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The Career Exploration Funnel
Early on in graduate school, students are encouraged to throw themselves into their projects, blinding all distractions and proving they are more than capable of producing publishable data. In a previous article, I discussed the dangers of "data-driven blinders" and how it is important for students to schedule time for career exploration, starting in their first year of graduate school. Now, a little over two years into my Ph.D., I've realized that balancing my responsibilities between data production and post-graduate career development is a much more involved process than I originally anticipated. In this article, I'd like to share my experience in fine-tuning and focusing the amount of time I spend on career exploration, an experience I've termed the Career Exploration Funnel.
During my first year of graduate school, I talked to many senior students about the next phase of their career. I noticed that, more often than not, discussions of plans post-Ph.D. were met with much anxiety and hesitation. Students often despairingly said something to the tune of, "I'll cross that bridge when I get to it." This was a bit unsettling. I didn't want to spend 4-5 years pursuing an advanced degree, only to be unprepared entering the job market and possibly forced to take a job I wasn't necessarily thrilled about for the sake of a paycheck. This prompted me to actively explore career options early on in graduate school, hence my first article, which helped me plan out my professional development accordingly. I got involved with numerous extracurriculars that I anticipated might complement my degree coming out of graduate school. With a clear idea of what the next step might be, I thought I had it all figured out. Thinking back, this wasn't out of character for me. I decided during my freshman year of college that I wanted to get a Ph.D., and planned the next four years accordingly. Everything I did was to make me a more competitive applicant for graduate school, so preparing for my career post-Ph.D. was just the same, right? WRONG, kinda.
Although I still whole-heartedly believe that actively exploring career options is important for early graduate students, I might have taken on too much too fast. I may have been spreading myself too thin for a while, but it never really hit me until it was time to prepare for lab meeting. I had good data, but not as much as I would have liked. All of the extracurricular commitments combined with an unexpectedly heavy course load had taken me away from a few experiments that I would have pushed my project further along. I decided it was time to streamline.
First, I quantified all my extracurriculars as professional and non-professional. I was involved with: four different blogging engagements, three different editing engagements, participated in two business-oriented clubs, wrote pro-bono fitness and nutrition plans, and was starting my own website. With everything listed in front of me, I needed to ask myself what was important for my current short-term and long-term goals. Short-term, I needed to continue developing my project and producing data. Long-term, I needed to keep preparing myself for a career as a life science consultant, science writer/communicator, or medical science liaison.
Short-term: Plain and simple. To do more experiments, I needed to cut down on my extracurriculars. Long-term: I should continue science writing in some regard and streamline my professional development as far as business is concerned. I decided that I was going to finish out my commitments to all of my writing and editing engagements, but moving forward would focus only on my new position as a blogger for MindPump, an evidence-based health and fitness enterprise, and writing/editing for my new science communication website, www.PhDudes.com. Additionally, I decided to forgo writing pro-bono fitness and nutrition plans (except for my Dad #FamilyFirst). Lastly, I decided that instead of being engaged with two business clubs, I would pursue a certificate in business fundamentals, trading sporadic meetings and events for structured requirements and courses to build my experience with business.
Long story short, I took somewhat of a funnel approach. I got involved with a bunch of different things, then when push came to shove, I streamlined/traded in these engagements so they were complementing my graduate school experience, not hurting it. Hindsight is 20-20;
"the funnel" probably wasn't the best approach. Although I had quite an enriching experience, a better approach would have been to do the streamlining on paper instead of trial by fire where I sacrificed the most precious of all scientific resources: time.
That said, if you have yet to engage with any career exploration of your own, I challenge you to enact the funnel on paper. Learn about the list all the possible career development opportunities you could get involved with, then choose a few that will allow you to achieve your short-term and long-term goals. Programs like TIBBS at UNC can help you come up with ideas, and if your university doesn't have such a career development program but you'd still like some ideas on career development, you can follow TIBBS on twitter @UNC_TIBBS.
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The Federal Subsistence Board has opened an emergency moose season, but only for Tuluksak. The moose opener begins on Saturday, August 18, and ends on August 31.
The manager of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge will issue permits for up to seven antlered bulls.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the village is suffering from a worrying food shortage due to power outages. Many Tuluksak residents lost their salmon and other frozen subsistence foods after a power outage in August knocked out their freezers.

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Cattaraugus County Judge Ronald Ploetz violating his oath of office again, or was it someone who showed up in the audience that caused him to go against Mr. Kochan's Marinida rights? In the trial of Christopher Kochan, where the original three charges were superseded one day later by three of the same charges thereby rendering them invalid and eliminating the District Attorney's ability to prosecute; "It is well settled that a simplified traffic information can only be amended to cure amendable defects and cannot be superseded by another" People v Tate 45 Misc 3d 131(A)). When Mr. Kochan called them out on that they then attempted to use a fraudulent Notice of Presentment. In order to take a matter to the grand jury that is not a Felony (Felony's are automatic), you need at least one misdemeanor charge. In this matter there was only one misdemeanor charge listed on the Notice of Presentment, which Mr. Kochan was never charged with. So the DA could not use that process either.
Judges enjoy a higher level of protection then even prosecutors;
A PEOPLE v. BAILEY, 60 Misc.2d 283,288 (N.Y. Misc. 1969); "It is clear that a judge who acts in the absence of subject matter jurisdiction may be held liable for his judicial acts. Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, 98 S.Ct. 1099, 55 L.Ed.2d 331 (1978); Bradley v. Fisher, 13 Wall. 335, 20 L.Ed. 646 (1872). The rationale for this limitation on judicial immunity is set out in Bradley v. Fisher and reiterated in Stump v Sparkman: "Where there is clearly no jurisdiction over the subject-matter any authority exercised is a usurped authority, and for the exercise of such authority, when the want of jurisdiction is known, no excuse is permissible." Stump, 98 SCt. at 1104 n.6, quoting Bradley, 13 Wall. at 351, 20 L.Ed. 646. Stump also points out that subject matter jurisdiction must be broadly construed where the issue is a judge's immunity, and notes a distinction between lack of jurisdiction and excess of jurisdiction. 98 SCt at 1105. Illustrative of a clear lack of subject matter jurisdiction would be a situation where a probate judge, with jurisdiction only over wills and estates, would try a criminal case. The probate judge would not be immune from suit. On the other hand, if a judge of a criminal court convicted a defendant of a nonexistent crime, he would merely be acting in excess of his jurisdiction and would be immune. Id. at *1496 n. 7, citing Bradley, 13 Wall. at 352, 20 L.Ed. 646."
When you are dealing with an ethical judge this would not be an issue, however with an unethical judge they can take full advantage of their position to violate every right you have with no legal recourse for you except the court of public opinion. The 'reasoning' for this, according to the establishment, is that if a judge fears that they could be prosecuted for their conduct they would not effectively carry out their duties. This is from a time when ethical conduct was not an issue and we had a just society. The Pew Research Center reported in late 2015 that just 19 percent of Americans trust the government always or most of the time.
Yesterday jury section began. There were eighty plus people in the jury pool. DA Lori Rieman is literally running this trial like a murder trial. This is a total waste of these local citizens time and our tax dollars. The only reason Mr. Kochan went with a jury trial is because of Ploetz. Ploetz refused to recuse himself which will be taken up on Appeal, as well as his denial of a special prosecutor. He has already had to cases that laid out some serious allegations against him, which will be discussed below. If Ploetz would have shown he was unbiased or recused himself Mr. Kochan never would have gone with a jury. Judges just like Prosecutors are immune from criminal conduct against defendants. The reasoning being that if a judge or prosecutor feared they could be held accountable then would not do their jobs.
It was really sad to hear some of the stories of some of the jurors who were released. They should had never been called in the first place. Small business owners, other people who had to take care of a family members, etc… All this for trial based on a fraudulent move to county court comprising of one misdemeanor charge and nine traffic infractions. County Court is left for the serious crimes like murder and drug dealing. One has to wonder if this sites prediction that Mr. Kochan will be murdered in the jail is being played out now. After all we had those 3 'suicides' not too long ago that occurred within a six month time span, no real investigations at all carried out on those. Who is, or was in charge of the investigations again?
So by the time Mr. Kochan's Attorney reaches the 3rd panel the jury is selected. During this process Mr. Kochan's Attorney had to go up against two Attorney's from the ADA's Office yesterday, Rieman and Ensell, you wonder why he gets frustrated when he has to deal with the complete lack due process and utter incompetence when it comes to dealing with the DA's office? Ensell was the chair (lead attorney) and Rieman was the co-chair. Shouldn't it be the other way around? Rieman would claim this was Ensell's first jury trial. ADA Ensell is stationed at the Olean City Court and has been for quite some time. It is preposterous to think that she hasn't had any jury trial in the city of Olean Court where she ran over that poor women in the cross walk? Not to mention the fact that Rieman filed a grievance complaint against him for just asking her to look into an issue of a vicious assaultthat had occurred on one of his clients in Olean.
Today (01JUN17) Mr. Kochan shows up with his Attorney and Rieman is AWOL, she is replaced by ADA Amber Kerling, her first chair (lead attorney over all other attorney's in the office). Amber was recently found guilty of prosecutorial misconduct by the Court of Appeals, in which two charges were dismissed, which means that Rieman never should have brought them to the Grand Jury and Ploetz never should have brought them to trial to begin with. This shows you how well the District Attorney's office is run. That's what it should have read in the local papers, but of course it did not.
Why was Reiman AWOL? It appears she was removed as the co-chair at the trial. She had a melt down yesterday (31MAY17) right after the jury had left, accusing Mr. Kochan of exercising his rights again. It's too bad the jury did not see it, however there are two video cameras in the court room now so those videos with be subject to a FOIL request. The citizens of the county need to see this outrageous conduct so they know what we are all dealing with.
So today (01JUN17) there are three people at the DA's table. Ensell, Kerling and what appears to be some new employee. Now its three against one. Former Cattaraugus Country Deputy William Hunt (laid off and back in Salamanca) is the first to take the stand. He completely leaves out the collision that he almost caused when he started to do a u-turn and cut off EPD Kowalski. The video shows that Kowalski's emergency lights go on right after. Next is EPD Larry Spry. Ensell is really concerned about verifying the only alleged video camera of the police, which there were at least two. Mr. Kochan would state on the videos that were illegally released to the Jury that Kowalski had one on also, which seemed to have disappeared, just like the videos in the court file. Senior County Court Clerk Jillian Koch is seated at the court clerks position. She is also the Town of Little Valley Court Clerk and did file a grievance against Mr. Kochan's Attorney too, claiming he was not doing a good enough job representing Mr. Kochan. It is Jillian who illegally deleted the objections of Mr. Kochan's Attorney, Mr. Kochan and family members when ADA William Preston Marshall's wife hit, i.e. basically assaulted, Mr. Kochan at a hearing. Jillian Koch was also instrumental in the fraudulent MHL 9.43 and CPL 730.30 orders that sent Mr. Kochan to two separate mental institutions only to have him released within 24 hours and the judge admonished for sending him there.
Sometime into the trial in walks John Ensell, the 'investigator' who appears to still be working for the Cattaraugus County District Attorney's and/or Sheriff's Office. John shows up to support his daughter ADA Elizabeth Ensell who ran into a pedestrian in the cross walk in Olean New York which caused the victim to be hospitalized and the Olean Police Department covered it up. That was more serious then all of Mr. Kochan's 'charges' combined. Why wasn't that taken to the Grand Jury? Let's not forget about his other violent drug dealing daughter Catherine N. Ensell who gets off with A misdemeanors for violent felony attacks. Johnny takes a seat near the Cattaraugus County Deputy Director of Probation (articles already competed), which do to certain recent events makes one wonder exactly what he was doing there in the first place. All in all it appeared that four to five public employees who are paid for by our tax dollars are allowed to sit there watch a trial by the permission of their supervisors. Our tax dollars hard at work folks! Yes, all is well in land where justice goes to die….
It was truly amazing what Ploetz allowed into evidence. Even one of the witnesses that testified stated that one of the items allowed into evidence was not relevant. If it is not relevant it should not be allowed. It appears that Ploetz and Rieman haven't learn their lesson from the 4th Appellant Division. The article to the right shows you the recent decision by the 4th Appellant division concerning the conduct of the District Attorney's Office.
This is the same tactic they pulled at the Stahlman trial where they attempted to play off of the jurors sympathy in order to get a conviction, one of the exact reasons ADA Amber Kerling was found guilty of prosecutorial misconduct. There must have been at least twenty pictures that dealt with the interior of Mr. Kochan's car (most of which did not show the damage to his vehicle) which amounted to nothing whatsoever. Lori stated in the article concerning Kerling that; "Anytime she is concerned about ethics, she comes to me".
This is one of Cattaraugus County District Attorney Lori Rieman and her cohorts favorite tricks. Even here own peers admit it;
"Lori likes to lie… Lori wants to bury her mistakes in cases." Mark Williams, Head of the Public Defender Unit, Cattaraugus County, Buffalo News. Friday, September 6th, 2013
She and her ADA's just load the jury down with a bunch of non relevant material with the blessing of County Court Judge Ronald Ploetz so the jury gets confused in the mess so they can't focus on the real issue which is the intent of Mr. Kochan to commit the only alleged crime for which he had been charged with, the Obstruction of Government Administration as well as being force to install equipment to protect himself from the illegal and unlawful harassment coming from the corrupt elements inside the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office.
Further for ADA Ensell to still be allowed to represent the People when the dirty laundry of herself, her father and sister are as subject to articles on this site exposing their true nature goes well beyond prosecutorial misconduct. Ploetz should have also granted Mr. Kochan's motion for special prosecutor.
As earlier stated, Ploetz like Rieman have absolute immunity also. He can deny you any and all of your rights. The only time you can go after a In today's trial evidence was introduced which violated Mr. Kochan's right to remain silent.
This all surrounds the claim by Ploetz that Mr. Kochan was not under arrest when he was blocked in, guns drawn on him in 2 seconds, window blown out in 25 seconds and then dragged out of the car, thrown to the ground head first, knocked unconscious then handcuffed, come to is hulled injuriously to his feet.
Ploetz claims that Mr. Kochan was never under arrest in one part of his order yet in another he claims he is not. One thing you can't have in a judges order is a contradiction
and that is exactly what we have here. Kowalski claimed he was arrested, Hunt claimed he was arrest and so did Graham, but Ploetz said he wasn't… Who to believe? We only need to look at the 4th Appellant Division for an answer. It's pretty clear he was under arrest.
- The Use of Firearms: (People v. Taylor (1986) 178 Cal.App.3rd 217, 229; United States v. Ramos-Zaragosa, 516 F.2d 141;
- The Use of Handcuffs: (United States v. Purry (D.C. Cir. 1976) 545 F.2nd 217, 220.); While putting a juvenile in a security office at the border, and frisking her, were not enough to constitute an arrest, handcuffing her shortly thereafter when contraband was found in her car was an arrest. (United States v. Juvenile (RRA-A) (9th Cir. 2000) 229 F.3rd 737, 743.);
- Show of Force: During an overwhelming show of force. (United States v. Ali (2nd Cir. 1996) 86 F.3rd 275), defendant was asked to step away from the boarding area at an airport, his travel documents were taken, and he was surrounded by seven officers with visible handguns; and Kaupp v. Texas (2003) 538 U.S. 626, 628-630 [155 L.Ed.2nd 814, 819-820], three officers, with three more in the next room, commanded the 17-year-old defendant to get out of bed at 3:00 a.m., and took him to the police station for questioning.) Orozco v. Tex., 394 U.S. 324
Physical Touching: The physical touching of the person of the suspect. (Kaupp v. Texas, supra, at p. 630 [155 L.Ed.2nd at p. 820.);
- Transporting a Detainee: Dunaway v. New York (1979) 442 U.S. 200, 206-216 [60 L.Ed.2nd 824, 832-838]; Taylor v. Alabama (1982) 457 U.S. 687 [73 L.Ed.2nd 314].)
- Restraint: People v Wilboiner 2012 NY Slip Op 22006 Further, to the extent that the defendant here was "in custody" when he was brought before the court on November 22 for arraignment on the new case and as a return on the warrant, his situation would seem to fit comfortably within subsection 3, which applies to a defendant "in custody." "Custody," in a related Penal Law context, is "restraint by a public servant pursuant to an authorized arrest or an order of a court.
Here is page 5 of same 22MAR17 order where Ploetz claims that because Mr. Kochan was not under arrest all his statements can be entered into the record. This is a direct contradiction to his page 8 which stated the Mr. Kochan was under arrest at the scene, which is a complete contradiction in logic. In other words, one is the truth and one is the lie. You decided.
In classical logic, a contradiction consists of a logical incompatibility between two or more propositions. It occurs when the propositions, taken together, yield two conclusions which form the logical, usually opposite inversions of each other. Illustrating a general tendency in applied logic, Aristotle's law of noncontradiction states that "One cannot say of something that it is and that it is not in the same respect and at the same time." The jury now gets to decide whether or not Mr. Kochan was arrested right away or later at the hospital and therefore whether or not his statements should have been admitted into the case.
So according to case law cited above, anyone of these circumstances would be considered an arrest, however according to Ploetz Mr. Kochan was not arrested.
By law Mr. Kochan's condition right at the very beginning was he was under arrest, however his Miranda Rights were not read to him until much later, so everything from the real arrest at the scene to the hospital could not be taken into evidence. Who do you believe?
The issue is that Ploetz, because of his ruling, allowed in videos that were very prejudicial against Mr. Kochan, video evidence thatthe jury now has the power to suppress, non the less they have already reviewed them which has left an impression.
People v. Huntley 15 NY2d 72 is very clear;
(a) We adopt for New York State the so-called Massachusetts procedure described in the Jackson v. Denno opinion at pages 378-379 of 378 United States Reports "under which the jury passes on voluntariness only after the judge has fully and independently resolved the issue against the accused" and has made express findings upon the disputed fact question of voluntariness. We favor the Massachusetts rule for several reasons, the first being that our State Constitution (art. I, § 2) mandates a jury trial of the issue of voluntariness. Another consideration supporting this choice is that the Massachusetts rule not only meets the demand of Jackson-Denno that "a proper determination of voluntariness be made prior to the admission of the confession to the jury which is adjudicating guilt or innocence" (378 U. S., p. 395) but also provides a defendant with an opportunity before the jury itself to challenge the confession.
So it is now up to the jury to determine if Mr. Kochan statements were made while he was under arrest or not, and if under arrest then everything the Jury heard they have to thrown out statement wise, but the damage has already been done. This issue alone can be won on the appeal that may follow.


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Varsity Football Scores
EPC 41, Polo 7: The playoffs essentially started Friday night for Eastland-Pearl City and Polo.
The Wildcatz were able to rest easy after rolling to a 41-7 victory in an NUIC crossover. For the Marcos, a day-long waiting game was in the works, and they fell off the playoff bubble on Saturday night without a postseason spot.
EPC (5-4) became playoff eligible with the win, and was in good shape with 41 playoff points (combined wins by its nine opponents). In the past 5 years, the cutoff mark for 5-4 teams to get in had been 37 points (2016), 35 (2015), 39 (2014), 36 (2013) and 38 (2012).
"We knew we needed this game," junior running back Jayden Kempel said, "and it feels really good to come out and play the way we did."
Polo (5-4), meanwhile, was in a tenuous position due to its inability to get anything going against a stout EPC defense. The Marcos rushed 41 times for 93 yards – and a good chunk of those came late in the game after the outcome had been decided. The Wildcatz also got a pair of interceptions from safety Brock Smargiassi.
"We just don't see that kind of defense in our half of the conference," Polo quarterback Braiden Soltow said. "They're huge on the line but they can move, the linebackers are all sure tacklers, and their defensive backs are solid. They just shut us down."
The Marcos avoided a shutout when Soltow completed a 1-yard pass to Baylee Wiemken with 7 minutes, 21 seconds remaining in the contest. It got Polo within 35-7 at the time.
EPC seized control by scoring on its first two possessions. Jayden Kempel scored on a 43-yard run midway through the first quarter for the first TD. A 60-yard run by Jarod Kempel set up the Wildcatz' second score, a 1-yard plunge by Braden Smargiassi with 1:23 left in the first quarter. EPC took a 13-0 lead into halftime, then put the game on ice by scoring three times in the third quarter. Eli Dertz scored on TD runs of 3 and 34 yards, while Lucas Petersen hauled in a 40-yard TD pass from Braden Smargiassi.
West Carroll 43, East Dubuque 6: Kody Plattenberger threw touchdown passes to Jacob Dunk, Matt Eacker and Michael Popkin and the Thunder added TD runs from Kaleb Plattenberger, Kaleb Hartman and Tim Fosdick in the senior night win. Kody Plattenberger completed 8 of 14 passes for 225 yards. Hartman gained 125 yards rushing on 22 carries.
Freeport Aquin 38, Milledgeville 0: The Missiles' bid for second place in the NUIC Upstate fell short with a shutout loss in Freeport.
Morrison 36, Bureau Valley 32: Play after play, drive after drive, the Morrison rushing attack could not be stopped. The Mustangs, despite getting off to a slow start with a safety on their second play from scrimmage, found the end zone on the next 5 possessions and held off a late Bureau Valley rally for a 36-32 win, eliminating the Storm from playoff contention in the process.
Nine different Morrison backs accounted for 50 carries and 241 rushing yards.
"We just played our brand of football," Grant Slater said. "Once the line pushes, does their job, everyone gets where they need to get. We just run hard, shed tackles, get yards."
Aaron Deter, who led the way with 66 yards on 16 carries, made the most of his carries, often using a second effort after being hit by a Bureau Valley player, keeping his legs churning and turning a loss into a gain.
"I guess that's just my role on the team," Deter said. "I'm not going to run outside and dance around. I'm supposed to get the extra yards that I can."
Morrison (4-5, 1-5 TRAC Rock) trailed 8-0 after a safety for an illegal block in the back of the end zone and a Tyler Gustafson-to-Nate Paup touchdown pass for the Storm. But then the Mustangs offense got moving. Morrison eventually built a 36-16 lead with 7:35 left in the game, but the Storm answered. Bureau Valley scored on a one-play drive as Gustafson found Kale Barnett for a 68-yard score. Those two connected again on a 39-yard touchdown with 2:45 to play. "
But Bureau Valley (4-5, 1-5 TRAC Rock) needed a stop on defense, and with just over 1 minute left, Slater made a spin move to avoid one tackler and get past the first-down marker to allow Morrison to run out the clock with a pair of kneel-downs.
"Coach handed me the ball and said 'if you get a first down, we're going to win this game,'" Slater said. "The only thing that was going through my mind was that I'm going to get that first down."
Fulton 46, Erie/Prophetstown 0: Fulton's Bryce Grant scored on a 31-yard run, a 19-yard pass to Tyler Bruggenwirth, a 75-yard run, and a 42-yard interception return in the Steamers' shutout win over Erie-Prophetstown. Fulton also got touchdown runs from Austin Rash and Austin Schroeder.
Fulton's defense limited the Panthers to 42 yards of total offense as Erie-Prophetstown rushed 26 times for 43 yards and lost a yard in the passing game.
Forreston 54, Amboy 6
Sterling Newman 51, Riverdale 0
Sterling 31, DeKalb 3
Le-Win 55, Dakota 7
Stockton 28, Orangeville 16
Pecatonica/Durand 20, Galena 12
AFC 34, Warren 8
Mooseheart 57, River Ridge 36
Freeport 35, Belvidere 20
Byron 50, Winnebago 6
Rock Falls 20, Woodstock North 14
Rockford Christian 49, Oregon 13
Stillman Valley 36, Rockford Lutheran 25
Geneseo 21, Morris 17
Rochelle 43, Sycamore 21
IHSA Football Playoff Pairings
Princeville (7-2) at Dakota (7-2), 2 p.m. Saturday
Abingdon (7-2) at Milledgeville (7-2), 1 p.m. Saturday
Cuba (6-3) at Stockton (7-2), 1 p.m. Saturday
Fulton (6-3) at Ottawa Marquette (7-2), 1 p.m. Saturday
Stark County (5-4) at Le-Win (9-0), 2 p.m.. Saturday
Fisher (6-3) at Freeport Aquin (7-2), 2 p.m. Saturday
Orangeville (5-4) at Kewanee Wethersfield (8-1), 2 p.m. Saturday
Salt Fork (5-4) at Forreston (8-1), 3:30 p.m. Saturday
EPC (5-4) at Gibson City (9-0), 2 p.m. Saturday
West Carroll (6-3) at Fieldcrest (7-2), 2 p.m. Saturday
Aurora Christian (5-4) at Sterling Newman (9-0), 7 p.m. Saturday
Arlington Heights St. Viator (5-4) at Sterling (9-0), 1 p.m. Saturday
Varsity Volleyball Results
Eastland 2, Pearl City 0 (25-20, 25-14): Katie Krogman had 12 kills, 8 digs and 2 aces as the Cougars took care of the visiting Wolves. Also for Eastland (14-16-4, 7-5 NUIC West), Gabby Snyder had 18 digs and 3 aces, Jordan Miller had 12 digs, Erin Henze (14) and Erice Dambman (11) combined for 25 assists, and Mac Byer added 6kills.
Le-Win 2, West Carroll 0 (25-15, 25-22)
Sterling Newman 2, Bureau Valley 0 (25-16, 25-19)
AFC 2, Polo 0 (25-21, 25-20)
River Ridge 2, East Dubuque 0 (25-19, 25-15)
Dakota 2, Orangeville 0 (25-17, 25-11)
Durand 2, Freeport Aquin 0 (25-18, 25-14)
Winnebago 2, Dixon 1 (25-21, 16-25, 25-19)
Kewanee 2, Prophetstown 1 (13-25, 25-17, 25-23)
LaMoille/Ohio 2, Amboy 1 (16-25, 25-22, 25-22)
Riverdale 2, Fulton 0 (25-16, 25-7): Emily Schipper had 6 digs and 4 kills for the Steamers in a road loss to the Rams. Also for Fulton, Brooke Huizenga had 3 kills and 2 assists, and Kearra Kohrt added 5 digs.
Sterling 2, Ottawa 0 (25-13, 25-9): Dale Dykeman became the all-time winningest volleyball coach at Sterling High School after the Golden Warriors crushed the Pirates in Ottawa. Dykeman, in his sixth season as head coach, now has 186 career wins. Roberta Fredericks guided the program to a 185-193 record from 1979 to 1993. Josi Borum paced Sterling (32-2, 6-1 NIB-12 West) with 8 kills, 4 assists, 2 blocks and 2 aces. Brooklyn Borum finished with 6 kills, Bree Borum had 8 assists and 2 aces, and Lexi Rodriguez added 10 digs.
Dixon 2, North Boone 0 (25-12, 25-22)
Oregon 2, Byron 0 (25-21, 25-12)
Sherrard 2, Erie 0 (25-12, 25-22)
Rock Falls 2, Winnebago 0 (25-23, 25-22)
Rockton Hononegah 2, Freeport 0 (25-16, 25-17)
Stillman Valley 2, Rockford Christian 0 (25-15, 25-20)
River Ridge 2, Scales Mound 0 (25-23, 25-20)
Belvidere North 2, Freeport 0 (25-14, 25-18)
Eastland 2, West Carroll 0 (25-19, 25-7): Jordan Miller's 9 digs and 6 aces led the Cougars to an NUIC West win in Savanna. Katie Krogman spiked 7 kills, and Sage Walrath added 4 kills for Eastland. Gabby Snyder had 6 digs and 5 aces, and Erin Henze and Erica Dambman both dished 10 assists.
Milledgeville 2, AFC 0 (25-20,25-23): The Missiles claimed a hard-fought NUIC East victory at home, led by Rebecca Waite's 7 kills, 12 digs, 10 assists and 2 blocks. Kortney Queckboerner added 5 kills for Milledgeville, and Holly Smith finished with 4 kills, 9 assists and 2 aces. Ciara Miller and Sabreena Hartman chipped in 7 digs each. Madeline Prestegaard had 5 blocks and 3 kills for the Raiders. Jaynee Prestegaard had 4 kills. Sammy Smith had f5 assists.
Fulton 2, Sherrard 0 (25-20, 25-15): The Steamers pulled out a win at home behind 11 assists from Kylee Sweenie. Brooke Huizenga added 7 digs. Huizenga and Emily Schipper each had 6 kills.
Sterling 2, LaSalle-Peru 0 (26-24, 25-14)
Amboy 2, Polo 0 (25-19, 25-23)
Stockton 2, Le-Win 0 (26-24, 25-21)
Freeport Aquin 2, Dakota 0 (28-26, 25-15)
Machesney Park Harlem 2, Freeport 0 (25-17, 25-21)
Durand 2, Pecatonica 0 (25-23, 25-13)
Riverdale 2, Erie 0 (25-14, 25-13)
Rock Falls 2, Dixon 0 (25-16, 25-9)
Oregon 2, Genoa-Kingston 1 (25-20, 18-25, 25-21)
Winnebago 2, Rockford Lutheran 0 (25-19, 25-23)
1A Volleyball Regionals
AFC vs. Erie/Polo winner vs. Eastland/Milledgeville winner, 6 p.m.
Rockford Keith Country Day vs. Aquin/Orangeville winner vs. Le-Win vs. Pearl City/Rockford Christian Life winner, 6 p.m.
Durand vs. Scales Mound/Warren winner vs. River Ridge vs. Stockton/East Dubuque winner, 6 p.m.
Sectional at Sterling Newman, Oct. 30 and Nov. 1
2A Volleyball Regionals
Galena vs. Byron/West Carroll winner vs. Forreston/Dakota winner, 6 p.m.
Orion vs. Fulton/Prophetstown winner vs. Bureau Valley vs. Princeton/Morrison winner, 6 p.m.
Sectional at Oregon, Oct. 30 and Nov. 1
3A Volleyball Regionals
Sterling vs. Geneseo/Kewanee winner vs. Metamora/Dunlap winner, 6 p.m.
LaSalle-Peru vs. Dixon/Freeport winner vs. Rock Falls vs. IVC/Mendota winner, 6 p.m.
Sectional at Galesburg, Oct. 30 and Nov. 1


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This past Sunday, Lakeview Baptist Church held a joyful day of homecoming with special singing along with guest speaker, the Rev. Allen Lefler.
A delightful time of food and fellowship followed the service.
Handgunners meeting is Thursday
The Piedmont Handgunners Association monthly meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at Skippers Seafood in Thomasville.
Prospective members are welcome to attend and more information can be found at www.phashoots.net.
News from the library
Have you been thinking about getting a library card? Or maybe, you have misplaced yours. If so, I have good news to share. This month you can come in to the West Davidson Public Library and get a free card. Just be sure to bring some form of identification with your correct phone number and address.
Adult game night will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sept. 20. The library will have available some new and old board games for you to play on your own or as a family.
Banned book week will begin on Sept. 23 and continue through Sept. 29. Banned book week is an annual event to celebrate the freedom to read. Books featured throughout the week are ones that have been targeted in the past for removal or restrictions from schools and libraries.
The young adult book club will meet at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 24. The club is reading "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling.
The library will hold Tech Tuesday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 25. Bring your smart phone, laptop, tablet, or iPad for a lesson on the basics of smart devices by library manager Sierra Everhart.
Be sure to attend one or all of these fun events offered at the library in the next couple of weeks.
Professor Hasty's work at the school
I recently found the following article published in this newspaper on Sept. 3, 1903, shortly after the Churchland School resumed classes.
"Prof. S.G Hasty, of Monroe, N.C., graduate of Wake Forest College, has opened up a first-class school at Churchland, Boone Township, with more than fifty students on roll the first week. Prof. Hasty is a most excellent young man and will conduct a good school and we are pleased to know that the good people of that section of the county are enthusiastic for the school and are rallying to his support. May the good work go on."
Scripture to ponder
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. -- Proverbs 28:26 KJV
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What are your thoughts about life?
I haven't met a single person who is already sure from the beginning what they want to do with their lives. So didn't I. Like many others, I am a typical 'jack of all trades but a master of none'. Studying a Master of Science degree taught me, hopefully, my role in life and the legacy I want to leave behind.
Does that sound familiar to you as well?
The feeling that you're continually working 'in the blind'? The feeling that you're always doing things for someone else's benefit and that you are struggling to pay the bills with work that you don't really (or really do not) want to do? And, in continuation of that feeling, that you would like to leave something behind for other people to learn from?
Maybe you have had a significant (perhaps negative) life experience that you want to scream out from the top of your lungs on the highest rooftop for the whole world to know. Maybe you are satisfied with what you are doing and that you only think one day at the time and aren't bothered how you can be an example for someone else. Which is totally fine.
Like many, I do want to share. I do want to share knowledge, make a lasting impact for at least someone. But, before you can do that, you do need to have the tools to get started.
I found my tool in education. Education as such, especially when you're young, can also be an obligatory brainwashing system to enter a highly competitive world in which grades seem to matter more than the actual knowledge. It is our choice and interest in what we are learning and how to use it in the end (for the ones on this planet who have that luxury).
Education as such is also a tool for personal development and knowing your place in this world. It is stepping up to skills that you can use later in life.
As the choice is overwhelming, it can feel there is nothing for you and that you will have to choose something random to make a final decision later in life. Or that you have pressure from family or culture to have a specific education to fulfil a particular role in society that has already been laid out for you.
What an MSc taught me
I was encouraged to study again, to find the missing link between what I could do in practice and the theoretical background. For the first time, that I saw education as such a tool for personal development after struggling for many years to find a reason why to put an effort into it. Education is not an asset, or a stock, no. Education is a process and a flow of information for me and me alone to reach from where I was to another level. 0 competition with others, only with myself. A school dropout going for a Master degree!
I decided to leave the USA, where I used to work, to go back to my parent's house, and simply BIC-HOK (Butt In Chair – Hands On Keyboard) and go for it. In fact, I was living for quite some time in a very isolated environment. Many of the people I knew were spread all over the world who I was chatting with mostly, so I actually stopped talking altogether. Yes, some words at home, but, at some point, you're done talking to parents.
It gave me time to reflect, to focus on myself, to see where I am in the world and what I could do for someone else. A 'British' master degree isn't making multiple choice tests, it isn't just reading through and writing a bit about it. It was hardcore understanding everything and reproducing with my own words and referencing it properly. It was getting the essence of large academic texts and nailing the point down. It was gaining a firm understanding of concepts, with practical (country) references. Exams were 2 hours handwritten answering questions at random for that subject. Thus, if you didn't study something and there were questions about it, no single way that you can talk your way out of it.
That is very confronting in a way too. You alone in a room for hours at the time learning in ways you never have done before. It hits your personality and your doubts. You start second-guessing. Is what I am learning now, really what I want to learn? Do I want to use it in the future? Can I see myself working with this?
Many of these questions I answered with 'no', and I seemed to be on a track becoming a statistic. One other student who started but saw it isn't for them and quit. A part of me wanted to, especially in the end. But, then again, I was in such a situation that I couldn't manage to quit. There aren't many people who get a heritage that pays university fees and being able to work on the side for living expenses (I was driving for Uber) and the remaining course fees. There are billions of people without any access to secondary or tertiary education. I have. Morally I couldn't quit.
Also, now being in Malaysia, having a degree matters. The pay scale of a master degree is merely higher than for other education for the same job. It isn't fair, but, it can work in my advantage.
This MSc did teach me:
- Stamina, moving on, not giving up
- Distress and hopelessness, but, also the hyper delight and pride after each exam I passed.
- It taught me the much theoretical knowledge and practical systems to implement and also precisely that what my job in the USA was lacking so much.
- Self-reflection. At some point, in distressed times, I was gunning for the system, the support, the texts, the 'anything I could point my fingers on' but myself. Looking back, gosh, I was the one who didn't understand, didn't want, found it too difficult and all. Instead of seeing and realising that, I started 'fighting', which caused even more delays and it did cost energy that I could have been using so much better.
- Time management. Well, actually, maybe that is something I always will have to learn. I was happily blogging and gardening and going around while I should have been in the books. Procrastination. That I am good at! In the end after realising that time was nearly up and I was hardcore studying ever since. Now it is keeping fingers crossed that I made the last 2 exams well enough to pass. Only the dissertation is left. I am on the right track already and hope to finish it this year.
Speaking about the dissertation.
That is something I actually enjoy writing. I could have produced a paper and deliver it just to be done, but, no, with that one I want to get a good grasp of the content. The dissertation/thesis is a paper of only 10.000 words, but, the topic, research and its methods, the choice of literature, the design, the content, the analysis, all is mine. Nobody told me what to do or how to do it. That whole process is coming from me, my knowledge up until now and the tools I need to learn to make it possible.
Already thanks to that dissertation and the underlying theories I actually got aware of society, and how to explain it from different angles. About the problems in society. About the daily issues, we are facing. About why we feel useless, why we have so many burn-outs, why we have so many mental problems, what makes it difficult to cope, why we feel we are exchangeable for anyone else and why this 'normal life' we are living isn't normal at all!
Why I started writing
This awareness shivers me. It should shiver you too. Society is not normal and we have to understand what is not normal before we can do something about it.
That is the ultimate drive or calling for me to start writing. To imagine. To freeflow spell out different realities, daily struggles of us, humankind. Let us explore our 'normal life', and let's see how this life influences people, societies and let us imagine how else it can be.
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Based in the Chicago area, this is a contractor referral service. Homeowners call The Home Improvement Network and tell them what they are looking for - cement work, windows, waterproofing, etc. - and they are referred, at no charge to the homeowner, to a prescreened contractor.
"We do background checks and meet with all of the contractors personally," says Pete Thomas, president of The Home Improvement Network. "We try to get to know them. We haven't visited everyone's job sites, but we try to get to as many as we can. If the company has been around and has a fleet of trucks, well, that tells us more than just a guy in a rickety old van."
Launched three years ago, The Home Improvement Network has approximately 115 contractors on board. "On board" means the contractors have signed up to be a part of the service, have passed the screening process, are willing to pay $30 per referral, and are able to handle at least 10 referrals per month.
"We keep tabs on these companies for as long as they're involved in the program," Thomas says. "We can terminate companies at any time. We can also mediate disputes. If a homeowner says they're having a problem, we'll call them and find out what's going on. Because the companies want to stay involved in the service and get referrals, they feel a pressure from us to get things resolved.
Thomas says that The Home Improvement Network has helped 4,500 homeowners since 1998, and that it adds 350 to 375 homeowners a month.


text: Thank You to our friends at Clare Mount Specialist Sports College in Moreton. The students participated in a non uniform day and instead of donating money to wear their own clothes, the students donated Easter eggs which were then distributed out to young people and children living here at Forum Housing Association. Mrs Vickers and the students work hard throughout the year campaigning for Forum through their Christmas, Harvest and Easter appeals and we can't thank them enough for all their hard work and support to us.


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Painting and Playing Board Games Releases Oxytocin
Oxytocin has been nicknamed the "love hormone" because it is typically associated with good feelings and emotions. That is an oversimplified description of this hormone that also acts as a neurotransmitter in the brain.
Oxytocin plays a complex role in our bodies, and appears to be connected to (but not limited to) human emotions, childbirth, breastfeeding, recognition and bonding. The positive effects of increased levels of oxytocin are many and include greater relaxation, more willingness to trust others, and general psychological stability. The hormone also appears to help reduce stress and anxiety. All in all, a good hormone to have around!
So how can we increase our levels of oxytocin? Hugging, touching, and intimacy are all known to increase this hormone's levels. But there are other ways as well. A February 2019 study titled "Examining Couple Recreation and Oxytocin Via the Ecology of Family Experiences Framework" was published in the Journal of Marriage and Family and found that when couples play board games or take a painting class together, their bodies release oxytocin. Surprisingly, the study also noted that men painters released twice as much or more oxytocin than women painters and couples playing games.
Researcher Karen Melton, Ph.D., assistant professor of child and family studies in Baylor's Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, said:
"We were expecting the opposite — that couples playing the board games would interact more because they were communicating about the games and strategies, or because they were competing, and with more interaction, they would release more oxytocin… Typically, an art class is not seen as an interactive date with your partner. But sometimes couples that were painting turned the activity into a bonding time by choosing to interact — putting an arm around their partner or simply saying, 'Good job.'"
Indeed, researchers expected that painting couples would be more attentive to the instructor and to the canvas than to their partners, but instead they found that couples in the art class reported more partner-touching than couples playing board games.
The study is the first to examine how distinct types of leisure are associated with oxytocin release, researchers said. They also noted that this study differs from other studies on oxytocin levels because in other studies participants were asked to perform specific actions such as cuddling, hand-holding or massage, sometimes for an assigned period. The physical interactions in this study took place naturally and were brief.
"Our big finding was that all couples release oxytocin when playing together — and that's good news for couples' relationships," Melton said. "But men in the art class released 2 to 2.5 times more oxytocin than the other groups. This suggests that some types of activities may be more beneficial to males than females, and vice versa."
Another interesting study finding was that couples involved in an unfamiliar setting and new activity released more oxytocin than those in a familiar home-like environment. This suggests that novelty can actually be an important factor when planning date nights. The researchers hope to expand on this topic in future research to determine what role the environment might have in oxytocin release.
In reference to the study, Dr. Melton notes: "This has implications for the everyday family – to find those small, meaningful ways to interact when they're eating dinner together or going for a walk or doing homework with a child or sitting on their couches with their iPad."
This interesting study is confirmation of what so many of us already know. We all benefit, and feel good, when we spend quality time with our spouses and families.
Singer, J. (2019). Painting and Playing Board Games Releases Oxytocin. Psych Central. Retrieved on March 27, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/blog/painting-and-playing-board-games-releases-oxytocin/
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Ask someone, they'll tell you they have them. Some people will go as far as offering their goals to you, unsolicited. It's great to have goals. To me, they're a requirement for success.
But there's only so much writing-them-down and talking you can do. Like a well-trained army that doesn't get to see combat, goals that aren't acted upon start to dull. The energy wanes. That burning flame of ambition becomes a benign statement that means nothing. It doesn't even excite you anymore.
I've said, a decision doesn't become real until an action confirms it. It's your way of letting yourself know you're for real. And the larger your goal, the more actions you'll need. They remind yourself of your commitment along the way. A decision doesn't become real until an action confirms it. Click To Tweet
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Two Indian Lake High School business students are advancing to the National Competition after excelling in the Ohio Business Professionals of America competition.
Senior Ashlyn Huffer qualified for nationals in Fundamental Word Processing and senior Lindsay Berg qualified in Business Law and Ethics. They are both eligible to compete at the 2019 BPA National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, California at the beginning of May.
ILHS BPA student Kendra Dunn placed in the top 10 in the state in Business Law and Ethics, while Kelly Shoffner scored in the top 10 in Fundamental Word Processing. Senior Belle Elliott also competed in Word Processing. These students are advised by ILHS Business Teacher Lisa Coburn.
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I refer to a good forest monk.DCM wrote:Hi Form, thanks for the reply, can you explain how they attain insights after coming out of Jhana please?
To do that, they must have cultivated a very firm foundation on meditation. Despite of the knowledge of dharma they heard or have in mind, they let go of all when meditating to cultivate the factors of enlightenment. After they are successful in a meditation session and feel that they want to stop the session, they emerge from the state, and they could have certain insights. For those that is incapable of maintaining stable concentration, they may also have insights that is more distorted and less clear to the consciousness.


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A babymoon is a vacation taken by a couple during pregnancy, close to before or after the birth of their baby. While a honeymooon is done shortly after the wedding, the babymoon is done specifically around the delivery of the baby. Initially, the babymoon was conceived (so to speak) as a vacation after delivery so that parents spend bonding with a recently born baby. More recently, a babymoon was also described as a vacation before delivery of the baby, during pregnancy, in order to allow the couple to enjoy a final trip together before the baby is born.
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My Second Step- Clever Following
As well as building up a good number of followers, it really is critical to make sure you seek out the right kind of audience for your products. If all of your followers are fellow sellers, it's unlikely that your twitter activity is going to translate into sales very often (unless you're a supply seller etc), or it might mean that you have to put in a huge amount of effort to get any results because your approach is not the best possible.
This part requires thinking outside the box a bit and working out your target market. Once you have some ideas about who your target market is, there are two main strategies I'd recommend for finding people to follow (in the hope that they will follow you back).
Following Followers- find people based on the publications, companies etc that they follow. For example, if you sell jewelry, you could find a fashion magazine on twitter and follow their followers- perfect target market just waiting for you! You can do this easily by using the 'geeky follow' feature on tweepi (or directly on twitter).
Search Using Keywords- you can use the advanced search function on twitter to find appropriate people to follow by using keywords they might tweet about, keywords in their profile, and based on location. So you could search for people in your city, people tweeting about a craft show or market that might mean they're interested in handmade etc etc. Maybe try people who tweet about shopping and see if you can grab some shopaholics ;)
(Note- it can be good to have some fellow sellers to chat to on twitter to help you get the conversation moving and help you with retweets etc, I just wouldn't recommend seeking out other etsians as your only strategy)
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Moffat County FBLA earns many state honors
The future is bright for Moffat County High School business students.
MCHS's Future Business Leaders of America chapter took eight top 10 honors during the state competition April 24 in Denver.
Brianna Burkett won a state title for Sales Presentation and Lauren Hilley taking second place in Intro to Public Speaking, qualifying both for the national competition this June in Texas.
Additional state placers included Josh Gumber (fifth place in Spreadsheet Design), Tayla Siminoe (Intro to Public Speaking, 7th place), MaKala Herndon (Accounting, 9th), and Constantine Daniels (Economics, 10th place).
Duos Molly Neton and Caitlen Krause and Tyler Gonzales and Marlyn Arellano placed seventh in Emerging Business Issues and 10th in Publication Design, respectively.
Burkett said her Sales Presentation work is pretty straightforward — working up a sales pitch for an object.
Any kind of object.
"All you have to do is choose a product and sell it. It can be a piece of dirt, a rock, tires, socks, a hair brush, anything," she said. "I've seen people choose something really simple and do well or something complex and do well."
Burkett paired with Yampa Valley Fiberworks to promote a wool dryer ball from the guise of being the agricultural business's owner. The actual owners of the business — couple Lorrae and Lewis Moon — loaded her up with product information and marketing materials.
"That was such a blessing," Burkett said. "I wouldn't have wanted to do my project with any other business. They walked me through the whole process, and they allowed to make my project what it is."
Burkett said the state event was downright
"I felt pretty confident going into districts that it was good, but at state it was totally different," she said, adding she was far more concerned with her competition.
Nonetheless, she took the victory.
Burkett said she has gone from being in tears during her first presentation when she began with the FBLA program to being a skilled public speaker with less stress in her life.
"I love the opportunities it creates, not just for me, but watching the freshmen go and compete and realize the world is bigger than Craig," she said. "So much work goes into it, so many tears, so many hours."
She feels well-prepared for a career in marketing thanks to FBLA and DECA, with a full-ride scholarship to Monfort College of Business at University of Northern Colorado.
"I know my experience definitely helped me get that scholarship but also taught so much besides that," she said. "Not only marketing but also the design component, looking at the accounting side, figuring out the numbers, who are we reaching out to, the product market, supply and demand, everything the business encompasses."
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July 23, 2012
Talk with Mr. Tabasco
Paul McIlhenny: "We get offers all the time!"
It is unusual for the owner of a company to term his products "hot as the hinges of Hades", especially when the Queen of the United Kingdom has given them her Royal Warrant. Yet this is probably an understatement when referring to Tabasco. Hellishly hot or no, Paul C.P. McIlhenny, the 68-year-old Chairman & CEO of McIlhenny Company, has a lot to be proud of given that his family's pepper sauces dominate their segment in the US. Just because Tabasco goes down like a house on fire with Cajun food in local Louisiana, doesn't necessarily mean though that it will do so in Japan or Estonia. Apparently, however, it does.
July 19, 2012
Nicolas Berggruen turns Karstadt terminator
Berggruen's executor in Germany: Karstadt CEO Andrew Jennings
Oh dear, it's started to happen already: former golden boy investor Nicolas Berggruen has made his loyal staff take the first sip of what is likely to prove a bitter cup. At the first possible moment — management hands were tied till now by insolvency agreements where staff renounced tariff wages for three years — two thousand full-time employees are to go at German department store group Karstadt. They are to leave by 2014 under the all-purpose banners of simplifying structures and greater competitiveness. Staff numbers were already decimated by about a third from 2006 to 2011. Around 2,000 full-time jobs fell to natural wastage during insolvency year 2009/10 alone. It seems to be the stock reaction of Karstadt management, whoever is at the helm: when revenues and earnings fall, staff are cut.
July 10, 2012
Metro Group's E. European hypermarket empire
Didier Fleury: Runs real,- in eastern Europe
Metro Group's hypermarket subsidiary real,- is beginning to look like the late Roman empire — troubled within and under constant pressure to redraw its eastern borders. According to our sources, Metro could be considering ending the separation of real,- into a domestic and an international division as a possible preliminary to the sale of all Central & Eastern European (CEE) operations. (Last year "real,-" posted annual revenues of €11.2bn, a quarter of which was in the CEE region, on a meagre ebit margin of 1.2 per cent.) The same sources also indicate that both divisions could be united under top manager Didier Fleury, who has run real,- in eastern Europe since 2008. If this is true, it would seem an odd decision when one considers the need to be an insider here in Germany.
July 4, 2012
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Germany's most trusted retail brand
Aldi's vast, efficient and profitable business empire has always been German retail's greatest exponent of hard discount according to first principles. Thus, despite the occasional mild flirt with listing brands, Aldi has essentially always defined itself via own label. This could be compared with a steady and loyal breadwinner, who has been married for decades, drinking an occasional espresso with a lady colleague in the staff canteen. Now that Aldi Nord (Aldi North) has joined Aldi Süd (Aldi South) in dalliance, however, shock waves are being felt throughout the industry. Both siblings are now actively sounding the market for further brands to list.
June 28, 2012
Talk with Beam, Inc. boss Matt Shattock
Matt Shattock: "We see a bright prosperous future as a stand-alone company"
This year has been a historic one for Beam, Inc. In October 2011, the world's fourth-largest spirits maker separated from Fortune Brands to become a publicly-traded company on the NYSE. The Deerfield/Illinois-based company has built on strong momentum in 2011 and posted double-digit top-line and bottom-line growth in Q1 this year. Like its major rivals, Beam finds Germany an increasingly attractive market. This is surely why Matthew (Matt) J. Shattock, President & CEO, was happy to talk on a visit to Beam Germany head office in Frankfurt. Beam, with global sales of $2.8bn last year, clearly considers Germany an investment priority. Given the Federal Republic's general saturation, stagnating population, and hard-discount-dominated retail market, this would seem a counterintuitive play.
June 21, 2012
Alliance Boots boss Pessina talks Walgreens
Stefano Pessina: "This deal, creating a global company, has never been done before"
The $6.7bn cash and stock deal between Walgreen Co and Alliance Boots, announced on Tuesday, is one which simply had to happen. Pending regulatory approval, the leading US drugstore chain will gain a 45 per cent stake in the UK's foremost pharmaceutical-based retailer as per September 1. Stefano Pessina, co-owner and Executive Chairman of Alliance Boots, is the born dealmaker, and the billionaire Italian has never made any bones about his wish to create the world's largest health & beauty company. Also, whatever official noises may be made by both parties to the contrary, Pessina was probably under pressure to at least offer co-investor KKR a medium-term exit option. Despite the obvious efficiency and synergy increases Pessina has achieved at Alliance Boots, the fact remains that the joint-venture was entered into at the top of a market. Unluckily, the resultant debt mountain has to be repaid through a world banking crisis, the worst UK recession in living memory, and a Europe in economic turmoil.
June 14, 2012
German cartel office bares teeth to retailers
Not amused, Rewe CEO Alain Caparros: "What future for Dohle, Coop, Wasgau?"
The Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) seems determined to prove to Germany's retail oligopoly that it is not a paper tiger. To date, the competition authorities seemed content to bridle Edeka-Gruppe, Germany's largest food retailer with a 20.2 per cent market share, imposing strict conditions on its purchase of discounter Netto and regional retailers Ratio and Trinkgut. Now, however, they have turned their guns on Rewe Group, Germany's no. 2 food retailer with a 16.7 per cent market share. The bone of contention is Rewe's buying co-operation with regional multiple Wasgau which both parties had wanted to start on July 1. A written reply by the cartel authorities to an enquiry by Lebensmittel Zeitung did not pull any punches:
June 5, 2012
Metro Group sells Makro C&C stores in the UK
Olaf Koch: "We must now show results rather than just announcing them"
Viewed in isolation, there was nothing untoward about Metro Group selling its English C&C business to local wholesaler Booker last week. After Morocco, the UK is only the second country the company has ever exited, and its business empire still spans 30-odd nations and three continents. Looked at more closely, however, the long-expected departure from the British Isles is symptomatic of a wider malaise within Germany's largest retailer by annual revenues. "After generating losses (in the UK) for years...it's a logical step to terminate a business which doesn't meet our medium- and long-term expectations...Metro can now concentrate on its core markets," says CEO Olaf Koch. So far, at least, so logical, but it wasn't a pretty sight.
June 1, 2012
Talk with Diageo Europe CEO Andrew Morgan
Andrew Morgan: "Germany is growing like an emerging market for us"
After allowing major rivals to steal market share for years, London-based Diageo plc has rediscovered Germany. In fact, the world's largest spirits maker is on a roll here. Diageo's new thrust in the Federal Republic is a counter-intuitive move by the maker of Smirnoff vodka and Johnnie Walker whisky. After all, Germany's spirits market, like its population, is hardly on the increase. So why is Europe CEO Andrew Morgan, a man whose very name sounds like a rum brand, rubbing his hands with glee when it comes to business in Germany? At first blush, he shouldn't be. Retailing here is dominated by hard discounters, and the recession in other parts of Europe has worried local consumers enough for them to eat out less. Gastronomy has been hit correspondingly hard.
May 25, 2012
Embattled Schlecker awaits saviour
Problems, problems: Schlecker insolvency administrator Arndt Geiwitz confirms new losses
How are the mighty fallen! Only one year ago, Schlecker was still deemed Europe's largest drugstore operator by sales and outlet numbers. Now the Ehingen-based company is fighting for its very survival. Despite closing 2,300 stores and pruning staff numbers by 11,000 to around 13,500 since the opening of insolvency proceedings on March 28, Schlecker is in the red again. The already dire situation has been exacerbated by the stopping of compensation for bankruptcy since this date. Lebensmittel Zeitung estimates that a lower two-digit million euro loss has accrued over the last six weeks, although the exact figure has not been confirmed by Schlecker's insolvency administrator Arndt Geiwitz. Up to March, the family-run company owed €300m in outstanding payments to suppliers alone. After the emirate of Qatar, whose royal family owns a 25 per cent stake in UK food multiple J.Sainsbury, quit the bidding table on Wednesday, Geiwitz claims that "intensive" negotiations are being held with two potential investors.


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Proverbs 3:1 My sonne, forget not thou my lawe, but see that thine heart kepe my commaundementes: Proverbs 3:2 For they shal prolong the dayes and yeres of thy lyfe, and bryng thee peace. Proverbs 3:3 Let mercie and faithfulnesse neuer go from thee: binde them about thy necke, and write them in the tables of thyne heart: Proverbs 3:4 So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstandyng in the sight of God and men.
Proverbs 3:5 Put thy trust in God with all thine heart: & leane not vnto thine owne wit: Proverbs 3:6 In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall order thy goynges.
Proverbs 3:7 Be not wise in thine owne conceipt: but feare the Lorde, and depart from euyll: Proverbs 3:8 So shall thy nauell be whole, and thy bones strong.
Proverbs 3:9 Honour the Lorde with thy substaunce, and with the firstlynges of all thyne encrease: Proverbs 3:10 So shall thy barnes be filled with plenteousnesse, and thy presses shall flowe ouer with sweete wine.
Proverbs 3:11 My sonne refuse not the chastening of the Lorde, neither faynt when thou art corrected of hym: Proverbs 3:12 For whom the Lorde loueth, him he chasteneth, and yet deliteth in him, euen as a father in his owne sonne.
Proverbs 3:13 Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng: Proverbs 3:14 For the marchaundise of it, is better then the marchaundise of siluer, and the gayne therof [is better] then golde. Proverbs 3:15 She is more worth then pretious stones: and all the thinges that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her. Proverbs 3:16 In her right hande is long life, and in her left hande riches and honour. Proverbs 3:17 Her wayes are pleasaunt wayes, and all her pathes are peaceable. Proverbs 3:18 She is a tree of lyfe to them that lay holde vpon her: and blessed is he that kepeth her fast.
Proverbs 3:19 With wysdome hath the Lorde layde the foundation of the earth, and thorow vnderstanding hath he stablished the heauens. Proverbs 3:20 Thorow his knowledge the deapthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the deawe.
Proverbs 3:21 My sonne, let not these thinges depart from thyne eyes, but kepe wysdome and vnderstanding: Proverbs 3:22 So they shall be lyfe vnto thy soule, and grace vnto thy mouth. Proverbs 3:23 Then shalt thou walke safely in thy way, and thy foote shall not stumble. Proverbs 3:24 If thou sleepest, thou shalt not be afraide: but shalt take thy rest, and sleepe sweetely. Proverbs 3:25 Thou shalt not be afraide of any sodayne feare, neither for the violent rushing in of the vngodly when it commeth. Proverbs 3:26 For the Lorde shall stande by thy side, & kepe thy foote that thou be not taken.
Proverbs 3:27 Withdraw no good thyng from them that haue nede, so long as thyne hande is able to do it. Proverbs 3:28 Say not vnto thy neyghbour, go thy way and come agayne, and to morowe wyll I geue thee: where as thou hast nowe to geue hym. Proverbs 3:29 Intende no hurt against thy neyghbour, seing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee.
Proverbs 3:30 Striue not with any man without a cause, where as he hath done thee no harme.
Proverbs 3:31 Folowe not a wicked man, and chose none of his wayes: Proverbs 3:32 For the Lord abhorreth the froward: but his counsayle is among the righteous.
Proverbs 3:33 The curse of the Lord is in the house of the vngodly: but he blesseth the dwellinges of the righteous. Proverbs 3:34 As for the scornfull, doth he not laugh them to scorne? but he geueth grace vnto the lowly. Proverbs 3:35 The wyse shall haue honour in possession: but shame is the promotion that fooles shall haue.


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Ask the Astro Poets is the monthly advice column by W's resident astrologers, Alex Dimitrov (Sagittarius) and Dorothea Lasky (Aries). At the halfway point of every month, they take a breather from writing poetry and horoscopes, and take your questions about love, career, even the big existential questions in life. From matchmaking and compatibility, to friendship, professional, and dating advice, the poets of the stars are here to guide you through any challenge:
Dear Astro Poets,
I'm a Libra who'd nearly given up on finding love. I was painting random men I met on Tinder for kicks, except one who was an Aries and who refused to be painted. I fell hard; we got an apartment together three weeks later. It's been six months and our relationship is excellent. He even lets me paint him now! Unfortunately, though, in true Aries fashion, wherever he goes, he does not mind starting a few fires. When he's not yelling at people to stop bicycling on the sidewalk, he's punching guys who were flirting with me. I'm tired of sewing up his leather jackets and apologizing to strangers. Is there any way to gently pour water on a fire sign?
A Peace-Seeking Libra
Dear Peace-Seeking Libra,
I'm surprised he didn't move in with you after three hours instead of three weeks. When an Aries wants something, they will be relentless and impulsive. When it comes to love, it's exciting, but it can also lead to high drama. A Libra isn't exactly the sign who wants someone punching people for them. (Though in theory, I bet a Leo would like that.) You're way too elegant, calculated, and, well, as you put it, peace-seeking. No matter how upset a Libra is, they will scheme more than they will act out. Fire signs are the wild things of the zodiac—like that scene in Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising where all the bikers are riding together, dressed in black leather, as if they're in some cult. Sometimes being in a relationship with a fire sign really does feel like you've joined a cult!
The passion with an Aries is not going to let up. That's the good news—and maybe the bad news for air signs. When you're in a relationship with an Aries, the ups and downs are daily. Hourly? Every 30 seconds? I'm not going to name names, but once a triple Aries man I was dating threw a plate across the room and broke it because he was feeling a certain way, and this was maybe only the fourth time we had hung out. (We only lasted two weeks.) Now, I'm a fire sign, so I get it. But as a Sagittarius, while I can withstand the drama, at some point, I also find it boring and just tune out or disappear. And so in that case, I did.
What should you do? Well, I get being turned on by that person who won't let you paint them—or who won't come over easily, text back right away, etc. Though honestly—and you probably know this by now—Aries aren't that hard to get; they just pretend to be hard to get for about 1.5 seconds. Now you do finally have him, but there are too many explosions. But the explosions have to be worthwhile somehow. You can't always be doing emotional labor for this Aries. And that's something an Aries enjoys testing the boundaries of. So sit him down and be really direct about the fact that you can't babysit him every time he has a feeling. Or, if it happens again, show him by example that you just won't tolerate it by ending the night or something along those lines.
Still, I have to be honest with you: the fire doesn't really go away. And it can often feel childlike and irrational. You just have to decide for yourself if it's really worth it. Maybe it is! The grand-sweeping, all-consuming passion with an Aries can be a beautiful thing. I guess your sewing skills will really be tested. Personally, I can't sew! And I'm not entirely convinced it's worth it to learn. But of course, like poetry, love has nothing to do with logic.
Your free Sagittarius,
Dear Astro Poets,
I just met the man of my dreams. I'm a Taurus sun with a Leo rising and Cancer moon. He's a Taurus sun as well, with a Gemini rising and a Pisces moon. I've never felt so unbelievably elated with a person before, and we've only gone out twice. I can tell he's also very into it, but I keep having to remind myself that he's just gone through a divorce so this may not work out. But then I think, "He's a Taurus, too, and if anyone can jump into another relationship after leaving one behind..."
I'm trying to have no expectations, but the feeling is enough that I'm willing to cut my losses if it doesn't work out. But my intuition tells me it would be amazing if it did work out, so I don't want to seem like I'm not interested when I'm just being cautious. What the hell do I do with this bull?
Terribull in Love
Dear Actually Terrificbull in Love,
I love this Taurus-centric, Taurus-focused question! Because we aren't yet in it, but in a few weeks we will be approaching Taurus season—the season of romance, affection, slow-cooked dinners, even slower lovemaking, and sweet, sweet love songs. I seriously can't wait. I love Taurus everything.
All signs have the ability to find romance with people of the same sign, but not all of these scenarios have longevity. For example, Aries on Aries is supposed to be pretty okay, but every time I meet another Aries, I just roll my eyes. The one time I was into an Aries, the feelings lasted about 10 seconds, and ended in a sort of profound repulsion that I've never felt since. There are other same sign combinations that are particularly exciting. For example, whenever two water signs get together, it's always a lot of WHOA, okay, okay. I've had lots of Cancer friends, and it's always so cute when the two of them get together—it's like two puppies running towards each other in a very light drizzle. Likewise, Scorpio on Scorpio happens a lot and is pure magnetism for a while, but then they eventually bore each other to death. And Pisces on Pisces really is like four fish swimming and having sex at the same time—a total weepy house party.
But Taurus on Taurus is really good. The thing with a Taurus is that once they've decided something, they aren't going to change their minds. This means that when a Taurus commits to anyone, they're really into for the long haul and beyond. Just imagine what this means, when two Tauruses decide on one another. Well, you don't have to imagine—it's your reality.
I loved reading your question because it reminded me of how Tauruses are so delightful when they're falling in love. Despite their extreme practicality about most things in life, when they feel the inklings of romance, it's like they're the first person ever to feel anything. They love the new stirrings of aching and longing for another person. They're great at demonstrating just how much they enjoy it and just how devoted they are to the person who made them feel this way. It's an amazing thing to witness. I can't lie—it gives me some hope.
In truth, I think you should be excited about your new relationship. Obviously, I don't know the particulars of his past relationship, but you're right to think that all Tauruses would be down for some new chance at happiness. Plus, your water moons are so compatible and were in love before your Taurus suns even realized that you were. Your Leo-Gemini risings means that you are both capable of throwing a party or two eventually, which will be good to do after you've both spent the better part of the spring and summer hiding under the covers feeding chocolates to each other.
So, what am I saying? Enjoy it! It's almost spring. And you're a Taurus. I know you've worked hard at so many things and earned this joy. Have fun, beautiful one.
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