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General Sam: A Biography of Lieutenant General Sam Vaughan Wilson
A Morning With Alexander Dyer, retired CEO of the BOC Group
By Trey Price '14, Wilson Center Fellow
On November 5th, Hampden Sydney College hosted Alexander P. Dyer, retired CEO of the BOC group, for a talk on leadership with the President's Leadership Council. Dyer explained to students that leaders are made. We each are granted opportunities to make ourselves leaders, as long as we respect those whom we lead. Mr. Dyer, who is a U.S. Military Academy graduate, argued that the military did not teach him how to manipulate those around him. Rather, it instilled in him the ability to motivate people. In some cases, Dyer argued, you must separate yourself from those who slow the progress down. By having a clear vision, depending on an open line of communication with your team, and granting those around you the ability to express their views on issues, a person can be successful in any field we enter. Mr. Dyer concluded his talk with an evaluation of his own performance as a CEO, remarking that by trusting those he worked with, he was able to understand what leadership truly is, and give those around him the chance to become leaders.
Alex Dyer's admiration for Hampden-Sydney comes from his grandson's recent graduation from the college. His son-in-law is also a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College.
The College's Shadows Reach Far Into the Past
By Trey Price '14, Wilson Center Fellow
On November 10th, the Wilson Center hosted Dr. Joseph Lane '90, for a Founder's Day Program in celebration of the birthday of Hampden-Sydney College. Dr. Lane, who is currently the Director of the College Honors Program at Emory and Henry College, reflected on his years at Hampden-Sydney and the history of the college. He used a metaphor of trees casting shadows over students to emphasize the lasting effect the college has had on its students throughout history. Using research and writings from Dr. Brinkley's book, On This Hill, he described the beginnings of Hampden-Sydney. Figures such as Samuel Stanhope Smith and Patrick Henry shaped the college as it gained momentum, instilling the value of thought and reason in the first class of students. While the date of the college's inception remains a lively debate, Dr. Lane finds it to be just one of the many factors that signify how long Hampden-Sydney has transformed the lives, of students who come into contact with its shadows.
Veterans Day 2013
On November 10, Colonel Greg Eanes, USAF (Ret) was the guest speaker for our commemoration ceremony at Memorial Gates. Greg spoke of our long "Garnet and Grey line" and the roles our Hampden-Sydney men have played in defense of our nation over the past 238 years. His full speech...
Cadet Max Zbinden '15 accepted an Army ROTC Scholarship and was contracted into the US Army on November 11. He has decided to pursue a commission as an Army Officer and serve our nation upon graduation from Hampden-Sydney. We continue a tradition on our campus with the ceremony at the Memorial Gates. Cadet Zbinden took an oath to support and defend our Constitution among the names of our alums who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation.
Wilson Center's Annual Trip to the Hill
By Graves Anthony '16
The Wilson Center took its annual trip to Washington, DC on November 12th. While there, many lectures were held at the Longworth US House Office Building. The lectures covered topics ranging from the elections in Virginia and New Jersey by Chris Cooper '93 to national security challenges in the aftermath of the Snowden affair with Dr. Carter Morris '66, William Marshall '72, and Lewis Robinson '91. In the afternoon, the group met with alumni who are currently working on the hill for senators, congressmen, or national parties. During lunch, a group of pre-law students went to the Supreme Court to meet James Young '86 for a tour of the court. Due to an unscheduled afternoon session, the group was not able to tour the court and instead went to the Library of Congress. In celebration of the anniversary, the Library had original copies of the Gettysburg Address on display. After a long day on the Hill, the trip finished with dinner at the Capitol Hill Club. Following dinner, Adam Lavier '97 and George Albright '74 gave their "reflections on the state of the national economy."
The World Is Watching
By Henrik Fogh Rasmussen '03
The recent U.S. government shutdown and last-minute debt ceiling deal in Congress have left observers across the globe wondering loudly if the United States is a power in decline. After all, if America's leaders cannot responsibly manage the nation's finances, can the rest of the world count on American leadership on the world stage?
The truth is that much of the foreign rhetoric about American decline is an attempt by foreign elites to deflect attention away from their own economic and political challenges, which dwarf the problems of the United States.
Europe is struggling with chronically high unemployment and a rapidly aging population. The populations of Russia, China and Brazil are actually projected to be smaller in 2100 than they are today. Meanwhile, the United States, despite its problems, continues to attract the best and brightest from around the world. The American population is expected to grow to more than 450 million by 2100.
However, perception matters. During the Cold War, Soviet propagandists successfully undermined American power around the world with false tales of American decline and Soviet ascendency. If the perception of American decline is allowed to spread unchecked, American interests will suffer. Enemies will be emboldened, allies will hesitate, and foreign investors will become anxious.
The President and the Congress would do well to remember that when they debate the America's challenges, the world is watching. The greatest communicators of the Cold War, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan, understood this fact. These two presidents were careful to always view even serious problems through a prism of fundamental optimism about America's future.
An important cause for optimism in the current situation is the fact that American politics was deliberately designed to be tough and competitive. As James Madison explained in Federalist 10, the best safeguard against faction is a large republic with so many competing interests that no single interest group can gain a permanent upper hand. Perhaps, then, instead of loudly complaining about gridlock in Washington, we should all show greater appreciation for a political system that allows for a multitude of perspectives. In the end, the American political system tends to produce more informed decisions and better outcomes than any other system in the world. Let us make sure that the world understands the fundamental strength of Madison's republic.
Henrik Fogh Rasmussen is the founder and president of Rasmussen Public Affairs, a consulting firm focused on corporate statesmanship.
Dr. Curtis Smith Named to U.N. International Civil Service Commission
Dr. Curtis J. Smith, Myers Professor and Director of the Freshman Leadership Program at Hampden-Sydney College, has been appointed by the United Nations General Assembly, at its 68th plenary meeting, as a member of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) for a four-year term beginning January 1, 2014.
Kingston P. Rhodes, Chairman of ICSC, wrote, "…we look forward to benefiting from the rich background and experience which you bring to the Commission."
Smith served as director of the Federal Executive Institute (FEI) in Charlottesville from 1994 to 1998. He holds adjunct faculty positions at Virginia Tech and Indiana University. Prior to his position at FEI, he held several posts with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and was appointed to the presidential rank of distinguished executive under the Senior Executive Service. He has a Ph.D. in English Literature from Ohio State University and was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration in 1998. He has been with Hampden-Sydney since 2000.
Holden McLemore '16 was recently featured in a hometown magazine. Holden is a graduate of the Freshmen Leadership Program and currently in the Public Service Program at the Wilson Center. The story: Wake Forest Teen Well on His Way to a Life of Public Service
Arley Morelock '13 and Joshua Gaskill '15 were recently inducted into Omnicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership honor society for college men and women.
Britt McKenzie '13 is working as a legislative correspondent and legislative aide for Rep Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), covering social issues, and matters pertaining to domestic issues.
Thomas Calderwood '12 has been accepted into the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University where he will pursue his MA.
James Hoffman '10 was promoted to Government Affairs Manager at Davis Consultants, Inc., which focuses on government affairs, legislative strategy and media relations for some of Virginia's leading business interests.
Cabell Barrow '07, a third year law student at UNC School of Law, has recently accepted a position with Clement and Wheatley in Danville, VA as an associate attorney. Until he begins his new position, he is working as an extern with Judge Fred Morrison at the N.C. Office of Administrative Hearings.
Rusty Foster '04 is now Manager, Strategic Alliances at National Association of Secondary School Principals/Student Councils.
Nathaniel Breeding '00 joined the International Republican Institute (IRI), as resident program officer in Tunis, Tunisia as part of the organization's Middle East North Africa program.
Ryan Irving '95 is now Web Architect/Section 508 Compliance Specialist at Commonwealth Trading Partners, Inc.
Chris Chapel '93 was appointed vice president, Federal Governmental Affairs for NextEra Energy. Chris will work directly with David Brown '87.


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'Melrose Place' Actress, 49ers Linebacker Among Gavin Newsom's Top Donors
Categories: Celebrities, Politics
|Actress Daphne Zuniga, seen here as 'Princess Vespa,' thinks Gavin Newsom is the best lieutenant governor candidate in the galaxy
We reported earlier today that San Francisco's mayor has both the internal polling numbers and a huge financial advantage over Democratic challenger Janice Hahn. But he's also the backing of the Melrose Place actress Zuniga -- and a handful of other eye-opening donors.
Poring over the records of who saw fit to hand Newsom $1,000 or more turns up several household -- or quasi-household -- names:
|Perhaps this image won Gavin Newsom the support of a current 49er?
There's Zuniga, of course, perhaps Encino's best-known resident whom everyone fell in love with following her turn as Princess Vespa in Spaceballs. Did you know her first screen credit was for The Dorm That Dripped Blood? Now you do. She lists her employer as "Hallmark Television" and ponied up $2,500;
"Professional football player" Travis Laboy, who lists his employer as the "San Francisco 49ers" dropped Newsom $1,500. Hopefully, the Niners' linebacker also drops plenty of opponents this year, too.
Charlotte Mailliard Shultz is the namesake for City Hall's staircase, wife of former Secretary of State George Schultz, and the state's Chief of Protocol. She also kicked down $10 grand.
Carmen Policy lists his profession as "vintner." Boy, we sure did used to enjoy his reds -- and golds -- back when he was president of the 49ers. He gave $2,500.
Newsom certainly enjoyed a healthy smile when the Union of American Physicians & Dentists Medical Defense Fund kicked him $7,000.
Elon Musk, the South African-born physicist, Tesla CEO, and PayPal co-founder dropped Newsom $6,500. Last year the CEO of SpaceX he gave $10,000 toward Newsom's gubernatorial campaign -- which went the way of Apollo 1, sadly.
Thomas Coates, the sugar daddy for a statewide anti-rent control proposition Newsom decried, sent him $2,000. Last year, he handed Newsom's gubernatorial campaign $25,000.
Newsom's mayoral chief of staff, Steve Kawa, gave his boss $2,500.
And, finally, Newsom received $6,500 apiece from his in-laws, Kenneth and Judy Siebel and $1,000 from his wife, Jennifer. Maybe now he'll return their calls.


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Thanksgiving is still a week out, but in keeping with holiday tradition as set forth by the Church of Retail Consumerism, it's already time to start thinking of Christmas.
What says "Happy birthday, Jesus" like the eccentric folk-pop stylings of a long-haired Californian? Well, plenty of things, obviously, but based on a recent event listing that cropped up on Facebook, the members of a local music collective are hoping you'll overlook that detail.
The Communicators -- a newly formed supergroup consisting of members of Glowing Bordis, The Nim Nims and Toneharm -- made a big impact when they performed the entirety of The Beastie Boys' "Ill Communication" at Track 29's Halloween Bash. Earlier this week, they announced their return to Track 29 for a second album-centric show, Beck the Halls Christmas Jamboree, on Dec. 23.
In addition to individual sets by the participating bands, including newcomer Strung Like a Horse, the Jamboree will feature a rendition of Beck's seminal 1996 album "Odelay."
Like "Ill Communication," "Odelay" mixes elements from a wide range of styles with popular cuts such as "Where It's At," "Devil's Haircut" and "The New Pollution."
That made it ideally suited to The Communicators' talent pool, said Glowing Bordis lead singer TJ Greever.
"It's got the DJs, the rock, the hip-hop," he said. "I wore that record out, big time."
Earlier this month, Track 29 co-owner Adam Kinsey was ebullient in his praise of The Communicators' debut, which attracted a crowd of about 1,100.
While it might have come off smoothly in the end, the concert was the result of a lot of effort, including about 20 rehearsals over the course of six weeks, Greever said.
By the time they walked offstage after multiple costume changes and hours of playing, the effort was well worth it.
"It was overwhelmingly awesome," Greever said. "It was possibly my top musical moment in Chattanooga in 15 years."
Seven weeks out, Greever said The Communicators should be able to meet more than a dozen times to iron out the details of the album's 13 cuts.
The cycle won't end there. Greever said The Communicators will continue to explore themed shows in the future, though likely at other venues than Track 29.
Some of the projects that have been suggested so far include Outkast's "Stankonia" (2000) and Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" (1991).
And in case hearing that country musician Eric Church is the first announced headliner for next year's Riverbend didn't get your blood flowing, Greever said The Communicators have received feelers from Friends of the Festival's Jeff Styles to perform at the festival.
In the meantime, if all you want for Christmas is two turntables and a microphone, The Communicators have you covered. Best of all, there's no need to camp out on Black Friday to get them.
Casey Phillips has worked as a features reporter in the Life department since May 2007. He writes about entertainment, young adults, technology and people of interest. Casey hails from Knoxville and earned a bachelor of science degree in journalism and a bachelor of arts in German. He previously worked as the features editor for Sidelines at Middle Tennessee State University. Casey received the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists Award of Excellence for Reviewing/Criticism in ...


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Pass' Jeune Opéra/Comédie Française
The Paris Opera/Comédie -Française 2013-2014 season Pass' Jeunes.
Available at 20 € and specially designed for the under 28s*, the Pass' Jeunes provides the opportunity to acquire your ticket in advance at a preferential rate for a selection of productions at both the Paris Opera and the Comédie-Française.
* Born after January 1st 1985.
Preferential rates
Young clients – 2013/2014 season
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|at the COMÉDIE-FRANçAISE
> 30€ for operas
> 20€ for ballets and symphony concerts
> 10€ for "salons musicaux"
> 26€, 16€ or 9€ at the Salle Richelieu (according to category)
> 10€ at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
> 30 minutes before the beginning of performances the Pass' Jeunes gives you priority access to last-minute seats at the box-office of the Paris Opera only (other than special evenings*). These seats are sold at the preferential rates mentioned above for a selection of productions and subject to availability.
> Pass' Jeunes Opéra/Comédie-Française holders enjoy free-of-charge unaccompanied visits to the Palais Garnier, throughout the period of validity of the Pass'
* Last-minute rates do not apply to the dates below, considered as "special" evenings:
- Aida, 15 October 2013
- La Belle au bois dormant, 15 October 2013
- New Year's Eve at the Opéra Bastille, 31 December 2013
- New Year's Eve at the Palais Garnier, 31 December 2013
- Bolshoï Ballet, 9 January 2014
- L'italiana in Algeri, 4 April 2014
- La Traviata, 5 June 2014
- Nicolas Le Riche, 9 July 2014
- Robbins / Ratmansky, 19 and 21 June 2014
The Paris Opera's actions in favour of young spectators receive the support of the Fondation BNP Paribas.


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"Learning chemistry requires actually doing chemistry - actively thinking about, working through, and (sometimes) struggling with chemical concepts and their manifestations in class and in lab. I provide students with opportunities to connect chemistry to their own interests and to their own prior knowledge, and I challenge students to develop analytical thinking skills ay applying those concepts to new situations. I help to facilitate this learning, but students are ultimately responsible for their own education."
Ph. D., Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Education, University of Urbana-Champaign
B. S., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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By DANIEL RAY
Special to the Herald-Banner
In this week's installments of "Ask an Attorney" we will discuss employment termination based on possible racism. For more detailed answers, you should consult an attorney.
For the past eight years, I worked as a home health nurse for a company in Collin County. My boss, who is also a woman, started treating me weird when I adopted a baby girl from China four years ago, and it's gotten worse every month since then.
Last week, she fired me for "falsifying a timesheet" because I accidentally put both of my one-hour visits on Friday instead of one hour each on Thursday and Friday. I think that was a cover for the real reason — that she is a closet racist and doesn't like that I adopted an Asian child.
When I explained what happened with the timesheet, she issued a new termination letter with a blank "reason" section. Can I sue her to get my job back? — Anonymous, Plano, Texas
Yes, you can sue, but you will probably not be successful unless you have more than your suspicion that the termination was racially-motivated.
Texas is an "at-will" employment state. That means that an employer can fire you for any reason or no reason at all. This legal doctrine allows an employer to fire an employee, or an employee to quit, without worrying about liability.
There are several exceptions to the "at-will" rule. First, this doctrine has been modified to prevent discrimination. There are several classes of people that may not be targeted because they fall into a protected category. These are race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin or age.
That means that a business cannot fire an incompetent 90-year-old woman because she is elderly or because she is a woman. It can, however, fire her because she is incompetent or for no reason at all.
The logical question is: "Won't employers simply lie about discrimination and say the decision was based on other factors?" That definitely does happen from time to time, but those employers usually leave a track record, or other evidence exists proving the firing was improper.
Also, federal and state agencies fine businesses for discriminatory practices, and larger companies are therefore much less likely to fire employees based on discriminatory reasons.
The "at-will" doctrine has also been modified to prevent retaliation in certain situations. There are literally hundreds of different cases of illegal retaliation ranging from employees fired for refusing an AIDS test to those fired for "whistle-blowing" on their bosses for various illegal activities.
An employer may also not retaliate against an employee for various legal issues, like complying with a subpoena to appear in court, filing bankruptcy, or being on active duty in the military.
Furthermore, some sorts of retaliation will do more than get an employer sued or fined — they are crimes that can carry harsh prison sentences. This is especially true with respect to election-related retaliation.
In your case, the employer's refusal to provide a reason for the termination may work in your favor. If you apply for unemployment benefits, the company may wish to object to those payments. If so, they will have to provide a reason for your termination. If they make up a reason, that can be used against them later. If they cannot provide a reason, they can also not fight your receipt of unemployment.
Because the racism you allege was not against you but against a family member, you will also probably have trouble finding an attorney to take your case unless you are willing to pay them out of pocket. If you have some evidence — like an e-mail from your boss making overtly-racial comments — that evaluation could change.
If you have a brief legal question on any topic, please forward it to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Daniel Ray is a Greenville, Texas attorney licensed in all Texas courts. His firm, Scott, Money, Ray & Thomas, PLLC, represents the City of Greenville, Hunt County, and many other public and private North Texas entities. His practice emphasis is civil litigation, wills and trusts and real estate.
This article is intended for entertainment and educational purposes as well as to give the reader general information and a general understanding of the law, not to provide specific legal advice. By reading this article you agree that you understand that there is no attorney-client relationship between you and the author or publisher.
The article should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your area.


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Local History: Annals filled with fascinating people
The stories of colorful Tunicans who populate our history continue to fascinate visitors. Three who contributed significantly to local lore are Harold Clanton, Mrs. Rosa Fort, and Calvin Norwood.
Harold "Hardface" Clanton. and his juke joint were staples of blues entertainment in Tunica County for over forty years.
Clanton, who earned his nickname "Hardface" from the stone cold face he wore while playing poker, had an entrepreneurial spirit. While serving in the Army during World War II, he saved all of his income and opened a juke joint on his return home. His business savvy quickly made him one of the county's most successful men.
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This evening Just Buffalo Literary Center's BIG NIGHT series features a program very close to the heart, the mission, and the origins of the organization, and to successive generations of the Buffalo poetry community.
Poet Dale Smith--a key contributor to the forward-thinking poetry portal Big Bridge--who has lived in San Francisco and Austin, Texas, and now teaches at Ryerson University in Toronto, returns to Buffalo to join with the Buffalo Poets Theater, under the direction of its founder, David Hadbawnik (with the assistance of Just Buffalo publicist Robin Brox) to present a special fund-raising tribute to poet Diane di Prima, featuring a performance of di Prima's 1960 absurdist play "Murder Cake."
Di Prima, the Brooklyn native who rose to prominence as perhaps the leading female voice of the Beat generation of writers before moving to San Francisco in the late 1970's, is now 78 years old and in too poor health to travel. She has incurred tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills in recent years that preclude her seeking additional treatment.
Last year actress-poet Amber Tamblyn established a fund to assist di Prima defray these mounting debts, and now Hadbawnik, a poet, publisher of Habenicht Press, and a medieval scholar finishing his Ph.D. dissertation at the University at Buffalo who studied with di Prima while living in San Francisco nearly a decade ago, has joined in the effort along with his wife, Tina Zigon, also a Ph.D. candidate in English at U.B., who wrote a portion of her M.A. thesis on di Prima while a graduate student at Texas State University.
Just Buffalo Literary Center, which owes a portion of its early history to the goodwill generated by di Prima on behalf of the organization at its inception, has lent its participation to the effort.
Thirty-seven years ago Just Buffalo founder Debora Ott invited Diane di Prima to Buffalo for a now legendary reading in what was then called the Allentown Community Center, on Elmwood Avenue, just a few steps north of the intersection with Allen Street. People came: not just people who specifically identified with the Beat movement, or feminists, or self-styled "bohemians," or academics, or people interested in di Prima's activist politics, but an entire roomful of people (there were never enough folding wooden chairs!) from diverse backgrounds who seemed not to fit into any easily-pigeonholed demographic category at all.
You could argue that Debora Ott organized a single poetry reading, and discovered--perhaps even "invented" is not too strong a word--a literary community here in Buffalo in the process. That reading by di Prima became the first official event in the history (and indeed the "her-story") of a fledgling arts organization that would become known as Just Buffalo Literary Center.
How important was the fact that it was Diane di Prima who read on that first night? I'll confess I wasn't there that evening. I was a college sophomore in 1975 and a philosophy major at the University at Buffalo. My head was all tangled up in Spinoza. (It would get worse by the time I reached graduate school, and washed up on the shores of Wittgenstein and Derrida.) But everything I've heard about that night in 1975 parsed through four decades of Buffalo literary lore suggests that di Prima was a uniquely galvanizing figure, and gave a reading that is still widely-remembered and remarked upon.
That reading would become a template for the early history of Just Buffalo. By the time I started attending readings at the Allentown Community Center regularly in the late 1970's, the organization already had a credibility that far exceeded its meager, shoestring budget within the artists' and writers' communities, with writing teachers and professional educators, with academics and community activists, and especially with the diaspora of Black Mountain College and experimental thinkers of all description who followed Charles Olson and Robert Creeley here to Buffalo in the late 1960's.
As Hegel once wrote, "The Owl of Minerva takes flight by midnight," meaning that wisdom is a quality that usually attributed in hindsight, but if you happened to be starting out a fledgling literary organization in Buffalo, New York in 1975 that would draw its support from not only the enormously rich talent pool of poets, writers and idiosyncratic critics recruited by Al Cook to the UB English Department of that era, but also and equally from from the Rust Belt, blue collar ethos and integral grittiness that characterized Buffalo then and now, then there was no better poet in America to invite to give your inaugural reading than Diane di Prima.
Di Prima, the co-founder of the New York Poets Theater and onetime co-editor (with Leroi Jones, later Amiri Baraka) of the radical newspaper The Floating Bear, is the author of over forty collections of poetry and prose, the best known of which are her 1958 debut collection "This Kind of Bird Flies Backward" (Totem Press), "Memoirs of a Beatnik" (Olympia Press, 1969), "Revolutionary Letters" (City Lights Books, 1971), her career-spanning, serial, epic poem "Loba, [Parts 1 - 16, Books I & II]" (Penguin Books, 1998) and "Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years" (Viking Press, NY, 2001). In recent years, she has published titles with several smaller, independent presses, including "The Ones I Used to Laugh With" (Habenicht Press, 2003) and "TimeBomb" (Eidolon Editions, 2006).
In addition to teaching poetry at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, of the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado from 1974 to 1997, di Prima has also taught at the New College of California, the San Francisco Art Institute, and Columbia College in Chicago. During the course of her nearly sixty year career, she has been the recipient of numerous awards, including two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, and the honor of being named poet laureate of San Francisco for 2008 and 2009.
Tonight's Just Buffalo Tribute to Diane di Prima begins at 8 p.m., with the performance of di Prima's "Murder Cake" featuring Buffalo area poets Adam Drury as "Richard Lovelace," Alison Fraser as "Dante," director David Hadbawnik as "Mr. Knightley," Soma Feldmar as "Olympia," Sandy Dedo as "Childe Harold," and Emily Anderson as "Emma." A special live video performance by San Francisco Poets Theater founder Kevin Killian and novelist, "New Narrative" author, and editor Dodie Bellamy via Skype from San Francisco will follow, along with Dale Smith's live in-house tribute.
As with all BIG NIGHT events, the culinary creations of BlazeVox Books publisher and gourmet chef Geoffrey Gatza will be featured prominently and consumed ravenously. The festivities begin at 8 p.m. at the Western New York Book Arts Center, 468 Washington St. (near Mohawk St.). Admission is $5, $4 for students, Just Buffalo members, and members of Just Buffalo's affiliate organizations. The sponsors and participants in tonight's Tribute to Diane di Prima urge those planning to attend to consider a separate donation to the Diane di Prima medical relief fund via the Give Forward website, or via check this evening.
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Joe Sager
New Castle News
The Neshannock High girls volleyball team opened some eyes last night.
The Lady Lancers fell to Bishop Canevin 25-21, 25-11, 25-13 in a WPIAL Class A girls volleyball semifinal at North Allegheny.
That did not surprise people as the Lady Crusaders (19-0) are the top seed and the Lady Lancers (14-4) are the 12th seed. However, it was Neshannock's play that gained the attention of many onlookers — especially in the first game.
"I think, as a No. 12 seed playing a No. 1 seed, we earned a little respect there. We showed we could be competitive and I think that was the best thing that came out of that first game," Neshannock coach Andrew Frank said. "Bishop Canevin played near-flawless volleyball. They probably had five mistakes total, 10 tops."
Bishop Canevin moves on to face Greensburg Central Catholic, a 3-0 winner over Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, in tomorrow's WPIAL championship match at Chartiers Valley. The Lady Centurions beat the Lady Crusaders, 3-0, in last year's tilt.
"It is nice to get back there," Bishop Canevin coach Kevin Walters said. "We're playing the same team we played last year. Hopefully, it'll be a different outcome."
Meanwhile, Neshannock advances to the PIAA tournament, which begins Tuesday. The Lady Lancers will be either the third or fourth seed depending on tomorrow's outcome. A Bishop Canevin win gives Neshannock the No. 3 seed and a match against the District 10 champ at a time and site to be determined, while a Lady Crusaders loss gives the Lady Lancers the No. 4 seed and a visit to Central Cambria for a 6 p.m. battle against the D-6 champ.
"There's nothing to hang our heads about. To be in the top four of 42 or 43 teams in the WPIAL, is a very huge achievement. To make the state tournament for the first time in school history is a huge achievement," Frank said. "There have been a lot of firsts for this team; they've made some history for this program and I am very proud of the way they've held themselves. They've played respectable and they are very humble."
Bishop Canevin has not lost a game in the WPIAL tournament. The Lady Lancers almost became the first team to prevail. They rallied from a 22-15 deficit to come within 22-21, but the Lady Crusaders scored the last three points to take the win in the opening game.
"Fortunately, we've been playing some good volleyball and we've been trying to do that all season long. We tried to peak at the right time," Walters said. "Neshannock is a good team. We kind of knew what they were going to do; we knew they didn't have a whole lot of height, but we told our girls that, if they swing at a ball, don't think it's going down because those girls are going to bring a lot of balls back up. They did exactly that. They played great defense. Their hitters did what we thought they'd do. We told the girls that if you get up on them, don't think they won't come back on you, because they've done that to some teams as well."
Bishop Canevin used a 6-1 run to take charge in the second game and a 7-2 spree to gain separation in the second game.
"It's very difficult, when you get to that point, to come back from a deficit against a team that is going to attack you as they did," Frank said. "Mistakes killed us. We were attacking the ball in the first game. The second and third games were a struggle to keep errors down."
Madison Altmyer led Neshannock with six points and three kills. Tayler Grybowski had four points, three blocks and three kills. Jordan Wethli had five kills and six points. Taylor Frank, the coach's daughter, added 14 assists.


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- Joyce said...
They are beautiful peonies. And I love your yard and garden- I can almost smell it!
- June 22, 2011 at 11:00 PM
- Robynne's Nest said...
Just love seeing a little stray foot in the frame...gorgeous peonies and very cute twin stroller. Robx
- June 23, 2011 at 12:26 AM
Ah, beautiful peonies. Where I live (Perth, Western Australia)it is too hot to grow peonies. We used to grow them when we lived in Canberra as it was cool enough there. Enjoy the warm weather - we've just had the winter solstice!
- June 23, 2011 at 12:46 AM
- Blue Fruit said...
Those flowers are ENORMOUS! You obviously have a very green thumb.
- June 23, 2011 at 12:47 AM
- Lilian Harlow {Dearly Beloved Diary} said...
Those peonies are just beautiful! I would feel like a super hero if I were ever able to go and snip off beautiful blooms like those and say I grew them myself. I'm very envious :) Your little helpers are as gorgeous as ever also.
- June 23, 2011 at 1:30 AM
- jules @ The Diversion Project said...
they're beautiful trina - i wish i could grow them here! xx
- June 23, 2011 at 1:31 AM
- Amber Burge said...
I am back in UK after 4 years in France. I loved my french house but am now falling in love with the american colonial style. Your house is lovely and you obviously enjoy it - and the babies - very much. I look forward to following you.
- June 23, 2011 at 2:18 AM
- Etta said...
Everything lovely here!! :-)
- June 23, 2011 at 2:29 AM
- Fabulously french said...
Wow they are stunning!
Leeann x
- June 23, 2011 at 2:42 AM
- leah said...
Lovely photos. A cold, wet day here so it was nice to be reminded of summer! Babies cute as!!
- June 23, 2011 at 2:44 AM
- Maura @ Lilac Lane Cottage said...
Happy summer to you too Trina! Beautiful photo's and always a thrill to see the babies. Your gardens are beautiful running along the picket fence. Have a wonderful Day!
Maura :)
- June 23, 2011 at 3:17 AM
- Cindy said...
Trina: I always love your photos, very serene. I see two future master gardeners keeping an eye on things! Cindy
- June 23, 2011 at 3:57 AM
- Southern Princess said...
I have that same white with a touch of pink color peony that just finished blooming in my garden. Since I got them as a transplant from my MIL, I'm not sure what the variety is either! xoxo
- June 23, 2011 at 4:36 AM
- Emilie's daughter said...
Very beautiful pictures! Your garden is gorgeous and calm. It does represent your style. And your helpers: CUTE! Happy summer greetings!
- June 23, 2011 at 5:02 AM
- Susy said...
Your peonies and babies are beautiful ~ and your posts make me love blogging. Thank you for sharing your sweet life.
- June 23, 2011 at 5:18 AM
- Between You and Me said...
beautiful peonies and beautiful babies.
- June 23, 2011 at 5:24 AM
- ohiofarmgirl said...
What a beautiful picture of your gardens.Summer is so short!! Enjoy he babies, they will grow so quickly. Dianntha
- June 23, 2011 at 5:27 AM
- pve design said...
I cannot decide which I prefer, your lovely peonies or your adorable helpers.
- June 23, 2011 at 5:40 AM
- a perfect gray said...
absolutely beautiful images. (as always)
how can we thank you for sharing all that you do with us...?
- June 23, 2011 at 5:53 AM
- Jenna @ Sequined Sunsets said...
Beautiful peonies, they are in full bloom in Northern Michigan and have several vases in the home full of them. Lovely garden too!
Have a wonderful weekend,
- June 23, 2011 at 5:57 AM
- Mother4 said...
I have com across your blog and am enchanted by it! I am at such a different point in life( having now raid 4 daughters), but have always loved the idea of farmhouse living. Mostly, I am a peony lover! I have 11 bushes. My first came from Montecello' gardens in Virginia.
I have a blog: www:re-inventing mother.com
- June 23, 2011 at 6:01 AM
- the gardener's cottage said...
aww, just beautiful trina. i've been waiting to see your peonies. xo
- June 23, 2011 at 6:07 AM
Oh my goodness, the babies are so sweet. I love the little foot in your picture and can imagine how busy your days are. Your yard is amazingly beautiful. We have had hot temps and little rain this spring so nothing is lush. :(
xoxo Dianne
- June 23, 2011 at 6:16 AM
- Carla Rae Vintage said...
Very pretty. I love to garden too.
- June 23, 2011 at 6:16 AM
- Ironstone and Pine said...
Stunning pictures, just gorgeous! I especially love the ones of the arrangement between the open windows, it looks so simple and fresh; and your garden outside? wish mine could look that good, and i don't even have twins to distract me! Really enjoyed it!~devon
- June 23, 2011 at 6:20 AM
- Morning T said...
Gorgeous Trina and I love seeing that little stray foot, too cute!
- June 23, 2011 at 6:28 AM
- Simply LKJ said...
Beautiful! Love the little feet too!
- June 23, 2011 at 6:41 AM
- Stephanie Jordan said...
Stunning!! My husband and I have an old house in the middle of the town where we live. We love living so central, but one day we dream of living in the country in a beautiful, old house with a wrap-around porch. And I just added peonies to that dream!
- June 23, 2011 at 6:49 AM
- Sheri said...
Awesome....flowers and babies :)
- June 23, 2011 at 6:51 AM
- Carla said...
Lovely...the peonies and the babies! Carla
- June 23, 2011 at 6:57 AM
- Chester County Cottage Girl said...
I love peonies! Nice photos from your yard....
- June 23, 2011 at 7:00 AM
- I Dream Of said...
Haven't the peonies been gorgeous this year. While our cold weather has been trying, it's sure been giving us a lovely long season for our flowers. Love the little splashes of deep pink in this variety. You and your helpers must have had so much fun gathering them up!
- June 23, 2011 at 7:07 AM
Your family, home, garden, and countenance are lovely. I visit often and, shamefully, seldom comment. I am so sorry for that, Trina. Truly, A Country Farmhouse always makes me happy.
Linda in Northern Virginia
Trying to grow peonies. Need more sun in my yard.
- June 23, 2011 at 7:46 AM
- kathy said...
Our peonies are past now. They were gorgeous this year. And so are yours! I just love your yard. The joy of sharing it with your children...I am so happy for you all.
- June 23, 2011 at 7:54 AM
- Susan said...
Your peonies are gorgeous and I think your arrangement is beautiful BUT...I'm lovin' that sweet, little baby foot and the two little cuties in the stroller!!!
- June 23, 2011 at 9:01 AM
- AshTreeCottage said...
Beautiful peonies. I have such a hard time snipping them and bringing them inside. Love seeing the babies!
Susan and Bentley
- June 23, 2011 at 9:39 AM
- allumer * decor said...
you have such a beautiful blog and great style.
your little helpers are SO cute...and I love peonies!!
- June 23, 2011 at 9:51 AM
- Ido said...
I have never seen a peony before, or may be I've seen them and don't know what kind of flower that is. I just made some soaps yesterday with the scent of peony and smells fabulous, I'm going to see if they grow in my area so I can plant some. Your peonies are beautiful and so is your yard, and what can I say about those babies, adorable!
Have a great day!
XXX Ido
- June 23, 2011 at 10:23 AM
The peonies are festiva maxima; they're double blossom and wonderfully fragrant. I have them in my garden and in a mixed border at the historic church I attend.
- June 23, 2011 at 11:12 AM
- Becca said...
Beautiful peonies ... beautiful yard ... and, most importantly of all, beautiful babies !! *Becca*
- June 23, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Dear Trina, The babies look so cute in their stroller, what a blessing! ooxxoo, Joyce
- June 23, 2011 at 11:33 AM
- the growers daughter said...
Oh, I've been wanting to see the rest of your gardens for some time now! Thanks so much for sharing. Your peonies are so lovely. They remind me of one of the varieties I have - Festiva Maxima. Anyway, your little helpers are growing so nicely.
- June 23, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- Paula Jo @ Outdoor Garden Decor said...
What lovely peonies! The photo's of your farmhouse are just remarkable. You and your husband has done a fantastic job. I've enjoyed watching the work being done as you posted it. Yes, your farmhouse, is the perfect place for such lovely peonies.
- June 23, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- eddieross said...
These are SO absolutely stunning!!! And your little helpers are just adorable! Thanks for sharing!
xo E + J
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- June 23, 2011 at 12:34 PM
- Sundresses and Smiles said...
GORGEOUS! I love the images with the mirror and chandelier reflection!
- June 23, 2011 at 1:50 PM
- Diana @ Our Vintage Home Love said...
So beautiful! Peonies are my favorite. They are just gorgeous, as is your garden!
- June 23, 2011 at 2:09 PM
- Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking said...
Oh they are so pretty and I love the way peonies smell. What adorable little helpers you have.
- June 23, 2011 at 3:16 PM
- Ocean Breezes and Country Sneezes said...
Your yard is lovely and you've got great helpers!
- June 23, 2011 at 5:09 PM
- Shanon at Vintage Sparkle Chic said...
What a beautiful yard! I love the peonies, I agree it is bittersweet to cut them but I sure do love how they make my house smell! I love your porch, just gorgeous.
The babies look so cute in the stroller, watching you. How great to have them around you.
- June 23, 2011 at 7:30 PM
love your garden
- June 23, 2011 at 7:39 PM
- An Urban Cottage said...
There are few things better than the scent of peonies. It a heaven-sent scent.
Your gardens are coming along beautifully! You've done a lot of work since I last saw them. I hope we'll get to see them in another few weeks when everything is in bloom
- June 24, 2011 at 10:30 AM
- 24 Corners said...
You have the perfect little helpers there Trina...in the garden AND for taking photos!!
I think you need to plant a few more peony bushes so that the harvesting of the ones you have won't be so sad...just think how wonderful it would be to have several of the same kind. We only have one now as well and I hope to have more in the future...ants and all!
xoxo J~
- June 24, 2011 at 12:44 PM
- Kellie Collis said...
These peonies are beautiful! And your helpers are so adorable! Have a wonderful weekend, Kellie xx
- June 24, 2011 at 5:30 PM
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- June 24, 2011 at 10:06 PM
- kpaints said...
Just loved my visit to your blog...adorable babies! Love what you are doing to your home. Thanks for sharing the lovely blooms.
- June 25, 2011 at 6:44 AM
- Carissa said...
So peaceful and pure. Beautiful pictures!!
Love the one with the little foot in it!
- June 25, 2011 at 12:54 PM
- Flo said...
- June 25, 2011 at 3:25 PM
- Dianne said...
Awww...the little foot was my favorite part! Beautiful lawn and gardens!
- June 25, 2011 at 8:24 PM
- Mel said...
The peonies are lovely
- June 26, 2011 at 4:08 PM
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- June 27, 2011 at 4:23 AM
- My Sparrows Nest said...
I agree it's so hard to decide to cut the flowers and bring them inside. Your yard is beautiful!
- June 27, 2011 at 5:07 PM
- Casa De Luna said...
Looking forward to the year in which my heirloom peonies bloom. I planted them last summer, so hopefully next summer they will make their debut. Your arrangement and gardens look lovely!
- June 27, 2011 at 9:16 PM
- RAENOVATE said...
i need you to come to NJ and landscape my place. i've got the interior covered but when it comes to landscape design i am clueless! i know what i like i just don't know how to execute it (and what i like is your yard!).
- June 28, 2011 at 7:01 AM
- kayce hughes said...
Where are your weeds? My yard is out of control. Does anyone help you with it? If not I would love to know how it looks so beautiful.
- July 3, 2011 at 4:12 PM
- dry carpet cleaning charlotte said...
Your flowers are absolutely beautiful!! And peonies are one of my favorites. Thanks for sharing!
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I found out this past week that there was a solid chance I wouldn't have been able to vote in the upcoming national election due to a technicality, and if I did vote, it was at risk of it being seen as fraudulent. As I sit here filling out a form to update my voter registration information, I thought it would probably be a good idea to share my experience with others.
With all of the voter fraud legislation some folks have pushed through over the last decade, there are a lot of people who - like me - who have become or are at risk of becoming ineligible to legitimately vote and may not find that out until election day, when it's too late, or I reckon they may continue voting without finding out at all. Those at risk are speculated to include a lot of veterans, elderly, and apparently people like me.
I found out about this initially by going to http://www.canivote.org/ last week on a friend's suggestion. That's when I realized that, after a legal name change about 24 months ago, even after renewing my license AND changing my name on my license AND on my Social Security card (along with everything else), my voter registration information wasn't updated with the correct name. So I broke down and started calling around - the local DDS, SoS's office, etc., and was unanimously told that I WOULD NOT be allowed to vote in the 2012 presidential election if I didn't update my voter registration to match the information on my social security card and my driver's license.
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Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose— a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Mary Shelley
Six years ago, a major biotech firm conducted a six-month double-blind study of its sales force. The goal was to determine what behaviors separated the top salespeople from the average ones. The study revealed something no one expected: The top performers all had a far more pronounced sense of purpose than their more average counterparts. The salespeople who sold with noble purpose, who truly want to make a difference to customers, consistently outsold the salespeople who focused on sales goals and money.
"Selling with noble purpose" turns out to be not only more successful. It's hugely more profitable. It creates deep job satisfaction. And it's adds value to the lives of customers. That's the thesis of Lisa Earle McLeod's wonderful new book, Selling with Noble Purpose: How to Drive Revenue and Do Work That Makes You Proud.
McLeod has spent the last six years understanding the implications of that research finding. Her book spells out in detail how you can make noble purpose the driver of your salesforce and, among other things, ultimately make a lot more money than a conventional money-based sales dynamic.
"Selling" and "noble" are of course two words that usually don't occur in the same conversation, let alone the same sentence. As McLeod points out, it is more likely that "sleazy", "grubby", "dirty", or even "commission whore" are the kind of terms that come to mind when people think about selling. It dredges up horrible memories of being harassed by car salesmen, or the moral wasteland that Arthur Miller depicted in Death Of A Salesman rather than anything resembling nobility. Even high-minded business writers tend to see nobility is something that leaders or designers might aspire to, but salespeople?
The world is changing. We know now that at the overall level of an organization, firms that engage in customer capitalism and focus on adding value to customers tend to make more money, provide better workplaces and do more for customers than firms that aim to make money.
Now Lisa McLeod spells out in detail how this is also true for the most money-based, commission-driven, quota-obsessed target-centered part of any corporation: the sales force.
When firms see their sole purpose as making a profit, they tend to view their customers as objects. "Customers are no longer human beings," says McLeod. "they are anonymous targets and prospects whose sole purpose is to help the company make money. That kind of language creates a culture that says, we don't exist to do something for our customers; customers exist to do something for us. People no longer care about helping customers; they just want to make money off them. When the customer becomes nothing more than a number, you become nothing more than a number to the customer—and the entire organization suffers."
By contrast, purpose-driven salespeople understand their customers' environments and goals better than quota-driven salespeople do. They're are also more assertive about closing the deal, because they truly believe that their products and services will help their customers.
The book gives a number of examples of transitions to noble purposes.
For example, Meridian Systems used to focus on "becoming the number one provider of project management software in the world." Meridian's manager saw that the staff needed to reclaim their passion. Working with their senior leaders they came up with "We help people build a better world. Their NSP behaviors are: We connect. We collaborate. We care."
CMIT Solutions is a franchise organization that provides managed information technology services for small businesses. CEO Jeff Connally says, "We went from 'selling IT services' to 'We help make small businesses more successful.' It's a shift from being an IT provider to being a business partner.
Graham-White Manufacturing is the world's technology leader in the drying of compressed air for locomotives and rail transit vehicles. Their tagline tagline used to be, "We provide reliable transportation solutions." Now its purpose has become: We help make transportation safer, faster, and more reliable."
In case I'm not making myself clear, I really like this book. It gets the big picture right and it gets down to the nitty-gritty on how to make this happen on a day-to-day, sale-by-sale basis, with scores of practical tips and tricks on how to create a purpose-driven salesforce in your organization.
Selling with noble purpose is not about ignoring profits. But profits are a result, not the goal. Overemphasizing profit puts people, products, promotion, and process goals at risk, as McLeod's helpful diagram makes clear. Having noble sales purpose at the center prevents the firm from focusing too heavily on one area at the expense of the others. Instead of each area standing alone, they all support the noble sales purpose.
As McLeod says, putting your noble sales purpose at the center of your concerns "helps you manage the natural and necessary tension between the other five areas. It's your True North, because it puts your customers front and center of every conversation. It resets you individually, and organizationally, and keeps you from straying."
One great value of the book is how eminently practical it is. Having an noble sales purpose at the center prompts questions such as these:
The question that sales managers must ask is often the question they don't ask: "How will this customer be different as a result of doing business with us?" Asking this question "ignites a chain reaction that drives outstanding sales performance."
Asking this question helps reminding everyone about the impact products and services have on customers and preparing for the conversations salespeople will be having with customers. Having these discussions— about how customers' lives would be different as the result of doing business with us— sheds a wholly different perspective on sales activity. What you look at not only focuses your mind but translates into your behavior, which shifts people's perception and experience of you.
Among many other things, the book contains
If I have one quibble with the book, it is that McLeod may understate the risk that the firm as a whole may not be in sync with the noble sales purpose. If the firm's overall goal is making money and enhancing shareholder value, then there is a serious risk that this will encourage cost-cutting measures that undermine customer value or hidden charges that enhance profits but destroy perceived customer value. There is a significant risk that these practices will undermine noble sales purpose.
If the firm as a whole is in sync with customer capitalism and is totally focused on adding value for customer, there is no problem. But if the firm is still imprisoned in the assumptions of shareholder capitalism, then the sales unit focused on noble customer purpose will be operating like an oasis in an unfriendly desert. The manager will need to set up firewalls around the sales unit to prevent it being infected by money-driven behavior, unless and until the firm as a whole transitions to customer capitalism and the radical management needed to support it.
But this is a quibble. This is a terrific book that I strongly recommend for any manager or salesperson. It is right about the big picture. And it gets down to the nitty-gritty of how to make it happen in practice.
So buy it. Read it. Implement it. It's the future.
And read also:
The dumbest idea in the world: maximizing shareholder value
Is the tyranny of shareholder value finally ending?
Can the shareholder value theory be mended?
Is delighting customers profitable?
The five big surprises of radical management
Steve Denning's most recent book is: The Leader's Guide to Radical Management (Jossey-Bass, 2010).
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Steve – thank you for sharing a great perspective. I agree completely with your assertions. If you teach your salespeople and customer-facing professionals to focus on just the dollars, they'll do just that. That's why many people shy away from sales. If, instead, you educate your team how to help the client discover why their issue is important enough to solve, then your team is seen as problem solvers and not peddlers. It's a simple concept, but one that takes reinforcement to accomplish successfully. I look forward to speaking with you at the Net Promoter Customer Experience Conference in Miami on February 1.
Selling with purpose is close to what The Challenger Sale recommends, but The Challenger Sale is more specific. However, both books model the new world of selling.
Having read The Challenger Sale, I can say that the way the book instructs people to sell isn't overtly mechanistic. Technology has enabled managers and leaders to become overwhelmed with the sheer volume of data available for measurement, and as data engines become more robust, managers will be expected to know more and more: about their companies, about their processes, and about the market they serve.
What these managers and leaders need is people to make sense of all of that data. The Challenger Sale stresses that in the era of Big Data, those sales people who sort through the numbers and sort through the market feedback will be the reps that are most successful. By educating prospects and clients, and then taking control through professional assertiveness, "Challengers" add value first, bring new/innovative information and solutions to clients, and allow clients to fulfill their desire to improve their businesses, all while maintaining their own personal integrity.
Those are powerful self-actualizing notions, and in my opinion, are what create a sense of purpose in sales reps. Instead of "dialing for dollars," they're educating and empowering people. I don't know a single person that would say those are unworthy causes.
Great Ian!
Wow. Purpose is hot these days. I come across twitter mentions of two new books on the central importance of purpose in the past hour. Steve, have you heard about the new book by Joey Reiman, "The Story of Purpose"?
I've been a big fan of purpose for a while. My friend and colleague, Anthony Bradley, wrote a book last year about the central importance of purpose in social collaboration: "The Social Organization."
Glad to see the growing importance of purpose.
Steve, Yes. That's exactly what I mean. But I think the clarification of a "noble" or at least "meaningful" purpose instead of a merely selfish one is a useful one. Both of the books I mention discuss the need for "noble"/"meaningful" purposes as alternatives to strictly mercenary ones; even though they don't use the explicit term "noble purpose."
The "one thing" is that your goals must align with your values. A disconnect in this critical area is an unbridgeable chasm that makes real success elusive as illustrated by the following excerpt from an article I recently read (http://wp.me/p1XSrf-kT);
"Sipping his cup of coffee, he thought for a moment and then said "I think that success eludes us not because we don't have it but because we fail to recognize it."
I asked him "what do you mean when you say fail to recognize it?"
"Quite simply" he responded, "when we allow others to define for us what is and is not a worthy goal."
"This is why" he added, "a personal mission statement is so important."
Here is an individual who, during the dot com boom years successfully built a software company from the ground up and sold it for $12 million only to see his wealth disappear when the bubble ultimately burst.
At the time, he was by and large a typical Type A personality driven to succeed in terms of money, recognition (he was a 2x finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award), and a feeling of being the best in his area of expertise.
What is interesting is that despite his dramatic fall, the greatest challenge he faced was not in re-building his life, but in establishing a new measurement for success.
He admitted to me that for a long time he measured his accomplishments in the here and now based upon his old goals. Goals as it turns out that did not truly align with what he valued but what he was taught to value re money and recognition."
The above made me wonder how many of us pursue success that contradicts who we are and what we believe simply because we have allowed others to set our goals in business and in life?


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TUCSON, Ariz. -- A mother and son who operated the White Dove Care Home face abuse charges.
Authorities said 58-year-old Patricia Ybarra, 58, and Ernesto Torres, 34, each face multiple charges of physical and emotional abuse after being arrested and jailed Monday.
Assistant Attorney General Jesse Delaney said the investigation of the state-licensed facility began after a resident told a state caseworker at a medical facility that she was afraid to return to the home.
According to the Arizona Daily Star, court documents said residents told of being slapped, pushed, threatened and made to stay outside between meals regardless of the weather.
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Sometimes "friends" is just adding to a collection – I started this set by making one (the little pink one in front) then decided it needed some friends. I'm hoping to get the entire rainbow, at some point.
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Is there a tutorial for this? It is so unique. I just adore it.
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Glenda, these are just small vases with cane slices stuck to them, baked, sanded and lightly polished with a buffing wheel. If you clay, you can do it too, I promise!
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As a newly made plumber, your mission is to connect pieces of the pipe, so that the water can flow from one side of the screen to another. As soon as a player manages to do that and turns on the water, a new puzzle with new pieces of the pipe will appear on the screen. Please, keep in mind, that your time is limited and that your score depends on the number of the pipes (puzzles) you will manage to do!
Plumber features almost endless gameplay, with the ability to change the difficulty as you become a master plumber. One thing that I wished this game had was online leader boards and/or BBM integration. Something I've found is once a developer puts either leaderboards or BBM into their game the chance of it going viral increases tenfold. If you have ever played Pipe Dream on the PC (a windows 98 game mind you) then you should feel right at home racing against time in Plumber for BlackBerry smartphones. Plumber is available for most BlackBerry smartphones running OS 4.5 and higher and can be found for free in BlackBerry App World.
Emu the Foo May 13, 2012 at 5:47 pm
This is a great game. Well as great as it gets for a plumbing game. Better than any others on BlackBerry and most out there. I've had it for a few days and I play it for a while. Its fun and whenever you lose and start over the first level is regenerated and so there's no memory or anything of the sort like on other similar types of games
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Seems to freeze on my 9810, is it maybe not OS7 compatible?
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The Natchez is the only steam powered sternwheeler in New Orleans. It has a steam calliope, which can produce 32-notes, and is a uniquely American musical instrument that has been identified with steamboats since 1865. The steam engine to run the boat and the calliope would be interesting to me, but we did not take this particular cruise because we wanted to actually visit the Chalmette Battle Field (Battle of New Orleans) instead of look at it from the river.
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Aboard Steamboat Natchez, New Orleans' only Sternwheel Steamboat, you can make a 2-hour harbor and jazz cruise. Cruises depart from the Jackson Brewery at the Mississippi river at 11:30 am and 2:30 pm and the steam calliope aboard plays a nice tune before departing. At night, you can take a dinner/jazz cruise.
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Address: Docked at the Aquarium of the Americas
The Natchez is docked at the Waterfront just in front of Jackson Brewery and is available for tours and dinner cruises. I didn't have time, but it looked like a fun thing to do.
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