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Solar Phones - No More Charging Docks Released Today By First Class Posting(February 20, 2014)
(PRWEB) February 20, 2014
According to PatentlyApple, the tech giant recently filed a patent for slim solar power technology described in the patent as a Power management system to supply power to components without using converter circuit between solar panel and power management system. In laymans terms, that means that its a more efficient solar power system than anything currently embedded in any electronic devices today, which means it might actually have the juice to run twenty minute games of Angry Birds, play a couple of albums and get one through an hour of goofing around on Facebook while one waits for ones plane, train or coffee to be ready.
The patent points to an external charging device that would allow one to charge ones laptops, phones and tablets using a portable solar panel. The future may yet hold cell phones with solar panels embedded right into the casing, but ones probably not going to see anything like that until ones see the invention of self-cooling, heat-resistant iPhones that can be left in the sun for hours on end without suffering any damage.
Our reliance on traditional energy sources is crippling, said Android expert Jason Hope, portable solar energy is a strong step in the right direction.
Solar is something of a dream, a hope for the future, but has never truly been realistic as an energy source for the average person. With fairly basic systems costing upwards of $90,000 to install, it makes more sense for most people to stick with the local electric company and pay their bills each month rather than put a few years salary into an investment that wont pay off for decades. Apples new solar chargers for wireless devices might not be a revolution, but they get us a little closer to where one needs to be.
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Talk show host, entrepreneur and entertainer Oprah Winfrey will be Harvard University's principal speaker at the afternoon exercises of Harvard's 362nd Commencement, the university announced Monday morning.
"Oprah's journey from her grandmother's Mississippi farm to becoming one of the world's most admired women is one of the great American success stories," Harvard President Drew Faust said in a statement posted on the Harvard Gazette website. "She has used her extraordinary influence and reach as a force for good in the world, with a constant focus on the importance of educational opportunity and the virtues of serving others."


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The 15th International Noise Awareness Day is April 28th, and it's once again attracting support from around the globe. Organizations diverse as the Arab Ship Building and Repair Company of Bahrain, the Israeli Ministry of Education, and the Brazilian Acoustical Society (SOBRAC) will be taking an active role in educating people about the dangers of noise and the importance of hearing protection. The Center for Hearing and Communication is where it all began 14 years ago, and we commend all of this year's participants and invite you to share your stories with us. Use the Contact Us feature at the top right of our home page.
Not sure how you can participate? It's easy. Click here to read about the harmful effects of noise on hearing, health, learning and behavior. Consider checking out the Quiet Diet or getting your hearing screened as part of 100 Days of Free Hearing Screenings. If you're in the NYC area, come to City Hall on Wednesday, April 28th where you can get a free hearing screening aboard our Mobile Hearing Test Unit from 10:00am-4:00pm.
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Last call to keep historic West Oxford pub (From thisisoxfordshire)
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Last call to keep historic West Oxford pub
4:00pm Friday 28th February 2014 in News By Damian Fantato, Council Reporter, also covering Oxford city centre. Call me on 01865 425429
USE it or lose it is the message from businessmen taking over one of West Oxford's few remaining pubs.
The Holly Bush on Osney Island has been bought by development company VO Properties which has said it will remain as a pub for the time being.
But David O'Neill, a director of VO Properties, has said that if the former Greene King pub is not a commercial success it is likely to be closed and could be turned into housing.
He said: "We have spent a bit of money on it so we are going to run it as a pub for now and see how it goes. We will renovate the bed and breakfast upstairs.
"We are normally a property development company and this is our first pub.
"I guess if it wasn't a pub it would be residential development or extended as more of a B&B if that side is more successful."
Mr O'Neill, whose company finalised the deal to buy the Bridge Street pub last month, said it would be serving food but wouldn't become a gastropub and added that he would be looking into serving real ales.
Greene King put the pub up for sale in July last year and while the Suffolk-based brewery said it was being sold with its licence, its estate agent Fleurets marketed it as a development opportunity.
If The Holly Bush closes, it would leave only two pubs in the whole of West Oxford – The Kite in Mill Street and The Punter, which is also on Osney Island.
The Osney Arms in Botley Road has been closed since November 2011 because of a lack of custom. It was sold at auction in 2012 and has since become a B&B.
Greene King also sold The George Inn further down Botley Road in May 2011 and hi-fi retailer Richer Sounds now has a store there.
Once there were seven pubs in the area, including The Carpenters Arms, now a McDonalds, and The White House, now a Chinese restaurant.
There has been a pub on the Holly Bush site since 1842 when it was called the Bush and Railway. It was renamed The Holly Bush in 1897 and rebuilt in 1935.
After several years as Walter Mittey's, it reverted to The Holly Bush in 2002.
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Eyegor says...
I'm fairly confident that if you offer what the residents of West Oxford want, you'd do quite well. You could even ask them.
6:06pm Fri 28 Feb 14
thomashenry says...
I hope these owners are sincere about running this pub, but the noises they are making aren't particularly encouraging.
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GRAMBLING, La (KNOE 8 News & Grambling State University) The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has lifted a six-month warning placed on the institution in late June. Grambling State University officials were notified on Monday night. A formal announcement is expected Tuesday.
Grambling State University President Frank Pogue said he was not surprised the warning was lifted because the university has done all it was supposed to do to restore financial integrity. He said it was only a matter of time for the state audit and the regional accrediting body to go through due diligence to find out what he already knew. Pogue predicted in June the warning would be taken off the table.
"As said in the summer when SACS placed our university on warning, I was perplexed because we had done and we were doing what needed to be done," said Pogue. Pogue received telephone notification while attending an annual SACS conference in Dallas. "Now I'm not surprised because I don't think there were any other options since our own state authority found no findings, no cause, no reason for us to follow-up on anything," said Pogue.
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Are You a Fan of Screw Caps on Wine Bottles?
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aimeeb 6 years
I think they're great.
ayuninur 6 years
I don't drink wine.
Rabbit88 6 years
they do keep the wine fresher... and the convenience is key. people are just being snobs about the cork issue. i agree with asilgrif... if it tastes good... who cares.
asilgrif 6 years
I don't see what the big deal is. Corks are fine, and screw tops are fine. If the wine is good, who cares?
bethany21 6 years
I hate that there's such a stigma attached to screw-top wines- most of them are quite good, and it no longer has anything to do with cheapness. Like others have mentioned, a vigneron who chooses the screw cap over a cork is actually making a very smart decision, because cork trees are becoming increasingly rare, and the caps can better ensure that the wine will keep. I will say, though, that I absolutely HATE those fake plastic corks. Lame. Save the cork trees! Get a screw cap. ;)
taylorbath 6 years
I love screw tops. I've had 'cork issues' too many times. Usually the cork breaks or the bottle won't fit in the fridge (white wine) after being opened and recorked because it's too high to fit within the space. It's so frustrating! I've had some great tasting wine from screw top bottles. I say forget the cork and bring on the screw.
anzab 6 years
cork trees are becoming rare and could become extinct, so get used to the screw tops
verily 6 years
It's all about what's inside the bottle that counts. Screw caps, cork, plastic cork...it's just in the way of yumminess. I like the convenience of screw caps. With those, I don't have to hunt through my drawers for the corkscrew and a stopper. I'm not a collector of wines, nor do I ever plunk down more than $15 for a bottle, so the corks are not important.
Desirella 6 years
woops..i meant screwcraps, not corkscrews lol..whatever that is
Dana18 6 years
It's the taste of the wine that matters not the cork. Who want to fight with opening the cork. I have has had to many corked wines and think the screw cap is great. It is a thing of the past that cheap wines are the only ones that use screw caps. The wine keep it's true flavor longer with out spoiling. And how is open a cork FUN!
Desirella 6 years
I really dont mind screwcaps however I prefer that they are reserved for cheaper wines or wines that are meant to be drank young and don't need to be aged because the problem with screwcaps is that oxygen does not get to the wine and for some wines, especially red wines, they need that tiny bit of oxygen to age well so that's the good thing about corks. Another good thing about corkscrews is that they preserve wine a little better once opened. As for cork taint, as someone mentioned before, it's not really an issue anymore because now that more winemakes are turning to corkscrews due to many reasons, one including cork taint so the comapnies that manufacture corks are really cracking down on the cork making process to really limit possible cork taint.
tlsgirl 6 years
You know, I understand why more companies are using them, but unscrewing just doesn't have the same significance as uncorking a nice bottle of wine.
javsmav 6 years
They are perfect after a bad day where you are complaining to a friend on the phone, but want wine as soon as you walk in the door.
fireyelectra 6 years
It depends on the wine. A bottle with a screw cap isn't a wine that's meant to age to perfection in your cellar. They're perfect for a table wine you're going to drink within a few years of the vintage, but for something that you want to get better with age, you need a cork. It makes a huge difference in aging process. Most corks aren't cork anymore (as its becoming extinct and is incredibly expensive), so cork taint is less of an issue for the majority of wines on the market.
missgnav 6 years
I don't drink wine much, so maybe I should try screw cap wines. I do agree it's a lot more fun to open corked ones.
AliCherri1 6 years
It doesn't matter if it has a Screw Cap or a Cork to me as long as the wine is good. I've had bad Corked wine and Excellent Screw Cap, it doesn't have the same meaning it used to.
jle225 6 years
Oh one more thing... screw caps allow you to better preserve an opened bottle if you don't have any sealing products. Either way... it's just best to drink the whole bottle up!! :-p
jle225 6 years
A screw cap is the only way to avoid "cork taint", a bad odor that comes from the cork itself (a chemical called TCA in the cork). You'll often hear people describe this odor as musty, like a basement. It is estimated that 7-10% of all corked wine has cork taint. (I worked at a Wine Center and one day in particular, five bottles of wine had cork taint... that I opened in a row!!) Sure, the romance and tradition of pulling the cork is gone... but it's unfortunate to purchase an expensive bottle of wine only to be surprised by an overwhelming scent of basement. Sometimes wine & spirit stores will reimburse you if you take the bottle back... but in restaurants where servers may be untrained on cork taint, you could be out of luck. Always remember, the wine that's good is the wine you like! The choice is yours, but please consider the facts before shooting the idea down :)
gooniette 6 years
There's a stigma to screw caps that I hope we can overcome. If it's good wine, it shouldn't matter how it's bottled. Of course, I'm a bit of a hypocrit because I usually pick my wine by its label. :)
ilanac13 6 years
i used to think that screw caps meant tht the wine wasn't as good but now that i know better - i'm ok with them!
lizzylu49 6 years
I've been in restaurants where people have actually sent back wine because it has a screw cap. In the past, I'm sure its been synonymous with cheap wine, but that just isn't the case anymore.
alikat07 6 years
If the wine is good, I don't care if its a cork or cap!
shellbelle1 6 years
I don't mind them, I usually end up messing up the cork anyway!
skigurl 6 years
high priced bottles of wine are turning to the screw caps, and as such, i've been able to accept it as a reality, but it still seems cheap and unclassy to me.....that being said, i dont mind beind cheap and unclassy in certain situations (drinking with the girls, going to the cottage, drinking at university) so i've been known to actually seek out screw tops in the past to avoid not having a functioning cork screw one time, we had to "christen the boat" on the sidewalk outside my apartment because the cork screw broke into our only bottle of wine, and we needed it badly!
CestlavieSJP 6 years
*Correction: I see the purpose of SCREW CAPS, but will miss the cork. (Was typing to fast there)
CestlavieSJP 6 years
I see the purpose of corks, but something about the loss of a cork strikes me as sad. It's the end of the days when opening a bottle of wine required a bit of skill and treasured wine key, not to mention the sense of accomplishment you received when you managed a perfect open (no cork in the wine and just burst of grape aroma). I will miss those days...
SugarCat 6 years
If the wine is good who cares if it was corked or screwed? ;)
mswender 6 years
I have had Screw top wines that are great and I have corked wine and it is disgusting, I think everyone just needs to try it and they will be converted!
partysugar 6 years
I love them. Although I was at a restaurant the other day and it was kind of awkward when the waitress came over with our wine: 2 screw capped bottles!
gabiushka 6 years
Doesnt it loose the point of having wine then?
kia 6 years
I am totally open to them. My husband read me a business analysis piece recently where wine purveyors talked about eliminating corks because the screw caps kept the wine well if not better than a cork and avoided the musty smell and taste associated with cork taint. Thus another benefit of the industry trend toward screw caps. It's all good as long as the wine tastes well.
dmtroyer 6 years
Screwcaps are ingenious. I do not cellar wine, and as such, 99% of the wine I drink should have a screw cap. Something like 5% of wines using corks have gone bad prematurely due to a flaw in the cork, or the corking process. Sometimes it is more subtle than others, but if you have any hesitation: leave the wine in the bottle, put the cork back in it, and return it to the store you bought it from. Any store worth their salt will at least exchange it.
x_juicyfruit 6 years
I don't mind them.
mlen 6 years
i know i've read that screw caps sometimes even help the wine stay better then the corked bottles but i can't help it- i need wine with a cork- screw caps still feel cheap to me
silly3 6 years
Syako - that sounds icky! I know they seem convenient, but I think it takes away from the fun of opening and enjoying a bottle of wine. I've totally messed up a cork before, but I like the *pop* when the cork comes out.
brittanyk 6 years
I think my mom gave me a complex about screw caps on wine. She always said that cheap, not so good wine, have screw caps. Although, I had many screw top bottles of wine that I like, I still prefer wine with a cork :P
lawchick 6 years
I'm all for screw caps because they eliminate the possibility of corked wine. I have had two experiences with corked wine, and it is truly awful.
syako 6 years
syako 6 years
I hate screw taps. My husband and I don't buy bottles with screw taps. He grew up in Ukraine and back there when a bottle has a screw cap it means that it's "wine" mixed with all kinds of nasty things and then sold as a "real" bottle of wine.
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This is the story of how I learned to use Python to hack my office printer.
A few weeks ago, Missy Gibbons noticed something as she went to pick something up from the printer at the Campaign Solutions office: the LCD screen said, in all caps, "NO PRINT FOR YOU."
As it turns out, our very able developer had been using a script he found to hack the printer display to say funny things for about six months. And he never. said. a. word. I would have (and later did) given myself away in five seconds. (When I asked him about it, he just started giggling and told me I couldn't prove anything :))
As a hyper-competitive nerd with almost no coding experience, I wanted to one-up him, and hatched a scheme to hack the display to show any tweet with the hashtag we'd been tagging funny quotes in the office with. Talking to a friend before I started, I mentioned that I "literally have none of the skills to make this happen." He responded: "This is literally the most productive way you could waste your time."
The result: Little more than a week and a lot of late nights later, I did it!
I don't remember the last time I was so obsessed with making something work, but I hope you'll enjoy the process of my mania by reading what it took to make it happen. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and hope to learn to code for real so that I can hack the web, not printers.
How I did it
For those interested, here's an exhaustive journal of how I went from programming layman to Twitter-printer champion in the matter of little more than a week.
To make this work, I knew I'd need to write or steal code that accomplished few basic elements:
1. Search Twitter for a hashtag
2. Return the most current tweet with the hashtag and store it somehow
3. Pass the most recent tweet to code that would interface with the printer
Given limited experience with a Python class I dabbled in a few years ago and the convenient availability of an existing printer hack written in Python, I chose to use Python. It was a good decision.
The numbers above are chronological but they're out of order. I started with Change the HP LCD Ready Message, an unintelligible-to-me Python implementation of the Printer Command Language (yes, that exists):
import sys
import socket
printer_ip = '192.168.0.101'
display_msg = 'REPLACE FLUX CAPACITOR'
b = "
b = b + '\x1b%%-12345X@PJL JOB\n'
b = b + ('@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY="%s"\n' % display_msg)
b = b + '@PJL EOJ\n\x1b%%-12345X'
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect((printer_ip, 9100))
Next, I searched for an easy way to get Twitter search results in a useable format without using the API (wasn't sure I could handle using OAuth). At first, I tried to find a Python XML parser but couldn't get it to work for a few hours. Realizing I was totally overthinking it (clearly many people use Twitter in their apps without converting it to XML), I found How to use twitter search api and was ready to go:
def searchTweets(query):
search = urllib.urlopen("http://search.twitter.com/search…)
dict = simplejson.loads(search.read())
for result in dict["results"]: # result is a list of dictionaries
print result["text"]
With those two scripts, I had the basic building blocks of what I was trying to accomplish: one to find the tweets I wanted and the other to send them to the printer. Now I had to put them together.
The first thing I did after finding the Twitter script was modify it to fit my specific needs. Changing #liverpool to #csquotes, I also changed the "rpp" parameter to "1," so that it would only return the latest results. Then, I shifted focus to figure out exactly how I could pass what the Twitter function returned to the printer script. After some trial, error, and thought, I applied two basic principles I'd learned in my half-class on Python:
1. Instead of printing the result of the searchTweets function, I returned it.
2. Instead of making the display_msg variable equal a pre-defined string (ie "REPLACE FLUX CAPACITOR," as the script's author had imagined), I changed it to equal the output of the searchTweets function.
With these two changes, I had connected the two scripts. As a bit of housekeeping, knowing that that the printer display could only handle 64 characters, I also found a short bit of code that shortened strings to a predefined width and placed it between them.
With a little trial and error in getting the syntax right, I ran the script and IT WORKED. I was happy. But it wasn't over.
Getting the script to repeat on a server was WAY harder than I'd thought.
So, you write code, it works, you press save, and you're awesome. End of story, right?
It's not. While I knew that I could run my script by typing "python app.py" into Terminal, the point of this project was to update the printer anytime someone tweeted with our hashtag. And I certainly wasn't going to sit around running the script on my laptop running it every minute. No, this needed to be automatic. It had to run when my laptop was off. And it had to repeat, on its own, ad infinitum until I told it not to, on a server. I had no idea what I need to do to make that happen.
First, I researched installing the script and finding some code to repeat it on one of our servers. But, after going through the official Python tutorial with no results, a suspicion that our server was incorrectly configured, and a really unhelpful web host, I moved onto researching free cloud solutions already configured for what I was trying to do. Because my script was written in Python, and I knew that Google was too (twinsies! … right?), I started with the Google App Engine. After extensive Googling, it seemed to have the most support for Python of any platform as a service (a term that I know now, but didn't then).
Diving in, I immediately faced a critical question that would introduce me to the basic architecture of web applications: the tutorial that Google provided involved setting up Django—why would I need to install a framework just to run a script I could run on my laptop? Soon, I discovered that I didn't, and that Google provided a way for me to repeat scripts without building a webapp. This was my introduction to the Cron job.
After many minor code changes and a lot of trial and error, I finally got a working (sort of) Cron job set up on Google's servers. The code ran, on schedule, but it didn't work. Looking at the logs, the error I kept facing was related to the code pushing the tweet to the printer (see above). After even more Googling, I discovered that the error I was receiving wasn't because my code was bad, but because App Engine didn't support "sockets."
I didn't (and still don't) fully understand what most of that meant, but in the language that I did understand a few StackOverflow searches revealed the truth: Google App Engine wouldn't allow me to use the socket method to communicate with the printer's IP address. And that meant that Google was a no-go.
So where next?
I left the office at 8PM on a Friday night disappointed that hours on Google App Engine had yielded nothing, but determined to figure out a way forward. There's a tipping point on challenges like this where you no longer view time invested as a sunk cost, but as a mortgage you can only pay off by reaching your goal (however ridiculously silly it may be).
My next step was to research other options like App Engine, preferably platforms that had built-in scheduling engines that could easily and intuitively run repeating tasks. This led me to Wikipedia, which gave me a few options for Platforms as a service.
Since much of the web is built on it, I chose to pursue AWS next. That was a mistake. It was really confusing, I spent a lot of time on it, and couldn't figure it out. I was frustrated. Onto the next one.
Cloudsourcing to Japan?
My next attempt used Heroku, another web app platform that supported Python and, crucially, had a built-in scheduling function.
This time, after a few stumbles during a somewhat confusing setup tutorial (where I learned a ton about Git, VirtualEnv, and the command prompt in general), I got the script to run, but it kept timing out. After spending a ton of time on Google and StackOverflow, I realized that I'd run into a barrier that I couldn't get around: the IP I was using was private, and I was hitting our firewall.
Clearly not a very good hacker.
So what could I do? Absent asking our IT guy, who I didn't think would have a sense of humor about this, to open some ports and whitelist the IP, I'd hit a wall. I couldn't get it to work on our servers, couldn't install it in the cloud, and installing it on my laptop would only have worked when I was in the office. The goal here was to create something that would work forever. None of my options were working.
I went home again, still obsessed, at 10PM, still without an answer. But the next morning, I had an epiphany: we have a Mac Mini, always running, in our common room that we only use for videoconferencing. It was basically a server. If I could find code that would make the script repeat, I could install it on the Mac, run it, and it would rinse and repeat as long as I wanted (later, one of my colleagues asked when he could shut it down. I said never–it's an upgrade to the office infrastructure).
Turns out it was right in front of me
Saving the script, I emailed it to myself and opened it on the Mac Mini. I tried to run it, but quickly realized that SimpleJSON, the module I'd needed to use the Twitter script, wasn't installed on that computer. Neither, as I discovered, was Pip, the program I'd found earlier which made it so easy to install things on my laptop. I ran into some brief issues installing them (wherein I found out about the "sudo" command), but soon had it behaving exactly like it was on my laptop. This left one last task: finding something that would repeat it without blowing up the computer.
After some searching, trial and error, I found Advanced Python Scheduler, an extension of the Sched module which created Cron-style jobs from within scripts. After rearranging some of the code so that the meat of it worked as a single function that was called by the scheduler (something which took way longer than I'd like to admit), I got it to work, set it to run every thirty seconds, pressed enter in terminal, and that's when this happened:
The script is still running right now and, if you want to send a message to our office, you can reach us at #CSQuotes.
The final code
For those who are interested, the final, re-arranged code is below with our printer's ip address redacted (sorry, would-be hijackers). Please be nice, I'm a noob:
import sys
import socket
import urllib
import simplejson
import sched
from apscheduler.scheduler import Scheduler
from datetime import datetime
import time
def searchTweets(query):
search = urllib.urlopen("http://search.twitter.com/search…)
dict = simplejson.loads(search.read())
for result in dict["results"]: # result is a list of dictionaries
return result["text"]
def printer():
tweet = searchTweets("#csquotespp=1″)
tweet2 = (tweet[:64] + '…') if len(tweet) > 64 else tweet
printer_ip = 'insert ip address here'
display_msg = tweet2
b = "
b = b + '\x1b%%-12345X@PJL JOB\n'
b = b + ('@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY="%s"\n' % display_msg)
b = b + '@PJL EOJ\n\x1b%%-12345X'
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect((printer_ip, 9100))
print tweet2
sched = Scheduler()
sched.daemonic = False
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Eich: Vision: A symbol of leadership
Hardly a day goes by without some academic, financial pundit or media personality decrying the fact that neither Congress nor either presidential candidate seems to have a clear vision for solving the nation's ills.
To listen to them, you would think it's a rather simple exercise to craft a cohesive vision. It is not.
If you don't believe me, just ask most any chief executive officer who has been at the helm of a company for more than a few years.
To paraphrase what Jim Collins and Jerry Porras opined in their seminal 1996 Harvard Business Review article "Building Your Company's Vision," the degree of difficulty in crafting a bold vision is heightened by the need to understand what should be changed in an organization and what must not.
Crafting a vision that simultaneously lifts people up and generates decisive execution would go a long way toward resolving the nation's challenges. However, creating a vision requires making choices and having the will to take risks especially in today's politically charged environment.
The most important purpose of a vision is to set forth a discernible direction and a commitment to that direction.
On the national front, it is not developed principally for the purpose of winning an election — but to achieve the country's success. In the Senate, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., seems determined to do everything he can to ensure that Barack Obama is a one-term president while Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., seems equally determined to frustrate the GOP at every turn.
While their actions often support their personal or political views, they do little to address real problems.
An effective vision is not campaign rhetoric; neither does it use emotional tactics. It provides a clear blueprint of where a president intends to take us and then engages us with the possibilities. It is specific, not inclusive, easily understood, straightforward and, yes, bold.
That is why staffers or assistants should never craft a vision statement. The person who intends to articulate and live by it must exercise the discipline to write the first drafts so the result genuinely and accurately reflects his or her beliefs.
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to realize we live in turbulent, uncertain and dangerous times, internationally and domestically. Such circumstances require highly credible and convincing visions.
Americans will follow a leader who not only has an inspirational vision, but who also articulates it well, integrates it and fully commits to its success.
In my recent book, "Real Leaders Don't Boss," I describe effective leaders from all walks of life, many of whom I've known personally. I firmly believe that we suffer less from a scarcity of real leaders in America than we do from apathy and an inexplicable willingness to accept less than what we want from our leaders, elected or appointed.
The leaders of the Senate, the president and the former governor of Massachusetts are all rather good at telling convincing narratives, which can ultimately bring a vision to life.
But in the short time remaining before the nation goes to the polls, we must demand that our leaders spend less time on peripheral issues and focus on outlining their visions for the future of the country.
In his New York Times best-seller, "Strategic Vision," Zbigniew Brzezinski provides a desperately needed wake-up call to America's political and business leaders as the world's center of gravity shifts from the West to the East. At the top of his list is a call for resolving our domestic problems, for unless we do, our international opportunities and options will be seriously curtailed.
Both of our presidential candidates have enviable records of public service. We should, therefore, demand that they exhibit the courage and statesmanship required to lead this nation by laying out their clear, unvarnished visions for the country.
If sacrifice by every American is to be the order of the day moving forward (and I believe it is), it is time for both party leaders and presidential candidates to be tellers of facts, not half-truths.
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Travelfish correspondent Ayesha Cantrell
Ayesha first travelled around South East Asia over 10 years ago on her way to Australia via South Africa. With the firm belief that the travel bug would be out of her system she returned to the corporate rat race and very quickly realised her mistake.
She soon ditched her power suit in favour of a wetsuit and ventured back to Ko Tao to indulge in her passion for scuba diving. Her love for Koh Ta established itself as she lived there throughout her progression to Scuba Diving Instructor.
Leaving was hard but she tore herself away and travelled and dived working in The Maldives, Egypt and visiting many other far flung spots to take in underwater world.
Ko Tao was always calling and four years ago she returned, unpacked her bags and accidentally bought into a dive centre.
Apart from writing for Travelfish she manages the Master Divers Blog and whenever possible is underwater with her camera shooting fish!
Website: http://www.master-divers.com
Posts by Ayesha Cantrell:
Can children learn to scuba dive on Ko Tao?First published: 28 Dec 2012
Ko Tao attracts more families each year and I would think that most parents, divers or not, might be surprised by what's on offer diving wise for their little mermaids. Here's a wrap on what kids can do and expect when it comes to scuba diving on the island. Clearly your children can enjoy snorkelling … read the full post
How long should you spend on Ko Tao?First published: 21 Dec 2012
It's quite difficult to advise anyone on how long to spend here on Ko Tao. I would say, "Never leave!" but that's probably not the most helpful answer. It does depend on why you are coming and then the overall length of your trip away and what you like too. Discounting your arrival and departure … read the full post
Getting to Ko Tao from BangkokFirst published: 15 Dec 2012
The only difficult thing about getting to Ko Tao from Bangkok is choosing from the myriad options available. What you choose will ultimately depend on your budget and how much time you have. When heading down to Ko Tao from Bangkok, your ferry jump off point on the mainland is Chumphon. To get there, you … read the full post
What's the best beach on Ko Tao?First published: 07 Dec 2012
If I had 100 baht for each time someone asked me which is the best beach on Ko Tao then I wouldn't need to work again. The answer isn't that simple and like anything in life it depends on your definition of best. The simplest thing to do then would be to work our way … read the full post
Learning to dive on Ko Tao with limited timeFirst published: 24 Nov 2012
Doing your open water course here on Ko Tao will take 3 and a half days. But what if you don't have that long? Learning to dive is best taken at a relaxed pace but if you are really short on time there are a number of things that you can do. Firstly, you could consider … read the full post
Eating cheaply on Ko TaoFirst published: 15 Nov 2012
Ko Tao has a great range of places to eat but not every spot is suitable to those on a shoestring budget. If you are watching your pennies there's no need to miss out on tasty treats though; you just need to know where to look. Although there isn't a night market typical of many … read the full post
Review: Portobello Mediterranean Bistro, Ko TaoFirst published: 08 Nov 2012
Portobello Bistro is the pizza joint of preference in Ko Tao's Haad Sairee, offering pizzas with a great choice of toppings and no skimping on the portions. It's open, airy, furnished with dark wood and bustles with people, yet manages to retain a warm atmosphere, making it worth seeking out. The menu includes some tasty … read the full post
Where to go snorkelling on Ko TaoFirst published: 18 Oct 2012
Ko Tao is dotted with beaches and bays and picking where to go snorkelling can be difficult; what you choose to do will depend a little on how much time you have and what you want to both see and experience. You can take the decision away by simply booking an around-the-island snorkelling trip. Your … read the full post
Should you rent a motorbike on Ko Tao?First published: 11 Oct 2012
Personally I would say, "No way Jose!" to anyone contemplating the undeniably risky method of getting about by motorbike on Ko Tao. However it would then be fair to accuse me of a certain amount of hypocrisy as I do indeed own and drive one. Well, chances are that unlike me — I own my … read the full post
Learning to dive on Ko TaoFirst published: 04 Oct 2012
So you have run the gauntlet of choosing a dive centre on Ko Tao. You have decided whether you want to take the SSI or PADI course. What should you expect while you are studying how to dive? Firstly, you will be asked to complete a medical questionnaire. If you have any of the conditions … read the full post


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