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Phil Polson
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About Me
Sales Drive Group _Founder ★Sales Director★Sales Strategy★Social Sales★Channel Sales★Sales VP★Sales Mentor★Sales Advice★ Sales Drive: the definitive no-brainer street smart guide to Sales Stardom by Phil Polson
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What I'm Currently Addicted To...
Life. And now putting all the Hard Learned Lessons of the last 2 years discovering all things Internet and how that relates to selling. Lessons that I have learnt the hard way by trial and error, webinars, listening to & teaming up with specialists, experts forums, and reading books, from my deliberate new technology exploration journey, which I consider to be an investment in the future and not as time consuming expensive cost of opportunity
This Is Annoying Me...
It is really annoying me that so many of my friends & acquaintances now in their 60's are desperately trying to set up internet businesses to see them into their retirement. So many of them have poured tens of thousands of their hard earned dollars into websites without any real strategy. They have made the massive mistake of having a friend of the family or a good neighbor build a site for them and they think that that website and a few clever keywords and some shiny objects offered by so called internet guru's will bring them a pot of Gold for working 15 minutes a day. They later discover that the only pot of Gold the online gurus are interested in is their own. I now know that having a website is only about 5% of the solution. Social media and good old fashioned sales skills are a huge percentage and professional approaches and management & teamwork is needed every day. You simply can not do it all on your own. Only do something if you can measure it.
This Is Making Me Worry...
Attention is now the new marketing currency. All those involved in our Sales Drive Group are both individually and collectively the brand and that brand needs to be seen, not as the prospect thinking ''Yeah one day we must do that" brand, but rather "This is the brand that can solve our immediate problems and we need to deal with them right now, to heck with the cost". This requires emotional attachment which needs skill to get to this point in building the relationships with people in networked circles to ensure they come to paying events. What worries me about this is people are trying to rely on this effort put into getting attention for income. They will start to realize soon that to turn effort into sales and therefore profit you must have real street smart sales skills as part of your tool kit.
This Is Bringing Me Joy...
Over the past 2 years of learning everything Internet...I have found out that it is now the smart use of social media - posting primarily to sites like Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, YouTube and LinkedIn. Then tracking and knowing exactly what to do which results in more business. "It's all about relationships and that's what we are now starting to rapidly build." What is bringing me real joy as a strategic entrepreneur is that the advantages and possibilities are endless. Connecting with existing contacts online is the start of the process. These contacts when treated well become a part of our virtual social networks and many will become our clients, advocates and eventually our commission earning affiliates as well.
I'm Running From...
Promises of instant wealth and success made by self proclaimed by Internet gurus. One or two are brilliant so I keep them as council and have now unsubscribed from the rest. ...Phew a clear, un-bombarded email box...bliss.
This Is Helping Me Create...
Network thinking creates network circles. Network thinking requires creative, which I love. I now understand that this new circular approach requires an understanding of "Network Circles", where the circles are interconnected and rotate on their own whilst over lapping with other circles. Information flows freely within and between these circles, which is a very powerful concept as evidenced by early adopters with the recent float of Facebook and the phenomenal success of Google in just 14 years. This new economy is now very different from my more traditional 1951 born mindset. The difference is linear versus associative (joining up the dots) or networked thinking. My older approach has tended to think in a linear manner. If I do' this,' then this happens. Then my intended results happen. In other words, if I make 100 calls, then 10 will turn into appointments." Or I send out 20,000 brochures then 1,000 will respond. Again this requires the traditional model for sales skills only applied to new mediums.
This Is Making Me Think - Hard...
Social Sales and Social Media For Marketing, requires specialists. Social Sales; unlike any other industry or area of expertise changes almost daily. When Google sniffs everyone panics. Literally! So it is a discipline that can only be truly described by those who have done it for years and who keep doing it every day, day after day. Updating skills daily. Social media advice for business is everywhere. What we believe, though, is that social media is not a one-size-fits-all channel. What works for one business won't necessarily work for yours. Therefore I have to think hard about and test what works for our many and varied private clients all over the world so the experience that they get will be second to none! When you are serious about having your brand truly seen on the internet as a leading player in your field I know what it takes to take the "fright" and frustration out of the frivolous nature of the internet. Be frightened no more.
This Makes My Teeth Itch
In sales teams that I have been involved with over the years, I have witnessed some absolute champions in action, some average ones and some outright duds. It has been my observations that the absolute champions, if they do miss a sale, never let that get them down. They just pick up the phone and get on to putting all of their attention and energy on to another one. More moderate salespeople, who have missed a deal often, go straight to the nearest bar and drown their sorrows. No doubt meeting a similar soul down there to drown their sorrows together; I've been there and done that. Misery loves company. My teeth itch thinking of those wasted opportunities.
Can't Do Without
In the selling environment, attitude and enthusiasm are just priceless. It is surprising how quickly a good attitude session can positively affect people. I can't do without the comradery and support & teamwork of enthusiastic people who are around me.
Favorite Voices
To name a few: My late friends Dr Norman Vincent Peale, Zig Ziglar, Jim Rohn. The singing voice of Tina Turner. And now semi retired New Zealand rugby commentator Keith Quinn.
My Most Awkward Moment
Another top sales performer who I thoroughly enjoyed working with was the late Charlie "Tremendous" Jones. He was about six foot five inches tall and built like a brick outhouse. Charlie had been in sales since he was 16 years of age. He made his way to the top of the mutual funds industry in the USA until he retired and went on the speaking circuit. It was serious fun to be around him. We invited him out to Australia and New Zealand a few times. When he greeted me the first time we ever met, having just arrived off the plane, he gave me a giant bear hug. While hugging he whispered in my ear "Whatever you do don't hug me back because everybody's watching, and they are all worried about us!"
My Secret Ambition
Well it wouldn't be a secret if I tell you, but my primary focus is on helping to make my clients wealthier, that is enriching for me. I have completed a new book Sales Drive. The purpose of this book is to show you how important salespeople and sales skill are. It provides powerful, indispensable sales skills and sales systems, which will help you to identify some areas and techniques to enhance your own selling ability. You can then make heaps more money and as a result enrich your life and those around you....and mine:-)!
I'm Known For...
Living up to what I say I will do!
My Current Project
I founded the Sales Drive Group and have gradually invited a number of specialist professionals to become part of a network that offers highly specialized sales and social community construction and management solutions to companies and higher net worth individuals. These solutions encapsulate sales growth, sales audits, joint sales ventures, peak motivation, as well as structuring sustainable social media presence. The critical success of all these solutions are founded on the COG® System which is fully explained throughout the pages of my Sales Drive book The international team knows that no one person has all the knowledge and wisdom necessary for sales and business success at all levels. They understand that collective sharing of wisdom is a far more powerful force.
My Greatest Achievement
Without doubt my three adult sons, now in their mid to late twenties, are my greatest achievement. They have seen firsthand the highs and the lows that all those in the profession of selling experience over time. They are now, in their own way, involved in selling. I feel that the time is right to encapsulate my thoughts and experiences to share with them. This will ensure that my sons and other like-minded people gain every competitive advantage that I can offer them. Each son is educated to a high level. The oldest son has a degree in International Business, along with numerous, maritime-specific, qualifications. The middle one has a Bachelor of Business Management, majoring in Real Estate and Development, and a Masters of International Finance and Economics. The youngest has completed a Bachelor of Arts degree to which he is now studying to add a degree in Law. Any edges that they can gain from my experience are not necessarily taught at university, but will help them in their own life plans that they are full steam ahead on already.
My Biggest Regret
In 1991 a friend John B, who I had met by being in the same office block for some years came into my office and asked if he could have 30 minutes of my time. At that exact moment I had an urgent deadline to fill and told him that I was too busy but would happily meet him at 5.00pm. 49 year old John B took his own life at 4.30 that afternoon without talking to anyone. I regret not sparing him the time to listen to him, maybe I could have made a difference to the outcome.
I Truly Respect
Mothers. How they manage to juggle everything and keep things going thru thick and thin day in day out truly amazes me.
Moments I'd Like To Forget
Do I have things I would like to forget? Have I had failures? Of course I have, you can't learn unless you make a few mistakes, that is what life's about. So rather than forget them I prefer to remember the lesson that came from them. "Victory is sweetest, when you have known defeat." Malcolm S. Forbes. No doubt I have unintentionally made a few enemies along the way. This was never my intention, and frankly, after having done my best to try to resolve any issue, if it has not worked, I no longer have the spare time to dwell on that. I figure I can not do any better than my best.
How I Pay For This Wardrobe
Satisfying my clients and their clients.
Blocks I've Been Around
My background was in the building and construction industry. In 1981, I co-founded one of the first sales, management, and motivation training companies in Australasia. I was an innovator of the large Public Seminar industry and the Cruise ship seminar concept. I have been involved on a consultative basis in management and sales training consultant for the construction industry, manufacturers, financial, wealth creation, real estate, retail, chemical, pharmaceutical, oil, mining, internet and brewing companies. You cannot possibly talk authoritatively about selling unless you can sell something other than your own talks, books and tapes.
Things That Really Happened
I can vividly recall as a much younger, somewhat bullet proof, 22 year old starting out in selling leaning on the bar of our local watering hole one Friday evening discussing matters of the day with a few up and coming like minded sales and marketing people. One was a copywriter; one was a print company representative and me. The guys had been watching me fumbling with my new cheque book and the print company rep said we print those for a bank. By the time the bartender rang the bell at 10 pm and shouted out to advise us that the bar was now closed we had devised a fantastic promotional idea for a nationwide retail grocery chain whose head office was local. The idea involved printing a cheque book like booklet of vouchers and doing a household mail drop to every house within a certain radius of the store. We initially entitled it "Tear One Off" but that was later considered far too risque for the era so we finally named it "Tear off a Saving!" The idea was to have 100 cheque- like tear out saving and discount redeemable vouchers written like a cheque and bound exactly like a cheque book. We even picked cheque type paper so the total cost of the project would be covered by participating suppliers and manufacturers. That weekend we all dived in to handwriting a letter to the company and on the Monday had a sample mock up of the actual booklet by the print representative and the letter typed officially by a real life typist. No laptops back then, just typewriters and only a select few owned one let alone knew how to use one. Dennis Mac, our copy man wrote some brilliant content. Simple, concise and yet compelling. My role was to sell the concept. The next day, mock up and proposal in hand and dressed in a new 3 piece suit with striped tie I boldly trotted off down to an appointment with the grocery Chain to present our early version of what is now commonly referred to as a sales proposal. There we were later the same afternoon slumped back over the bar –rejected because I had gotten a "No" answer to our seemingly invincible concept. Some months went by and we had almost forgotten the whole idea when into the bar one Friday evening came a friend who I had been to school with - he was now in advertising. Christchurch is a lovely place but sometimes it seems a very small place so bumping into people you know happens often. We shared our idea with him and told him the saga of the doomed presentation and the disappointment of experiencing total rejection. His next statement has stuck with me for a long time and since then I always ask right up front when talking with a prospect if they like what we are proposing and can see a good return on the investment for them, are they the person who can say YES , sign off and arrange payment for the same. What he had said were words to the effect that he thought that the whole concept complete with our marketing and sales strategy sounded brilliant. He also told us that same company was a client of his firms and the person whom I had met with did not in fact have the power, or the authority, to give us a "YES". We were then pointed in the right direction and with his help and introductory testimonial phone call I was then able to make an appointment with the right decision maker that very next week. Not only did we then get a cause to celebrate with Champagne "YES" but the retail chain later took the concept nationwide to over 1 million households three times that year. It was win-win all around. The printer got the job, the adman got all the media and advertising associated with the launch and ongoing media, and I handled all of the management and distribution all outside of normal working hours from my regular day selling job. My share of the profits, for about 3 months of hard slog weekend work , was slightly over $3,600 and in 1973 that went a long way to paying of my first house which way back then was $7,300. It wasn't all easy though. The hassles we had getting design, print production and final postal matters past the antiquated Postal Workers Union could take up a whole book, but for now the high points are what I prefer to recall
Where I'd Like To Be 10 Years From Now
Alive and still being mistaken for a happy 50 year old:-)!
Why Forbes
I was always a huge fan of Malcolm Forbes who was reaching his professional peak around the same time as I was starting out. I loved his attitude, humour and his quotes. He was a respected business tycoon. He liked to tell things the way they were, which I admire. In his biography Mr. Forbes was quoted as saying, "I made my money the old fashioned way. I was very nice to a wealthy relative right before he died." Don't you love that?


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A look at the Origin and Use of Electric Planers
Before we look at the electric planers (or hand power planers), let's have a look at the various manual types that have largely been rendered redundant with the advent of the power planers.
Hand planers can be finicky and temperamental. As we know, it is not always easy to set them up perfectly – especially when working on wider surfaces. Blades can easily be sharpened on an oil stone but getting the bevel angle right, takes some getting used to.
Although electric planers are very effective and have replaced most of the requirements for the hand types, there is always a place for a medium size hand planer in any workshop
Types of Hand Planers
Although most hand planers are categorized as either bench planes or block planes, the various types of planes are as follows:
Block Planer – A block plane is used for smoothing and flattening timber, especially pieces of wood that are uneven and curly. The blade is at a fairly shallow angle and it features an upward bevel. With its low blade angle, block planes are designed to shear off end grain, making them very useful for trimming and fitting
Bench Planer – For larger projects, a bench or finishing planer is needed. Bench planes are similar to block planes and used for smoothing or flattening timber. The blade is fitted at a steeper angle and it features a downward bevel.
Pocket Planer – A pocket plane is used for one-handed speed cutting and trimming. It is small enough to fit in your pocket or toolbox. The blade can be adjusted or replaced simply with the turn of a knob.
Spoke Planer – A spoke plane (or shave) is used for shaping edges and cutting rounded shapes in timber. They are useful for shaping chair legs and seats or curved templates. Cutters are replaceable and are usually adjustable for depth of cut and shaving thickness.
Trimming Planer – Slightly larger than a pocket plane, the trimming plane is great for detail planing as well as for the smoothing and flattening of smaller pieces of timber.
Types of Electric Planers
Hand Power Planer – These are great for adjustment of door edges and trimming of flat areas such as floors, decks and tabletops. They are sometimes referred to as edge or door planers.
Like a hand plane, the power planer rides on a shoe. The planer has blades mounted on a cutter head, or drum, that spins at up to 20,000 rpm, removing a layer of wood equal to the difference in elevation between the front and rear shoes. The front hand grip doubles as a depth-adjustment gauge. The gauge, with its built-in scale settings, turns back and forth to move the front planer shoe up or down, setting the depth of the cut.
Cordless Hand Power Planer – There are now even 14 Volt and 18 Volt cordless versions available, which makes them extremely handy for off site applications
Bench(top) planer – The bench (or benchtop) planer comes in two varieties. The thickness planer is used for smoothing rough timber or reducing the thickness of a board while the jointer is used for straightening the edges of a board.
Combination Planer – This is a combination of a jointer and a planer, which is very handy for home use as it provides two functions on a single footprint.
Surface Planer – The surface planer, which is pushed (like a lawnmower), is more of an industrial tool and is certainly not your average home tool. These are used for very large areas (floors and decks) that require more than what a belt sander can offer.
Two blades spinning on a drum form the basis of a power planer. Using the depth adjustment knob, controls the bite of the blades by raising or lowering the adjustable front plate (or shoe).
Best results are achieved through mastering a balance between holding and pushing the planer. Proper balancing of the body will enhance the results. Following are some tips on using the tool:
- Start off by resting the front shoe of the planer flat on the wood without the blade touching the work.
- Start the tool, allowing the motor to reach full speed. Now ease the plane into contact with the work and gently push it forward.
- Keep your initial pressure on the front grip as the planer engages the work.
- Balance hand pressure between the tool handle and front knob as both planer soles contact the work.
- As you push the tool through the end of the work, transfer control to the rear handle. Avoid overreaching at the end of the pass as the front shoe will drop off the work and allow the blades to take uneven chunks out of the end of the work. This is known as sniping.
Some power planers have two full sized blades that can be sharpened using a whetstone.
Most planers use two double-edged disposable carbide mini blades. Many planers come with plastic "gauge bases" that ensure correct positioning of both the mini blades and the set plate for mounting on the drum.
Some tips on blade replacement:
- Unplug the power lead before you change blades or make any repairs and adjustments to the tool.
- Change blades before they get to the stage that they create smoke or fine powder during operation, as this can harm the motor.
- Always sharpen, or replace, both blades at the same time. This maintains the cutter head balance and ensures quality cuts.
- Double check mounting bolts for tightness before running the planer. Blades not mounted squarely on the cutter head will cause the tool to vibrate.
Most power planers are designed to utilise a 3.25 inch blade although some utilise blades 6.125 inches or wider. Planer prices vary according to blade width, quality of construction, power output and accessories. Reasonably priced light-duty models will handle 90 percent of average tasks. More rugged planers have more accurate and easy-to-use depth gauges. These include more standard accessories but they cost considerably more.
When buying a power planer, consider the following accessories:
- Cast metal sole plates, which warp less than stamped metal plates.
- A power cord, at least 2 metres in length, to allow a smooth pass with the tool.
- Adjustable fences that allow you to work accurately on door edges and boards.
- Chip deflectors, which direct waste instead of spreading it.
Safety Tips
As with all power tools, protect your eyes and hearing by wearing appropriate safety gear.
When turning the tool off, protect yourself, the work and the blades by placing the front shoe of the planer on a wooden block until the spinning cutter head stops.
Should you be looking for pricing details and owner reviews of various electric planers, I would strongly recommend that you have a look at Amazon.com where you also have the option to consider refurbished tools.
If you're just browsing, feel free to leave a comment, ask a question or share your experience.

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2010 and 1970 Dodge Challengers at Barrett-Jackson 2011 – Click above for high-res image gallery A 2010 Dodge Challenger would be a wonderful addition to any garage. A limited-edition version painted Furious Fuchsia is an excellent way to pay homage to the Challengers of yore. Another way to pay? Buy lots 1251 and 1251.1 at the 2011 Barrett-Jackson auction; a 2010 Dodge Challenger SRT8 listed as #135 out of 400 Furious Fucshia examples and a 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A wearing a similar paint scheme. The two Challengers are being auctioned off together and the winning bidder will... Read More


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The Shareholder Rights Project (SRP) is representing and advising five institutional investors, four public pension funds and one foundation. These investors serve more than 2 million people, and the aggregate value of assets that they manage exceeds $300 billion. Additional information about each of the SRP-represented investors is provided here.
The SRP provides SRP-represented investors with a range of services, including assistance in connection with selecting companies for proposal submission, designing proposals, engaging with companies, negotiating and executing agreements by companies to bring management declassification proposals, and presenting proposals at annual meetings.
The SRP's work for the three proxy seasons from 2012 to 2014 has focused on board declassification proposals. Such proposals have been submitted for a vote at the 2012, 2013, and/or 2014 annual meetings of 129 S&P 500 and Fortune 500 companies. More details about the proposals submitted and their consequences can be found in the SRP's 2012 annual report, the SRP's final 2012-2013 report (for 2012 and 2013 proposals) and here (for 2014 proposals).
Major results of the SRP's work during 2012, 2013 and 2014 thus far include the following:
- 121 Successful engagements: 121 of the companies receiving proposals in 2012, 2013 and/or 2014 – over 80% of such companies – have agreed to move toward annual elections following the submission of board declassification proposals for 2012, 2013 and/or 2014 meetings. Further details on these successful engagements are available on the Negotiated Agreements page.
- 98 Board declassifications: A total of 98 S&P 500 and Fortune 500 companies have already declassified during 2012–2014 as a result of the work by the SRP and SRP-represented investors (listed on the Declassifications page). These declassified companies had an aggregate market capitalization exceeding one trillion dollars as of June 30, 2014. Additional declassifications are expected to result as agreed-upon management declassification proposals go to a vote at other companies that have entered into agreements to bring such management proposals to a vote.
- 65 Successful proposals: 65 precatory declassification proposals have already passed (listed on the Successful Proposals page) – 39 proposals passed at 2012 meetings, with average support exceeding 82% of votes cast, and 19 proposals passed at 2013 meetings, with average support exceeding 79% of votes cast, and 7 proposals passed at 2014 meetings, with average support exceeding 88% of votes cast.
Annual elections are widely viewed as corporate governance best practice. Board declassification and the resulting annual elections could make directors more accountable and thereby contribute to improving performance and increasing firm value. The substantial shareholder support for board declassification, and the value of the work done on the subject by the SRP and SRP-represented investors, are described in a two pieces by the SRP's director – a New York Times DealBook column entitled "Giving Shareholders a Voice," and a response to critics entitled "Wachtell Lipton was Wrong about the Shareholder Rights Project." Recent shareholder proposals submitted by the SRP on behalf of its clients, which note evidence of the benefits of declassification and shareholder support, are available here.
The SRP's director is Lucian Bebchuk. Its 2012-2013 advisory board includes Richard Breeden, Jesse Fried, Jeffrey Gordon, Reinier Kraakman, and Peter Mixon. Scott Hirst serves as the SRP's Associate Director, and June Rhee serves as Counsel.
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Press Conference Regarding the Murder of Korean Exchange Student
Friday, February 11, 2005 at 11:00 a.m.
Wilshire Community Police Station, West Bureau Conference room, 4861 W. Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles
Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Police Department, Wilshire Homicide Unit is investigating the murder of Chung Lee, a 26 year-old male Korean, exchange student.
On Saturday, January 29, 2005, at about 1:55 a.m., Lee was standing in the parking lot at 2717 W. Olympic Blvd. An argument began between Lee and two male Asians. Lee was then attacked and stabbed to death. Both suspects fled the location in two separate vehicles described as a 2003-2005 black Sport Utility Vehicle and a 2000-2004 dark colored sedan.
After an extensive investigation two male Asians involved in the murder were identified. In the early morning hours of February 8, 2005, arrest and search warrants were served on two different locations in the County of Los Angeles and the following individuals were arrested:
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Bears wide receivers coach Darryl Drake said despite Johnny Knox's improvement, Roy Williams gives the Bears a much needed bigger target. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media
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Updated: November 16, 2011 1:24AM
BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — It turns out that, once the last flecks of spittle leave his lips, Darryl Drake can be a pretty calm guy.
The Bears' wide receivers coach had spent a few moments Thursday morning ranting at reporters about a newspaper report that said Johnny Knox might pursue a trade if he weren't a starter. Things were said, loudly, and fingers were pointed, directly.
"If you guys keep making this stuff up and bringing this stuff up, you're going to deal with me, and it ain't going to be real nice,'' Drake said. "That ain't going to be real positive or real nice.''
Then he sped away in a golf cart, expeditiously.
But afterward, with his finger holstered, Drake spoke soberly about why Knox had lost his starting job to newcomer Roy Williams. He also addressed the comments of offensive coordinator Mike Martz, who the day before had said the Bears handed the starting job to Knox last season, without Knox actually having earned it.
It sure looked as if Martz was going out of his way to dump on Knox, who led the team with 960 receiving yards in 2010. And considering the fact that Williams hadn't done much the past three seasons in Dallas, coronating him as a starter sure looked premature.
"To me, Johnny is still a starter, but you don't bring a Roy Williams in here and just sit him on the bench,'' Drake said. "What would be the use of bringing in a guy 6-foot-3, 6-foot-4 when everybody's been saying, 'When are you going to get that big target?' Why bring a big target in here and sit him on the bench? Our quarterback needs a bigger target.''
Drake: Job handed to Johnny
Knox disputed Martz' contention that the job had been handed to him last season. Drake didn't.
"Earl Bennett was hurt, and Johnny got the job,'' he said. "He had not really played as much. Now, do I think Johnny Knox is a heck of a player and can be even better? Sure. Did Johnny Knox do some really good things last year? Yes. He also did some things that weren't so good. I protected him. There were a lot of situations where I felt he could have done a better job. We all could, even me as a coach. Does that mean Johnny's not going to be an integral part of what we try to do? Not at all. We've got to have Johnny Knox.
"What Roy Williams did coming here was give us more depth at the position. It gives us a different dimension. Do I expect Johnny Knox to have an even better year than he had last year? Yes, even with Roy Williams here. I really, truly do.''
Williams forces Knox to improve
When he wasn't answering his own questions, Drake talked about some of Knox' weaknesses last season. He had trouble shedding defensive backs off the snap, but Drake is encouraged that Knox has added size and strength. Knox also didn't watch enough film, and that showed up in mental mistakes.
"Roy coming in has really helped Johnny be more on his P's and Q's, to study the game harder,'' Drake said. "He's done well in practice. I'm proud of what he's done when he's been out there. The bottom line in this business and on this football team is that we're going to play the guys who do things the right way consistently and give us the best chance to win.
"If it's Johnny Knox, he'll be out there. If it's Roy Williams, he'll be out there. There's no political game going on right here. We've got to win. Who's going to give us the best opportunity to win?''
After practice, Knox said he wants to stay a Bear his whole career. That's fine, but he has a right to be upset about his situation. Nobody is saying he's a superstar, but fair is fair. He had a good 2010 and basically lost his starting job within about a week of camp. That has to be some kind of record.
"I know people look at it and say, 'How did Roy just come in and do that?' '' Drake said. "Well, he's been a No. 1. He went into Dallas as a true No. 1. He's got a great deal of ability. So does Johnny.''
It also helps that Williams played for Martz in Detroit and for Drake at the University of Texas.
Drake said the Bears overused Knox in 2010, to the receiver's detriment. As the season went on, he wore down. What the Bears are saying now is that there's a chance both receivers will get 40 to 50 plays a game. That way, opposing defenses will be looking at a fresh player every play. We'll see.
"We're so much better now because of this competition,'' Drake said. "Last year, Johnny didn't have anybody to look around at. He had the job. He knew he could go out there and make a mistake, and there was nobody else to put in there. But now everybody has to be accountable. Roy Williams has to play well. If he doesn't, Johnny Knox is in there. If Johnny doesn't, Roy Williams is in there.''


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Fri, Aug 17, 2012
Something of the darling of AirVenture at Oshkosh this year, the founders of Lisa Airplanes, which is developing the Akoya Amphibious Ski Plane LSA, decided to place the company into receivership on July 30th "in order to protect its future." The company says the situation has no impact on its clients' deposits, as all of them are under a bank warranty. A 6-month phase of observation has been granted by the Commercial Court of Chambery.
Lisa Airplanes was founded in 2004 with the stated ambition to design and market a revolutionary aircraft that would spark new interest in recreational aviation. To reach this goal, Lisa Airplanes was financed from 2005 with up to 80% private funds, including business angels, startup funds, and investment funds.
In July, Lisa Airplanes was finalizing a fundraising round tied to the commercial development of the company. The terms of negotiation anticipated a progressive and long term financing. As selected investors were not able to fulfill their commitments, and the historical shareholders could not secure Lisa Airplanes' financial plan, the company made the decision to place it in receivership.
During this period of transition, the team says it supports the managers to ensure a fast resumption development of the airplane. They say the great response of the American market during the first presentation of the Akoya at Oshkosh, and the airplane's performance as confirmed by more than a year of flight testing with of the first prototype aircraft, create investment opportunities during the observation phase.
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Constance has been very sick during this pregnancy, but aside from her constant bouts of nausea and swirling dizziness, all is going according to plan. We've finally been able to relax. Graduating from infertility treatments to a more regular pregnancy has done wonders for the tension levels in our home.
On Monday, Constance was finally able to quit all medicines. Almost immediately she felt more like her old self, although it takes a while for all that gunk to get out of your system.
And no - I am not quitting blogging for good. I realized that I want to blog, but I don't want to write THIS blog any more. I am going to be starting a new blog in the coming weeks that shifts the focus away from infertility. I need to a place to write where, when I come to it, I feel as though it represents where and who I am now. Something that inspires me creatively right now. There is a lot of emotion and history I experience every time I sit down to write here, and it is getting harder all the time to keep up.
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Inheritance, money and postage stamps - these are the strings pulling the characters in Theresa Rebeck's entertaining play "Mauritius," which last night opened the Manhattan Theater Club's Broadway season.
But the characters are stronger than the strings pulling them, and the acting is better than the untextured characters being pulled.
A suavely yet viciously obsessed F. Murray Abraham, a sleazily charming Bobby Cannavale and, as the toughest kid on the block, a wondrous Alison Pill are giving some knockout performances, ably supported by Dylan Baker and Katie Finneran.
Frankly, those infernal postage stamps are the least convincing part of the plot.
We're asked to believe that a stamp collection worth millions was scrunched up in a tatty album, left by a woman of modest means who died beset with mounting debts. Her daughters, battling over ownership of the stamps, are half-sisters who scarcely know one another.
Mary (Finneran) knows about the collection, which belonged to her paternal grandfather, and clearly has some concept of its value. The younger sister, Jackie (Pill), who cared for their mother in her final sickness, seems to have had little idea of its worth.
This collection apparently contains mint copies of two of the so-called "Post Office" Mauritians stamps issued in 1847 in a tiny British island colony - now worth millions at auction.
And while there are other rare stamps here, too, it's those Mauritian stamps around which two dealers, Philip (Baker) and Dennis (Cannavale) and a billionaire collector named Sterling (Abraham) hover and drool like carrion-scenting vultures.
The play's conceits - that any dealer would be trusted to vouch for a stamp's authenticity just from looking at it, and that any collector, however rich, however nutty, would accept such judgment without any details of provenance - is ridiculous.
So it all depends on the writing - and Rebeck is nifty in catching the criss and cross of convincing dialogue - the staging, and even more on the acting.
Doug Hughes' direction, little helped by John Lee Beatty's bland settings, is as expert as ever, applying a certain needed crisis control to a play often threatening to spiral into bombast.
The actors go about their business with skillful dispatch. Cannavale is totally convincing as a good-hearted crook who heats up unexpected chemistry with the fiercely chilling, awesomely confident Pill.
Yet perhaps only those who treasure the romance of the postage stamp might more readily succumb to the melodrama's thrills and spills.
The scrappy gamine with the determined chin is doing her best not to look frightened, but you can tell she is seriously scared. She should be. She has wandered into an all-male citadel of foul-talking, machine-gun-mouthed con artists, all with their eyes fixed hungrily on the same elusive prize. Yes, this young woman has dared to enter what appears to be an early play by David Mamet.
That, in any case, was how I felt watching Alison Pill, a rising young actress with attitude to spare, in "Mauritius," the deftly formulaic play by Theresa Rebeck that opened last night at the Biltmore Theater. I'm assuming, perhaps wrongly, that "Mauritius" is a conscious hommage to "American Buffalo," the 1975 drama that made Mr. Mamet's name.
In "American Buffalo," three squabbling men, one of them a raging sociopath, set out to gain possession of a rare coin collection. In "Mauritius," three squabbling men, one of them a raging sociopath, set out to gain possession of a rare stamp collection. The essential difference between the two plays isn't the change from numismatics to philately. It's that Ms. Rebeck has added estrogen to a testosterone base.
In a season in which Ms. Rebeck is the only female dramatist with a new play on Broadway, it would be heartening to report that this hormonal readjustment makes "Mauritius" feel brand-new. Yet despite some passages that crackle with original life, the production mostly has the ersatz air of an expertly drawn blueprint on tracing paper.
Directed by Doug Hughes, "Mauritius" is neatly structured, fleetly paced, handsomely mounted and engagingly acted. It's hard to imagine in theory a tastier ensemble than this one, which includes F. Murray Abraham, Dylan Baker, Bobby Cannavale and Katie Finneran.
And of course you can't dismiss the pleasurable kick of watching a woman, Ms. Pill's character, take on a slew of Mamet-esque thugs (although Mr. Mamet himself presented that situation in his 1987 film, "House of Games"). But the angry passion that has illuminated much of Ms. Rebeck's work, including her social satires "Omnium Gatherum" (written with Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros) and "The Scene," flickers only occasionally here. She goes through the motions gracefully in "Mauritius," but she never makes the dance her own.
"Mauritius" caters efficiently to a hunger that Broadway hasn't been gratifying in recent years. That's the corkscrew-twist drama of suspense, a genre that was a theatrical staple for much of the 20th century, from "Gaslight" to "Deathtrap," but is now largely the province of film and television. (Ms. Rebeck's résumé includes extensive work on high-caliber TV cop and legal dramas, like "NYPD Blue.")
The title "Mauritius" refers to an island off the coast of Africa from which a now highly collectible stamp, described as "the crown jewel of philately," was issued in the age of Victoria. Like the Maltese Falcon (or for that matter, the nickel identified as an American buffalo), the Mauritius stamp is the fraught object of desire for an assortment of folks of shady backgrounds and motives, who meet in a dizzy roundelay of double-crosses.
Chief among the participants in this battle for control are the feisty, life-bruised Jackie (Ms. Pill) and the seemingly genteel Mary (Ms. Finneran), half-sisters who have nothing in common but a newly dead mother who left a stamp collection for them to fight over.
Then there's the triumvirate of stamp-loving men with whom the sisters become embroiled: Philip (Mr. Baker), who runs a dusty philately shop; Dennis (Mr. Cannavale), an oily tongued dude of indeterminate employment; and Sterling (Mr. Abraham), an ophidian fellow with a hair-trigger temper and enough money to buy whatever he wants.
You don't need me to tell you much more — right? — to figure out what the plot is like. The story, like John Lee Beatty's terrific, self-changing sets, moves quickly and fluidly. It unfolds in a series of Darwinian power shifts and with staccato dialogue in which it's impossible to tell who has the upper hand or who's scamming whom.
Ms. Rebeck knows that teasing ambiguity is the key to holding an audience's interest in a play like "Mauritius." She has strewn her script with a multitude of mysteries, never to be entirely clarified, about past wounds, crimes and ordeals. "There is damage there," Dennis says of Jackie, who is using him to peddle the stamps. "Damage. This is a desperate person."
I'm a sucker for such film-noirish observations. But Ms. Rebeck never really makes good on the promises of her atmospheric dialogue, with its talk of the nature of obsession and how it is the errors that make people, like stamps, of interest. These are less complete characters than exercises in style: components in a ritual of negotiation on which they take turns commenting self-consciously.
The cast members fill the blank spots in their characters with varying success. Ms. Pill channels the sort of intense child-woman she embodied so brilliantly in "Blackbird" last season, and she still commands attention, though it may be time for her to switch gears.
And she achieves a warm chemistry with Mr. Cannavale, a young Emmy-winning actor who brings captivating vitality and charm to the stale part of a grandiloquent rogue. Ms. Finneran, a comic dazzler in her Tony-winning turn in the revival of "Noises Off," does nicely by the manipulative Mary, a mistress of emotional contradictions and the most freshly conceived of the dramatis personae.
Mr. Baker and Mr. Abraham never quite dispel the impression that you have met more vividly drawn versions of their characters before. Mr. Abraham appears to be doing a mild variation on Ben Kingsley's attention-getting portrait of a sadistic crime boss in the movie "Sexy Beast." He's appropriately slimy , and I liked the mother-hen inflections that suddenly pierced the vicious persona. But he is never truly frightening in the way Sterling has to be. Overall, even when folks become violent in "Mauritius," you may find that your pulse rate stays low.
Watching performers as skilled as these tossing the ball of their characters' power is diverting, for sure. And "Mauritius" is head and shoulders over recent Broadway examples of what the trade papers like to call suspensers, half-baked plays like John Pielmeier's "Voices in the Dark" and Stephen Belber's "Match."
Fans of David Mamet, however, may want to wait until Mr. Mamet's own new play, "November," opens on Broadway early next year.


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Charmian once again joins the Academy of Ancient Music for performances of Vivaldi's Dixit Dominus and Gloria, conducted by Richard Egarr. www.aam.co.uk
Wednesday 5th December 2012 8.30pm Saint-Sulpice, Paris
Friday 7th December 2012 7.30pm Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Wednesday 12th December 2012 8.15pm Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
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On 2nd November 2012 Charmian will be recording Daniel Thomas Davis' new song-cycle Follow Her Voice, based on the Sappho frangment phainetai moi, with Lontano and conducted by Odaline de la Martinez. Charmian is particularly excited by this project as the Catullus poem also based on the same text (and the libretto for the second song in the cycle) was the first Latin poetry she studied at school which consequently encouraged her to read Classics at university. Details on the release of this disc to follow.
Recital | American Festival of Contemporary Music
Charmian opens the Fourth London Festival of American Music performing Peter Child's Clare Cycle (UK premiere) and the world premiere performance of Daniel Thomas Davis' Follow Her Voice with Lontano ensemble conducted by Odaline de la Martinez.
Monday 22nd October 2012, 7.45 at The Warehouse, Theed Street, Waterloo.
"There were also two song cycles, delivered by soprano Charmian Bedford with a matter-of-fact ease that doubtless disguised the challenges involved." GUARDIAN
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Charmian performs the role of 1st Attendent in John Harbison's one act chamber opera A Full Moon in March based on the Yeats play.
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Christopher Gibbons | Premiere CD recording released
Motets, anthems, fantasias and voluntaries by Christopher Gibbons (second son of Orlando). Charmian features as a soloist on this exciting new release by the Academy of Ancient Music.
"Beautifully played and sung… the instrumental pieces are wonderfully imaginative, but it's the choral works that stand out with their startling modulations and expressively charged vocal lines." GUARDIAN disc of the week – Click the image to buy
Opera di Peroni | Go Opera
GO OPERA teams up with Kwes (digital musician) and Peroni Nastro Azurro to create a site-specific, operatic experience. Charmian will perform Musetta in a set of immersive Italian opera scenes, also including excerpts from Puccini's La rondine and Verdi's La traviata. Performances in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow throughout July and August 2012.
Photo: Charmian with Danny Standing (Simon Harvey Photography).
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Academy of Ancient Music | Lully
Musical Revolutions : Age of the French Baroque – music from a golden age by Lully, Marais and Charpentier. Charmian performs these rare works with the Academy of Ancient Music and Richard Egarr.
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26th June 2012 7.30 West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
27th June 2012 7.30 Wigmore Hall, London (Live on BBC Radio 3)
Silver Swan | Clod Ensemble
Silver Swan is an ensemble piece written for seven unaccompanied female singers, by Paul Clark. Taking two simple 17th Century songs by John Smith and William Lawes, the piece weaves their melodies into a dense and beautifully haunting texture.
Performed this time in the cavernous Turbine Hall in the Tate Modern on 21st and 28th May 2012 with dancers as a 'choreographed concert'. Conducted by James Keane. Please visit www.clodensemble.com for further information
David Bedford | Memorial Concert
Charmian is particularly honoured to take part in a very special memorial concert celebrating the life of David Bedford (1937-2011), distinguished, British composer. She will perform some of Bedford's settings of Kenneth Patchen's poems, along with other performers including Andrew Staples, Steuart Bedford, Stephen Westrop and Herbie Flowers.
All family, friends, colleagues and associates are welcome.
4pm on Saturday 28th April 2012 at St James Church, Muswell Hill, London.
La Grande Chapelle | Lauda Musica
Charmian joined Lauda Musica for a performance of the Spanish composer – Nicolas Zabala's Te deum and Magnificat in Cadiz in a concert for the bicentennial celebration of the 1812 Spanish constitution. Directed by Albert Recasens.
Performance 20th March 2012, Iglesia del Carmen, Cadiz, Andalusia.
"Una interpretación sublime para un Te Deum inmortal… La Grande Chapelle, un magnífico conjunto vocal e instrumental de música antigua… Fue una interpretación majestuosa, un concierto a la altura de las circunstancias…"
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Charmian premiered the role of Catarina in Nicola LeFanu's new opera in October 2011 in Aberystwyth, Swansea and Cardiff. The opera now returns for 3 special performances at Wiltons Music Music Hall in London. Listen to Charmian on BBC3's In Tune on Monday 30th January 2012 at 5pm for a sample of the opera. Directed by Carmen Jakobi, Conducted by Odaline de la Martinez.
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3671 Whispymound Drive is a safehouse given to Franklin Clinton upon completion of Hotel Assassination by Lester, located on Whispymound Drive in Vinewood Hills. The reason for the house being given to him is the fact that Lester's portfolio was getting a "little successful", so he figured tangible assets would be the best investment. For tax reasons someone needed to live there, so Franklin came to mind, especially to Franklin's relief as he wouldn't have to live with his aunt, Denise, anymore.
The property is a modern house in Vinewood Hills with two floors, a garage, and an infinity pool and Jacuzzi. In the driveway, Franklin's Personal Vehicles are parked adjacent to the road. A large living area with a kitchen to the west and stairs to the bedroom to the east. The kitchen has a counter and an adjacent island, and a door is permanently open that leads to the deck. Outside, the deck, garage, and backyard are all connected at a staircase to he left. Downstairs, the bedroom is connected to a hall with three other inaccessible rooms. A walk-in closet is accessible in the bedroom. A door to the backyard is permanently open after Hotel Assassination. The residence is decorated with abstract art and characterized by modernist architecture.
- The player may save the game and/or advance time by eight in-game hours by using Franklin's bed in his bedroom.
- The player may change Franklin's clothes by using his walk-in closet.
- The player may interact with Chop if he is at his doghouse near the jacuzzi outside.
- Two health kits are located within the safehouse: one on the island in the kitchen and one on the dresser in Franklin's bedroom.
- All characters can operate the TV in the living area.
- Franklin can sit on the couch in the living area, which also allows use of the TV.
- Franklin can take a hit from his bong on a table in the far-left of the living area.
- Franklin can use his laptop on the island in the kitchen.
- Franklin can drink a glass of wine on the island in the kitchen.
- Franklin can use a telescope in the far-left of the living area (near the bong) to view downtown Los Santos and the sky.
- A garage can be used to store vehicles.
Notable ResidentsEdit
- Lester Crest (owner)
- Franklin Clinton
- Chop
Mission AppearancesEdit
- Hotel Assassination
- The Bureau Raid (Roof Entry Only)
- Lamar Down
- Something Sensible
- The Time's Come
- The Third Way
- Unlike most other safehouses in the game, all three protagonists can enter the house due to a door in Franklin's bedroom as well as a door in the kitchen being permanently open. Only Franklin can save and interact with things in the house, however. After it becomes a safehouse, the Vanilla Unicorn can also be entered by all three players, though it is accessible even before this.
- After unlocking this safehouse, it will be the only one that is available permanently.
- The radio in this safehouse is Radio Los Santos.
- After 100% Completion a T-Shirt saying "I [heart] LS" is put on Franklin's bed.
- This safehouse is similar to Michael's in terms of quality and amenities, though it has by far the best view of any safehouse in the game, especially at night, due to its large windows and balconies.
- As soon as Franklin moves to this safehouse, there are a lot of unopened boxes and packages and many areas still unsettled. As mission time passes, the house gets completely settled in decoration.
- If the player bumps into the guitar next to Franklin's bed, it will make a sound.
- Sometimes any random vehicle that the player (Using Franklin) has taken may be parked near Franklin's Buffalo and Bagger if either the Player, as Franklin, parked it near the driveway, or after taking a vehicle, switches to Michael and/or Trevor with Franklin is still driving that vehicle and eventually switches back to Franklin in his House, the same vehicle will be parked outside. This is much more possible if the player, switches to Trevor or Michael and back to Franklin without getting killed or arrested as Trevor and/or Michael.
- After completing The Hotel Assassination, and the player switches from Franklin to Trevor or Michael and then back to Franklin, it will instantly take the player into Franklin's new safehouse, with the latter talking to Lester informing him that Franklin is now the owner of the house, and the player being introduced to Franklin's new safehouse. Sometimes this cutscene takes place even after Franklin has entered the safehouse for the first time earlier in the game.
- A neighboring house often has a party going on around its pool, which can be easily observed from Franklin's house.
- Chop is not always present by his doghouse and his bone icon will be nowhere to be seen. It is possible to witness Chop escaping the property, such as by triggering a friend outing outside the safehouse (i.e. arranging for Franklin and one of the other protagonists to encounter each other outside the house). Bizarrely, on occasion when switching to Franklin one of his random activities will have him playing with a dog in a nearby field; the dog looks like Chop but isn't.
- If Franklin enters his house, the garage map layout is seen at the right, as part of the map. However, if the same enters the garage, the map is not displayed.
- Sometimes when changing the time from night to day by sleeping in the bed the light level changes before the save screen appears (this also happens in Michael's Mansion).
- If Franklin has a "Full Spartan" beard it will briefly turn into a stubble during the wine drinking sequence. (Does not appear to apply to later updates of the game.)
- Sometimes after the wine drinking animation, Franklin will suddenly wear a spooky white, green and red hockey mask with scuba gear, thus turning Franklin back to his default haircut and facial hair. His clothes also change as green shorts, white camisole and a gold watch. The scuba gear mask does not allow the player to breath underwater. (Again, appears to have been fixed in later updates.)
- The aforementioned random character-switching activity that sees Franklin playing with a dog identical to Chop, and the fact Chop is occasionally missing from the safehouse yard (or seen running away from the property), may also be bugs.


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If Hillary Clinton is the next commander in chief, let's hope her approval ratings are based on the successes of her economic and foreign policies. Let's pray she's a visionary leader as well as a tough one who can keep us safe. And let's keep our fingers crossed that she also looks great.
Oh, stop your cries of protest; this is not a case of gender politics. It's a matter of pride. If Clinton becomes the first female president of the United States, she'll craft our international image. It's only natural that we'll want it to be a captivating one: powerful, smart, and stylish.
Clinton could stick to her beloved pantsuits, using them the way men rely on dark suits. How many does she have in her closet by now? Twenty? Fifty? Has she moved into the triple digits? Is there some senior adviser with a Singer stitching them up in a back room? After a while, we'll get used to seeing her in three-button buttercup-yellow blazers or five-button periwinkle ones.
That would be a fine but safe sartorial decision. But we want something more from her because she would be our representative and we don't think of ourselves as safe. We are problem solvers and innovators. We are adventurers and explorers. Certainly we'd want our leader to convey that.
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|Mon, 04-09-2012 - 12:27pm
I just wanted to update everyone with my job status and such, just because we keep hearing on the news that there are so many unemployed out there.
|Mon, 04-09-2012 - 1:06pm
I like the idea of having more than one income. Then all your eggs are not in one basket. I hope you find something with low overhead and the clients roll in! This sounds right up your alley.
|Mon, 04-09-2012 - 2:25pm
Good luck, Marie. It sounds like you're opening up some possibilities. Most of all, I detect a new enthusiasm in the way you talk about your new path, so that's a very good sign.
I'm going to be in the next cycle of the academic job market (starting in October, ending sometime in the spring). My search is going to be nation-wide, but I'm realizing that there are only some places I could live in. So I may have to look at a new career, especially since the academic job market hasn't recovered. It's really too bad. My form of intelligence is quite suited for this, whereas I'm pretty bad at other sorts of smarts.
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To answer your question, no, the economy has not improved near me and I sent out ALOT of resumes in a year with no reponse so I don't think those who are complaining about finding a job are "spouting BS".
|Mon, 04-09-2012 - 7:59pm
My resume also has accomplishments for every job, not just skills, so it shows how I have brought change to companies.
My HR consultants here have said they are seeing people land jobs at all levels this year, and the stats say the same with some gains. Actually older men are now seeing more success as manufacturing is ramping up again.
|Tue, 04-10-2012 - 7:22am
Glad to hear things are going well for you! I'm guessing that if you become self employed there are a ton of tax breaks that may mean you don't actually have to gross as much income to net out the same? I always saw that as one of the big benefits of being self employed. Glad to hear things are going well!
|Tue, 04-10-2012 - 2:16pm
I'm self-employed, and the only difference in taxes for me is that I can set aside up to $49K per year in an IRA, much higher than those who have employers, since obviously my retirement is 100% self-funded.
|Tue, 04-10-2012 - 2:21pm
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I just wanted to update everyone with my job status and such, just because we keep hearing on the news that there are so many unemployed out there.
|Tue, 04-10-2012 - 3:15pm
As a self employed person, you can choose how you take income and move some income to a lower tax bracket just by moving it from wages to profit. You can also deduct expenses, like cell phones and other items used for your business.
There are many breaks if you work with your accountant to identify and pursue them.
Pursuing them can be more time consuming and time is money, especially when self employed as you wear many hats.
DH brought home 50% more when self employed than he does now as an employee, that is a huge difference.


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January 24, 2013 | Everyday Savings, Ways to Save
You wouldn't throw away money, would you? No, of course not. And yet a quick glance through pretty much any recycling bin will show you no end of circulars and newspaper inserts covered in coupons. If you're not sure where to start, we're happy to help with how to save using coupons.
The first thing you should do to get your couponing started is just pay attention. Practically every day your post officer will slip a bundle of circulars through your mail slot. Take the time to go through these glossy pages and snip out savings.
While you may think buying any paper will reward you with a sheaf of discount inserts, that's not necessarily true. To start, if you're asking where to find coupons in the newspaper, you're thinking of the wrong question. The right question is "when" and the answer is Sunday.
Each Sunday (except for most holiday weekends), you should find a nice thick stack of inserts in any reasonably sized newspaper. You can also find Sunday newspaper coupons in free local papers. Exactly which coupons and how much they're worth will depend on the specific newspaper you get.
There are three main providers of Sunday inserts: Smartsource, Redplum, and Proctor & Gamble. A little poking around a decent newsstand should show you which newspaper is going to offer you the best bargains. While a Sunday paper may set you back $1.50 or so, if you'll save $6.00 with the coupons, that's still a good deal.
If you're not interested in where to find coupons in the newspaper, you still may be keen on saving money. Consider asking friends and neighbors who get the Sunday paper to save their coupon inserts for you. If you live in an apartment building, you can also swing past the communal recycle bin on Sunday evening—chances are at least one of your neighbors is throwing away coupon inserts.
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promoting the 6-R's - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Return, Refuse, Rethink
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Earth Days 2014: "Natural Resources — 100% Reliant"
This year the Sierra College Earth Day Celebration will emphasize the human reliance on natural resources for all of our needs and encouraging sustainability in our families, businesses, and communities. We will be promoting the "6-R's" (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Return, Refuse, Rethink), conservation and preservation, local foods, local sustainable businesses, local music as well as local watersheds, native flora and fauna, public transportation, and more.
Events scheduled so far:
- Mon., April 21: Meatless Monday
- Tues., April 22: Water Wars, Warriors and Climate Change, in partnership with Placer County Water Agency. 4pm in Dietrich Theatre
- Wed., Thur., April 23-24: Earth Day Festival 10am-2pm at the Campus Center [bands, speakers, climbing wall (Thursday only), plant sale (Wednesday only), local organizations, campus clubs, nature walks and more]
- April 24: 7pm, Dietrich Theatre: Wild and Scenic Film Festival (tickets available online)
- April 25: 7pm, Dietrich Theatre: Lee Stetson starring as John Muir in A Conversation With a Tramp


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Shoppers may have to weigh surcharge in choosing cash vs. credit card
BY TERRY SAVAGE February 3, 2013 4:42PM
Sun-Times Library
Updated: May 3, 2013 12:15PM
How much is it worth to you to pay for your purchases using a credit card? That's a question that shoppers for everything from groceries to clothing to airline tickets may soon have to start asking themselves. As part of the settlement in an epic battle between retailers and card issuers, merchants are now allowed to charge additional fees to consumers who pay with a credit card.
Of course, you could always pay in cash (or check or debit) — and avoid fees for credit card usage. And you could avoid merchants who choose to tack on these fees, which could be as much as 3 percent of the purchase price.
It's a tough question for consumers — especially if the idea of charging an extra fee for the use of a credit card catches on. And it will be a tough call for merchants, who risk alienating their customers if they add the fee.
In the past few weeks, seven states, including Illinois, have introduced legislation to ban the use of surcharges on credit purchases in the name of consumer protection.
How did this happen?
You might be wondering how this idea of credit-card surcharges came up in the first place — an idea that incents us to go back to a cash or paper check-writing economy, or to use debit cards in place of credit.
The opportunity for credit-card surcharges came about as part of the settlement of a $7.25 billion class action suit charging that card issuers had a monopoly that included setting fees. That lawsuit was settled in July 2012, after a seven-year negotiation. Part of the deal required banks to relax their strict rules requiring merchants to absorb the cost of processing payments.
Consumers would not have been aware of how the credit industry was splitting or absorbing the fees and costs of extending credit — until this recent move by retailers to charge extra for use of a credit card — a charge made possible by the lawsuit settlement.
And that brings us to the argument over whether adding a fee for credit-card usage is "fair" to consumers, and whether it helps or hurts the economy. As you can imagine there are arguments on both sides.
Surcharges a good idea?
Will surcharges help consumers avoid credit-card debt, making them think twice before they say "charge it?"
Or will those surcharges only add to the debt burden being faced by consumers who are forced to use credit for essentials, because they don't have money in the bank to use a debit card?
And will encouraging the use of checks or cash make our economy less efficient and more costly, merely adding more fees and pushing prices higher?
Will it make banks less profitable — causing them to raise fees elsewhere?
This "small" fee of up to 3 percent has huge implications in our multi-trillion-dollar consumer economy.
One thing to consider in this debate: The price of credit is already being paid by everyone. The merchant's overhead cost of processing credit is already part of the price of everything you buy, whether you use credit or not. The cost is built into the prices they set.
So unless they first lower all their prices across the board for everyone, and only then charge a checkout fee to a customer paying with a credit card, this plan to add a checkout fee seems to be "double dipping." Credit customers would be paying twice for the cost of credit.
Perhaps merchants should offer lower prices for those who do not use credit — as opposed to a surcharge for those who do. We might go back to those days of the "underground economy" in which the common phrase was: "I'll do it for less if you pay cash." That tended to apply to services such as electrical or plumbing, where cash was king. But some people still figure they can walk into a family owned business and expect to get a discount if they offer cash. Charging for credit inevitably causes a two-tier pricing system.
It's your choice
You will still have choices when you shop. If you don't want to pay extra for credit-card purchases, you can use your debit card. That presumes you have cash in your account to immediately pay for your purchase and are using your card for convenience and for the protection that use of a debit-card offers against fraud.
Or you could go back to writing checks. Remember the delays in the checkout line at supermarkets and drugstores as you waited behind a customer seeking approval of a check? How inefficient. And it unfairly discriminates against those who need to use credit to pay for the unexpected car repair, or broken refrigerator, or doctor bill.
The real question is whether anyone believes that charging a surcharge for credit will contribute to lower prices for those who use cash or debit, thus helping consumers in these tough times. If you believe that will happen, the Easter bunny is coming soon! And that's The Savage Truth.
Terry Savage is the Chicago Sun-Times' nationally syndicated financial columnist, and a registered investment adviser.


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Kalil Wilson & the Dan Marschak Trio
November 17, 2009
8pm show $14
Oakland native Kalil Wilson makes his Yoshi's debut with a night of
creative arrangements, soul-inspired standards, and fresh originals.
Expertly capable in both the classical and jazz idioms, Wilson has
sung on a wide variety of stages, from the Metropolitan Opera in New
York to Walt Disney Hall, The Getty Center, and the premiere jazz
venues of Los Angeles. He has performed many lead tenor roles and
oratorio with the Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival, Oakland East Bay Symphony, California
Philharmonic Orchestra, Mendocino Music Festival, Opera UCLA, and the
U.C. Berkeley and UCLA Symphony orchestras. A recent magna cum laude
graduate of the Vocal Music and Ethnomusicology Departments at UCLA,
where he was a Gluck Foundation fellow, Wilson received early training
at the U.C. Berkeley Young Musicians Program and the Oakland Youth
Chorus. Wilson's debut recording, "Easy to Love," is being played on
radio stations across the world, including KCSM and KJAZZ in Los
Wilson's long-time pianist, musical director, and fellow Oakland
native Dan Marschak will bring his compositional and pianistic talent
to the stage with brand new originals and arrangements. Marschak is a
recent graduate of UCLA's Composition and Jazz Studies departments,
and under the tutelage of Kenny Burrell, Paul Chihara, Susan
Muscarella, and James Newton is a rising player in both the Los
Angeles and Bay Area scenes. Bassist Tommy Folen, drummer Julian
Hogan, and saxophonist Peter Hargreaves will round out the band for an
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God cannot do enough to speak out and show love for me. Ever calling me to a fuller and better life, a sharing in divine life. ~St. Ignatius of Loyola
Many go to a Spiritual Director and also go to a therapist, pastoral counselor. By examining past decisions, situations and choices to see how they affect a mother's life she can begin to see how God is calling her to achieve her best. Spiritual Direction can and does address spiritual-emotional issues like:
Reconciling decisions, losses, regrets
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