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Get ready for Spring 2020!
Wildflower Weekend Photography Workshops
Includes 2 Nights B&B lodging in joshua tree
In our Weekend B&B Workshops, we explore special places in the National Park. Our weekend workshops cover Wildflower and Landscape Photography. We know the best spots in the Park! For beginners & experienced photographers alike.
Package includes B&B Style Lodging & lite breakfast. (You are responsible for lunch/dinners, and you'll get to explore the eateries in "Downtown" Joshua Tree)
Workshop includes
2 nights Lodging and lite breakfast in Joshua Tree, California
Wildflower/ Landscape Photography Training
Check-in: Friday @ 5pm - Check-out: Sunday @ 11am
Training on Optimal Camera settings and Setup, including lens selection
Includes 2 Photography Sessions in the park with our expert guide.
Post-processing training if desired (Sunday AM)- using the Adobe Lightroom "Classic" CC
Lunch/Dinners not included
Price: $499.00 (USD) per photographer
includes 2 Nights B&B lodging in joshua tree
(Price include queen bed - w/accommodations for 1 or 2 persons. Non-Photographer spouse can attend for free - even in the park!)
2020 Wildflower Weekends
Contact us to schedule mid-week Wildflower Workshops
April 10-12, 2020 - Friday (3pm) - Sunday (11am)
May 1-3, 2020 - Friday (3pm) - Sunday (11am)
May 8-10, 2020 - Friday (3pm) - Sunday (11am)
May 15-17, 2020 - Friday (3pm) - Sunday (11am)
Recommended Camera Equipment
Check our gear guides
LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS: You can bring any type of camera to our Landscape workshops. Digital DSLR cameras are best, but any camera will work just fine. We can even capture amazing images with your iPhone!! A Tripod is helpful, but not required. If you have a Digital camera, bring all of your lens - Wide, Zoom and Telephoto lenses all work well. Once you've registered, you will receive a preparation guide and a list of useful apps for the workshop.


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Aside from accountability, I think coaching may be one of the most misunderstood words in the leadership lexicon.
(Let's be real. It's been hijacked and given a negative connotation by some bosses out there who've decided to hide behind the word in order to do any number of things to people up to and including emotionally abusing them. You've seen them and I've seen them. That's cowardly and that's a shame. That's also not really coaching.)
Like I said though, coaching is often used in different ways. Sometimes it's used interchangeably with other words, and other times it's just used with no discernible or distinct meaning (and by gosh, words mean things).
At the same time, both our gut and research tell us that coaching is a key component of successful teams and organizations, and as such it should be woven into our organizational culture. With that in mind, let's think this through. And keep in mind as we go that these should be used in concert, meaning that you'll use each of these at different points and in combination with each other.
[bctt tweet="Coaching is a key component of healthy & high-performing teams. #leadership #companyculture" username="MattMonge"]
The Best Leaders Coach by Setting the Stage
What I mean by "setting the stage" is getting folks to a point where they understand that they might actually want or even — gasp — need coaching or development. This will look different from person to person.
Some people know they need real-deal development if they're to reach their potential and are eager to get started. Others need to be jolted out of a sense of complacency. Others may need a bit of a reality check — they might need to be shown that they're not quite as amazing as they may have led themselves to believe they are.
Whatever the case is, until someone actually sees their need for development, coaching efforts are largely in vain because there won't be any real sense of urgency around them.
The Best Leaders Coach by Gaining Awareness and Insight
This is an ongoing process for both the coach and the other person. As a leader and coach, you're wanting to gain insight into where the person is right now and where they're wanting to go, sure; but you're also wanting to help the other person develop a greater level of self-awareness.
[bctt tweet="Great leaders help their teammates develop more self-awareness. #leadership #companyculture" username="MattMonge"]
One of my favorite tools for gaining awareness and insight is questions. You see, we want folks to self-discover things if at all possible. Questions are a very effective tool for this (see Socrates), and can be very powerful. Questions can be used to affirm things, and they can also be used to drive home important things that the other person needs to ponder more deeply.
Questions are also fantastic for pointing out gaps. What I mean by gaps (or you could even think of them as inconsistencies perhaps) is stuff like helping folks see the difference between their current actual performance and how they perceive their performance, and further still, their desired performance. Another example might be the difference between what they intended with their words or actions and what the actual impact of those words or actions was.
The Best Leaders Coach by Challenging
This is one that folks who are into "leadership" just to be liked simply won't do, and that's a shame, because it's what great leaders do without exception. Think about it — think about the greatest coaches in any sport. When it comes down to it, it isn't about them being adored, or loved, or worshipped, or anything like that. They challenge people. That means it won't always feel like rainbows and unicorns when you're being coached.
Any former high school and/or college athletes out there? Yeah. You remember all those practices. All the running. And conditioning. And the strength training. And all the…ahem…pleasant chats you'd receive from your coach during those gut-check conditioning sessions. I don't know about yours, but I don't recall mine whispering sweet affirmations into my ear during wind sprints.
Great leaders help people grow in real, concrete, and tangible ways. Anything less isn't coaching. The best leaders challenge at least a few different things:
- Assumptions. Everyone — yes, everyone — has assumptions that they bring with them into work, leadership, and every situation; and there's nothing wrong with that. What's important is that we learn how to see those things in ourselves. Great leaders and coaches help people recognize those things, and will challenge people to think critically about their assumptions.
- Thinking. It's crucial that people think about thinking, especially if they want to lead. So when we coach people, we want to encourage them to think about how they're thinking. Is it logical? Coherent? Fair? Would it bother them if others employed a similar mindset? Would a team function well if all of its members thought the same way? Does it jive with their stated philosophy of life and/or leadership (assuming you've discussed this with them)?
- Actions. Do their actions seem consistent with how they've described themselves? I think one of the most helpful things leaders can do is help folks press into the "why" behind their actions and attitudes. Which leads us to…
- Motives. Leaders/coaches help people do gut checks related to their motives. As a great philosopher of old once said, "Check yourself before you wreck yourself."
The Best Leaders Coach by Connecting Work to Purpose
It's critical that people understand the broader context and purpose of their work, and that they understand how and to whom it's meaningful. Great leaders know this, and help people make these connections.
[bctt tweet="People need to know how and to whom their work is meaningful. #leadership #companyculture" username="MattMonge"]
The Best Leaders Coach by Listening
I have to be careful here, because I could (ironically) ramble about this one for a good while, but for more about how huge listening is, check out this post. The best leaders will use listening as an indispensable tool in their development arsenal.
The Best Leaders Coach by Encouraging
Great leaders understand that as humans, we all have down times. Some of us have extended down times. There's not a human on the planet that doesn't need encouragement from others. Great coaches and leaders recognize this and are there to offer sincere (I repeat — sincere) encouragement.
[bctt tweet="Real & human leaders know the importance of encouraging their teammates. #leadership #companyculture" username="MattMonge"]
The Best Leaders Coach by Motivating
This may seem obvious, but how often do you remember actually feeling motivated by "coaching" you received? The best leaders motivate people to action. They motivate people to change. They motivate people to grow. They motivate people to overcome fear.
Motivation takes work because no two people are motivated in exactly the same way. So it's a matter of learning about your team (or the person or people you're coaching) and uncovering what motivates them.
The Best Leaders Coach toward Growth and Results
Coaching and developing people is ultimately about you (the leader) serving them in such a way that they grow and achieve things, yes? So if that's not really happening, you've got to ask yourself if what's happening can actually be called coaching or developing. Coaching and development, if done well, and if done with a mind toward actually serving the ones being developed, result in meaningful growth and development in the one being coached. The sad truth is that sometimes it can be tempting to rally followers around ourselves for the feeling it gives us. That, sadly, isn't about leadership or service or coaching or development. That's about feeding a need we have deep down inside for our ego to be stroked.
The bottom line…
…is that coaching and development, when conceptualized as service to others, will look and feel very different from when it's conceptualized as something that is more about us. The Mojo Company specializes in coaching for both executives and young professionals — click here for more info!

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About me and the history of Lohr Woodworking
ABOUT JEFFRY LOHR I am pretty much the product of an exceptional high school woodshop program of the 1960's and a strong blue color work ethic. Added to this is a B.S. in Industrial Arts in 1976 from Millersville State College followed by postgraduate study in fine art at West Chester State. The raw material of what I am made of is an irrepressible drive to engage myself in creative activities. I am very much a "jack of all trades" and find an interest in a wide variety of materials and processes. However, I believe myself to only be a master of one trade and that is woodworking. Holding all of this together is the true mortar of my life, my wife Linda, who has enabled me and encouraged my endeavors every step of the way.
If you want more information about how I perceive my work and what I am attempting to do with it, then please check out my Artist's Statement page.
You may also check out the five Regional & National Awards I've received for my work and some other info about my school, the Saturday Workshop Series.
Rob Spiece is currently one of two assistants here at Lohr Woodworking. He was awarded an apprenticeship in June 2006 and has grown into a fine maker and teacher in his own right.
Rob graduated with a degree in film at Temple University in 2004. I originally took Rob on for his film and video credentials to help on plans I have for that but I have been truly amazed at how quickly he has taken to the craft.
Rob takes as naturally to woodworking as anyone I have had the honor to train over the course of my own career. I am hopeful Rob will be the long term fellow here at Lohr Woodworking and have no reservation in titling him as Journeyman Cabinetmaker effective 2009. In addition to his woodworking training, Rob has been teaching me quite a few things about film which is exciting for both of us.
Very pleased to have you here Rob. Jeffry Lohr
All are encouraged to
visit Rob's Personal Woodworking Web site at:
Click here to visit Rob Spiece's Personal Pages on the Lohr Woodworking Site
Lohr Studio's Irish Woodworker, Eoin O'Neill
Eoin O'Neill comes by way of England to America and is the latest addition to our staff.
Eoin was a significantly accomplished guitar maker before joining the program here at the studio in Schwenksville in mid 2007. His interests now more diversified to include furniture, Eoin is a welcome addition to the general studio and school program here at Lohr Woodworking.
I believe it no doubt stems from his guitar building background and experience, but one thing all in the studio can count on is that work given to Eoin is executed as well as it can be and to the finest tolerance with minimal guidance from me, Jeffry.
I am pleased to be able to wok with a contemporary in the studio. Welcome to the workshop Eoin.
Click here to visit Eoin's Personal Pages
About the apprentice program at Lohr Woodworking
It has been my pleasure to have 15 apprentices over the last 19 years. All apprentice positions have been fully paid and fully insured positions. There have been an equal mix of both part time and full time positions offered over the years. Rob works for me full time and is has free use of my studio in off hours and weekends. Kristen works two days a week and on an as needed basis for another woodworker.
Below is an aerial view of my workshop & farm.
Today, the physical plant of my studio is a dream space to work and create my furniture designs. This was not always the case as I started my furniture making career over 30 years ago out of an unheated 10' x 18' rented garage while I was still in a small rowhome in town.
My studio building
My wife and I bought our farm in 1985. My first workshop on the farm was built up in the old barn you see in the lower left of the aerial photo further up this page. As I became more successful, I was able to build my dream studio you see above by working incredibly hard on nights and weekends for six years. This structure I built myself out of 60% salvaged materials and the generous help of some close friends. (You can take a virtual tour of the inside of my studio by clicking on the Lohr Woodworking School and enlarging the thumbnails on that page.)


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Those of you who have been readers for awhile, probably remember my teaching portfolio how to and tips blog post. Times change, people evolve, and pretty soon you're looking for a new position. That's the case for my husband right now. He's on the lookout for a principal or athletic director position. So when I recently came across Stephanie's blog post at The New Principal Principles, I was ecstatic! You see, Stephanie is a principal in Texas who also blogs and creates awesome resources for the teachers in her school. She has a passion and drive that I'm honestly jealous of. Her heart is in education for the kids and for helping the adults who teach them. When I found out she had created a principal interview binder, I knew it was EXACTLY what my husband needed to make him stand out from the crowd and land the perfect principal job!
One of Stephanie's 2016 goals is to create an entire line of products to help principals. (Hello, generous!) It just so happens that helping them with the interview process was the first one. I think I read her entire blog post in two minutes flat, and she had me running to purchase the product.
Check out couldn't come fast enough! 🙂
That's when I started pouring through the download and got REALLY excited! Stephanie laid out exactly what a principal should expect at the interview. She gives over 20 pages of resources! You find out who to expect to be on the interview committee, illegal questions that cannot be asked, a look at her presentation (which my husband has turned into a principal interview binder to leave with schools – see below), keywords to consider adding to your resume and cover letter, what types of information to know about the school and district, what to bring with you to the interview, and how to get organized so you're ready when the perfect position opens up.
To say Stephanie has been thorough is an understatement! She's got EVERYTHING a principal could want, in one easy download!
But wait – it gets even better! With your purchase you also get access to an amazing Facebook group. In this group you'll find other like-minded individuals who either currently have or are searching for an administrative position. Stephanie and the group members will help you walk through various interview questions and the types of answers the committee is looking for. My husband has already been lost in there for long periods of time, and the group is just getting started!
Now – why on earth would I be sharing this principal interview binder information with you today? You're probably wondering if Stephanie paid me to say any of this. Nope! As a matter of fact, I downloaded the product without even talking to her first. Then I e-mailed asking if I could help spread the world. Truth be told, I'm a little upset with her! I applied for a principal position in early 2014, and she hadn't created this product yet! SHAME ON HER! 😉 (I'll forgive you, Steph! This product is forgiveness worthy!)
But, in all seriousness, please stop over at Stephanie's blog and check out her awesome product to help you nail the principal interview. My husband already has his principal interview binder put together, and I can't wait until he can shout out in the secret Facebook group that Stephanie helped him land his first admin job! 🙂
If you're not a principal, but a teacher looking for a new position – check out my teaching portfolio how to and tips blog post. It's sure to help you out!


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The deadline to get your entry for Superunknown XII submitted to Level 1 is the 20th February. To count down to the deadline, we're looking back at some of the greats of Superunknown. And Superunknown VII was something of a controversial one. For the first time, the winner couldn't simply pigeonholed as a park skier tailor made to kill the park shoot the winners get invited to. Logan Imlach was something different, a creative all rounder.
Like Jon Brogan his selection provoked outcry among certain segments of NS for a perceived lack of technicality. But he carved a niche for himself that made him an excellent selection by doing tricks never seen before. He continued to innovate right to the end, stomping what I'd say was the best trick in the whole of Less. And all through his career in skiing he worked a 'proper job', even through winter.
His willingness to speak out on big topics in the industry and his attitude to skiing has always set him apart from his peers. Sure he divides opinion, but most interesting people do. And for what it's worth, he's grown to be my favourite Superunknown winner of them all.
nutz. worded it better than I managed to on this occasion in his comment below, which reads: "Logan is the everyman's skier. He works hard and stays humble. He's the sort of guy I would have been writing about in elementary school when the topic came to heroes because for me, Logan's extraordinary because he's ordinary. What's he's done is show people that everything's achievable with some hard work, dedication, and creativity and that through these traits you can pave your own path. Loads of people could do with learning a thing or two from him and maybe even following in his footsteps. But then again if you were following in his footsteps you wouldn't be learning too much from him would you?"
Logan recently retired from professional skiing and has got himself a job as a ski engineer. With the background he's got, I can't wait to see what he comes up with. Judging by his vimeo, which I stalked to put together this article, he also just got engaged. So here's to Logan, best of luck!
34.25 - 39.45ish (His ender in a snowboard movie, how many skiers can claim that!?)
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For the last twelve years, San Marcos has had one Mayor, Jim Desmond. He has termed out, and the office needs to be filled. There are three candidates who believe they are the one to lead San Marcos through the next four years.
North County Daily Star conducted video interviews of each candidate thanks to Town Square Realty Group for their sponsorship.
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Long Run has the class to cope with Grand National challenge
Our Father started favourite for the Hennessy and could go well at a big price
Jockey Sam Waley Cohen and Long Run. The 2011 Gold Cup winner has been given a rating over a stone and a half lower than his career peak. He's not as good as he was – but he surely hasn't regressed that much. Photo: Nick Potts/PA
It's almost 40 years since a Cheltenham Gold Cup winner won the Grand National and it is a very different Grand National now to when L'Escargot famously beat Red Rum in 1975. Just how different it is could be confirmed if Long Run lands the first £1 million Aintree spectacular this afternoon.
That the National doesn't present the challenge of old is indicated even by Long Run's appearance in the line-up. The horse that beat Denman and Kauto Star in the 2011 Gold Cup has failed to finish only one of his 30 career starts but that "UR" in the King George at Christmas doesn't tell the full story.
Attractive alternatives
Even at his peak, Long Run's jumping never fully convinced – spectacular when meeting a fence right, sometimes cumbersome and awkward when not. Mistakes have been plentiful; in short, he's the sort of prospective mount that would have had even the most cavalier of old-time jockeys suddenly finding more attractive alternatives if presented with Long Run as a mount for a more traditional National challenge.
Even with the modifications to the drops at the landing side of the fences, Long Run would still have had many of the modern riders wary of teaming up with such a comparatively 'hit-and-miss' jumper.
But the decision last year to change the core of the famous fences, making them more flexible and forgiving of jumping errors which in the past would have put horses on the floor, had an immediate impact.
Just two horses fell in last year's National. Half a dozen unseated.
The reality that the National now attracts attention for more than just competitive reasons was reflected in 13 horses being pulled up with jockeys aware of the wider welfare picture in which the National operates.
That Auroras Encore still provided a 66-1 'lottery' result put the seal on a perfect controversy-free outcome for the authorities, but it was also confirmation that the National is a very different beast now.
Inherently challenging
Of course different doesn't mean the same thing as wrong, and a race as inherently challenging as the four-and-a-half miles and 30 fences of Aintree has the armoury to throw presumption back in your face.
But there are some things that can be taken as read.
The presence of Tidal Bay and Long Run at the top of the handicap, and given notably lenient ratings to facilitate them too, certainly indicates a better quality of horse taking part. The days of slow plodders hunting their way round look to be over, and with faster horses comes greater risk.
It's the speed fences are taken at which is usually the danger, not their size. But that's a risk that looks to be diluted by easier fences, or at least fences that produce a different sort of error.
Since unseating the rider now appears to be the most common National exit, the fact that Long Run lost his jockey Sam Waley-Cohen in the King George is an obvious worry.
But the amateur rider has already proven himself a formidable talent at negotiating the National fences, added to which he has the priceless confidence of knowing he is on the class horse in the race.
Long Run has been given a rating over a stone and a half lower than his career peak. He's not as good as he was, but he surely hasn't regressed that much.
This time last year he was third in the Gold Cup and narrowly beaten at Punchestown. With even a merely competent round of jumping, and the requisite luck in running, he has to play a major role.
Long Run's opposition will include ten Irish hopefuls bidding to become the first to score since Silver Birch became the sixth winner trained in Ireland in a glorious nine-year period in 2007.
Proven route
They include the Willie Mullins duo Prince de Beauchene and Vesper Bell while Tony McCoy has chosen Double Seven over Colbert Station from JP McManus's team.
The 2012 Irish Grand National winner Lion Na Bearnai will attempt to give Davy Russell a Gold Cup-Grand National double last brought off by Lord Windermere's trainer Jim Culloty in 2002.
And the Irish National is a proven route to Aintree glory.
Our Father started favourite for the Hennessy and could go well at a big price while the better the ground, the better Baltahazar King's shot as Richard Johnson chases a first National success.
But the modern-day Aintree 2014 can see Long Run pull off his own Gold Cup-National double, nine years to the day after he was foaled.
The demands of the course may have changed but whatever way it looks, the National is still some birthday present.


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Headless Chicken Syndrome: Symptoms and Treatment Options
So. You know how you're a nonprofit or public sector servant? You give your time and energy to a cause and a purpose you believe in? You KNOW you would be soul-sucked and heart-crushed if you just plugged away at a regular old job for some regular old company doing regular old stuff every day?
That's good.
But sometimes, don't you feel a little...tired? OK, let's be honest...exhausted.
And when you feel that way, if you're like me, you probably troll the internet looking for something to attribute this feeling to - WebMD - help!
Luckily, I have a pseudo-diagnosis for you that I think will help you start to understand this fatigue, burnout, stress, and that ugh! feeling you might be getting right now, even though you thought you were doing what you were MEANT TO DO!
And, because I am just an all around cool chick, I will also provide you with some handy tips to GET BETTER.
It's called: Headless Chicken Syndrome*
*with apologies to vegans and animal lovers all over the world
You may be afflicted with this unfortunate disorder if:
You regularly start projects which you fail to finish, or otherwise abandon
You find your day is packed with back to back meetings every day, all day, week in and week out
You check your work email and/or voicemail when you are not at work
You have a running to do list that never ends, only grows larger, and you have begun having nightmares about this terrible to-do list beast, it haunts you, stalks you, never lets you go while you're simply JUST TRYING TO HAVE A SLEEP!
You can't remember where you're supposed to be right now, or why
You're late. A lot. All the time, even
You aren't sure why you're working on the things you're working on
You check your email all day. You describe your job to others as "I respond to emails and go to meetings." as if that were your entire job description
Your check ins with your boss or staff consist of checklists and to-dos, and little about strategy or priorities
Your time mysteriously disappears and you find yourself saying at the beginning of EVERY SINGLE MONTH "Oh my god - it's __________ already!?"
You don't eat lunch, or you eat lunch at your desk, or you make people watch you eat while you're in a meeting because you didn't have time to eat otherwise
You feel exhausted, stressed, and, let's be honest, a little pissed off ALL THE TIME
You can't get enough sleep, ever
You forget to bathe sometimes, or forget to brush your teeth, or otherwise neglect personal grooming in order to do more work
You stay up until the wee hours (or get up in the wee hours) to do more work
You joke about being a workaholic, ha ha, so fun
You find yourself aimlessly doing what amounts to busywork because you have NO idea what the most important thing to do actually is at this moment...
If you have three or more of these symptoms, you, my dear friend, have the aggrieved Headless Chicken Syndrome.
Help! What Can Be Done!?
Let's talk about treatment options.
First, stay calm (or, well, just GET calm in the first place...I know you're not, just humor me and BREATHE for a second, OK?)...
Do it again.
Do it one more time.
Aaaand, once more.
Good. That's better, right? Just a little?
Now. You have three options:
Quit your job (only in the absolute WORST case scenarios is this to be considered)
Get clear on what IS important with the people who care what you do all day
Manage your symptoms by zoning out every night in from of the TV or with some booze or whatever you do to "take the edge off" or "just relax" (not really all that helpful)
My expert opinion is that option 2 is the best course of action. Let's discuss:
How do you get clear on what is important?
Strategy, my darling! Strategy!
If you have a strategy, an agreed upon, aligned with all the right people, STRATEGY? Then you have yourself a roadmap to recovery.
You know where to spend your time, because you KNOW what results you are after - you know what people expect you to produce, how to produce it, and what to NOT do so you get those results. In fact, so clear are you on these things, you routinely decline additional projects when they are offered (to the chagrin, occasionally, of your bosses, but you have a MISSION, don't you?).
You know what the most important thing is RIGHT NOW, not because of a deadline, or because your boss is breathing down your neck about something, or because it is the next big urgent thing that came up (once, I had a boss tell me my entire job was to "put out fires." I quit about a month later because it was a stupid, futile job, as I wasn't employed by the fire department).
You know the most important thing to do RIGHT NOW because you know the gameplan. You know the goal, the result, and what your role on the team is to get this game in the bag. You KNOW because you have a strategy, a plan.
But, Sarai! I'm not in charge!
It's OK. You're not in charge? Well, here's something fun!
Your environment is pliable. It will adapt to the shape of you. And if it won't, you will need to refer to treatment option 1, when you're ready.
Back to treatment option 2, environmental considerations:
If YOU change, your environment will adapt to your healthy new way of being. Other people will learn to see and respect your boundaries, and will see the results you get with your commitment to the STRATEGY. Your strategy is to identify - whether your teammates get it or not - what your specific, particular role is on this team, and then, commit to providing THAT service to the absolute highest of your ability.
The other stuff? It must fall away.
People will be uncomfortable with this at first. They might complain. You might even face some flack. But if you can't decide and focus on what is actually IMPORTANT, you are going to continue running around with your wings flapping and your tail feathers wagging. You are going to run out of time, of energy, of your very passion that led you to this special place and this beautiful cause in the first place.
You will work-die. That is, your love for your current job and your organization will wither away and just fall off. You will notice this, eventually, and it will hurt. Either you'll self-sabotage your way out of your job, or you'll admit you have a problem, work up the gumption to do it, and you'll say goodbye, hopefully politely.
I would like to get you into Option 2 Treatment right away.
Let's start with this: does your organization have a strategic plan? Yes? Great - get your hands on it, make sure it's relevant, and connect with your boss or your boss' boss, or whomever you need to connect with to make sure your every day work aligns with this big picture.
But, why, mercy me, you DON'T have a relevant strategic plan!? *feigns surprise*
Then, let's talk about how to make one happen. It's not hard. In fact, it can be productive, quick, and, well, FUN! (remember FUN!? it's really cool, I promise - I found FUN again not too long ago, and we've really rekindled our love affair, me and FUN).
You can grab the Lean Nonprofit Mission Canvas to get started, and you can, if you are brave of heart and strong of character, get engaged in the awesome new program designed to help you get this allllll straight: "Get Strategic NOW!" You'll get pretty far down the road to healing, and before you know it, you'll be back to your old, jovial, committed, passionate, loving self again - with a strategy to pin your purpose to, you will ROCK your mission, your career, and your life.
And, if you're so inclined, you can read up on this whole process in my new book, Strategic Planning That Actually Works.
And, if you'd like to know more for FREE, check out my upcoming webinar, Secrets of Strategic Success on February 4th 2015. I'm sure it will be VERY therapeutic.


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Shelley B Home and Holiday offers unique home and holiday decorations.
Online since 1999, we are family owned and operated and located
in historic Eastern Pennsylvania.
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Welcome to Geography at Assumption!
Most everyone knows that history is the study of events through time. Basically, historians ask "What happened when and why then?" But many people, it seems, have a problem defining geography. One reason why geography has languished in the curricula of many schools is that so few people understand the nature of the discipline or its relevance to our everyday lives. The following definition incorporates all essential elements traditionally recognized as being fundamental to geography: it is the study of "what is where, why there, and why care?" – Charles Gritzner
To learn more about the courses offered at Assumption refer to the descriptions and videos below which will give some insight into courses focus.
- CGF3M: Forces of Nature: Physical Processes and Disasters, Grade 11(University/College Preparation)
- CGU4M: World Geography: Urban Patterns and Population Issues, Grade 12 (University/College Preparation)
- CGW4UA: World Issues: A Geographic Analysis Grade 12 (Advanced Placement)
- Issues in Canadian Geography, Grade 9 (Academic, Applied and Advanced Placement)


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The smallest, oldest member of Silversea's luxe fleet to be converted to an ice-class expedition ship.
Keep up to date with Peter Knego on Twitter by clicking here
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In August 2017, the 1994-built, 296-guest SILVER CLOUD will be extensively renovated in a conversion to ice-class cruising for Silversea's expedition division, which, including the CLOUD, will total four ships. When the SILVER CLOUD emerges that November, she will have a reduced capacity of 260 for non-polar cruises and 200 when cruising the Arctic and Antarctic.
The CLOUD's place in Silversea's non-expedition fleet will be taken by the much larger SILVER MUSE, currently under construction in Italy.
"SILVER EXPLORER's polar expedition cruises have proven hugely popular with our guests," said Enzo Visone, Silversea's CEO. "By converting SILVER CLOUD into an ice-class ship for our expedition fleet, we will be better positioned to meet the increasing demand for comfortable adventure travel, particularly to the Arctic and Antarctica, places that are best explored by small ships specially equipped with ice-strengthened hulls."
SILVER CLOUD will be the only luxury ice-class expedition ship offering five dining options: The Dining Room, the Relais & Châteaux® restaurant, La Terrazza, The Grill, and in-suite dining. The ship will have the highest space ratio and highest staff-to-guest ratio (nearly one to one) among luxury ice-class expedition ships. For the expedition team alone, there will be on average one team member guiding no more than twelve guests each. Plus the ship will be augmented by a fleet of 18 Zodiac crafts for up-close explorations.
Silversea's 2017 schedule will be announced in the coming days.
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My August 2015 Monthly Income Report
August's Overview
August was an even greater month! Probably because it's the month I was born.
I made a total of $17,319.06– Happy Birthday to me 🙂
My monthly income grew by an insane $9,071.30 (109.98%) which was mainly due to the decision I made last month to focus more on my newest income stream selling on Amazon.
As you can see in the breakdown below, almost everything else with the exception of my rental income suffered but it was SO worth it!
Income Breakdown
|Digital Services
|AdSense Revenue from Niche Sites
|Dating Website Membership Fees
|Room Rental Income
August's Total Income
I've focused more on Amazon and as of yesterday morning (August 31st) shipped out my first FBA packages. I'll be sharing more on that by the end of this month.
Amazon's income made a crazy 920.07% jump (yess!!!). I had 3 payouts which I gladly welcomed.
My AdSense Revenue also made a 19% jump! I hope this growth continues in September, my goal is to hit the $100 Google threshold!
Lessons Learned
Trust your gut: Cutting off the peer-to-peer lending was a good move, it was taking a lot of my time and din't have much returns- I went with my gut!
Don't fix what's not broken: When I bought this site on Flippa.com, I had a plan to redesign it- which I did.
Although the new design looked better, it wasn't doing well for me as far as generating AdSense revenue. So, I separated the two sites and as you can see, that had a +ve effect on my AdSense revenue.
Take Risks: I've introduced new SKUs in my Amazon Inventory, they're not proven yet so they could be a total flop, but I won't know unless I try right? As always, you'll be the first to know how this goes down by the end of this month.
Looking Ahead
Since selling on Amazon has continued to show some encouraging results, I'll continue to reinvest my earnings back into this stream. I've just started experimenting with FBA, if that goes well this month, I'll add more products.
I also plan to introduce some Private Label products (maybe just one for now) before the end of the month.
I'll continue tweaking things with AdSense to hit my $100 goal by the end of the month.
As I juggle all these balls, my Digital Services will continue to take a hit, but as long as the other existing streams are growing, I'm ok with that.
Tune in next month to see how September turns out.
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Congratulations Tim for your success!!! I'm glad for you.
I don't know if this would be too much but these reports would be more "realistic" if you could include the money you invest in your streams (or is it already included in the "Total Income"?? )
As always thanks for sharing your methods.
Happy birthday by the way!
"Considered posting "everything" which is basically expenses, operating costs, net profits"
So you are posting revenue earnings, not income. Income specifically means revenue minus expenses.
Nothing wrong with that, but you should be more upfront that your numbers are not net of your costs, which could be as much or even more than you are earning in revenues. Perhaps you should consider renaming your reports Monthly Earning Report?
Otherwise, what you are doing is not "mystery" — it's just misleading.
I definitely agree with you Tim.
It's true that I had always have a lack of faith, on myself specially. Plus, coming from trading in Forex… I tend to analyze a business differently I guess, and therefore I'm looking for the data an investor would like to see before putting his money in.
Anyway, keep doing it the way you did until now. You are helping a lot of people (including myself of course), and not only about how to make business. You go beyond that.
Hey Tim,
The numbers look amazing! I'm just a bit curious on the other side of the coin, the expenses, which could completely turn the picture upside down.
I know you talk about mystery and that does make sense, but if your expenses are $17k, hypothetically speaking, then all of sudden it's not such a pretty picture.
Hey Tim,
I love your blog, super help full and very well made.
But my skeptic side keeps telling me this: he could put any number he wants in these reports. And I think there are many people that might just stop reading your blog when they click on the reports section and think "Okay, another scam".
I hope you understand that I'm not implying that you are a scammer nor that you are lying on your reports though, because I honestly think your blog is super rad.
But please, make the skeptic voice inside my head quiet and publish something that could serve as a proof of incomes, not just something you typed yourself.
Thanks Tim, and in any case, keep on doing a great job!
Dang man, stumbled upon your blog and LOVE it. Have dabbled with eBay, craigslist and amazon in the past. Trying to find some passive income to pay off my student loans. Appreciate your transparency and help. Any other amazon product hunters you recommend? it appears the other one shut down. Or, care to share which products you've sold in the past? (I know the cane one you mentioned in your sample – but others?)


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The two teams will play in the second and final T20I at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
While the focus will still be on giving the fringe players a chance to prove themselves ahead of the all-important World Cup 2019 but India will surely go all out in a bid to avoid a series loss at home to Australia.
Following the defeat in Visakhapatnam, India captain Virat Kohli had spoken about giving "game time" to KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant looking ahead to the World Cup 2019 in England and Wales.
While Rahul hit a fine half-century in the first T20I, Pant was involved in a mix-up and was run-out for 3. Barring three players (Rahul, Kohli and MS Dhoni), no other Indian batsman could even reach double figures as the hosts were restricted to 126 for seven.
The below-par 126 with the bat denied bowlers a decent shot at securing a win even though the Jasprit Bumrah- led attack did all it could to keep the home team in the game till the final over of the match.
India rested opener Shikhar Dhawan to give game time to Rahul, who grabbed the opportunity with both hands by smashing 50 off 36 balls in his comeback game.
He had a disastrous Test tour of Australia before he and Hardik Pandya were provisionally suspended for their loose talk on women during a TV show.
The ban was later revoked though they still face an inquiry.
With the series on the line, it remains to be seen if Dhawan is brought back into the side to open alongside Rohit Sharma or the team retains the opening combination which featured in Vizag.
While Bumrah showed his class after coming back from a break, the other pacer in Umesh Yadav leaked runs and was not able to defend 14 in the final over.
India could replace Umesh with Siddharth Kaul or bring in all-rounder Vijay Shankar to beef-up the batting department.
The hosts played with a long tail in Vizag and that impacted their final total following an inexplicable batting collapse from 69 for one in the ninth over.
Pant, a strong contender for a World Cup 2019 berth, will be itching to perform after getting out cheaply on Sunday, and so will be Dinesh Karthik, who is left with just one game to make a compelling contribution before the World Cup.
Focus will also be on MS Dhoni the batsman who stuttered to an unbeaten 29 off 37 balls in Vizag.
India: Virat Kohli (capt), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wk), Krunal Pandya, Vijay Shankar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Sidharth Kaul, Mayank Markande.
Australia: Aaron Finch (capt), D'Arcy Short, Pat Cummins, Alex Carey, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Peter Handscomb (wk), Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Turner, Adam Zampa.


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Custom Engagement Ring
We do a lot of custom jewelry work here at Designer Gold. Many of the projects either augment or completely redesign an existing piece of jewelry. For this particular job, Ceileigh was interested in a custom engagement ring. She had a combination of small loose diamonds from her mother and two large diamonds set in rings from her grandmother and her fiancé's grandmother. She hoped to incorporate her families' diamonds in a new ring that
represented her personality and was unique.
In her first meeting with our goldsmith Orin, Ceileigh brought in a few source photos that outlined some of the design elements she hoped to include in the ring. Orin wrote a list of descriptions, such as: timeless, unique, asymmetrical, classic, geometric and flowing lines. . . . From these seemingly contradictory descriptors, he sketched out a few ring designs that captured the design elements Ceileigh listed, while also making sure to incorporate the stones she had brought in.
In his own words, Orin does not claim to be a "sketch artist." The initial drawings were intended to narrow down some of the larger design components before carving a model in wax. Ceileigh was drawn to a few of the sketches, but was not 100% convinced she had seen the ring of her dreams.
Orin carved a wax model which allowed him to realize his vision more fully and to set Ceileigh's stones in the wax.
The wax used to create ring models is a hard (usually blue) wax that can be filed, carved with an X-ACTO knife, cut with a saw blade, melted, or scraped with a sharpened metal tool. A section of wax is cut from a cylindrical ring tube and then slowly cut and carved away until the intended shape begins to emerge.
From that stage, intricate details are added and stones can be set temporarily into the wax to ensure a good fit once the piece is cast in metal. It's very helpful to see the concept in three dimensions, and also the model can be tried on for fit and for seeing how the design looks on the hand -- all of this before giving the go ahead to cast.
At this point, Ceileigh came in to see the wax model. While the blue wax can be off-putting, she loved the design and was eager to see the final product in metal.
In addition to the family diamonds, Ceileigh had some scrap yellow gold. Although the ring was to be cast in palladium, we were able to give her scrap credit for the gold to help offset the cost of the ring. As a rule, Designer Gold does not buy gold outright, but we are happy to either melt down existing gold to use in new project or give scrap credit toward a repair or commission.
Once the Ceileigh's ring was cast in palladium, Orin proceeded to polish it and . . .
. . . bezel set the center diamonds, as well as bead set and channel set the smaller diamonds along the band. The final steps were to milgrain the edges and polish one last time.
Ceileigh's beautiful, unique, finished ring!
Ceileigh was stunned with the finished product! In her words: "OH MY GOD!!!! You're the most incredible genius of all time and I really cannot thank you enough!!!!! It's EXACTLY what I wanted!!!!!! You are the best and I really thank you more than words!!!!!!!!"
This e-mail was received just two hours after her fiancé had left Designer Gold with the ring to surprise her.


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Michael MacWolff
So my intention is for most of what goes into this blog to be new stuff, but I figure Throwback Thursday is a great way to introduce some of the stuff I've already made & debuted.
So welcome to Round 1 with my very favorite prosecutor: Miles Edgeworth.
While he may not have been my first Ace Attorney cosplay, Edgeworth definitely holds a special place in my heart. I've been madly in love with this fluttery, foppish, snooty man since I first met him in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.
The perfect prosecutor (at least before Franziska appears on the scene), Edgeworth first comes off as a cold-hearted, arrogant know-it-all, and let's be honest, he really is. But as the story unfolds, you learn more about his history and he slowly becomes the cuddly, lovable man who clearly has a special place in his heart for our blunderous title character, Phoenix.
One of the first cosplay friends I made was himself a Phoenix cosplayer, and this in part motivated me to ultimately make an Edgeworth outfit (<3 you Rion). And it's actually the Ace Attorney cosplay community that has become my favorite cosplay group because there's so much personality among the characters and the cosplayers. Also, I feel like we have the most fun with out photoshoots. People are almost always up for anything because everyone is really passionate about the series. That's where we get lovely shipping pictures, goofy crime scenes, having the entire cosplay group briefly causing a fire hazard (I have many fond memories cowering in fear on the floor of that elevator), and Gumshoe submitting himself before me.
Besides making so many awesome friends, becoming a known member of the community was incredibly satisfying. It was the first time I'd really gotten any recognition for any of my costumes, and coming from other such great cosplayers it meant a lot.
Construction-wise, Edgeworth is not exactly the best costume in the world, it certainly isn't going to win any craftsmanship competitions. I am pretty proud of myself for how I put it together though. First of all, it's made from satin... which if I walked around in a satin suit that would look even more ridiculous that Edgeworth should. That's why I used the wrong side of the fabric. It has just the right amount of sheen to it without being too shiny. The pattern I actually found at the thrift store, in the form of a suit jacket and pants. I ripped all the seams, traced the pieces onto the fabric, and put it all back together in the same manner I pulled the original apart. I even managed to use the lining of the original jacket. While I might not have done the best job of this the first time, it is a great way to create patterns for costume pieces if you don't know much about draping. The part of the costume I'd like the most to replace is the wig... it was my very first attempt at cutting and styling a wig and... you can really tell. Fortunately, I commissioned a new wig from a friend of mine so hopefully by the next time I wear it, I'll have a lovely new one!
So, to make a long story short, I adore this costume and I need to wear it again soon, as it's been far too long. So, fellow cosplayers, ta ta for now, and in the Ace Attorney spirit, OBJECTION!


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Boom! Studios' fan-favorite and critically acclaimed comic book series, Lumberjanes, is coming to the big screen in a live-action feature at 20th Century Fox. Created by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson and Brooke A. Allen, the all-ages series follows the humorous and strange encounters of supernatural proportions for a group of girls at summer scout camp.
The Wrap first reported the scoop with Will Widger (The Munchkin) being tapped to write the screenplay.
Boom! Studios executives Ross Richie, Stephen Christy and Adam Yoelin will produce the movie, along with Fox execs, Kira Goldberg and Ryan Jones.


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Joey played quarterback at the University of Oregon, becoming a Heisman Trophy finalist in 2001. Since retiring from the NFL, he formed a nonprofit, The Harrington Family Foundation, raising over $1M in scholarships for in-state youth. Joey is a shining example of down-to-earth Portland. He's even a jazz pianist.
Nadya is an honors student at Catlin Gabel. She founded Camions of Care to address the unmet menstrual hygiene needs of poor women. She is Youth Director of Social Venture Partners Youth and serves on the Women's Foundation of Oregon board. She loves snowboarding and Whitney Houston.
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Israel fights to give a voice to the homeless. He is an award-winning housing advocate, journalist, poet and photographer with 15 years' experience in street newspapers. He serves as Executive Director of Portland newspaper Street Roots and also worked for the North American Street Newspaper Association.
Intisar is a photographer, writer and dancer telling real stories about the people of the African Diaspora. She helped create a 200,000-mile arts expedition based on the book, The People Could Fly. She maintains the photo essay and blog called The Black Portlanders.
Rex helped start Portland's cycling revolution through the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. He leads the Outdoor School for All Oregon campaign and co-founded the Coalition for a Livable Future. On Metro Council he helped reform sustainability policies statewide. He wrote The Activist's Toolkit and blogs at gettingto2100.org.
Director of Love and Celebration for the Portland Timbers, Jim began chainsawing logs after goals at Timbers matches in 1978. Jim has rappelled over treetops for the Forest Service and trained hundreds in First Aid/CPR. Jim is a cancer survivor and lion-heart who volunteers all over Portland.
At 11 years old, Bobbi earned attention singing the National Anthem for NBA and NFL games. The young performer starred as Tomika in "School of Rock the Musical" on Broadway and would later feature in "Broadway at the White House," hosted by Michelle Obama.
Designer, futurist and Director of Strategic Innovation at Autodesk, Maurice works with clients to explore the future and how to get there. He's traveled the globe and earned three medals for bravery for saving shipwrecked sailors.
Tracy's combined passion for food and activism led her to start Urban Gleaners in 2006. She decided to help hungry Portlanders after seeing how much food went to waste every day. Tracy previously owned a catering company in Los Angeles and sold her own packaged food to local grocers.
Thaniya's passions are human-computer interaction, design and behavioral economics. She and her cross-disciplinary team manage all things TED on mobile. She's won many awards including an Emmy and Peabody. As Director of Product Development at Major League Baseball Advanced Media, she was responsible for MLB's real-time game tracker, Gameday, and MLB.TV.
Mara is the co-founder and CEO of Switchboard, which strengthens communities by helping its members help one another. She is also a calligrapher and has designed hundreds of custom tattoos. She also teaches workshops internationally. Mara draws on artist collectives, architecture, urban planning and grassroots organizing when designing online spaces.
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Tylor Neist & Bridgetown Orchestra bring unique musical perspective by bridging creative disciplines and classical roots through original works. Using music, theater, dance, poetry, projections and interactive installations, they create one-of-a-kind experiences that encourage audiences to connect to something deeper.
The Portland Gay Men's Chorus aspires to expand, redefine and perfect the choral art through eclectic performances that honor the gay community and affirm the worth of all people. Founded in 1980, it is the fourth oldest gay-identified chorus in the country.
Rose City Trombones is a group of passionate musicians dedicated to showcasing the majestic trombone. Its goal is to provide both concerts and educational outreach to unravel the mysteries of the shiny instrument. The members' musical pedigrees include well-established music organizations across the Northwest and music schools around the country.
With critical acclaim from the UK's The Guardian, Rolling Stone and Time, these multi-instrumentalists cleverly mix influences ranging from '60s orchestral music to modern dream pop. Proudly from Portland, they just dropped their third album, Synesthetica—a soundscape exploring the multi-sensory experience as commonplace; where definitions blend and melt, and surreality becomes reality.
Renny is a geek who's worked in startups and interactive marketing since 1994. He leads interactive strategy globally for Wieden+Kennedy and co-founded W+K's tech-business accelerator Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE). Having presented at "Big TED" multiple times, he's an original board member, speaker coach and chief advisor to TEDxPortland.


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Fitness, in the truest sense, has been my passion for many years.
I am blessed to have been able to coach Olympic athletes, weekend warriors and busy professionals to reaching goals that seemed unobtainable.
I can help guide you to find the "fitness" that will make reaching your goals in life seam easy, and help you to fit it into your lifestyle, effortlessly.
"People who labor all their lives but have no purpose to direct every thought and impulse toward are wasting their time - even when hard at work." ~Marcus Aurelius
Are you filled with enthusiasm and excitement to get to work in the morning?
Do you truly find joy and fulfillment in doing what you do?
Is your career helping to create the world you want to belong to?
If you answered "no" to any of these questions than are you are not living your Soul's Purpose.
Many people don't know their Purpose and some others are worse off because they do know it, but they don't live it because of fear. I have been blessed to have many mentors and gone through intense initiations to learn how to guide you in uncovering and living your Soul's Purpose.
Are you ready to uncover your unique Soul's Purpose? Or, if you have an idea of what you are born to do, are your ready to get out of your own way and start doing it?


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2012, a Year of Corner-Office Twists
Blame games, revolving doors and forces of nature added color to CEO stories.
Truth was stranger than fiction in certain corner offices during 2012.
Extraordinary developments included a chief executive who was fired after serving four hours and a woman who was named the top boss of a major company while six months pregnant.
A former CEO also got thrust into an odd spotlight. Mike Lynch kept running Autonomy Corp. for months after Hewlett-Packard Co. bought the software maker in 2011. In November, H-P accused Autonomy management of accounting improprieties and misrepresentations and said that it planned to "take legal action against the parties involved at the appropriate time." Mr. Lynch, who once stocked piranhas in his office fish tanks, has rejected H-P's allegations.
It is rare that so many big-business chiefs land in unusual circumstances in one year—and that the public hears about it, according to several retired CEOs. They believe that stricter disclosure rules have put current executives under a stronger microscope.
As Thomas Stemberg, a prior leader of Staples Inc., says, "It is a lot less fun to be a CEO today."
Here's a look at some of the year's stranger happenings:
Pregnant Promotion
This summer, Marissa Mayer became the highest-profile and likely first pregnant new CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Months before delivering her first child, she was plucked from Google Inc. to lead a wobbly Yahoo Inc. Her maternity leave would last a few weeks, she told Fortune magazine, "and I'll work throughout.''
Indeed, Ms. Mayer gave birth to a son on Sept. 30 and returned to the office on Oct. 15. "The baby's been easy,'' she declared in November.
Yet few working parents would probably want to wear her shoes, despite a five-year pay package valued at about $100 million. Ms. Mayer must revive Yahoo and restore morale in addition to her role as mother.
It might rate a Guinness Book of World Records entry: Shortest CEO Tenure at a Fortune 500 Company. Duke Energy Corp. CEO Bill Johnson, previously chief of Progress Energy Inc., was jettisoned in a boardroom coup four hours after he took the reins of the combined Duke-Progress utility in July.
The board, controlled by Duke loyalists, replaced him with former Duke leader Jim Rogers. It subsequently cited problems with Mr. Johnson's leadership style and a Progress nuclear facility.
The fast firing outraged regulators. The North Carolina Utilities Commission suggested Duke had filed misleading statements about its leadership plans to garner support for the merger. The agency brokered a settlement requiring Mr. Rogers to step down by next December. Duke said the settlement wasn't an admission of any impropriety. Meanwhile, Mr. Johnson will start work Tuesday as head of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Bias Claims
In a virtually unprecedented move, one ousted CEO is accusing her former employer of disability discrimination.
Kathleen Mason, the longtime head of Tuesday Morning Corp. , was fired in June. She claims the board fired her "based on a perceived disability" after she informed some directors about her breast-cancer diagnosis, according to her August complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Rogge Dunn, Ms. Mason's lawyer, said he and attorneys for the home-furnishings closeout retailer are discussing a possible settlement. Tuesday Morning has repeatedly declined to comment on Ms. Mason's complaint.
- H-P Says It Was Duped, Takes $8.8 Billion Charge 11/20/12
- For Yahoo CEO, Two New Roles 7/17/12
- Rogers Says CEO's Style Troubled Duke Board 7/10/12
- Duke Energy CEO Gets Cool Response 7/11/12
- CEO Ousted by Duke Energy Will Lead TVA 11/05/12
- Ex-CEO Says Cancer Led to Her Ouster 8/03/12
- Calvin Klein Brand United in $2.9 Billion Deal 10/31/12
- Retailers Shut Stores as Storm Lashes Northeast 10/29/12
- How CEOs Improvised in Sandy's Wake 10/30/12
- Angry Analysts Scorch P&G CEO 4/27/12
- Ousted CEO Had Sought Nod for Romance 5/23/12
- Best Buy Probes CEO Relationship 4/12/12
- Restoration Hardware Warns on Leadership Change 10/24/12
- Lockheed Martin Asks Incoming CEO to Resign 11/09/12
Storm Warriors
Forget the boardroom. Displaced by superstorm Sandy, some CEOs had to run their businesses and even close deals while facing power outages, dwindling cellphone-battery life and their attention-seeking offspring.
New York-based apparel maker PVH Corp. was finishing its $2.9 billion acquisition of Warnaco Group Inc. during the storm. CEO Manny Chirico drove around looking for a cellphone signal. Finally finding it in a church parking lot, he called his advisers to complete the deal.
Foot Locker Inc. CEO Ken Hicks worked on his cellphone by lantern light following New York's blackout. Acorda Therapeutics Inc. CEO Ron Cohen lacked power and phone reception during the first few days after Sandy. Working from his Irvington, N.Y., home alongside his children and their friends, Mr. Cohen even had to cancel the firm's quarterly earnings announcement.
Analyst Anger
Procter & Gamble Co. Chief Executive Robert McDonald confronted an unusually angry barrage from some Wall Street analysts during the consumer-product giant's earnings conference call in late April.
Analysts expressed audible frustration over P&G's string of weak results, lowered profit outlook and plans to roll back recent attempts to raise prices in key markets.
"There are so many excuses: 'Not our fault, competition didn't follow the pricing; not our fault, Venezuela changed; not our fault, the developed consumer isn't robust,'" Citigroup analyst Wendy Nicholson said.
Mr. McDonald, bristling, replied, "Let me be clear. It is my fault. I am the CEO of the company. I do take responsibility." P&G didn't make him available for comment.
Office Romance, Part 1
An office romance cut short Stephen P. MacMillan 's well-regarded command of Stryker Corp. He was forced out last February partly because some directors of the medical-device maker grew bothered by his relationship with an ex-flight attendant for the firm's corporate jets while his wife pursued a divorce, people familiar with the situation have said.
His tale differs from others in this well-worn genre because Mr. MacMillan had won two board members' approval in September 2011 to date the employee as long as she quit. The CEO's unusual deal fell apart amid suspicions their relationship had begun before she left.
An internal probe uncovered no wrongdoing, but Mr. MacMillan had lost the confidence of some directors and was forced to resign. Stryker has declined to comment about The Wall Street Journal's account of his exit.
In late October, Mr. MacMillan became chief executive of sBioMed LLC, a private maker of infection-control products.
Office Romance, Part 2
Certain corporate leaders lost their jobs this year because of relationships with staffers that their employers deemed inappropriate. Brian Dunn quit electronics retailer Best Buy Co. in April during a company investigation. The next month, the company disclosed that the 52-year-old executive had engaged in an "extremely close personal relationship" with a 29-year-old female subordinate. Mr. Dunn hasn't spoken publicly about the allegations and couldn't be reached for comment.
Gary Friedman, co-chief executive of furniture-retailer Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc., stepped down in August following an internal probe that found a personal relationship with an employee didn't meet "directors' expectations for executive conduct," a regulatory filing said.
Mr. Friedman, Restoration Hardware's biggest individual shareholder, remains an adviser—using the titles of Creator and Curator. He recently said he would continue to be the face of the company.
In November, Lockheed Martin Corp. removed Christopher Kubasik, its incoming chief executive, because he had a "close personal relationship" with a subordinate that violated its code of ethics. He was supposed to have taken the helm of the defense contractor Jan. 1.
Amorous executives are hardly novel, but an unusual number of such scandals came to light this year, according to Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a senior associate dean at Yale School of Management. He adds that many big bosses mistakenly "think they are so needed by their company.''
—Emily Glazer and Dana Mattioli contributed to this article.
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The App That Turns Everyday Life Into a Treasure Hunt
Geocaching puts a digital gloss on the sort of suspenseful search glorified in 'The Goonies' and other films of summers past
You learn a lot about yourself while pressed and sliding against the cold cement wall of a Staten Island, N.Y., storm drain. First, that you should have spent more on so-called "waterproof" boots. Second, that you're not that thrilled about venturing into dark storm drains with nothing but your iPhone's soft blue beam to light the way (you should have invested a little in flashlights, too). Still, as Mark Twain wrote, "There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure."


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A coridial invitation to the launch of our 6th annual Invited Artists Exhibition at 6pm on Thursday 8th December, with an Afters Party in the Riverside Hotel.
Artists are taking part in the exhibition are Petra Berntsson, Barra Cassidy, Daniel Chester, Diarmuid Delargy, Bridget Flinn, Medbh Gillard, Neal Greig, Annie Harrison, Rebecca Jobson, Brian Mc Donagh, Nick Miller, Leonora Neary, Caitriona O'Leary, Cormac O'Leary, Helen O'Toole and Emma Stroude.
There will be tickets on sale on the night for our annual Christmas draw in support of the Gniomh Lann Day Care Centre for Adults with Special Needs. Be in with a chance to win prizes of artworks, jewellery and vouchers for only €2 per ticket.
We look forward to seeing you in the gallery on the night and please bring a friend along too!