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10 Things for Startups to Do in August While Everyone Else is on Vacation/
When I was running Path 101, I'd laugh when people asked me if I was taking vacation. First off, I couldn't actually afford to go anywhere on a startup salary. Second, there was way too much to do. Third, I'm not sure I could have successfully unplugged anyway. The issue was that for the last two weeks in August, there were no VCs around to pitch, no distribution partners to meet with for biz dev deals, and seemingly no one else around actually working for me, the non-technical co-founder to push ahead toward milestones. Even launching new product seemed like a waste of time because no one was paying attention anyway.
So what's a startup to do during these two weeks? Here are a few ideas:
- Get out of the office for an all-day offsite. Unplugging to think strategically about product direction, new ideas, or just overall team building can leave you inspired, refreshed, and get you moving in exicting new directions.
- Run an internal hackathon. Put aside the Pivotal Tracker. Get your teams building new features with the intention of pushing them to production in 24 hours.
- Build up the top of your hiring funnel. Spend a day combing LinkedIn, Github, Stackoverflow, Twitter, Blogs, etc just building a 50-100 person list of people that look interview-worthy. Chances are, they're not on vacation if they're thinking about leaving, or if they're at another startup that just isn't going anywhere. Start reaching out.
- Have each member of the team queue up a bunch of blog posts. It's important to get all the parts of your company talking to the public--to get feedback on strategy, to increase awareness for hiring, and to help promote the company's message. When things are busy, you don't really have a lot of time for this, so get working on it on an off day.
- Get your PR pitches out. If you reach out now, you could see interviews and stories in September. Reporters are always connected, so they might have more time to check out what you're doing now.
- Use CrunchConnect to record the sales calls and business development of your whole team, so that you can highlight best practices and spot trouble areas. Most startups don't do nearly enough sales training, and even less review once someone is onboarded. Taking the time to review what's working and what's not is integral to making sure everyone on your team has the chance to be successful.
- Get a designer to class up all your materials. I'm stunned at how few entrepreneurs take the time to get a graphic designer to do their pitch deck for them. You're putting something together that could mean millions in investor capital, and you don't want to spend a couple of hundred bucks to make it look like you didn't just do the deck on the car ride over? Seriously?
- Build up your analytics capability. You're probably recording everything, but you've never spent the time to build a real analytics dashboard. Walk into September knowing all your funnels and key metrics after a good two weeks of getting serious about your numbers.
- Look ahead to the conference schedule. Where should you be speaking? When will the call for panels be due? Plan your conference calendar and get your speaker pitches done.
- Record some video. Stock footage of founders talking about company culture, satisfying customers, or CTOs chatting about their philosophies on code can go a long way--for recruiting, for marketing, or even for getting yourself on TV for PR now that everyone knows you can speak so eloquently and that you show well on video.


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Encaustic is an ancient painting medium. The Egyptians and the ancient Romans used beeswax based paints and the work has lasted for centuries. The encaustic technique involves suspending pigments in a hot wax medium and applying to a rigid support. I enjoy exploring all of the creative possibilities of this technique and I'm having a lot of fun with it! As with my mixed media/collage work, I find that this medium is very receptive to layering. I enjoy embedding thin papers, and layer with both opaque and translucent hot wax. I make my own medium (a combination of beeswax and damar resin) and I mix my own colors, using raw and manufactured pure pigments suspended in the melted medium. A favorite find: at a yard sale I found a very old can of 'bronzing powder.' After looking it up I find that it is actually powdered mica. It adds a wonderful shimmer to some of the wax layers.
Below are a few examples of my encaustic work.
"Chasing the Sun I" 12 x 36 Encaustic/Mixed Media
"Broken Hallelujah" 30 x 40 Encaustic/Mixed Media
"Afton Stund Har Silver i Haret" 12 x 36, Encaustic (private collection)

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Consumers prefer purchasing life insurance through workPosted On Tue, April 17, 2012
Approximately one in five consumers choose to look for life insurance plans through their employer, and the rate of those consumers who purchase such plans is quite high, according to a study from LIMRA.
A total of 75 percent of workers who look at the life insurance options they have at work end up buying a plan. Another 30 percent noted that they obtained a life insurance policy because they had these options offered at their workplace, the study noted. In addition, those who purchased plans likely had a major change in their lives, whether it was getting married or divorced, having a new baby or adopting a child.
More than half of those who purchased a life insurance policy were men, while 45 percent were women, according to the study. Close to 80 percent of those who obtained a plan had a significant other that they were living with, as well. These plans were also very popular among families with young children. This may be because people with families have larger incomes as well as more assets to their name.
"More and more people are turning to their place of work to get the financial products they need," said Kim Landry, analyst for LIMRA Group Product Research. "Clearly, the convenience of having the resource at their place of work coupled with the feeling of security felt by working with someone their employer has [implicitly] approved, are drawing consumers to this channel."
If a person's workplace doesn't offer a life insurance plan, or the item available isn't what they are looking for, it could be a smart idea to look elsewhere. By looking at life insurance quotes side-by-side, a consumer could find a plan that fits their requirements.
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Recipe: Rosemary-Garlic Lamb with White Beans
This Real Simple recipe will make your house smell cozy as the lamb bakes.
Rosemary-Garlic Lamb with White Beans
Yield: 4 servings
2 lemons
1 3 1/2-pound leg of lamb (bone in)
5 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
1 tablespoon plus 1/4 cup olive oil
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon kosher salt
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
3 15-ounce cans white beans, rinsed and drained
1 shallot or 1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
Heat oven to 450º F. Halve 1 lemon and rub it all over the lamb. Squeeze its juice into a small bowl; mix with the garlic and rosemary. Cut 10 slits, 1 to 2 inches deep, all over the meat. Stuff the cuts with the garlic mixture. Rub the meat with 1 tablespoon olive oil and season with 1 tablespoon salt.
Place the lamb in a roasting pan and roast for 30 minutes. Turn over and roast for 40 minutes more or until the thickest part of the meat registers 145º to 150º F. Remove from oven; let rest 10 minutes. Cut off 1/4 of the lamb meat and reserve for another use.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl whisk together the mustard, juice from the remaining lemon, remaining oil, and salt. Fold in the beans, shallot, and parsley. Reserve 2 cups of the beans for another use. Thinly slice the remaining lamb and serve with the white beans.


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I am certain most of you have seen something in the news about the divestment issue before the General Assembly. Most of the headlines that I have seen suggest that the Presbyterian Church has divested "from Israel" and has joined the BDS movement, which stands for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. Frankly, I do not know much about the BDS movement, but I have been told by my Jewish friends that it is a secular organization whose goal is the destruction of the modern state of Israel through economic means.
For the sake of truth and peace and the Gospel, it is terribly important that people read and understand that the PCUSA has emphatically NOT joined the BDS movement and has consistently affirmed the existence of Israel and its right to defend itself – a stance which was repeatedly reaffirmed this week. You might not like the action, but read it and please understand it first!
Anyone who is vaguely knowledgeable about the politics in the region knows that the Israeli settlements on the West Bank and in Gaza are ONE impediment to peace. All Jews I have talked to acknowledge this. The Assembly voted to divest church funds from three companies whose products are used by the State of Israel in destructive and violent activities on the West Bank and in Gaza. (We have voted in the past to divest from alcohol, tobacco, firearms and gambling companies, and, as part of our global warning concerns, we are also considering divesting from companies whose main product is fossil fuels.)
(The exact action of the Assembly is at the bottom of this post.)
We are selling stock in 3 American (not Israeli) companies, who have allegedly not been responsive.
We did NOT "divest from Israel."
We actually voted to call for more INVESTMENT in Israel.
We do NOT support sanctions against Israel.
We support the "two state" solution, affirmed by many.
We do NOT support a boycott of Israeli products.
We do NOT seek to harm Israel.
We do NOT expect our small divestment to affect HP, Caterpillar and Motorola Solutions adversely.
We affirmed Israel's existence as a sovereign Jewish nation.
We did NOT "choose" the Palestinians.
We elected NOT to continue to profit from violence and destruction.
The media is, of course, having a "field day" with this, and unfortunately religious leaders – Jewish, Christian AND Palestinian – are twisting this action to fit their own agendas. Most of us knew this would happen. The church, of course, must do what it believes to be right and true and good – even if that decision results in harsh criticism. We have known persecution before in our history!
For those for whom this action is offensive, please know, first, the vote was close 51% to 49%. The vote passed by 7 votes – the same margin by which it failed last time. I am sure it will come up again in two years for reconsideration. It ain't over till it's over.
Presbyterians believe in the "freedom of conscience." Reasonable minds will disagree. A decision – any decision – was going to anger or disappoint half of the church. Jesus didn't say blessed are those who talk about peace. He said blessed are the peace-MAKERS.
Below is the exact wording of the action that passed.
Please read the ENTIRE action of the General Assembly!!!
The PC(USA) has a long standing commitment to peace in Israel and Palestine. We recognize the complexity of the issues, the decades-long struggle, the pain suffered and inflicted by policies and practices of both the Israeli government and Palestinian entities. We further acknowledge and confess our own complicity in both the historic and current suffering of Israeli and Palestinian yearning for justice and reconciliation, the 221st General Assembly (2014) recommends the following:
"1. Reaffirm Israel's right to exist as a sovereign nation within secure and internationally recognized borders in accordance with the United Nations resolutions.
2. Declare its commitment to a negotiated two-state solution (two states for two peoples) in which a secure and universally recognized State of Israel lives alongside a free, viable, and secure state for the Palestinian people.
3. Reject any proposed divestment and economic sanctions against the state of Israel or any application of the PC(USA)'s corporate engagement policies toward such ends. Instruct the Presbyterian Foundation and the Board of Pensions of the PC(U.S.A.), to divest from Caterpillar, Inc., Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola Solutions, in accord with our church's decades-long socially responsible investment (SRI) history, and not to reinvest in these companies until the Mission Responsibility Through Investment Committee of the PC(USA) is fully satisfied that product sales and services by these companies are no longer in conflict with our church investment policy. This action on divestment does not mean an alignment with the overall strategy is not to be construed or represented by any organization of the PC(USA) as divestment from the State of Israel, or an alignment with or endorsement of the global BDS (Boycott, Divest and Sanctions) movement.
4. Reaffirm PC(USA)'s commitment to interfaith dialog and partnerships with the American Jewish, Muslim friends and Palestinian Christians and call for all presbyteries and congregations within the PC(USA) to include interfaith dialogue and relationship-building as part of their own engagement in working for a just peace.
5. Call for all foreign aid given by the U.S. government—including aid to Israel and the Palestinian Authority—to be comprehensively and transparently accounted to the American people and held to the same standards of compliance with all applicable laws.
6. Call for church advocacy for foreign-aid accountability to be directed toward its universal adherence rather than targeted for selective application to some recipients and not others.
7. Encourage Presbyterians to travel to the Holy Land, and give broad support to the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities throughout the Middle East.
8. Affirm the importance of economic measures and cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians that support and advance a negotiated two-state solution. To that end, the 221st General Assembly (2014) does not endorse boycotts of Israeli or Palestinian products.
9. Urge all church institutions to give careful consideration to possible investments in Israel-Palestine that advance peace and improve the lives of Palestinians and Israelis."


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Careers with the Think Money Group of Companies
Careers with the Think Money Group of Companies
I've gaps in my employment history – will this affect my application?
We require a full employment or educational history of up to 5 years before you join us. If you have any gaps longer than 90 days in you CV, we will ask you to explain these.
I've previously worked at Think Money Group, am I able to reapply?
We're always open to people who are interested in returning to Think Money Group. You can contact our Resourcing Team at [email protected] and they'll be able to advise you how to re-apply.
I have an unspent criminal conviction; do I need to declare this? Am I eligible to apply for a role at Think Money Group?
You may still be able to apply to join us, it'll depend on the nature of your conviction. All candidates are asked to declare this during the application process, and it's really important that you're honest. Any discrepancies could lead to the withdrawal of an offer based on information that's contained in your Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, or at any other stage of the vetting process.
What if I fail my credit check?
Due to the nature of our business, for certain roles we will request a credit check. Unfortunately, if you fail this, we may not be able to offer you a role. This doesn't mean that you won't be able to reapply for another role in the future.
Does it matter that I have no previous experience of working in a contact centre?
When recruiting for our Contact Centre, we look for individuals with strong customer service ethos, who share our values and have a positive, 'can-do' attitude. You don't need to have previous experience because we provide comprehensive induction and training to make you an industry leader, providing first class service to our customers, but you will need to show us that you believe in our values.
What level of IT skills do I need to be able to succeed in the role?
Nearly all the roles at Think Money Group will require IT skills, some more than others. If you are PC literate, you won't struggle to pick up our in-house systems. For more specialist roles, the skills you'll need will be outlined in the job spec.
I have upcoming annual leave and other commitments, will this affect my application?
We run inductions several times a month, depending on the area of the business you're joining. Whilst a pre-booked holiday will not affect the outcome of your application, due to the nature of our inductions and training, it may affect the date you're able to join us, as we require you to be available for the full length of training. The Think Money Group holiday year runs from April to March.
What should I do if I am unable to attend my interview?
If you're unable to attend your interview, please contact the Recruitment Team, whose contact details will be included in your confirmation email, or email [email protected]
How long will I be at the Assessment Centre?
Generally, our Assessment Centres last half a day and you'll be provided with all the details of the activities involved prior to the day. They're designed to make sure you're able to demonstrate the skills required to be successful in the role you've applied for. The Assessment Centre will include activities such as group exercises, listening activities, role plays and an interview, and should give you a good feel for the role.
What type of documents and information do I need to provide at interview?
All candidates are required to bring ID with them to interview. Ideally we'll need to see an in-date passport, otherwise, in line with Home Office guidelines, we require a full birth certificate, along with your most recent P45 or P60. We also require a proof address – this can be in the form of a bank statement, utility bill or council tax statement and needs to be dated within the last 3 months.
Is there anything I need to prepare before I come to my Assessment Centre or for interview?
We recommend all candidates have a good look around this website to get an understanding of our businesses and life at Think Money Group. You may also want read over your CV and think about the skills that you'd be able to bring to the business and any questions you may wish to ask us.
What should I wear to the Assessment Centre or for my interview?
The Think Money Group environment is professional and corporate, so please make sure you're dressed in smart business wear.
How long after my interview will I find out if I've been successful?
The Resourcing Team will be in contact as soon as they receive interview feedback from the Hiring Managers. Generally, this will be within 3 days of interview.
If I'm not successful, will I be able to get feedback on my interview or Assessment Centre?
If we don't offer you the role on this occasion, we understand the importance of knowing why you were not successful. If you'd like feedback, you can contact the team at [email protected] and they'll arrange a suitable time to go through it with you.
What career progression can I expect at Think Money Group?
Think Money Group has a proud tradition of promoting from within. In fact, 70% of our Senior Managers have progressed their way through the company – many started as Customer Service Advisors and Personal Finance Managers in our contact centres, showing there's lots of opportunity.
What's the annual leave allowance?
We offer a basic holiday allowance of 23 days, plus statutory bank holidays, and you'll earn an extra day's holiday for each year of service, up to 28 days. We also provide the ability for all employees to buy and sell holiday entitlements – up to 5 days per year. The Think Money Group holiday year runs from April to March.
Will I have a probationary period?
All new employees are subject to a probationary period of 6 months in line with their contract of employment.
What are the hours during training? Are they fixed or will they involve working shifts?
Everyone joining Think Money Group attends a one day induction on their first day, which runs from 9am to 5:30pm. After this, depending on the type of role you have secured, you'll either join your team immediately and start learning the ropes on the job, or move to our training centre to start intensive training on our in-house systems.
What kind of support will I receive once I've completed my training and I am on the floor with my team?
Ongoing support is offered to all new employees throughout their career with Think Money Group. Whether this is from your induction trainer, mentor or line manager, there will always be someone to assist you in developing your skills and career, ensuring you reach your full potential.
What type of benefits do Think Money Group provide?
Think Money Group provide a great range of benefits, including a subsidised on-site restaurant with Costa Coffee and a heavily subsidised onsite gym. All staff are offered free parking if required, and we also run a free shuttle to Cornbrook Metrolink, which all trams stop at.
On top of a generous holiday allowance, we also provide the ability to buy and sell holidays. We offer childcare vouchers, staff discounts with various retailers and the opportunity to help fulfil our values through an annual charity volunteer day. Find out more about our benefits here.
What facilities are available onsite at Think Park?
We have an excellent subsidised restaurant on-site, which is open from breakfast till late for snacks and hot/cold meals. If you prefer to bring your own food, each floor is equipped with a fridge and there are microwaves available for you to use in the restaurant. On top of this, we have a fantastic fully equipped gym with personal trainers and an outdoor running track.
What types of charity and social events are available?
Here at Think Money Group we live our values through giving back, whether that's through our monthly charity dress down day, manning the phones on Red Nose Day, or undertaking the Three Peaks Challenge, there's always something going on. You'll have the opportunity to assist a charity of your choice on your annual charity day too.
We also run a quarterly quiz in the Northern Quarter, where teams across the business vie for the honours, and our Christmas celebrations are pretty epic too!
The job I was unsuccessful for has been re-advertised. Can I re-apply for it?
For most roles within Think Money Group, you're welcome to re-apply for the same vacancy after a period of 12 months after you're notified of the outcome of your application. You are, however, free to apply for other available vacancies listed on our careers site.
Do you offer work experience or internships?
In some instances, we are able to offer work experience. Each request is looked at on a case by case basis and will be based on whether we are able to fulfil your requirements within a regulated environment.
Do you provide employment sponsorship for non EU passport holders?
Unfortunately, it's a requirement that you're eligible to work in the UK when you start working with us. Therefore, obtaining the right to work in the UK is your responsibility, as we are not able to provide sponsorship.
I'm an agency looking to join your Preferred Supplier List, who do I contact?
This website is for external candidates only. The Recruitment Team will not respond to any emails regarding agencies through this website, as we already have a Preferred Supplier List in place.
Now you've secured an interview, it's important to prepare well to ensure that you impress.
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Beauty Product Junkie
My close friends and my family members knows that I spend a lot of my money on beauty products.I don't even use all of them at the same time but I just love buying them and trying out new beauty products in the market be it haircare(I use 3 kinds of shampoo,alternating them according to my moods),cosmetics and skincare.Thus I thought why not I share with you readers some of my favorite and inexpensive cosmetic beauty products.:)
I have been using Rimmel London Renew and Lift powder for years and I don't know if this is the tenth or eleventh compact that I have bought so far.It's just amazingly light and doesn't feel heavy and cakey at all.I buy the color 103 True Ivory.
Recently I thought that I'll try their newest foundation which is Stay Matte because when I tried the tester,it was okay.And I choose the same color as my compact,103.Unfortunately,the foundation is too watery as it spills everytime I unscrew it and it doesn't give me up to 12 hours of natural shine control like it said it would.
I still have to use my pink grapefruit Clean & Clear control film.Once this foundation is finish,I'd stick to Silky Girl BB Cream in Radiant,which is far better.
For concealer,I have been wearing The Body Shop's for years.Usually I wear the stick/pencil kind but nowadays I've switched to that silver tubed thing.I don't remember it's name but I think it's brightening-something.ahaha.The pic is above.
For blusher,it's from The Body Shop as well and I love the fact that the color is pretty natural and peachy with a bit of gold specks in it.Lovely!
Eyes are the windows of the soul.Thus even on my busiest days and I've no time to put on any eyeliner,I make sure that I atleast curl my lashes.My favorite mascara,along with millions of other women in the world has got to be Maybelline.
I've tried various mascaras from them since I was a teen!But my favorite one has got to be the one in the baby blue tube which I've forgotten the name for it.Nowadays I'm wearing Magnum Volume Express in Black which does not dissapoint!It does not clumps and gives you amazing looking lashes!
For eyeliner,I use Maybelline Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner in Black or Brown.This gel eyeliner is AMAZING!It does not smudge and stays put for up to 12 hours or more!It's so smooth and easy to apply and I one gel eyeliner pot can last up to 7-8 months!
I also use a pencil liner from Body Shop in 02 Rich Brown.
I rarely use eyeshadow but if I do,Elianto has a variety of fun colors to choose from!
For my eyebrows,I use Maybelline Browdefinist in 01 Dark brown,which does a wonderful job because I find that eyebrow pencil does not look natural at all.Browdefinist consist of both wax and a brow powder.
I don't like the feel of gloss or lipstick on my lips.I only wear them when I really have to or for special occasion.
Thus I tend to use lipstain.Plus gloss sticks on the people that you kiss(ahaha) and glues your hair to your lips--blearghhh.
My favorite lip stain are from The Body Shop and Elianto(Forever Duo Lip,number 1).I would like to try Benetint though but haven't got the chance to go & buy it..yet.hehe.
For lip balm,I use Maybelline in Cranberry Jam and actually this is the colour that I wear everyday.
For gloss,I wear The Body Shop Love Gloss in number 11.
So people,that's all the makeup that I usually wear.:)Hope that it helps!


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Team 100%-Tri is born out of a desire to support triathletes in the best way possible – by putting them first. 100% Swimming has always been athlete centred, now in collaboration with TRI-SL training and with the support of some of the biggest triathlon brands in the UK we are able to provide you with an unrivalled Tri Team experience. We are offering you the opportunity to receive coaching and support which is normally only available to sponsored teams and top-flight athletes.
100%-Tri Triathlon Race Team is YOUR opportunity to benefit from top level support without the pressure of having to be a top-level performer.
Team 100%-Tri is about bringing together a group of like-minded individuals with the same targeted races. With the support of a full team behind you, see what personal achievements can be achieved.
Our targeted team races for 2019 are the Outlaw Half events at Nottingham (guaranteed entry to a sell-out race) Outlaw Half Holkham and magnificent 10 Year anniversary Outlaw Full.
Individual and team performance will not be measured by times or podium positions achieved, instead we will focus on personal development, increased self-esteem and shared experiences. The 100%-Tri Triathlon Race Team environment is one that will enrich the athletes' experience and provide an enjoyable platform for progression.
Being a member of Team 100%-Tri will provide you with complete support towards the Outlaw Half Nottingham, Outlaw Half Holkham and Outlaw Full including team training sessions spread across eight months, a full winter training plan, a race specific training programme plus we even provide you with your own race day team kit for free! 100%-Tri is 100% athlete centred and we guarantee that there is simply no better value option available to you. We will help you get fit, feel healthy, feel good and look good, ready for race day.
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By the Poster-Film Collective, 1983. Part of a series of posters on Women's History.
This poster focuses on the Beveridge Report from 1942, the growing Welfare State and social provisions for families. The poster also mentions immigration from the British Colonies and the extreme oppression faced by poor black women due to the intersections of gender, class and race.
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To find out more about the Poster-Film Collective, click here.
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Emily Badger
Emily Badger is a former staff writer at CityLab. Her work has previously appeared in Pacific Standard, GOOD, The Christian Science Monitor, and The New York Times. She lives in the Washington, D.C. area.
In many ways, technology is chipping away at the public-ness of public space. Cell phones enable us to walk down the street while doing activities – answering email, fielding phone calls – that we've traditionally done in private places. WiFi has turned public parks into open-air cubicles. Personalized maps now deliver a million individual representations of a single shared streetscape.
The risk in all of this is that we experience less casual serendipity and fewer of the encounters with strangers that public spaces can create.
But then there is a service like Foursquare. For all the ways that technology can distance us from one another in the public realm, Foursquare illustrates that it can also do the opposite, nudging us online toward offline encounters we might never otherwise experience.
Cornell University researchers Lee Humphreys and Tony Liao give an entertaining account of this effect in the new issue of the digital journal First Monday (the entire issue is devoted to "media and the social production of urban space"). Their paper, "Foursquare and the Parochialization of Public Space," relied on in-depth interviews with 18 serious Foursquare users from 10 cities. These are the kind users so into the platform that they regularly vie for "mayor" of libraries, office buildings, and post offices. Each subject was "mayor" of, on average, two dozen places at the time of their interviews.
Humphreys and Liao wanted to know how Foursquare influences our sense of shared public space, and whether the competitive nature of the Foursquare app had an impact on how users perceive that space (they included semi-public spaces like restaurants and stores in their definition).
The interviews produced some endearing stories of people who engaged with other Foursquare users in real life (even a guy who found his girlfriend through it). Not all of these connections were meaningful ones (or even connections that took place in person). But for many of these super-users, Foursquare clearly created heightened awareness of the people around them, and a stronger connection to the actual places where those encounters might take place.
Here's the guy who met his girlfriend in a gym:
I just friend requested her because, you know, I did to other people at the gym. And I had done that a few other places — not thinking of a girlfriend or anything like that. Just, I'm new in town. So I did that at the gym and when I was there, she accepted my friend request. And she approved it and she told me later on it was primarily because I had a lot of mayorships — I don't know if I had 75 or 100, whatever it was at the time. I had a lot of mayorships and I checked in a lot, you know, all over the place and she said it seemed like everywhere she'd go after that, I was the mayor of that place. (Howard)
(As of the paper's writing, these two people had been together for two years.)
Several people reported looking up the photos and profiles of other users who regularly checked in to the same locations (or who fought to be mayor there), and then hunting for them in real life:
Bob explains: "I do that all the time. Especially in places where I frequent. I'll pull up a photo and I'll look around."
Here's a woman who intentionally uses Foursquare as a conversation starter:
I would recognize people based on their mayorships and it would be a way to break the ice. I could be like, 'Oh, I've seen your picture before. You're the mayor of such and such.' And they'd be like 'Yeah you're on Foursquare?' and we'd meet that way. And I've actually made a few friends that way. (Jocelyn)
John lives in a large city and feels like his Foursquare badges allow him to feel like a "regular" even when people don't treat him as one:
A lot of places I go to have, you know, the same baristas or the same bartenders for years. A lot of places don't. So especially in that type of scenario, being a mayor gives you that sense of belonging. Even if you don't get name recognition from the barista, you'll get that validation from the system.
Technology's net impact on public space – for good or bad – is still impossible to gauge. But these anecdotes reinforce the possibility that technology might make us more attuned to our surroundings even as it offers myriad other ways to tune the city out.
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Representative Ilhan Omar's Homes for All Act would fund the construction of 12 million new homes in the U.S. over 10 years, mostly as public housing.
While the American public broadly favors expanding renewable energy, that support doesn't always extend to the photovoltaic panels next door.
According to a new analysis, places away from the coasts in the Sunbelt and West are pulling ahead when it comes to attracting talented workers.
Several years into a ten-year "Vision Zero" target, some cities that took on a radical safety challenge are seeing traffic fatalities go up.
A life-threatening encounter with AI technology convinced me that the needs of people with disabilities need to be engineered into our autonomous future.


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Over the course of the last six years and dozens of trips to Appalachia, I've been making photographs. The work is complete and I plan to create a limited-edition photobook of this project, but I need your help to make this goal a reality.
Testify is a visual love letter to Appalachia, the land of my blood. This is my testimony of how I came to see the importance of home and my connection to place. After moving away as a teenager, I've struggled to return, to latch on to something from my memory. These images are a vignette into my working through the problem of the construction of memory versus reality. My work embraces the raw beauty of the mountains while keeping at arms length the stereotypical images that have tried to define Appalachia for decades.
I am both an insider and an outsider and I maintain a safe distance through my photography. I'm inviting you into the intimacy of family, of sacred space. Testify is my bearing witness of this personal journey, to seek answers from my ancestral home.
My grandfather told me that I have two ears and one mouth, which means that I should listen twice as often as I speak. With these photographs, I've tried to do just that. These images arise out of pride of where I am from and where I am of, and an enduring love for Appalachia.
About the book
Testify, a fine press photography book project will be designed and produced by Horse & Buggy Press in collaboration with photographer Roger May who has been making photographs in and around his homeplace of West Virginia and Kentucky over the last six years. The project will result in a pair of 36 page books, each with heavyweight archival paper and printed on an Indigo press in full color, hand-printed letterpress covers, and a binding hand-sewn with linen thread. The books will be presented together with a wrap around letterpress printed bellyband. Additionally, a 5 x 7 print will accompany the books, and each of these limited edition copies will numbered and signed by the artist.
The book will open with an introduction by Appalachian author Silas House, director of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, and author of five novels including The Coal Tattoo and Eli the Good.
The funds from this campaign will be used for art direction, design, typesetting, production coordination, paper, printing, and binding for 200 books. However, the more money we raise, the more books we can produce. The books will be available for purchase from the artist at rogermayphotography.com and through Horse & Buggy Press.
Praise for Testify
A prodigal son returns to his boyhood home in West Virginia and begins a process of discovery. What has he missed while away? What does he see from this "not from around here" perspective? Testify, Roger May's photographic journey, will resonate with those of us who have never left our home places and serve as a powerful reminder of why we return. Rob Amberg, photographer
Over the last few years, I've come to appreciate the beauty and strength of Roger's quiet, understated photos. Their power has its roots in his love for the people and landscapes of Appalachia and his deep understanding of the region's history. John Edwin Mason, University of Virginia
It was such a pleasure to work side-by-side with Roger in McDowell County, West Virginia. His approach to 'making' photographs and sensitivity to folk shows how deeply passionate he is about the region we call home and its culture and heritage. His work has the power to carry a witness into a place, where mood and feeling seem suspended in time. Elaine McMillion, director of Hollow
Testify is a measured and honest documentation of Appalachia. His photographs tell a story in which family, industry, memory, erasure, and loss play equal parts. Jeff Rich, photographer
Risks and challenges
I've funded this work myself for the last six years. I've seen the project evolve with help from many of my friends and family and I'm ready to meet any challenges that may arise. Every effort will be made to deliver your rewards by September 2013, but please understand if unforeseen circumstances arise.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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The murder trial in Kingston, Ontario, for the four Shafia women has brought cultural conflicts leading to the death of innocent children at the hands of family members to the front door of every Canadian once again. But the phenomenon of suicide among young South Asian women remains unexplored.
Suicide rates in Canada are higher than in Australia, the US and the UK. Those who attempt suicide once are 30% 40% at risk of attempting is again. Added to the hardship they bring, they cost millions in direct and indirect financial loss. Among those at high risk are young South Asian immigrant women due to increased cultural conflict with their parents. Kwame McKenzie, Senior Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and professor of psychiatry at the University of Toronto, has stated that "women from the South Asians diaspora are at high risk of suicide– but are less likely to have the common warning signs– and so suicide prevention is more difficult."
What plagues the South Asian community has significance for the wider Canadian population. Immigrants with origin in the Indian sub-continent make up the second-largest non-European ethnic group in Canada. They are 3% of the total majority born outside of Canada. By 2017 it is estimated that this population could more than double from roughly 1.3 million in 2006 to between 3.2 million and 4.1 million.
While there is a great cultural and educational diversity among the South Asian, patriarchal family structure is common to the large majority. In this collective family structure the needs of groups are more important than those of individuals, especially young girls. Girls learn at an early age that they are the property of the patriarch until they marry, and then they will belong to their husbands. Their marriage will be arranged and until then they must remain chaste, and after marriage they must protect their virtue. Within this restrictive world, many immigrant girls growing up in Canada struggle to find a place for themselves in mainstream society while maintaining their parent's cultural traditions. Many challenge the old traditions and become victims of honour based violence as in the case of Aqsa Parvez, 16, and the Sharifa sisters. Many others are taken to the old country, forced to marry and never heard from again.
Normally, a history of a suicide attempt in the general population includes past or existing psychiatric symptoms, depression, drug and alcohol dependency, and factors such as social isolation and unemployment. In addition, there is substantial evidence indicating that among the young South Asian immigrant women who harm themselves, cultural conflict is a major precipitating factor.
Cultural rules and values shape the dynamics of shame used against females in many patriarchal cultures, forcing them into subordination, which in turn lead to depression and suicide attempts. Social groups define what is shameful or unacceptable behaviour, but what is unacceptable in one culture may not be in another. The dynamic of shame and stigma is often linked with the determination of those in control to maintain their power. Part of a solution must be the examination and unmasking of those who control and define cultural values within families.
After decades of ignoring the problem of young British female citizens of South Asian descent who were disappearing, the UK the government created a state agency called The Forced Marriage Unit. It received approximately 1,700 enquiries in 2010 and dealt with 469 forced marriage cases within the country through civil means. Canada should look at this model.
Those of us working in the front line, teachers, settlement workers, counsellors and therapist are challenged constantly with cases of young girls being pulled out of school and disappearing but there is no concerted effort to document how many young Canadian girls have disappeared or systematic documentation on self-harm, suicide or suicide attempts.
Fear of offending someone, or fear of being branded racist often prevent those in power to assist these young women, but compromising young girls' lives and their safety for the sake of an ideological notion of diversity must not continue.
Canadians are being forced to come to grips with thorny cultural questions about which there are no easy answers. But as a survivor of forced marriage and abuse, I am convinced that safety in one's home is a basic human right that needs protection. The Shafia women cannot speak for themselves, but there are thousands more who need to be protected from the harming hands of others, and from their own.


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I'll assume this is a serious question. INN believes in positive engagement talking to people not at people . They engage from within not from without.
So the first thing they would say is Jews don't need a mechanism to get justice. Jews are the ones creating the injustice in Israel. The mechanism to stop the injustice is to decide to stop being unjust. That is INN approaches the I/P conflict from the perspective that they are tangential participants not outsiders. Their discussions with the Jewish community (including Israel) come from a place inside that community not outside it .
INN: We, us, our… what we did
JVP: Them, their… what Zionist did
They want the American Jewish community (and to some extent the global Jewish community) to start having serious conversations about Israel's behavior in a Jewish ethical context. They approach American Jews and say when "we (note the "we" here) support things like the Gaza shooting look who are allies are, look who is objecting. Do you really feel comfortable on that side? Are you really telling me you are comfortable being someone who works to facilitate shooting demonstrating teens in the back?" They consider the occupation to be a crisis of conscience not a foreign policy crisis.
American Jewish organizations in an open and public way attacked the Netanyahu administration's handling of the Kotel. American Jewish organizations in an open and public way have for years attacked various policies of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate with respect to conversions. American Jewish organizations have been able to bring pressure to bear on issues where the Israeli public mostly sides with taking a very hard line. They see no reason why a similar thing couldn't happen with respect to the occupation, providing American Jews decided they oppose the occupation.
They want a positive message not BDS's entirely negative message: "freedom and dignity for all Israelis and Palestinians… flourishing, joyous, liberated Jewish community that actively supports the dignity of all people." They agree with Phil's position that as long as American Jews support Israel, America will support Israel. They will not fight the American Jewish community nor try and bypass them. Instead they talk to them.
If Jews are being persecuted there is no Israel. If there is no Israel there likely are no Jews. After Israel there is no future. All the eggs are in the Israel basket.
But not divided on the role of ethnicity – or, if they were, the ones who wanted Israel to be a state of all its citizens – names that come to mind are Hannah Arendt, Albert Einstein, and Judah Magnes – lost
Hannah Arendt and Albert Einstein weren't Israelis. But absolutely Israelis have been divided on the role of ethnicity and citizenship all throughout history. Just to pick a few examples that are current debates there are Russian Christians which Shas party is extremely hostile to while the rest of Israel's society is rather welcoming. The Labor party's ethnic attitude towards Mizrahi Jews is one of the biggest reasons for Israel's shift to the right. Early Zionists hadn't really considered the role of Mizrahi Jews when the Palestinians started their attacks against the Jewish population in the 1920s they drove Mizrahi indigenous Jews (and Ottoman religious immigrants) into the arms of the Zionists. Zionism then had to address this issue. There was a similar issue in the 1950s when the Arab countries expelled their Jewish populations.
Similarly on the Palestinians die. Circassians were originally classified as being Palestinians but have had their legal status changed and now serve in military sensitive roles. Something similar to what had happened to Druze earlier though mostly in the prestate days. The Israelis are trying to engage in something similar with ethnic Palestinian Christians.
Part of what Zionists complain about when they talk about the demonization of Israel is a tendency to not look at actual policy and make blanket untrue statements about Israel. The reason you thought Israel has this blanket discriminatory policy is because you are getting your news about Israel from antizionist sources which almost always oversimplify and often simply lie about Israeli policy. Israeli ethnic politics in the real world are complex and nuanced dealing with all sorts of subgroups that have their own opinions and trends. The actual situation bears little resemblance to the version you are going to hear in leftist propaganda about "Jews" and "Palestinians".
There is to this day no such thing as Israeli nationality.
Of course there is an Israeli nationality. That's the nationality of the citizens of Israel, quite a lot of non-citizens in the area broadly influenced by Israel and broadly many children of expats. I think what you probably mean is that the courts have been unwilling to recognize an Israeli nation for legal purposes. To contradict your point above this is an active area of debate. There most certainly area members of the Knesset today that support the creation of an Israeli nationality which would allow Muslims willing to be loyal to Israel but who don't want to convert to have higher obligations (military service) and greater privileges (no housing discrimination).
In general though this is an area where the Western Left is simply intolerant. Israel is populated almost entirely from people whose origins were Byzantine (Orthodox Christians and Muslims) not the Western Roman Empire (Latin Rite Catholics and later Protestants). The West went through an evolution on the concept of nationality and state that the east didn't. There are lots of issues in the Israeli / Palestinian conflict liking the Western European definition of nation instead of the Byzantine one is not one of them. Everyone involved in the conflict agrees with the Byzantine concepts and not the Western European concepts. A lot of your theology about religion and state are a product of the Reformation and the French Revolution. When you are dealing with Israel you are dealing with people for whom the Reformation and reactions to it are not part of their cultural heritage. In Eastern Europe the church and the state are still comfortably unified. Your choice of church is essentially a product of your ethnicity not your theology. A person is Greek Orthodox vs. Russian Orthodox because he's Greek not because he holds that one does not need to take confession before every communion.
If you talked to a typical Israeli they don't even have the cultural background to even understand what you as a westerner mean by "separation of church and state" or how you were using "Israeli national" above. Their concept of both "state" and "religion" are too different from your concept of those terms. Israel really is a foreign country. I've never been able to understand why western leftists have so much trouble just accepting that Israelis aren't westerners.
She's Sikh which is not the same ethnicity as "indian". Sikhs all belong to the same caste which is likely the best they could do in undermining the system given their minority status.
There is an easy way to avoid being called an antisemite. Stop using racial language towards them. "ghetto-israel", " lily-white ashkenazis" and fake history about nations. Shlomo Sand believes all nations are constructions, why apply his arguments to Jewish nations exclusively and not say France when the same argument would apply.
Mostly yeah the Palestinians have been a troublesome minority for the state of Israel. They have refused to live under Israeli law, sided with Israel's enemies and been treated badly as they have violently rebelled. The Israelis have tried negotiation and compromise which mostly failed and they tried violence which is mostly successful, hence violence becomes the preferred method. Lots governments have problems with interior groups that are hostile. Generally one doesn't find westerners expressing much hostility towards those governments especially ethnically. We just had an ethnic cleansing by Myanmar, yet western leftist were emotionally indifferent. Similarly right before that we've had several large scale ethnic cleansing by Sunni Muslims with Western Leftists being supportive. Iran and Russia are horrifically oppressive towards rebelling minorities and yet your group often supports them. I have yet to hear a good argument from leftists why they don't just group Israel in with say the 100 or so countries that ethnicities problems and leave it at that. The passion in this particular case deserves explanation.
The two countries Israel has the most culturally in common with are Lebanon and Turkey. Look at the differences in language from western leftists towards those 3 cases.
He is quite explicit in the article on his definition of a non-Zionist state, "It means, that one is not in rejection of a democratic, secular state, a state that is not a "Jewish state", but that accepts Jews as Jews, as it allows religious freedom, as it separates religion from state."
You still have state supported church schools. The constitution may forbid but that's still an established church. So no you aren't finished.
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Why would anybody who is opposed the the settler-colonialist project that is Zionism think that the Plantation of Ulster was laudable?
Anti-colonialists at this point rather randomly choose which races are "indigenous natives" and which are colonists. There doesn't seem to be any set of consistent rules to it. South Africa was one of the best examples where many of the tribes supported were 13th century settlers. Of course many of the Palestinians are themselves recent settlers. So if you are asking me to pick which side in any particular anti colonialist venture you will find appealing and which you will find totally beyond the pale I have no idea. I don't understand leftists racism.
That being said though the goal of anti-Zionism is to take the population that exists in Israel and overwhelm it with a bunch of Syrians, Lebanese, Jordanians…
what does this departure from Zionism really mean in more practical terms? It means, that one is not in rejection of a democratic, secular state, a state that is not a "Jewish state", but that accepts Jews as Jews, as it allows religious freedom, as it separates religion from state. That's all.
That's not all. Meretz supports a secular state. The discussion about which powers, including none at all, the Israeli state church should have occur entirely within a Zionist framework. The Status Quo Agreement (https://books.google.com/books?id=iVJR9UZnTVAC&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58#v=onepage&q&f=false ) was an agreement reached because 1940s Zionists were divided on the role of religion. It is likely the majority of 1940s Zionists opposed any role for a state church but at the time simply didn't want to fight that battle. The Israeli state doesn't need a Jewish state church more than France's move away from state Catholicism caused the state to cease to be French.
Anti-Zionism is a desire to destroy the Jewish nation, not a desire to reform the Jewish state in any way including religious relations. A series of political reforms which left the Jewish nation intact and secure while merely changing some laws would be a failure of anti-Zionism not its completion.
Let's pick another example to make this easier. Ireland has for the last 150 years been slowly weakening their state church. One can support Catholic control of the education system, support the church's influence or oppose either of those things without ceasing to be a supporter of the Irish Republic. The equivalent of an anti-Zionist would be someone who supported Cromwell's policy of England conquest and the settlement in Ireland of a non-Catholic population. The equivalent of anti-Zionism is opposition to the Irish nation, not just opposition to particular state policies.
I suspect you are going to be sadly disappointed in Corbyn's wrath. Momentum is a majority of Labor party primary voters, it is not a majority of MPs nor Labor Party voters. More importantly Momentum oriented MPs will a definitely minority within Commons. Corbyn needs to get majorities to pass his agenda regardless of whether he is PM or not. The whole antisemitism thing is a symptom of the bigger problem for Corbyn that the Blairite Labor party does not agree with Corbyn's policies and are not going to want to see them enacted into law. If he tries to govern the way he has led all that happens, even with the title of PM, is bill after bill just gets voted down and potentially other legislation takes its place. Corbyn to get policies through either needs to compromise or horse trade. He can only compromise or horse trade to his right. The enthusiasm for Momentum will fall off as Corbyn ends up passing bills far to the right of what his supporters expect. The numbers just aren't there for a strong Corbyn and will never be there. PM Corbyn needs to avoid all of:
1) A Blairite faction that negotiates and compromises with the Tories to pass alternatives to the official Labor Party agenda.
2) An outright party split.
3) Constant erosion as MPs and moderate Labor voters defect to the Tories.
#3 is the reason he can't intimidate himself a majority. Deselection is a serious threat in an environment of a strong Conservative party. In a weaker environment the Conservative party will be actively recruiting Blairite MPs to switch. Unless the Blairites are in the Cabinet and actively making decisions what is he going to threaten them with?
Getting specific to Jews there is even less he can do. 75% of Jews are Tory. The remaining 1/4 mostly float between Labor and Lib-Dems with little attachment to either party. The purge you think is going to happen already happened a generation ago. An anti-Israel Tory PM combined with Corbyn would be threatening to Jews interests. Corbyn alone not so much.
Sure Corbyn can crack down on Jewish Friends of Labor and watch his Jewish support fall below 3%. If Labor has 3% or less Jewish voters are considering Labor, the view of Labor as an openly antisemetic party is going to be mainstream opinion. What Jewish Friends of Labor allege now the British public would be saying openly as simple fact after they are purged. There wouldn't be a debate. This gets compounded because some of the public might would like having a mainstream antisemetic party. You better believe the Tories and Blairites are going to have lots of televised interviews with voters who talk about how much they love PM Corbyn and voted for him because he is finally standing up to and sticking it to the Jews. So Corbyn in your crackdown world is not going to be having subtle debates about when anti-Zionism turns into antisemitism like leftist like. The whole define antisemitism so narrowly that no actual person qualifies trick won't work for a PM.
You think Corbyn doesn't like the pressure now when the conversation is about antisemitism in Labor. He would like it far less when the conversation is Labor's antisemitic platform and policy. The Daily Mail or the Sun writing about antisemetic incidents is trouble. Those are mean papers. But wait until in your crackdown world it the USA State Department in an official report. PM Corbyn likely will need to fight desperately to keep the problem at only the current level of heat. So sorry. Your revenge fantasy ain't going to play out.
If anything I mostly suspect much the opposite happens. Momentum is where Corbyn is strongest. It is going to be far easier for him to moderate Momentum on Israel than to effectively do anything about British policy or politics on the issue. Corbyn will drag Momentum to the right, because he has to on Israel and many other issues.


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Gulf Stream Coach Inc., Nappanee, Ind., began introducing its 2010 towable lineup — focusing on both lightweight and destination- style designs — in March to dealers at its Nappanee plant. "We have geared ourselves to give the dealers a much wider dynamic," said John Stringer, Gulf Stream national towables sales manager. "We've gone with lightweight trailers in three categories — under 3,000 pounds, under 2,500 pounds and a selection between 3,000 and 3,500 pounds. Then we turn around with an increased selection in our 'lodge' series, large destination trailers. The debut of 2010 models so early in the year is intended to give Gulf Stream dealers more personal attention and get key products to them earlier in the selling season. "We are trying to see our dealers on a more regional basis," Stringer said. "Normally with our dealer show we try to get 200 dealers in and out of here in three days, and you can't spend the quality time with them that you want. We set it up with 20 to 25 dealers the first week, 20 or 25 more in a couple of weeks and other small groups after that. Our focus is on a four-week delivery time to our dealers geared towards quick replacement time on key sellers." Among the new offerings from Gulf Stream is the lightweight entry-level, wood-and-aluminum Go America, travel trailer (pictured at left) featuring a dry weight of 2,000 pounds to 3,200 pounds in 13-25 foot lengths with MSRPs that start at about $14,000. At the opposite end of the spectrum, is the 40-foot wood-and-aluminum Kingsport destination travel trailer with five 8- and 8 1/2-foot-wide floorplans with base prices starting at $24,900. Kingsport features all-electric slideouts, residential appliances, remote control hide-a-beds and 26-inch LCD TVs. "Where we are seeing growth is in families who may camp 45 days a year, but leave their RV in the campground and commute back and forth," Stringer said.
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Katie & Michael {married} | Swansboro NC | Wilmington Wedding Photographer
Tomorrow marks Katie and Michael's one month anniversary, so I wanted to surprise them by blogging their wedding photos. They were married at White Oak River Bistro in Swansboro. It's a quaint little restaurant on the water with the perfect view. They were High School Sweethearts and after 8 years of dating, he finally popped the question. One year later, here they are, the cutest couple with the most amazing family! My favorite part was the speeches, you can tell they are loved very much. Hope you enjoy their photos.
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Degarrotype photo, circa 1860
One of my pioneers had this taken and brought
it across the plains. I found it in the garage
hiding in an old
trunk full of photos. I think it may be my
third great grandfather William W. Meguire
from Pennsylvania who settled in
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The elusive forces behind a person's ability to exercise willpower have been the subject of increasing scrutiny by the scientific community. Behavioral scientists have been trying to understand why people have so much trouble overcoming bad habits like laziness and procrastination and addictions such as smoking, excessive eating, and abuse of drugs and alcohol. One aspect of overcoming these habits or addictions includes the use of willpower and self-discipline. They make a great difference in everyone's life, and bring one a sense of inner strength, self-mastery and decisiveness.
Remez Sasson, the author of "Will Power and Self Discipline" makes a distinction between those two terms. He defines willpower as the ability to control unnecessary and harmful impulses. It is the inner power that overcomes the desire to indulge in unnecessary and useless habits, and the inner strength that overcomes inner emotional and mental resistance for taking action. It is one of the corner stones of success, both spiritual and material.
Self-discipline is the companion of willpower. It endows the stamina to persevere in whatever one does and provides the ability to withstand hardships and difficulties, whether physical, emotional, or mental. It grants the ability to reject immediate satisfaction for something better.
I have observed that most people, including writers and researchers on this subject, use the terms willpower, self-discipline, and self-control interchangeably…and so will I.
Some suggest that the term willpower is a negative concept, like Lori Feldman, a psychiatrist, who, like many others prefers the term motivation. Addiction counselors say the concept is counterproductive. It makes people blame themselves, damaging their self-esteem, and poor self-esteem weakens their resolve.
Charles E. Henderson, Ph.D., a researcher and psychologist, takes it even further. He claims that the notion of willpower is an outmoded concept that just causes everyone a lot of anguish and, therefore, should be trashed. He says the use of this term pits the conscious mind against the subconscious mind and, in any such conflict, the subconscious will always triumph, therefore the concept of willpower is meaningless. How does so-called willpower work if a person who uses willpower to quit smoking, for example, then goes and gains weight afterwards? If he really used willpower to quit smoking, Henderson argues, why it would not also be available to control his eating behavior and anything else he wanted to achieve. Therefore, he concludes, willpower is a cruel hoax because it makes those of us who don't seem to have it feel inadequate.
Recent research findings conclude that willpower is a mental muscle and certain physical and mental forces can weaken or strengthen our self-control. If, as it seems, it is like a muscle, then it has the capacity to tire, like any other muscle in the mind-body system. In a recent experiment, Roy Baumeister, a social psychologist at Florida State University, had two groups of people skip a meal. Then he put them in a room with plates of cookies and plates of radishes. Some were allowed to eat cookies. Others had to eat radishes. Later, both groups were given a tedious, exacting task (tracing a complex maze) and told to keep at it as long as they could. The cookie eaters generally lasted 18 minutes. Those who had been eating radishes (that is, resisting temptation) lasted about nine minutes. Their willpower, it seems, was exhausted.
So if willpower is like a muscle, can it be strengthened? Many researchers say yes. There is even a willpower-training program run by a psychologist at the Carolina Wellness Center. Baumeister and others say that to strengthen your willpower or self-control, you have to exercise it. He recommends that we practice by testing ourselves on small tasks so as to avoid the possibility of failure by taking on too much, too quickly. People who were instructed for two weeks to make small changes like improving their posture or brushing their teeth with their opposite hand improved their scores on laboratory tests of self-control. A vow to stop swearing, to make the bed every day or to give up one food may be a way to strengthen one's self-control, giving you more willpower reserves for bigger challenges later. And, it seems, exercising willpower in one area positively impacts the ability to exercise it in other areas. People who stuck to an exercise program for two months reported reducing their impulsive spending, junk food intake, alcohol use, and smoking. They also studied more, watched less television, and did more housework.
No one seems to know exactly why willpower can grow with practice, but it might reflect some biological change in the brain. Whatever the explanation, consistently doing any activity that requires self-control seems to increase willpower – and the ability to resist impulses and delay gratification is highly associated with success in life.


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Longtime football coach Craig Howard, who coached Tim Tebow at Nease and won championships in both high school and college, died unexpectedly Thursday night.
Howard, 64, had been the head coach at Southern Oregon University since 2011, posting a 50-23 record there and winning an NAIA national championship in 2014, nine years and nine days after leading Nease to the Class 4A state championship. His loss was felt from the West Coast to the First Coast, from former players and coaches, to Tebow, who was the state's Mr. Football in 2005 and later the Heisman Trophy winner at Florida.
"He was a great man who touched a lot of live[s]," Howard's son, Bo, said in a text message. "Many men are raising families with character, strength and honor because of him."
Tebow sent his respects to Howard on Twitter: "Heartbreaking to lose my coach Craig Howard today. More than a coach, he was a mentor & father figure. He changed my life & I will miss him!"
Howard was a coaching lifer, getting his start in 1971 and traversing the East and West coasts, mainly in Florida and his home state of Oregon in both the college and high school levels. Locally, he was the head coach at Bishop Kenny, Mandarin, Nease and Lake City Columbia and spent time as an offensive coordinator at Raines and Edward Waters College. In 16 seasons as a high school head coach, Howard was 109-61 with a state championship and three title game appearances.
His calling card was offense, and running it as fast as his teams could possibly run it. Howard got out in front of the coaching pack with his innovative and fun spreads that changed the way the game was played in the area. While most high school football teams were still married to predominantly wing-T and I-formation rushing offenses, Howard went all-in on the spread, lining up four and five receivers regularly on Friday nights long before it was the norm.
Although Tebow was his once-in-a-career player, he wasn't Howard's only major star. Howard had offensive lineman James Wilson at Nease, and a pair of headliners at Columbia in defensive tackle Timmy Jernigan and offensive lineman Laremy Tunsil. In his time at Nease alone, Howard sent nearly 50 players on to Division I football. While Tebow revolutionized the quarterback position, Howard changed the way high school football offenses worked, forcing defenses to catch up in a hurry or get blown off the field.
Howard's sideline style was his own - he always wore a dress shirt, dress pants and a tie - and he invited the attention that his up-tempo brand of football brought to the area. He was the high school equivalent of Urban Meyer on the field, and possessed the salesmanship of P.T. Barnum off of it. Howard was always talking up his players, how they'd improved, what they had to offer, and how important it was to have more fans in the seats on Friday nights. The more eyes on players, the more opportunities that they'd get, Howard would say.
His coaching tree was vast, too, with current head coaches like Ponte Vedra's Matt Toblin and Christ's Church's Jim Stomps among some of his former assistants now running their own programs.
"The greatest gift Craig Howard ever had, it was not as much his offense as this magical touch he had; he could get kids to work harder than they've ever worked and smile and enjoy every bit of it," said Toblin, who played for Howard at Mandarin and later coached defense for him at Nease. "He's meant so much to my life and the lives of hundreds of players that played for him. He's taught so much more than just football. It was about being a good person, the way you treat others, all of that stuff. He doesn't realize the impact he had."
Howard's greatest success in high school was during his five years at Nease where he took over a program that had churned through one head coach after another with little success and made it a state champion by his third year. Howard's first season in 2003 was his worst statistically, a 5-5 finish, but that disappointment was tempered because of the promise the Panthers showed, lighting up scoreboards across the First Coast with one memorable game after another. Some of those blowouts rubbed coaches the wrong way, but others appreciated the new challenges that Howard's teams brought to the area.
"He helped make me a better coach, it forced me to learn something that was not traditional in high school at the time," said former St. Augustine High coach Joey Wiles. "Then you throw Tebow into the mix. He raised the level. He had four by ones, three by twos, every form of spread that could be called, he called. I don't know anybody more passionate about the game of football than Craig Howard. It's a really sad day for the profession and the people in St. Johns County."
Nease's rivalry with St. Augustine was one of the best in the area. The Yellow Jackets went 4-0 against Nease during Tebow's years, then 0-2 against Howard after that. Under Howard, Nease appeared in the first nationally televised high school football game on ESPN's primary channel, the 2005 season opener at Hoover, Ala.
After three consecutive state championship appearances and one title at Nease, Howard left for Columbia, spending three seasons there before leaving to pursue college football. During that eight-year run between the Panthers and Tigers, Howard was 76-23. He returned to his roots in Oregon after leaving Florida and had unmatched success with the Raiders, playing for national championships in back-to-back seasons.
"Coach Howard was energized, passionate and as full of love as ever," Southern Oregon athletic director Matt Sayre said in a statement. "He loved his team, his coaches, the recruits he and his staff were talking with and signing, and - above all - his family."
Howard is survived by his wife, Valerie, and children, Amy, Emily, Bo, Jordan and Ryan, and his grandchildren.


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Sunday, 20 October, 2002, 10:16 GMT 11:16 UK
World at Wayne's feet
Everton have watched with mounting frustration as young talent has rolled off the Liverpool production line with monotonous regularity.
Anfield's academy delivered Steve McManaman and Robbie Fowler, then they were swiftly followed by Michael Owen, Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard.
And Everton's anxiety at this list of high-class talent was made even more acute by the fact that they were all - Gerrard apart - unashamed boyhood Everton fans.
But there will be envious glances across Stanley Park at the emergence of a new talent which has already earned the plaudits from the game's biggest names.
Wayne Rooney's astonishing winnng goal against Arsenal confirmed the 16-year-old as one of the brightest talents in the English game - a view backed by no less an authority than Gunners' boss Arsene Wenger.
"He is the biggest English talent I've seen since I arrived in England," the Frenchman said after the teenager's goal.
"There has certainly not been an under-20 player as good as him since I became a manager here.
"We were beaten by a special goal from a very special talent - you do not need to be an expert to see that he is a special talent, very special."
The backroom staff at Everton have long since been aware of the talents of Rooney.
He was the catalyst for Everton's youngsters reaching the FA Youth Cup final last season - and was also England's outstanding player in the European Under-17 Championship.
He would have taken Joe Royle's title as the youngest player in Everton history if he had not been called away on England duty at the end of last season.
Rooney is powerful and self-confident, and his development has been helped by his mentor, former Everton manager Colin Harvey, who is now in charge of the youth team.
"He is incredibly quick in training, he is very strong for his age, he has great awareness and a footballing brain which normally doesn't come until later on in years," said Everton boss David Moyes.
"He has got that at present, so from that point of view it is going to be difficult not to play him."
Moyes will copy his fellow Scot Sir Alex Ferguson by keeping Rooney, a boyhood Evertonian whose family are also followers, out of the media spotlight.
And he has also made it clear he will not be party to any future decision that would involve Rooney, who only left school two months ago, being sold for financial considerations.
"I've heard some fans say that," he added, "but there's not a chance of that happening.
"If players have to go it will be because I don't want them or because I think I can get a better player, so that certainly won't be the case with Wayne Rooney.
"He's 16 years old so we don't know if he's going to be that good yet, but what we can see and what we're working with just now there's no question he's got as much ability as anybody I've ever seen at that age."
At a club that has spent years searching for optimism, Rooney may just be what Everton have been waiting for.
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