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Last Friday, David Frost was acquitted of all four counts of sexual exploitation. He had been accused of manipulating his former players and their teenage girlfriends into group sex.
Christie Blatchford of the Globe and Mail weighs in on the trial with a superbly inquisitive column.
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How curious that at the just-ended criminal trial of former junior coach and National Hockey League-accredited player agent David Frost, it was, to use the lexicon of the national game, the girls who had the biggest balls.
The ex-boyfriends/former players took the stand with the privilege of anonymity while the now adult women brazenly exposed their identities in order to give detailed accounts of their stories. Blatchford continues:
Their testimony was so detailed and specific that it had the ring of truth, their demeanour dignified even as they were questioned about their most intimate sexual histories, their evidence about their ex-boyfriends invariably kind. By comparison, both young men were quick to portray them as promiscuous sluts and/or deluded naifs who had confused casual sexual encounters with romance.
Baiting women's sexuality and playing down our intelligence is SOOO UNORIGINAL, guys! What's so sad is that it does still work as a silencing tool, particularly in cases such as these where most of the evidence comes down to "he said" vs. "she said" statements.
Whatever really happened, we don't know for sure, but I'm not quick to assume two women would put themselves through a harsh and demeaning legal process just for the fun of it.
It's amazing that these women spoke out despite threats of re-victimization and slut-shaming. I'm really proud. On the other hand, homophobia and strict constructs of masculinity may have impacted what the men were willing to say, possibly because, as Blatchford suggests:
…almost anything is better than admitting to sexual abuse by a man - and that it is this same horror which keeps boys quiet and enables abusers to get away with it.
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EU budget: Cameron in bitter clash with Miliband
David Cameron has accused Ed Miliband of "rank opportunism" after the Labour leader decided to back Tory rebels in a key EU budget vote in the Commons.
But Mr Miliband said the PM was as "weak" as ex-PM John Major on Europe - and accused him of "throwing in the towel" before budget talks had begun.
Mr Cameron wants a freeze in the budget but Tory rebels and Labour are demanding a real-terms cut.
The PM is battling to avoid defeat in a vote at the end of the current debate.
MPs are expected to start voting in the next 40 minutes.
Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Cameron said he would veto any deal on the EU's financial plans if he could not get a deal that was good for Britain.
He said "at best" he would like to see the budget cut, and "at worst" frozen, but it was in the national interest to get a deal.
He accused the Labour leader of "rank opportunism" - and said voters would see through Mr Miliband's party political "posturing".
"He is playing politics, he is not serving the country," said Mr Cameron during a noisy session.
Mr Miliband said the prime minister "can't convince anyone on Europe", adding: "He has thrown in the towel even before these negotiations have begun.
"He can't convince European leaders, he can't even convince his own backbenchers. He is weak abroad, he is weak at home: It's John Major all over again."
The prime minister told Mr Miliband his position was "completely incredible".
Former Conservative Prime Minister Sir John Major saw his government brought to its knees by a series of backbench rebellions on Europe during the early 1990s.
MPs are debating the EU's 2014-2020 budget proposals, with a vote expected between 1800 and 1900 GMT, in what is being seen as a test of Mr Cameron's authority on Europe.
Mr Miliband's decision to back the Tory rebels increases the possibility that Mr Cameron will be defeated, although he is still thought likely to win any vote, as the Lib Dems and most Tory MPs will back him.
'Rank hypocrisy'
Labour sought to justify its decision to vote with Eurosceptic Conservative rebels by saying their call for for a cut in the EU budget was in line with their own position and they had tabled a similar amendment themselves earlier this year.
But Justice Secretary Chris Grayling told the BBC it was "rank hypocrisy" for Labour to "pretend to be the eurosceptic party" given its record of defending the UK's interests when it was in government.
Agreement on an EU budget for the period up to 2020 must be reached by all member states and the European Parliament.
The European Commission has proposed a £826bn (1.025 trillion euros) budget ceiling, equivalent to 1.03% of EU gross national income (GNI). That is a 5% rise compared with the 2007-2013 budget.
Mr Cameron has said any above-inflation increase in the budget would be inappropriate at a time when member nations are having to cut spending at home and said he would be prepared to veto any unacceptable proposal - budget decisions require the agreement of all 27 member states.
But some Conservative MPs want the UK to go further and demand a reduction in real-terms spending in future negotiations, starting at next month's EU council meeting.
The Tory rebels said they believed 40 to 60 of their colleagues would back the amendment.
Budget 'increases'
But, writing for the Conservativehome website, fellow Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom said the amendment was "wrong for Britain" as it did not focus on where money would actually be spent on a year-by-year basis.
"It won't produce the reform that British voters are looking for, and it could ironically result in higher cost to Britain's taxpayers, while damaging our scope for negotiations on the direction of expenditure," she said.
The SNP said its MPs would meet ahead of the Wednesday's debate to discuss their stance on the issue.
But their Treasury spokesman Stewart Hosie said a cut in the budget seemed "very sensible". "You cannot protect increases in the EU budget when there is austerity throughout Europe," he said.
In 2011, the UK's net contribution to the EU budget was 7.25bn euros (£5.85bn; $9.4bn), after the UK's rebate of 3.56bn euros from the EU, according to data from the European Commission. However, according to the Treasury the figure is £8.1bn.
Spending on agriculture and support for Europe's poorer regions - known as cohesion funds - account for about 80% of total proposed EU spending between 2014 and 2020.
MEPs want spending levels for those major budget items to be at least maintained at the 2007-2013 level but also want "significant increases" in budgets for competitiveness, small business, sustainable infrastructure and research and innovation.
EU leaders will hold a budget summit on 22 and 23 November. If no agreement is reached by the end of next year, the 2013 budget will be rolled into 2014 with a 2% rise to account for inflation.


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In the midst of that discussion, I was made aware of a press release announcing the retention of Jerry Hall -- the super model, actress, and former wife of Mick Jagger -- as the (get this) "Global Ambassador for [Bayer HealthCare's] Erectile Dysfunction Campaign."
Jerry Hall might be famous for this quote: ""My mother said it was simple to keep a man, you must be a maid in the living room, a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom. I said I'd hire the other two and take care of the bedroom bit."
So much for a wholesome image that should, in a more perfect world, be encouraged as spokespeople for pharmaceutical products (in this case, Levitra). I've come across some suggestive photos of Ms. Hall on the Internet, but I have chosen not to reproduce them here. Let's just say that the images are not meant to evoke wholesomeness.
Putting that whole issue aside, I find this tack by Bayer interesting because it confirms that women (especially sexy women) sell. In the past, Levitra used male images and spokepeople in its ads -- e.g., football coach Mike Ditka to launch the "Levitra® Challenge" during Super Bowl XXXVIII. He was dropped as was former senator Dole who spoke for Viagra.
It seems that ads with men telling men to see their docs to ask about ED were duds. I thought this might have to do with overstating the problem by ED drug marketers (see, for example, "ED Drug Sales Limp"). However, it may have been the fault of marketing not obeying the "sex sells" maxim. Cialis may have gained market share in part due to its ads that portrayed couples on the verge of coupling as it were. And then Levitra started using a woman actress to talk about her man, Now they have upped the ante and will employ a celebrity sex symbol as spokesperson!
It appears that Jerry Hall will be used to raise physicians' "awareness" of levitra and to entice them to prescribe it. As stated in the press release:
Jerry Hall will make her first statement, public appearance and conduct interviews for the campaign on 4 December at Bayer HealthCare's press conference "It Takes Two: Bayer's Commitment to Couples" to be held at the 8th European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM) Congress taking place 4-7 December 2005, in Copenhagen, Denmark.Discussion Thread
This leads right back to the use of sexy reps to sell drugs to physicians and the PHARMA-MKTING thread on that topic, which I now reproduce below:
From Brian Towell (across the pond, so mind the spelling):
I belong more to John's serious school of thought - the industry shooting itself once again in the foot while the foot is once again wedged firmly in its mouth.A de-identified person readily took on Brian's challenge:
The quality of a relationship between any stakeholder who has influence over whether or not this or that drug is selected for these or those patients is the primary objective of any skilled salesperson. It's all about trust, familiarity, honesty and a certain intellectual resonance. I despaired to see John's leaked 'sales training' manual earlier this year, and it still causes me some frustration that the industry can propose such a myopic view. If sex sells, then don't package it as sex.
If you want to focus on women as an asset to your business, then look at what women can actually do really well that male leaders struggle with.
Let's face it, Women really should rule!!
- Link [rather than rank] workers;
- favour interactive-collaborative leadership style [empowerment beats top-down decision making];
- sustain fruitful collaborations;
- comfortable with sharing information;
- see redistribution of power as victory, not surrender;
- favour multi-dimensional feedback;
- value technical & interpersonal skills, individual & group contributions equally;
- readily accept ambiguity;
- honour intuition as well as pure "rationality"; (this is one of my personal favourites, but as a male, most women already knew that)
- inherently flexible;
- appreciate cultural diversity.
Who manages more things at once?
Who puts more effort into their appearance?
Who usually takes care of the details?
Who finds it easier to meet new people?
Who asks more questions in a conversation?
Who is a better listener?
Who has more interest in communication skills?
Who is more inclined to get involved?
Who encourages harmony and agreement?
Who has better intuition?
Who works with a longer 'to do' list?
Who enjoys a recap to the day's events?
Who is better at keeping in touch with others?"
Not sure if looking pretty in your Maybelline and Estee Lauder adds anything to that, but lets face it, if you can package all of those skill sets into a 5' 7" brunette size 8 with pom-poms and great 'assets', maybe the industry is right? (Tongue firmly [and already apologetically] in cheek there!)
Interesting thread this, John. I wonder how the other women on the group feel about this?
You asked for it, so here is one woman's perspective on this topic.Bill Comcowich questioned the assumed, implied or inferred inverse relationship between beauty and integrity while simultaneously dissing CNBC's Dylan Ratigan:
Not to be too uptight (I was a rep once myself in this industry), but I think that this highly cynical view of "selling" is exactly what has frustrated my own personal physician, who, upon finding out that I am now a biomedical marketer, took me into his back room and showed me an overflowing trash can of marketing literature, post-its, pens, etc. etc.
He says that he also declines all invitations to "events," regardless of whether they comply with AMA guildelines or not and refuses to see all reps. He says that he is fed up with the nonsense, and I totally understand.
Not to get on my high horse, but my physician clients became my personal friends for the most part, but that was because they could trust me (and my B.S. in Molecular Biology) to detail them properly and answer their questions honestly. I was always welcome in the offices, got appointments, catered lunches that the docs attended (and then gave me office time), and gained the coveted "come and sit with us while we discuss organizational politics" invitations. I really enjoyed all of it and loved my job, because it was genuine. I agree with a famous CEO who said (and I am paraphrasing) that in the end, what really sells is your authenticity.
By the way, my sales numbers were always top-notch.
We (the docs and I) would also sit around and laugh at the other girls in their short skirts and low cut blouses, hanging all over their married friends AS WELL AS at the look-alike coiffed male reps all scrambling to get them out to the local baseball game and strip clubs. News flash: the docs see right through it, and they know there is the attempt to manipulate them. Sales managers should take heed and build teams that truly understand the word "integrity."
And you can't have "authenticity" or "integrity" if you're pretty or handsome??Jane Chin responded thusly:
I got a big charge out of the story being picked up by the Dylan Ratigan show on CNBC... He was critical of hiring pharmas hiring "pretty women". Of course, it never occurred to him that most TV news anchors (including the vacuous Radigan) are hired largely because of their looks.
Bill - exactly my point for my reply to John's Blogpost, which he graciously included in the update (see "Merck to Shed Fat, But Not in Sales & Marketing" under Sexy Reps Sell Rx Redux).Shivam A. suggested that knowledge and good looks are essential rep qualities:
All things being equal, I prefer looks that are easy on the eyes - men and women. (I'm a woman the last time I checked, which also confirms what another responder noted about marketing to women with pretty women (with the benefits of airbrushing in glossies).
[Jane's referring to my comments: I must say that this view of the sales rep is unfair to all the reps out there that are trying to do the job above board and with proper attention to science and communicating the benefits and risks of drugs. These reps must come forward and blast this practice (of hiring cheerleaders) if it is widespread. I saw at least on one occasion a cheerleader-type female rep in my doctor's office. My doctor happens to be a woman. But, women are also used to sell to women -- note all the models on the covers of woman's magazines.]
Of course, once you open your mouth, I'd eventually become interested in how much comes out of your knowledge than peeking through your {name preferred article of clothing}, unless I were someone who really don't care about the information and wanted something inappropriate. That would speak more to the integrity and behavior of the perpetrator than the person wearing tight clothes, would it?
Since all things aren't equal, the inequality may come from hiring practices, or the inequality may come from poor employee preparation ("training"), to start. Why not address these inequalities instead? Because we're just following a safe bet of a sensational story - scandals, corruption, now throw in the sex for a 6-month ride atop the headlines.
Imagine reps who are valuable information providers, intellectual knowledge about drugs and one who has the clearity about why prescribing is better for a part brand over another ( supported by results from clinical trials etc)as mentioned here...Frank said:
+ sexy impressive looks.
I am sure the blend of all above could definitely make a difference and impress upon the Rxers.
But lemme repeat it may not work out with someone who has either quality alone.
In my opinion the discussion ignores the simple fact, that it is one thing to hire people (cheerleaders in this case) just for their looks, and another to hire people for their talent in telling stories, being convincing and closing deals.
The story as proposed in the article implies, that people are hired just for their looks, which - again in my opinion - were a stupid thing to do, but of course is good story to be told in a newspaper (prove: the group, and the thread goes crazy about the story). I doubt that cheerleaders without further talent (opposite to bedside) will be hired.
Yes, all people prefer to listen to a story told by someone pretty and handsome. That's a fact which can help to increase sales. But if the story coming out is crap, there will be no sales, as most doctors - in the mean time - did understand, that a pretty rep does not necessarily translate into a ex-affair.


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Where: Antwerp, Belgium; Maastricht and Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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The concept: Keeping prices down by using prefabricated everything—the 150-square-foot rooms are built in a factory, stacked up, and then shot through with plumbing and electrical wiring. We wrote about citizenM in our February 2009 story on Boutique Hostels.
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This manual describes both motor and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease and provides detailed information on common medications used to treat these symptoms. Easy to read charts indicate the brand and generic name of a medication, dosages, typical treatment regiments, potential side effects, and indication for usage. A final section covers the use of herbs and supplements.


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Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black signed on to make this comedy about competitive bird-watching.
And they were amazed at what they discovered while making "The Big Year": Bird-watchers, or "birders," hopping on planes, flitting from Attu, Alaska to Key West, trying to spot the rarest birds in North America during the course of a calendar year.
And the most amazing discovery of all? Honor.
"This huge competition, birders all over the country, is done on the honor system," Martin says. "I thought for sure you'd have to at least have a photograph. Then I thought, 'Photographs can be faked or bought anywhere.' It has to be done on the honor system. You have to admire that, because there is almost nothing in American society that operates on the honor system."
As author Mark Obmascik wrote in "The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession," the book on which the film is based, "In a Big Year, there are few rules and no referees."
Black pipes up: "It just seems like they're wide open and vulnerable to fraud, doing it that way. Someone could come and cheat, blow wide open the world record."
Then Wilson weighs in: "You know, they could verify it with travel, if it ever came to that. 'This rare bird was only spotted here at this time, so do you have the paperwork to show that you were there?'"
Martin remembers a line Wilson's character utters in the movie: "You know the one," he prompts Wilson. "'People know who cheats. Everyone knows' And you go, 'Who wants to be THAT guy?'"
Black, 42, Wilson, 42, and Martin, 66, decided to team up for this comedy about life priorities, obsessions and birding for reasons they can't quite explain. Was it their chemistry?
"I always feel that it's like when you're a kid and you're spending the night at a friend's house, and you assume it's going to be this GREAT time," Wilson says in that familiar tall-tale drawl. "And the moment you get there, you realize, 'Oh, I made a mistake. I don't want to be at this house. The house SMELLS weird. Their parents are going to give you chores!'"
Martin and Black are laughing so loudly the phone seems to go dead for a moment.
"That's what it's like with actors. I know RIGHT from the start, 'OK, this was a mistake. This is going to be tricky. I'm not necessarily simpatico with these guys.'"
OK, Wilson is joking, but it might not have been chemistry. So it must have been the travel, right? British Columbia and environs?
"The travel turned out to be a bonus, these gorgeous locations they took us to," Wilson says. "We weren't filming in Manhattan and going to the clubs every night. But we were sort of in the Yukon dodging grizzles, in Tofino, seeing bald eagles."
Tofino is that part of Vancouver Island "where people go in the fall to watch storms," Martin explains. "Very violent storms come in and these people go visit just to see the storms. It looks just like Attu, Alaska, don't you think?"
Actually, yes. Treeless, storm-swept and covered with birds. So if it wasn't chemistry OR travel, the trio must have done the movie for the birding.
"Since I was playing the record holder for having a Big Year, so going into it I had to get myself up to some of expert level," Wilson says. "We had experts helping us. But I just, uh, followed the script."
"What he's saying is NO. He didn't become an expert birder," Martin says, contradicting Wilson. "You really can't pick and choose your passions. I had never quite gotten the passion for this that my wife, for example, has. I'm not going to put on a parka and a pair of binoculars and a funny hat.
On the day of this interview, Martin has been named Bluegrass Entertainer of the Year, which is why he adds, "My passions are art [he's a well-known collector] and the five string banjo!"
Black, famously an indoor guy, chortles at the suggestion that he looks "at home with a pair of binoculars." But he's the one who left with the most appreciation for the allure of the sport.
"Before I read this script, I would look at birders and go, 'What are they DOING, wasting all this time with their binoculars, going all around to find this or that bird?' It looked easy, and it was easy to make fun of. … But when you get to know a couple of birders, you realize they're special. … Their brains are so attuned, their eyes and ears so obsessively sensitive to birds… I find that makes them sort of superhuman.
"You see this speck on the horizon and the dude next to you goes, 'Yup. That's a condor.' Wait. What? He could tell by the speed of the wing flapping that it was a condor. You're in awe."


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AMAZING News For Downton Abbey Fans This Morning!
AMAZING news for Downton Abbey fans this morning, as it has been confirmed that a movie adaptation of the hit period drama is in the works - and Dame Maggie Smith has already signed on to reprise her role as Violet Crawley!
The revelation comes just months after the final episode of the much-loved series aired, and the addition of Smith puts a "stamp of quality" on the production, according to one of her co-stars.
"She elevates it to something else, because she is such a legend and a national treasure," Michael Fox, who plays Andy Parker, said at the BBC America's BAFTA Party on Saturday.
"It becomes a different show and she puts a stamp on it of quality.
"She is one of those actors you look at, and say, 'How on earth do they do it?'" the Brit actor continued.
"Everyone says Maggie gets the best lines - they are funny on the page, but she makes them exceptional - she is really special."
The Daily Mail exclusively confirmed the news this morning, nearly a year after Smith herself admitted that she wasn't sure if it would be possible for her to return should a film go ahead.
"By the time we finished, she must have been about 110," Smith pointed out during a taping of The Graham Norton Show. "It couldn't go on and on, it just didn't make sense.
"What age would she be?"
The movie is slated to begin production next year, although creator Julian Fellowes didn't give too much away about where the story would be headed.
"I think it will be fun to get everyone together," he admitted, "and move it to a larger scale because you have got more money to spend."
Bring on 2017!
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