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What causes high attrition in business services? It's not just a matter of training, according to Mike Salvino, group chief executive of Accenture Operations. It's also about a lack of career paths. To grow the industry, he says, working in operations must be seen not simply as a job but as a rewarding career, one that delivers business outcomes for clients.
In an interview with Phil Fersht, founder of the leading outsourcing analyst firm HfS Research, Salvino emphasizes the importance of investing in talent and creating clear career paths to attract and keep the best people. Here is an excerpt.
(The full interview: appears on Horses for Sources, a widely read sourcing industry blog; the excerpt is posted with permission.)
HfS: Do you think there needs to be more focus on BPO as an actual profession as opposed to a job, and do you think that's at the core of a lot of these change issues clients are tackling right now?
MIKE SALVINO: Absolutely. I keep using this "two mountain" theme because I do want to celebrate where we've gotten to today—to the top of one mountain.
But I believe the only way we're going to cross the chasm and get to the top of that next mountain and achieve greater business outcomes is through investing in our people.
HfS research on the "talent gap" in outsourcing showed that as an industry, we're not investing enough in our people. We're not giving them the skills they need to generate insights and create business outcomes.
I saw four key points in your research:
First, and amazingly, two-thirds of all outsourcing buyers are struggling to achieve any business value or outcomes beyond cost reduction and efficiency.
Second, and maybe equally startling, barely one-third of buyers believe their governance teams can define business outcomes, or have the necessary analytical skills to drive innovation.
The third key point is that fewer than half of buyers train their outsourcing teams in continuous improvement, and only a quarter train their people in analytics.
The fourth point is key as well. It's not just training that's the problem—the lack of career paths for outsourcing managers is creating high attrition.


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A guide to the year's biggest buzzwords and new concepts.
Augmented reality Think of this as the marriage of the real and virtual worlds. Augmented reality is the general term for instances when technology adds information to a real object or place. One of its most widely known uses is the virtual yellow first-down line seen in TV broadcasts of professional football.
British software giant Autonomy has created an augmented reality visual browser known as Aurasma. The app uses real-world images picked up by a smartphone's camera to trigger searches and deliver content. During Fashion's Night Out, online luxury retailer Net-a-Porter used the Aurasma technology in its pop-up window shop in SoHo in New York. When shoppers pointed their phones at vinyl images of clothing and accessories, the products would instantly appear on the device, and could be purchased from Net-a-Porter.
In June, CrowdOptic announced an app that lets fans get more connected to the live action at events by pointing their smartphones at an athlete or performer [see fig. 1] and viewing real-time information about the target, such as exclusive invitations, coaching insight, stats, ticket discounts, and marketing promotions. CrowdOptic's display appears live in the phone's camera viewer and also becomes a permanent part of the photograph or video, capturing all relevant information and promotions instantly, so offers and messages can be shared—and can spread virally—through photo and video sharing by fans.
Cloud Computing In its most basic sense, the "cloud" is the Internet—or, more specifically, its virtual storage capacity. So cloud computing refers to using resources and apps that are available through the Internet, instead of stored on your personal hardware device. Data in the cloud is mobile, transferable, and instantly accessible by multiple people and/or multiple devices. Storing your data in the cloud means you can access it from your desktop computer, your laptop, or your smartphone, and you can collaborate on documents with others who have been given the proper permissions [see fig. 5]. Gmail and Google Docs are two of the most widely used cloud-based tools, along with photo-sharing services such as Flickr and file-sharing services such as Dropbox.
During the planning stages for an event, cloud computing allows multiple people located all over the world to collaborate on notes, renderings, contracts, photos, and more. For businesses, cloud computing offers access to complex programs and services without an investment in expensive hardware and support staff. The cloud can also serve as long-term storage, an alternative to backing up to a traditional hard drive.
Daily deal event marketing Online discount providers Groupon and Gilt City have entered the world of event ticket sales.
As the local arm of Gilt Groupe, Gilt City now operates in 10 U.S. markets, offering members exclusive access to events and experiences. In March, Gilt City launched a partnership with sports and entertainment company AEG by offering members a choice of two exclusive V.I.P. packages to the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, starting at $975 per person. The site is also getting involved in smaller events, such as selling tickets to the Miami International Wine Fair in September.
In May, Groupon joined forces with Live Nation to create GrouponLive, a distribution service for discounted tickets to concerts and sporting events. Live Nation reports that it sold more than 422,000 offers via Groupon in the second quarter. The company just launched a new service in the Chicago market: Groupon Presents promotes one local artist or event per month. It debuted October 1 with the 25th anniversary screening of Ferris Bueller's Day Off at Wrigley Field [see fig. 3]. The company says it may expand Groupon Presents to other markets in 2012.
Flash event The term flash mob has been around since 2003 (according to Wikipedia), but the concept has evolved since then. What began as groups assembling in a public place for no specific purpose is now more likely to be used by brands looking to create buzz for their products, making the happening more an event than a mob. Flash mobs have become so common that some event industry watchers have come to consider them passé. In spring in New York and Los Angeles, MAS Event & Design included a flash mob in the launch of the Nespresso Pixie machine [see fig. 2]. Dancers wore colorful bowler hats, in a nod to the brightly colored coffee machines, as they performed.
Google+ Commonly referred to as "Google's answer to Facebook," Google+ launched by invitation only on June 28. One week later, it claimed 1.7 million users. Google+ opened to the public on September 20, and by mid-October the number of users had grown to 40 million, still far behind Facebook's estimate of 800 million active users. The site is still in beta stage, and Google is continually tweaking and adding features. One element that could be helpful for anyone looking to publicize an event: Google+ is indexed by Google, meaning events and comments show up in search results. There's also the "+1" button that can be added to any Web site. Its function is similar to a Facebook "like," so "+1s" are visible to any or all circles on Google+. But there's a bonus: As friends and contacts search on Google, they see any entries selected as "+1" right in their search results.
Hashtag The symbol known primarily to Americans as a number sign or pound sign (#) has gained new attention under its British name, the hash. On Twitter it is used to mark a keyword or topic in a tweet, making the text that follows the symbol a hashtag—for example, #events or #fashion. Clicking on a hashtag in Twitter leads to a page of the most recent tweets that include that particular hashtag, making for a simple way to sample lots of opinions or bits of information around a single topic.
Since it has become the norm for people to tweet from events—whether educational conferences or black-tie affairs—event marketers looking to increase their social media exposure have taken the lead by setting an event's official hashtag and publicizing it on marketing materials [see fig. 4]. For example, SAP AG used #sapphirenow for its annual event of the same name; IMEX used #imexamerica11 for its recent conference in Las Vegas and has already established #imex-frankfurt12 as the hashtag for its event in May in Germany. (Otherwise, guests are left to make assumptions about the hashtag, potentially leading to multiple competing Twitter streams—#academyawards and #oscars, for example.)
Some hashtags have a short shelf life: #FNO, for the retail promotion of Fashion's Night Out, peaked at 42,085 mentions (by aggressive PR folks?) just before 11 p.m. on Wednesday, September 7, according to social media search company Topsy. The following night—when people were busy attending Fashion's Night Out activities around the country—there were 19,053 mentions with #FNO, and by September 9 it dropped to 2,046. (One note: Topsy only counts hashtag mentions that have been retweeted or contain a link.) Hashtags are spreading beyond Twitter: In January, photo-sharing service Instagram introduced them. And in June, Virgin America dedicated a new plane to its social media fans by naming— and labeling—it #nerdbird.
Hybrid events More and more companies are using technology to extend the reach of their events, often by adding virtual elements, creating what's called a hybrid event—something that merges in-person and virtual components. According to Lynn Randall, managing partner of event consulting firm Randall Insights, a virtual event involves "people gathering around a focused topic of interest where none of the people are together in the same spot." Hybrid events, she says, "have some people gathering together in a space, even just one location, and additional people joining through some sort of virtual technology" [see fig. 6].
During a session at M.P.I.'s World Education Congress in July, panelists agreed that for a successful hybrid event, planners must consider each audience separately—face-to-face at the main location, in remote locations (called pods) online—and determine how each will be integrated into the experience. Samuel Smith, managing director of Interactive Meeting Technology and co-founder of EventCamp Twin Cities, says he models the digital component on live television programming such as sporting events. "We designed the content in two-hour blocks, then in between those blocks, we created specific custom content for those [remote] attendees, so they would have a special experience and would not want to leave and check email or go do those 900 things they could do," Smith says. In addition to thinking about the technical production of a hybrid event, Randall says event planners also need to make sure all speakers understand that they are speaking to a variety of audiences and develop strategies to engage everyone in their presentations. [See Virtual M.C.]
Hyperlocal event strategy The term hyperlocal has been buzzing for the last few years, applying to things like blogs and news sites that cover a small community, or marketing done through Twitter and other social media that is targeted at a specific audience. For events, hyperlocal means more than just using local vendors; it's a deliberate effort to incorporate the culture and traditions of the host community into the event. Target did just that with the opening of its store in Harlem in July 2010. The party included an Apollo Theater-inspired stage on which noted Harlem entertainers like Doug E. Fresh performed and pop-up versions of three prominent Harlem eateries.
Location-based social networks This is the technical name for applications such as Foursquare and Gowalla, and the lesser-known Google Latitude and Loopt. Event planners are finding ways to encourage attendees to "check in" with these apps, since doing so creates exposure for the event. (Some people automatically post their check-ins to other social media accounts.)
Some events are finding other ways to incorporate the concept into activities. At Mashable's first Mashable Connect conference at Walt Disney World in Orlando, the company created a competition that required teams of attendees to check in on Gowalla at 17 different locations around the Magic Kingdom and post photos on their social networks with the hashtag #MashCon [see fig. 7]. Participants earned special Gowalla pins and stamps created specifically for the event. There are also apps that expand the functionality of these networks. For example, Sonar pulls Foursquare location data and overlays that with friends and interests from Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, so event attendees can instantly see which of their contacts are at the same check-in location.
Near-field communication This technology, commonly referred to as NFC, allows devices equipped with special chips to communicate with each other when in close range (as in a few centimeters). The devices might be two NFC-enabled phones exchanging data such as photos or contact information, or a phone communicating with a reader for instant wireless payments. For the event industry, this means a simple swipe of a smartphone could process a donation to a nonprofit or purchase a conference registration. NFC-enabled phones can also read smart tags embedded in objects such as T-shirts, posters, and retail products, creating opportunities for brand marketers to share product information with consumers.
Dallas-based OTA Training is hosting NFC Bootcamps in cities around the country to teach companies how to use the technology for marketing. The company kicked off the educational series in September by displaying the first NFC digital billboard in Times Square. Also in September, Google debuted Google Wallet, an app that uses NFC technology to turn a smartphone into a mobile payment system. Nokia has launched NFC Hub, an online store for custom NFC products like tags, posters, and stickers that businesses can use to encourage people to interact with their brand.
Pop-up restaurant First there was the pop-up shop, now there's the pop-up restaurant. Thomas Keller brought a temporary version of his French Laundry restaurant (staffed by 15 members of his Napa Valley team) to Harrods in London for a 10-day run in early October [see fig. 8]. The restaurant served nine-course lunches and dinners to waiting-list crowds. Other versions pop up, then down, then back up again: KitchenBar first appeared for 10 nights in November 2010 inside an existing Tampa restaurant that closed each day at 2 p.m. There have been two more KitchenBar pop-ups since then, all limited engagements at different existing venues around Tampa, all fueled by social media. "The only way we've done anything is through Facebook. And then the traditional media have picked up on it," says KitchenBar creator and chef Jeannie Pierola. "There's nothing more pervasive in our culture right now than foodie culture." Brands have piggybacked on the trend, sponsoring temporary restaurants that can double as party venues.
QR codes More formally known as quick response codes, these are the most popular form of 2-D bar codes, which seemed to turn up everywhere in 2011. In fact, a subsidiary of Toyota created these scannable images of small black squares on a white background in 1994 to track vehicles during manufacturing. Now they've entered the mainstream: A study by comScore Inc. found that in June 2011, 14 million mobile users in the U.S. scanned a QR code on their mobile devices. These are simple to use, too: There's no cost to add a QR code to printed materials, and any smartphone can scan them for free, with the right app.
To create a QR code: Determine what the code will link to—i.e., a Web site, text, map, phone number, etc. Then select a QR-code generating site, such as Kaywa, Qurify, or Delivr, to create it. Once the code is created, it can be shared as a link or saved as an image to be used on flyers, Web sites, business cards, and so forth.
To read a QR code: Many smartphones now come with 2-D readers, and free apps are widely available for those that don't. Open the reader, then point the smartphone's camera at the code [see fig. 9]. In a matter of seconds, the QR code is scanned and decoded, and the link or other information is instantly loaded onto the phone.
Event marketers are incorporating QR codes in a variety of ways. They can serve as a replacement for printed marketing materials at trade show booths. (Bonus: Make it fun for attendees by creating a contest or rewarding them for scanning your code.) They can be projected onto a screen during a presentation so the audience can easily download speaker notes. At fund-raising events, they can instantly link attendees to a Web site for donations. And at large events, codes on the name tags can provide the event's menu, map, program, and more.
Microsoft has created its own form of a 2-D bar code known as a Microsoft Tag. Data is encoded using clusters of colored triangles instead of square black pixels.
The sharing economy Good-bye consumption, hello sharing? That may not be too far-fetched, as technology facilitates the execution, and mind-set, of sharing everything with everyone. In an April article in Fast Company, senior writer Danielle Sacks described the evolution of the sharing economy: "Spawned by a confluence of the economic crisis, environmental concerns, and the maturation of the social web, an entirely new generation of businesses is popping up. They enable the sharing of cars, clothes, couches, apartments, tools, meals, and even skills. The basic characteristic of these you-name-it sharing marketplaces is that they extract value out of the stuff we already have."
The concept has caught the attention of every- one from entrepreneurs to big brands. Daimler launched Car2go in Austin in 2009. Anyone in need of a vehicle can use a mobile app to locate one of the fleet's Smart cars parked around town and rent it spontaneously, without having to commit to a specific return time or location. Airbnb is a start-up launched by three college friends in 2008 that connects travelers with people who have spaces for rent. But now it goes beyond vacation homes to include rooms, nearly 200 boats, and even sofas in living rooms. As of August, the company reports it has listings in 17,000 cities and 190 countries.
The concept of sharing extends past products and services to information and events. With Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, Digg, and StumbleUpon, anything can be shared instantly. Event marketers now have multiple options to promote their events to a worldwide audience. Sharing also takes place through online networking groups, such as the BizBash Event Planners Gather group on LinkedIn, where more than 17,000 industry professionals seek and offer advice.
Social media aggregator This is a Web site or software application that amasses information from multiple sources. At conferences, an aggregator can put all social media activity related to the event from various platforms into one online site, which is useful for both attendees and people around the world who may want to know what is happening at the event [see fig. 10]. At I.B.M.'s Lotusphere conference in January, the aggregator provided a live feed of Twitter comments, Flickr photos, blog posts from attendees, live videos of keynote speakers, and taped interviews, all on a single landing page. I.B.M. director of marketing Kathy Mandelstein says the site received more than half of its traffic from outside the U.S., giving the conference "much broader reach globally."
Strategic meetings management This concept has been around for several years within big corporations and is now gaining prominence among associations and nonprofits. M.P.I.'s FutureWatch 2011 report declared, "SMM is critical, not optional." Betsy Bondurant, president of Bondurant Consulting, says strategic meetings management can help companies save money and create more effective meetings: "It's not strategically managing one meeting. It's looking at all of your spend, which could be hundreds of meetings, and looking at it in a holistic basis and putting in processes to manage and control it, to achieve measurable objectives, and to avoid risk for the organization." In 2009, the Global Business Travel Association launched a professional development program that awards a certificate in strategic meetings management.
Sustainable events Interest in green or eco-friendly events has grown steadily in the past several years. In the meantime, the concept of sustainable events has reinforced the idea of thinking about an event's impact on the environment and on other areas. At M.P.I.'s World Education Congress in July, Fiona Pelham, managing director of Sustainable Events Ltd., emphasized that event industry professionals need to understand and address all three areas of sustainability: economic, environmental, and social. Economic sustainability refers to staying within budgets and making a profit; environmental relates to waste and energy usage; and social looks at how you work with internal and external audiences. The term has certainly been in the spotlight this year, thanks to the development of both the APEX/ASTM Standards and ISO 20121, an international management system for sustainable events that is expected to be finalized next year to coincide with the London Olympics.
Sustainable event standards The industry's first comprehensive guidelines for environmentally sustainable events are being created through a partnership of the Convention Industry Council's APEX initiative and ASTM (an international standards developing organization) in collaboration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Green Meeting Industry Council. The suite of standards, in nine individual sectors, offer specific, measurable criteria covering all aspects of event planning and management: accommodations, audiovisuals and production, communication and marketing, destinations, exhibits, food and beverage, meeting venue, on-site office, and transportation. The standards are in the final stages of approval and will be complete in 2012. The Green Meeting Industry Council is developing continuing education workshops that will be rolled out once the standards are finalized.
3-D projection mapping Part advertising, part entertainment, 3-D projection mapping is one of the hottest trends in marketing. In most instances, it involves large video projections on buildings, although there are also examples of projections on other surfaces, such as trees. In May, Coca-Cola celebrated its 125th anniversary with a 3-D projection covering all four sides of its 26-story Atlanta headquarters [see fig. 11]. Obscura Digital created the two-hour show, which incorporated real-time technology to integrate live components, such as fan photos from Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites. Ralph Lauren created projections for its New York and London stores to mark the 10th anniversary of RalphLauren.com in 2010. The company described it as "the ultimate fusion of art, fashion, and technology in a visual feast for the five senses." The reach of a projection mapping display goes far beyond the people who see it in person: Brands share videos of the production on their Web sites, and fans share those through their social networks.
Virtual M.C. As more events include an online component, a new role is taking shape: that of the virtual M.C. [see fig. 12]. Emilie Barta is widely credited with coining the phrase after serving as the online host during EventCamp NYC in February 2010. She describes the role as "making the virtual audience feel welcomed, taken care of, and actively engaged in the hybrid event, so that every audience member is sharing in the same experience no matter where they are located." Barta does this by being part energetic host (to engage online and satellite audiences and keep them from stepping away from the event) and part instructor (to show attendees how to use the technology to ask questions and take part in discussions). A virtual M.C. is available from the moment an event goes online, to offer insight into what is happening at the physical event, as well as to monitor tweets and comments and to direct questions.
White space wireless White space is the term for the unused airwaves between broadcast television channels. In September 2010 the F.C.C. unanimously approved the use of broadcast white space as unlicensed wireless spectrum. White space Wi-Fi offers three critical advantages over traditional Wi-Fi: greater range (measured in miles instead of feet); the ability to travel through obstructions such as walls (no more signal loss when stepping into a building); and more than double the speed. All of this means bigger chunks of data can travel faster than ever before. Microsoft is testing white space wireless at its Washington campus and also in a project in England. While conference centers and other venues haven't announced plans to incorporate this, we should be hearing a lot more about it in 2012.

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text: Good morning, It's been a three or four week project but after much reading, much tinkering and much hair pulling I now seem to have a functional Ubuntu machine running Apache, VSFTP, Postfix/Dovecot (virtual domains and users), PostFix Admin, Roundcube Mail, and PHPBB. I'm pretty sure everything's working fine but, of course, there's likely much fine tuning to be done and it's all been a great learning experience. I am such a newbie to Linux/Ubuntu and trying to get my head around something as simple as permsissions/groups/users was, itself, a bit of a learning curve. Anyways what I'm wondering is what the best way might be to "monitor" server activity. For the short term, I've just been opening various terminal windows and runnint the "tail -f /var/log/syslog" (or whatever other log files I want to monitor) and keeping an eye on what's going on in real-time. This works well however when the log files are maintained in their daily run my terminal tasks simply stop working. I can, of course, Ctrl-C and simply re-run the command and it's good for another day but I'd like something a bit more "hands-free". I installed Monit as well but it really doesn't give me the detailed information in real-time the way I'd like. Anyone have any ideas on this? (Oh, incidently, leaving a terminal window open showing server activity has revealled some interesting information. Like, for instance, a brute force four hour attempted plain text mail login session with countless user names and password combintations so I can see some benefits to having terminal windows open to monitor server activity.) Thanking you in advance.


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It will be an entire day of music, food and fun for all ages. Meet the friendly folks at Lazydays. We have an RV for everyone – campers, Class As, Bs and Cs, fifth wheels, travel trailers and more. You'll have to stop by to take a look at all the different styles and floor plans.
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
Embracing the Scary Project--Why Bravery on Demand Can Help Your Writing
This comes from her1965 book Force of Circumstance, which is one of many published works during her long literary career. New book writers might read this in astonishment. How come such a prolific and experienced writer had such beginner's emotions?
Does it never get easier? Do we ever feel like we know what we're doing?
We're at the end of the annual extravaganza of National Novel Writers' Month. The whole point of nanowrimo is to allow writers a window to try something they wouldn't ordinarily attempt. Sheer volume of words each day keep the perfectionism at bay. The point is to explore new ideas, without worrying about knowing what we're doing.
I love nanowrimo for this absolute freedom. But once it ends, what's going to keep you exploring? Keep you on the edge of learning?
This need for bravery in our art is not limited to writers, of course. I once asked a professional speaker about this. I wanted to know if he ever got stage fright, felt that beginner's nervousness. This man has delivered hundreds of talks to audiences of thousands. He said he always feels jittery before he goes on stage. Every time. He has come to expect tense shoulders, butterfly stomach. He likes the opportunity to be brave on demand.
I asked why he still gave speeches if he didn't feel he'd conquered fear in his art. "I'm glad for the fear," he told me. "It keeps me from falling asleep creatively." If he starts taking his creative expertise for granted, he loses any freshness and edge--the elements that makes his performances memorable.
Nanowrimo works because it promotes beginner's mind and heart. It is all about embracing new things in our writing.
So this week, as my daily nano word count wraps up, I thought about what next step in my writing life would require bravery. I thought about a new software program I've been stalled out on but longing to try. Learning new software demands time and brain power, two things I haven't had much of this fall. But I took a step: I called a writing buddy who loves this software and she talked me through first baby steps to try it.
Not only did I feel instant glee at my own bravery--the simple act of trying something new--but as I practiced the new software, new ideas came through for my book.
So many writers, even published writers, hold themselves back. They stick with what they know, be it a favorite template for stories, a certain plot idea, or even similar characters, because it is safer. They don't want to be a beginner again. It could be quite humiliating! Especially if The Book has become a huge haunting presence, with so much still unknown--like how to finally finish it!
One reason Nanowrimo works for so many writers is that it is all about courage and not knowing. For an entire month, hundreds of thousands of us have been daily explorers. It's intense, scary, and a great way to avoid writer's block and ongoing discouragement about a writing project.
What's a scary project you might embrace this week? Or, if not embrace, just consider? I will be neck-deep in learning my new software program, Scrivener. It promises to let me see my book draft in a completely new way via its electronic storyboarding system, and already I'm both excited and cranky about the bravery it is demanding of me.
Your Weekly Writing Exercise
1. List three scary and exciting new things you could try that would take you new places in your writing.
2. Pick one. Take a small first step toward trying it.
3. Post your results here!
PS If your exploration into bravery includes getting an overview of your memoir, novel, or nonfiction book-in-progress--and trying storyboarding yourself--join me for my popular two-day workshop "How to Plan, Write, and Develop a Book." Offered this month in two locations: The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, December 2-3, or Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, December 10-11. I'd love to see you there!
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Wal-Mart plans to open its newest area store, a Neighborhood Market, in less than two weeks.
The store at 35th Street and Noland Road has been under construction for months at the site of the old Gaslight Square retail strip. It opens at 8 a.m. Aug. 20.
The idea is more streamlined than a regular Wal-Mart.
"We're a grocery store," said store manager Aaron Dyer.
The store is open 24/7, and the emphasis is on customers getting to what they need – dinner, for example – and getting out the door quickly, Dyer said.
"It's a much quicker, calmer experience," said Dyer, who has been with the company for 16 years and comes to the store after a year and a half at the Wal-Mart SuperCenter on Bolger Drive in Independence.
In addition to grocery items, the store carries health-and-beauty goods and has a drive-through pharmacy.
The store will have up to 95 employees, and the past weeks they have been spent installing fixtures and shelves and, more recently, stocking those shelves, first with goods with the longest shelf lives and, still to come immediately before the opening, dairy and produce.
"We're getting there," Dyer said.
The company has about 300 Neighborhood Markets around the country and is adding more rapidly, but this is just the second in Eastern Jackson County. One opened in Blue Springs a little more than a year ago.


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In February 2011, Cooper's Ferry Development Association (CFDA) merged with the Greater Camden Partnership (GCP), forming a single private economic development corporation for the City of Camden. Together, CFDA and GCP continue to establish public and private partnerships to effect sustainable economic revitalization and promote Camden as a place in which to live, work, visit and invest.
Cooper's Ferry Development Association (CFDA) was founded in 1984 as a private, non-profit corporation dedicated to coherently planning and implementing high-quality urban redevelopment projects in order to help replenish Camden's depleted tax base and to create a significant number of jobs for city residents. From 1984 until 2000, CFDA worked to fulfill its mission by concentrating solely on the redevelopment of Camden's downtown waterfront. Serving as overall planner, promoter, and master developer, CFDA has attracted and coordinated more than $600 million of private and public investment to the Camden Waterfront. With this focused approach, CFDA has successfully put in place the building blocks for a vibrant, mixed-use waterfront community, which is anchored by family entertainment venues, office buildings & residential lofts. Most recently, CFDA has partnered with neighborhood groups and residents throughout Camden in the planning and implementation of community driven plans.
The Greater Camden Partnership (GCP) was formed in 2001 to bring together leaders from the private, public and non-profit sectors to promote the revitalization of the City of Camden. Soon after its inception, the stakeholders of GCP devised the Downtown Camden Strategic Development Plan, which established the blueprint for anchor institution-led development in Camden. Since that time, GCP has been implementing this strategy through a targeted five-part model: clean and safe streets; vibrant commercial corridors; stable neighborhoods; vibrant arts and culture; and human capital programming that builds capacity among Camden's residents. To that end, GCP's project portfolio has included the establishment of a downtown business improvement district "clean and safe" program; development of several large transit-oriented real estate projects, a vacant-lot greening and maintenance initiative, public-space arts programming, corridor marketing/retail attraction, and local sourcing initiatives.
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More Women Having Kids, But Waiting
Who's becoming a mom these days, and when? WSJ's Jason Bellini dives into the statistics to find some surprising trends.
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Logan S Johnson needed a new banner ad design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 32 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
The PC Doctors - http://www.1888mypcdrs.com - 1(888)My-PC-Drs - FREE In-Home Computer Diagnostics!
We are a small computer repair firm located in Grandview TX. We provide both residential and commercial computer repair and support. Our services include Virus Removal, Computer Support, TV repair, Game Console Repair, Networking, Camera Surveillance, and more! Basically if it has an on or off switch we have someone to fix it.
We set ourselves apart from our competition in a few ways starting with our "Free In-Home Computer Diagnostics". Our diagnostic includes a Virus Sweep, PC Check-Up, Professional Recommendations, Advice, and A Repair Quote. We also are the only firm in the DFW metroplex to require 100% certified technicians.
Anyone who has a computer! However most of our demograph is elderly... no surprise there. So our ads need to be simple, eye-catching and most of all easy to read!
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The Towson women's basketball team rallied to within one point with 24 seconds left Sunday at Northeastern but lost, 59-56.
Tigers junior guard Tanisha McTiller led all players with a career-high 30 points.
McTiller is the first Tiger to score 30points in a game since Shanae Baker-Brice had 32 against James Madison in the 2009-10 season. McTiller added 12 rebounds for her sixth double double of the year.
McTiller and redshirt junior forward Nyree Williams helped Towson (7-13, 1-8 Colonial Athletic Association) score 10unanswered points to cut the deficit to 57-56 with 24 seconds to play. Kashaia Cannon hit two free throws with 17.2 seconds left to put the Huskies (12-8, 5-4) up 59-56. The Tigers' Dominique Johnson missed a 3-point try with five seconds left.
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National Tartan Day Set at Abilene State Park
Park to Host Second-Annual Celtic Heritage Celebration
TUSCOLA—The Celtic celebration lives on for weeks past Saint Patrick's Day during the upcoming Second-Annual National Tartan Day Festival, scheduled for Sat. April 6 at Abilene State Park.
Tartan Day festivities commemorate the Irish and Scottish influence on the history and settlement of the U.S., with an estimated 11 million Americans claiming Scottish-Irish heritage. The day's agenda of activities at Abilene State Park is set to last from morning till early afternoon on site at the scenic, oak-laden park—which turns 80 years old in 2013, and is one of the first in the Texas State Park system when developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the early 1930s.
The day starts with a 5k Run at 9 a.m., sponsored by the Friends of Abilene State Park ($10 early registration fee for the 5k; $15 registration for the race on the day of), followed by a Texas Tartan Walk at 11 a.m., open to everyone. Various cultural demonstrations will go from noon-2 p.m., during which will be an intermission and the children's Highland Games—a series of traditional Celtic games to show strength and skill.
Headlining the entertainment is Patrick Regan, (whose presence is made possible by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts), a renowned performer who brings his unique shtick of bagpipe music and interpretive stories, such as The Bagpiper at the Alamo. Other entertainment will include musicians, dancers, bagpipers and folklore story telling. The park's friends group will also have refreshments available for purchase throughout the day.
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Forty-One Audi Melges 20s All Set to Bring it On at Bacardi Miami Sailing Week 2014
5 March 2014
Miami, FL - The International Audi Melges 20 Class Association (IAM20CA) is thrilled to welcome forty-one world-class teams to Bacardi Miami Sailing Week 2014 (BMSW) celebrating the event as the second largest fleet in attendance. Representing six nations — Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Japan and the United States, the fleet is fully loaded with the greatest amatuer drivers in the world and some of the brightest superstars in the sport of sailing.
One of the coolest stories to emerge this week is the arrival of the youngest helmsman to ever compete in the IAM20CA's open division, and quite possibly the youngest helm present at BMSW as a whole — 10 year-old Liam Kilroy on Wildman. This kid could not possibly be in better hands as multiple world champion Steve Hunt will assist with tactics, while the number one women's match racer in the U.S. and Wisconsin native Stephanie Roble will work the bow. When asked if he was nervous about competing this week, after all it is his very first Audi Melges 20 regatta, the junior Kilroy casually replied "no, not really." Roble on the other hand, smiled and was quick to add comment, "Liam's pretty natural and comfortable at the helm, so it should be a really fun weekend."
Liam Kilroy is in good company as he is not the only newbie. Dave Daveport will take the helm of Mach Schnell with Annie Haegar and team mate Briana Provancha. Legendary Melges 24 Corinthian Champion Bruce Ayres on Monsoon is reported to be having a blast, Jay Golison is all set to steer It's All Good, and sailing his Audi Melges 20 for the first time ever in U.S. waters is Andrea Pozzi on Bombarda.
In addition to the very chic Bacardi hospitality tent and free flowing rum each afternoon after racing, social events galore are planned for the Melges fleets that include a premium race debrief session and review of the day's racing on Thursday afternoon. To top the whole thing off, Melges USA revs up the party machine on Friday with their famous MELGES ROCKS party!
After two events Richard Davies' Section 16 aims to defend his 2013 Audi Melges 20 Miami Winter Series (MWS) Champion title. According to the 2014 MWS Ranking, Tony Tabb's YOLO and Russ Lucas' Shimmer are sitting second and third with 195 points each. Lucas is back to play, but Tabb has opted to charter his boat to Ayres. Three points separate positions two thru six occupied by John Kilroy on Samba Pa Ti, Michael Kiss' Bacio and Alessandro Rombelli's STIG. Bacardi marks the final round of racing on the Winter Series circuit. This weekend's racing shall make it all the more interesting.
Racing commences tomorrow, 6 March, the first of three days. Three races are scheduled.
The 2014 Audi Melges 20 Bacardi Miami Sailing Week event is hosted and proudly supported by Coconut Grove Sailing Club and Melges USA.
As with other Audi Melges 20 events in North America and around the world, racing updates will be posted online at the Official Audi Melges 20 Facebook Page. Tune in for the latest racing information, results, video interviews, and photos. Race reports, press releases and photos will be available online each day post racing at melges20.com.
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This may not be the right forum but it's close enough...heck, someone has to post here
http://p2pnet.net/story/6485Having already failed once to nail Brittany Chan through her mother, Candy, the Big Music cartel is now going after Britanny again, this time by herself.
She was 13 when this all started, but she's now 14 and in their latest move, the Big Four are using Matthew E. Krichbaum of Ann Arbour to demand that the US District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan appoint a Guardian ad Litem, in other words, an official legal guardian ---- which she'll definitely need with the venal and unscrupulous labels trying to get her.
Plaintiffs [read EMI, Warner, Universal and Sony BMG, the members of the Big Music record label cartel] initial investigation revealed that a computer in the Chan home was used to download (reproduce) and offer 829 digital music files for distribution," says the complaint. "Plaintiffs initially filed an action against Brittany Chans mother, Candy Chan.
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BME 695L Lecture 9: Challenges of Proper Drug Dosing with Nanodelivery Systems
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9.1 Overview of drug dosing problem
9.1.1 Problems of scaling up doses from animal systems
9.1.2 Basing dosing on size, area, weight of recipient
9.1.3 Vast differences between adults in terms of genetics, metabolism
9.1.4 Dosing in children – children are NOT smaller adults!
9.1.5 Pharmacokinetics – drug distribution, metabolism, excretion, breakdown
9.1.6 Conventional dosing assumes drug goes everywhere in the body
9.1.7 Targeted therapies – a model for future nanomedical systems?
9.2 From the animal dosing to human clinical trials
9.2.1 Importance of picking an appropriate animal model system
9.2.2 Does drug dosing really scale?
9.2.3 The human guinea pig in clinical trials and beyond
9.3 Traditional drug dosing methods
9.3.1 Attempts to scale up on basis of area
9.3.2 Attempts to scale up on weight/volume
9.3.3 Attempts to use control engineering principles
9.4 Genetic responses to drug dosing
9.4.1 All humans are not genomically equivalent!
9.4.2 Predicting on basis of family tree responses
9.4.3 SNPs, chips, and beyond…predicting individual drug response
9.4.4 After the $ ???? individual genome scan… more closely tailored individual therapies
9.5 Dosing in the era of directed therapies – a future model for nanomedical systems?
9.5.1 How directed therapies change the dosing equation
9.5.2 Current generation directed antibody therapies dosing
9.5.3 Some typical side effects of directed therapies
9.5.4 Nanomedical systems are the next generation of directed therapies
9.6 Most directed therapies are nonlinear processes!
9.6.1 Meaning of nonlinear processes
9.6.2 Some examples of how a few directed therapies work
9.6.3 Side effects of "directed therapies"
9.7 Other ways of controlling dose locally
9.7.1 Magnetic field release of drugs
9.7.2 Light-triggered release of drugs
- Adams, G.P., Weiner, L.M. "Monoclonal Antibody Therapy of Cancer". Nature Biotechnology 23(9): 1147- 1157 (2005)
- Baber, N., Pritchard, D. "Dose estimation for children". British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 56: 489–493, 2003
- Bailey, J.M., Haddad, W.M. "Paradigms, Benefits, and Challenges: Drug Dosing Control in Clinical Pharmacology". IEEE Control Systems 35-51, April 2005
- McCoy, C.P., Rooney, C., Edwards, C.R., Jones, D.S., Gorman, S.P. "Light-Triggered Molecule-Scale Drug Dosing Devices". Journal of the American Chemical Society 99: 9572-9573, 2007.
- Miller, A.A "Body Surface Area in Dosing Anticancer Agents: Scratch the Surface!" Journal of the National Cancer Institute 94(24):1822-1823, 2002
- Wajima, T., Yano, Y. Fukumura, K., Oguma, T., "Prediction of Human Pharmacokinetic Profile in Animal Scale Up Based on Normalizing Time Course Profiles". Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 93(7):1890 – 1900, 2004
- "Targeted Cancer Therapies". National Cancer Institute
- Thomas, C.R., Ferris,D.P., Lee,J-H, Choi,E. Cho, M.H., Kim, E.S., Stoddart, J.F., Shin, J-S, Cheon,J., Zink, J.I. "Noninvasive Remote-Controlled Release of Drug Molecules in Vitro Using Magnetic Actuation of Mechanized Nanoparticles" Journal of the American Chemical Society 132: 10623–10625 (2010).
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Redbull and Vodka Jello Shots
I've always thought that Redbull tastes like Smarties or Sweet Tarts. Don't you?
I can't drink it on its own, I turn into a crazy lady with shaky hands and a nervous stomach, but I ocassionally will order a Redbull and vodka if we are out with friends and I need a little pick me up. (Hello dance floor!)
My husband on the other hand, loves this stuff. He was the one that suggested I try this jello shot. A jello shot with an energy burst. Sounds pretty awesome.
You don't need the silicon molds for this shot, you can make them in cubes by using a brownie pan and cutting out the shots with cookie cutters.
But if you like entertaining and jello shots, I really recommend getting one of these. It's SO EASY to use, the jello shots pop right out.
Two more days until the weekend! Hang in there.
***update*** I recently tweak the recipe because many said they were too strong. I reduced the vodka from a whole cup to a 1/2 cup.
Redbull and Vodka Jello Shots
1 1/2 cups Redbull (You will need two cans of regular or sugar free, whatever you prefer)
1 and 1/2 packets of Knox powdered gelatin
1/2 cup vodka of choice
24 Cherries with stems
1 Bite-Size Squares 24-Cavity Silicone Mold (they have these at Michaels)
1. Prepare your molds by spraying them with cooking spray or coconut oil lightly and cut your cherries in half and reserve for later. (This helps the cherries stand upright in the shots)
2. Pour 1 1/2 cup Redbull into a medium sauce pan (should be almost the whole can). Sprinkle your 1 and 1/2 packets of gelatin on top (don't stir) and let it sit for 2 minutes to activate the gelatin.
3. Turn on low heat and stir in the gelatin until it all dissolves. Let the Redbull get to a light boil and turn off the heat. Let it cool slightly and then add 1/2 cup of vodka.
4. Pour half of your Redbull jello mixture into your molds (or pan) let refrigerate and harden (about 2 hours). Place one cherry in each mold (or spread out an inch apart on in a pan) with the stem side up and cut side down, upright.
5. Top with the rest of the jello mixture gently, not disturbing the upright cherries. Let refrigerate over night. Carefully, take a butter knife and edge around each mold to help release the shot. Pop them out and serve.
Tip: Lightly grease your serving tray with cooking spray or coconut oil before serving so the shots don't stick and break when people try to pick them up by the cherry stem.
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omg! I have a sleep over with my high school besties next week and this would definitely add in a little fun!
I'm pretty sure this is every fresman in colleges dream jello shot. haha.
LOL… If only I was this creative in college I would have been so popular!
Michelle, have you ever tried ice cube trays? Not sure how easily you could remove them but I have them on hand so I was wondering if you've used them….these look amazing BTW!
Ice cube trays do work for jello shots, just spray with coconut oil like she did above, then when you're ready to take the jello shots out, sit the ice cube tray in warm water for about a minute to loosen the jello. It should slide right out. I've used ice cube trays for jello shots before 🙂
OMG! crazy idea))) thank you for sharing. will iced it with russian standard! http://bestvodka.net/standard/
Now you're talkin'! YUM!
How adorable! Vodka redbulls are my drink of choice when I'm out dancing, so…
Such a good idea!!! I want these for Halloween!
These look amazing! How do you think they would work with Jagermeister instead of vodka?
Is there something special about Knox powdered gelatin? Or could I just use Jello mix?
Jello mix has color and flavor added to the gelatin. Knox is plain gelatin so you add the flavor and color with your other ingredients. If you use jello the ratios may be off and the color and flavor will change. 🙂
I made these fr a Halloween party with super high expectations. I tripled the recipe and used 2oz jello shot cups… while they looked awesome, all the vodka went straight to the cherry making it almost unbearable. Didn't taste the RedBull either, maybe adding and extra redbull would have done the trick. Thanks for the recipe; it's a great idea… just needs some fine tuning. thanks again!
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I'm making them for a party so should I serve them with ice under the tray will they be fine at room temparature??
I think they would be okay at room temperature for an hour or so but anything longer you should put them back in the fridge for a while or serve with ice under the tray 🙂
we made these for a camping trip .. followed the recipe to the letter and they were so unbearable no one wanted them . The taste of the vodka completely overtakes any flavor of red bull . Was really looking forward to them , its a shame they didnt turn out to be very tasty.
Thanks for the feedback Raynet – I tweaked the recipe and cut back on the vodka. Youre the second person to say that so I thought I should try to adjust it a bit. Hope you will try them again some time! Thanks again. 🙂
Michelle, if you do want them a little stronger and increase the vodka would there then be an equivalent decrease in Red Bull?
Hi first off I love your blog I have made almost every Jell-O shot! But this recipe calls for 1 1/2 cups of redbull but in the steps you only use 1 cup. Just curious which one to follow as I am a huge redbull vodka fan and desperately want to make them!! Thanks so much
Hi Lauren! Im so sorry! I made a recent adjustment to the recipe (I did mention it in a note/update at the top) and forgot to change the instructions. Doing it now! Thanks for calling it to my attention 🙂 Hope you like them.
Thinking about making these for a teenage party minus the Vodka what would you recommend substituting the Vodka with?
Hi Desiree! Just use more redbull! They will taste awesome 🙂
Thank you so much for replying duuuhhhhh guess I could have though of that!
Hi Michelle,
I am having trouble finding cherries with stems. Is it possible to just use cherries without no stem?
Thank you!
I hate vodka. What else could I use
How many servings is this recipe? Im trying to feed 60 peopl
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People who conduct or examine local or regional economic impact studies will want to read a new handbook that offers some dos and don'ts on using the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Regional Input-Output Modeling System (RIMS II).
RIMS II, a regional economic model, is most frequently used by investors, regional planners, and government officials to gauge the economy-wide impact of a change in economic activity on a local community or a particular region of the country.
The new user's guide, titled "RIMS II: An Essential Tool for Regional Developers and Planners," has many useful features, including:
• Nearly a dozen case studies illustrating important concepts and applications of RIMS II multipliers
• Step-by-step instructions on how to appropriately use RIMS II multipliers for many different applications
• Techniques and suggestions to overcome limitations due to missing information
One case study details a university in Austin, Texas, that decides to offer a new graduate studies program. This new program is expected to generate an additional $10 million in payments to the university and draw students from all over the country.
Using the multipliers produced by RIMS II, the new program is expected to result in $21.9 million in new sales in Austin, including the $10 million received by the university. The remaining $11.9 million in sales comes from new purchases the university is expected to make and from new university workers spending more. For example, sales are expected to grow by $97,400 for professional and technical services and $87,800 for information services.
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Diane Kruger & Rihanna: Swimsuit Twins!
Diane Kruger and her shirtless boyfriend Joshua Jackson go for a walk on the beach while vacationing in Mexico on Monday (January 10).
The 34-year-old actress wore the same feline swimsuit that Rihanna wore over the holidays in Barbados a few weeks ago. It's the We Are Handsome Amazon Scoopback Swimsuit, $275 at Barneys Beverly Hills!
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A winner was selected from 92 designs submitted by 36 freelance designers.
Weburban started in 1994 and since then we develop software for computers, mobile phones (like iPhone and Android), and web sites.
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Our staff are all highly technical scientists with advanced degrees. However, our company culture is very relaxed and we more closely resemble our clients in the entertainment industry.
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The logo should be both serious and playful, but grounded in something timeless and traditional.
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Monday, February 6, 2012
My experience as the father of a non-believer
I have written before about the fact that some of my children have chosen to leave the church. (Actually "leaving the church" suggests action on their part: in truth they have simply stopped participating and do not self-identify as church members, but as far as I know, they have taken no official action with regard to their membership.)
In this post, I wanted to explore my feelings as the family member who stayed. My intent is to record behavior, not to justify it.
My children who left the church did so in their teen years, each about the same age. I have other extended family members who have left as adults, and my experience with them was quite different than with my children. My plan here is to tell my story, not my children's; they can tell their own when and where they see fit.
When faced with my first child who began to walk away from the church, I felt like I was drowning in the ocean. I was that victim of a sunken ocean liner and had neither a life raft nor a life preserver. I became completely disoriented in the cold, relentless, churning sea as I realized that my child was slipping away.
Some of my feelings were engendered by my own testimony: I had a firm testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel and the need for its saving ordinances. I had faith in Jesus Christ; I believed the restoration story; and I earnestly sought the blessings of an eternal family for myself and for my children. My departing child threw that in my face: he – by his actions and his apathy – made clear that what was important to me was not important to him. I feared for him, and for myself.
Secondarily, I felt blame. Surely his choice to walk away was related to something I had done wrong. After all, we had family home evening, family prayer, scripture study; he went to seminary and Sunday meetings (until he stopped). No Success Can Compensate For Failure In The Home. I had obviously failed in the home. I had screwed up the most important role I would ever fill.
Finally, I also felt embarrassment. I must point out that this was completely self-induced. No one ever said anything to me at church that would have led me to believe that someone judged me or my wife for my son's decisions. In fact, they were sympathetic to us and loving toward him always. (I suppose it's possible that someone spoke behind my back, but if they did, I don't know anything about it.)
In this storm of feelings, I am certain that I sent crazy messages to my son. I am well aware that I tried to control his behavior long after he had made his choice. That desire for control is perhaps my greatest human weakness. It is my instinctive response when faced with anxiety or uncertainty, and it has taken me years to recognize it and to improve. I never ever stopped loving my son, but I did stop liking him for a while. And in that period, it might have been hard for him to know of my love.
At the point when I finally let go, he stopped attending church all together. And he became increasingly difficult to live with. He was approaching the end of his high school years, and I concluded that it was all part of his adolescent rebellion, and perhaps one day he would return. My sense was that he was no more comfortable with us than I was with him. He did not like our rules for the house, let alone what he saw as our slavish attachment to church values which he rejected.
I am sympathetic to those who leave the church and feel they are treated poorly by active church members in and out of their family. It shouldn't be that way. We ought to love one another more, regardless of where we are on the continuum of testimony. But I also understand the panic that parents in particular feel when a child walks away from what the parent feels is really the very best thing for him.
I've had more than one child walk away. Each of them went through a period of time where they felt discomfort as they walked away regardless of how I responded. (For instance, I was much better with #3 than with #1 – much more supportive and kind.) It sometimes took years for them to realize that I really did still love them despite their choice to go a different way, regardless of what I said or did.
I cannot explain this completely. Perhaps one day I'll get enough courage to invite one of them to write about their experience. I don't know if they felt some guilt (imposed by a lifetime of standards and practices) as they left, or if they felt the discomfort of the Light of Christ or the Holy Ghost warning them not to walk away, or if they simply felt the anger of teenage anger and applied it to this choice among others.
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Paul: Thank you for your willingness to share such deep and personal thoughts and experiences. I sit here somberly wondering how I would handle such an experience - praying that I will never have to, and realizing what a mess of things I could make of things if it ever does happen. Keep the faith!ReplyDelete
I wrote this one to try to articulate my feelings as I went though the process (and what I understood of my sons' reactions).ReplyDelete
There's another story to tell (and I'll write about it another time) about the power of the atonement to heal all of us involved. My relationship with my boys today is remarkably positive and healthy, much to their credit.
- AnonymousFebruary 6, 2012 at 1:50 PM
"He did not like our rules for the house, let alone what he saw as our slavish attachment to church values which he rejected."ReplyDelete
Proof to me that leaving the LDS Church is simply childish rebellion where they never grow up. All this talk of leaving because of questions they have about its "history" or such is a smokescreen and an excuse. They want to be of the World and live by the World's rules.
I would hate to think that you would use the decision of a rebellious adolescent to form your opinion of all who make the choice to leave. That seems rather rash. Even the one son to whom this statement applies would say that it's more complex than you make it out to be.
I think for some young people, they fall "out" of the church because they were never "in" it far enough. Others I have known have agonized over the choice to leave, knowing that they are walking away from family and friends, and from something that once gave them comfort but for whatever reason no longer does.
I'm sure there are some who do leave for the reason you cite. But their desire to live by the world's rules instead of the church's must have something to do with whether they accept the church's rules as valid or not.
If I did not have a testmony of the gospel and of the church, it would be hard for me to live by some of our rules, too.
Although I have never had a child leave the Church (mine are still young enough that they just do - mostly - what we tell them to do, although my 4 year old cries when we go to Church) I have watched two brothers stop attending Church, one of whom was my oldest brother who served a faithful mission, and then decided to stop being involved with the Church afterwards. He passed away last year from cancer, and it has been a really hard thing for me.ReplyDelete
I agree that the reasons are complex. My brothers did not leave the Church for the same reasons, even though they were raised by the same parents. And myself and my other two siblings are still faithful, temple-attending, gospel-sharing members - and we were raised by the same parents as our two brothers. Proof that it cannot be all the parents' fault - we are given agency.
Something that helped me through the hard times after my brother passed away was something a sister in our relief society shared. She said, "Eventually, ever person will perfectly understand the gopsel in a way that he/she knows exactly what he/she is accepting or rejecting." I feel like that has to be true. God wouldn't be a just God if he punished people for not accepting the gospel when those people didn't really understand what it was about.
And it's impossible for us to ever know if a person perfectly understands what they are accepting or rejecting. There are so many factors, and they have their own perspectives.
I do know the heartache that comes from watching someone reject the blessings of the gospel. With my brother I keep thinking about what I could have done or said that would have convinced him to participate fully in the Church. I still pray for him. I don't know what else I can do now.
Becca, thanks for responding to my post. I'm sorry about your brother.ReplyDelete
I like what your friend in Relief Society told you.
My stake president used to remind me (when I in a position to have monthly interviews with him during those turbulent years with my sons) that eternity is a long time and we do not know the Lord's timetable. I took great comfort in that reassurance.
Thank you for this, Paul. Sometimes we rush to judge and stereotype - largely because we can't figure it out otherwise. We aren't they, and the not knowing drives us nuts.ReplyDelete
I also love the words of your Stake President. I believe eternity is a long, long time - and I believe the final judgment will occur for each individual only when that individual has reached the point where s/he no longer is capable of growth. I also believe that "end" is FAR further into the future than we realize.
God bless you and yours in your journeys. I personally have faith in this particular aspect of that for which I hope but lack evidence - that God's love, grace and patience are broad and powerful enough to shock us in the end, drop us to our knees and weep in awe and admiration and real worship, especially when it comes to the salvation and exaltation of His children.
Thanks for reading, and for the comment, PapaD.ReplyDelete
"We aren't they, and the not knowing drives us nuts."
Yes. That was especially true for me in my most controlling period, when I wanted to dictate all the outcomes.
- AnonymousFebruary 14, 2012 at 5:35 PM
Thank you so much, Paul for this post.ReplyDelete
I like your analogy "drowning in the ocean" because I so recognize that feeling. In fact I am still there in the middle of that vast ocean trying hard not to drown in my tears and unsettling feelings of watching a child leaving the church.
Anon, thanks for reading.ReplyDelete
When I feel like I'm in the ocean drowning, I remember that the Savior could calm the storm.
The doctrine of agency has been a challenge for me to understand, and unfortunately the master's class isn't all that much fun. But I have found places of comfort. I hope you do, too.


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Wabash Receives Lilly Endowment Grantby Richard Paige • December 6, 2013 Share:
Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded a nearly $1-million grant to Wabash College to promote leadership initiatives and economic development within the state of Indiana.
The Wabash program, The Liberal Arts in Action: The Wabash Initiative for Leadership and Economic Development in Indiana, will create and nurture new partnerships with the city of Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, and small and large businesses with regional and international reach. These collaborations will enhance and extend both curricular and co-curricular offerings available to students from all academic disciplines.
"Wabash is an Indiana-focused institution and remains uniquely positioned to further enhance its role in fostering growth and economic development in the state," said Wabash President Gregory D. Hess. "We have well-established partnerships throughout the state with an extraordinary alumni network of leaders of business and industry. Our goals within this initiative will serve as models for rural Indiana communities and will impact students, alumni, and community members by creating innovative solutions to today's economic issues."
The $999,700 grant over the next four years provides remarkable opportunities for Wabash men to learn about business and service, leadership, and governance. These experiences will foster an appreciation for how the liberal arts prepares them to make both a life and living as citizens of Indiana.
"We are extremely grateful for the Endowment's support of our efforts to provide experiential educational opportunities for our students and to foster economic development in our community," said Betsy Knott, who is Director of Business Immersion and Leadership Programs at Wabash. "Further, the grant will enable us to focus on community leadership development, entrepreneurial resources and education, and strengthening initiatives for students in all majors and disciplines."
The Wabash initiative builds on the success of two previous rounds of funding from the Endowment's Initiative to Promote Opportunities Through Educational Collaborations (IPOTEC) by comprehensively preparing and enabling students from all majors and disciplines — through leadership education, practice, and development — for active, catalytic roles as leaders in economic and civic life of communities throughout Indiana.
"We are thrilled with the impactful learning opportunities our students will enjoy due to the Endowment's generosity," said Dean of Students Michael P. Raters. "The interactive experiences this grant will afford, including immersion, entrepreneurial, and leadership development programming, will enable our creative, critical thinkers to better turn their ideas, aspirations, and potential into realities — creating positive change in themselves, our community and, indeed, our state."
Wabash's previous IPOTEC efforts complemented the liberal arts curriculum with a range of internships and business-related co-curricular activities designed to prepare students for lives of leadership and service in Indiana. The results of those programs were impressive: The graduation rate of Wabash men who completed Indiana internships was over 96 percent, 20 percentage points higher than the all-campus average, and of the 182 graduates who completed internships, 79 percent are now living and working in the state.
The Wabash Initiative includes a wide range of new programs and opportunities for students to hone leadership skills and work with business leaders in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, and across the state. Specifically, the grant will support:
• The establishment of the Will and Ginny Hays Center for Leadership and Community Development, which will strengthen engagement with the local community. The Hays Center will be located in the downtown business district in space provided by the City and in close proximity to MCED, and will provide the co-working space, creativity lab, and resources for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members to collaborate, work, learn, and teach together. It will be a venue for the generation, development, and execution of bold ideas by all members of the community; for professional development linking liberal arts to entrepreneurial practice; and for actively building and leveraging networks of collaborative partners, leaders, and advisors.
• The creation of a new program called Liberal Arts Bridges to Business (LABB), which is designed to guide students from all disciplines at the College to apply the insights, skills, and habits honed in a liberal arts education to the world of business. LABB will include students from all academic areas of the college and engage them with alumni from a wide and varied field of careers. The LABB program will build upon the College's previous success with its Business Immersion Program.
• Partnership with the successful Building a Winning Community program, which will provide students opportunities to work with Crawfordsville Mayor Todd Barton and Montgomery County Economic Development to develop a unique vision and economic development action plan for Crawfordsville and Montgomery County. Students will hone leadership skills by serving on committees that drive, evaluate, and communicate ideas and plans.
• The creation of a competitive mini-grant program for faculty and staff, who can receive funding to develop new or redesign existing courses or programs to include an appropriate experiential learning experience within Indiana such as a civic engagement or service-learning component, an industry-focus with an in-state immersion trip, or a practicum.
The Wabash Initiative's partnerships will include the city of Crawfordsville, Montgomery County Economic Development, and the Wabash alumni network of leaders in business, industry, and the professions throughout Indiana, along with additional Indiana businesses and organizations serving as internship hosts, mentors, and guest experts.
Together with these partners, the Wabash Initiative addresses both the College's institutional mission and the economic needs of Indiana. This program is designed to enhance the positive impact of the goals of retention of college graduates in the state of Indiana, the creation of new positions for college graduates, and the enrichment of the economic vitality of Indiana.
"We are especially excited about our work with the City of Crawfordsville, Montgomery County Economic Development, and other community partners," added Knott. "With the opportunities this grant will create for our students to become community leaders, we know that Wabash College can be a model for rural communities in how to engage young and innovative minds, and to contribute to the overall economic growth of the state of Indiana."


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Not sure if someone already referenced this but it just confirms what we already know about our QB ...
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Sir Alex Ferguson wants to become a director at Manchester United when he retires from his position as manager.
Back in 2002, Ferguson said that he was going to retire at the end of the season, but he later back-tracked and went on to guide United to yet more success.
Ferguson, who has been at the helm since November 1986, has refused to put a date on his retirement, but has revealed he'd be more than happy to take up a role as a director when the time eventually comes to bring an end to his illustrious managerial career.
"There's no getting rid of me," Ferguson told twentyfour7 Football magazine. "I will probably become director."
When asked about when he will retire, he added: "Nobody knows, neither do I. It won't be a doctor that tells me to quit!"
There has been much speculation as to who will replace Ferguson when he does call-time on his reign at United, with David Moyes, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer all linked with the Old Trafford hot-seat.
And while the 71-year-old boss is likely to be consulted with regards to his long-term successor, Ferguson is adamant that he won't have the final say.
"They'll ask me," he added. "But I think it'll be a club decision not mine."
Ferguson also made it clear that he wants his former players to remain at the club, be it as part of the coaching set-up or in ambassadorial roles, citing Bayern Munich as the "perfect" example to follow.
"I think Bayern Munich is the perfect model.
"It's no problem having a replica of that for this club who have had so many great players over the years and who are now ambassadors like Andy Cole, Bryan Robson, Peter Schmeichel.
"There are quite a few of them here now and that's a role we should be using as well.
"Looking at my present crop, it's difficult, but the likes of Giggs and Scholes will be part of the structure here.
"Darren Fletcher in the long term possibly and Nicky Butt is with the reserves.
"We try to get as many former players in the set-up as we can, we've got a good back-up.
"We look ahead because that is succession planning in terms of structure - they've the experience of being at the club, being a player here, knowing what it takes to be a winner.
"It's good to have it here, keep it within the club."
DISCLAIMER: This article has been written by a member of the GiveMeFootball Writing Academy and does not represent the views of GiveMeFootball.com or SportsNewMedia. The views and opinions expressed are solely that of the author credited at the top of this article. GiveMeFootball.com and SportsNewMedia do not take any responsibility for the content of its contributors.


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