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Does power motivate successful executives, entrepreneurs, and business leaders and, if so, is that a good thing?
Every successful executive and business leader can look back and point to pivotal moments in his or her career--those times when everything seemed to change, as if all at once.
You can learn a lot by understanding what really occurs during those inflection points. It can teach you a great deal about what motivates overachievers and what makes them successful. It taught me about the true nature of power and those who seek it.
About two years into my career as an engineer, my bosses at Texas Instruments made me a manager and started dumping all sorts of projects on me. Of course, I was ecstatic. But after a while, I became concerned that I was enjoying it too much.
One day I walked into my manager's office and, after the usual project chitchat, eventually got around to what was really on my mind:
"Wil, I really appreciate the faith you have in me and all this responsibility. Actually, I'm having a great time and, you know, that's what's got me worried. Am I power hungry?"
The big Texan chewed on that for a few seconds, smiled, and said, "No, Steve, I don't think you're power hungry. I just think you're accomplishment oriented."
Needless to say, I was relieved. So relieved that I've never forgotten that conversation. Thirty years later, I can tell you that Wil was right. He hit the nail right on the head. Accomplishing things is what defines and inspires me. And I'm certainly not the only one.
The difference between lasting success and untimely failure is often a function of what motivates us to behave a certain way. I've learned that seeking to accomplish is a good thing, while seeking to control or have power over others is, more or less, the dark side.
Here are some observations on what motivates successful people and the true nature of power and those who seek it.
Most successful executives and business leaders don't seek power.
Most of the successful folks I've known were driven to achieve, like me. They liked to fix things, solve problems, make products, and ultimately beat the competition. Why? Because that's how they knew they had accomplished something. The bigger the challenge, the bigger the hurdles, the bigger the competitors, the bigger the sense of accomplishment.
Money and wealth, like market share and profits, are essentially metrics to measure our accomplishments. Why are we like that? I'm no shrink, but I suspect there are lots of different reasons. Some of us have something to prove, although to whom, we're not always sure. Maybe it just makes us feel good. It makes us happy.
Once people are successful and "powerful," some change; others don't.
Those who are relatively grounded, are reasonably self-aware, and don't take themselves too seriously, don't change, at least not in a bad way. Those are the ones with the best chance of replicating success.
Others let it go to their head. They lose their sense of perspective and objectivity. Those are the ones who tend to flame out. Those are the ones who become their own worst enemy. Unfortunately, they often take others, even entire companies, down with them.
Who are the power seekers?
Oftentimes they're people who, for whatever reason, feel powerless, weak, or scared inside. They seek control or power over others because it makes them feel safe or less fearful. Sometimes their fear is based in reality, because they're poor or physically weak, for example. Other times it's just their perception, perhaps a legacy of childhood.
One thing's for sure: It's a mistake to think that's just the other guy. We all have some of those tendencies in us, albeit to widely varying degrees, and we exhibit that sort of behavior under very different conditions.
For some, seeking power and authority is a cultural thing, a matter of where and how they were brought up. That said, not everyone who grew up with money or privilege ends up seeking power and authority. It's very much a function of upbringing and, of course, individual personality.
Not all politicians are power seekers, either. I used to know the late, great Jack Kemp. He sat on the board of a public high-tech company where I ran marketing back in the '90s. Jack was a genuine, fun-loving guy. He was a powerful advocate for small-business America and fiscal responsibility in government. Jack was not a power seeker.
It's not always obvious who the power seekers are. The appearance of benevolence or selflessness is often a disguise to get attention, lure others, and accumulate power for selfish and controlling purposes. Some are aware of their behavior, while others live in a state of denial. It's insidious and oftentimes tragic.
If you're at all concerned about what motivates you, there's a simple test.
Give it up for 30 days. If you can do that, you're probably fine. It's the same with power. If you can give it up with relative ease, then you're probably not a power seeker.
Ten years ago, I gave up a successful career as a senior executive. I had other reasons for doing it, but it's a pretty good experiment, nevertheless. Do I miss the power and authority? No, not really. That's how I know Wil was right about me.
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I like Warren Buffett. So does every other investor.
Y'all know the story by now. The dude has been an investor and business owner his whole life. After completing his business degree, he went to work for the ledgendary Ben Graham. Graham shut down his hedge fund, so Buffett went home to Omaha and started his own. These were his returns.
Those are bananas. And slightly crooked.
After 1967, Buffett invested inside of Berkshire Hathaway. He took a company that was a bunch of struggling textile mills along with some excess cash and turned it into the biggest conglomerate in the world. His annual meeting attracts thousands of investors each year, including YOUR BOY, Nelly.
And so on. If you really want to learn everything there is about Buffett, read The Snowball. It's a fantastic book.
The amazing thing about Buffett is he posted great returns even as his capital base expanded. It's much harder to invest $1 billion versus $1 million. When you're running a small portfolio, you can put your money is mispriced small-caps with enough weight that they can really make a difference. That's not possible with larger sums.
Say you found a company worth $10 million that was undervalued. If you're running a million dollar portfolio, you can put $50,000 to work and it'll be a big part of your portfolio. And if you've got a billion dollars to play with, buying the whole company would only be a 1% position.
If you believe the best opportunities are in smaller stocks like I do, then you want to stay small. Buffett has said himself life was easier when he had smaller sums of money.
This got me thinking. Was life as an investor in the 1960s easier than it is today? Would Buffett be as good of an investor today as yesteryear? Let's have a little thought exercise.
It's harder today
I think most active investors think it's harder to be an investor today than it was 50 years ago.
First of all, there's way more competition. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, there just weren't that many investors. People were concerned about buying houses and cars and whatnot. Life expectancy wasn't nearly as high as today. Most people had workplace pensions and retirement wasn't nearly as talked about as today. Hell, we hadn't even invented 401(k)s or RRSPs.
Secondly, the art of security analysis wasn't that well understood back then. The stock market was barely a thing. People bought and sold companies based on the story they were able to tell investors, not so much on the fundamentals. Companies didn't really care about shareholder returns. It was much more of an old boys club than it is today.
Plus, valuations were much cheaper back then. So-called "net-net" stocks–which are companies selling for less than the value of their current assets minus all liabilities–were common. You won't find many net-nets in 2016.
To sum it up, there's more investors chasing the same buck in 2016 versus 1956, all with a better understanding of investing. No wonder it was so easy for Buffett. He was playing chess when everyone else was playing checkers.
It's easier today
Investors have a number of things going for them today that make investing easier.
First let's talk about the internet. There are thousands of investing blogs out there. Some are great, some are terrible, and most are somewhere in between. We all know where this one is.
There are also podcasts, audio books, message boards, and a million other resources. It's easy to learn how to invest these days. It's all free, too.
I guarantee I can learn as much about investing as Buffett did when he was my age. The information is out there. I just have to find it and process it. It's also much easier to copy the ideas of smart people, which I've done from time to time.
You'd think there would be more people cruising the small and micro-cap space, looking for the kinds of bargains Buffett enjoyed. But that's just not true.
Investors are obsessed with intrinsic value these days, primarily thanks to guys like Warren. They have no interest in a company that's cheap based on traditional metrics (price-to-sales, price-to-book, price-to-earnings) because they're all obsessed with capital-lite companies with the ability to grow without using too much capital.
My favorite example might be Amaya (TSX:AYA), the online poker giant. Forget about all of its problems, let's just talk about growing the online poker business. What does it take for Amaya to grow besides some marketing and a bunch of servers in a basement somewhere? All of its strength is based on the value of its brand.
Meanwhile, companies like Hammond Manufacturing (TSX:HMM.A) are ridonkulously cheap on every measure, and nobody gives a crap about them. It's an unsexy manufacturer of boring things with small net profit margins.
1960s Buffett was buying Hammond. 2010s Buffett would be buying Amaya. Thus, most of the investing world has no interest in Hammond.
It's also much easier to seize advantages in other parts of the world. With the right kind of brokerage account, I can buy cheap stocks in places where people don't even care about stocks in general like South Korea or Hungary or whatever. Sure, there are other issues with that strategy, but the difference in the size of my investing universe versus Buffett's is massive.
So who's right?
Overall, I do think it's harder to invest today than when Buffett was young — at least for active value investors. Index funds have made it much easier for the layman.
But I don't think it's as tough as some people think. I'm the first to admit I'm not great at estimating the intrinsic value of some brand. It's an inexact science at the best of times. I am decent at finding cheap micro-cap stocks with solid balance sheets. Most investors won't bother joining me, so I like my chances.
As far as I've ever been concerned, that's the secret. If you go where most investors don't want to go, you've got a much better chance of outperforming. That's what Buffett did.


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[Current Drama 2019] Her Private Life 그녀의 사생활 - Wed & Thu @ 21:30 KST
SGahjumma replied to larus's topic in k-dramas & moviesThe sofa sleep positioning is a more realistic couple position , just like a baby sleeping on his mother's lap. If facing outward, he would need to make a big turn to face DM to say his lines.
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nohamahamoud2002 replied to RayAmbler7's topic in soompi hangout@Ameera Ali I am curious to know, who is lion ? I don't know most of the dramas you discuss, so I can't figure out not kidding. -2 890
Wow, this is so awesome that we get so much cool and rich analysis by you guys - it had never occurred to me that the plays mentioned in the drama themselves might hold the clue to the real keys - it's like the released publicity shots and background don't mention those specifically, but the seasoned sleuths among us can provide some possible unmentioned motivations for the inspiration for these stories. I just love it all. Had no idea it could be _this_ fun! Thank you, @briseis and @bebebisous33 of course, and everyone! Time to brush up on And my goodbye to the blind Yeon-Seo and her cane. I hope her new eyes give her new perspectives to see the beauty around her and all the love she has been receiving all along.
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DeePlatonicFan replied to Lmangla's topic in eventsOMG I AGREE TO ALL OF THIS! HAHAHAHAH IT IS SO FUNNY!
Thanks for the updates. I don't know anything about the original or the remake or the subject matter but I'll keep my eye on this one as I was very impressed by Xiao Yan Shane in The Legends.
[Current Drama 2019] Home for Summer, 여름아 부탁해 - Mon-Fri @ 20:25 KST
dramaninja replied to 0ly40's topic in k-dramas & moviesI can see all the roadblocks coming for the couple. 1.His mom is 100% going to be nasty 2.His sister is of course you to be very big problem for multiple reasons 3.Her mom could be an issue as well 4.Cheater is going to be very annoying 5.The kid is goign to causes not himself of course just the fact he going to be caught up in all of this 6.Cheaters mom is going to be another issue 7.His ex will pop up too I am sure I cant wait to see how they fall in love with all of this,but I knwo they will and its going to be amazing.
JTBC's "Beautiful World" has ended with a bang! The suspenseful and emotional drama aired its final episode on May 25, and according to Nielsen Korea, it managed to break its own personal viewership record. The finale of "Beautiful World" scored an average viewership rating of 5.8 percent nationwide and 7.1 percent in the Seoul metropolitan […] The post "Beautiful World" Finale Achieves Its Highest Ratings Yet appeared first on Soompi View the full article
I assume they are different judging from their surnames. Heo Yoon Jae and Cha Shi An. Maybe Mr. Heo was LS's ex-boyfriend when she was in university? Maybe Mr. Cha is a person who either an arts enthusiast or an artist himself? I'm saying this because in ep 1, CSA said "My parents are very much interested in arts. So I was surrounded by arts since I was young." Oh, I'm not surprised if Mr. Cha is the one who wanted to help LS with her paintings which has indirectly caused her to be involved in the accident. In ep 14, LS said "I was just getting by when suddenly I was offered a contribution. With the money, I thought about cooking you a delicious meal and taking you to the amusement park that you always wanted to go. ... Someone offered to help me with my paintings, so I'm going to meet him. He's quite scary though." I'm not surprised if this person who wanted to help LS likes LS and that is why he would want to help LS with her paintings. Or if he initially did not develop an interest in LS, he then likes her after he had a closer relationship during the post-accident. I mean... if I had indirectly cause someone to be in an accident, I would feel guilty and would give my utmost support to make sure that person can recover well. So during that process, I would be closer to him and maybe due to the close relationship, I might like him and then be romantically involved with him. (This sounds like a normal drama plot. HAHAHAHAA Oh well... actually... this kinda thing happened to me before. I was the injured one and he was indirectly involved in the accident. lol. But our relationship ended years ago due to unforeseen circumstances. Ok... moving on. hahahaha) I think he is a rich man or he is a man with good networking skills so he can help LS with her paintings. So, maybe that is why LS is abroad because her husband is as such?
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nohamahamoud2002 replied to Lmangla's topic in eventsI have some #29 DNA test to check parentage (it must always be swapped ) #30 lost daughter/son #31 someone suffers from liver cirrhosis and needs donation #32mothers tying a white band because of headache #33 cute child actors in dailies # 34 second lead who is cuter than the main lead, but the lady is either weak-sighted or has a bad taste in men
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lightbringer06 replied to puppyjjang's topic in k-dramas & moviesI have a strong feeling we will get one...and more . This is TVN so I believe we will have those ..just as long as they pick up the pace in the romance department faster!...XD. @jasminssiii @turtle0217 Ha ha ha..we're all scaredy cats when it comes to morgues .
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peonie replied to rubie's topic in actors & actressesMay 26, 2019 JM Solution Store in Myeong-dong featuring Lee Byung Hun
On the latest episode of "Ask Us Anything," Super Junior's Kyuhyun talked about an unexpected difficulty he faced in the military! After being discharged from the military earlier this month, Kyuhyun appeared as a guest on the May 25 broadcast of the JTBC variety show. At one point during the episode, cast member Min Kyung […] The post Super Junior's Kyuhyun Reveals Why The Hardest Part Of His Military Training Was Showering appeared first on Soompi View the full article
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BreezeC replied to siobhanne's topic in global celebritiesOMG! I am just watching episode 4 of My true friend and gosh, I think I just saw Shen Wei lol I mean I see a shadow of him in Jing Ran I think it was the grey coat and that he is angry (made me think of the time he is angry at Zhao Yun Lan) but this is more like he is just richard simmons and angry, not really caring like in Guardian. Congratulation to Zhu Yi Long for being nominated for Best supporting male actor in the Magnolia Awards! I am not familiar with this award but I think it is one of the more prestige awards and it is a pretty well received recognition to be nominated for it.
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CarolynH replied to Maja's topic in actors & actresses@CallieP: The video of LMH struggling with his bag is on page 3307. While it's not hateful comments, I am disappointed that many (I should probably use the word "the majority") comments about LMH, in dramabeans, are negative. I know some people like DB, but I'm hoping that they don't recap The King. I guess I don't have to read the comments, but if I'm reading the recap, I know I'll peak at the comments and end up irritated. @gtLmh0622: So he is going to play two characters! The role of the King sounds intriguing. It sounds as though he'll need to portray a wide range of emotions.
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Yes all true - the bodyguard (happened May 2017, I think - post-Goblin), the jacket. Re: Putting heatpack on LDW's neck during Goblin, Kim Go Eun also did that to LDW. The bracelet, I think, still remains a mystery. There's a lot of similar-looking gold bracelets, and theirs matched but they might have been different. The Goblin cast really became close during and after Goblin. But can I just say how different LDW acts towards YIN vs KGE based on the recent Chanel event? Towards YIN, he is playful like a lover. Towards KGE, he is playful like a brother.
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thistle replied to larus's topic in k-dramas & movies@ktcjdrama you are amazing! Thank you for the recaps. Now I can watch this drama without worrying about how it turns out.
I'm still wondering what about Ryan's and SA's father...is it the same person?Two different people? Where are they now/back then? How can LS went from not having anything to eat in her house to now where she lives a pretty comfortable life abroad?
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Good explanation by @blademan @Lmangla It's being put in a situation wherein they needed to stick together thus more chances of seeing each other in a different light. Prior to his "blindness", Min Ik refused to trust Gal Hee. When he had no choice because she's the only one who he can recognize, he started caring for her and started to realize that she genuinely cares for him. It's somewhat new to him and he's been craving for that. He did not get it from his family and that's why he agreed to go on a blind date with Veronica Park for that possibility that he might find a family in her family (I think it was episode 3 or 4). For Gal Hee, it's being in Veronica Park shoes towards the end of their 1st date and in their 2nd meet-up. She saw that there's this side of him that is honestly caring. She couldn't see it before because she's too focused on her duties as secretary and being annoyed at him. At first, she went the extra mile so she could keep her job. After the "blindness" incident, she was being like that because he needed her and she needed the job. She thought she only wanted to save him because he's a good person but VP came along and made her think twice - maybe she's falling for him.
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rubie replied to rubie's topic in actors & actressesThanks so much Barbara, for this wonderful awesome sharing. I am so happy and glad that all of you met Byunghun personally, how cool is that! Good things come in good time.. finally! It's obvious that BH was elated receiving the fans' treat, gifts and warm thoughts. That Baekdusan t-shirt is a fabulous gift, even more precious incorporated with Byunghun's idea. He doesn't wait long to share the pics and they're simply extra special with the models, too. It's no easy feat. planning to send a coffee/food truck to the filming set, especially for foreign fans.. Congratulations to the Chinese Fan Club, well done! Found more pics from the coffee truck company
One of the storylines in Angel's Last Mission: Love is the role reversal of the stereotypical kdrama trope of a cold and tormented male lead and the spunky heroine who finds a way into his heart (though, there is clearly much more to Dan than meets the eye). Here, it's Lee Yeon Seo who is the damaged, aloof and rude chaebol heiress lashing out at everyone regardless whether they hurt her or not. Lee Min Ho's portrayal of Gu Jun Pyo really does come to mind first when you watch YS as she bullies her stuff without any care for their problems and feelings. It's really an inspired move by the writer because LYS is such a wonderful, complex character and after the first two episodes it's clear that this type of a female protagonist can be as fascinating as any male hero with the right script and actress. Heroines like Yeon Seoo are rare to come across in a kdrama or any Asian drama, really and Shin Hye Sun absolutely slays in this role. Just like Gu Jun Pyo, LYS isn't likeable or lovable in any way and it's only apt that Dan receives such a difficult tas for his last mission - to make Yeon Seo fall in love - because she is not someone who is easy to love nor does she seems to be capable of giving love to anyone. In other words, she is a huge jerk just like all those other kdrama male leads out there, and just like them there is much more to her coldness than it seems. Interestingly, YS wasn't always like that. She used to be loveable in her childhood so something traumatic must have happened to her that would change her so much. Her eye injury must be only part of the story because regaining her sight didn't really bring any improvement or change to her behaviour. So it must be something that can't be fixed - the death of her parents, possibly even Dan's death, and now even the death of Mr. Yoo. Finally, there is also her aunt's betrayal and scheming. She has truly lost everything and everyone and fell to the absolute bottom. She really does need someone who would break her fall because there is only so much a person can manage on her own. Yeon Seo doesn't give a damn about what others think of her or the consequences of her actions and completely lacks any sort of politeness. She doesn't try to make connections with people or to make them like her. Instead, she thinks the worst and expects the worst from everyone. It's a defence mechanism. After all the loss and betrayal, YS doesnt want to get close to anyone because she doesn't want to get hurt by them and she is afraid to lose another person she loves. All that anger, sadness, dignity and pride, those are the only things she is left now; they are the only things keeping her alive. It's clear that YS is a fighter and a survivor and she lashes out on people first before they come too close and can hurt her. I think that this is the most admirable quality about YS - her willingness to carry on each day, her dogged, stubborn will to keep living and fighting despite all the loss and tragedy; even though a part of her wants to die and finally put an end to the neverending hurt. As he will spend more time with her and come to know her better, Dan will see this strength and hidden vulnerability beneath YS's armor of ice and spikes and facade of disinterest and pride. Also, after episode 2, I can't help myself but think that YS sees herself as someone cursed, who brings death to everyone she loves, and that in a way she hates herself, meaning she doesn't love herself so how could she possibly love someone else? Finally, I want to add that I adore the scene where she stands up to those jerks bullying her in the park. It's an accurate depiction of a visually impaired person who has had to deal with her disability for 3 years and YS clearly did everything she could to make herself self-sufficient because her pride wouldn't allow her anything else.
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[Current Drama 2019] Spring Night, 봄밤 - Wed & Thu @ 22:00 KST
richelle replied to 0ly40's topic in k-dramas & moviesI agree they did not break up completely. It is what you call cool off period. They will give some other space, cut the usual communications and check after some time if they will get together again. But seeing the two, the relationship is already growing apart. We already know they are already going down that path. Come to think of it, i think cool off period is not appropriate since they are already cold with each other lol Great that there's a drama recap. Credit to dramabeans http://www.dramabeans.com/2019/05/one-spring-night-episodes-1-2/
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peonie replied to rubie's topic in actors & actressesMay 26, 2019 Members of the Lee Byung Hun Chinese Fan Club visiting at the "Baekdusan" film site We visited the filming site of « Baekdusan » which is a two hour drive from Seoul. When we arrive, the coffee truck was there preparing to serve drinks and fresh fruits. Due to budget limitations, the coffee truck only served drinks and fruits. Byung Hun - ssi used his lunch break to receive us in his trailer because the sun was too hot. He was the perfect host and made sure we were seated comfortably. He immediately thank us for the coffee truck and the « Baekdusan » T shirt we prepared for the entire crew. This T shirt is very special because it was designed by Byung Hun-ssi himself. He seemed to be very pleased and requested his managers to model the T shirts showing the shirt's front and back. The word "Baekdusan" is embossed. Byung Hun-ssi 's signature is embroidered He was happy to see us and was very friendly. We brought him some coffee beans and he said he loves all kinds of coffee. We also brought him a bottle of single malt whiskey. We noticed during his last visit to Hong Kong in December 2016, his staff carried a huge bottle of single malt whiskey at the Hong Kong airport! We congratulated him on the acquisition of a house in Los Angeles and asked if he intends to do more filming in Hollywood. He said he is will consider opportunities to film in Hollywood. However, his preference is to film in Korea. We told him how we missed not being to watch him on television twice a week after « Mr. Sunshine ». He admitted that he is fully aware that his fans wants to see him in TV dramas and he would think about it. BH has excellent memory. When he saw the photos provided by a fan, hé recognized some fans immediately asked why they were not there. Frankly, we were overwhelmed by his presence and friendliness and we almost forgot to request him to sign photos which he kindly did. Although the visit was short, this warm memory will stay in our hearts forever.
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Thank you for explaining the flowers. I guess I wasn't aware that there are roses of that shape. I don't quite like flowers so I am bad at recognising the various types of it. Since roses have thorns, these further explains my point on the life challenges that LS and HYJ have to go through together. "Bubbles dreams is a symbol of childhood memories, protection, feelings of security and comfort." I agree on your bubble dreams point. Anyway, the fact that LS painted a bubble in 1985 shows that LS likes to use bubbles even before HYJ started playing with bubbles. So, it seems as though she used a bubble to refer to herself and her circumstance as a young lady who has to take up the role of a single mother at that age where she is unstable be it financially and/or emotionally. Maybe she felt insecure as she is immature and fragile to go through this new phase alone. But she seeks comfort from HYJ's presence as he gives her maternal strength to move on with life and to overcome her fears so to provide the best for HYJ. That's the power of a mother's love. I like how the painting shows LS's ability to portray that symbolism of immaturity, fragility, comfort and protection, and of course, love. Overall, I really like how this drama uses paintings to convey such meanings. It gives more depth to the plot and their characters.


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The RPI Engineers and the BU Terriers faced off Friday night. It was a battle of the bottom of the barrel, as both teams were second to last in their respective divisions in the Hockey East conference. BU put up a good fight, but in the end too many mistakes an an inability to score during 5-on-5 play cost them the match, as RPI defeated BU, 5-3.
BU On Offense
Oddly enough, the heroes of tonight's game from an offensive perspective were the penalty kill unit. Two of the three goals scored by BU were shorthanded, one from junior Nick Bonino in the first period and one from junior captain Kevin Shattenkirk in the second. The other goal, scored also in the second period by senior Zach Cohen, came on a power play. So the offense can be summarized as playing very well during 5-on-4 situations. When both sides were even was another story altogether.
Passing was a serious problem for the Terriers, and it made it difficult for them to ever really get into an offensive flow. Hockey is naturally chaotic, but this was especially out of control. Too often were passes sent astray or deflected the wrong way, sending BU players scrambling after what would otherwise have been shooting opportunities. While BU out-shot RPI 35-25, most of the shots were not very good. Bad passing set up less than ideal shooting conditions most of the time, and it wound up costing BU the game.
Another issue with the team was overall effort on offense. BU had several break-away opportunities, but every time they would get something started RPI would just skate back and cut off the lane to the goal. RPI outraced BU a number of times, and it made it very difficult for BU to ever get off clean shots on goal. Only the penalty squads managed to muster the energy to outrace RPI, and it led to zero power play goals for the Engineers and two short-handed goals for the Terriers.
BU on Defense
Most of BU's problems Friday night could be traced back to their goalie, sophomore Kieran Millan. He was often out of position, moving too far away from the net to be able to effectively guard it. For a member of the 2009 National Champion squad, it's surprising how porous his goal-tending skills are this year. Perhaps his heart isn't in this mediocre team after playing for such a great team last year. Perhaps he's hiding an injury. Either way, he's not playing well, and it's costing the Terriers game.
On the whole, BU played o.k. defense. There was only one goal where they really allowed RPI to set up the shot and strike it cleanly. Everything else (except for the fifth goal, which was an empty-netter) came via the general chaos of hockey. The defensive line did a good job of holding their own, however they had trouble doing it cleanly. This led to numerous penalties that forced the penalty-kill squad to work extra hard. This wasn't a bad thing, as I mentioned, because they were the most effective line on the ice.
The View from the Seats
Maybe it was the mediocrity of the opponent, but the crowd at the Agganis Arena was on the quiet side. Nothing like the raucousness of a BU-BC game, everything was somewhat muted Friday night, and there were definitely empty seats in the stands. The biggest cheers may have come during the second intermission teddy toss when someone threw a teddy successfully from the seats into the buckets on the ice. Overall, it was an underwhelming response to an underwhelming game.


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So many questions!SupaEZ wrote:What is your kite bigger than 14.0?......is it a 14.5 Big Mama ?.....or a 17?
....what brand?....what year ?
What is your low end ?
Why don't you like light wind ?
It shows on the thread that you did some editing at 3:05 am....what time was it really in Texas ?
Wainman Big Mama 15M currently...Epic Renegade 13M, Ozone Zephyr 17M, North Rebel 14M, SS Turbo2 14M, SS Octane 16M, SS Fuel 17M, SS Machine 17.5, SS Machine 20.5, SS Machine 25M.
The Wainman Big Mama 15M and the Epic Renegade 13M are my favorite light wind kites.
Both perfect for inland lake winds, which are different than coastal wind.
We have no need for the massive kites anymore, most of the crew here has sold off our Zephyrs and Turbines and Contras and Fat Ladies and Flysurfers and bought good lightwind directional boards.
If we can't have fun on those, we find something else fun to do in Austin Texas.
Not really a matter of not liking light wind...coastal light wind is a piece of cake...and when we are at the coast, any of our local crew could fly any of these new lightwind kites and be happy.
But our light winds are not what you folks are used to, they provide a different set of challenges
...and the criteria that the XL guys are using to judge a kites viability, have little to do with what we judge a kite by.
What time?...Just after 1:00 was my last post or edit last night, not sure where the time disconnect is between Florida (whatever clock you are using) and Texas (the clock I'm looking at) but please don't worry yourself about when I am asleep or awake, my doctor says my sleep patterns are fine and that my internal systems are running like a man 20 years my junior....lucky me!
I am just grateful that I have the luxury to get up when I please and go to bed when I please, it is nice owning my own businesses.
Enough off topic chit chat....
Back to talking about how awesome it is to float the Flite 17M above your head...on the beach...in 5 mph.
(Edited just for fun)


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Author Notes: I love any time of dip, spread, snack, etc. sooooo I wanted to try a new spin on my mid-day snack which usually consists of peanut butter or some type of nut butter w/ bananas on toast. This almond butter is a tropical experience, chock full of toasted coconut and bananas for a hint of natural sweetness. —misschels
Makes: 3 cups
cups unsalted, dry roasted almonds
large ripe banana
teaspoon fine sea salt
tablespoons melted coconut oil
cup unsweetened, shredded coconut
In This Recipe
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread the coconut out evenly over the baking sheet and bake for 3-5 minutes or until lightly golden. Set aside.
- In a food processor, process the almonds on high until they begin to break down and form a smooth paste, about 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Add the sliced banana and process again. At this point, the almond butter will start to clump up again. Process for another 3 minutes until smooth, then slowly stream in the melted coconut oil.
- Process for an additional minute until a smooth butter has formed.
- Fold in about ½ c. to ¾ c. of the toasted coconut, reserving the rest for topping. Spread on a piece of gluten-free toast and top with extra sliced bananas and toasted coconut.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Coconut
More Great Recipes:
Banana|Butter|Coconut|Almond|5 Ingredients or Fewer|Make Ahead|Gluten-Free|Vegan|Snack


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This may be the best magazine that I've ever picked up. Honest. Have you read this yet? If not, run out and grab one!
Each section focused on a different type of balance to have in our lives. I loved how *simple* the goals, instructions, or ideas were. My favorite: Have only 40 hangers in your closet.
How simple is that?
So, today, after recovering from the worlds WORST cold ever (seriously. i may have died and come back. i don't remember much of Sat night - Sunday), I found that I was out of the haze of disease. I found my brain working properly. And most importantly, I found my motivation!
I cleaned out my closet. Like, hardcore. I rededicated myself to organizing my T-shirts, etc (you know that drawer is always a mess). I cleaned out shoes, coats, etc. Got it all boxed up and ready to go! I know I could get money for all of the Banana and Gap clothing I'm getting rid of, but ya know what? That's more hassle than its worth. Just giving it away is SO much easier.
Then, I tackled Ethan's toy area. On both floors. It looks amazing now! He is so much happier with all of the baby toys cleared out; everything is straightened out, everything has a home, and the clean lines of the home are back, baby! I can't wait to take a picture.
Then I straightened out the linen closet - its a part of my laundry room - and used existing storage bins. We sleep on a king size bed now, so we have a TON of queen sized sheets for our guest bed. Those sheets end up all over creation and I can never differentiate them (at a moment's glance) from the king or twin sheets that we have. So, boom. All of the queen sized sheets (which greatly outnumber the other varieties) are now in a clear bin on a shelf. The linen closet has been a challenge for me, just like the pantry. Why? I'm trying to use existing storage items that I have, versus going out and buying the *perfect* solutions. I just can't bring myself to spend that kind of money - even $6 for a tote bin is more than I'm willing to pay (I'm cheap - but I'm preferring to say "frugal!"). I mean, $6 adds up, my friends!
I cleaned out all of those bags under my kitchen sink. Vacuumed. I did a thousand loads of laundry. Looked after a kid who gagged himself accidently and then puked all over my bed. And it dripped in between the mattress and the headboard. Really? That's the one thing I thought I couldn't handle. Luckily, I made it. And Ethan took a tubby and has been an angel baby all day.
Really. Terrible twos? I hope we never hit those. This 18+ month thing is ah-mazing. He plays quietly by himself (he always has, but its longer now!), reads to himself more, and I am loving the comprehension on both ends - understanding what is being asked of him, and being able to understand what he is asking of us. Love it!
{Ty and bubba's morning selfie while I worked on Saturday}
You guys. Tyler and I are so lucky. We are always getting back on the same page with finances (weekly meeting), schedules, what's for dinner for the next two weeks, and who's in charge of making it (my work schedule has always conflicted with dinner time prep, so we split duties. its been a dream in the making. thankfully, i've got a great guy who is more than willing to pull weight in the house whenever! thanks, kid!). We are re-dedicating ourselves to frugality in all ways possible (and I mean all ways), and enjoying the simple things in life. Let me tell you - tithing is a lot of $$ out of that monthly income - and the blessings and benefits far outweigh anything I could do with that cash. I've never actually looked at how much 10% is (I mean, really really looked). And I did on Sunday and we both just chuckled!
We have been enjoying college football season, the books we got for Christmas, and enjoying plenty of days off together. The best thing of all - while I've been sick, both Ethan and Tyler have been healthy and happy, and the week and a half of death for me is coming to a close. Ethan has been such a good baby and I am loving him more and more each day. Tyler too. haha
Oh! And the other thing that has simplified my life: the InStyler. You know. That thing off of the infomercial? Well, Tyler got one for a steal, after I begged him for it for the last 4 years (did I mention that I always buy things on clearance and I love a good sale!?), and it has single-handedly replaced my flatirons, straightners, and all of my curling irons? Yep. Now instead of a gaggle of curling irons + straightners hanging out on my counter, all I have is that beaut. And my blow dryer. That's all I need.
Fuzzy phone picture, but you get the picture. I love how simple its made my morning routine. Gotta love it.
Finally, our new motto: The Simple Life is the Happy Life.
We said this during our cinder-block college life days, and we're saying it again. Its always a work in progress - and we are loving it. Wish us luck!
ps: Tips and tricks and pinterest pins are welcome! Cheers!


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NATUROPATHY videos
1st General Informations
2nd Systems of the body
3rd Follow - impact
4th Therapy - Tips
5th Dr.Weisser`s -Tips
Each year 60,000,000 people die - per second 2
All 102 seconds, a man of war victims
All 61 seconds, one person killed
All 39 seconds a person commits suicide
All 26 seconds a person dies from a car accident
Every 3 seconds a person dies from malnutrition
All 5 seconds a child dies under 5 years
1st General Informations
" Disease is nothing more than an attempt of the body, get rid of pathogenic substances Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689
The basic cause of disease is a lack of substances in the body should be and
The presence of substances that are not in the body should be .. Cyril Scott "Armstrong S.112
"The best doctors are Dr. food, rest and Dr. smile " Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745)
"Everyone should be himselfe doctor.:
+ Eat with moderation + Eat what we can digest + What effect? Voltaire (1694-1778)
"The best doctor is nature. Heals you 3 / 4 of all disease and never speaks ill of a fellow" Galen (129-199)
"Doctors secrete drugs, of which they know little - For the treatment of diseases of which they know less - In people, of which they know nothing Voltaire
"Almost all people died of their medicine, not on their diseases" Moliere (1622-1672)
Adverse effects of drugs are the fourth leading cause of death in America .. more deaths than drugs"JAMA
In Germany 80,000,000 People> 37,000,000 allergies and skin suffering> 26,000,000 brittle bones> 20,000,000 have diabetes> 15,000,000 rheumatism and gout.
Every year 300,000 new cancer cases - 80,000 prostate cancer - 12,000 deaths> 40 minutes per man> 55,000 new cases of breast cancer - 18,000 deaths> 40 per minute, a woman> 71,000 new cases of colorectal cancer deaths 29,000> 40.000Tote lung cancer - among women + 20%
The reliance of people
* Lighting survived without one months .. * Without food, nitrogen week * Excluding water, salt, hydrogen days ..* Without oxygen minutes ..
2. System Organisms
There are 3 important fluid systems:
1st blood: veins, arteries, fluid - systems: heart
2nd Craniosacral - System: fluid system, meningitis, spinal cord
3rd Lymphatics, lymph nodes: lymphatic system
There are 3 rhythms - Groups
1st Heartbeat / pulse
2nd Craniosacral - rhythm
3rd Respiratory rhythm
Too little water, oxygen, nitrogen, salt, exercise:
--> Reduced removal of the slag -> clogged connective tissue / blood vessels -> reduced detoxification--> Growing poisoning -> less efficient metabolic processes--> Lack of water = en - hydrogenation -> lack of hydrogen -> Energy shortage--> Cells turn energy on fermentation (from sugar) -> higher oxygen demand--> Higher oxygen demand is not met -> less energy -> energy shortage--> Through fermentation more slag -> further reduced Ver - / disposal, Excess--> Less oxygen / energy for the brain -> body to tap into an energy source bones -> pain, brain damage, stroke, heart attack, ear, heart attack, osteoporosis
"Your food will be your cure And your remedy to be your food, "Hippocrates
Soils through art fertilizers / poisons exhausted -> less useful soil organisms--> Less chemical transformations -> less minerals / vitamins Stockwell
cultivation / processing / preservation methods -> denatured food nitrates and pesticides in drinking water - Self - purification of water by electric smog / toxins / long pipelines prevents harmful information stored in the water .nothing magnetic.
Too little exercise, too little water to drink: acids formed (for lack of minerals / water) are not neutralized - flushed away.
About Nutrition, no therapeutic fasting, (healing) fever with antibiotics suppressed
Too much protein from meat / milk : disturbed intestinal flora -> malfunction of the immune system - too much in closed spaces, too much plastic -> ion imbalance in the air
Too little natural light / UV - A / UV - B, distorted spectrum (glasses / glass ..)
Vein> venous valves> open & closed
Microscope> Cancer> destroy parasites in the blood erythrocytes
Lymphatic System> breast Spine> 3 areas
Destroyed articular rheumatism
Each disease can be stopped - the regeneration of the body will take over the rest "Baklayan
"If the body has sufficient oxygen and water, he can regenerate its system" "Oxygen water improves alertness, reflexes, memory, intelligence - Alzheimer's and Parkinson respond .. "Brooks
"A fasting day / week is a tremendous help for the physical regeneration" "The medicine of the future is light eyes .. = best access to the internal organs"
3. The consequences
amazing videos : The Royal Rife Story 9:50 Royal Rife-In His Own Words 7:36 Royal Rife Lab Film 9:45
sensational videos : Rife-Bare Plasma Experiment Destroys Microorganisms - June 28 '07 - 44:02 July 6 '07 - 11:51 August 27 '07) Sept 2007 25:17
-> Blood, lymph and other humors increasingly polluted / parasitic burden--> Metabolism / regulatory systems / immune system disrupte--> Tissue increasingly of acidifying/ degenerates, nerve endings demage--> Creeping worse hear / see / taste / smell ..-> = Intestinal Lifewood slags -> nutrient uptake disrupted -> Lack of Mineral - Vital substances--> Balance of micro-organisms in the gut
Dr. Enderlein Rife Dr. Klinghardt A. Baklayan
Weakened immune system -> allergies, skin disease, atopic dermatitis, energy loss ..--> Excess threatening blood (blood thickening, tinnitus, hearing fall, heart attack, stroke ..)-> demineralization-> body builds mineral reserves from the bones, hair soil ..-> osteoporosis, hair loss .. --> Toxins from the air, water, food, clothing, housing, dentures, vaccines ... Collects -> in connective tissue, nerve, brain -> psychological changes Klinghardt
--> Inhibiting the body's enzyme system -> reduction lifetime / Quality of Life ->More and more traffic. Less and less oxygen in air, water, food .. --> Cell metabolism derailed, less energy -> disrupted immune system, brain damage -> Increasingly Elektrosmog (alarm, hi-fi, TV, satellite, PC, train, 16/50Hz, cell phones, radar, Haarp ..) Superimposed vital natural areas (astronauts Schumann regenerators) --> Soil sealing, lower groundwater levels, good weather weakens concrete box of 100V / m -> Human behavior influenced weakened defense force / repair capability --> Infestation of degenerated tissue with fungi, parasites. Baklayan
--> Outbreaks, organ infection, fungal toxins ..--> Reduced detoxification services liver, kidney, spleen, intestines ...--> Further poisoning -> allergies / Immune / organ failure / cancer / MS.
Ralph Nader Adelle Davis
" Who is not invested in their diets, invests in the Mercedes of his doctor." Ralf Nader
The average life expectancy of an American is 75.5 years. The one at 58 years medical doctors
"300,000 Americans are killed each year because of Negligences orthodox. Vietnam War "56,000 dead " "The United States is the world despite their highest spending for their medical care. With their life expectancy - far behind third World countries " "The life expectancy of a 40-year-old American is one of the lowest in the world" Adelle Davis
"In ancient people lived more than 100 years and remained active .. 300 BC" "The Tale of the increased life expectancy by modern medicine refute: Plato 90, Sophocles 90, Socrates 71 (poison), Hippocrates 90th. "Arandu Indians 100-120 years "
"In Germany, 18,000 die each year women in their breast cancer.
"Tamoxifen > breast cancer Breast cancer can grow .. manufacturer, "Herbicides / her fungicides used in the cancer involved "
cannabis (hemp) contains at least 60 substances that are as effective ingredients of Medicines and natural remedies apply The safest of all known medicines medical the tumor treatment " Herer / Braecker
"The process of deception curability of cancer is the Holocaust of the USA" Lynes
"The modern house is elektrokrank, chemiekrank, often Geopathie ill, airsick and lightill. Typical characteristics The improvement occurring in the absence" Palm
Smog 10%"Industry, cars, air traffic .. often only 18-19 instead of 21% oxygen in the air .. smog 10% Ozone hole grows ..Formerly 10 mg per liter of oxygen Today, fish survive in drinking water is not . Weakened immune system due to lack of oxygen except oxygen is nothing life-importand than water
Why is not the water content of the first check before each diagnosis? Healthcare earns a lot of money with saline solution (up to $ 350 for 1 / 4 liter) And says the patient is not that they are more water and salt. Symptomeder Dehydrierung The traditional medicine ignores Light & Water & Salt for of drugs for the treatment of symptom Eder symptom of dehydration Eder
Water as a cure .. detoxifies migraine, High blood pressure, diabetes, depression, MS, short-term memory, eyes .
Listing the necessary 29 bacteria - species for processing our food pH
"Light as a remedy 25% to 75% .. Look for controlling biological functions
Immune system, nervous system, bone metabolism, visual performance ..Warm-white fluorescent light (pink) creates stress and fatigue Learn-/Konzentration reduced to 60% .. Damaging immune system, allergies Duration irradiation mice: lazy tails, hair falling out.
Under universal white cancer incidence to 3x higher ..
transmits to the brain waves unsuitable for Shools..
UV-B + A = Vitamins / Minerals of light .. /UV-Stopp..UV-impermeable washer / sunglasses. Falslight like malnutrition .At least 2 hours sunlight per day ..Southern countries less diseases "Cheerful and contact friendly .. "
"Potatoes contain 70% less calcium, bananas 92% less min vitamins B6, Apples 80% less vitamin C than 11 years "Impact of modern cultivation methods " "In Germany heavily contaminated with pesticides sold fruit and vegetables ..Particularly vulnerable children / pregnant women
Child mortality / life expectancy unusually good values "nature& cosmos 7.01wood . by poisons health, environmental protection nochdie" "poisoning of the basic elements of life .. light, air, food and water
"2294 tons of penicillin - Succession drugs per year to feed farm animals ..Bacteria resistant Greater resources -> hair loss in the nose (bacteria penetrate a) And ears (numbness) Changes in blood .Allergies Psychosis "At least 96 private testing laboratories gave free beef that is not 100% sure of BSE was ..Case reported Krebserregendes PCBs in chicken feed Animal waste oil in the flour, antibiotics / hormones in meat and drinking water Good appetite!
24,000 drugs without proven therapeutic effect "Millions, failing bought and swallowed " "There is already a diagnostic term specifically for diseases, "By the swallowing too many pharmaceuticals - pills arose: 'Poly Pharmacy' " "For 98% of pharmaceutical preparations is really just a fact demonstrated: hat the serious side effects Create new diseases, which "Heart attack, stroke and cancer is the fourth leading cause of death, "
"Cortisone caused osteoporosis, the doctors can not cure .."
"Allopathy (orthodox) -> 'consumption' of billions of animals, side effects Vaccination -> animal protein in the bloodstream -> new clinical pictures
Homeopathy (healing with information) -> no animal experiments No side effects
"70% of natural medicine in Germany from July 2001 has been
"Successful than the orthodox and entirely without side effects, but forbidden! " "The traditional medicine has its place. Good intensive care units. With the best equipment and the best personnel save lives .
"Trillion tons of toxic substances .. explosion of synthetic chemicals "Only 3 75000 chemicals on security checked "
"Today, virtually all divorced people with the urine Pentachlorphenyl (PCP), And for all lead and cadmium in the blood and Mercury and thallium in hair listed "
"To 20% of all couples in industrialized countries .. unintentionally childless .. environmental pollutants?
"When students .. clear negative correlation intelligence test result and. The cadmium - and lead concentration in their hair. Persons who have a dental practice .. live with mercury poisoned .. successfully ausgeleitet ..Biggest suicide rate .. Highest number of neurological / mental illness
In the saliva of amalgam valuto mouths are, on average 4.9ug mercury. According to the WHO should not swallow their own saliva to be
In a sudden child dead in the brain high mercury concentrations ..For other injured children Mercury in the brain ..The consequences: learning disabilities, autism, hyperactivity, neurodermatitis That it is already in kindergarten neurodermatitis - groups "In some clinics every 3rd child with atopic dermatitis born ...Cause: animal protein ..Drink - Mothers: never one to neurodermatitis diseased child. Children always sicker .. Clear trend to increase in diseases Of the hormone and reproductive system cancers in childhood, Auto immune and development and behavior disorders
"Mary 1 1 / 2 years .. 4 .. Arthritis Treatment years .. now left knee affected Immune Suppressiva goes to the liver Weakens immune system. Every year 2000 new ill. in Berlin 3000 children have arthritis .. Or may never start an education "must that be?" "Number of children - diabetes - cases doubles every 10 years"
Cancer and rheumatism increasingly common in children who are younger than 10 years,
"Put the environment pathological changes of the blood and body tissues. Our people continue to freely carry on as before, with an increasing shift. Blood milieu milieu `sin the sin quadrant 4 to calculate, in which a life, as we know it today will probably not be possible,"3 million Danes live during the war years .. vegetarian health dramatically improved ..Lowest death rate in the Danish history ..-34%"
The lymphatic system the blood circulation
4. T h e r a p y c a u s e s - Tips
1st Mental Health / subconscious
With - cause for most diseases: loss of inner harmony and confidence in ourselves
2nd Static / attitude / breathing
little movement: flaccid ligaments, muscles tense, Eddy moved Witch shot ..Atmung flach?Shallow breathing?
3rd Nutrition and shortcomings
Minerals lacking in soils and food (artificial fertilizers, preservatives,
4th Toxins, detoxification
From air, water, teeth, food, clothing, housing In connective tissue, nerves, brain: tired, mental changes ..
5th Dental herd
Various metals in the mouth (battery)? Much mischief dental herds for years to release toxins
6th Immunity fields
Elektrosmog (radar, mobile phones, electrical appliances), water veins, radioactivity bring the body confused No night recreation phases
7th Parasites / fungi
Askariden, Candida, Borrelia, cancer viruses. Impact on the psyche and bodies
8th Healing info
Herbal / tees / salben / oil / stones, homeopathy, elektromagn. / BioResonanz / ECT, light / sound, acupuncture / pressur / reflexology ..
9th Self-healing powers complaints from A - Z
The body heals itself if it supports, particularly kidneys, liver, spleen and intestine: Repair instead of replacement parts for ...
.Well boss, when it `s more ... .As long as we wanted again ...
5. Dr. Weisser's T i p s
Stress, Relaxation
Stress suppresses the immune system, muscles tense, drained, less energy, a field of view constricts, altered brain, causing learning disabilities, inhibits growth, accelerated aging,
Moved / blocked Bones /Disturb vertebrate nervous / Institutions
Gently resolve by -> osteopathy, Craniosacral therapy, lymphology, Set up by vertebrate thumb print -> method Dorn - Beck Atlas correction
Kinesiologieals simple test
Kinesiological muscle test shows immediately tonic and debilitating influences ..
Biokybernetik corrected disturbed self-healing system
Biokybernetic diagnostic / therapeutic analyzed by MD. Smit / corrected disturbed self-healing system minutes ..
Oxygen ozone, H2O2
More energy, micro-circulation, detoxification, parasites, the immune system, cancer, clearer, more concentrated, heart, veins, blood pressure, migraine, all tissue regeneration, wound healing ..
.Lymphology mini tram police n..
The self-healing powers of the body are unimaginably large Even cancer, MS, polio and blindness are curable Breathe properly Activate lymphatic system ..
Hydrotherapy against dehydration (~ 2 litres / + meets sea salt)
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Flt. Lt. Matiur Rahman, Bir Shresto
Bangladesh Air Force
His basic training took place on the Mushak trainer. in which He clocked 200 hours before graduation.
Once again Matiur showed his sporting prowess by representing the academy in various sporting events. He was a very good swimmer and footballer.
Mati enjoyed lawn tennis, squash, billiard, hockey, basketball, volleyball and athletics. Captaining the academy in many competitions.
He was happy, fun loving, intelligent young man and a very professional pilot, an allrounder flight cadet.
Following two years of rigorous training and study Matiur Rahman graduated with flying colours from Risalpur.
On 23rd June 1963 Mati was commissioned as Pilot Officer on a Short Service Commission (SSC) with the Pakistan Air Force.
Matiur was posted to Mauripur AFB (now Masroor) Karachi and number 2 squadron. His service number was PAK/4367.
Mushaq, the green aircraft in the foreground is
used at Risalpur as the basic primary trainer.
The T-37 the advanced trainer can be seen in red
Risalpur runway
No. 2 Squadron
At Mauripur, now Masroor Air Base Matiur underwent Jet Conversion Training on T-33 jet trainers.
He successfully passed the course with a mark of 75.66% and was earmarked for Fighter Conversion Training.
Fighter Conversion Training took place in F-86 Sabre Jets, this course he passed with a mark of 81%.
This success earned him a posting to a Top Gun Squadron. No19 Squadron based at Peshawar was to be his new home for the next few years.
At Peshawar Matiur was promoted to the rank of Flying Officer.
During his posting with 19 Squadron Matiur completed Fighter Leadership course at the Fighter Leaders' School back at Mauripur.
Fighter Leaders' School has been redesignated Combat Commanders' School in the mid 1970's
Only top pilots expected to become flight commanders, squadron leaders and wing commanders are sent on this course.
Upon returning back to Peshawar war broke out with India. September 1965 saw Matiur Rahman take part in the Air War against India.
In this 17 day long war Flying Officer Matiur Rahman saw heavy action against the Indians and was awarded Sitara-e-Harb 1965 (Star of War 1965) by the Pakistan Government.
Following his war experience Matiur was selected for Flying Instructors School training and on completion was posted to Risalpur as a QFI (Qualified Flight Instructor).
QFIs trained the future Instructors of Pakistan Air Force. Only the best of the best get this opportunity.
Flying Officer Matiur Rahman (2nd from the left) with colleagues of 19 Squadron at Peshawar
during the war with India 1965. His CO, Squadron Leader SS "Nosey" Haider can be seen 4th from left.
Flying Officer Matiur Rahman (standing, left) with 19 Squadron, September 1965, Peshawar.
Squadron Commander SS "Nosey" Haider is standing next to him.
Sitara-e-Harb 1965 seen with Bengali and Urdu Script
Flight Lieutenant M. Matiur Rahman, SHb. TJg.
Sitara-e-Harb 1965 and Tamgha-e-Jang 1965, Flying Officer M.Matiur Rahman received both the medals for his daring in the 1965 War against India
No.25 Top Gun Squadron
Sitara-e-Harb 1965 Tamagha-e-Jang 1965
Top Gun Mati flew F-6 (MiG 19s) at Sargodha
No25 Squadron was raised after the 1965 war to train the best of the best in dogfighting. It first Commanding Officer and Chief Instructor was Wing Commander MG Tawab, a son of Sylhet District and later Chief of Air Staff, Bangladesh Air Force.
The posting allowed Moti with his war experience to push the newly acquired Chinese made Mig 19s to it's limits. In 1967 during a mock dogfight he had to eject due to engine trouble.
A Bengali At Heart
daughter of Janab Monir-uz-Zaman Khan at Dhaka
On 19th April 1968 Matiur Rahman went to Dhaka to marry Milly Khan daughter of Monir-uz-Zaman Khan. The marriage nearly did not take place thanks to a report from Milly Khan's brother-in-law, MA Quddus.
Milly's middle sister Rosey's husband MA Quddus was a Squadron Leader at the time. Sqn Ldr MA Quddus reported that Matiur was daring and dangerous. He had already been in two serious accidents. Once he nearly killed himself in a car accident and later in a mock dogfight he just managed to eject before his MiG-19 crashed. Not a suitable match for the Squadron Leader's sister-in-law!
But common sense prevailed and Milly and her family accepted Matiur's proposal.
Milly was a second year BA student at the Holy Cross College Dhaka, when she left her studies to to marry Mati. She planned to complete the course later at Karachi College.
Forever Bengali
Mati was a true Bengali even to the extent that he refused to marry a West Pakistani girl.
The story goes that whilst driving at night from Sargodha to Lahore with a few friends and colleagues. Matiur was flagged down by a middle aged man on the lonely road. Despite his companion advising him not to, since there are plenty of dacoits about, Mati halted.
It turned out that the man's car had broken down, with him were his wife and only daughter. Saleha, the daughter was of marriageable age.
They along with the car were hiding in the bushes lest dacoits happen to come along the lonely highway.
The Gentleman
But Mati, ever the Bengali wanted to hear sweet Bengali words from his wife not Punjabi and thus declined the offer of marriage.
With this he in effect turned down wealth, power and influence. A Bengali with West Pakistani connections usually manages to climb the ladder of power quicker than those without.
Matiur with Milly and their firstborn Mahin
on a horse carriage at Risalpur, 1969
At Risalpur he trained the future Instructors of the Pakistan Air Force.
In January 1970 Matiur was posted to No 2 Squadron Mauripur as a Jet Conversion Instructor
Survival and Evasion training at Murree, January 1971
QFI (Qualified Flying Instructors) at Risalpur
Left to right: Flt Lt Khudadad Khan, Flt Lt Khalil, Flt Lt Mati, Flt Lt Shafi Dar the Flight Commander, Sqn Ldr Saleem the Squadron Commander, Flt Lt Ghaus, the Iranian Exchange Officer, Tony Cunnane RAF Exchange Officer


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Research Team Lead Consultant – Kenya/Tanzania
International Alert
International Alert is in discussion with TradeMark East Africa to carry out a baseline study for its Women in Trade programme and is seeking applications for a consultant to lead the field research in Kenya.
This Women in Trade programme aims to contribute to the greater inclusion of women in trade as one of the pathways to increased business competitiveness and increased trade in the East African Community (EAC) region and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It aims to do this through two key objectives:
- Objective (i): Increase trade value and incomes of women traders by addressing the constraints faced by women as they gradually transition to formal trade and ensure that they trade gainfully; and
- Objective (ii): Increase the number of women participating in trade through the elimination of the barriers of entry to trade for women across the EAC.
The baseline study will use a mixed-method methodology, combining desk-based research, field surveys, focus group discussions and key informant interviews, to produce a comprehensive qualitative and quantitative assessment for the programme.
This methodology combines 'hard' data relating to trade volumes and trends, and political and economic policy and institutional infrastructure that is in place, with perceptions and socio-cultural data that influences, for example, the way in which women traders use the policy tools that are available to them to maximise their trade. As such, the methodology will provide a holistic picture of the barriers and opportunities for women to play a greater role in trade across the key locations where the programme will be implemented.
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Our favourite music venue, The Railway Hotel in Southend-on-Sea, will be hosting a very special event on Friday February 27th when they will screen the excellent black-comedy crime and booze-fest "Pubmonkey", followed by a live set by The Len Price 3. We first reported that The Len Price 3 were going to feature in the movie Pubmonkey back on the Blog here in November 2012, and after two and half years of filming, recording, editing and a lot of bloody hard work from Director Jean-Claude Deguara, Writer Jamie O'Hara and their team, which mostly consisted of an impressive number of family and friends, we finally got to see the completed film when we attended a private screening of the first ever showing of the movie at the British Film Institute on the South Bank along with the crew, cast and their families. It might have been a long wait, but it was certainly worth it, the film is a resounding success and testament to all those involved. I spoke to lead actor Phil Deguara after the screening and said how impressed I was that an Independent movie could look so impressive, "It's not really an Independent film" Phil said "as most Independents have some sort of financial backing and we didn't". The Len Price 3 provide lots of great songs along with incidental music to the film's soundtrack and also make an appearance too as featured in this video.
You can hear more about the fascinating story behind the making of the movie and The Len Price 3's involvement in our special Retrosonic Pubmonkey Podcast with the movie's writer/actor Jamie O'Hara and the LP3's singer and songwriter, Glenn Page. We are also very pleased to announce that the Podcast features unreleased incidental music from the movie's soundtrack. The promo video to "Swing Like a Monkey" above also features footage and characters from Pubmonkey and was performed during the last day of filming at the Antelope in Tooting, South London. You can listen to the Podcast below or download for free at our Soundcloud site or iTunes.
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona-Truth!
The Pink-Clad Prisoners Of Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona-Truth!
Summary of eRumor:
The email describes prison conditions in Arizona's Maricopa tent jail and quotes the sheriff as telling complaining inmates that the soldiers in Iraq are facing similar conditions, living in tents in hot weather, and that they didn't commit any crimes.
The Truth:
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a colorful and controversial character who has instituted severe policies at Phonex's Maricopa County Jail since taking office in 1993.
According to his bio on the Maricopa County website, he enjoys being known as "America's toughest sheriff."
He got nationwide attention when he established the Maricopa County tent city for inmates.
More than 2,000 prisoners live without smoking, coffee, pornographic magazines, movies and unrestricted television in all jails.
The eRumor says the meals cost less than 40 cents but the cost figure is actually less than 20 cents.
Arpaio has also instituted what he calls "Hard Knocks High", the only accredited high school in an American jail.
That, along with an anti-drug program, says Arpaio, has resulted in a high percentage of his inmates leaving jail without their addictions and few of them returning.
This particular eRumor borrows from an Associated Press article from July, 2003 that focused on the prisoner's experiences during a heat wave and adds other details that have become well-known about Sheriff Arpaio and the jail.
Last updated 7/24/04
A real example of the eRumor as it has appeared on the Internet:
Sheriff Joe Arpaio (in Arizona) is doing it RIGHT!! He has jail meals down to 40 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them. He stopped smoking and porno magazines in the jails. Took away their weights. Cut off all but "G" movies. He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects. Then he started chain gangs for women so he wouldn't get sued for discrimination.
He took away cable TV until he found out there was a federal court order that required cable TV for jails. So he hooked up the cable TV again but only let in the Disney channel and the weather channel. When asked why the weather channel he replied, so they will know how hot it's gonna be while they are working on my chain gangs.
He cut off coffee since it has zero nutritional value. When the inmates complained, he told them…..this is a good one……"This isn't the Ritz/Carlton. If you don't like it, don't come back."
He bought Newt Gingrich's lecture series on videotape that he pipes into the jails. When asked by a reporter if he had any lecture series by a Democrat, he replied that a democratic lecture series might explain why a lot of the inmates were in his jails in the first place. You have to love this guy!!
More on the AZ Sheriff:
With temperatures being even hotter than usual in Phoenix (116 degrees just set a new record), the Associated Press reports:
About 2,000 inmates living in a barbed-wire-surrounded tent encampment at the Maricopa County Jail have been given permission to strip down to
their government-issued pink boxer shorts. On Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing boxers were either curled up on their bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which reached 138 degrees inside the week before. Many were also swathed in wet, pink towels as sweat collected on their chests and dripped down to their pink socks. "It feels like we are in a furnace," said James Zanzot, an inmate who has lived in the tents for 1 1/2 years. "It's inhumane."
Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is
not one bit sympathetic He said Wednesday that he told all of the inmates: "It's 120 degrees in Iraq and our soldiers are living in tents too, and
they have to wear full battle gear, but they didn't commit any crimes… so shut your damned mouths."


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5. What surprised you most about the Race?
Tyler: "I would actually say it was what I was expecting. As a fan of the show, we really prepared and did our research. I wasn't really surprised by much."
Korey: "I think we were both really prepared, but I think maybe what surprised us the most was how well we did from the beginning. When we got second place in leg one, we both looked at each other and thought, 'We can do this and we can do it well.'"


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PENTECOST 17, October 1, 2006
A Sermon on Mark 9.38-50 (NRSV) by Timothy Hoyer
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Mark 9.38-50
38John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us." 39But Jesus said, "Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. 40Whoever is not against us is for us. 41For truly I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward.
42"If any of you put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea. 43If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. 45And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and to be thrown into hell. 47And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell, 48where their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.
49"For everyone will be salted with fire. 50Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."
Sisters and brothers in Christ,
When a local school's sports team goes on an away game, the student-players are told, "Your behavior reflects on the reputation of your school and your town. You represent your school and this town. So, follow all school rules and be kind and courteous to everyone."
When salespeople go out selling, their behavior is seen as a model of the company they represent. If the salespeople are not prompt, are lazy, do not keep commitments, then the company they represent will be seen in the same way.
Some parents get very upset about how their children behave because they feel that their children's behavior is a reflection of them. They have a strong need to look good to others.
This need to look good to others is to speak evil of Jesus. It is to be against Jesus. It is to put a stumbling block before one of the little ones who believe in Jesus. Little ones who believe in Jesus trust him to make them look good to God. The little ones do not trust their own behavior, their own good behavior, to make themselves look good to others, especially not God. How can anyone make themselves look good to God? We are to reflect God's goodness, not try to use some other way to look good to God. To try and look good to God is to use some other way as what we trust, as our god. We do not trust God to make us good. We do not trust God to be compassionate to us. We will show God what is good instead of God showing us what is good.
That is why the disciples wanted Jesus to stop the man who was casting out demons in Jesus' name. That man was not part of the group. He was not making Jesus (or them) look good. He was making himself look good. After all, when he cast out those demons, people would thank him and praise him instead of Jesus. The disciples were jealous, for Jesus, and mostly for themselves.
Well, so are we jealous for ourselves, jealous to make ourselves look good. But when we do things to make ourselves look good, we put a stumbling block before one of the little ones who believe in Jesus. A stumbling block is a scandal, something that shocks people and turns them away. Pastors or priests who abuse children are a stumbling block and cause people to stay away from those congregations and those denominations. When someone in your congregation acts in a way that makes them look good instead of Jesus, that causes a little one who believes to trip and fall away from faith. For when we make ourselves look good, we are telling the believers around us that Jesus is not enough to make us good and that the other believers are silly to think that Jesus can help them before God.
We do need help before God. There are those demons that possess us. The demon that possesses us is the demon of looking good. That is the demon of not trusting Jesus as how we look good. The demon would say we cannot look good to God if we look like Jesus—beaten, a loser, an executed criminal. How can looking so ugly make God proud of us? God has given us a list of ways to make God proud—the list of rules and laws and commandments that we are to obey. Use them to cast out the demon of looking bad to God.
But that list of rules and laws and commandments does not work. Jesus coming to us and dying on a cross is how we know that list of rules does not work. God's expectation of us is not limited to us choosing to do good this time, good the next time, and maybe a little bad thing the next. God's rules put us under God's judgment before we even do anything. God gave us rules to show us, not how to impress God, but to accuse us that we are opposed to God giving us God's goodness. We are opposed to God by our insistence on proving ourselves good enough instead of trusting God to give us God's care.
We see how opposed we are to God when Jesus dies on a cross. We are the ones who put Jesus on the cross. We put the Son of God on a cross, the one whom God sent to give us God's mercy. Jesus comes to us with forgiveness and peace from God and what do we do? We kill him. We put a great millstone around his neck and throw him into the sea. We will not let him make us good to God. We will do it. We are against God's way of saving us.
But God will not let us stop his work of mercy. God will not let us stop God's own beloved son from giving us God's new mercy and eternal life. God kept Jesus' work of mercy going by raising Jesus from the dead! God raised up Jesus! The power of God to make us holy, to make us look good, is Jesus risen from the dead! Jesus on the cross means more to God than anything we do. Jesus on the cross for us means more to God than any great, popular thing we do. You are good to God because Jesus has given you himself. You look the best to God when you look like Jesus—crucified, that is, when you have faith in Jesus.
So God gives you faith in Jesus so that the work of his son Jesus is completed in you. Your boasting about what is good is changed from boasting about what you do, or complaining about someone else looking better than you by their casting out demons in Jesus' name, your boasting is changed into boasting about Jesus. We boast of Jesus by saying, "I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only son." We boast by saying, "Lord, have mercy on me." We boast by saying, "I forgive you in the name of Jesus." Those are our boasts. Those are our boasts about Jesus.
As we boast about Jesus, when we see someone else not of our group doing something in Jesus' name, we do not complain, but rejoice. We can rejoice because we are not worried about how good we are, but about how good Jesus is. And if something good is being done in Jesus' name, they are for Jesus, not against him.
As we boast about Jesus, we then do not cause little ones who believe to stumble or be shocked at what we do. We no longer shock the little ones by trumpeting our accomplishments, our wins, our impressive work, as if Jesus is not important or worthy of trust. We act in ways that give Christ to others. We act in ways to make others look good. We act in ways that get others loved and cared for. If we have a hungry neighbor, we do not sit in our kitchen and eat well as our boast. We bring our neighbor our food and ask if we may serve him, for he, in his suffering, reminds us of the one who suffered for us. So we will honor and praise him by our care and food. If we have a mean-mouthed person at work, who curses, insults others, makes them afraid, we can sit down with him at lunch and say that he is our friend, and that he is loved by us. But we also love others around us. So you and he are going to love them together. That is how we welcome our enemy When we welcome that person in Jesus' name, not only do we welcome Jesus, we also welcome the one who sent Jesus and raised Jesus from the dead for us God welcomes us because we have trusted Christ.
We take away the stumbling block of thinking that winning is a sign of God's love or blessing. The mother who likes to watch the band when they win causes her kids stumble when they think that they are worth something only if they win, only if they beat someone else. But if Christ has died for us and already given us God's love and blessing, then we can watch the band out of love for our kids. We can be kind to our kids, not because they earned it, but because Christ died for them. That does not mean the kids are free to behave however they want because they think they will still be loved. No, that does not honor or respect the love that is given. That does not treat Christ as if he died for us. Rather, to behave however we want is to mock Jesus and deny that we die with him. For to trust Jesus is to die with him, to die to doing whatever we want, and to be raised up with a new heart that gives love and mercy and serves a cup of water to those who love them because of Christ.
For Christ's sake we do not stick out our foot of boasting and trip others. We now live by the way of serving, so that Christ is given honor.
Pastor Timothy Hoyer


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Elections to the City Council will take place on 4th May, 2017 and will be held using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system of voting. Details on this can be found in the 'how to vote' section.
There are 8 multi member wards, 5 wards will have 4 members and 3 wards will have 3 members.
4 Member Wards
Ward 1 - Strathmartine
Ward 2 - Lochee
Ward 3 - West End
Ward 4 - Coldside
Ward 8 - The Ferry
3 Member Wards
Ward 5 - Maryfield
Ward 6 - North East
Ward 7 - East End
Maps showing the location of polling stations in Dundee can be found in the 'where to vote' section.
Polling takes place between 7 am and 10 pm on 4th May, 2017. Votes will be counted on Friday, 5th May and results are expected by 2 pm.