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'Travel west young man' was an adage used in the past to entice folks into the outback - a world full of adventure and mystery. Today, travel west and your journey will still be filled with adventure but luckily, you don't have to take the rutted bush tracks of the past. Sealed bitumen roads lead to you to new and exciting places, where the people are friendly and appreciative you've made the journey into their part of Australia, and the views different each step of the way.
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The Warrego Highway, a 744 kilometre fully sealed stretch of Highway leading you from the Sunshine State's capital, Brisbane, through the fertile Lockyer Valley, up and over the Great Dividing Range, across the Darling Downs and onto the outback metropolis of Charleville, is one of these roads.
Along the way, you can see ancient trees from the dinosaur age, endangered mammals, unwind in the soothing waters from the sub artesian basin, delight in tales told over country bars, or just relax and enjoy the brilliant sunsets and starry nights, and this is to name just a few.
You could accomplish the drive in eight hours but that would mean you would miss meeting the locals and seeing the sites and scenes that the tales of the outback are made from and maybe the opportunity to make some tales up yourself.
As with all country roads, you share it with animals and trucks. Past Roma, huge road trains carry bullocks from outlying stations and around dawn, sunset and during the night, kangaroos and cattle frequently decide to cross the highway.
Check out some of the tourist drive trails along the highway - in wildflower season you'll be astounded at the magnificent display supplied free courtesy of mother nature.
The Warrego Highway, one of the oldest highways in Queensland, a highway leading you to a new adventure each day.
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Watch the city skyline of Brisbane disappear behind you as you enter the city that almost stole Brisbane's capital status - Ipswich.
Historic Ipswich, Queensland's oldest provincial city, oozes with charm in its sprawling gardens and magnificent private and public buildings. Ipswich was once a thriving river port and the wealth generated by its pioneers is clearly reflected in the grand early nineteenth century architecture - there is virtually an example on every street.
One such stately building is the restored Old Town Hall, now home to the Ipswich Arts Gallery - an interactive art gallery and social history museum worthy of a visit. There are many heritage buildings to enjoy on the leisurely self-guided walk brochure available from the visitor information centre. For history and rail enthusiasts, the Workshops Rail Museum in the former North Ipswich rail yards will find you amongst a living rail history.
The next stop on your journey along the Warrego sits right on top of the Great Dividing Range; Toowoomba.
After leaving Ipswich, it is not long and you are passing through the Lockyer Valley. Your travels will take you close to or through the friendly villages of Rosewood, Marburg, Laidley, Forest Hill, Gatton, Grantham, and Helidon.
Follow the highway as it climbs up the eastern side of the Great Dividing Range. The road is two lanes through to Toowoomba, which makes for an easier journey. You'll be sharing with slow travelling trucks plying their trade up the steep grade so be prepared to travel slowly up the range, they'll appreciate your courtesy as well.
Once at the top, you're in Toowoomba, - Queensland's Garden City. The distinctive seasons and fertile soils have given rise to a city filled with wonderful gardens and parks, over 150 in fact. Many follow themes such as The Scented Garden and Japanese Garden. Springtime in Toowoomba is a spectacular show. The city is blanketed in a kaleidoscope of vibrant colour, with many private gardens open for viewing during The Carnival of Flowers Festival.
Toowoomba offers the visitor everything - a wide range of accommodation for all budgets and many fine eateries and restaurants. Time to continue along the Warrego - the next stop Dalby.
Once out of Toowoomba the paddocks open up and the locals around here call them properties not farms. You are now well and truly in the Darling Downs.
Close to the highway is Jondaryan Woolshed, built in 1859 and now restored. The centre pays homage to the rich wool and pastoral history that founded the area and it's not hard to spend a day walking around here.
Then on to Dalby, the hub of Australia's richest grain and cotton growing area. The Thomas Jack Park should be your first point of call. In the gardens is the Visitor Information Centre where they will be only too happy to fill you with activities for your visit, no matter how long it is for. Highlights of a visit to Dalby can include Jimbour House, Lake Broadwater Conservation Park, or visiting a cotton gin in full production during the picking season from around April to June.
From Dalby it's a drive of 83 kilometres to Chinchilla.
Through the hamlet of Warra, this at first may not look much, but turn down the street and visit the Warra Hotel - a rambling old timber pub. Nearby to Warra visit a coloured cotton farm and insectory where predatory and beneficial insects are bred for use in agriculture.
Back on the Warrego and you pass the little towns of Brigalow and Boonarga before entering Chinchilla. Chinchilla, now well known for it's biannual Melon Festival, is also a favourite destination for petrified wood fossickers. Lapidary enthusiasts just love the specimens from this district called 'Chinchilla Red' due to their unique beauty and intricate patterns. Licenses are required to fossick - they are not expensive and available at the Information Centre where you can also get a map to show you the best places for a day's exploring and fossicking.
Visit the Chinchilla White Gums, a beautifully tall, straight eucalypt - native to this area.
Next stop is only 45 kilometres on - Miles.
Think of Miles and think of wildflowers. When the season is favourable, the Murilla Shire bursts into a spectacular display - you won't see any better in Queensland than in the forests surrounding this pretty town.
A must for visitors to Miles is the Miles Historical Village. More than 20 buildings make up the village. Carefully restored and refurbished, each building captures the essence of its original use early last century. But wait there's more! Here at the village you can see some interesting displays like the amazing shell collection, considered the largest privately owned collection in Australia, the world-class lapidary display, along with an extensive collection of war uniforms and memorabilia.
Further down the main street is the Dogwood Crossing @ Miles. Dogwood Crossing was the original name given to Miles and here at this modern centre you can watch and listen to the stories told by the locals of droughts and floods in the wonderful water wall, marvel at the steel seven metre high bottle trees, which look magnificent at night or wander the art gallery.
After a full day or two in Miles its time to head due west to Roma, 140 kilometres further down the Warrego.
Leaving pretty Miles you pass through the townships of Drillham and Dulacca, both established with the coming of the railway into the west.
Dulacca rose to notoriety as the first site for the extensive push to eradicate the prickly pear. Luckily, for us, they succeeded.
Then through Jackson, Yuleba and Wallumbilla where a stop at the Calico Cottage is a must. You won't miss it - it's under the huge shed. Delectable home baked goodies line the shelves just waiting to tempt you... your tastebuds will be eternally grateful!
Then it's hello Roma - the capital of the Western Downs and the home of the Big Rig. Schedule at least a night in Roma as there is much to see. Every Tuesday and Thursday, you can join in the excitement at the Roma Saleyards - the biggest store cattle selling facility in Australia. With special catwalks for visitors to see all the action, there's arguably nowhere else you can have such an experience.
After shaking off the dust, there is still much to do. Visit the Romavilla Winery - the oldest winery in Queensland, Mt Abundance Homestead and do the Hospital Hill Walk.
On to Mitchell, 89 kilometres straight ahead.
Into bushranger territory, the Warrego now takes you on your journey to Mitchell, through the villages of Muckadilla and Amby. At the turn of the century, the Kenniff brothers ruled the ranges around here. That was until they made history as the last Australian bushrangers trialed for murder right here by the side of the Warrego in the Mitchell courthouse.
7 kilometres south of Mitchell, a steel monument marks the site of their last bold but futile stand. Mitchell is where many say the outback begins. On the banks of the Maronoa River, Mitchell is titled 'The Sunrise of the Outback', and you've not travelled 600 kilometres from the Warrego's start!
One of the most worthwhile attractions in Mitchell is the Great Artesian Spa, the largest open-air spa in Australia. Let the high mineral content of the water from the Great Artesian Basin relax and revitalise you- many travel here for its therapeutic benefits. .
If you're after more bang for your buck in the accommodation stakes, then the Major Mitchell Caravan Park is for you. With the first two nights free for caravans and campers and within walking distance to all the towns' facilities, you can't go past it.
Mungallala is the only town you pass through on your trip west from Mitchell to Morven.
Just before Mungallala is an area protected so you can walk amongst the rare Ooline (Cadelia Pentastylis), a remnant pocket of rain forest trees dating back 1.6 million years. There's a picnic table and toilet available for your morning cuppa.
Mungallala, population around 130, originated as a railway town. Stop at the pub by the side of the road and you're likely to meet a local for a yarn. Fuel, food, and accommodation are available at Mungallala.
Morven, 'small in size, big in character' as the locals say, is 44 kilometres from Mungallala. Established as a camping site for bullock teams and originally called Sadlier's Waterhole, the collection of immaculate miniature buildings creatively whittled by the late Bob Johnson representing early Morven and district is most worthy of inspection at the Morven Historical Museum.
If time permits visit Tregole National Park, 10 kilometres south of Morven, a 7,500 hectare park where the Brigalow meets the Mulga.
Once you say goodbye to Morven it's the last leg on the mighty Warrego Highway and only another 89 kilometres to Charleville.
Roll on Charleville -and the end of the Warrego Highway. You'll notice as the kilometres slide by, the change from rolling grazing country to Mulga scrub edging the road as you drive further west to Charleville. Tinted orange from the red dust, it forms a valuable food source in times of drought and provides a perfect refuge for the birds and animals of the western plains.
Schedule a couple days in Charleville and enjoy the diverse attractions. For an appreciation of life in the outback, drop in to the Charleville School of Distance Education and the visitor centre of the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
Hear the sound of the didgeridoo and watch Aboriginal artists at work at the C.D.E.P. (Commonwealth Development Employment Project) centre; visit the grand old Hotel Corones - the biggest outback pub in Australia - with its resident ghost and at night take in the star studded outback night sky at the Cosmos Centre.
There's plenty of accommodation choices and fabulous bakeries and butchers in Charleville. Alternatively, catch your own feed of fish. Fishing the Ward River is big in Charleville, and with the local club restocking the waters, you can almost be assured of a catch.
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Anne Murray: A dark cloud hangs over South Delta
The Fraser delta, on Vancouver's southern doorstep, is a wetland of international importance, a gathering place for salmon, waterfowl, shorebirds, and whales, and for people. It has rich, productive farmland, some of the best in Canada, yet under the wide open skies, nature struggles for space. Snow geese feed in school yards and orcas swim among container ships. Pumpkin and blueberry fields compete for space with shopping malls, golf courses, and housing developments. The delta landscape, recently designated as a UN Ramsar site for its critical wetland values, is changing rapidly, powered by agencies and policies that destroy the environment and ignore community concerns. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the actions of Port Metro Vancouver, whose determination to push through operational expansions on a massive scale, has many Delta residents enraged.
It was standing room only, when 200 people rallied in the heart of Delta to voice their concerns about the port's plans for their community. Residents are just beginning to wake up to the huge changes that are reshaping their local landscape, changes that are driven in large part by the port's overly ambitious business projections and poor record of listening to local communities. Branded by the federal and provincial governments as the "Gateway to Asia", the once-agricultural municipalities of Delta and Surrey are being ripped apart by a string of new highways and overpasses, expanded rail lines, and acres of depots with teetering stacks of containers. Many attending the information rally, organized by local groups, expressed frustration with the powerlessness they feel in the face of so much change in their once-rural community.
As presenter Roger Emsley characterized it: "There is a dark cloud hanging over South Delta." Farmland is disappearing fast and with it goes fresh, local food sources, food security, and wildlife habitat. The death knell for the farmland and wildlife is the looming presence of Deltaport Terminal 2, a proposed 115-hectare artificial island perched off the end of the existing superport on Roberts Bank, with expanded causeway, rail access, and associated facilities. Truck traffic will increase exponentially. The Roberts Bank superport currently houses Port Metro Vancouver's three Deltaport container berths, alongside Westshore Terminals' coal facility. Two berths opened in 1997 and the third in 2010. Coal exports are also expanding. Each expansion has seen an increase in the size of the road and rail causeway, blocking the natural tidal flows in the estuary and disrupting the movements of juvenile salmon. Power lines along the causeway's length are a hazard for the fast-flying flocks of shorebirds that feed in the Roberts Bank intertidal zone. The tidal flats to the south are eroding physically and ecologically, taking with them the sand banks and biofilm that sustain hundreds of thousands of migratory birds. Bright lights shine into the sensitive estuary waters throughout the night, and massive container ships travel the narrow inland waters of the Gulf Islands and Georgia Strait, home to orcas, porpoises, and grey whales. Light pollution has a deeply detrimental effect on the natural biorhythms of organisms, and the collision risk for cetaceans increases with shipping traffic.
The port is not the only development threatening the farm fields and internationally significant wetlands of the delta, but it is the major driving force. Daniel Woods vividly described the changes underway in Delta, in a recent Georgia Straight article. When the Tsawwassen First Nation's landmark treaty with B.C. and Canada took effect in 2009, 124 hectares of their land was earmarked for port-related, industrial uses. The TFN are also building two very large shopping malls on former farmland near Highway 17. A development company, Lamington Heights, has optioned 226 hectares of Agricultural Land Reserve between the highway, the B.C. Rail line, and the TFN lands, for a port-associated logistics centre. A multi-track rail yard is planned. The Boundary Bay airport is expanding to accommodate more industrial facilities.
The $1.2-billion South Fraser Perimeter Road chewed up 40 kilometres of delta farmland and Burns Bog edge habitat, before plowing through woodland bluffs, archaeological sites, and historic homes in North Delta. The road is part of the Gateway Program, designed to deliver trucks to and from the port. It took a controversial route, opposed by local citizens, including Delta council, and its design has gone through several iterations. It has been destructive of habitat, displacing sandhill cranes, endangered southern red-backed voles, and Pacific water shrews. Conservationists concerns were ignored, as were requests for information on habitat mitigation and compensation.
Numerous housing developments are also sprouting up, detached from, or peripheral to existing urban centres, exasperating urban sprawl and traffic congestion, and causing community conflict. There is no overall, coherent vision for livability or environmental protection in the delta. Metro Vancouver's Green Zone lies in ruins.
Many of these changes are being forced upon South Delta residents with no opportunity for genuine public hearings or votes. The public consultation undertaken by the various aspects of the Gateway Program (South Fraser Perimeter Road, Third Berth, Terminal 2, road and rail upgrades, et cetera) has been a carefully-managed presentation of equally unwelcome "options", conducted by consultants or junior staff members. A recent pre-consultation session for Terminal 2 began with a question about an engineering detail! At no point have the senior proponents or political boosters placed themselves within listening distance of a public meeting with an open microphone. If they ever do, they should be prepared for an earful, as people are becoming very upset.
Furthermore, as Emsley and others so clearly described at the rally, the latest port expansion, with its multibillion dollar price tag, is not justifiable on economic grounds. There has been no proper cost-benefit analysis done of alternatives, the port operates at only 60 percent capacity, and container traffic is failing to reach even moderate growth projections. There are many options for increased capacity within Port Metro Vancouver's various terminals without Terminal 2. With Prince Rupert and the Panama Canal also experiencing expansions, the demand for the Lower Mainland container ports may decline. The port must explore alternative operating scenarios that ensure the protection of farmland and wildlife habitat. Federal and provincial governments and Metro Vancouver must urgently develop and enact a consistent, clear, and workable vision for how they intend to protect the internationally important wetlands and uplands of the Fraser delta.
Lower Mainland residents need to find their voices: it is not too late to set a fresh agenda for our priceless Fraser delta. The public consultation process is inadequate, the message needs to take to the streets and to the politicians' offices. We have chosen to live here, it is our home, and we value it. We value the sandpipers, the orcas, the salmon, the farms, and the ocean. We do not want them destroyed to satisfy a stubborn agenda of industrial growth at all costs. In speaking up for these values, we may yet save the remnants of our rural landscape as a lasting legacy. It is time that we were heard. Is anyone listening?
My mother used to say "don't look a gift horse in the mouth!" This is one you should look very carefully at. MK Delta Lands Group stand to benefit from a huge tax right-off for donating ecologically sensitive land to the government. For a corporation with deep pockets, this like gold without having to dig for it!.
Do not expect help from the federal government, the Ministry of Environment, or Fisheries and Oceans. Harper and his toadies have changed the legislation that once protected these assets. The federal Government has appointed senior positions to ambitious ladder-climbers who will sign any document to get ahead. Credible fish and wildlife experts have retired, or are leaving, in exasperation. As the article states, we, the people, need to wake up.
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
― Abraham Lincoln
EVERYONE young and old must get on the bandwagon and write to Ottawa and bombard Mr. Harper and other MPS with letters! I don't feel that signing a petition is as effective as individuals taking the time to write a passionate letter telling this Conservative government that enough is enough! They need to step back & think about what they are doing, if that's possible, as Mr. Harper seems 'hell bent' on destroying and/or selling out Canada. Do it for future generations..we owe it to them.
AND in the next election don't vote Conservative.
Metro Vancouver was made accountable to the citizens of this area and of Canada. It is criminal that this Port is in competition with the Port of Prince Rupert. Yes - they are, and they seldom liaise. What is the government thinking?
We know that they want to move their Vancouver terminals to Delta in order that they can reap profits from the sale of those terminals. A feather in their caps!
But what about the birds who depend upon the associated lands to rest on their long migratory journeys? What about the fish? What about the noise and pollution impacts upon we, the people who live here?
Where are our voices and the voices of the species which they so callously are willing to destroy?
I appreciate Anne's comments, but this needs to go mainstream. The Straight is not the most widely read paper in BC, and this needs to be brought out on TV, radio and other newspapers.
Perhaps with the election of the NDP a lot of this Liberal fanagling will come to an abrupt halt. It is important for Delta residents to realize that this whole thing is part of the BC Liberal agenda to enrich their business pals before they become old news.
Perhaps you should consider doing this yourself.
We need to change things at election time, make sure that we are aware of what the different candidates stand for, not by what they say but looking at what their actions have been in the past. We need to examine the values of each party, again not by their policy statements but by the policies and practices in the recent past, making sure that we retain a memory of that. Stripes tend to stay the same even after the hair is renewed!
We also need to work on the values of the general public; as long as 'the Economy' is considered more important than the quality of life for all that lives, we're rolling a stone uphill that inevitably rolls back down again.
The area has been an industrial park for decades and been drenched with pesticdes by farming so it s hardly a pristine area
For them to suggest that their generation safeguarded the environment is a pure myth. They clearcut, depleted fishing grounds, and built anywhere it suited them. Ah, but now that the shoe is on the other foot...
The answer is green jobs. Not promises of green jobs, or visions of green jobs, but real green jobs. People in less-than-environmentally friendly employment need to be assured of a new job with comparable wages and conditions starting the day after they lose their "dirty" jobs. It is about "us". "I", "me", and "mine" won't cut it.
Oh, and I'm a 72 year old working class bloke, now 10 years retired. I stopped working so someone younger than I could take my place and raise a family.
Exec #2: Yeah, I've had a team working on this over the past few weeks, and what we've come up with can be reduced to two fundamental concepts. One: People aren't wearing enough hats. Two: Matter is energy. In the universe there are many energy fields which we cannot normally perceive. Some energies have a spiritual source which act upon a person's soul. However, this "soul" does not exist ab initio as orthodox Christianity teaches; it has to be brought into existence by a process of guided self-observation. However, this is rarely achieved owing to man's unique ability to be distracted from spiritual matters by everyday trivia.
Exec #3: What was that about hats again?
Exec #2: Oh, Uh... people aren't wearing enough.
Exec #1: Is this true?
Exec #4: Certainly. Hat sales have increased but not pari passu, as our research...
Exec #3: [Interrupting] "Not wearing enough"? enough for what purpose?
Exec #5: Can I just ask, with reference to your second point, when you say souls don't develop because people become distracted...
[looking out window]
Exec #5: Has anyone noticed that building there before?
(Monty Python: The Meaning of Life)
Provincial MLA Huntington is an avowed conservative who voted for the the HST and the BC Liberals budget. She continues to skillfully play her cards and splits the vote successfully even though she can do nothing, as only winners legislate.
The Conservative Party of Canada's KeriLynn Findlay is Delta's MP and one of Harpers favourites.
If Delta wants progressive politicians with progressive values, then they
might want to support the politicians who truly support those values.


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The South Street Headhouse District has issued an RFP for Engineering & Design Services for the Headhouse Square Plaza Project. (RFP: SSHD 2014-01)
The closing date for responses is August 7, 2014 at 4:00pm.
UPDATE (as of 8/6/14): PLEASE NOTE THE SUBMISSION DATE FOR RESPONSES TO RFP2014-01 HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2014 at 5:00PM.
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Lacrosse - Boys Varsity
The Boys Lacrosse program at Berkshire began a new era in 2010. After winning its fourth consecutive Western New England Secondary School Lacrosse Association (WNESSLA) Division II championship in 2009, the Bears made the move to Division I. The move allowed Berkshire to play against the top competition in New England, and in 2013 the Bears continued to play well in one of the best leagues in the country, finishing impressive with wins over schools such as Westminster, Kent, and Northfield Mount Hermon.
As part of the preparation for the season, the team participates in an annual spring trip through 3D Lacrosse in St. Petersburg, Florida. This year, Berkshire had the opportunity to play against Episcopal (VA), The Peddie School (NJ), Anderson (TX), and Woodberry Forest (VA) before heading home to start league competition.
While Berkshire lost some important seniors who did a great job leading the way, the future is bright for the lacrosse program as it returns four of its five key defensemen and four of its top six midfielders. Combine this with the new talent, and the 2014 Berkshire lacrosse team is ready to make another strong run in this demanding and exciting league.
Recent News:
Berkshire heads south to Florida for Spring Training
Bears ranked 12th in New England
Fersen verbally commits to UVA
Fersen '14 and Hahn '14 make the New England Under Armor Team
Jake Hyatt '10 named to the Patriot League All Academic Team for the second time


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On the 9th and 10th of November, the ITF held the first International Kids Course for Central America, in the halls of the Barceló Hotel, in Managua city, Nicaragua.
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Resilient people develop a mental capacity that allows them to adapt with ease during adversity. Like bamboo, they bend but rarely break. Resilient people possess a set of paradoxical traits.
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Our instincts are to fight against adversity.The most resilient will often find a way to fight it by embracing it. ` @faisal_hoque
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what can you do today to become more resilient in the future?
When you make things with your hands, you force something into being. You sand it, you cut it, you fold it… You do everything to build it from end to end. Whereas leading requires a lot of talking, a lot of communicating — not using your hands. And when you're a creative who makes things, you immediately build a distinction between the talkers and the makers. And makers tend to look down on talkers. And leaders are talkers. You don't trust them, but now you're one of them. [laughs] At first you think you can't make anything with your hands anymore. But you can. You make relationships. One at a time. With the same painstaking attention to craft that you knew as a maker.
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The question of how a creative person can also be a great leader without sacrificing her art is an increasingly urgent one. ~ Maria Popova
Last week an acquaintance reported on the ten biggest reputation disasters of 2014- City of Ferguson, Flight MH370, Ray Rice, Bill Cosby and so on…. The focus remains on the negative under the premise that "bad news sells." I'm tired of these stories. They serve no purpose other than to attract "eyeballs" and perpetuate negativity. How about you?
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Let's celebrate these trustworthy leaders and the companies they run. Let's work together to continue the "trust trend" in 2015. ~ @BarbaraKimmel
Many organizations would like their leaders to create more innovative teams. But how exactly should they do this? If you ask highly innovative leaders what makes them effective you are apt to hear, "Well, I don't know. I haven't thought about it." Or they will make something up that sounds compelling. But the fact of the matter is that people who excel at something aren't usually very good at pinpointing exactly what accounts for their skill. So to find out more, we conducted our own study. What makes the most effective managers tick.
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Zenger Folkman research on what makes the most innovative managers tick. Good behaviour list to follow for leadership effectiveness.
Most directors don't understand the company's strategy and prioritize short-term gain at the expense of creating long-term value. We recommend four essential changes. A McKinsey & Company article. Via Don Dea
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McKinsey on how to get better boards.
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December 20, 2014 3:16 AM
Boards aren't working. It's been more than a decade since the first wave of post-Enron regulatory reforms and, despite a host of guidelines from independent watchdogs such as the International Corporate Governance Network, most boards aren't delivering on their core mission: providing strong oversight and strategic support for management's efforts to create long-term value.
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December 22, 2014 1:50 AM
We're actually in the process of developing an intervention called Wise Boards, which will directly deal with this issue!!!
A good public speaker takes their audience on a journey, leaving them feeling inspired and motivated. But structuring your speech to get your ideas across and keep your audience engaged all the way through is tricky. Try these eight storytelling techniques for a presentation that wows. Via Kevin Watson, Jean-Philippe D'HALLUIN, Roger Francis
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Hero's journey, false starts, petals and other storytelling frameworks. Because stories are the currency leaders should trade on...
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January 14, 1:28 AM
You might want to check out these tips for engaging presentations using storytelling techniques!
Your competence at your job can be a source of pride for you and the people you work for, or it can be a major hindrance for you. The central question to ponder is "Am I working in a trusting environment or a fearful one?"
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'If you don't see people around you who can mentor you, maybe it's time to move on...'@humanworkplace
Most Presidents are more popular out of office than in. In Clinton's case, he likely gets a lot of credit for the work he's doing through his Foundation. He also does a lot of public appearances and is a master communicator and connector. Earlier this week, I got to see exactly how much of a master he is when President Clinton spoke to a packed house for the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. For just under 90 minutes, Clinton held an audience of 1,500 people rapt as he answered questions on everything from Ebola to education to Putin to what his most favorite thing was about being President (that last question was submitted by the moderator's 4th grade son). There were a lot of things I noticed Clinton doing that makes him world class at connecting with an audience. There were a lot of lessons that leaders can use to connect with their people. Here are seven of them: Via Anne Leong, Prof. Hankell
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December 18, 2014 9:29 AM
President Clinton would be an awesome contestant on Jeopardy. No matter what topic came up in the Q&A, Clinton had an informed point of view backed up with stats and specifics. People are much more likely to listen to and connect with leaders who are well informed...
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December 18, 2014 10:20 AM
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Insecurities... Perfectionism... Loneliness... People Pleasing... Victimization... Disempowerment... Manipulation... Driven to Prove... Inauthenticity... Lack of Trust... Arrogance... The list of words above could be a book in and of itself. The words most leaders don't dare to share with others. It's not good for their carefully constructed image as the leader. Unfortunately, by living with a facade that is difficult to maintain and is stressful to make decisions from daily...we set ourselves up for ultimate failure. A fulfilling, happy, passionate life NOT lived. Deep honesty is required to read this list, because anything less will result in no change. Via Roy Sheneman, PhD, Roger Francis
David Hain's insight:
By living with a facade that is difficult to maintain and is stressful to make decisions from daily... we set ourselves up for ultimate failure.
Emotional exhaustion, lack of meaning and sense of effectiveness on the job can occur when a worker feels overwhelmed with demands that he or she can't meet. If the strain worsens, workers may shut down emotionally to cope, viewing clients impersonally -- a state called "depersonalization." That in turn cuts off a flow of critical information between caregiver and client. In a doctor's office, the patient senses the doctor's distance and doesn't disclose important details. The physician doesn't probe for reasons behind a condition and might miss cues showing that a woman is suffering from domestic violence, for example, or that mold might be triggering asthma attacks, Ekman said. "That depersonalization shuts off so many ways that information can be passed through," she said. Communication flowing both ways, Ekman said, strengthens bonds and a sense of meaning and effectiveness on the job, the chief antidote for burnout. Via Edwin Rutsch, Jocelyn Stoller
David Hain's insight:
Cultivating empathy is key to heading off burnout - takes simple cognitive shifts, critical step is developing curiosity toward another.
Alfonso Gomez hernandez's curator insight,
December 24, 2014 9:41 AM
With a smile in your face you can open the other's mind
The more I learn about the life stories of others, the more I tend to view mere survival as an accomplishment in the median case. This is an odd view of humanity, but an accurate one for the vast majority. We are misled about the actual difficulty of basic survival because societies are built around highlighting and celebrating the two ways you can react to easy conditions: striving and slacking. Striving leads to accomplishment, which we celebrate by according high status to the accomplished. Entitlement leads to visibly enjoyed leisure, which we celebrate in a different way, by sanctifying it into a utopian view of the "good life" a given society offers. Societies advertise both by way of marketing themselves. What is generally swept under the civilizational carpet into invisibility are two other behaviors that are responses to hard conditions: surviving and suffering. These four kinds of behavior form a convenient 2×2 on which you can plot your life in a useful way.
David Hain's insight:
What's your life trajectory? Plot it on this very interesting model, courtesy of Venkat at ribbonfarm.
The invisible social fields in which we live and work are critical for our companies, our teams, and our families. One of the greatest challenges leaders have to face today is to understand the connection between the invisible social fields sustained by all team members and failure and to then make the necessary improvements to these fields to ensure reduced risk and high performance. Most leaders pay attention to the individual skills when in reality, the invisible social fields created by all individuals drive danger and risk. Social context trumps reason and social context drives your behaviors with an influence akin to an invisible force. We naturally adapt our behaviors to the context and in high-risk industries this makes the difference between life and death. Via Claude Emond
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"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble,is what you know for sure that just ain't so - probably Mark Twain
Nobody's perfect, but there are some flaws that are sudden death to good leadership.
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Embrace and admit your flaws to develop - or cover them up. The choice is yours... |
This year's MIT Sloan Management Review and Deloitte1 global survey found clear evidence that companies across industries are creating value with social business. A key finding is that social business value is a function of what we call social business maturity — the breadth and sophistication of its initiatives. In this year's report, we detail the drivers of that maturity and how companies are using social business to transform their organizations and reap greater gains from their social business efforts. The following are highlights of our findings:
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73% see social business as important both today and in the future. Deloitte/Sloan
As a business leader, inspiring people to follow you in pursuit of your company's mission is your job. After all, your personal success is directly linked to the success of the company. If the top and bottom lines don't improve, you don't have [...] Via Dr. Susan Bainbridge
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Transformational leaders believe that their followers can perform, which empowers and inspires the group. ~ Switch & Shift
Kat Carroll's curator insight,
December 13, 2014 9:07 PM
This is a fantastic article. More business owners need to follow this model. It inspired me to be sure.
For busy entrepreneurs, here are the top four habits that need to go on your "stop doing" list if you want to see more productivity, innovation and success. When a company owner decides what he or she is going to stop doing, the results quickly become apparent. There's more time and energy for the things that grow the business and inspire workers and leaders and less time spent on those things that are old, stagnant habits. Start with just one thing that you're going to stop doing and work your way from there to create an even better business in the new year.
David Hain's insight:
Thinking about resolutions? 4 ideas to rejuvenate your leadership next year by shedding unhelpful habits.
Sandeep Gautam's curator insight,
December 22, 2014 1:53 AM
Now a days a welcome trend of talking about having a 'not-to-do or stop-doing list' is becoming quite popular.
A leader should be aware that, when a conflict situation arises, people involved too often focus on the incident/situation/sequence of events. They usually solely focus on cause and consequences thusly forgetting the lesson to be learnt. Through conflict they mostly protect their position. They do not want to "lose". In those situations a leader should have a different way to pivot the attention away from the actual source of the conflict and focus on what has been learned as a result of the conflict. It is a win-win way to reshape un-constructive to constructive/healthy conflicts that can bring relief and new positive ideas to workplace.
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Leaders have some common traits when it comes to how they approach problems, information, and other people.
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December 20, 2014 6:36 AM
(From the article): Leaders hunger to learn and, as they do, their opinions are likely to change because they're more concerned with looking for the best action rather than looking like the smartest person in the room, says leadership expert G. Shawn Hunter, author of Out Think: How Innovative Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes. In fact, their quest for information may make them appear like better leaders to those around them. THEY'RE MORE CONCERNED WITH LOOKING FOR THE BEST ACTION RATHER THAN LOOKING LIKE THE SMARTEST PERSON IN THE ROOM. "Even if you're asking a lot of questions because you have doubt or ambiguity or even a lack of confidence in the direction of where you're going, the simple act of asking open questions for which you do not know the answer of key advisors or teammates around the table will make you, in their eyes, a stronger leader," Hunter says.
The only way to ensure your company thrives and that you remain sane, is to delegate responsibilities and authorities. If you take on the entire to-do list, you end up doing everything but your job. You agonize over how to get the myriad tasks and projects done. By delegating, you decide who will get them done, and let them go. Just don't let them go with the functions that only you can tackle.
David Hain's insight:
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donhornsby's curator insight,
December 19, 2014 9:09 AM
(From the article): You are responsible for growth and value, and for creating worth within your organization. If it's a task other than the aforementioned, get out and don't let it pull you back in.
You've heard it here first: 2014 was the year of the woman. I'm calling it.
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2014 - and we still have much progress to make on women's rights. Let's hope the trend to debate these continues in 2015.
Organizational psychopaths are generally more motivated, competitive, political and better than other leaders to rise in the organization. They are more motivated because they are turned on by power and prestige. They are equipped for career success because they lack a genuine concern for others, are ruthless at times and prepared to lie to get what they want, and typically present a charming façade and appear to be an ideal leader (at least initially). These results are interesting in light of several findings suggesting that narcissistic leaders might rise in organizations but they are certainly not valued.
David Hain's insight:
Psych studies suggest psychopathic tendencies can predict success. What does that say about our organisations?
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December 18, 2014 10:32 AM
Well, I train myself already... earlier, to become a coach from a long time CFO I had to have more sot skill, empathy, and all these, you know, d... psy staff... now, I am urged to be back into the good old ...pathy... OK, please, no... I understand, one will be so ruthlessly successful like them but Jesus, NO... instead try to know and handle and have power over your emotions... normally it's the psychopaths' weapon and not the ignoring of the others (this last one is rather harmful for them as well...) They are exceptionally good in controlling their emotions... practically they have none...
The oldest, most effective marketing and sales strategy is as powerful and potent today as it ever was, real relationships. Relationships sell, broadcasts don't. Broadcasting is impersonal while relationships bring in connection, and human acknowledgement. Broadcasting is a one-sided vehicle of communication. Relationships are not a one-sided communication but rather they create a dialogue. The countless automated Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts repeating the same message over and over ad nauseum without any engagement takes the Social out of Social Media. A small amount of automation can be highly effective, particularly if it makes your work more efficient, however, efficiency at the expense of relationship is virtually always a losing proposition. It is critical to augment automation with unique, personal communication. Even with the technology to support two-way communication and discussions on the relationship economy we still observe many companies and entrepreneurs who are using the outdated mode of one-way communication called broadcasting. Via Stefano Principato
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Many times in life we encounter challenges that we need to face with bravery and determination. For many people, this can be the beginning of a long season of resistance and endurance. But when we face moments in which we feel that we have reached the end of our capacities see only an endless need for bravery and persistence going forward, a special strength is needed, an internal strength.
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Five highlights from the April 30-May 2, 2014 NY gathering organized by the Institute of Coaching, .Conference provided a chance to hear candidly from the front lines about the future of leadership coaching – concerns facing today's leaders, issues trending in the market, and innovative strategies emerging to coach and support leaders as they navigate business challenges. Via Marc Wachtfogel, PhD, Mark E. Deschaine Ph.D.
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For many consumers, being digital is second nature. Activities unknown a few years ago are now commonplace: using a smartphone to compare prices while shopping, or seeking product recommendations using Facebook. Yet an organization's top table can take a while to catch up to this reality. After all, most of today's senior executives built their careers in the predigital age and for the past ten years have been too busy hitting their numbers to spend much time following tech trends or posting on social media.
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Find a 'reverse mentor.' Get that interesting new hire with the funny haircut to send you snippets to guide you through the digital world. Ask your CIO or CTO to suggest likely candidates, spend ten minutes talking to them, and select whoever gave you most to think about. Be thoughtful about your team. Get your head of HR and commercial director to identify your top digital talent. Then ask, What are they are doing? Who are we hiring? Do we have the right roles and structures? Do we need a digital officer or an "innovator without portfolio"?
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2013 and earlier-Mercedes-Benz M-Class Lease Questions
CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hello robrtgolf. Mercedes-Benz Financial's April buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 2013 ML350 with 12,000 miles per year are .00160 and 66% for consumers who qualify for its top credit tiers.
I don't think that Mercedes-Benz is currently providing any cash incentives on the ML right now.
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robrtgolf Posts: 15Thank you Carman for your response.
A dealer in South Fl is offering me the following deal:
Selling price $50,000
30 Months with 12,000 miles per year.
$3,500 total out of pocket.
$699.00 per month including 7% tax.
Is this a good deal?
Please let me know your thoughts.
CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515You're very welcome robrtgolf. The selling price that you were quoted looks great, but if your credit is in good shape, the money factor that you were quoted is slightly high. Mercedes-Benz Financial's current buy rate for the ML 350 RWD is .00160 for top tier customers. Make sure that the dealer uses the buy rate to calculate your payment.
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artie9 Posts: 3Greetings Car_Man,
Do you have May lease numbers for a 2013 ML350 Blue tec? 12,000 miles for a 24 month lease and residual numbers? What is the value added program? Does this car qualify?
My lease is up this month. I have been waiting but now have to make a choice.
Thanks for hanging in there and assisting with keeping a few $$$$'s in my pocket. -
jmm13 Posts: 6I have been getting lease prices on a ml350 - Msrp is 56,015.00 cap cost 49,369.00- 12000 miles per year for 39 months - 8.25 sales tax (ny) - they are quoting me 735.00 a month with 1500.00 down. I am calculating that it should be around 639.00. I think the reason for the difference is they are using a residual rate of 54per cent. I am using 56 per cent as per this forum and ride with G.
They also claim the acquisition fee is 1095.00 but another dealer states it is 795.00 and so does ride with G - also mv fees of 400.00 and 700.00 advertising fees. They swear the acquisition fee and residual rate are set by the "program" - is that true or are they inflating the bank fee and lowering the residual rate. - it also looks like they are putting all the fees into the lease and subtracting the 1500.00. - is it better to pay all the bank and misc fees up front - thank you jamie -
marvron26 Posts: 1Hi, I had an ML built with scheduled delivery end of May
MSRP 61460 and sale price of 55222
I'm debating between buying vs leasing
I was wondering what the buy rate apr is if I were to purchase this car with top tier credit?
Also, I'm a novice with calculating lease payments, what would be a good deal for getting a
36 month lease with 10k miles per year?
Thanks.. any input would be appreciated. -
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hey artie9. Mercedes-Benz Financial's May residual value for a 24-month lease of a 2013 ML350 Bluetec with 12,000 miles per year is 72%.
As an unsupported vehicle, if you were to lease this truck through Mercedes-Benz Financial you would have to use its standard lease money factors. They probably vary by trim level and credit tier, but to give you an example they would be around .00205 for Tier 1 customers. As an unsupported vehicle I doubt that this vehicle qualifies for the Value Added program, which would enable you to lease for 27 months using the 24 month program.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hello jamie. Dealers cannot alter vehicles' residual values. They can mark up money factors and the acquisition fee though. Make sure that the dealer uses a money factor of .00112 and an acquisition fee of $795 on your deal. If they use anything other than that they are marking up your vehicle's program to bake extra back-end profit to your deal.
I personally would rather roll all of the fees into the lease rather than paying them up front.
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tuburonh Posts: 9Hi CarMan-
I understand that BMW's May figures are the same as their April ones, and I am sorry if I'm being dense, but I can't seem to find in previous posts about April just what the rates would be for a 3 year, 15000 mile per year lease on the ML BlueTEC. Could you let me know please?
Thanks so much. -
landrover1 Posts: 15Hi Carman:
I am looking at a new lease on a 2013 ML 350 my 2010 ML is coming off lease soon.
This is what the dealer is offering on a $55,105 MSRP with the following equipment:
Black/Black MB-Tex
P 1 Package
20" Wheels
Trailer Hitch
Ambient Lighting
Keyless Go
$2000 down
30 months 12K year $818.94 with taxes.
Does this look like a good deal? It is significantly more than my 2010 MSRP of $53,200 but the 2013 has more options -
j1c4b Posts: 1Hi Carman
I am looking for to lease ML350 with P1 package. MSRP $54625
Looking for 30 month lease with 10k miles
What are MB financial numbers for may?
Dealers offer was $49500
With $2500 due at signing and $709 monthly with 7% taxes included
What is looking kind of high to me
Also I am working for company what is on MB corporate list with $2000 discount. Can I apply it to dealers final sale price? -
CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hey tuburonh. Mercedes-Benz is not providing lease support on the 2013 ML Bluetec right now. Its current 36-month, 15,000 mile per year residual value is 60%. If you lease one through Mercedes-Benz Financial, you would have to use its standard lease money factors. They vary by credit tier, but would be around .00205 for consumers who qualify for its Tier 1.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi landrover1. MLs definitely cost a lot more to lease than they used to. You really need to find out what selling price the dealer is using to calculate your lease. The selling prices of leased vehicles are negotiable, just as if you were paying cash for or financing them. Without this number, it is more difficult to tell if there's any room left to negotiate.
I have to say, the ML is a nice truck, but I certainly would not pay $800 per month for one when there's a lot of other nice trucks out there that may not have the fancy name but are very similar yet hundreds of dollars per month less.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi j1c4b. Mercedes-Benz Financial's May buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 30-month lease of a 2013 ML 350 with 10,000 miles per year are .00160 and 63% for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
I'm not sure how the "corporate list" program works. Most supplier programs provide consumers with a low, non-negotiable selling price that they can use to calculate their vehicle's lease payment. That's how it worked when I leased a Mercedes in the past.
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hlc395 Posts: 1I am in the process of negotiating a lease on a 2013 ML350 15k miles per year and 39 month lease. The dealership is telling me the residual value is 51% (does this seem correct) and a money factor of .00161. Do you think the residual and money factor are accurate?
Also, I currently have a 2010 ML350 and I am over on the mileage by about 10k - so $2500 in overage and have 4 payments left on my lease. The dealership said that MB is offering a 3 payment lease credit on the ML but I have a question on the mileage... if I lease another ML will MB waive the cost on the mileage overage? The dealership is telling me no but I have heard otherwise. Do they waive it or do they try to hide it in the lease somewhere?
Any thoughts/comments you have are appreciated. -
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pjprestoration Posts: 1
CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi pjprestoration. Mercedes-Benz Financial's June buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 30-month lease of a 2013 ML350 with 10,000 miles per year are .00160 and 63% for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
The numbers for an otherwise identical 36-month lease are .00160 and 57%.
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CarMan@Edmunds Posts: 38,515Hi traderb. Mercedes-Benz Financial's June buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 24-month lease of a 2013 ML350 Bluetec with 15,000 miles per year are .00205 and 70% for Tier 1 customers.
The numbers for an otherwise identical 36-month lease are .00205 and 60%.
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woodydu Posts: 3First, I cannot say how much I appreciate everyone's info on here, especially you Car-Man. Your knowledge is invaluable and saves us all a great deal of money.
I don't post much and only lurk on the boards when it comes time to buy/lease a new car. I will promise to post my upcoming deal on the forums after this (my second lease experience).
So here goes......
First, could you please Car_man provide me with MF and residual on ML350 bluetec with either 24/27/or 36 months for June. Only need 12k miles per year. I saw your numbers on a prev post for the 24mos and 15k miles per year, but I don't know if this changes with only 12k miles per year and at different lease length terms. Looking at getting one for the wife, just not sure whether to buy or lease.
Second, in a previous post you said, "Make sure that the dealer uses the buy rate to calculate your payment." I am sorry for sounding like such a newbie, but also at the expense of searching this topic for hours could you explain that to me, or provide me to a link that might do the same? I am not sure when you say to make sure they use the buy rate....is there a different rate they can use?
Third, I get a discount thru an affiliation of 2000. Do I negotiate the price of the car first, then add this discount to that price, or will the dealer tell me to leave if I say negotiate down to a very strong offer and then throw this discount in. same goes for using the MB club of America discount.
Thanks in advance for your replies and I truly really do appreciate them.
Stay thirsty my friends!
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When it comes to Beverly Theatre Guild's 2013-14 season, the members are living the title of a famous Monty Python song: "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life."
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A member of the Beverly Theatre Guild since 1980, she is never hesitant to talk about the benefits of what the troupe provides not only onstage and offstage but also on a personal level.
"Monty Python's Spamalot" has a special place in Moore's heart because the Beverly Theatre Guild production is dedicated to her sister Cynthea "Cindy" McKown, who died unexpectedly shortly after the troupe celebrated its 50th anniversary gala.
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