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Talking Mary Kay Consultants Out of Returning Inventory
Here's a tried and true method of talking a consultant out of returning her inventory. We wouldn't want her to do that! After all, the sales director will get a commission chargeback if the consultant returns her products.
We are all well aware of Mary Kay's 90% buyback policy, whereby an independent consultant or sales director can return inventory purchased within the last year for 90% of its wholesale value. (Details here.)
Often, this is touted as some big privilege, and one of the many reasons recruits should sign up with Mary Kay. They are being offered a "no risk" opportunity with a wonderful company that is oh-so generous to the consultants. (Well there really is a risk, isn't there, when you consider the 10% lost, the cost of supplies, the cost of shipping, the cost of interest on your credit card, etc?)
Yet when the time comes for a consultant to say "so long" to Mary Kay Cosmetics and exercise this option, the sales directors try everything in their power to talk them out of it! Of course, it's not because they're really looking out for the well-being of the consultant and her family, is it? It is more likely because the sales director doesn't want to have to pay back the commission on the returned inventory (known as a commission chargeback).
I'm told that this is the script that Allison LaMarr and Lisa Allison usee to help talk consultants out of returning their inventory:
Dealing with Product Return and Commission Chargeback
***The Most important thing to remember is to ask lots of questions. You've got to ask questions.***
*What do you remember @ the excitement you felt when you first signed your agreement? (Write down what they say. Don't let them get into "buts". Repeat the question if you have to. You are going to bring them back to their "why" later)
She needs to feel needed:
*We've been friends a long time. I need your friendship and MK aside our friendship will stand. (If friends)
*When did your feelings about things change?
*Did your dreams change, did your "why" change, or do you think you just ran up against some obstacles and got frustrated?
*I could tell you horror stories about consultants who returned their products and closed that door forever and then something changed in their life and for some reason they needed MK. I don't want that to happen to you. You know, forever is a long time.
Concerning commission chargeback:
*If you were the President of MK and you paid a consultant commission on an order that one of her team members placed and then that team member turned around and returned the product, wouldn't you ask for the commission back on those items? What would you do? MK is so generous to us but this is a business. They have to make smart and sensible business decisions.
*Think about this… If you were in my shoes – if you were and Director, and a consultant added her very first team member, do you think I should say at that time, "Congratulations, but I just want you to know that the consultant can return her products at any time and you will have to pay that commission back." What would you do?
*You know, MK is so good about making sure we have all the information we need about the business to be successful, but it is our responsibility to read the print. It's all there (Career Essentials-pg.17) but we have to take advantage of it.
*I'm a new Director. What could I do differently or better in the future?
***If she still insists on returning her products, have an exit interview with her in person.***
***The following information was received from a Consultant who sold back product and has given permission to forward her words to others. You can send a letter or E-mail with the following:
That would be absolutely fine. Please let consultants who are considering returning product know that they may be giving up their future… take it from someone who knows! If I can help even one person turn their attitude around before I did, that would be worth it!
Take care-
From: xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 11:09 AM
To: allison
Subject: A greeting and apology
Hi Allison,
Remember me? xxxxxxxxxx?
I would like to start this letter with an apology. I know that I alone can not make or break your business, but I also know that when I returned product it took away from your production and caused you to have to return some commissions paid, and for that I am truly sorry.
This has been a roller coaster year for me. I have spent the last couple of months looking back over my previous mistakes and failures. I have been upset with myself over giving up so quickly and so easily. In looking back, I see how I allowed the opinion of certain negative influences to dictate my actions. I take full responsibility. The sign of a successful person is not that they have never failed, but that they have failed many times and always continued to try. Unfortunately, I quit before I even gave myself a chance to get back on the horse after only one fall.
I regret with all of my being that I will never have the opportunity to know where I could have taken my Mary Kay career. Sending back product was the equivalent of saying, "I am a failure. I do not want to succeed. I quit. I give up. I will not put in the work necessary to reap the rewards." If there was any way to take back that action, I surely would.
What all of this has taught me is that I do not want to be that person. I have continued to watch your future national area expand and I wish I were still a part of that team. You and the women in your future national area are on fire! What an incredible opportunity I missed to be associated with positive, go-getting woman!
While you do not know it, you have continued to influence me. I have realized that in order to become the woman I know God made me to be, I have to emulate the strong, successful women. So thank you, Allison, for being a role model. Thank you for showing me and countless others what determination, integrity, and perseverance can do.
If the Mary Kay rule book ever changes and allows for those who returned product to acknowledge the error of their ways and be a part of the company again, please let me know. In the meantime, I will continue to use the lessons I have learned from this experience and from you to hopefully find an incredible opportunity to grow and shine…though, I do not believe there is another opportunity as wonderful as I one I so quickly gave up. I wish you and James and your area all the best God has to offer.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Wow! I guess Allison and Lisa covered it all. Make her feel needed. Reminder her that you're friends (yeah, right). Give her a little guilt about your commission chargeback. Make sure she knows she's a loser and quitter if she returns her inventory. Remind her of how she won't be in our little sorority if she quits. Make her think her dreams won't come true without Mary Kay. Bravo, ladies. Quite the performance.
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Oney Jones
"*I could tell you horror stories about consultants who returned their products and closed that door forever and then something changed in their life and for some reason they needed MK. I don't want that to happen to you. You know, forever is a long time."
Riiiiigghhht. "Horror stories" ???? Puuhleeze. Drop the drama at the door sweetie.
Of all the women posting on Pink Truth I've not come up against ONE who wishes she'd not 'closed that door forever.' That door forever closed was my salvation. I knew I'd NEVER be tempted to fall for the pink bs again no matter how desperate I became.
As it stands? I've never thought once about getting back in–even after the newsletter from my NSD arrived in the mail (8 years after I terminated my agreement) with a hand-written note telling me that if I ever decided to get back in she could make it happen.
The day they come up with a real horror story about "shutting that door forever" is the same day they'll come up with a real Schedule C that shows the bottom line.
Then tell them top me Allison? Can I have their names and phone numbers so I can see how bad off they are?
Lazy Gardens
About the 90% buy-back: Often, this is touted as some big privilege, and one of the many reasons recruits should sign up with Mary Kay.
It is required by Texas law … that's the real reason they do it, and probably the only one.
Jen G.
Wow. I did not know that. I didn't even bother with the return of my products. I decided to donate it to an abused womens'/drug rehab center and got a tax break, which I am sure was better than the "90%" refund.
MLM Radar Detector
This "greeting and apology" letter makes me nauseous. It just screams FAKE LETTER!!!
Perfect grammar and punctuation. Perfect spelling. Perfect paragraph alignment. Perfect demonstration of an advanced vocabulary. Perfect use of active voice. Perfect mix of self-denegrating regret with butt-kissing praise for the Mary Kay goddess. I wish the administrative specialists I've met could write half this well. Heck, I wish professional resume writers could write this well.
This was obviously written by someone who will never have any trouble getting an excellent job… in the Mary Kay Corporate marketing department.
Oh yes, and about that B. S. idea that she burned her bridges forever? Mary Kay is all about "find a way or make a way," so if any IBC ever did come crawling back to her Director this, crying like a whipped puppy, you can bet the Director would "find a way" to get her back in. After all, they already do that all the time by reactivating IBCs (whether the IBCs know it or not) when they're frantically trying to keep their unit numbers up.
I agree…it's fake. Very contrived and too well-written.
Shameful and duplicitous. Everywhere you turn in MK there is a new catch. When they first woo someone into MK they tell her that anyone can succeed in MK; they have a rebuttal for every objection to why she doens't feel she is MK material. Then, if a consultant decides to leave (aka fail, didn't work her business..blah blah blah), she may be told that MK isn't for everyone. HOWEVER…..if she wants to return her drek under the 90% buyback she is told that she NEEDS MK and will be throwing away her dreams, her future. They keep you confused so you don't know what is what and must rely on them to tell you what to do.
****Think about this… If you were in my shoes – if you were and Director, and a consultant added her very first team member, do you think I should say at that time, "Congratulations, but I just want you to know that the consultant can return her products at any time and you will have to pay that commission back." What would you do?
YES!! Yes I do think you should say that!! Ummmm….isn't it due diligence to present all of the facts before letting someone sign up? Oh my gosh! Why wouldn't you tell a prospect that??? It is one of the costs of doing business. But the fact is that MK doesn't want prospective consultants to know the "negative" details of the business, just how successful and rich they are going to be.___
****I could tell you horror stories about consultants who returned their products
What if she didn't know of any horror stories? Is she still supposed to say that (aka…lying)?
*****….and for some reason they needed MK. I don't want that to happen to you. You know, forever is a long time.
As if there is nothing else in the world that someone could ever be successful at? Is God lying to them by saying they should leave MK and return their inventory. Maybe the devil is attacking the director by giving her a chargeback.
I hope this article and the ACTUAL QUOTES from these NSDs will be an eyeopener for someone in the pink fog.
Lazy Gardens
Think about this… If you were in my shoes – if you were a Director, and a consultant added her very first team member, do you think I should say at that time, "Congratulations, but I just want you to know that the consultant can return her products at any time and you will have to pay that commission back." What would you do?
If I were the consultant, I'd say "Why the $^@@!#$ didn't you tell me that before you helped me persuade her to make a $4800 inventory order?!?!?
Of course no one is closing the door forever on an MK opportunity if a consultant sends their product back, Corp has plenty of opportunities during the course of the seminar year to reactivate old consultants. Please.
I am dealing with this with my Director/Recruiter/Friend, and, YES!
She DID throw me the line on how my friendship means the world to her, and further iced it by I should let her help me do a sale so I could get at least wholesale back, because, "you know, it will be 90 days before you get your money and I know you will be wanting it faster than that."
Yeah, I need my $$$$ back, but I don't want to drag this crap out until she tries to help me sell my stuff. I can actually imagine we can drag this out a few more months and then go and toss it all because the initial order items will have expired.
I was born in the afternoon, babe, but not YESTERDAY afternoon.
Is she implying that if you quit MK that she can no longer be friends with you? If so, then how can it mean the world to her?
Wish I had seen this site BEFORE I signed up.
I am sure once I do the return I won't hear from any of the women anymore.
MLM Radar Detector
How pathetic. Not only is your director/recruiter/BFF totally unconcerned about you, she is trying to destroy the selling efforts of all her other IBC/BFFs just to keep from taking a commission chargeback on you. What a wonderful wise friend she is!
Think about it. If you hold a sale and sell all your stuff to everyone in the neighborhood for wholesale price (or less), what does that do to your sister consultants who were hoping to make a profit?
Simple! It drops a bomb in their market. It tells all those bargain-hunting potential buyers that if they're just patient they can get all the Mary Kay makeup they want for dirt-cheap prices. The director has just established a new local area "going rate" for Mary Kay products, and it's low low low.
This, of course, starts a domino-effect ugly downward spiral. No one can sell at a profit when someone is selling the same stuff below cost. So more IBCs fail to cover their expenses and quit, whereupon they are also encouraged to sell off their stuff below cost instead of returning it, which leads to the failure of even more IBCs.
The long run effect is that the your penny-wise and pound-foolish director/recruiter/BFF (NOT!) risks watching her whole unit go down the open drain, for the sake of a few commission chargebacks she didn't want to eat.
You guys are absolutely right!
All I know is that it would be amazingly cool to finally close the door on this experience and put it behind me.
Take me off the mailing list, keep me out of the conference call loop, I don't need voice mails reminding me that you want to help me sell my product, just STOP already.
I have ENOUGH already going on in my life, I don't need the added drama!
I returned product and I tried to get back in but corp sent me a letter saying rules are rules and I could never get back in.
I did it just to see what would happen. It is weird how some can and some can't.
Selina, I'll bet if a director or NSD had made the request on your behalf, the result would have been different.
hey, you should ask your director if she'd like to purchase your inventory at 50% off herself or it's going back today. Haha, see if she squirms to help sell it or if she purchases it. But serioulsly say you need the money by tonight or it's being shipped first thing in the morning. Even if she promises to help sell or buy it hersself, I would ship it off the next day anyway. don't let her drag it out.
Lmao good idea, what a conundrum!
"So thank you, Allison, for being a role model. Thank you for showing me and countless others what determination, integrity, and perseverance can do."
Yes, former NSD Allison Lamarr, thank you for showing me and countless others that – in the end – all your determination, "integrity," and perseverance resulted in your QUITTING Mary Kay and openly admitting to all that you were a "frustrated entrepreneur." But remember, you said "The only way to fail is to quit," right? Guess that applied to everyone in MK except her.
It's funny, Lamarr said in lawsuit documents that she was quitting MK to "…focus on [her] personal passion of empowering all women in business," and that she will be "better equipped to serve this purpose as an individual without being actively involved in a particular organization."
Uh-huh. And then Lamarr went and got actively involved in the particular organization of Bellamora, which she also quit.
I decided after a couple of short months and just feeling uneasy about all of the deceitful ways of getting leads, and the stupid skincare classes, and dishing out all of the money for the weekly classes, and beauty bars, I threw in the towel. I spent a lot of money on skincare, with the hopes of having "leads" through the Mary Kay website". What a joke that was. I had one bogus lead, and that was when I first signed up.
Last week I decided that I was going to stop selling Mary Kay so I called the District Office and told them I wanted them to send me the Repurchase forms. They did tell me that they would call my sales director. The next day I got a voicemail and a text from her. I did not respond. I knew what it was about. The next day I received a couple of e-mails and a couple more texts and a couple of more voicemails saying that we need to make an educated decision together. Well, I already know what my educated decision is….send my products back and get my money back. She then sent me another text saying she didn't understand why I haven't called her back. I'm not calling back for her trying to trick me into keeping my products.
No one wants to buy this stuff. The majority of people want to purchase skincare in the department stores. That is if they have money to spend. Those that don't, usually buy skincare from Target, Walmart, or even Costco.
My products are all packed up, my forms are filled out, and only need to put a shipping label, etc. This is the end of my MLM career!
MK Taints the Color Pink
Nomore_pink, welcome to PT!
I don't know how fogged your director is, but you may want to write her a sincere letter about your experience and why you are leaving. You may strike a chord. I understand you not wanting to hear her try to change your mind, so make sure you end it with, "participating in MK is not in my family's best interest. Please respect my decision." You can tell her never to contact you again or you will consider it harassment.
Don't forget to change all of your customers' information on InTouch so your director doesn't contact them. Then cancel your consultant number.
What does MK Corpse do with returned inventory from consultants? Please don't tell me they resell it! Ew.
Isn't it interesting how when you are signing up for MK, you are hit with the infamous line right out of the mouth of the MK Garden-of-Eden snake – "Do you REALLY need your husband's permission? It's easier to get forgiveness than permission." (evil)
Then when you make the rational business decision to exercise your right to return product (you know, what you so firmly told her husband she could do to get him to let her sign up and order BIG), suddenly you need your SD permission to do so. Isn't it STILL easier to get forgiveness?
I wouldn't pick up the phone if the damned thing was on fire. Let her feel your financial discomfort for a while.
I am so over making myself miserable doing things to make other people happy. I absolutely love my time alone. Don't need every freaking waking moment in contact with someone else.
There is incredible freedom eating out alone, shopping alone, just being alone. It's restorative.


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Queen Elizabeth – Lightness of Being, a holograph of the Queen from the collection of royal portraits from the National Portrait Gallery on display at Beningbrough Hall
Visitors to a North Yorkshire stately home will come face to face with royalty this year.
Beningbrough Hall is showing Royals: Then And Now and will exhibit portraits of the Queen and her family, from George I to Prince George.
The exhibition will also include Prince William and Kate Middleton's official engagement photograph and famous images of Princess Diana taken just months before her death, taken by Mario Testino.
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The display marks the 300th anniversary of the accession of George I, the first monarch of the House of Hanover, and will show portraits of today's royal family beside their ancestors.
The royal theme will continue with a series of tours around the garden and below stairs and talks in the hall, as well as a brand new family trail starring Clarence the corgi for the Easter holidays.
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Eau Claire (WQOW) – Some say that education is the building block to
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-694871064907364052.post5907604229638051193..comments2014-08-28T14:45:29.007-07:00Comments on Golfgal: Golf Fore Gals on Maui: Where Wahines Win!Gayle firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-694871064907364052.post-45472492227483132492011-12-31T09:13:51.491-08:002011-12-31T09:13:51.491-08:00Thanks James and Gerry for your nice comments. :) ...Thanks James and Gerry for your nice comments. :) Golf really is a sport where most of the value comes to a person from the surround sound, not the hitting of clubs - like good friends, good life skills and a great husband ;)

And the three stooges visit me at least once or twice a round Gerry - so you are not alone!

Have a very happy new year and I look forward to catching up with you in 2012!
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Isn't that the real benefit of the game?

That was what inspired me to write my books. The friends in the clubhouse have a common bond --- golf. Yet they all have things going on in their life away from the course.James Ross (author)http://email@example.com


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(Alexandria, VA) -- Despite some improvement in the Senate, last year the average Member of Congress couldn't even meet taxpayers halfway in voting to reduce or control the size of government -- that's the bottom line from the nonpartisan National Taxpayers Union's (NTU's) Rating of Congress. The eagerly-anticipated 28th annual scorecard, the only one to utilize every roll call vote affecting tax, spending, and regulatory issues, is widely considered to be the most comprehensive measurement of each lawmaker's stance on fiscal policy.
"Even as most Senators were trying to crawl halfway out of Washington's cesspool of wasteful spending, the typical House Member simply continued to tread in murky waters," said NTU President John Berthoud. "As far as taxpayers are concerned, the next Congress will sink or swim based on how it tackles vital concerns like deficit spending, tax complexity, and regulatory overkill."
Between 2005 and 2006, the average pro-taxpayer score in the House of Representatives dropped slightly from 40 to 39 percent. Yet, this still makes the two-session mean for the 109th Congress the poorest in 15 years. The 102nd Congress (1991-92) posted an overall score of 39 percent, barely half a percentage point lower than the previous Congress when rounding is taken into account.
Senate averages, however, took a 4 point-jump, from 44 percent in 2005 to 48 percent last year. Nonetheless, 2006 is the ninth straight year in which the typical lawmaker in the upper chamber could not even post a score of at least 50 percent. The worst averages for the 25-year-plus history of the comprehensive NTU scorecard were recorded in 1988, when they plummeted to 27 percent and 28 percent, respectively, for the House and Senate. The highest marks were reached in 1995, when House and Senate averages were 58 percent and 57 percent, respectively.
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H A Y D E N: lawrence-colonel: ko-daaa: "Nice to meet you guys! And yesh Dean,...
"Mister Dean, you ought to stay away from water with your watch," Koda stuck her tongue out at him, moving so she could poke him again, with a laugh. "Yeah, Ian and Toby…" She decided to leave that subject where it was, realizing Dean had mentioned shadow traveling. "Wait! So you can shadow travel? Dude, that's amazing!" Koda glanced at Lawrence, watching intently as he worked on Dean's watch. His nimble fingers worked quickly and efficiently to disassemble it. "Lawrence, that's really cool." She smiled at him, and then resumed poking Dean.
"Thanks. Someone taught me how to do it." He replied. "If that's the case, then the gears just need to be dried and the battery needs to be replaced. You can probably ask Hephaestus kids for that part." He said as he finished wiping the gears with a small piece of cloth and assembled the parts again. He handed it to Dean.
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Item: Statistical Analysis of Snow Stability, Alpine Meadows Ski Resort, California
Title: Statistical Analysis of Snow Stability, Alpine Meadows Ski Resort, California
Proceedings: 1988 International Snow Science Workshop, Whistler, October 12-15
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Abstract: Time series relationships between meteorologic conditions and avalanche activity were determined for controlled avalanche paths at Alpine Meadows Ski Resort, California. A forecasting model was developed using least squares multiple regression techniques to forecast avalanche activity based on the U.S. Forest Service avalanche size classification, the crown fracture height and the percentage of the avalanche path the avalanche slide.
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Just went to get my mail and thought I'd do a quick drive by of the MSU campus here in Mankato. I was amazed to see sod trucks wait to turn into the gate. Not sure if it's a security thing "kudos for that if it is", but did notice a service man hanging around the gate area. It's neat to see how the area gets transformed into it's yearly Viking Village tent city. Even as the Training Camp is a few days away, the excitement of it's start and all the scurrying of the set-up activity taking place makes me want to go sit and watch just to get the feel of it all.
I'm looking forward in meeting any and all you great people here on the PPO site. Well . . . at least the ones that can make it to Camp. All you great people that come down to Mankato this year. . . .fell free to beller me at the camp so I can get your photo to post in a gallery page. I'll be the plumper feller running around with the camera and the laptop.


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So I've mentioned in the comments before that I've wanted to start a Gator football podcast, potentially in conjunction with Alligator Army (as I like you guys way more than the other fansites) or just unaffiliated. I know gator country does paid versions of their stuff, and some of it's pretty good, but I thought if the writers here can do such a great job of providing free content, we should be able to provide a free one as well.
I have some good experience producing podcasts as it stands, so I got pretty much all the technical sides covered, but there's some other stuff I think should be gone over.
FlaGators has already told me he has some interest, so this is more to touch base to see if anyone might want to contribute or what you think might be cool stuff to go over. I can probably get in touch with some players as well, and I'd like to do interviews as well.
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The main focus will be Gator Football, but I wouldn't be adverse to talking about other stuff.
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- Debra Smith
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How can America get out of this mess?
The world needs America to function and what is MORE - we want you to work.
Your own Brene Brown has already told us all how it is done
and believe me we ALL needed to learn this lesson.
I want to hear your story, your input and your ideas or your reactions, please.
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Dan Geurin 10+Aug 29 2012: America was founded on genocide. It was not discovered, it was stolen. After the mass murder of millions of native peoples, they went to far away lands and stole other races of people to build the country with free labor.
These facts always seem to be left out of the discussion. People of color know that America may be be the best Country, but have no misconceptions about the foundation and roots of the country.
Our old rulers have been replaced by corporate rulers that drive business to relocate jobs for cheap labor, leaving little if any hope to climb the economic ladder.
I truly and honestly believe that we are on a downslide that we will never fully recover. Quality of life continues to go down for the poor and what is left of the middle class. I feel like the ruling class are now acting like scavengers who are picking off of the bones of what is left. Sorry to bring everyone down, but it's the reality that I know in my own life.
Aug 29 2012: http://www.ted.com/talks/aaron_huey.html
Dan Geurin 10+Aug 29 2012: Thanks for the link. As a person with native roots, I know about the damage that has been done to native peoples all over the country and the world. My father's Abenaki roots are from Canada and New England. There are almost no traces of true culture left other than those who seek it out through historical research. My father's family assimilated and didn't discuss our heritage out of fear and shame. It was only after meeting relatives that wanted to talk about who we are, did I discover the true roots of my father's family. I was amazed to see the analogy of the "taking the best meat". I thought it was close to my analogy of scavengers picking the bones of what is left. I really feel that way and there is a deep sadness within cultures that have been colonized and broken apart. It lies beneath the surface and can be seen in the faces of the defeated people.
The bottom line is that when push comes to shove, the government will take what they want. I have never had any misconceptions about that. It's hard to buy into the notion of the American Dream without remembering that while it's nice to dream, we have to remember the real past and how it affects us in the real present.
Aug 29 2012: Having watched Debra's link below it all sounds too familiar from an Australian point of view. We are trying to "fix" it I think. Ilook across the "ditch" to New Zeland for inspiration. They seem to have managed to come out the other side without genocide or civil war. It is one of the things I admire in my Kiwi neighbors.
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SPOKANE, Wash. – The Spokane Chiefs were outshot 19-12 in the 1st Period and 46-29 overall on their way to a 5-1 loss to the Seattle Thunderbirds on Sunday night at the Spokane Arena. It was their third consecutive loss to a U.S. Division opponent.
Thunderbirds' leading goal-scorer Robert Lipsbergs got the scoring started at the 11:11 mark of the first period, snapping a shot into the twine from a sharp angled shot out of the left circle. Dallas Stars prospect Branden Troock scored the T-Birds' second goal with a deflection coming on an odd-man rush toward Chiefs goaltender Garret Hughson. Seattle would add three more goals in the final period.
The Chiefs were unable to capitalize on three power play opportunities in the 2nd period – all coming on penalties by Seattle defenseman Jared Hauf – as special teams proved to be a challenge for Spokane, a day removed from an 0-4 effort at Tri-City. By the time the final buzzer sounded, the Chiefs finished 0-for-5.
In the third period, Riley Whittingham scored the Chiefs' lone goal, his sixth of the season, with Markson Bechtold earning the assist. It was the second night in a row Bechtold found Whittingham for a score.
Hughson completed his night stopping 41 of 46 shots faced, allowing all five goals by Seattle. Thunderbirds' netminder Justin Myles, who entered the game allowing 3.56 goals per game, turned away 28 of 29 shots, allowing only Whittingham's goal.
The Chiefs host Eastern Conference foe Saskatoon on Wednesday, December 4 at 7:05 p.m. The game will be the fourth of ten TicketsWest Player Magnet Giveaways as the first 1,000 fans through the gate will receive a refrigerator magnet featuring one of their favorite players.


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Joe Lunardi's Early 2013-14 Bracketology
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On the Couch - Bill Self [a parody]
Doc: Hey, come on in Bill, have a seat.
Self: [beady-eyed stare]
Doc: So, tell me what you're thin...
Self: Wegotspedup!
Doc: Come again?
Self: Well, we played young. We got sped up
Doc: Hmm... talk about 'sped up'
Self: You know, we played all sped up. We were all young, and played all sped up, like you know, sped up.
Doc: Talk about your teams reaction to UCLA's defense.
Self: UCLA's defense was good, it was okay, but they're not great or anything. We just missed alot of bunnies.
Doc: Bunnies...
Self: Easy shots, chippies, lay-ups
Doc: Dunks too
Self: Yeah, really didn't have anything to do with their defense. We just missed the easy shots.
Doc: Seems to be something every team that plays UCLA ends up saying after the game, that they just missed shots.
Self: Hey, we created 25 turnovers. Heh... take that.
Doc: Take what?
Self: This was our year damnit. We were the better team on paper, we were the No. 1 seed. We had better players.
Doc: Yes, comment on this theme. You seemed cock-sure early in the first half.
Self: What did you call me?
Doc: I said you were cock-sure
Self: A cock?!...
Doc: Sure.
Self: You're a prick!
Doc: No, I said cock. But let's get back to your conceit. You just got your Johnson handed to you by 15 points. React -
Self: React to this, we had the better team, better players, and we created 25 turnovers... they just hit some lucky shots with the clock running down.
Doc: Like Shipp's shot at the half?
Self: Yeah. Luck.
Doc: And Afflolo's?
Self: Exactly.
Doc: And Collison's?
Self: A prayer!
Doc: And Roll's?
Self: Sure that too.
Doc: And the rest of the team that shot 50+% from the field?
Self: Hey, listen, they're good, not great, but good. We created 25 tur...
Doc: I know... 25 turnovers. Your perseveration concerns me.
Self: 25 turnovers. And they weren't guarding us on the freethrow line, and we missed those too! We beat ourselves damnit, we beat ourselves... had nothing to do with the Bruins...
Doc: Um hmm. UCLA defense quick hands looked like something out of The Matrix, but that had nothing to do with you, as you put it, "beating yourself."
Self: THAT'S RIGHT! LISTEN, THIS WAS OUR YEAR...
Doc: Bill, you're decompensating.
Self: ... WE WERE SUPPOSED TO WIN IT ALL... WE BEAT OURSELVES, WE BEAT OURSELVES, NOT THEM, THEY DID NOTHING...
Doc: Well Bill, you know what the clinical term is for someone who repeatedly clings to beating himself?
Self: [beady-eyed stare]
Doc: ... a jackoff.


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November 9, 1996. Billed as the fight of the century, and after years of anticipation, Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield finally stepped into the ring as opponents. I sat in front of the television alongside several deacons from the church I attended. In a room full of men, trash talking abounded. Half the men believed […] [Read More]
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Last year I did a sermon series using the characters from the Wizard of Oz. Dorothy represented the lost who needed to find their way home (Luke 15), the scarecrow represented those who needed a renewed mind (Romans 12:1-2), the Tin Man represented those who needed a change of heart (Psalm 51:10) and of course, the Lion needed […] [Read More]
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As a Doctoral student, I have learned several theories of leadership. Writings from Burns and Bass, Greenleaf and Kellerman are part of my library now. Prior to these classes, I would have thought Burns and Bass was a law firm, but now I am developing my own philosophy of true leadership. I am learning the academic side of it, […] [Read More]
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20 minutes…30 minutes…45 minutes, 1 hour. I increased the speed, added more tension, raised the incline level, and even began to jog. After an hour and 20 minutes, I finally slowed down, cooled off and suddenly I stopped the machine. I stood there on the treadmill at the gym for several moments, sweating, heart racing […] [Read More]
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A light sleeper's lament: six things you shouldn't do in a hotel
Jan 14th 2012 2:52PM We travel a fair bit and I'm tolerant of a lot, but...
My turn-offs:
1. Front desk employee(s) who ignore my exhausted self while finishing a discussion about her cheating sob boyfriend. Really, I'm tired, you can finish this discussion after you've taken care of business. Thanks.
2. Nasty room. This happened last year. Hotel put us in a room where there was an obvious long term water leak and resultant carpet stink. Said they had no other room available. I could hardly sleep for the stink. Again, it's midnight and we were worn out from the trip. You bet we were out of there early the next morning. AFTER we partook of the complimentary breakfast, of course.
3. The thundering of little feet from the room above. At 2 am. I adore children. But corral the little mustangs after midnight, would you please?
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Going to Prague soon. Hope I'm not going to be punished for this rant by being afflicted with any of the above.
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'Mortgage Prof': 5 Reasons Banks Would Rather Foreclose
Oct 19th 2011 4:53PM There will be a time when I won't have a mortgage and I won't have money in a bank at all anymore.
John Galliano Blames Drugs, Alcohol for Alleged Anti-Semitic Rants
Jun 23rd 2011 9:12AM I blame YOU, Mr. Galliano, for your racist rants.
Accept responsibility for your personal failings.
Get counseling.
I can only imagine how you treated your employees.
Sean Penn and Scarlett Johansson 'Intense' PDA Shocks Press at Correspondents Dinner
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Apr 4th 2011 6:31AM Wow. Did he forget his meds that morning?
Hope he did the right thing and apologized for his appalling behavior.
Pilot Holds Plane for Grandfather Of Murdered Toddler
Jan 14th 2011 7:47AM So glad the pilot held the plane for this, I'm sure this story will not be forgotten soon.
And God Bless Caden's family- may they find some measure of peace.
Rachel Zoe Reveals She's Having a Boy
Jan 12th 2011 7:36AM NOW Rachel and Rodger officially "have it all"!
Sean Penn 'Got Taken for One-Half of Everything' in Divorce From Robin Wright
Jan 6th 2011 9:36AM I'll just bet her life is so much easier now that he's out of the picture. And I notice he talks about having a whole family for his son, but no mention is made of his daughter.
Can you say "misogynist"?
I find him repellant.
Sir Elton John and Husband David Furnish Welcome Baby Boy
Dec 28th 2010 8:17AM Best wishes to the new parents. For those of you who obviously are under 30, Elton may possibly live to be a very healthy 90 year old father.
And by the way, I don't know about you, but my husband and I have never brought our bedroom behaviour into the living room in front of our kids, so I wonder how you think the fact that these men are gay will have any type of sexual impact on their child?
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Quote from: The Poster Formerly Known As ICIT on February 18, 2009, 09:56:16 PMcall me crazy but I think I would prefer Peppers to fat albert.crazy!!who's gonna keep the qb from stepping up into the pocket?
call me crazy but I think I would prefer Peppers to fat albert.
How about the coaches devise a system that will allow the scheme to create the pressure, if you don't have a player or players that can beat there man one on one then it is time to overhaul the system to implement a scheme that will allow for pressure to be created, I know its a novel idea, but what the heck do I know.


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Kickstep with Ryan
Some days there is no instability. Our compression columns snapped off at the base. Kickturns stayed in place. The advisory boasted low. Time to try Kickstep, again. Round three in four days.
Anchorage alpinist Ryan Hokanson and I left Tincan parking lot at 9 am and first skied the 2,000-foot south face of Tincan Proper (Why not Tincan Improper?) to Tincan Creek. We toured up to Kickstep, booted to the summit and skied the standard chute on the west face. The snow was like skiing a massive duvet until we entered the slough-scoured chute.
Ryan on the northwest ridge of Kickstep above Tincan Creek. The chute we skied drops down and skiers left of Ryan.
Ryan snuck through the rocks and skied this 50-degree shot that dropped straight into the hidden chute. He stopped below a cliff to spot me. I yelled down, "Hey Ryan! You see the chute?" "Oh yeah! It's like a hose, right below me." I took my 45-degree powder line straight into the hose.
Ryan skiing avalanche-scour far below the hose's eight-foot wide venturi.
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|Dec 18, 2012, 11:49 PM
One WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB 12.5 mm needs 2.5 Watt (5 Volt/500 mA). The WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB 9.5 mm needs only 1.4 Watt. Newer Samsung SSDs (840 & 840 Pro) need also much less power, compared to older SSDs, like the Samsung 830. So if you replace your old HDD with a combination of a newer HDD & SSD, you should not see a reduced battery life.
Only the dead have seen the end of the war.
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|Dec 30, 2012, 11:21 AM
I finally took the plunge and installed a 250GB Samsung SSD using this kit. It took an hour, and it made me very nervous, but I did it.
A bit of background: I'm a rank amateur who has done a fair bit of hardware hacking, including taking apart a 2010 iMac when the hard drive failed and building a couple of PCs, but I'm never completely comfortable and always need instructions.
I used the OWC video, and it was very helpful. The procedure is straight forward, and the biggest challenge was maneuvering around the small spaces and figuring out the best angles to pull pieces out and put them back in, etc. The vid was a huge help in that degree.
Overall, I'd recommend anyone with sufficient courage give it a try. Just be patient.
I'm still playing with my new Fusion drive set up, but so far, it's a huge boost in performance.
2013 iMac 3.4 i5 | MacBook Air 13" 1.7 i5 GHz | 32 Gig iPhone 5 | 64 Gig iPad Air
|Dec 30, 2012, 12:51 PM
I just got a new mini. I kept the stock drive & memory and with money saved splurged on the processor (i7 2.6ghz) and third party ram (16gb).
I don't upgrade often, at least 5 years or so, because when I'm gonna upgrade I really want to see a BIG difference in power.
So I don't plan on busting open the mini and adding an SSD till the warranty+apple care expires in three years and a 500gb SSD costs 150 bucks.
|Dec 30, 2012, 02:58 PM
2013 iMac 3.4 i5 | MacBook Air 13" 1.7 i5 GHz | 32 Gig iPhone 5 | 64 Gig iPad Air
|Dec 30, 2012, 02:59 PM
2012 Mac Mini | 2.3Ghz QC i7 | 16GB RAM | 128 GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD | 1TB HDD | HP ZR2440w
2012 Mac Pro | 3.2Ghz QC Xeon | 16GB RAM | 3x1TB HDD | Dell U2412M
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|Dec 30, 2012, 03:20 PM
I am a bit concerned about the heat that would come off pacing the drive back in together with the SSD.
Can anyone tell me if the mini gets much warmer with the two drives ?
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|Dec 30, 2012, 03:27 PM
2012 Mac Mini | 2.3Ghz QC i7 | 16GB RAM | 128 GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD | 1TB HDD | HP ZR2440w
2012 Mac Pro | 3.2Ghz QC Xeon | 16GB RAM | 3x1TB HDD | Dell U2412M
iPad 4 | iPhone 5 | 2TB TC | AE | ATV
|Dec 30, 2012, 04:25 PM
I had the data doubler in my 17" MBP until last week. Never had any trouble with it. I had a 27" 3.4 i7 iMac on order. When I decided to switch up and go with the Mini/TBD, I was able to order (2) 512 GB m4's and STILL come in cheaper than the iMac. So I followed the OWC video and instructions to put 1 m4 in the Mini. It was really easy and I was done from start to finish in probably 20-30 minutes. The only part that was different from the instructions for me was the way one cable was routed over by the power supply. I had to take it off a little out of order as I couldn't get to it when they said to do it. Aside from that it was a breeze. The doubler in the MBP was totally worth it, but once I had a 512 GB SSD in my MBP I decided to ditch the 750 GB drive and put the Superdrive back in. I never noticed any difference in heat or battery life in the MBP. I don't have much point of reference with the mini. I booted it up to make sure it worked, then shut it down and tore it apart.
I don't have a bad thing to say about either data doubler and would recommend either.
|Dec 30, 2012, 05:10 PM
I, also, just used OWC's data doubler kit to put a 256gb Samsung 840 pro into the empty spot in a new 2.3ghz 2012 mini. I had an external FW800 enclosure I could use to pre-clone my data from the 1tb drive to the new SSD and once installed I just booted it up (defaulted to the 5400rpm spindle drive) and selected the SSD as the boot disk. Once booted I just wiped the data from the 1tb and re-symlink some directories (e.g. Downloads, Music, etc) to my larger external usb3 drive.
The only issue with the kit is the tool to remove the wireless grate is a tad too small for the torx screw. It will work but be VERY careful not to strip the screw. May be best to have a set of torx to find a bit that fits exactly to minimize the risk of stripping the screw. The tool that comes with the kit will work with a light but firm touch as to not strip the screw
|Dec 30, 2012, 05:26 PM
|Dec 30, 2012, 05:41 PM
The screws are very similar in size but just a tiny bit different. The information is mainly just a precaution as just the slightest wiggle in torx bits can easily strip the screws. And YES the screws were in there pretty tight which is why I caution if there is a little wiggle room between the bit and screw. It did turn out ok though using the given drivers. Even after two disassemblies due to an extra screw in the end I forgot to put in
Also I opted to put the SSD in the empty space instead of where the original spindle drive was because I figured there is more air flow where the spindle drive initially was as it is not sandwiched in between another drive and the case itself. I slightly recall there may be issues with formatting/partitioning if in the second empty slot, but I went ahead and pre-formatted/partition the drive externally before installing it in the mini.
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