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APP #59 - Meadowland Mularky
9-3 is pretty darn good all things considered.
Unfortunately wasn't game isn't going to tell us anything unless they lost. Even a blowout win tells us nothing.
The Packers did score a TD on their first possession, which was nice to see.
It was a game that saw Aaron Jones mis-used (again) for whatever reason - granted he couldn't get much going in the ground game but given conditions the Packers should have just kept pounding him but they didn't. They continue this odd thing where they have one offensive series with Aaron Jones, then they pull him and give the next series to Jamal Williams
Speaking of Jamal Williams - he played very well, he always plays hard no matter what is at stake.
Brian Bulaga played a week after an MCL sprain and played pretty well - very impressive.
Davante Adams quietly has 3 touchdowns in the last 3 games after having zero for basically the entire season (although he was hurt for a number of games).
Alan Lazard had a nice game with a big 3rd down catch and he had a long TD reception too. He is the team's defacto No. 2 WR
Geronimo Allison had a couple catches but he is very frustrating to watch - there was a sideline pass that went right through his hands - you've got to catch that!
David Bakhtiari is having a down year - he had his 12th penalty today on offense. Not exactly all-pro...
This defense leaves so much to be desired - they basically have had all 11 preferred starters for the entire year and they rank in the bottom 1/4 of the league in every major defensive category. Don't let the 31-13 score fool you - this is a terrible Giants team and the Packers defense was their usual self for about 3 full quarters.
Kevin King is an incredibly inconsistent player - he flashes a lot of potential, but gives up way too many big plays considering it is his 3rd year in the league. He is what he is at this point - inconsistent.
Kenny Clark played better today and had a great 3 yard run stuffing TFL in the 1st quarter. They desperately need him to emerge down the stretch.
Mason Crosby is having a very good year, good for him - the rest of his unit is shitting the bed every week. ST is a disaster
JK Scott had a much better game today vs. his past 3-4 games. Good to see him punt well in crappy weather too as he has struggled with that in his first two years in the league.
Predictions: Andy 27-17 Elliot 28-14
APP #58 - …and we're back!
The APP gang had some personal stuff to attend to during the past few weeks, but we're back at it!
The Packers suffered a humiliating defeat the weak prior against the LA Chargers - a game which saw them get their asses handed to them in all 3 phases of the game...the beginning of this game saw them pick up right where they left off with a flat first quarter full of pre-snap penalties, mistakes or whatever.
The Packers defense is a real concern right now - the unit that was dominating the first 3 weeks has been replaced with a defense that is hemorrhaging yards and explosive plays.
The run defense was not solved. Game predicated Carolina to pass more in the second half.
The run defense needs to work at keeping down and distance in their favor. The defense needs a yard to convert situations to set up pass rush which is their best asset.
Defense dedicated manpower to stop the run. Lancaster and Goodson were in on the majority of early downs.
Kevin King plays zone while the rest of the D plays man. WTF?
The Packers can't cover a tight end to save their lives - crossing routes are always, always wide open vs. this defense.
The offense got going with the now lethal 1-2 punch of Aaron Jones + Jamal Williams at RB.
Aaron Jones leads the league in TDs - 14 this year already! He is a GAM.
Rodgers did miss wide-open receivers.
Davante Adams might be the best route runner in the NFL - he is sooooo smooth off the line and breaks CBs' ankles all the time. Good to have him back.
Speaking of Receivers: Geronimo Allison and MVS have completely disappeared in the passing offense.
Jace Sternberger played a decent amount and actually help up ok in run blocking. He was just recently activated of the IR return designation
Rodgers downfield touch is suspect.
Bahktiari is playing hurt. He needs to get healthy.
Special teams coverage units on special teams still are a concern.
The Packers have NEGATIVE YARDAGE on punt returns this year - that is beyond pitiful.
APP #57 - We're 3-0!
Jeremy, as always, had a great recap HERE.
Andy was actually at this game at Lambeau Field, his first since attending the Packers vs. Vikings last year.
It was rainy and dreary for basically the entire contest but the conditions weren't bad enough to inhibit any game plans from either team.
The Packers scored a TD on a free-play/offsides on the opening series, with Rodgers connecting with MVS for a long touchdown in the endzone.
The Packers had a sort of bend but not break approach to their defense against the Broncos, but they did give up two +7 minute TD drives.
The Packers' run defense has been suspect vs. the Vikings and Broncos...it needs to be shored up quickly
Andy counted at least 15 missed tackles midway through the third quarter - they probably had +20 missed tackles in the entire game(!)
On a super-positive note: Jaire Alexander is an all-pro CB right now - he is incredible.
1st Round Pick Rashan Gary had his first sack and he had a fumble recovery.
The Packers have a speed & talent issue on offense and it reared it's ugly head in this game:
Davante was double-teamed and had a pedestrian game (Zero TD's in the first 3 games this season)
MVS constantly teases us, but he was basically 0-3 on plays in this game that could have allowed him to take the next step
Jimmy Graham is worthless and might be in the top 3 of overpaid players in the entire NFL - he really should be benched at this point, regardless of his $12MM salary.
Geronimo Allison is who he is - a UDFA receiver who struggles to get open
Rodgers himself hasn't had a hot start to the season, he needs to play better as well. We've seen glimpses of greatness but on the whole the entire offense has been massively inconsistent.
Misc Stuff:
I (Andy) took notice of the crowd at Lambeau and how they interacted when prompted to "get loud" while the Packers' defense was on the field - while improved, the crowd could still be better.
The jumbotron screens both showed "The Smith brothers" trying to get the crowd amped up on 3rd down, etc. -it's pretty amazing how quickly Za-darius Smith & Preston Smith have endeared themselves to the Packers and the city of Green Bay...it's fantastic.
JK Scott is officially a weapon for this team - he has had an incredible start to the season.
Eagles @ Packers Predictions:
Elliot 24-21 Packers Win
Andy 24-17 Packers Win
Jeremy 20-15 Packers Win
APP #56 - We came, we saw, we Plundered!
The Packers are 2-0 to start the year AND 2-0 in the division...that is a very pleasant surprise!
The Packers started this game on a break-neck pace offensively jumping out to a 21-0 lead on 3 straight TD drives, 2 passing and one rushing.
While the Packers are 2-0, much of their early success has been because of their defense. The offense is maddeningly inconsistent and still needs a ton of work.
This was the exact opposite start when compared to the previous game against the Bears where the Packers' offense had MINUS 17 yards of offense on their first 3 drives in that game(!)
Everything on offense basically went away after the first quarter...there were stalled drives, poor play calling, turnovers, you name it and it happened from the 2nd quarter deep into the 4th quarter...
The Packers' defense played pretty well, but they did give up a few big plays:
Long rushing TD to Dalvin Cook on a really poor tackling angle taken by Darnell Savage
Long TD pass to Stephon Diggs, the ball probably should've been intercepted by Jaire Alexander but it went right through his hands and into the waiting arms of Diggs for a TD.
The Packers offense did their defense no favors by going 3 and out on almost every drive after the first quarter (It seemed they went 3 and out).
Raven Greene was lost to season-ending IR
There were like 3-4 OPI calls in this particular game, 3 of them on the Vikings alone with one call negating a touchdown - I don't recall seeing a game with that many of those types of calls on offense in a long, long time.
Kirk Cousins is terrible - had the Vikings had competent QB play they win this game...Cousins missed 2 or 3 wide open throws and also threw an absolutely terrible INT on 1st and goal late in the game.
The Packers offense has struggled for years on short-yardage situations - they are NOT a run-blocking offensive line but both MM and LeFleur seem to think that they can pound their RB into the line on 3rd-1 or 4th-1...it rarely if ever works.
Jimmy Graham continues to be left alone to block defensive ends 1-on-1 for reasons that astound - he is a mediocre blocking TE at best, why oh why do they continue to ask him to single-block elite rushers?! Jimmy Graham has a huge cap number on this team and he is well past his prime - his contract makes no sense.
LG Layne Taylor was pulled a few times to allow Elgton Jenkins some playing time - Taylor might not be long as the starter and for good reason...he is getting bulldozed way too much.
Breaking: Sources: Steelers get DB Fitzpatrick from 'Fins
Shout-out to MIKE JACQUART; author of "A Century of Excellence: 100 Greatest Packers Of All Time" book)
We were going to bring Mike on, but we had some last-minute technical difficulties...
A Century of Excellence: 100 Greatest Packers Of All Time" was self-published in May 2019. It was written by Mike Jacquart and designed by Shawn Williams. It is designed as an easy-to-read book for all types of Packers fans.
In conjunction with the Packers' and now NFL's 100th season, A Century of Excellence: 100 Greatest Packers Of All Time features snapshots of the 100 greatest Packers ever, while also noting the accomplishments of other standout Packers, including unsung players, special team greats, and others. An A-Z list of nearly all Packers past-to-present, trivia, and other surprises are included!
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APP #55 - The Bears Still Suck
The Bears had quite a hyped-up offseason and managed to only put up 3 points(!) against what, at first glance, appears to be an actual, competent NFL defense by the Packers!
Jeremy had a great recap HERE.
The Packers' offense on the other hand, needs A LOT of work - their first three drives netted a grand total of NEGATIVE 17 yards or something.
Let's face it - this game (for the offense) was basically the 5th pre-season game.
Aaron Rodgers looked pretty darn average for most of the game, his mechanics and footwork are still really suspect for whatever reason...
The collective offensive line, save for Brian Bulaga, had a rough night against the formidable Bears defensive front. Some of this is to be expected, but Layne Taylor got lit up all night and even David Bhaktiari gave up a few pressures.
Aaron Jones was kept in check all night - he ran for maybe 30 yards the whole game
Davante Adams was, at times, TRIPLE COVERED by the Bears. Somebody else has got to get open outside of Adams - it didn't happen last night. They have a huge drop off in talent & speed at WR after Adams...that could be a problem as the season rolls on.
Back to the defense:
Zadarius Smith was an absolute beast - early returns are very positive.
The safety play might have been the best it has been since the days of Nick Collins. Adrian Amos and Darnell Savage were everywhere and playing really fast.
Kenny Clark is going to get PAAAAAAAIIIIIIIDDDDD and very soon - he made one play where he was in the backfield tackling the RB as the snap happened(!)
Blake Martinez had a really good game too.
Special teams:
JK Scott might have been the highlight of the game, which isn't good on one level since he's your punter but he was money - booming punts all over the place and switching field position with relative ease for the Packers' defense
Crosby made a field goal!
Other stuff:
Mitch Trubisky stinks - he can't throw to his left to save his life and his overall accuracy is extremely suspect
Why oh why does Aaron Rodgers continue to run the play clock to zero before he snaps the ball - it's killing the rhythm of the offense and gives an unnecessary advantage to defenses...
League stuff:
Antonio Brown basically worked his way from the Steelers to the Patriots sort of like Brett Favre worked his way to the Vikings in 2009. It is absolutely sinful that the Patriots continue to get great (albeit head case) players from other teams who make stupid PP decisions...it has to stop at some point. Inept teams and owners continue to basically enable the Patriots.
Speaking of the patriots - they are absolutely loaded AGAIN this year and crushed the steelers 33-3 last night on SNF. That team is playing Chess while everyone else in the league is playing checkers.
The Dolphins are terrible. They got beat 59-10 yesterday and apparently, half the players have requested that their agents seek trades to other teams ?
The Vikings looked pretty good the other day - their running game is really, really good - should be a good test for the Packers and the new look defense.
APP #54 - Hold Onto Your Butts...
It's Bears Week!
The roster is basically set going into the first game - thoughts on the final cutdown, waiver wire pick-ups, etc?
Deshone Kizer was cut in favor of Tim Boyle - they are only carrying 2 QBs into the season
Darrius Shepherd made the roster over Allen Lazard
Packers traded for ILB Darrius Shepherd from the Giants!
Sam Ficken got cut so the Packers are going with Mason Crosby at Kicker
J'mon Moore (WR) a 2nd-year draft pick got cut
Rookie TE Jace Sternberger was placed on IR today
Matt Lefleur is getting tired of the media narrative about giving Rodgers the ability to audible at the line in the new offensive system. He had a little "dust-up" with the local beat reporter crew today.
Vegas odds are being pretty generous to the Packers (probably due to Aaron Rodgers), but the Bears are picked to win this game


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Doctor insights on:
Stiff Neck And Jaw Pain
Tmj? Ear stuffiness and pain. Tender jaw. Neck and bottom of head ache radiating to shoulders. Shooting pain up side of head. Shoulders and neck tense
Could be: Could be from ear infection, TMJ dysfunction, throat or tonsil infection, impacted wisdom tooth, neoplasm, systemic disease, muscle sprain, neurological disorder, and many other possibilities. Bite the bullet, call BOTH your Physician and your Dentist for diagnosis and treatment. Know that your symptoms may have multiple coincidental unrelated causes. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Jaw Pain (Definition)
Jaw pain is pain in the upper and lower jaws including the tmj. There are many causes of jaw pain and your dentist usually ...Read more
Neck shoulder pain and swollen face?
Varies: There are a lot of potential causes, but i would definitely be checked as soon as possible. An abcess would be a potential cause and is potentially dangerous. Thank you for your question. ...Read more
Neck and shoulder pain?
See below: Neck pain commonly refers to the shoulder. Initially resting the neck/shoulder, using moist heat, and taking a short course of anti-inflammatory can help. Once the pain is better you will want to gradually increase your range of motion. If your pain lasts greater than 2 weeks see your physician as there may be other treatment options including therapy and injections. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Deep clavicle collar bone pain and neck pain and headaches. Extremely stiff shoulders and trapezius muscles. What could cause these interlinked pains?
Many possible causes: Your symptoms focus on likely problems with upper back and neck muscles vs. the cervical spine and upper thoracic spinals areas. The problem could be as simple as trapezius or rotator cuff sprain or as complex as a herniated cervical disc with pain radiating to the shoulders and upper back. You need to see your P ...Read more
Dizziness rubbery legs, neck and back stiffness?
Okay, I'll play: I'll see your dizziness rubbery legs, neck and back stiffness and raise you fever nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Seriously, you must think doctors have truly superhuman powers of divination to expect an answer to a 7-word post that doesn't even contain a verb. Thank you for the compliment, but it isn't true. Read some of the posts here that got real answers to learn how to post a real question. ...Read more
I'm have lower back pain and shoulder and neck pain my hand and arm swelling headache?
Let me try to help: Are those symptoms are recent or been there for long time? If they recent they could indicate start of systemic disease. I would recommend visit to primary care and have do exam and lab work to see what is going on. Are healthy other wise? If you are this what I would recommend. Good luck. ...Read more
Neck pain and swelling of the neck and shoulder?
See below: There are several joints and intervertebral discs in the neck. These can wear out over time leading to pain. Degeneration of the joints or discs can cause neck pain, headaches, and sometimes shoulder pain. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Shoulder pain and neck pain with stifness in the back of neck and shoulders?
Get checked.: See and ortrhopedic shoulder specialist, who can start with xrays, and then determine what might be the root of your problem. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Pain in collarbone, neck and very tight jaw muscles. All due to tmd?
Maybe, maybe not: Pain in the collarbone area is not a common sign or symptom in tmd. However, very tight jaw muscles and neck pain are commonly seen in tmd. It sounds like you may be suffering from myofascial pain dysfunction syndrome (mpds), which is one of several forms of tmd (temporomandibular disorders). Treatment for this is usually nonsurgical, involving medication and physical therapy. ...Read moreSee 3 more doctor answers
Can tmj cause constant facial pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, and mess up posture?
Possible: Your symptoms may be related to TMJ. It is likely that there may be other things going on. Is your life stressful? Poor ergonomic work conditions? Traumatic events? You may need a multifaceted treatment, working with a TMJ dentist, primary care, massage, PT to help you. ...Read moreSee 9 more doctor answers
Constant shoulder and neck discomfort?
Muscle pain: Many times neck and muscle pain is due to weakness and inhibition of the lower terapezius muscles causing excessive tightening of the upper trapezius muscle and of the neck muscles. Scapular stabilization retraining exercises are very helpfu. Avoid the drugs especially muscle relaxants as they are only sedatives for the most part and don't address the cause of the problem. ...Read more
Lightheadness and headache and back neck pain?
Get examination: There are many caused and too many to speculate . Need examination . Problem could be ligament injury from minor or major accident. Could be neurotranmitter imbalamce. ...Read more
Having Ear pain and pressure. Jaw pain, Tense muscles and pain in neck, head and shoulder on right side. Dizziness and fatigue. Possible causes?
TMJ: Likely a TMJ problem. Complex. See an oral surgeon to confirm the diagnosis. If confirmed. See TMJ exprt. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Right side neck tightness , arms tired and fatigued, hip tightness, stiff neck and back, overall pain?
Pain: There are many possibilities for this group of symptoms. Several rheumatologic conditions come to mind including fibromyalgia. I would suggest you see a rheumatologist or a pm&r doctor to help sort all this out. ...Read more
Neck and back pain neck stiffness jaw stiff like i csnt open it all the way, TMJ scoliosis and neck degeneration is this normal ?
MSD: or musculoskeletal disorders disorders that affect the human body's movement or musculoskeletal system: neck, back, TMJ. See a pain management doctor for diagnosis and treatment. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
What causes stiff neck ear ache and toothache and headache?
Many things: A tooth infection may cause ear ache and stiff neck. But an infected ear may cause the same symptoms. Start with your dentist and if he does not find a problem visit an ent. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
Headache ringing ears sinus pain dizziness when bending forward shoulder and neck pain?
Migraine: is a serious and complex neurologic disorder. Headache, vertigo, visual disturbances nausea, sensitivity to light or sound, dizziness, neck pain. This condition must be professionally managed. Often use of Excedrin will lead to medication overuse headache. Rec.: see an orofacial pain or headache specialist for evaluation to avoid unnecessary future pain and suffering. ...Read more
Tight neck muscles, headache and pain behind eye?
Tension headache: The combination of headache, stiff neck and pain behind the eye would often signify a tension, or stress, headache. The history of the development of the symptoms would be most helpful in determining this diagnosis. Naturally other entities should be entertained and anything from glaucoma to meningitis could be the cause of these sympoms. A visit to your doctor is in order if it persists. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
What is pressure on chest, left arm pain, shoulder. And neck pain. Jaw pain and hard to swallow?
Heart: It sounds like heart pain. I would get to an emergency room as soon as possible - like now! chew a few aspirins on the way if you have no reason not to take aspirin. Calling an ambulance would not be a bad idea. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Neck Strain (Definition)
A muscular pain in the neck caused ...Read more

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Honda Motor Co., Ltd. plans to unveil for the first time the business aircraft Honda Jet, which they are planning to deliver to US customers in the first half of 2015, in the end of April in Japan.
On February 13, President Michimasa Fujino from Honda Aircraft Company (main office of North Carolina), a US aircraft company, had a discussion with the reporters in Asahikawa Hokkaido and revealed the following. They brought one aircraft to patrol several locations across the country for about a week, as well as do display and trial aviations.
President Fujino said, "I want many people to see the Honda Jet as much as possible ; I am also hoping that everyone will be able to realize that these business jets becoming popular in Japan in the future is a possibility as well." President Takanobu Ito attended the panel discussion and said, "The commercialization in Japan has not yet been decided. However, Honda is a company in Japan that wants to take this kind of opportunity."
The Honda Jet has obtained orders for more than 100 aircraft so far. At present, the final procedure in the authentication by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is ongoing. Honda Aircraft aims to gain profit by the end of March and the Jet itself has already started mass production.
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Christmas time is here! I'm so excited to celebrate the birth of our King. In today's post, you'll find some ideas for decorating your home to help prepare for this special occasion.
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When do you start decorating? Let me know in a comment! Me? As soon as possible after Thanksgiving, but I started listening to Christmas music way before then!
Keep up with what's happening in The Party. Following The Party on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest provides you with updates and ideas galore.
A Festive Month
Festive Foods
Winter Wonderland: Holiday Nails and A Merry Hair Style


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BHOPAL: Forget about ruling BJP espousing the cause of cow. It's now the turn of opposition Congress to turn into Gau Rakshak (cow savior) in Assembly poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.
With Assembly polls just two and half months away in the central Indian state, the MP Congress chief Kamal Nath has promised to build a cowshed in every village panchayat of the state, if the party was voted to power.
The former union minister and nine-time sitting Lok Sabha member from Chhindwara constituency of MP made the announcement at a public meeting in Ganjbasoda town of Vidisha district recently and later tweeted, "We'll build a cowshed in every village panchayat, it's not merely an announcement, but a fervent pledge."
The State Congress media in-charge Shobha Oza confirmed to TNIE the development on Wednesday and added that Congress would stick to its pledge of building cowshed in each village panchayat once it comes to power in the state. "Our aim is to save the cows as well as generate productive employment in villages for jobless youths," she added.
The Congress has been proactively raising the issue of cows. Recently, former Lok Sabha member and legislator from Rewa district Sunderlal Tiwari had raised the matter of carcasses of six stray cows buried in the Rewa Municipal Corporation (RMC) premises close to a Ram temple.
The protest by Congress workers had led to the exhuming of the carcasses from the RMC premises on August 12.
Oza continued, "Our veteran legislator Ariq Aqeel had moved a private member Bill in the Vidhan Sabha, demanding proper burial/funeral of cows to be funded by government as the cows are most revered animal. However, the legislators of the same BJP had ensured that bill was rejected by 55-130 votes."


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The state has committed $5 million to the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) as partial funding to create a dedicated ramp that will connect cyclists from the Roosevelt Island Bridge to the east promenade onto a new, two-way, three quarters of a mile path south along the waterfront culminating at Cornell Tech—separate from traffic on Main Street. This infrastructure investment is part of a larger $144.6 million initiative encompassing 72 projects statewide, to support access to public transportation, roadway safety, and improved pedestrian spaces.
When the bike lane is complete, cyclists will no longer have to choose between sharing the steep, curvy Helix road with cars or squeezing their bikes into a Motorgate elevator. Last year, RIOC hosted a walk and talk to gather community input about their plan. The Roosevelt Island greenway consists of 3.52 miles of what is considered an easy ride.
Courtesy of RIOC
In April 2017, RIOC was approved for a $2.96 million award from the New York State Department of Transportation's Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) – Congestion
Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ).
In 2018, RIOC applied for a second TAP award –$5 million – to be applied to the potential $14 million in construction costs of the bike lane. These costs include infrastructure improvements, electrical equipment needed for lighting, stormwater/bio-infiltration management, as well as pavement, landscape, lighting and signage finishes. To that end, RIOC has procured Dewberry Engineers and their team, including Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, to design the ramp and lane projects.
"The proposed bike ramp and bike lane projects aim to improve access and circulation to the Island by constructing a bike ramp that will provide cyclists safe travel from the top of the Roosevelt Island Bridge down to the East Promenade" said Susan Rosenthal, RIOC President.
We aren't the only beneficiaries of state money for bike lanes. The governor is allocating millions to help fund four city projects to create new bike lanes, pedestrian connections, and street upgrades on Randall's Island, as well as a project to overhaul 13 Harlem River crossings that connect Manhattan and the Bronx.
"New York State is making historic, nation-leading investments in cleaner and more sustainable transportation infrastructure which is crucial to the growth of local economies," New York State Governor, Andrew Cuomo, said in a statement. "These investments in bike and pedestrian enhancements across the state will help revitalize communities, reduce our carbon footprint and demonstrate once again that New York is building for the future."
A bike ramp to the Island is not a new idea. The Western Queens Transportation Study, launched by the New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) in 2013, made recommendations for improving access to Roosevelt Island via a protected two-way bike path on the Roosevelt Island Bridge directing cyclists and pedestrians to East Road rather than Main Street, away from heavy bus and delivery truck use.
Sign at the foot of the Helix directs cyclists to the Motorgate elevator
According to the study, "It is safer, more direct, and provides a higher-quality streetscape."
One reason to heed the DCP recommendation to keep cyclists off the helix and Main Street came in October of 2014 when 29-year old model and Octagon resident Anna Maria Mostrom collided with a southbound Red Bus after turning right and riding north off the helix. She was mortally wounded.
Alternate modes of travel on to the Island are always being discussed. The Cherry Blossom Festival revealed how, even when all of our modes of transportation are working, they still aren't enough.
Residents have agitated for the return of an elevator or stairwell to connect us back to the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge. During the construction phase for Cornell Tech, former Assistant Director Andrew Winters expressed support for the idea, saying Cornell Tech would certainly benefit from having as many options as possible to get here.
However, the DOT has not been supportive of the idea. DOT spokeswoman Kay Sarlin, in a 2007 New York Times article, raised doubts about a passageway that would have to be nearly 135 feet high, saying, "'It's not feasible. They'd have to remove a lane of traffic to put in an elevator.''Sarlin said a stairway could not be in- stalled because people with disabilities could not use it. Further, she said, since the facade of the bridge has landmark status, altering it would present a problem. Winters said Cornell Tech approached the DOT as well, receiving the same response.
Also in the Budget
The budget also included $110 million in capital funding to continue the NY Parks 2020 initiative to revitalize the State's flagship parks and support critical infrastructure projects.
Senator José M. Serrano, Chair of the Senate Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation, said, "As attendance to State Parks rises each year, significant investment is vital to ensuring the continued success of these proven economic engines. As Chair of the Senate Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation, I'm thrilled that the budget agreement includes an additional $110 million for State Parks, ensuring that New York's greatest natural treasures continue to be improved, beautified, and maintained for future generations to enjoy. Many thanks to Governor Cuomo and Acting Commissioner Kulleseid for their commitment to our parks and green spaces."


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How can citizens be persuaded to accept plans for a more equitable, inclusive democracy, and how should those who are committed to such ideals behave when many members of the public do not share their aspirations?
A sensitive and thoughtful response to these questions, Stears indicates, must involve the relationship between the end of realising a better democracy and the means needed to achieve this end. This tradition, according to Stears, ran through the progressive reform movement of the early 20th century, industrial labour activism in the s, the civil rights movement, and the student movements of the New Left.
Professor Marc Stears
These movements thus combined a dose of optimism about the kind of democracy that could be achieved in the future with a good deal of realism about the means required to make progress—thereby avoiding both excessive idealism and cynicism about the future. Within these movements there was much internal argumentation, informed by practice, about the best ways to realise a more equitable democratic order given the non-ideal circumstances of contemporary life.
The courage, solidarity, and strong commitment exhibited in industrial strikes in the s, civil rights marches, and campus confrontations in the s may not be appropriate for the day-to-day politics of an improved democracy. This does not mean that the virtues of struggle should be avoided, but that radical democrats should be sensitive to the requirements of a peaceful future.
Stears argues, for instance, that civil rights organisations such as the Congress for Racial Equality committed themselves to nonviolence not in order to discharge moral duties to present citizens, but in order to create a future political and moral order unmarred by bitter recriminations brought on by memories of violence.
In addition, the examples of the radical democratic tradition illustrate the importance of leadership in changing the attitudes of a citizenry. In Demanding Democracy , he contends that the radical democratic tradition has been characterised by continuities in political strategy, such as the sit-down strike, in addition to a degree of institutional and personal interconnection.
Members of the radical democratic tradition, according to Stears, shared a propensity to invoke concepts derived from classic American political traditions and to insist that political structures be altered in order to deliver on the promise implicit in American democracy. The question, however, is whether such a tradition is really a coherent concept, given that participants in such movements did not necessarily see themselves as contributors to a wider strain of activism.
American Neoconservatism
Moreover, the fact that the political movements discussed in Demanding Democracy did not work toward shared concrete objectives leads Stears away from defining the radical democratic tradition in terms of the specific goals of its constituent movements. Instead, he characterizes the radical democratic tradition largely by reference to the fine balance between ends and means that their participants espoused.
This, however, raises the question of why Stears focuses on movements that are ordinarily considered progressive. What about conservative movements in America—the emerging Tea Party movement or the Moral Majority of the s—that express deep frustration about the existing political order, believe their views have been undemocratically excluded, and eschew calm, reasoned argument in favour of controversial rhetorical and protest techniques?
Indeed, there is an argument to be made that the sense of urgency and the commitment to divisive action that once animated progressive radicals in America has shifted to the right of American politics over the past three decades.
- Überzeugungsstrategien in Walther von der Vogelweides Sangspruchdichtung: Exemplarisch analysiert am Ersten Reichston (German Edition);
- Got Mold? You 37 Chapter Guide to the Fungi!
- The Politics and Culture of a Reactionary Idealism.
Are conservative movements, then, part of the radical democratic tradition? If not, why not?
If so, then political theorists on the left may face with renewed vigour the question of whether radical politics is a desirable way to remedy injustice. It is true that he leaves out a lot: Marxists of almost every stripe, anarchists, and the fascinating parade of individuals and groupuscules which, even if they had little impact, often had ideas worth considering. If you are an afficionado of twentieth century American radicalism, you will probably find that some of your favorites are missing.
But one can only do so much. Stears has arguably centered our attention on a core, continuous strand in American political thought and action.
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The book benefits from this clarity. My real criticisms are these: The most visible error in this work is to treat the s consensus theorists as bearers of the radical democratic tradition. Some were reformers, but few members of the flock Stears identifies deserve to be called radicals; nor, more to the point, did most see themselves this way.
The most important lacuna is the linkage between movements to achieve greater democracy and those in pursuit of narrower ends.
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But this is to give acquiescence to a myth, for the problems of democracy in America have never been insular. The civil disobedience tradition has its origin in German idealism via Thoreau , and nonviolent direct action was undergoing simultaneous experimentation in much of the world at the same time it was being tested in the US. Progressive reformers drunk heavily from European examples, as Dan Rodgers showed in Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive Age.


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1. Battery Operated fan.
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Stings, bites, scratches and the like happen everywhere. And the beach is a dirty place.
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What's really driving disruption? (Hint: it's not technology)
Presented here for discussion is a summary of a current article published with permission from Knowledge@Wharton, the online research and business analysis journal of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
The emergence of a new technology is often cited as what drives the disruption of an industry or business. But that's not true in most cases, according to Harvard Business School professor Thales Teixeira.
"In the vast majority of the cases, these startups have the same technologies as the incumbents that they are fighting," Prof. Teixeira told Knowledge@Wharton show on SiriusXM.
Instead, startups disrupt established companies by decoupling the customer value chain — picking one aspect of the business and doing it better than the incumbent.
His findings, based on eight years of researching startups, tech companies and incumbents, are explained in his new book, "Unlocking the Customer Value Chain: How Decoupling Drives Consumer Disruption."
He states, "The key point of decoupling is not to replicate what established players do; it is to find something that consumers are very unsatisfied with. If you offer something better, you will steal away customers. The way that you do that is by reducing one of three costs: reducing monetary, reducing effort and reducing time costs. The way to do that is you use business models and technologies."
For instance, online subscription services such as Birchbox focused on convenience as the weak link in the beauty buying experience in delivering samples to homes.
"That was the disrupting force," said Prof. Teixeira. "It wasn't that Birchbox had a website, it wasn't that Birchbox had the ability to put samples in a box and ship it to your house. This is trivial; all companies can do that. It was actually this reduction in [convenience] cost."
Still, the key finding is that it is the customer who is driving the disruption, and disruption in one industry spreads to changes in others.
"What we noticed through the data is people who start buying on Amazon, using an Amazon app, are more likely to sign up for Uber versus those who don't buy frequently on Amazon. And those who are buying on Amazon and using Uber are more likely to sign up for Airbnb and start using Airbnb. And when they use these three apps, they are even more likely to use Birchbox and Trove and Venmo," said Prof. Teixeira.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Do you agree that addressing weak links in the customer value chain has been a bigger disruptor in retail than new technologies? In what ways are established retailers and brands still failing to understand and react to disruption?
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I absolutely agree that the biggest disruptors are finding gaps in the customer value chain. Retailers and established brands are very slow to react because they think they are invincible. Gillette is a case in point. When they do finally react it is with a bit of arrogance and tends to insult their core customers. They start dropping prices and increasing their promotional activity, rather than addressing the core issues with connecting to their customers.
At the end of the day, retailers and brands fail to spend enough time understanding their customers. Which opens the door for those that do.
The way any business succeeds is being different and better than their competitors. Find that one thing or several things you can do better than your competition, promote those benefits and build your brand based on them. Failing businesses are quick to find blame, saying things such as "we can't compete with their technology." In reality, if you understand your customer and what they want you should be able to adapt your business to match their needs. Too many companies are narrow-minded and don't keep their businesses fresh and ahead of competitors. Then when the new player comes on the block offering services and conveniences they make excuses like "the new company has better technology."
Being different and being better is all that matters, no matter what your business is. The adage, "the customer comes first" still exists today and if you are taking care of your customers and satisfying them, you'll always be successful.
Professor Teixeira nails it. It's not technology that disrupts. It's an easier, better, simpler and more convenient experience. It is now expected that a retailer sell quality products (based on the price the customer is paying) and provide a good customer service experience. That's table stakes. The smart companies recognize that adding convenience takes the experience to the next level. Find what friction the competition causes its customers and eliminate it.
Customers have always been the great disruptors. They always will be. In this age of unlimited choices, retailers must work harder than ever to remain relevant. Today's customers are no longer satisfied with mass merchandising. They are looking for personalization at every level of their shopping journey from search, to purchase, to services post sale. Future retail success will not be measured by sales today, but rather by life time value of customer relationships. To achieve that is a moving target of creating and maintaining relevancy in the eyes of the customer.
The flashiest and most innovative technologies certainly get all the attention, as well as the hype. However, as the Wharton article shares, technology is simply an enabler to help enhance the overall customer experience, not the reason why customers will do business with you. The bottom line is that the market forces and the customers are the most significant disruptors. They are now empowered, connected and informed. It's up to the retailers and brands to keep pace with them.
The overwhelming narrative is that customers want a "seamless" and "frictionless" experience, powered by technology. In some shopping segments, particularly convenience and repeat buys this makes sense. It's not about the technology in the other more experiential and lifestyle segments. The overall experience and how the brands interact and meet the customers expectations matter more than any technological innovation.
The disruption has been what and how much retailers have agreed they will do for the customer. This is in sharp contrast to Henry Ford's alleged statement that "You can have it [the car] in any color you want, as long as it's black."
I completely agree with this. The technology is an enabler but it doesn't disrupt without someone applying it properly and turning it into a solution for consumers. All of the big chains have access to the hot technologies of the day, but very few of them know how to apply them in a way that disrupts. And some don't want to disrupt their existing business models, which is why they fall behind.
We do a lot of consumer focus groups and I have never heard anyone say they chose a particular retailer over another because of technology. Professor Teixeira is right on when he says, "Make it better and you'll steal away customers."
Convenience and customer service are frequent topics of conversation on RetailWire, both are hot topics with consumers as well. At the end of the day it doesn't matter where you buy; consumers want a good selection of product that's displayed well and is easy to shop. They want to work with pleasant associates who know their stuff. Technology or no technology, it will always be about the customer experience.
Spot on. It has been, and always will be the key strategy in retail: differentiate and be unique, based on consumer desires. "Listen to the customer, they're smarter than you." There is always going to be a better way or more convenient, etc., and the winners are the ones with open eyes and nerves to change. There is always room at the top, just not enough room to sit.
Sounds to me like the article is describing competition and customer expectations. Identifying market voids and opportunities. Evaluating strengths and weaknesses. Building a better mousetrap. Executing faster, cheaper, and these days with more transparency. One player puts forward a new tactic and very quickly resets the bar for the rest of the market. Customers very quickly expect/demand the same or better from the rest of the players. Competition keeps everybody on their toes.
I love this question. The answer is in the commonality between the three apps referenced at the end of the post: Uber, Amazon and Airbnb. The thread between all three is two things. Convenience and choice. Two of them tap under-utilized assets and all three were competing in already competitive markets.
The technology wasn't the answer for any of the three. In fact, their apps sucked at the beginning (Airbnb had crap images and Uber used to be a texting conduit between you and a black-coated driver) and some may disagree with me, but the Amazon shopping experience online is still a terrible UX.
Attacking the weak links is definitely the bigger disruptor because the experience is more than just digital. The experience at the core is a human emotional reaction and the strongest way to invoke that is a connection through shared experience. Technology as a primary driver can't get that level of connection.
Addressing weak links in the customer value chain is a bigger concept than new technologies, so of course it is a bigger disruptor. The ways retailers and brands are still failing to understand and react to disruption – I think they are reacting. They're also prioritizing.
Overhauling a business to maximize the entire customer value chain takes resources and it is rarely the type of change that can happen overnight. Convenience and security are major value focus areas right now. Retailers and brands who look to address these two items are focusing on the right items for this moment in time.
I agree — smart people at Birchbox, Uber, Airbnb, etc. aspired to disrupt simple experiential everyday human problems, leveraging the then-new digital environment. Retailers and brands failed in most cases to have the foresight to understand the disruptive implications of how digital would disrupt the customer value chain. Playing catch up is a very noisy place for retailers. Bombarded for years now by "new" technology after "new" technology, most retailers and brands still lack digital curiosity. 20+ years in, the retail carnage is evident. As Professor Teixeria states "In the vast majority of the cases, these startups have the same technologies as the incumbents that they are fighting." There seems to be no evidence or guidance or demonstrated loss able to boost a retailer's head into the digital world of human-based retail technology solutions. Meanwhile, the beat goes on. And on…
Somewhere along the way, consumers lost their loyalty. Maybe it all started when they no longer had to go into a store to shop. They lost the personal and started focusing on other things. Identifying those other things and doing them right is what is turning the tables. Retailers now need to begin by looking at the customer journey(s) and finding ways to deliver along the path. Perhaps even offer a different path that moves the customer toward the purchase with ease, no frustration all while having a great experience. For my 2 cents.
I agree – for me a disruptor is an organization that solves a problem, or perceived problem, along the customer journey.
This may be that it creates a new business model (omnichannel retail was a new business model – as is subscription retail). Combine this with changing customer/consumer behavior and technology — both from the consumer and corporate perspective — and you have the three key interconnected forces that companies in all industries need to understand as they are driving the changes.
Just look at the most visible disruptors in any industry. The largest hospitality company doesn't own any properties. The largest taxi service doesn't own any cars, etc. For retail, it's the same situation. Look at the weakest link and fix it. Look at your own organization. Are you REALLY operating any differently than you did 20 or more years ago? Grocers: Do you really still build brand new stores with dry goods in the center and fresh foods around the perimeter?! That's been the case for more than 75 years. ADAPT or PERISH.
It's interesting that once a consumer begins to interact with disrupters in one category, they're more likely to interact with disrupters in other industries.
Unfortunately, more than a few legacy brands are still seeing disruption as a trend, instead of a new standard.
But as more young consumers come into their own and mature consumers open up to trying new retail models, consumers are going to expect brands to creatively problem solve to meet their needs.
Bureaucratic red tape can be a huge setback to a brand's ability to pivot quickly enough to be known as a disrupter in their industry.
This one's easy — e-commerce (Amazon) quickly and quite suddenly made the retail customer the boss. That's what alternatives do: they shift power via new competition and choice. Before e-commerce, the customer was beholden to the retailer and the retail brand regardless of basic mainstays like customer service and product selection. Retailers got lazy and developed weak links that never had to be addressed.
Technology often makes the efficient exploitation of these weaknesses possible — but it is the customer-led solution that ultimately disrupts the status quo and wins the day.
So yes — physical retail got disrupted because the customer suddenly became the boss and demanded better service, better selection, better personalization and an overall better retail experience (what we call the in-store shopper moment®). And now brick-and-mortar retail is FINALLY responding.
The fact that it requires a Harvard Business School professor to point out that it is about the customer and not technology is reflective of the problem. In response to all of the disruption that has occurred, retailers and brands now seem to chase the latest technology to avoid being left behind, but they forget about the customer.
The best disruption does not come from crazy new technology ideas, it comes from someone genuinely embracing a customer issue and figuring out a way (often using technology) to make things better for the customer.
In solving a problem for the customer, the disruptor creates an emotional connection that the old provider can't compete with. Even matching the new technology won't win back the customer's business.
Understanding consumer behaviors and attitudes is the key to identifying new or different retail approaches that resonate with consumers. For example the "IKEA effect" that explains the cognitive bias of consumers for products or processes where they invest their time and effort. When consumers spend time assembling a product, they feel more invested in the product with a sense of ownership and have a more personal attachment to the brand. IKEA has been benefiting from this approach for years and back in the 1950s when Betty Crocker switched from dry eggs included in the cake mix to having consumers add fresh eggs, it made consumers feel better about baking a cake because they felt like it was "real baking."
Finding ways to connect with consumers' emotions will likely lead to enhanced connection with your brand.
I always remind myself that customers only buy two things: good feelings and/or solutions to problems. All of the technological advances have satisfied one or both of these buying reasons. The key is to figure out which of these two factors is the one that a company or brand is not addressing as best as it could, from the customer's perspective. Therein lies an opportunity.
Absolutely. Tech on its own is not enough. Tech for tech's sake means nothing. It's about using tech to provide increased convenience or value to customers. Think about how Uber disrupted the taxi business. It offered a more convenient/simple option. Whether we actually are busier than in the past is up for debate, but certainly we all feel more time poor. Therefore we are looking for brands to make our lives easier.
Unfortunately a lot of brands aren't good at identifying the weak points in their business, or how they could add more value to customers' lives. Then someone else comes along and pulls the rug out from under them — often with a simple application. It all comes back to really knowing your customer. Easy to say, but apparently harder for a lot of brands to do.
What made a good store in 2000 and what makes a good one in 2019 are different. Retail is the dipstick of social change. The bigger the merchant, the greater the challenge to keep up with that evolution. Historically, American retail as been about birth, life, death and compost. We got a lot compost and more coming. I agree, tech is a byproduct of social change, not necessarily a driver — keep your eye on what your female customers are doing….
100% — innovation + disruption has very little to do with technology and everything to do with our thinking (decoupling or otherwise). It's why Steve Jobs could take an invention from Xerox 20 years prior and create the personal computer industry. Or why RC vehicles were my favorite as a kid, but today we call them drones and they're doing everything from delivery to military duty. Technology is the enabler and sometimes the result — not the disruptor in and of themselves.
The biggest missing amongst retailers and brands today is an innovation culture, a group of people that can cultivate new ideas and perspectives beyond the status quo — and execute on them. Labs, innovation groups, etc. can help, but they tend to be siloed. What we can do is bring that kind of "startup" thinking, self starting and exponential aims into the entire organization. Is it confronting? Maybe … Does it work? Definitely.
Technology may be the vehicle, but it is not the destination. And there are many ways to be disruptive and not all involve technology. The destination (and our work) is to deliver a more remarkable customer experience, and one of the ways brands get there is to dissect the customer journey (or value chain) and understand the opportunities to eliminate friction, achieve table stakes and amplify the wow.
The retailers that are stuck in the boring middle, in my experience, typically don't do the human-centered design work to unlock their weak links and focus on being more remarkable and/or they are afraid to experiment.
The other problem is they often throw technology at a problem, rather than design the solution and find the technology that is the most effective and efficient.
So many folks are saying "it's the customer" that drives disruption. Yes, but how did it get to that point in the first place? Are we saying that 30 years ago the customer was NOT the key factor in retail success? Michael Decker touched on this earlier. I will venture that it WAS technology that brought about disruption in the market. Not the tech applied in the retail environment, but the tech advances made in non-commerce areas — internet, mobile phones, social media, etc. Matter of fact, it's technology that has empowered customers to know more, access more, and have more information in their pockets than anything else. Today's disruptive changes are direct consequences of yesterday's innovations and most important — they are interrelated.
While retail is being disrupted by technology, it is being transformed by the expectations of you and me as customers. Expectations to have differentiated experiences every time, everywhere across touchpoints.


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He could not have been more positive and agreed to give our relationship a chance. Dating is always fraught with expectations, anxiety and disappointment. Having bipolar disorder adds layers of complication: Should I trust this new love interest with my diagnosis? If we do move forward, how will the new relationship weather my mood shifts? When telling a prospective partner that you have bipolar, Little suggests sharing details about how the illness affects your behavior, including symptoms of mania , hypomania and depression , as well as emphasizing how you manage the disorder.
Hope says that learning how committed she is to managing her illness through medication, regular counseling and healthy habits went a long way to alleviating any worries her boyfriend had about dating someone with bipolar. My therapist always told me that I needed to find someone who would accompany me on my journey to recovery. Opinion is divided on the best time to bring up the subject.
The conversation could happen on the first date to get the issue settled one way or the other, or later in the relationship when there is greater commitment and trust. A breach of trust like that can be devastating to a relationship. Talking to his girlfriends about the realities of living with bipolar disorder—including his need to maintain a regular sleep schedule , avoid alcohol, keep up with his meds and attend regular counseling appointments—also makes it easier for Chris to stick with his management plan. Similarly, sharing details about his illness provides a context for his shifting moods and opens the door to conversations about how that might play out in the relationship.
Although research is limited on how bipolar disorder affects new relationships, a report published in a issue of Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology and other studies have found that marital disruption is higher when one partner in a relationship has a mental illness like bipolar disorder. In a manic state, Chris can become volatile and unreliable, arguing with girlfriends over trivial matters and canceling plans with little regard to their feelings. In contrast, he says, depression leads him to withdraw and avoid girlfriends. Victoria knows that pattern well.
The moment something goes wrong in a relationship, she pulls away and turns inward, deepening the rift.
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The beginning of a new relationship, meanwhile, triggers hypomania , decreasing her inhibitions, increasing libido and leading her to spend all night drinking, dancing and writing love letters to her new flame. Victoria, 34, has had her share of new starts. Now a business writer in Orlando, Florida, she was 17 when she was diagnosed with bipolar. As an adult, she has struggled to find a partner who understands her mood shifts. One girlfriend tried to be compassionate, she recalls, but attributed all of their arguments to the disorder, making Victoria feel discounted as a person. When Victoria met an artist who also has bipolar disorder, she thought it would be the perfect match.
My anxiety over waiting too long to tell them is greater than the worry over how they might react. For some couples, says Jon P. Bloch, PhD, co-author of The Bipolar Relationship, coping with the realities of bipolar disorder together can make a relationship stronger. She felt confident enough to disclose her bipolar on their fifth date and was not disappointed. When we met, I knew that I had found the right partner.
Victoria recalls that the first girlfriend she talked to about her diagnosis stormed out of the room and then refused to return her calls.
Ken Johnson not his real name , a non-profit administrator in Calgary, Alberta, suspects his illness lies behind many of his breakups. Though such feelings are natural, Bloch points out that rejection based on your illness should not be taken personally. Research published in Behavior Therapy in found that the disruption of social rhythms, including sleep patterns, diet and exercise, often triggered depressive and hypomanic symptoms in those with bipolar disorder.
When Chris meets women who suggest going out for drinks or staying out late, he typically declines. Suggesting dates like dinner and a movie, coffee and concerts in the park allow Chris to have a good time without disrupting the habits that keep his mental health in check. Hope works hard to keep the lines of communication open with her restaurateur. Telling a new partner about your diagnosis is scary. Lisa Little, MSc, a chartered psychologist in Calgary, Alberta, offers these guidelines for starting the conversation: I told him about my diagnosis soon after we began talking, and that I am compliant with my treatment.
He was very understanding and seems to be OK with it so far. I discussed this new relationship with my therapist and expressed my concerns. Her advice was to go very slowly, be patient with myself and with him, and not let myself become paralyzed by fear. It was easier for me to avoid the topic and skirt around it awkwardly than to confront it.
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I chose to blame my breakdown on the stress of starting university, moving away from home, and spending all my time drinking. It was two years into the relationship and we were in the pub. After two months, even, I could have escaped from the relationship pretty much unscathed. We argued about it a lot that day and from then on.
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He blamed me and said that he wished I would kill myself already and just get it over with if I was so serious about it. I was on a genuinely brilliant first date. He was tall, good-looking in a kind of dishevelled professor way and the first person I had met who had piqued my interest since the breakdown of my previous relationship.
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There was lots of wine and I was pulling out all of my best anecdotes. Then came this exchange:. Not only had I completely failed to acknowledge anything he had just said, but I had also equated his beloved child with a debilitating and heavily stigmatised mental health problem. I felt like his child and my bipolar were both things that could and would put someone off, and that he had somehow just issued a dealbreaker amnesty by mentioning his son.
In fact, he had just wanted to tell me a boring anecdote about a trip to the zoo.
Things you can say during sex: But things you should not say during sex? I can give you some tips, though. Detail the type and severity of your illness. Tell them how it has affected you in the past and how it is likely to affect your relationship. For me, there are two major things that tend to go as soon as I become depressed: These are obviously fairly big hurdles in a relationship — having a girlfriend who smells like a bin and who sits in the same spot on the sofa for three weeks may not be the most appealing prospect.
Encourage them to research your diagnosis so they know, roughly, what they are dealing with. As with many people who suffer from mania in some form, the first symptom for me is a complete inability to sleep combined with a desperate compulsion to talk all of the time. You should also, as a couple, draw up a contingency plan in case of emergency.


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I may also come into possession of sensitive information about you, for example if you write to me to describe a personal issue you are seeking help with or to inform me about your progress with that issue during the follow-up. Before the phone consultation, I may also ask you to fill out and send me a questionnaire regarding the issue you are seeking help with. I do this in order to be able to best prepare for the consultation, to make our work more time efficient, and to best tailor the services to your personal needs.
How information is collected HOW TO BEST SEND SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
The information needed for booking (you name, email address, phone number, and the type of service you are requesting) is collected via online forms on this website.
Instead, sensitive information can be sent one of these following ways:
By encrypted email (please read the next section)
Through encrypted chat (WhatsApp)
By using Private Conversation function in Skype
By sending me a link to a file on your cloud drive (I strongly recommend using cloud services that offer encryption, for example Dropbox or Sync).
How and for how long information is stored
I use an email account on ProtonMail where all information I obtain from you by email is stored in an encrypted form. The only person that has access to the content of my email account is myself.
To take full advantage of email encryption, you need to encrypt emails on your side as well. If you are also using ProtonMail, all emails you send to me are automatically encrypted. If you do not wish to encrypt the emails you send, I recommend you send sensitive information by one of the other means listed above. I do not store emails for longer than six months after the last contact.
The information I collect via online forms is stored on WIX servers (WIX is the website constructor used to build this website). Please read here about how WIX handles data. The information obtained through web forms is deleted once every six months.
If you contact me via any type of messenger, I delete the conversation as soon as it is over. If you send me an attachment via a messenger, it will be stored on an encrypted and password-protected drive on my computer, to which only I have access, and deleted six months after our last contact.
No phone or Skype conversations are recorded or stored.
If you are a paying client, I may need to store your invoice for several years for accounting purposes. The information on the invoice will include your name, contact details, the service you paid for, and the amount you paid. This information will be stored on an encrypted and password-protected drive on my computer, to which only I have access.
How your information is used
I only collect the information that renders me able to provide my services or which I believe will improve the quality of my services. If for any reason I will need to store your personal information for longer than six months, I will ask for your explicit permission to do so and explain the reasons for storing the information.
I will never send you any promotional material without your prior explicit consent. I may contact you to inform you about your rights concerning your personal information (for example, if there is a change in Privacy Policy that may affects you) or if I need to ask for your explicit consent to store or use your information in any other ways than what is specified in this Policy.
Your rights and responsibilities
By sharing your information with me by email or by any other means that technically allow the information to be stored, you give consent to this information being stored and to me processing this information according to the conditions outlined in this Privacy Policy. However, it is your legal right to ask, at any time, what information is being stored, how it is being used, and to request that it be corrected or deleted. If you want to exercise this right, you need to contact me personally.
Green Light operates from Denmark and falls under the EU and Danish jurisdiction. To learn more about the EU legislation on data protection and your rights concerning your personal information, please read the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
Changes in the Privacy Policy
I may change this policy from time to time. Your rights regarding the use of your personal information will not be restricted without your explicit consent.
Last updated: 30.01.2020


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(Published by The Manila Times on 26 June 2019)
Red tape, defined by Webster as "official routine or procedure marked by excessive complexity which results in delay or inaction," is a form of corruption.
(Ironically, the term "red tape" is believed to have originated from the bureaucratic protocol of the Roman Empire [early 16th century] where red-colored tapes were used to bind documents that required urgent action, in contrast to ordinary documents that were bound by ordinary strings.)
Corruption sucks (to borrow a rude modern-day slang), and corruption by red tape sucks even more. Where one leaves at least some people happy, the other leaves all people winded, angry, lost, defeated. And yet one is a crime, the other is not. Sure there is a law called Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Government Workers that aims among other things to cut red tape, but I don't think anyone has been punished for one's inability to act on requests within the prescribed period of time.
I remember there was this Emergency Shelter Assistance for Yolanda victims that they received only in 2015, or 2 years after the super typhoon hit them in 2013. Speaking of Yolanda, many of government's housing projects in the disaster-affected areas are unfinished until today; also, occupancy rates remain low in some of the finished housing sites.
When grafters get away with their crime, like how it happens with some of our public officials, at least some of the stolen funds are spent on local goods and services, and therefore they somehow help boost the local economy. (I say this—less from the moral perspective and more from the economist who sees consumer spending as driver of economic growth—because fruits of plunder often get stashed away in offshore banks, as alleged for example in many of the Marcos ill-gotten wealth cases). With red tape, nobody wins. Even the bureaucrats whose systems give rise to red tape are frustrated by it.
For government projects funded externally by a loan or by Official Development Assistance, or ODA (defined as loan with a grant component of at least 25 percent), the monetary cost of red tape (on top of opportunity costs resulting from the inability of the people to benefit from projects that are stuck by implementation issues) can be quantified in terms of commitment fees.
Unlike plundered money, commitment fees go right back into the vault of the lender; they are headed elsewhere and are not likely to be spent locally; they are, therefore, from the viewpoint of the taxpayer, as good as totally wasted. The disaster here is that, like spilled milk, they could have been avoided.
A commitment fee is a penalty charged by a lender against the loan account of the borrower for delays in project implementation. The lender commits (hence the term "commitment fee") the availability of the fund, but if this fund is not used in accordance with an agreed timetable, and therefore unable to yield interest payments for the lender, the borrower pays the penalty. The amount of commitment fees is derived from a portion of undisbursed funds (say 1-2 percent of 1 percent) that results from delays in project implementation.
Commission on Audit (COA) reports show that the national government has paid at least Php 1.3 billion pesos in commitment fees from the six-year period of 2012-2017 alone, or an annual average of Php 213 million, with the highest amount recorded at Php 316 million in 2012.
The 2017 COA report identified 7 national government agencies with the highest number of projects that lagged behind implementation schedules. These agencies are: (1) Department of Transportation (7 projects), (2) Department of Agriculture (3 projects), (3) National Irrigation Administration (2 projects), (4) Department of Social Welfare and Development (2 projects), (5) Department of Environment and Resources (1 project), (6) Department of Health (1 project), and (7) Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (1 project).
The COA report further noted that slow and long procurement process, right of way problems and delays in release of counterpart funds, etc. were among the many causes of bottlenecks. Ironically, COA regulations have also been blamed, then and now, for causing many of the operational gridlocks in government transactions.
For something that is as pernicious as the commitment penalty, and one that has hit government financing for decades, it is surprising nobody has really made a serious effort to stop the avoidable delays from happening. One may note that the more complicated a project is (such as when it requires coordination among several agencies), the greater is the likelihood that its implementation can become problematic.
There are three possible options by which delays in government projects can be mitigated. One, a person or unit under the Office of the President can be assigned to provide a dedicated coordination work among agencies involved in ODA-funded projects. Two, shun projects with too complicated design elements. And, three, bureaucrats who fail in their tasks can be made accountable by sharing with taxpayers the burden of paying for commitment fees.


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Summer Report for Thursday 19 January 2012
Gas-supply deal to boost country's coffers says minister
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Russia warns West against attacking Iran
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7:27 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
Councils lay the ground work for new road rules
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Brownlee says it's too early to tell if port reform is needed
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Grand Chancellor checked for damage four times before February
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Mitt Romney urged to release his tax papers
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Experts fear Avondale spider could become extinct
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Weather update
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Sports News for 19 January 2012
8:29 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
Morning Business for 19 January 2012
8:34 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
New meningoccal vaccine cautiously welcomed
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Mission Concert annual pilgrimage for thousands
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Surfing - not just a young person's sport
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Murder Mystery exhibition at Auckland Museum this summer
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Place names: North
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Avondale Spiders They belong to Brian Lawton who spoke about them on Summer Report.
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Reverend and the Makers – The Wrestler
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Sam Villa demonstrates two different techniques using a Marcel Iron to create a variation of finger waves.
Order the Artificial Texture DVD, 21 different techniques using thermal tools at: http://goo.gl/ZMVIV
The Red Carpet Waves creates deep crests and valleys and is much more dramatic, think Taylor Swift.
The Push Waves appear much softer and organic, they tend to look more natural.
Have some fun and experiment with both of these techniques to discover the best method for the look you're trying to achieve. Enjoy Red Carpet Waves and Push Waves!
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