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To build a company of Innovative Possibility Seekers to compete & win in 2018 & beyond – we'll need a respect-filled culture of thoughtful & innovative people who look for new possibilities every day
The following shares some proven ways to do this. It begins with the understanding that we were at our creative best as children due to our boundless curiosity about the possibilities in the world around us. But as the regimentation and discipline of schooling set in – our creative and innovative abilities begin to decline – even though we became more skilled at executing the thinking, and the process routines we use in our work.
So, how do we develop possibility-seeking abilities we can use to compete and win in a global marketplace that demands ever-increasing innovation? It begins by realizing that we must do both. Let's start by thinking about what the words of Harvard Economist, Theodore Levitt, meant when he said, "Creativity is thinking up new things – Innovation is doing new things."
Their meanings are different – and winners know it! It means we must constantly seek more and more perspectives on what makes us successful. And we need as many as we can to constantly change our thinking. This is wise because each different perspective can deliver a different perception to the thoughtful observer. These differences in perspectives can yield new insights and opportunities that may result in a new perception that could be a winning competitive advantage.
The ability to continuously see things differently seems to be our new holy grail for winning the battles of coming competitiveness battles. For nearly three decades, we have learned from emerging Lean cultures, that to succeed requires us to strengthen the collective contributions & thinking of EVERYONE in our organization. The inter-personal 'sparks of insight' among team members drive the team toward new – and often different – possibilities that helps produce new winners.
The Power of Possibility-Seeking People
Building a more creative company, community or family often slips to the back burner when distracted by the shiny objects of money, new technology, or status. But once focused – and believing in the power of Possibility-Seeking People – good things begin to happen. The opportunities for enhanced global competitiveness become clearer as one thinks about the powerful words of Dr. Wayne Dyer: "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."
A Practical Example
This ATJ Hogg-Blogg shares a 'first-person encounter' with a Lean leader that has changed many companies and people over the last thirty years through his plant transformations. I call him "Jonah" – and yes, it is a deliberately chosen alias – but one that will resonate with those who have read "The Goal" by Eli Goldratt. This book is a unique and unusual novel because its hero is a plant manager by the name of Alex, who has a coach whose name is Jonah. This book has sold over 6,000,000 copies around the world. If you have not read it yet, it still delivers solid value to readers looking to solve Lean problems, and ATJ still recommends it, with a five-star rating.
To this day, I thank 'Jonah' for making me a believer, that when a plant transformation is needed – 'Most of the critical answers needed for a successful transformation are already inside the plant!' They are there all right, but invisible, as these answers are hiding in plain sight. According to Jonah, the challenge is to help the plant leaders and managers see the possibilities that are before them – and especially to help them see their people as they could be – and not just as they are seen to be today. To do this, requires a platform of total respect, sensitivity, and a keen eye for possibilities all combined with people-centred listening & communications skills, integrity and compassion. And did we mention total respect?
In the very early days of Lean, I met Jonah in his own 150-person plant which we were touring as part of an HPM Consortium best practices visit. We came to see examples of World-class best practices our consortium members could learn from. This plant had been highly recommended. Jonah had led the transformation of this international NA plant, from his leadership place as Vice-President of Manufacturing. As I found out later, his career and background included serving in almost every manufacturing position over the years, in many kinds of companies, from his first days as a Tool & Die maker. While there were many 'best processes & practices' to see and learn from – the dominant take-aways were richest with leadership, management, and human behavior lessons that were very clear since most segments of the visit were led by the employees themselves.
The focus ALWAYS centred on respect for the people; the incorporation of employee thinking and the building of their pride; the depth of their roles that connected what they did to the success of the company; – and their perceptions of the company's responsibility to equip them with the right tools, guidance, and expectations. With this, and a supportive middle management, the thinking & routines used to solve problems together developed a thirst for identifying possibilities for solutions and a drive to self-implement the improvements. His belief was unshakable that the greatest motivator of the human being is achievement – and achievement begets more achievement.
This tour introduced 20 practitioners to 'The power of possibility' conversations with multiple threads extending through the projects & transformations that had turned this factory thinking around. Jonah stressed that "Words matter – they really do!" He went on to stress that to build a team that can endure, the words they use among them must always be inclusive – and genuine. What hit me was his 'take-no-prisoners-focus' on the power of the word 'Possible'. Jonah believed that "It's a word that injects instant two-way energy & involvement into a conversation".
He pointed out that the gold you get out of such conversations depends on how you ask them, and how you respond to them – always supportive and without judgement. He added, "The way you listen should radiate your genuine interest as you listen intently to what your employee is thinking." Powerful conversations erupt when you treat people with total respect and ask simple questions like, "What do you think might work", or, and Jonah liked this one better, "If there might be a solution what do you think it would look like?" For years after, I knew why the words 'possible' and 'possibility' were always somewhere in our conversations.
Simplicity and Enhanced Possibilities go Hand in Hand
It was not surprising that throughout Jonah's plant simple posters with simple messages were conspicuous – one of which I really related to:
"Just Imagine the improvements we could make, if we made everything so simple – everyone could understand"
This thinking was alive and in evidence everywhere. An obvious example was the unusual absence of waste and inventory – along with a breath-taking simplicity-in-all-things that enabled one to see the flow and understand it. These accomplishments take time – and this company invested some 18 months of training & interaction with management, employees, customers, and suppliers.
Seeing the corporate bottom line results was rewarding. Jonah shared his enjoyment in the amazement shown by AME/SME practitioners; University/College staff; and the community tours who came to learn. What excited them was the people-focused approach to applying a key corporate information flow process (Plant Scheduling) that enabled the Shop Floor Personnel to understand and run the daily scheduling of the entire plant – and they did!
The Road Ahead
In 2018, we are moving into a high-velocity and high-challenge age where innovation, practicality, and adaptability are sought and integrated to deliver sustainable quality and scalable productivity strategies that will spell success. The beat within manufacturing beyond 2018 is increasingly driven by the acceleration of IoT technologies and infrastructure. Hence – training is becoming more precise and urgent with management now responsible for providing the right training, and then getting out-of-the-way of practitioners who are expecting to have the freedom to solve problems – and seek more possibilities.
The Take-Away
• Perspectives from this article may be useful in building a 'Possibility Seeker' culture in your world? Jonah reminds – "The conversations must continue every single day – they are part of a process to build a company of Possibility Seekers"
• It is easier to learn how people think about the issues of today – and tomorrow – if conversations include discussions about 'Possibilities'
• People gain perspectives from which a valuable perception may emerge
Lessons Learned
Over 30 years of visiting hundreds of companies of all kinds have shown that the answers to improve plant operation are not just coming from senior managers, engineering departments, or designated gurus – but more and more from respected, well-trained, engaged, Lean-savvy team-based workforces who are now expected to take command of their processes and "Make them Better!" Of course, the willingness and extent of the 'bringing forward of the answers' depends on the management style.
But what a change is underway! In the 70's and 80's we saw command and control management heaping so much adulation upon only the few employees associated with Product Design/Product Excellence. In the late 80's respect for Process Excellence emerged enabling large numbers of employees to be recognized (and motivated) for their Process Excellence achievements. This fit perfectly with the emergence of people-centred Lean thinking in the post 1990's which added to their self-respect during the recession of 2008 due to the acceleration of corporate recognition for Process Excellence achieved by practitioners.
As Jonah counseled me, "Over the last decade, ideas for improvement and improvements themselves are coming from people who: Own their processes; are well-trained as professionals; take command; and don't hesitate to find and make improvements on their own. They are to be found in all levels of the organization. "When everyone is in harmony, we are all winners," says Jonah. People-centered thinking is a cornerstone of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence and will be at this year's International Conference in Boston this October 9-13 www.ame.org/Boston
The Evidence is in – Getting Specific
"What are the keys?" I asked Jonah. He replied: "Total respect is everything – but it must be genuine and shared honestly and without reservation. I always show my personal respect for what they can do – and that pays off."
Here's a few Leader Keys & Thinking in building a Team of 'Possibility Seekers'
♦ Employ them in a respect-filled Vision-driven culture
♦ Get to know every Value-Adder (VA) as a person. Respect is everything
♦ Define expectations, processes and areas of responsibility clearly
— Show respect for them & their suggestions
— Ask questions to understand, and with interest
— Ask "In what way can we help improve your work area?"
— Have them explain their process to you
— How is the work connected to the success of the organization?
Achieving the right culture requires a clear vision, time, and a leadership that says what they believe and believes what they say. By visibly showing total respect with that vision, Jonah believes one will gain all the answers they need. We both believe that in almost every situation, the answers really are within the company, but getting them out requires trust, and clear & deep discussions with the existing management… (Possibly with some help from another Jonah?)
Relevant Resources:
Here is Dan's discusses last Blog's Good Read: Lean Strategy
Published July 14, 2017 by Dan Jones – Lean Strategy, is the foundation of the people-centric business system of our time. Lean creates dynamic gains from leaders seeking the right possibilities and finding the right problems. And building the capabilities to solve them and translating improvements to the bottom line. Lean is about leading from the ground up and learning for continuous innovation.
Lean Academy – For more resources from the UK's Lean website.
Lean Enterprise Institute – The huge NA Lean reservoir – A must visit: http://Lean.org
Planet Lean Resources
www.planet-lean.com ~ For global resources (Advanced) For a distillation of international Lean thinking & practices in all sectors and applications.


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M10TEK, which moved to Durango from Atlanta in December 2016, holds three patents and is working on a fourth patent, used as the backbone in a product it calls Verephied that provides users with a 98% assurance that their products are authentic and have not been compromised by counterfeiting.
"Counterfeiting costs companies $900 billion a year worldwide," said Jim Rosenberger, M10TEK managing partner.
According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's report, "Trends in Trade in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods," based on 2016 data, trade in counterfeit and pirated goods stood at 3.3% of all global trade.
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Consumer electronics are a category of products that frequently contend with imitations, and Rosenberger sees this area, along with pharmaceuticals and food products, as industries in need of the authenticating services offered through Verephied.
The application for authenticating technology, he said, is huge. Auto repair shops and automakers have been sued for installing counterfeit airbags that do not function safely, he said.
OECD reported that fakes of items such as medical supplies, car parts, toys, food and cosmetics brands and electrical goods carry a range of health and safety risks. Examples include ineffective prescription drugs, unsafe dental filling materials, fire hazards from poorly wired electronic goods and sub-standard chemicals in lipsticks and baby formula.
A major pharmaceutical company headquartered in New Jersey, which Rosnberger said he could not name, is conducting a pilot program with M10TEK's Verephied authenticating product and services.
Rosenberger said pharmaceuticals are particularly concerned about authenticating their drugs because the Drug Quality Security Act of 2013 gradually ramps up requirements that drug companies must meet to ensure their products are authentic and have not been tampered with.
Title II of the Drug Quality Security Act, the Drug Supply Chain Security Act, outlines steps to build an electronic, interoperable system to identify and trace certain prescription drugs distributed in the United States.
The requirement, Rosenberger said, creates an immediate market for authenticating software and services offered through M10TEK's Verephied.
In addition, he said similar legislation is being contemplated to offer assurances that the food supply chain for an array of products sold at grocery stores are similarly protected.
"Verephied can be used to track assets throughout the supply chain, and we think it can especially help with food recalls," Rosenberger said.
The authenticating data offered by Verephied, he said, can track a product from production to warehouse to distribution down to the individual retail outlet.
Authenticating a product through Verephied relies on what Rosenberger calls "a plurality of data."
Tracking through Verephied relies not only on the company-provided protections, which can include bar codes, holograms, and embedded radio frequency ID tags, but it also uses what Rosenberger calls "tagnostics."
By tagnostics, he said, Verephied's authenticating process analyzes such things as paint colors used on packaging, weight of a product, GPS locations and supply chain schedules to ensure products are authentic and have not been tampered with.
"We rely on the plurality of data to determine a product is authentic and hasn't been tampered with," Rosenberger said. "There is no one silver bullet."

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Saturday, February 27, 2010
Pack Rat or Archivist?
For as long as I've been going to shows I've been saving the flyers for them. Partly out of a need to have a keepsake or memento and partly out of an appreciation for the often hard work and artistic appeal. I've got folders full of them, though I unfortunately somehow lost everything I had pre-April 1997. That's a real bummer cuz there were some great City Gardens, University of the Arts, Fieldsboro Fire Hall, and more show flyers in there. Oh well, life goes on. I've often thought about taking the time to digitize all of these flyers and present them for others to see. Some people from Baltimore started the Dead Venues blog, dedicated to archiving the history of this city's underground music and the people and places that gave it homes. I recently wrote up a history of the Supreme Imperial/Chop Shop and offered to scan a bunch of flyers for the place for them, and due to that, I finally had my excuse to start digitizing all of my old flyers. So here I present to you a gallery of this collection, along with some photos that I've taken over the years, and maybe the occasional odd and end as they come up. Look for daily posts to keep you entertained. Please feel free to help me fill in the blanks or share your memories of these shows or the people involved.
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McCracken Makes Early Derby Talk with Off the Pace Win in $200,000 Kentucky Jockey Club at Churchill
McCraken made it 3-for-3 Saturday, rallying from the back of the pack at the half mile pole to win the 1 1/16 mile Grade II Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs. McCraken moved up easily when summoned by jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. and charged down the lane before drawing off in the final furlong to win by 1 1/4 lengths.
McCraken, the 4-5 favorite, paid $3.60, $2.40 and $2.40 while picking up 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. He finished the 1 1/16-mile race over a fast track in 1:44.15. Runner-up Wild Shot, with Corey Lanerie aboard, paid $4.40 and $3.60, and another 3 3/4 lengths back, the Churchill Downs Racing Club's Warrior Club, with Robby Albarado aboard, paid $3.60. Uncontested, the early leader, got home in fourth.
McCraken, a Ghostzapper colt out of the Seeking the Gold mare Ivory Empress, has won all three of his races at Churchill Downs.
"He is as good as I thought he was and he handled it well," said winning trainer Ian Wilkes. "They didn't hand it to him. It wasn't easy. He came through for us."
Clay Whitham, a co-owner, said the performance sparks thoughts of the first Saturday in May. "I believe we are getting Derby fever," he said.
Wilkes said he has yet to map out a 3-year-old campaign for McCraken, who is named after a Kansas town.
"Anytime you get a good 2-year-old like this you start thinking Derby, but we'll just sit down with Ian (Sunday) morning and we'll map out a plan from here," Hernandez said. "He's a boy but he's growing up and he's getting it all together. He was a lot more settled today and in his last race he hadn't run in a while but today he did everything the right way."


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In motorbike news, I went for a short ride wearing only my jacket, helmet and gloves on Saturday to the library to exchange DVDs. I really like the trunk, it makes packing easier. On the way back, an exhaust pipe slipped out, and I felt like a real bad ass, wearing jeans and riding with an open exhaust.
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Data Interpretation
1)Review and interpret the data "in-house" to develop preliminary findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
2) Review the data and your interpretation of it with an advisory group or technical committee. This group should involve local, regional, and state resource people who are familiar with monitoring and with your product. They can verify, add to, or correct your interpretation of the results.
3) Review the data and your interpretation of it with the people who will use your data -- for example, the public, government officials etc. Ultimately, your interpretation of the data relates back to the questions your monitoring program is trying to answer. For example, does the car meet state requirements?
There are four steps to data interpretation:
1) Assemble the information you'll need.
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3) Develop conclusions.
4) Develop recommendations.
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1.Who are the competitors, their strengths, competitive products? 2.Classification of the segments of car.
3.India's auto sector by 2015 $25 billion.
ManufacturersMaruti Suzuki • Tata Motors • Ford India • Honda • Mercedes Benz • Toyota • Hyundai • Mahindra • General Motors • BMW • Hindustan Motors • Volkswagen • FIAT • Skoda Auto • Audi • BMW •
HatchbacksMaruti Suzuki 800 - Alto - Zen Estilo - Wagon-R - A-Star • Tata Nano - Tata Indica • Hyundai Santro - Hyundai i10 • Chevrolet
5.India's population-1,166,079,217 (2009 est
Growth rate: 1.548% (2009 est)
Age structure 15-64 years: 63.6% (male 381,446,079/female 359,802,209) (2009 est) Please check out the working class in india……….
6.Correct units of measurement clearly reported on your data tables and graphs. 7.General observations, who will be the target customers.
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Holy Communion at St Mary, Walesby
The church of St Mary is spiritually warm, friendly, accessible, genuine and financially sound. The church continues to be part of the wider village community by ensuring there is a comfortable blurring of the lines, a synergy, between the religious and occasional secular functions in the village. There is a well-supported group of laity who lead services and there is a strong emphasis on family worship.
Our services use Common Worship and Songs of Fellowship but we are open to innovation and change. We have a strong emphasis on lay leadership of services and maintain a healthy rota system involving a wide range of churchgoers and children/young people. We celebrate the conviviality of refreshments after Family Worship and festival services.
Walesby, interestingly has two Churches. St Mary's in the village and All Saints, the original parish Church, set up high on Walesby Hill overlooking the village.
Walesby has a population of around 200 and the parish covers some 3600 acres which includes the hamlets of Otby and Risby. The village is surrounded by beautiful rolling wolds some of which is arable farmland and some for livestock.
St. Mary's is an active Church within the Walesby group and is part of the Church Tourism Cascade system. The Church is visited by many people who, according to the visitors' book, enjoy the tranquil atmosphere here.
St. Mary's is situated in the village and is about 2.5m NE of Market Rasen and about 20m NW of Lincoln. The main entrance is on Rasen Road and the Church also can be accessed by a footpath from Moor Rd. The church path is studded with the symbols of the cross interleaved with a complete circle, representing the wholeness of God.
St Mary's is an 'arts and crafts' Church designed by the architect, Temple Moore and came about through the efforts of the Rev. Perceval Laurence, Rector of Walesby 1879-1913. Shortly after the rector came to the parish, the inconveniently sited Old Church was virtually abandoned and for over 30 years the people of Walesby worshipped in a 'temporary' iron building in the village. By 1910 sufficient funds had been raised to build a new Church. Work began on 6th June 1913 and on that very day, the 84 yr old, Rev Laurence died.
Originally the tower was crowned by a small 'candle-snuffer' spire, but this became unsafe and was removed before the Second World War.
The Church within has many interesting features including the Roll of Honour which was designed by Rev. J W. Davis, the vicar at the time, listing the names of the Walesby men who served in 1914-1918 war. Above it is a tableau in remembrance of the men who lost their lives in that war.
The windows in the church are of old Lincoln plain glass with the exception of the Memorial window. This window commemorates the safe return of the men who fought in the 1939-1945 war and also Henry Jolland who lost his life in service.
In the chancel south and vestry east there are genuine pointed medieval windows within the rectangular windows like an inner screen. Where these windows came from is unknown; they are of 15th century perpendicular type often found in Lincolnshire & Yorkshire.
The pillars, in the central arcade, divide the nave in two lengthways. They reach up into the ridge of the steeply pitched roof and are an unusual arts and crafts feature. St Mary's is well worth a visit.
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In part 1 of this series, we explored the three aspects for how we write the scripts for our "History Channel". These include 1) the global meanings, 2) the actual language of the narrative and 3) the levels of emotional intensity of "key words and phrases" we use repeatedly. These three aspects combined have tremendous influence for how we develop our beliefs that become the heart and soul of our stories.
Beliefs are comprised of thoughts, emotions and behaviors that form our memories, neural pathways about our stories. The degree of priming and power associated to our beliefs are directly correlated to the intensity of our emotional experiences and the nature of the key words and phrases we use to describe our stories.
In order to prepare us to mindfully construct new empowered beliefs and intentionally change dis-empowered beliefs, we need to understand how we reinforce and validate our stories. This begins with an awareness of our wonderful world of MBC – Meaning Belief Cycle.
From the time we are born, we are always evaluating in order to make sense of what we perceive. This process of making sense of our experiences occurs by how we assign meaning to the perception of the person, place or thing in our focus of attention. When we assign a unique meaning repeatedly over time, we are prone to form a belief based on these similar meanings.
his belief then becomes the reference for future evaluations for how we make sense of things. We are now primed, we have a particular bias for how we assign meaning in the future based on the past belief. In essence, we have pre-programmed our meaning machine mind to validate our beliefs.
Our journey in life is analogous to driving. As we make sense of what is in front of us, we look in the rear view mirror to assess. What we see in the rear view mirror, influences how we make sense of that moment and the decisions we make. If we see beautiful green pastures in the rear view mirror, we will be relaxed and enjoy the ride. If we see a mac truck riding our bumper with a gruesome looking driver, we will be anxious, afraid and maybe decide to take another route. So, what's the view in your rear view mirror?
When a situation arises, within a nanosecond, we unconsciously ask three questions of evaluation. First, am I safe or in danger? If we are primed to assign based on a self-limiting belief, we are prone to answer "danger." Next, we ask, what does this remind me of? We then look in the rear view mirror for a similar experience to support our initial evaluation. Third, what does this mean to me? We then use the reference belief from that experience to evaluate and assign a meaning associated to that reference belief. Hence, we develop a cycle of validation to reaffirm the belief.
If the meanings and subsequent beliefs are positive and empowering, no problem. But, if the meanings and associated beliefs are negative and dis-empowering, we may find ourselves fulfilling the definition of insanity. "Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result." We live life on a never-ending hamster wheel or feel like the main character in the movie, "Groundhog Day." We may feel confused, stuck, afraid, dis-connected, lost, hopeless and/or helpless.
Negative, dis-empowered beliefs come in two forms, fear and shame. Fear is about anything external of ourselves, which has nothing to do with us as an individual. Examples can include flying on airplanes, fear of snakes or a fear that someone is not capable of giving us the love we need from them.
In contrast, a shame belief is all about the self. The meaning of the belief is that something is wrong with us. That in some way we are defective, inferior, bad, not loveable, not accepted, and/or not good enough. Both types of negative beliefs cause us pain however shame beliefs are powerful enough to damage and destroy our relationships, which can seriously disrupt our lives and the lives of others.
Moving forward, we need a plan to intentionally assign an empowered meaning multiple times over a period of time. The goal is to help us consciously construct a new belief that is used as the reference belief for future evaluations.
Science has proven that our brain is pliable and we can change the structure of our brain with intentional conscious focal attention. We can learn how to mindfully fire and wire new neural pathways to modify our beliefs and re-write our stories. We will then be free of the confusion, pain and/or suffering stemming from the cycle of validation of our self-limiting and dis-empowered beliefs.
In part three of this series, we will explore how we can use The Five Intentions of Empowerment as a strategy to assign new meanings and mindfully create new empowering beliefs to use for future references.
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Thank god we finally find out what Sayid's plan was. Unfortunately, it turns out to be a really crappy plan that amounts to: "We'll set a signal fire to draw the Others out, and then we get 'em!" Good job proving that "military intelligence" is an oxymoron in armies around the world. Sayid's plan is based on several assumptions, including: 1) that despite his not knowing where the Others are coming from, it'll be night when they arrive (this one turns out to be true); 2) that despite not knowing how many Others are coming, he and Jin will be able to take 'em out (this turns out to be about 180 degrees and 180 miles from true); and 3) that the Others will gravitate to the fire he sets instead of the nearby sailboat tied up at the dock. This turns out to be almost fatally wrong for Sun, who was sent to the boat for safekeeping. Fortunately, Sun's been watching some old Ana-Lucia episodes, so when one of the Others discovers her aboard the boat, Sun says, "Another minor blonde woman for us to keep track of? Goddamn! Are you kidding me?" and shoots her in the gut (although we don't know if she's dead) and escapes. But the Others get away with the boat, leaving Sayid, Sun, and Jin with a hell of a long walk home.
The flashbacks feature Sun lying a lot: to her father, to Jin, in bed with Jae. Her father discovers her affair, and enlists Jin to send Jae a message -- with extreme prejudice -- but doesn't tell his reluctant son-in-law about the affair. Neither does Sun. And Jin can't bring it upon himself to kill Jae; instead, he scares the living shit out of him and warns him to leave the country. Jae's in such a hurry to leave, he doesn't take the stairs or the elevator; he just jumps out the window. Or he was pushed. I think he jumped, and it was because he lost the receipt for the pearls that he tried to give Sun.
Sawyer and Kate are enlisted to break rocks in what might be a significant Other project or could just be exhausting busywork. Kate spends some time talking to Alex, who skulks around the bushes, and Sawyer spends a lot of time checking out Kate, who's spilling all out of her dress. Sawyer risks the biggest tasering of his life by swaggering over and sticking his tongue down Kate's throat. But it's mainly to gauge what kind of fight they'd be in for with their captors. Too bad Ben, via video surveillance, is wise to him.
And Ben offers a deal to Jack. Cooperate -- although what exactly that would entail, Ben doesn't say -- and Jack goes home. But now that he knows he missed the Sox winning the Series, why bother?
We might not have any real idea why last week's episode was called "A Tale of Two Cities," but there won't be any such confusion this week. We open with a shot of a glass ballerina, spinning, spinning, until it's apparent that it's spinning as it falls to the floor, dropped by a young Korean girl, who reacts like street hockey players do when a window gets broken: she bolts, running out the door from this opulent room into another one, where a metronome ticks solemnly away while she practices her piano. Sun's father walks in, carrying a plastic bag that he drops at the feet of Sun, who's clearly somewhat fearful of her father. He asks if she broke the ballerina, and she silently shakes her head -- and then says the maid did it. Her father clearly doesn't believe her, so he spells it right out for her: "If you tell me the maid did this, I will be forced to fire her. Do you understand?" Sun nods, and her father tries again: who broke it? Sun thinks about it a little longer, then says again: "The maid did." Her father's face gets hard, and he turns around and stomps out of the room, ready to fire a woman that I'm pretty sure he himself believes isn't guilty of anything. I might be crazy, but I think a smile is threatening to crack Li'l Sun's face.
But she's not smiling on present-day Craphole Island; she's chundering in the bathroom of Desmond's boat. She wipes her face and puts on a smile as a concerned Jin pokes his head in. She tells him it's just morning sickness, that's she's okay. Jin makes a face and heads above-deck, Sun following. He's not disgusted by her riding of the porcelain bus, but thinks that his pregnant wife should be resting instead of sailing the high seas with Sinbad on this adventure of futility.
Sayid's making notes on a map while a phony-baloney column of black smoke spirals up from the fire they lit on shore. An excited Jin yammers away to Sun, who translates for Sayid: he thinks they should leave, that Jack and the others (not the Others) aren't coming. Sayid counters that Jack's counting on them being there, but then decides that if Jack's north, the mountains would block his view of the fire -- so he wants to start another fire north of the mountains. You'd think Sayid could come up with a better lie. Of course the mountains block Jack's view of the fire. Trees block Jack's view of the fire. That's why he's looking for smoke. Anyway, Jin's all nuh-uh! No way! Sayid refuses to abandon Jack for some reason, and Sun's inclined to agree with him, but "Sayid's not your husband!" Jin snaps at her. Sun turns back to Sayid. "My husband thinks we have to do as he says, because he's the only one who knows how to sail. But he's wrong." She looks back at her husband before telling Sayid she can help him sail the boat.


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I Also Went On A Date With Jesus – Oto
I went on a date with Jesus.
On Wednesday, 2nd May, we had Bible study. I missed it because it rained heavily, but I called in to find out how it'd gone and if there was some information I needed to hear. I was told that my pastor had instructed us all to go on a date with Jesus the following Friday. His instructions were clear: we had to be intentional and treat it like an actual date.
You can imagine how I felt on reading Amara's story, which was shared on the same day I had planned to go on my date with Jesus. What an alignment!
I could relate to her story — how she expected Jesus to literally walk through her bedroom door during their date, and how disappointed she felt when He didn't. Thankfully, we know better now. He's always there when we invite Him. We just have to SEE Him.
The date
I was late for our date, but that's fine. When I realized that I was going to be late, I spoke with Him, apologized and asked Him for 10 extra minutes. I had begun my morning late that Friday because I stayed up late the previous night. But as soon as I got out of bed, I started to tidy my room. I swept, mopped, dusted and then laid my bed. I arranged my Bible, a journal, and a pen, neatly on one side of my bed. I shut the windows, turned on the air conditioner and drew the curtains. I didn't want any extra light to come into the room. His Light is enough, I thought to myself. (Quite extreme, I guess, but I was ready to have fun with it too).
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I set a chair for Him opposite my bed, sprayed some fragrance in the air, left our "love song" playing and I went to go prepare myself for Him. I placed a "do not disturb" sign on the door, locked myself in, then wore a dress which I'd selected for the occasion.
I sat on my bed, opposite the chair and I apologized once again for being late – it was about 12:11 pm. Then we began… I didn't have a plan for how the date was supposed to go. I just knew we were going to have a great time. And we did.
Jesus made me write
I didn't pray for anything I needed. I do that every other day. I sang to Him for a while, and then I listened to Him. When I saw that I entertained a thought that was not entirely about Him, I apologized and told Him how He was more important than anything else. And then, He made me write.
I wrote for hours. As I wrote, I paused to take selfies with Him. I don't take pictures as a habit, but something in me thought that if I took pictures around the chair I had prepared for Him, I might capture Him on camera (LOL). I was determined to be a child that day. Isn't that what He asks of us in Matthew 18:3? When I was done with that piece, I saw how it paid off. Then I felt Him tell me something I felt I already knew – more action, less talk. I guess He reminded me for a reason.
So, I picked up my violin and played Him a song I wrote, and some other worship songs.
Almost 6 hours had passed…
It was some minutes to 6 pm and our date was ending, when my brother knocked on the door. I wondered why he'd knock with that sign I put up, but I excused myself and answered him. It was quick and I locked myself back in. He came back shortly after and I tried not to get frustrated. I didn't realize how restless he was. Then, he told me he was not feeling well. I touched him and he was burning up. He described all the ways he was feeling and he wanted something but I didn't have it and I knew that the market would have closed. I told him I'd get it early the next day and asked him to rest.
I was about to lock myself in again when I looked at the chair opposite my bed. More action, less talk. He wanted me to go and pray with him, after all, He went about doing good. I was shy to pray with my elder brother but I did. I went and prayed with him. I prayed that he'd feel better before midnight. And he did.
I came back to my room to wrap up the date, thanking Him for showing up and promising that another one would come up soon.
Below's the piece I wrote while on the date. It's a little long but you'll be glad you read…
My friend that sticks closer than a brother …
Nothing I write now might be purely original
And although I intend it as a poem
There might be no rhyme scheme, defined stanzas, or singular tone
It's just one way I thought to show YOU
How much I love YOU.
In the song I wrote
I wrote that nothing I do can change what you've done
That's because YOU took me quite seriously
When YOU gave up your life for me
YOU deserve to be taken seriously too
Because YOU are more important…
More important than any love story I will try to play out on this earth,
Yours is already the greatest love story ever told
And then, YOU even watch over me as I sleep
YOU are jealous over me and YOU fight for me
YOU call me the apple of your eyes
And hurt when YOU see that I don't see myself through your eyes
I imagine your heart breaking every time I tried to use a thing or a person to complete me
I didn't know what was important
I didn't know that YOU were (are) more important.
Janette, in her poem (I will wait for you), wrote about how she will no longer associate with "sorta-kindas"
She was just going to wait for "him"
Him, who would love her with a fierceness and completeness that would make the wait worth it.
I love that poem for so many reasons
But my best part is its sequel, "I waited for you"
Which she read to him years later, as they exchanged their vows.
In it, she confessed her love for him
And gratitude for every painful moment and event that caused their paths to cross
It was as beautiful as beautiful can be
But then, she told him nicely
To never flatter himself into thinking that she'd ever put him above HIM
She was HIS first before she was his.
He actually couldn't stop crying and nodding his head as she read to him
Because even he knew
That YOU are more important
That's what happens when two hearts, independently complete in YOU, become one.
It's a completeness overflow… it flowed out of my eyes, down my cheeks and unto my bed.
So now, Darling… I am done.
I am done clinging to the light in others, hoping that it would someday shine on me.
I realize now that YOU are all the light that I need and there is no barrier; darkness is dispelled; I have full access to YOU, and people are drawn into YOU because my life is proof that fullness in You is possible for all (1Peter 2:9, Ephesians 3:19)
I am done depending on things that have no eternal value, because YOU are more important
I Matthew 6:33a, because YOU are more important.
I lay it all down again, because YOU are more important.
YOU are more important, my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
P.S: If you made it to the end of this something like a poem (for this is perhaps where poetry and prose meet), I hope that you from today set your priorities straight. He is more important and He loves you and He is waiting for you. Don't let Him wait in vain.
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You can avoid slipping and sliding on icy trails and sidewalks with Yatrax. Things can get really hairy on sidewalks in places that don't get snow often because there's no infrastructure to deal with it. Sidewalks can have thick ice on them for days, and without something on your feet to get traction, it's a slippery endeavor. I speak from experience.
No Slipping on Ice & Snow with Yaktrax Pro
The Yaktrax Pro is perfect for this. Not too much, not too little, just the right amount of traction with a patented coil design that wraps around your shoe or boot and grips the ice keeping you from landing on your bum, or worse. There's a stretch rubber frame around the coils and you just pull it over your shoes, no struggle. They come off easily too. These are a great choice for kids, there's nothing that is going to poke them and they're so easy to use. They work great in snow and ice to keep you stable. Find the Yaktrax Pro HERE.
For trails in the woods, you want the Diamond Grip Yaktrax. Same idea, but really teethy grips that are much more heavy duty for thicker ice and terrain. Diamond shaped beads are what provides the traction with these, and they swivel, so there's no buildup of snow. They're also easy to get on and off, but the are slightly heavier than the Pro's. Both are entirely packable and easy to travel with. Find the Diamond Grip Yaktrax HERE.*Disclosure: Affiliate links below. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you, if you purchase via one of these links, thank you, this helps keep my website running!


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Facet joints are on our back, and they lie on either side of our spinal column. Positioned in the area between the vertebral bodies and the discs of the back, the vertebrae lie above and below each bony structure that contains the facet joint. These facet joints are there to limit any movement that is felt to be excessive, and they also help to stabilize the spine.
Sudden movement can result in back pain that can be very severe. If there are long term stressors placed on the joint, it can result in chronic pain.
There can be a degeneration of the tissues within the facet joint itself. All these symptoms will result in what is known as facet syndrome. This is further characterized by the feeling of stiffness in the morning upon waking. Bending sideways or backwards will also make the pain worse.
To reduce the pain in these joints, facet injections are administered into the facet joint that is causing the problem. It should, however, be noted that the facet joint injection is not a cure for the pain. Rather, it is simply a method to help reduce the pain felt by the patient. Two types of medication help reduce the pain:
Anesthetic – One that is used to numb the area to receive the injection.
Steroid – Which will help to reduce the inflammation present in the joint.
The anesthetic works faster and relieves the pain almost immediately. The steroid takes longer to work, but keeps working for a number of weeks to months to keep the inflammation down, thus reducing the chances of the pain recurring again.
Duration of Therapy and Procedure
A minimum of three months is required between facet joint injections, if a repeat of the facet joint injection is desired. The facet joint injection requires the use of an x-ray, which will help to identify the area into which the injection should be administered.
During the procedure, you need to lie face down, dressed in a hospital gown. Antiseptic is used to clean the back, especially the area that will be injected. Several injections may be applied at different locations of the back, as needed. A small dressing will remain on the site of the injection after the procedure and may be kept on for about 24 hours, as a method of infection control and also for the hygienic healing of the minor injection wound.
Besides a facet injection, there is another procedure called a medial branch block that can be performed. This is an injection placed around the facet joint to stop the transmission of pain signals from the joint. It can also work for weeks to months for pain relief.
If a facet injection or medial branch block works well and then the pain relief wears off, the procedures can either be repeated, or the person may move on to a radiofrequency ablation. This procedure may provide 6 to 18 months of back or neck pain relief.
Side Effects
The side effects of the injection can include the feeling of having been bruised. This, however, can be overcome by taking a normal painkiller for pain relief. In just a few patients, the pain may increase and be experienced for a longer time interval before it resolves away. It is important not to engage in strenuous types of activities after the treatment. Activity levels should be built up very gradually.
The steroids administered can have side effects. These should settle down in a few days. Some examples are mild pain in the abdominal region, feeling sick, or experiencing hot flashes.
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Braising steaks are usually derive from the hardest working muscles of a cow: the skirt, leg, chuck or flank. Because they're so hard working, it means the beef is very tough, but also the most tasty! As a result, you want to make sure you're cooking your braising steaks slowly and for long durations! These much cheaper cuts however, deliver some of the richest and most flavoursome beef dishes you'll have ever tasted – especially when well marbled with fat throughout the meat! You want to make sure you're cooking braising steaks when diced up into smaller pieces; this will make sure the beef breaks down nicely when being cooked!
We recommend serving your braising steak with Creamy mash and and buttered, steamed broccoli! Yum! Enjoy!


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I would pair this with the piano and musical notes for sure!
Best part: The product! (was there any question? I mean, LOOK at these charms!)
Worst part: The "back office" feel of an impersonal online business. They recently changed everything, so now it's hard (as a seller) to navigate the site.
Choose from a variety of travel charms to commemorate a trip.
Another worst part: (yep, more than one of these, too) The fact that most costumers will only buy one locket, meaning that your lovely designer Erica will have to twist your arm to get you to buy another locket. Although really, every locket is different (size, color, shape even!), so buying more than one locket shouldn't be too far of a stretch for anyone.
Lots of "love" choices to match this charm with!


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I am SO excited to share a project that I made for the
Market Street Stamps Block Party/CAS-ual Fridays Co-Challenge!!
Make sure you check out all of the details on the CAS-ual Fridays blog AND the Market Street Stamps blog! There are THREE ways to win and you have PLENTY of time to play along! This challenge is open for 2 WEEKS! YAY!
Soooooo.... "Brown paper packages tied up with string".... hmmm... sounds like a perfect opportunity to create a fun gift ensemble! I turned to my new December stamps from Market Street Stamps to create this fun gift box and tag!
I used my Martha Stewart Score Board to create this cute box! I made the bottom with plain white cardstock and the TOP is much more beautiful! HAHA! I stamped the beautiful butterfly stamp from Believing Butterfly repeatedly over a sheet of kraft cardstock. I colored the butterflies with Copic markers and added some accents with my Uni-ball Signo White Gel Pen. Then, I created the box top using the directions on the score board! Easy peasy!!
The tag features the same beautiful butterfly and a very unique sentiment from the Faith In You set! LOVE how the banner is part of the stamp and the sentiment peeks off of the banner just a bit! SO cool! The stamp does all the work for you!
Of course, I had to tie it up with some pretty twine from The Twinery!
Make sure you check out the challenge! It's a GREAT opportunity to play in BOTH challenges with the same project! Great way to increase your chances to win some fabulous Market Street Stamps prizes!
Oh yeah! Don't miss out on this super CA-UTE FREE digi stamp designed by Angelica Suarez! It's available in The Neighborhood- come on by!
Can't wait to see what you all create for this fun challenge!
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Where to OddFellows Ice Cream Co., a Brooklyn-based ice cream parlor now at The Street Chestnut Hill.
Why For unusual ice cream flavors served in a 1950s ambiance, plus boozy sweets.
The backstory Cofounder Mohan Kumar started the business after trying to find savory sweets for his pregnant wife, Holiday. A pretzel-based dairy creation from his pal Sam Mason, the former pastry chef at New York City's acclaimed (now closed) wd-50, sated her cravings. And thus, the trio collaborated to launch OddFellows, specializing in odd ice cream. They now have more than 400 recipes. Brooklyn's finest, the sign on the door says.
What to eat Ice cream and sorbet, in an array of vividly colored and peculiar — but not too peculiar — combinations: lemon meringue pie, buttermilk honey blueberry, peanut butter and jelly, burnt marshmallow, strawberry jam, pink lemonade sorbet, and miso cherry, an intensely salty-tart combination. There's also a limited-edition flavor, basil chip, from Fox & the Knife chef Karen Akunowicz. (Limited indeed: Sadly, it was unavailable on a recent visit.) There are also a few soft-serve flavors (peanut butter, marshmallow). Top your bounty with cornflakes, chocolate pearls, coffee or chocolate "soil" crumbles, salted caramel, and hot fudge. Unlike at so many other ice cream places, a kids' size ($4) is manageably mini.
What to drink There are cold-brew frappes ($10), floats, espresso, cappuccino, lattes, affogato (espresso and ice cream) — and, come fall, wine, beer, and boozy floats.
The takeaway A cheeky hideaway underneath Legal Sea Foods. The OddFellows sign looks like a Broadway marquee, and inside, you'll see photos of celebrities superimposed with OddFellows bow ties, including a 1980s-era portrait of Barbara Walters. Why not? On another wall, there's a lineup of Chestnut Hill's "Conely" Hearts Club, which includes sketches of several Celtics players. But the real atmosphere comes from the crowd, which seems to include all of Newton lining up down the sidewalk for a scoop.
OddFellows Ice Cream Co., 55 Boylston St., Chestnut Hill, 617-505-6446, www.oddfellowsnyc.com
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Is HGTV's "Flip or Flop" real?
Posted on 2014-06-25 | Back to blogReal Estate FunReal Estate Scams
Ever since reality television exploded into American homes in the late '90s, we've had to keep reminding ourselves the same thing.
Even though it says "reality," it isn't always real.
That's especially true with shows that follow house flippers, home remodelers and real estate agents. These processes are usually drawn out, tedious and not very fun to watch, so some liberties are taken during production to make the show interesting to viewers.
HGTV's "House Hunters" is a notable one. The show hires actors to portray some buyers and usually only approaches buyers who are already in escrow, which means they have to act out reactions to houses they already know they're not going to buy.
We can't count how many times we've seen a house hunter object to something silly like a room's paint color or tile scheme.
But what about the network's new house flipping show, "Flip or Flop?"
Television networks are notoriously guilty of misrepresenting house flipping, and it has no doubt led to some novices getting in over their heads. "Flip or Flop" follows the husband-wife duo of Tarek and Christina El Moussa as they take on distressed properties, renovate them and attempt to sell them.
Some viewers have criticized the show for misrepresenting the costs required in renovations, unrealistic home sale and purchase prices, staging the auction scenes and depicting a couple that mostly only deals with capital. Their contractors are the ones getting their hands dirty, which is a luxury many house flippers can't afford.
The biggest complaint of all centers around the fact that the couple almost always turns a handsome profit, which any experienced house flipper will tell you isn't necessarily true.
So what of the El Moussas? Are we watching a young couple scraping by, trying to make it in the business, or is it just another made up Hollywood production?
The people are indeed quite real. They worked in real estate until the housing market crashed, and they've been paying the bills by flipping houses ever since.
Business has been going well, with Tarek reporting last year that he had taken on three new employees and expanded his operation into neighboring states. It is also shown that he uses creative financing and help from outside investors to pay for his flips.
As for the rest, nothing has been explicitly revealed.
Those of us with experience in the business can probably pick out the unrealistic parts of the show and surmise how — with a little selective editing and Hollywood magic — everything came together. In the end, the savvy viewer already knows the show is for entertainment and shouldn't be used as a basis for serious decisions.
After all, it comes back to the old adage.
If it's too good to be true, it probably is. There's no such thing as easy money.
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An FDA advisory panel unanimously voted on April 19th to approve GW Pharmaceuticals' (GWPH) cannabidiol (CBD) containing drug called Epidiolex. The drug has shown to effectively reduce seizures and showed to have a low risk of side effects. The advisory panel has never voted to recommend approval of a cannabidiol containing drug before.
The Epidiolex drug is designed to treat multiple forms of childhood epilepsy. Epidiolex will treat children by being administered in a syrup-form that contains less than 0.1% of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
The FDA is scheduled to make the final decision on the status of Epidiolex by June 27th. If Epidiolex were to receive full FDA approval the drug would be the first cannabis containing drug approved by the FDA.
The U.S. federal government's law currently has cannabis considered as a substance with zero medicinal value. Approval by the FDA would effectively state that cannabis has clear value as a medicine.
Initially the value for GWPH stock didn't increase from this advisory panel approval. However, on the 20th the stock opened to a 2.33% increase and has since slowly lost value since market open on the 20th.


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Empyrium - New Album In 2020, Announce Two Shows
Fresh updates are coming from German duo Empyrium. The work on the new album is in full swing and will be finished by the end of this year. Except for the revelation that the album will be out sometime in 2020, the fans will have to wait for more details and info. However, Empyrium have confirmed first live appearances in 2020 - Vienna Metal Meeting and Dark Troll Festival (headliner).
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Labour pledges to give right to psychological therapies on NHS
Labour will give patients the right to receive psychological therapies under the NHS constitution if elected, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham announced today (Thursday).
The move comes as Labour accused the Government of trying to hide the scale of cuts to mental health services by scrapping the annual review of mental health expenditure in the NHS.
Speaking at a mental health conference hosted by the University of Chester Centre for Psychological Therapies in Primary Care, Mr Burnham said despite progress in removing the stigma of mental health problems, the NHS still had much to do to achieve equality of care for mental and physical problems envisaged when it was first set up by Aneurin Bevan.
Burnham said the NHS constitution needed to be changed to empower patients to gain access to appropriate talking therapies, rather than 'just pills' as currently is their right through the inclusion of NICE approved technologies.
He said: 'We need to empower people, individuals to get what they need. One of things we are saying is, could we strengthen the NHS – and give people the right to counselling or to talking therapy because currently the only right in this regard is a right to pills. There is a right to NICE-approved technologies but there isn't a right to [psychological] support.'
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Speaking to Pulse, Burnham said he was proud to have played a part in the Government's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, but admitted it was failing to deliver in some areas, with long waiting times.
He said: 'Certainly we will carry on funding talking therapies – I think it's the beginning of a journey not the end of it. It's true there can be very wide variation in services, particularly waiting times.'
'But I'm also thinking of a new vision for general practice of "whole-person" care.'
He added: 'I've shadowed GPs lately and I've seen people come in who are very similar to some of the people who come into my surgery. They are often people for whom the "blockage" in their health is often to do with bereavements, relationships, housing, benefits. I've often been with GPs when they've prescribed antidepressants – and I've asked them, if you'd been able to refer them for bereavement counselling, would that have been better – and they say "absolutely".'
'I'd like to see NHS money spent prescribing social rather than medical interventions – wouldn't that help to empower general practice.'
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If, as a population, we were well equipped to deal with the perceived uncertainties and adverse events of life I am sure our well being would be hugely improved. Much of the adult population in the UK struggles with an unhelpful thinking style, and thus their kids may not have the best direction to achieving a helpful belief system, thinking styles and coping strategies.
A helpful belief system (and I don't mean that in the religious sense), helpful coping strategies and helpful thinking styles are potential achievable by all....but it can take hard work and the right resources/guidance to achieve this....our gray matter really doesn't find it easily to change it's line of thought or the chunking of information (aka assumptions) it makes.
Andy....it sounds like you are genuinely motivated to push resources in this direction which has to be commended.
Resources must also be used in a proactive way, for the younger generations, to help them develop helpful belief systems, thinking styles and coping strategies from an early age.........this is much easier to do than to alter unhelpful thinking at a later stage.
In my opinion greatly increased psychological therapies for those that need it, and proactive teaching of children, is tax payers money extremely well spent.
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I was in great need of psychological therapies due to long term depression (under continuous medical attention for 20 years). The referral letter was sent by my GP in lateJune 2013, and 7 weeks later I received a letter from the local IAPT. The letter informed me that the referral had been received and that I would be contacted in due course. In the mean time I was asked to complete a standard mood questionnaire in preparation for contact by therapist. This highlighted the high state of need and the depth of my depression. Ten weeks later I received a letter offering an appointment for three weeks hence. The entire wait for service from time of initial referral to date of first therapy appointment was 21 weeks. With a supportive family, good GP assistance, and change in medication, my mood lifted.
It seems such a pity that the wait, at the time of severe crisis (underlined by the competing and self-scoring of a depression rating scale), was so great. It would be interesting to see how many appointmewnts are not kept as the patient has given up all hope and ended their misery.
IAPT..... a joke. Led by misguided managers and although involving many committed 'therapists' they are overloaded. I'm aware of many committed workers but they are struggling with so many actual and potential referrals. Basic assessments (just that!) and inappropriate telephone contacts and follow ups are absolutely useless! Medico legal access to GP reports indicates useless access to IAPT - feedback indicates the same! "Not that helpful"! Mr. Adrian McGrath C.Psychol. CSci. AFBPsS - CBT Therapist.


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Our friend in Woodstock NY found his cat after an owl had tried to haul her off by the head. She seemed to have extracted her own pound of flesh though, and she managed to get away, though at some height from the ground. The fall resulted in a broken leg along with the damage to her head and body, but the vets stitched her up and she recovered mostly. She's not right in the head quite - she has nightmares and will sometimes get weirded out and growl at nothing. Post-traumatic stress disorder I expect. She goes outside all the time, even in the dark and in bad weather, but she definitely will ask/demand to come back into the house with a certain urgency sometimes. Can't blame her really.
Great horned owls are the ones usually responsible for taking cats. Barred owls just aren't big and strong enough. Great horned owls have no fear, and they are one of the few predators of skunks and raccoons. Anything that can kill a raccoon is tough.


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The Depressing Reason the Florida House Wouldn't Even Debate an Assault Rifle Ban
February 22, 2018 in Blogs
Surely, you've seen the pictures. A handful of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students watched in dismay as the Florida House blocked debate on a bill to ban assault rifles, less than a week after 17 people were gunned down at their school.
"I'm calling on every student/teacher/parent 2 exercise 1st Amendment Right & engage in sit-ins, protest, walkouts & legal demonstrations. NOW IS THE TIME," state Democratic Rep. Kionne McGhee tweeted Wednesday, when his procedural move that would have allowed the Florida House to debate the bill was shut down.
While pollsters and political observers across the country are saying the political response to the nation's latest mass shooting will be different because young people are speaking up, organizing and calling for gun controls in unprecedented manners—including mass demonstrations in Tallahassee Wednesday—there is a hard truth behind the Florida House's cold-hearted, high-profile snub.
"To the young people getting woke to the politics of gun control, here's the reality: The old farts who are elected to office don't give a damn because you don't vote," tweeted Michael McDonald, a University of Florida demographer and nationally known voter turnout expert. "Average midterm turnout rates for ages 18-29 is a pathetic 20 percent. If you want to change the world start by voting."
And this generational apathy has only gotten worse, not better, over time.
"Further context: the Census Bureau reports ages 18-29 turnout rate was 30 percent in 1974, the first midterm election 18-20 yr olds could vote (except in 4 states) and followed the close of the Vietnam War," McDonald tweeted. "Was the highest midterm turnout rate for ages 18-29 from 1974 to 2014."
McDonald isn't trying to be the grim reaper at a moment of great trauma for students who experienced a mass shooting. There's a rising tide of support nationwide elevating the teenagers' call for reasonable gun controls, which is seen in celebrity donations for their marches and other protests.
But he raises a salient point. Florida may be a purple state demographically—evenly split …read more
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RMT warns that Uber is already smashing apart the traditional "knowledge" and the future livelihoods of London taxi drivers.
RMT warned today that a marked decline of applicants for the Knowledge of London and rise of smartphone app Uber is down to one issue – the licensed London taxi drivers right to ply for hire can now be achieved by virtue of the Uber platform.
Transport for London figures<https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/number_of_people_studying_the_kn> show the number of people studying "the Knowledge", the geographical training for licensed taxi drivers, fell from 3,326 in 2012, when Uber started in London, to 2,159 last year.
This attack on London's traditional licensed taxi trade is due to the availabilty and the instantaneous nature of how passengers can 'book' Uber cars – an issue that RMT has repeatedly warned of and which Mayor Boris Johnson is well aware of.
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said;
"It is no suprise that perspective candidates for the Knowledge of London are now considering a fast track option by signing up instead to Uber which allows them to work in the immediate hire market making a nonsense of the clear traditional distinction between licensed taxis and private hire vehicles.
" TFL state that they are committed to retaining the two tier system of taxis and PHV. Yet failure to acknowledge the advent of smartphone GPS systems and their impact on both practices is clearly the fault of the regulator.
"RMT is therefore demanding that the licensed London taxi drivers right to ply for hire be set in statute with clear legal definitions put in place and retained which recognise the impact of apps like Uber and their threat to the licensed taxi trade throughout the country. "


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What we have here is a true comic shop! Past, Present, Future Comics and Gaming has back issues, old and new toys, heroclix, rare high end items and Funko Pop Vinyls. If it has been for sale in the comic book world it is here. A GREAT SHOP.
Located in Lauderhill, FL ( They also have stores in Davie and W. Palm Beach, FL)
They have a ton of back issues and they are arranged in alphabetical order. The boxes included Silver Age, Bronze Age and recent comics. A great selection and priced fairly. The even had some Silver Age Flash comics, we didn't have our list with us. Damn you list!
Get your Funko Pop Vinyl!, an entire wall dedicated to these whimsical figures, every type you could want. I need a Chuckie doll one, wait does it come to life at night to,stalk me and my family, I'll pass.
PPF also has some old toys, no Justice League Unlimited figures, but they did have old Toy Biz X-Men stuff. Haven't seen them on the shelfs for a long time, brought back some great toy store hunting memories.
Their selection of high end figures included many Bowen Figures is fantastic. Looking at so many of these figures together you can see how much work goes into the detail of each character. We do not own any of these yet, but I did see a 1960's Captain Marvel I might need to add to my collection
The high end items didn't stop with Bowen figures there were also scale models of Thor's hammer and helmet, Dr. Dooms mask and Red Hoods mask (awesome). My daughter was going crazy for the Thor helmet. She is a hunter in training.
One of the most Amazing aspects of PFF is the entrance, a life-size Incredible Hulk and Silver Surfer are standing on either side of the door to greet you. Shoplifters get smashed by the Hulk.
Things gathered on this hunt = 0 (saving for Thor Helmet)
Comic Shop Grade = A
Good luck on your hunt! Visit Past, Present, Future Comics and Gaming if you are in the area.


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Enjoy spill-free outdoor dining with this set of heavy gauge weather resistant stainless steel wine glass stakes. Holds any stemmed wine or champagne glass. Set of two.
Dimensions: 3.5" x 11.5"
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