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Her Ex Is Texting
What To Do When Her Ex Is Back In The Picture
Hey Doc,
First, I just wanted to say how much I love "The System." I bought it after a few failed relationships in which I got the short end of the stick, and it's really made my dating life a lot better. Your book is amazing — you seem to have a category for every possible situation that can come up in a relationship, or even casual dating. I thank you for your brilliant insight.
On to my question: I've been dating Kristara for about six months now. We started things very slowly since I was busy studying for my medical boards when we met, so it was a convenient excuse to rebuff some of her advances when she asked to hang out. Things continue to go smoothly between us. I never discuss my feelings for Kristara, but I always treat her with respect, I keep things exciting, and I remain a Challenge at all times and in all respects.
The problem is that Kristara has an ex that has started reaching out to her again. He hasn't said anything serious to her (yet), but he texted her this past weekend at midnight on a Saturday, when we were out at a bar with some friends.
She told me right away, said it was really odd that he got in touch, and says she hasn't even bothered responding. These are all signs of a trustworthy woman.
Doc, the issue is that I've had this problem before in relationships. Exes always seem to find a way to mess things up and pull at the heartstrings of the woman I'm dating. I have no reason to worry right now, but I also want to make it clear to Kristara that if her ex continues to contact her, and she starts responding to his texts, I'm not OK with it. It's clear to me that he has a motive if he's texting her at midnight on a weekend.
Any idea how I should approach this sensitive subject?
Vittorio - who doesn't want the other guy on his mind
Hi Vittorio,
The beauty of "The System" is that whether you just want to casually date and practice until you master all of its precepts or you find a "keeper" and want to make a relationship permanent, everything you need is contained in its pages.
Now, Vittorio, let me compliment you on how well you handled Kristara at the beginning of your relationship. You did everything right, my friend. You took it nice and slow. You ratcheted up mystery and Challenge by parrying Kristara's eager come-ons. In other words, you didn't rush straight into rejection like most men do. As a result, you got this thing off the ground and have kept it in the air — so far.
Regarding the ex who got in touch with your girl when you two were out having a good time, keep in mind that while you think he didn't say anything serious to Kristara, the fact is that you don't know what he said to her. It's the fact that he's contacting her at all that's the problem. So you're focusing on the wrong thing here.


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Thank God for Chad Ford or the Pacers would never get national mention.Eric (Western Mass)
Which of the non-playoff teams has the best chance of quickly rebuilding(or bouncing back) and why? Draft picks, Cap space, young talent, etc all play a roll.
Chad Ford (1:29 PM)
The Nets should be much better next year. A full year with Deron Williams plus some additions this summer via free agency with their cap space should give them a big boost. Utah has a very solid team and two lottery picks to add to the roster this summer. Indiana has a very promising group of young players and a ton of cap space to spend (and they'll also make a run at a more established coach like Mike Brown). I'm also feeling a bit bullish on the Clippers. If they can get an upgrade at small forward and everyone stays healthy, could be a terrific year for them next season.

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I have some friends who are on a gluten free diet. So I thought I would post this gluten free recipe and to my surprise, it looks really interesting. I'll have to try this and some other recipes for myself. :-) Maybe some of my online friends are gluten intolerant also....
Below is the link to the Betty Crocker website and their gluten free Taco Pie recipe. It looks really easy and the photo they have on their link looks really tasty!
... http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/gluten-free-impossibly-easy-taco-pie... ...
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- lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef
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- medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
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- package (1 oz) Old El Paso® taco seasoning mix
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- can (4.5 oz) Old El Paso® chopped green chiles, drained
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- eggs
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- cup milk
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- cup Bisquick® Gluten Free mix
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- cup shredded Monterey Jack or Cheddar cheese (3 oz)
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- cup chopped tomato
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- cups shredded lettuce, if desired
- Salsa, if desired
- Sour cream, if desired
- 1 Heat oven to 400°F. Spray 9-inch glass pie plate with cooking spray. In 10-inch skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until beef is brown; drain. Stir in seasoning mix. Spoon into pie plate. Top with chiles.
- 2 In small bowl, stir eggs, milk and Bisquick mix until blended. Pour into pie plate.
- 3 Bake about 25 minutes. Top with cheese and tomato; bake 2 to 3 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Let stand 5 minutes before serving. Serve with lettuce, salsa and sour cream.


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Nations that ratify this treaty commit to recognizing and combating abuses and discrimination against women, including sex slavery, illiteracy, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, and genital mutilation. Since 1979, 177 nations have ratified the treaty. The United States is one of only 17 nations that hasn't.
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When I visited the CEDAW Web site, I learned that approval requires 67 votes in the Senate. The House of Representatives doesn't have to act and no U.S. laws would change. Since the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12 to 7 for ratification in July 2002, the treaty has languished waiting for the Bush administration to complete a review. So the United States is in the company of Iran, Palau, Sudan, Oman, and other nations that haven't signed on.
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The Policing Board has formally rejected a controversial proposal from Stormont's Justice Minister to alter the recruitment criteria for the next chief constable.
A majority of members voted to maintain the current framework for selecting the Province's top officer when Matt Baggott retires in the autumn.
Minister David Ford faced a storm of criticism from political rivals last month when he announced his intention to remove the mandatory requirement for Mr Baggott's successor to have served two years at senior rank outside Northern Ireland.
In its formal response to the minister's statutory consultation on his draft proposal, the board, which is responsible for the recruitment exercise, will now reject the move.
The final decision on whether to change the criteria rests with the Executive, but given a majority of politicians on the board have now dismissed the idea, coming only days after Mr Ford was criticised by a range of Assembly members on Stormont's justice committee, it seems inevitable that the suggestion will be voted down when it is tabled before ministers in Stormont Castle.
The Justice Minister had originally argued the decision should have been his to make, but DUP First Minister Peter Robinson and Sinn Fein Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness intervened and used their powers to refer it to the Executive.
Mr Baggott was appearing before the board yesterday for the first time since he informed members of his decision to retire.
However, he declined to publicly elaborate on his move, insisting his priority was leading the PSNI for his remaining time in office.


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LORENA — Harker Heights couldn't stop the bleeding.
With one out and a man on first, the Knights got a double play ball that could have ended the third inning. But Cody Plagens misplayed the hard shot and the floodgates opened.
The Mansfield Tigers scored five runs after the third-inning error and defeated Harker Heights 11-4 Friday.
"Those guys are known for — from all the scouting — that if you make a big mistake, they make you pay," Harker Heights coach Glenn Cunningham said. "Last night they didn't. Today we had a man on first, had a ground ball to the shortstop and we kick it and then they go and score five behind that."
The two teams play a rubber match in the Region I-5A bi-district playoff series today at Waco ISD's Veterans' Field No. 2 at noon.
Harker Heights is expected to pitch freshman Tyler Torres in Game 3.
"We will put the freshman on the hill and see what he can do," Cunningham said. "He will get a taste of it."
After the error by Plagens, Ryan Brooks walked, Connor Hall and Reed Petty singled and the Knights made two more errors as Mansfield took a 5-2 lead.
"We wanted to just see after we got down 2-0 how the kids were going to react," Mansfield baseball coach Gary Vaughn said. "They started getting on top of the baseball and started hitting to the opposite sides of the field and were patient at the plate.
"I am proud of them. They showed what we are capable of doing at times."
After getting rattled in the third as his team committed three errors behind him, Caleb Dean lost his control an inning later. The senior walked three batters in a row in the fourth inning and then gave up a two-run double to Hall, who was 2 for 3 with two runs and three RBIs, which put the Tigers up 7-4.
"Caleb did not have the command he usually has," Cunningham said. "I thought he threw the ball well early, but he ran into control problems."
Heights (16-14) took a 2-0 lead in the first inning off a two-run double by Tyler Keller. After Mansfield (18-13) scored five runs in the third, Heights rallied for two runs and cut the Tigers' lead to 5-4.
Torres and Dean opened the third with back-to-back singles and scored on an RBI groundout by Michael Rae Zapata.
But the Tigers kept coming.
Josh Timms tripled and scored off an RBI single by Hunter Hargrove in the fifth, and in the seventh, after Clint Harris and Hall walked, Lane Meyer smacked an RBI single.
"With good teams in the playoffs you just can't give them opportunities and we have to eliminate that (today)," Cunningham said.


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MEXICO CITY (Oct. 17)
A united Ashkenazic community will be proclaimed here on January 1, 1957, following months of negotiation among representatives of all parties within the community.
A declaration of principles for the newly organized community has already been signed. Basis for the new organization will be the already-existing communal group known as "Nidche Israel," which will be broadened to include representation for all groups not previously included. Included among those who have accepted the new understanding are Zionists, Bundists, religious groups and unaffiliated persons.
The new community's budget will provide for all educational, relief and communal organizations within the Ashkenazic sector of the Mexican Jewish community. The budget for 1957 will involve an estimated three million pesos.


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Local group teaches war veterans how to fly tie
Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT —
Project Healing Waters is a volunteer driven group of people who have been dedicated since 2005 to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of war veterans.
Around here, the Amarillo Fly Guys, a branch of Healing Waters, are doing their best to help our local vets get back on their feet and teach them a handy hobby in the process.
Fly tying involves a lot of different things, including dexterity.
Amarillo Fly Guys Founder Kyle McAdams says it's like putting together a model car, but more than anything, it's relaxing.
"These guys are actually doing something that they're actually going to be using later on during our group outings and stuff, and when you catch fish, when you actually get to do something with something you're making, the payoff is just so awesome for all of us for all of us, including ourselves."
According to the fly tying instructor, the veterans are learning a number of variations.
"We're different variations of the traditional woolie boogers, you can take a woolie booger and fish any portion of the united states and catch fish," said Rod Brashears.
Not to mention it's a new hobby the veterans can take up.
"The biggest thing is it's, it's teaching them a soothing hobby, a relaxing hobby, because in all honesty that's why I do it, that's why most of the volunteers do it. This is kind of those hobbies where we get them away from everything," said McAdams.
One former Army vet who has been participating with the fly guys for more than a year says it's nice to be with people you can identify with.
"You go with your friends out here and other veterans you relate to. a lot of times you don't need a counselor when you can talk to your buddy next to you and relate to them as far as war experiences," said Army Veteran, Apolinar Heredia.
Brashears says he volunteers not only because of his passion for fishing but to see the look on the men's faces when they catch their first fish.
"It's astounding the joy and the pleasure they receive through fly fishing and fly tying these people gain a freedom."
That's exactly what McAdams wants them to gain.
McAdams also said that their outreach is somewhere in the vicinity of 70 veterans and he would love to have more, for more information on how to become a member check out their website amarilloflyguys.com


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#2470 closed bug (invalid)
read for StdGen fails for arbitrary string
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According to the docs for StdGen:
"In addition, read may be used to map an arbitrary string (not necessarily one produced by show) onto a value of type StdGen. In general, the read instance of StdGen has the following properties:
- It guarantees to succeed on any string.
- It guarantees to consume only a finite portion of the string.
- Different argument strings are likely to result in different results."
Here's what happens on my system:
C:\odm\ghc\lib>ghci GHCi, version 6.8.3: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Loading package base ... linking ... done. Prelude> :mod +System.Random Prelude System.Random> (read "tasty tofu") :: StdGen Loading package old-locale-22.214.171.124 ... linking ... done. Loading package old-time-126.96.36.199 ... linking ... done. Loading package random-220.127.116.11 ... linking ... done. * Exception: Prelude.read: no parse Prelude System.Random>
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comment:1 Changed 9 years ago by
With further thought, I wonder if I misunderstand the specification. From reading the code, it looks like the read instance is using the first 6 characters to construct the StdGen result. However, because the rest of the string is "left over" and unprocessed, the read call fails whenever there are more than 6 characters in the passed string.
Two notes: (1) The number 6 is undocumented, making the behavior of read incompehensible without examining the code; (2) it's unclear how this specification interacts with compound structures, like the derived instance of read :: String -> (StdGen,StdGen). What would we expect read "(longword,longerword,longestword)" :: (StdGen,StdGen) to do? How do we know which commas mean what?
If whoever looks at this decides this is an enhancement rather than a bug, I won't be too terribly hurt. Again, you can contact me at orielmaxime@…. Exposing stdFromString (perhaps with a different name) might make everything cleaner.
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Strings that are the result of showing a StdGen work fine as part of structures:
Prelude System.Random> let x = (mkStdGen 100, mkStdGen 200) Prelude System.Random> x (101 1,201 1) Prelude System.Random> let y = show x Prelude System.Random> y "(101 1,201 1)" Prelude System.Random> let z = read y :: (StdGen,StdGen) Prelude System.Random> z (101 1,201 1) Prelude System.Random>
For reading a random string you can use
reads to avoid the exception.
We've discussed this before, although I can't find the ticket now (it might have been on a mailing list or something), and concluded that given the "finite portion" requirement the current behaviour is the best.
comment:3 Changed 9 years ago by
igloo: would it be appropriate to document the "read 6 characters"? Just a final thought. At a minimum, my interpretation of the phrase "using different strings is likely to result in different generators" is strongly violated by a dependency on the first six characters, unless that's documented.
No worries either way.
comment:4 Changed 9 years ago by
IMHO it would be appropriate to specify in the documentation that (read::String->StdGen) is only guaranteed to work on the result of (show::StdGen->String). The "read 6 characters" can be mentioned as an implementation detail. (Then it's just like all other read/show pairs: it works fine in tuples.) That leaves us free to / forces us to come up with a more proper suite of functions for initializing a generator (for example, taking all the bits in a finite list into account, initializing from an Int, from an Integer, etc.)
comment:5 Changed 9 years ago by
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Strings that are the result of showing a StdGen work fine as part of structures [...]
For reading a random string you can use
readsto avoid the exception.
The description quoted in the bug report, including "It guarantees to succeed on any string" is in the Haskell 98 Report. Not implementing that would be a bug, wouldn't it?
comment:6 Changed 9 years ago by
The Haskell 98 report is buggy; that behavior is unimplementable when applying (
read::String->StdGen) to an infinite list. Actually, no, that's not quite right. (
readsPrec::Int->ReadS StdGen) == (
readsPrec::Int->String->[(StdGen,String)]). So readsPrec could be defined to read only a finite amount of the string, and unconditionally return
[(result,"")] so that "read" always succeeded. But that breaks the read/show identities (e.g.
(read.show)::[StdGen]->[StdGen] would break), and in general breaks the expected behavior for the
reads functions, so I don't think it's worth it to pretend the standard isn't broken there.


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Friday, April 24, 2009 | 2 a.m.
What: "Elvolution," starring Trent Carlini
When: 9 p.m. Sundays through Fridays; additional show 7 p.m. Fridays; dark Saturdays
Where: Steve Wyrick Theatre in the Miracle Mile Shops, Planet Hollywood
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Elvis is back in the building.
Burned out and looking for a fresh approach to "The Dream King," the show he'd been performing in Vegas for more than 10 years, tribute artist Trent Carlini left the Sahara last summer and retooled his act.
"After taking a break from the Sahara I spent some time making some decisions about evolving a new show," says Carlini, who collected $100,000 in 2007 as the winner of ABC's "Next Best Thing."
The evolution became "Elvolution," which debuted last month and has its grand opening tonight at the Steve Wyrick Theater.
He still performs classic Elvis numbers but also does songs he thinks Elvis might have sung had he not died.
"Basically, I'm showing in the artistic performance how much has changed since Elvis passed away," Carlini says.
It's a high-energy show in which Carlini changes costumes eight times.
"This is the most powerful show I've ever put my hands on," he says. "It's a very Vegas show."
Carlini says the biggest difference between "Elvolution" and "The Dream King" is that there are a lot more "bells and whistles."
"We have a lot of set changes — motorcycles, re-creation of the stage for his '68 comeback, part of a Lear jet onstage. There are a lot more theatrics to this show," he says.
He's mindful of the economic slump.
"It's times like this that people need to take that money and put it out there, that's what will jump-start the economy," he says. "I'm producing a show and because of that there's 30 families that have a job that otherwise would not have a job. I know there's a crisis, but it didn't look like it the other night at Cher's concert."
Jerry Fink can be reached at 259-4058 or at [email protected].


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Law enforcement officials all over Maury County are eager to catch the two men who have been impersonating undercover officers.
Law enforcement officials all over Maury County are eager to catch the two men who have been impersonating undercover officers.
Just after 10 p.m. Friday, officers from the Columbia Police Department, Mt. Pleasant Police Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Maury County Sheriff's Department responded to a call on U.S. Route 43 near Williamsport Pike.
Brett Allen Szostek, 23, of Hohenwald, had been driving south on the route when he passed a yellow Camaro idling on the shoulder of the road.
Szostek told police as he passed the Camaro, it pulled into his lane behind him and turned on a flashing, blue light.
Szostek said he had heard from news reports about a yellow Camaro pulling people over, so he accelerated to 100 mph and called the police.
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VW officials defend election
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Volkswagen officials in Chattanooga today defended the company's call for an election, saying the potential for setting up a works council labor board is a part of a proven business model.
"The Volkswagen Group is proud of its record of cooperation and co-determination between employees, management and the communities in which we live and work. Our works councils are key to our success and productivity," said Frank Fischer, chief executive of VW's Chattanooga operations, in a statement. "Our plant in Chattanooga has the opportunity to create a uniquely American works council, in which the company would be able to work cooperatively with our employees and ultimately their union representatives, if the employees decide they wish to be represented by a union."
VW also defended the fairness of the election process, saying that democracy is an American ideal and being open with its employees is a central pillar of its works councils.
"Volkswagen's commitment to these values is one of the reasons why, although the law allowed us to recognize the UAW without an election on the basis of a card check, we asked the NLRB to conduct this election," said Sebastian Patta, the plant's vice president of human resources.
But, some anti-union VW plant workers have complained they feel the company is colluding with the UAW to steer the election results in the union's favor. They have said, for example, they've been denied the opportunity to address groups of workers at the plant, which the UAW has been able to do.
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We demonstrate experimentally ultrafast inverted and non-inverted wavelength conversion (WC) based on a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and an optical bandpass filter (OBF). In the case of small detuning, the WC is inverted regardless if the OBF is blue- or red-shifted with respect to the central wavelength of the converted signal. However the WC is non-inverted when the filter detuning is relatively large. An analytical formula for the transient cross phase modulation is applied to reveal the polarity variation of WC with respect to the OBF detuning. The theoretical detuning values are in good agreement with our experimental results.
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Secretary of State James F. Byrnes revealed today that he did not discuss the Palestine problem with Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin at the Paris Peace Conference, because President Truman handled the entire question directly with Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee.
Asked at his first press conference since his return from abroad whether the State Department was still discussing the Palestine issue with the British Government, Byrnes replied that the President is in immediate and sole control of the matter and has been for the past year. The State Department's function in this matter, he added, has been to send communications, as directed by the President.


text: Johann Cohen-Tanugi <cohen <at> slac.stanford.edu> writes: > The question is a bit more general than that : How can I use SciPy to > compute the values a and b defined by : > 1) integral from a to b of a pdf p(x) (or any function for that matter) > = a given value q > 2) p(a)=p(b) Problem 1 is under-specified. You have one equation for two unknowns and generally will not be able to solve uniquely for both of the endpoints. It may be common in your field to require some sort of symmetry between a and b, e.g. a = mu + E, b = mu - E where mu is some fixed quantity and now you solve for E rather than a and b separately. I (perhaps naively) would do this in scipy using scipy.optimize.brentq such as form numpy import exp from scipy.optimize import brentq mu = 0 def density(x): return exp(-x) def integral_function(E, mu): return scipy.integrate(density, mu-E, mu+E) - q margin = brentq(integral_function, 0, 1000) a,b = mu - margin, mu+margin For problem 2, I'm not sure what the function p represents, but a suitable adaptation of the above should work. -Neil


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Britten's Operas at Seattle Opera
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- Jonathan said...
I was at the piano rehearsal last night and I really enjoyed what I saw of the opera - and, if I can comment on the previous post, the Ass's head looked great and didn't wobble at all.
One question though: with such a large cast (including numerous guests and a children's chorus) is there a risk of losing sight of the Young Artists themselves? I know they still get the experience of putting on a full blown production but from in front of the curtain it is getting more difficult to tell who are the Young Artists and who are the guests.
- March 20, 2009 at 12:59 PM
- Jonathan Dean said...
You're right that MIDSUMMER has a larger cast than some of the other operas we've done at Meydenbauer. We chose this opera because it offers great roles for all our Young Artists, as well as roles for a number of applicants to the program whom we weren't able to engage as Young Artists for the entire year. Plus, we were thrilled to be able to bring back as guests Emily Hindrichs and Marcus Shelton, both of whom were Young Artists with us last year and who've been busy so far this season singing in Europe.
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Panel says commercial lending losses on the rise
NEW YORK – May 29, 2009 – Commercial lending markets remain stagnant and losses in the sector are likely to sharply increase in the coming years, though government action could help reduce the downturn, a group of politicians and industry executives said during a hearing in New York on Thursday.
Speaking before a Congressional Oversight Panel reviewing the impact of government lending efforts' effects on corporate and commercial real estate lending, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., said anecdotal evidence shows "access to commercial credit is absolutely frozen."
That lack of access to capital could lead to huge losses for banks and lenders in the coming years as loans originated during the peak in commercial real estate come due.
Unlike residential real estate loans like mortgages, commercial real estate loans often do not involve much repayment of the principal loan balance and the length of the loans is much shorter. So as the loans mature, borrowers are either forced to refinance the loan or pay off up to the entire principal amount. If borrowers are not able to refinance the loans, defaults are likely to soar, adding to already mounting loan losses, industry experts agree.
Richard Parkus, head of CMBS and ABS synthetics research at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., said nearly two-thirds of outstanding loans packaged into commercial mortgage-backed securities could face trouble refinancing in the coming years. Those loans are worth about $400 billion, he said.
Commercial-mortgage backed securities are pools of commercial real estate loans that are packaged and sold to investors. Loans packaged into securities only account for about one-quarter of all commercial loans outstanding, so total losses are likely to be even higher as those held by banks and other institutions also default, Parkus said.
However, some who testified at the hearing did say recent government actions have provided a little help to the market and additional actions could help reduce potential risk.
Jeffrey DeBoer, president and chief executive of the Real Estate Roundtable, said the government's Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, or TALF program, has provided a bit of additional liquidity to the market and helped improve pricing on some asset-backed securities.
Adjusting rules used to structure commercial-backed mortgage securities could provide some help, DeBoer said. Currently those regulations often do not allow the refinancing of a loan that was packed in a security until just before it defaults. Easing those restrictions to allow for earlier refinancing would minimize potential losses for investors and fewer defaults, he said.
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Python breitensteini
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Python breitensteini Steindachner, 1881
Common Name(s):
Python curtus ssp. breitensteini Steindachner, 1881
|Taxonomic Notes:
|The species was previously considered as a subspecies of Python curtus. Other members of the "Python curtus group" are now considered as distinct species (Keogh et al. 2001, Rawlings et al. 2008, Zug et al. 2011); P. curtus in western Sumatra, P. brongersmai in the remainder of Sumatra and in mainland Southeast Asia, P. breitensteini from Borneo, and P. kyaiktiyo from Myanmar. The occurrence, origin and taxonomic status of members of the P. curtus group in Indochina, presently assigned to P. brongersmai, is uncertain (Zug et al. 2011). The separation of this species is supported by differences in scalation and colouration as well as by DNA analysis and geography (Keogh et al. 2001, Rawlings et al. 2008).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Inger, R.F., Iskandar, D., Lilley, R., Jenkins, H. & Das, I.
|Bowles, P. & Auliya, M.
|De Silva, R., Milligan, HT, Wearn, O.R., Wren, S., Zamin, T., Sears, J., Wilson, P., Lewis, S., Lintott, P. & Powney, G.
The species is listed as Least Concern because it has adapted to man-made habitats and is widely distributed in Borneo. If there is a change in the current management of agricultural lands towards more effective pest control methods and if present harvest levels of this species are maintained, this may impact this species detrimentally and its conservation status would need to be reviewed. Similarly, further loss of natural habitat may also impact on the status of this species, hence ongoing monitoring is required.
|Range Description:
|Python breitensteini is a lowland species that has not yet been recorded from altitudes higher than 1,000 m asl. Based on both historical and relatively recent records the species is likely to be present throughout the entire island of Borneo in both the Malaysian and Indonesia territories, as well as Brunei (one record from Brunei; specimen number from Museum of Brunei BM 142.1974), with the exception of the central highlands above its maximum upper altitude. Records are known from scattered sites across the entire island.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Brunei Darussalam; Indonesia (Kalimantan); Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak)
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|The species is often considered as rare or uncommon throughout its pristine habitat, and it is always associated to various degrees with extensive agricultural lands.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|This species occurs in moist areas with soft soils, where this nocturnal snake hides in rodent burrows during the day. In wetter habitats, the python prefers to use slightly elevated burrows (M. Auliya pers. comm. March 2012). It is found in lowland forest, but due to its nocturnal habits and choice of shelter sites is uncommonly encountered in these habitats. The snake is most frequently encountered in agricultural lands, both croplands and plantations (including oil palm, coconut and cocoa), adjacent to forested areas (M. Auliya pers. comm. September 2011). A strong swimmer, the snake may use irrigation canals and other water-bodies to move, and there are historical reports of this python from wetlands (M. Auliya pers. comm. March 2012). The Bornean short-tailed Python is, however, a fully terrestrial snake and so requires areas with some land to persist as a viable population (M. Auliya pers. comm. March 2012).
|Use and Trade:
|The species is widely collected all over Borneo for its skin and meat, and is involved in the international pet trade (Auliya 2006). In Indonesia, most snake collectors are searching for snakes as a supplementary source of income, as this does not provide enough to support daily needs. The total level of exploitation is believed to be increasing and have become larger than the maximum quota allowed (the annual export quota for Kalimantan in 2011 is 10,800 skins and 1,620 individuals for international pet trade). All specimens harvested for trade, for all purposes, are derived from agricultural lands, including plantations. The species has been observed to be sold for food for local consumption in local markets in Sarawak, Borneo (I. Das pers. obs 2011). There is evidence of cross-border trade of this species between the provinces of East Malaysia and Indonesia (M. Auliya pers. comm. September 2011).
|Major Threat(s):
|The main threat to this species is the hunting pressure for skins and the pet trade. Meat is also a by-product that is sold on the local market. Although trade is extensive, nearly all recently-collected specimens have been taken from anthropogenic habitats, and so there is currently little pressure on this species in the natural forested areas. As deforestation is extensive throughout Borneo, however, the replacement of natural habitats with plantations and farmland may increase the pressures on this snake, which adapts well to habitat conversion.
|Conservation Actions:
|This species in known from protected areas and is listed on Appendix II of CITES. No trade of wild harvested snakes is allowed from Sarawak. Annual harvests of this species in Indonesia are limited by capture and export quotas. The current conservation measures in place do not correspond with the necessary enforcement, which needs to be more effective.
|Inger, R.F., Iskandar, D., Lilley, R., Jenkins, H. & Das, I. 2012. Python breitensteini. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192013A2028005. . Downloaded on 19 September 2017.
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Friday's local events
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL Time Place
Voice of Pentecost at North Bay 5 p.m. Novato
Terra Linda at Justin-Siena 7:30 p.m. Napa
Tam at San Marin 7:30 p.m. San Marin
Branson at Drake 7:30 p.m. San Anselmo
Redwood at Novato 7:30 p.m. Novato
San Rafael at Marin Catholic 7:30 p.m. Kentfield
Sonoma Academy at Tomales 8 p.m. Tomales
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL Time Place
San Domenico at Bay 4:30 p.m. San Francisco
Redwood at Novato 6 p.m. Novato
Branson at Drake 6 p.m. San Anselmo
San Rafael at Marin Catholic 6 p.m. Kentfield
Tam at San Marin 6 p.m. Novato
Terra Linda at Justin-Siena 6 p.m. Napa
Marin Academy at Lick-Wilmerding 6:30 p.m. S.F.
Sonoma Academy at Tomales 6:30 p.m. Tomales
Saturday's local events
COLLEGE MEN'S BASKETBALL Time Place
COM at Yuba 7:30 p.m. Marysville
COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Time Place
COM at Yuba 5:30 p.m. Marysville
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL Time Place
MLK: Marin Catholic at Piedmont 5 p.m. Piedmont
MLK: San Marin vs. Miramonte 8 p.m. Piedmont
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL Time Place
College Prep vs. Branson 2 p.m. COM
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING Time Place
San Marin at Drake tourney 6 a.m. San Anselmo
Tam, TL, Redwood, MC at Albany Invite 9 a.m. Albany
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WRESTLING Time Place
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Marquette at Cincinnati 4 p.m. ESPNU
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SOCCER Time TV Radio
EPL: Manchester City vs Fulham 6:55 a.m. ESPN2
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Australian Open: Round of 16 6 p.m. ESPN2
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Sunday: at Calgary 4 p.m. CSNCA 102.1 FM
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Ellsworth wrestlers win state title, SVE takes second
MADISON - The Ellsworth HIgh School wrestling team won its sixth WIAA Division 2 State Team Wrestling Tournament title Saturday afternoon. The No. 1 ranked Panthers defeated No. 6 Pewaukee 41-12 at the University of Wisconsin Field House.
Pierce County's other No. 1 ranked team, Spring Valley/Elmwood, however, came up short against No. 2 Coleman. The Cougars won their eighth state title b y 39-22 score.
EHS led from start to finish using Brad Cain's overtime time at 132 to kick-off the dual meet, using state champs Gabe Frandsen and Dennis Schutz along with team captain and state runner-up Logan Kemmerer to build up a big lead and clinch ed the title with a pin by Gabe Mancino at 120.
Ellsworth's capped off the meet by getting a pinfall from four-time state champion Jens Lantz in his final high school match. The Purple finished with a 20-3 record overall while Pewaukee concluded at 21-6.
The Redbirds too, got off to a good start with a big win by Logan Newton at 132. A win by Zach Newton had the score tied at 6-6. However, the Cougars, 13-4 overall, won six of the next seven matches, three of them by pinfall in the middle and upper weights to take a 33-10 advantage. Andrew Webb notched a pin at 106 and Cruze Hurlburt also pinned his man for SVE at 120 but it was too late. Coleman clinched the title with a win at 113.
The loss was SVE's first this season. They finished the year at 16-1 overall.


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|The effect of combined antiretroviral therapy on the overall mortality of HIV-infected individuals.
|Ray, M.; Logan, R.; Sterne, J.A.; Hernadez-Diaz, S.; Robins, J.M.; Sabin, C.; Bansi, L.; Sighem, A. van; Wolf, F. de; Costagliola, D.; Lanoy, E.; Bucher, H.C.; Wyl, V. von; Esteve, A.; Casbona, J.; Amo, J. del; Moreno, S.; Justice, A.; Goulet, J.; Lodi, S.; Phillips, A.; Seng, R.; Meyer, L.; Perez-Hoyos, S.; Garcia de Olalla, P.; Hernan, M.A.; Koopmans, P.P. ; Brouwer, A.M. ; Groot, R. de ; Hofstede, H.J.M. ter ; Keuter, M. ; Ven, A.J.A.M. van der
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|AIDS, vol. 24, iss. 1, (2010), pp. 123-137
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|N4i 3: Poverty-related infectious diseases
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effect of combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) on mortality among HIV-infected individuals after appropriate adjustment for time-varying confounding by indication. DESIGN: A collaboration of 12 prospective cohort studies from Europe and the United States (the HIV-CAUSAL Collaboration) that includes 62 760 HIV-infected, therapy-naive individuals followed for an average of 3.3 years. Inverse probability weighting of marginal structural models was used to adjust for measured confounding by indication. RESULTS: Two thousand and thirty-nine individuals died during the follow-up. The mortality hazard ratio was 0.48 (95% confidence interval 0.41-0.57) for cART initiation versus no initiation. In analyses stratified by CD4 cell count at baseline, the corresponding hazard ratios were 0.29 (0.22-0.37) for less than 100 cells/microl, 0.33 (0.25-0.44) for 100 to less than 200 cells/microl, 0.38 (0.28-0.52) for 200 to less than 350 cells/microl, 0.55 (0.41-0.74) for 350 to less than 500 cells/microl, and 0.77 (0.58-1.01) for 500 cells/microl or more. The estimated hazard ratio varied with years since initiation of cART from 0.57 (0.49-0.67) for less than 1 year since initiation to 0.21 (0.14-0.31) for 5 years or more (P value for trend <0.001). CONCLUSION: We estimated that cART halved the average mortality rate in HIV-infected individuals. The mortality reduction was greater in those with worse prognosis at the start of follow-up.


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Infectious Disease
All sexually active women 25 years of age or younger and all women at increased risk for infection with Chlamydia (including women with a history of STIs, new or multiple sexual partners, inconsistent condom use, sex work, and drug use) should be screened during routine encounters before pregnancy.
Women who have young children or who work with infants and young children should be counseled about reducing the risk of cytomegalovirus through universal precautions (e.g., the use of latex gloves and rigorous hand-washing after handling diapers or after exposure to respiratory secretions).
Women at high risk for gonorrhea should be screened during a preconception visit, and women who are infected should be treated. Screening also should occur early during pregnancy and be repeated among women who are at high risk.
Hepatitis C
There are no data showing that preconception screening for hepatitis C among low-risk women will improve perinatal outcomes. Screening for high-risk women is recommended. Women who are positive for hepatitis C and desire pregnancy should be counseled regarding the uncertain infectivity, the link between viral load and neonatal transmission, the importance of avoiding hepatotoxic drugs, and the risk of chronic liver disease. Women who are being treated for hepatitis C should have their reproductive plans reviewed and use adequate contraception while on therapy.
Herpes Simplex Virus
During a preconception visit, women with a history of genital herpes should be counseled about the risk of vertical transmission to the fetus and newborn child; women with no history should be counseled about asymptomatic disease and acquisition of infection. Although universal serologic screening is not recommended for the general population, type-specific serologic testing of asymptomatic partners of people with genital herpes is recommended.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
HIV screening allows for timely treatment and provides women (or couples) with additional information that can influence the timing of pregnancy and treatment.
All men and women should be encouraged to know their HIV status before pregnancy and should be counseled about safe sexual practices. Women who test positive must be informed of the risks of vertical transmission to their infants and the associated morbidity and mortality probabilities. These women should be offered contraception. Women who choose pregnancy should be counseled about the availability of treatment to prevent vertical transmission and that treatment should begin before pregnancy.
Because pregnant women who are exposed to Listeria at any stage of pregnancy risk fetal loss, premature labor, and severe disease in newborns, preconception care should include teaching women what foods to avoid and how to safely prepare and store food. Raw (unpasteurized) milk, soft cheeses made from unpasteurized milk, pâté, meat spreads, and refrigerated smoked seafood (unless canned/shelf stable) should be avoided. Ready-to-eat foods, including hotdogs and deli meats, should be reheated until steaming hot.
Women who are planning a pregnancy should be advised to avoid travel to malaria-endemic areas. If travel cannot be deferred, the traveler should be advised to defer pregnancy and use effective contraception until travel is completed and to follow preventive approaches. Antimalarial chemoprophylaxis should be provided to women who plan a pregnancy who travel to malaria-endemic areas.
Sexually Transmitted Infection
Sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and treatment might reduce the risk of ectopic pregnancy, infertility, and chronic pelvic pain associated with Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and also reduce the possible risk to a fetus of fetal death or physical and developmental disabilities, including mental retardation and blindness. Health care providers regularly and routinely should assess STI risks, provide counseling and other strategies (including immunizations) to prevent acquisition of STIs, and provide indicated STI testing and treatment for all women of childbearing age.
Women at high risk for syphilis should be screened during a preconception visit, and women who are infected should be treated. Because the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and CDC recommend screening all women during pregnancy for syphilis, screening for syphilis immediately before conception is recommended.
There is no clear evidence that preconception counseling and testing will reduce Toxoplasma gondii infection or improve treatment of women who are infected. However, if preconception testing is done, women who test positive can be reassured that they are not at risk of contracting toxoplasmosis during pregnancy; women who are negative can be counseled about ways to prevent infection during pregnancy. For women who convert during pregnancy, treatment should be offered.
All women at high risk of tuberculosis should be screened and treated appropriately before pregnancy.
More Information
To see the complete list of the preconception clinical content and description of how the content was selected and rated, please read the full article.
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Filing winding down in SC's 1st District
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Candidates have just a few more hours to file to run for an open South Carolina congressional seat.
The filing deadline is at noon Monday in the 1st District race along the state's south coast.
Thirteen Republicans and three Democrats have entered the race to fill the vacancy left when former congressman Tim Scott was appointed to the U.S. Senate.
Four sitting state lawmakers and former Gov. Mark Sanford, who is trying to make a political comeback, are among the Republicans seeking the seat. Teddy Turner, the son of Ted Turner, is also running for the GOP nomination.
The Democrats include Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, the sister of comedian and Charleston native Stephen Colbert.
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GAINESVILLE - Rain did not keep everyone away from the annual butterfly release in Gainesville.
Nearly 300 people showed up despite the rain to help release 1,500 butterflies. This was the 18th annual event which is sponsored each year by Friends of Gainesville Parks & Greenways and usually attracts hundreds more people. For instance, in 2011 the crowd was estimated at 2,000.
It is held each year at Wilshire Trails Park. The rain did cause a cancellation of some of the associated activities that usually occur as part of the three-hour event.
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Kauboi Grill hosts chamber mixer
Kauboi Grill & Sushi, at 8041 Soquel Drive, in the Bayview Hotel, will host a mixer for the Aptos Chamber of Commerce 5-6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Owners have remodeled and opened the new restaurant where Ristorante Barolo used to be.
There will be food, drinks and networking. Cost is $5 for members, $10 for nonmembers.
Campus hosts job fair Tuesday
UC Santa Cruz will host the Fall Job & Internship Fair for all majors 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the College 9/10 multipurpose room.
Plantronics and West Marine are among the two dozen employers recruiting. Others include the San Jose Police Department, the U.S. Department of State and First Investors Corp. For information, visit http://careers.ucsc.edu/events/fall.html
About 350 students participated in a career and internship fair for computer and engineering students last week.
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Zero Motorcycle to patrol San Mateo
Zero Motorcycles announced Tuesday that the San Mateo Police Department has purchased a 2013 Zero DS Police Motorcycle.
The motorcycle will begin patrolling the downtown San Mateo area immediately.
"Police Departments are continuing to select Zero Motorcycles to be added to their fleets because the motorcycles have been developed from the ground up to meet the requirements of law enforcement agencies around the world," said John Lloyd, vice president of global sales for Zero Motorcycles.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Throughout 2011, investors have watched as the universe of exchange-traded products has continued to expand at a breakneck pace. According to the National Stock Exchange, the combined total number of listed ETFs and ETNs stood at 1376. This marks an increase of 277 products from Dec. 2010. Now, however, as we approach the end of the year, fund sponsors appear to be in the trimming mood, announcing plans to take the axe to underperforming instruments. At the start of the week, I highlighted IndexIQ's plan to shutter three of its small cap-focused international ETFs. In the short time since the release of this news, Global X has followed suit, announcing its own plan to close the curtain on eight of its own products. Although the company remains a relatively young player within the ETF realm, Global X has managed to gain some impressive steam over the past year, securing its place within the cutthroat industry. An ETF pioneer, Global X has become known for its lineup of funds designed for investors looking to target previously unexplored corners of the global marketplace. Some of the company's more impressive success stories include the Global X Silver Miners ETF ( SIL)and the Global X FTSE Colombia 20 ETF ( GXG). In an attempt to boost its presence in the industry, the company has gone on a fund-launching frenzy over the past year. In 2011 alone, investors were introduced to more than 20 new Global X-branded products. Two of the firm's most recent unveils have been the Global X FTSE Greece 20 ETF ( GREK) and the Global X Social Media Index ETF ( SOCL). Given their unique investing strategies, it is not surprising that many of these product launches have generated a good deal of coverage from the media. This attention, however, has not necessarily translated into success. In fact, although they are yet to see their first birthday, all eight of the products currently on the chopping block come from the class of 2011. According to a press release issued at the start of the week, the Global X Russell Emerging Markets Growth ETF ( EMGX), Global X Russell Emerging Markets Value ETF ( EMVX), Global X Mexico Small Cap ETF ( MEXS), Global X Oil Equities ETF ( XOIL), Global X Farming ETF ( BARN), Global X Fishing Industry ETF ( FISN), Global X Food ETF ( EATX) and Global X Waste Management ETF ( WSTE) will be liquidated on Feb. 27. The funds' last day of trading is slated for Feb. 16.
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MC Cheatsheet: Heidi Klum's Best Halloween Costumes of All Time
Katie: "When it comes to Halloween costumes, Heidi Klum kicks ass and takes names." Modelinia
Jen: "Justice: Judge rules that it was actually wrong for a school to ban a lesbian from attending prom, then cancel the prom entirely lest — gasp! — two girls show up together." New York Times
Anna: "No matter what you think of the NPR/Juan Williams controversy, you must agree that this Tumblr turning Muslim stereotypes on their heads is kind of awesome." Muslims Wearing Things
Kate: "This StyleCaster cover story on Keith Richards' daughter, Alexandra Richards, is really, really making me want her She-Ra-inspired crown." StyleCaster
Jessica: "I didn't think it was possible for this movie to get any better, but it just did." PopWatch
Elana: "If you, like me, can't wait for Sofia Coppola's new film Somewhere to drop (December can't come soon enough!), check out this behind-the-scenes slideshow of the director on set at LA's Chateau Marmont. How adorable is Elle Fanning (yes, Dakota's younger sis)?" Nowness
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Please confirm that you want to add Blog your book in 30 days - become a published author to your Wishlist.
Become a published author and blog your book in 30 days
Is this the year that you write your book?
If the answer is yes, then this course is for you. In just 30 days, you could take the content from your blog (and a few other places) and turn that into a book that you sell on Amazon.
Planning and getting really clear about what the right book is will make becoming a published author and blogger so much easier. This course helps you to
In this course, you will learn how go from no idea through to blogging your book, how to use the content from your blog to create a book.
You will also learn how to deconstruct your book and blog it either for the first time or again.
You will be given resources and plans to make the whole process easy and stress-free.Already a published author?
You may already have a book and want to promote it via your blog, if that is the case, then this course is also for you.
You will become a published author in no time at all.
In this lecture, you meet your instructor - Jacqui Malpass.
Jacqui is a personal brand strategist and book coach. Her aim is to teach you how to plan your book, maximise your blog and become a published author.
Here Jacqui explains what she will be delivering for you.
Join in the conversation in the Facebook support group and ask questions, share what you learn in the group and ask for feedback
This lecture provides you with a quick tour of your Udemy interface and the resources available to you.
Make sure you familiarise yourself with how the platform works so that you get the most enjoyment from your course.
Please do start discussions and if you need to ask the instructor anything you can send a private message.
This course comes with a variety of worksheets for personal use.
This lecture kick-starts your creative juices and helps to you to discover the book you want to write
Visualisation is incredibly powerful and you don't have to be visual to get benefits. Get some A4 paper, a journal, post-it notes, a roll of brown paper and come colouring pens ready for when the visualisation is over as you will be doing some exercises.
Find yourself somewhere comfortable to sit or lie and allow yourself to be transported to your perfect day. Following your perfect day, you will find your values, know why these are your values, have a vision, an outline strategy and have created your first book (yes really!!).
These powerful exercises will help you to discover the right book for right now.
If you are ready, let's begin.
Your action - do the visualisation and journal what comes up for you
Take a week to notice what is going on around you.
Take trips out, visit friends, chat to clients, ask questions, walk, record your ideas, be inspired by food...
Make sure you take good notes, reflect often and put all of your ideas onto your ideas wall. Use post it notes for flexibility and keep moving them around until you find the one idea that you would like to explore further.
This week is guaranteed to help you to uncover what your book or books will be about.
Your action - do the week of observation and notice what you notice and become a witness to your life
Your ideas checklist
How do I bring vision, business strategy, reader and content together so that I write, the right book?
In this section, we will be bringing four strands, which make up this book together. This is part of the developing a book process and is designed to give you clarity and make the rest of the process easier.We will be covering: -
Together these are called the heart spot of your book.
Your action - start thinking about what these four elements might be in preparation for the following exercises
In this lecture you will be going back to your book exercise and doing it one more time.
This time focus on what you have gained from your week of observation. Refine your ideas and start to get comfortable with the fact that you are writing a book!
Your actions - review your book exercise
Why you need a vision for your life, your business and your book
Vision drives your direction; it is future based and relies on you taking action to get you there. Your vision plus your purposeful actions will propel you towards living your life on purpose. Many people write vision statements only to forget them when everyday life surrounds them.
How many people do you know who write a vision statement or create a vision board and then simply no longer see what is in front of them? A true, heart centred vision statement is powerful when it is aligned with your values, passion and purpose. Your book and how you will use it is driven from here.
Your actions - create a vision statement
What is my strategy for this book?
Book sales are just one small piece of your marketing armory. If you spend your energy in marketing your higher priced products and services, which are based around your book, you will bring in more income and build greater influence.
It is worth remembering that the sales of products and services, including speaking and workshops, will impact your bottom line more than what you will make from direct sales of books (unless you are very lucky).
What else can you create around your book? How will you build your personal brand?
Your actions - start to consider what your strategy for you book, business and life is. What are you 10 action steps to help you to reach your vision?
How do I pinpoint who my ONE reader is?
Think about how well you know the ideal reader for your book. People buy books because of some sort of outcome, solution or result that it gives them. In this topic, you explore what makes an ideal reader for you and how to find yours.We will be covering: -
Your action - do one of all of the exercises to build up a good picture of your reader. When you have that make a drawing and put it up where you can see it. Keep your eye on your reader as you write.
What content will go in this book?
Knowing what we know can be a challenge. For your book, you may be thinking of leveraging existing articulated content, existing un-articulated content and formulating new content from your thinking and research. All of which needs documenting, mapping out and aligning to the relevant chapter(s).
You haven't got an outline yet, however, it's a great idea to start to locate where your content may be.
Your action - start a knowledge audit
Actions for your heart spot.
Quick test to see if you can remember what the heart spot of the book is made up of.
Planning is vital
This lecture sets the scene for your planning activities. Please make the time to plan. If you think you have no time then you will have no time. With the plan and work out realistically when you can complete all of the steps.
Your action - read the planner and make time to plan
Staying on track with a planner
This planner contains lots of steps that will take you from no idea to published author.
Your action - get to know this planner and use it to help to guide you through this process
It is vital that when you begin to write your book you understand your preferences, as this will help you not only get started, but actually finish and get published.
Aspects of planning, writing and editing your book will be easier for some than others, because each of us have preferences for the way in which we think, learn and do. In this lecture we are looking at what kind of a planner you are, so that you can plan this book in the best way for you.
Download the worksheet, work through the types, decide which you are and work out how you will flex your style.
Our ways of thinking feel a 'natural' part of us. You may be unaware of these non-conscious patterns until you learn to recognise them. You can learn to recognise them through your language and behaviours. Having a preference for a particular pattern of can be very beneficial when that pattern is useful in a particular context. On the other hand, you might find it difficult to adapt your behaviour.
Consider how being more flexible with your thinking and behaviour may lead to more productive outcomes. This is often why book projects fail – people simply do not know why they get into overwhelm or lose the motivation to write. It is all down to your preferences…
Think about your planning and learning styles and what strategies you could put in place and see how these might help you further.
Remember it is so important that you create the best way of working for you. Have fun!
Understand your planning type and then preview the plan to get an understanding of what is entailed.
Getting your outline out of your head and into a structure
This lecture gives you an overview of the process we shall be following to get a great book outline.
Your action - understand the process and get yourself ready to discover your book outline
Use this exercise to tease out your outline
This is a walking, using your intuition and making sense process, which will really help cement your chapter outlines.
Get a number of A4 sheets of paper (10 to 12 will be perfect), post-it's, coloured pens and a voice recorder (use the one on your phone). If you have a friend or partner, use them to ask you questions about each chapter
and to do the writing for you. The writing helps you and your partner to remember key points. Otherwise, ask yourself these questions.
Use the voice recorder; it is invaluable for remembering everything you say. Find somewhere quiet to work and some floor space.
Mind map your walk the line exercise
Your action - mind map your walk the line exercise
Clarify your outline with a mind map
Using a computer based mindmapping tool is a wonderful way to get absolute clarity. You may not be visual, but give this a try. I am sure you will be pleased that you did. Witness how your thought processes around your book change.
This lecture explores how you can take your walk the line, manual mind map and expand it with a computer based tool.
Watch how your ideas expand.
Your action - re mind map your outline
Before you move on you need to consolidate where you have got to.
A quick quiz to ensure you understand the importance of outlining a book
This document provides you with a short example of the what, why, how and what if chapter framework.
It is the simplest to use and will give you a great start for creating your book.
Your action - open this document and start to create a synopsis of your book
Do this for all of your chapters. It may seem like a lot of work, but you will be pleased that you did.
I have added a book proposal to the resources, just in case you want to start this process and use it to help you cement your ideas a bit more - don't get side tracked - use the proposal to clarify your thoughts only at this stage.
How to create content from what you have and what you know
Knowing what we know can be a challenge. For your book, you may be thinking of leveraging existing articulated content, existing un-articulated content and formulating new content from your thinking and research. All of which needs documenting, mapping out and aligning to the relevant chapter(s).
To make sense of your knowledge you need to locate it and create a map of where it is, how to access it and where to use it.
Your action - undertake a complete knowledge audit for your book
Finding relevant content on your blog
In this lecture, you will be focusing very specifically on your blog, so that you can assess if what you already have is useful for your book.
It is important to remember that blog content will have be written to be digitally consumed and will have to be edited to go into your book.
Your action - review your blog, find, categorise and tag your content
How to tighten the outline
Once you have your mindmap and have sorted your notes from your walk the line exercise, the next steps include sorting out chapter titles, questions, key messages, and call to actions.
Developing chapter titles starts your creative juices flowing and engages your brain to start making connections between chapters and considering how they flow into each other. They can be serious or funny, and where possible contain action words like changing, controlling, improving, motivating, achieving.
Questions, key messages, and call to actions bring structure and clarity to your outline.
How to give your chapter structure, so that becomes (almost) effortless to write and more relaxing for your reader to read
When you read other authors books, you may have noticed that they were writing to a framework. Which did you like? You may not have decided you if you are taking a step-by-step approach, a list approach, interviews, Q&A's, or sharing your life story. There are many excellent ways to present your content. You can use a single framework or in combination with another.
Your action - use the what, why, how and what if as a starting point. Explore how you can expand that. Be mindful of keeping this process simple.
Bringing all of your ideas together
Now that you have taken your walk the line and your two mind maps it's time to turn that into the first rough pass of your book.
Your action - Use your mind map and your recording and write up your what, why, how and what if for each of your chapters
Your checklist so far...
Get yourself prepared and your mindset for success
It is important that you get yourself as prepared as possible and know what might stand in your way. Creating time and letting loved ones know that you are on a mission is a great start. Understanding why you procrastinate and finding ways to overcome them is another.
When you have time and are motivated there will be no stopping you.
Take time out between tasks
Rest is important to this entire process, so take time out.
Your action - Go to your planner and schedule in time out (and put in a few rewards as well)
Creating your blogging plan from your book
In this next step, you are looking at the chapter overview you have created and your mind map (if you used it to find blog ideas).
Your action - prepare your blog planner, from the inspiration in your book
The basics of preparing your blog
To help you to keep your content together you will be using categories and tags, in your Wordpress blog.
When you create your content you can then use the categories and tags to structure your post.
Your action - create the category for your book and chapters. Take the keywords from your blog planner and create tags (you can add additional tags as you write your post)
Creating your content for the book and blog
Remember your content for your book and blog needs to be different.
Your action - do a trial run so that you can see what is involved and how long it will take you.
Writing and blogging your book in 30 days
You have a book outline, chapter framework, knowledge audit and a blog plan. Think clearly about what your objectives are... They should be to use your blog to help you get to a very polished first draft of your book, in the most efficient and effective way possible.You will do this by...
Make sure you have planned time for these activities. In the course of your day, you will be writing for your book, writing for your blog, sharing your content, gaining feedback, and editing your book. Chunk theses tasks down to make them easy for you.
Your action - do a test run, find out how long this will take you. With this knowledge, create your 30 day plan, design your process and get writing.
NOTE: You may find it useful to join a 30 day blogging challenge to keep you on track. Alternatively ask a friend to be an accountability buddy.
Creating and using your editing plan and style guide
First drafts are, usually, rubbish; the words were after all a download. We write every day, blogs, emails, Twitter and Facebook, but how many people read what they have written before pressing send? Writing is a skill that we get better at, because we pause, reflect and edit before pressing send.
What if there was a way to make editing easier for you? An editing plan enables you to create a methodology (a way of working) which makes the whole editing process easy, which means you can get to second and final draft with ease.
The plan makes sure you do not miss any editing steps out and will provide you with the way to have a polished manuscript to either self-publish or to pass onto a professional editor (different to a proof reader) for the finishing touches. Editing also gives you a chance to rethink your content, how it flows and fits together. You are reminded of its purpose and how it connects to your reader.
Your style guide will remind you of any nuances of style that need to be accounted for by you as an editor and your proofreader.
Your action - read through your editing plan, and test it on your first chapter. Create a style guide. Use your change log to log any changes that you need to do later.
How to make more sense of what you have written
Now it's time to start sifting through your writing and starting to ensure that it flows. You will be looking at:-
Your action - check each chapter flows and each flows into each other. Check that you have covered everything off
Making sure it's checked and proofed
Next it's the nitty gritty and checking for punctuation and grammar. It is very important that you do not skip this stage. Your proof-reader will do the final check, however, it is a great step in improving readability.
Your action - check your spelling and grammar
In this video I share a brilliant WORD add in called Grammarly. This tool helps you to not only focus your writing, but it tells you about poor grammar and offers suggestions about how to improve what you have written. It is available as a subscription.
Making sure you create a cover that sells
It is important that you make your book as sexy as possible so that it will sell. If your book were on a shelf with many others what would make it stand out? If someone were surfing the internet what would make them choose your book and buy it? Why would they buy it from you? What do you notice about how you select books to read? These are things that you need to pay attention to so that you can learn how to make your book stand out from the crowd.
The cover is one of the most important parts of your book. It along with the blurb is what creates the invitation to treat. So it is important to spend some time and cash on getting it right. Your cover doesn't need to cost a lot. If you are not a designer, please make sure you use an expert.
Your action - design a brilliant cover specification and send it to your designer. When it comes back ask others what they think, before you finalise it
Re purpose your blog to raise the profile of your book and blog
Phew. Congratulations you are a published author. Next you can repurpose your books content to raise it's and your profile. Not only that, you can be more imaginative with your content and link to lots of other sources, such as YouTube videos and courses your have available.
Your action - go back to your blog planner and create a new plan from your book and get blogging!
Setting up your KDP account and uploading your book
This is a super easy process, follow the instructions and within 24 - 48 hours your book will be availabl.
Your action - create your KDP account and upload and publish your book
Everyone is unique. Everyone has their own voice and stories with which they can make an impact on the world.
I work with my clients to help them to reconnect to their stories and take control of their identity, so that they can be seen as an expert and authority in their field.
We work together to enable you to fly.
My experience as a coach (journaling, writing, books, executive), trainer (personal development and writing), strategist (personal branding and marketing), nutritionist and as a human who has experienced her fair share of stuff creates a powerful combination of knowledge, skills and experiences with which to support you.
How will we do 'it'?
This is an exploration with no set rules or guidelines. We will be tapping into your inner wisdom to discover what needs to be known. From there strategies and plans can be made, outcomes sought and actions taken.
You may want to write a book or a blog, build a coaching program, run a retreat, build an online school, so that you can demonstrate your expertise. You may want a sounding board for your personal brand strategy. You may want to improve your health. Whatever you come with, these are like your doctor might say, your presenting symptoms. What lies beneath is what needs to surface so that you find the stories and inspirational message to share.
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★ Stolen Petals
★ Plan your non-fiction book in a weekend
★ Navigate - Executive Leadership Journey (Part 1 and 2)
★ The Conscious Woman's Guide to Leaving Her Husband and Getting a Life
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I adore working with inspirational, enthusiastic, energetic people with strong messages. People who want to make a difference. I would love to become part of your onward journey, the one that sees you finding your voice, becoming the best version of you and rocking that out to the world.
My passion is helping you to discover the stories inside of you, and help you to share these so that you can leave your legacy, heal, share your inspirational message, have fun, and build a personal brand that really rocks.
I am an expert at getting your story out, and really finding the essence of what you want to say. And then saying it so that it is engaging and makes an impact.
I have a background in professional training, executive coaching and personal branding and I additionally combine these skills to facilitate this journey.
So who am I?
I have been described in many ways - enthusiastic, high energy, inspirational, motivation and fun. I have also been described as beautifully eccentric, which I do indeed take as a compliment. What you get is what you see. What I want for you, is to own who you are and to share your gifts with the world.
In between drinking white tea, experimenting with recipes and walking the the loves of my life - Ferdy dog, Marley Moo & Angel, I can be found writing. And I do a bit of abstract arty stuff with wire and wool.


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Saturday afternoon, March 1, sixth, seventh and eighth graders from Pacifica schools Ingrid B. Lacy (IBL), Cabrillo, Ocean Shore, Ortega and Vallemar, showed up at IBL in support of a music video project which takes a stand against bullying.
Directed and produced by Michael Davis, and done in partnership with the nonprofit Free2Luv, the video-shoot features the Pacifica-based rock band Haunted by Heroes (HXH) and their song, "Stomp it Out."
HXH, who played West Hollywood's famous Whisky a Go Go when three of the band mates were all of nine, have since gone on to play that same stage numerous times, along with gigs at Slim's, Candlestick Park, Pacific Coast Fog Fest, Brisbane's Club 23, and on America's Got Talent, NBC's "Today Show," and CBS 5's "Eye on the Bay." Their recently released self-titled CD was produced by multi-platinum and Grammy-Award winning record producer, studio engineer and mixer Sylvia Massy, who has worked with such artists as System Of A Down, Smashing Pumpkins, Aerosmith, Black Crowes and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
HXH is Charley, age 13, on rhythm guitar, Max, age 15, on lead guitar, and 13-year-old twins Nick, on bass and lead vocals, and Chris on drums.
Their video shoot took a little over four hours and opened with 25 local junior high school students sitting on a school bus. Turns out, middle school children are most likely to be bullied on a bus.
One of the kids who signed on to be a part of the HXH video, talked about her experience with being bullied.
She said it was random but it got so bad that she had to change middle schools.
She is thrilled that HXH is 100 percent behind the anti-bully movement, and said she is proud to be a part of their video.
One of the film's most animated scenes had the kids sitting on the bleachers in the gym, holding up their individually created "Rock Luv Not Hate" posters and shouting: "Stomp it Out." In a particularly powerful scene, the kids marched towards the cameras yelling "Stomp it Out," as their feet pounded over "chalked" sidewalk messages such as: "Every 7 Seconds a Kid is Bullied on the Playground."
The music video will be launched on Free2Luv's website, http://free2luv.org/. It will include a free download of HXH's song "Stomp It Out." Visit the band at http://www.hauntedbyheroes.com/.
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Commercials generally don't offer viewers much to chew on. Next time you're confronted with 10 minutes of pre-show advertisements, try munching on popcorn as a means of counteracting the effects of subliminal seduction.
According to The Guardian, a group of researchers from Cologne University -- where they must have an abundance of free time on their hands -- has concluded that chewing makes viewers immune to film advertising.
The research team welcomed 96 guests to a movie theatre that featured on-screen advertisements. Half the participants were issued a bag of corn to chomp while the rest of the group were handed a fast-dissolving sugar cube.
Isn't this how Project MKUltra started?
After the show, Reddenbacher noshers could not recall what played before the picture while sugar babies "showed positive psychological responses to the products they had encountered in the ads."
The technical explanation: "The reason why adverts manage to imprint brand names on our brains is that our lips and the tongue automatically simulate the pronunciation of a new name when we first hear it. Every time we re-encounter the name, our mouth subconsciously practices its pronunciation.
"However, according to the study published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology, this "inner speech" can be disturbed by chewing, rendering the repetition effect redundant."
Is this a good thing for theatres? Proceeds for the pre-show entertainment go directly to the exhibitor. Once advertisers catch wind of this will they pull the plug or acquiesce to a cinema staple that in effect neutralizes their adverts?
Remember: if you outlaw popcorn only outlaws will pop corn!
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