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Not many are called to a voluntary life of absolute poverty such as St Francis of Assisi, or Mother Teresa and her sisters. However, everybody is called to be in some respect poor with the poor in order to exercise true caritas on which, after all, we will be judged (Christ tells those who fed, clothed or helped him in some way in the poor, that they will go to Heaven, while those who didn't, are cast out). How are we supposed to reach the hungry, thirsty, the suffering, the psychologically wounded, and feed their hearts rather than just their bodies, if we are unable to meet them where they are? The poor, of course, are not merely those who are in material want, but all those who are suffering intensely in some way and are in need of help. Yet, if we feel superior or simply disconnected to them – since we are, for example, not drug-addicts, homeless, depressive or in mourning– then we cannot "be" with them where they are; for "being with them" is at the core of any real help, since it means opening one's heart to them and to their particular suffering.
Only when we have acknowledged our extreme inner poverty, our brokenness, our being anything but whole, and spiritually speaking in dire need of a doctor, only then are we capable of meeting the poor with a matching spirit of poverty. For we too are poor - though perhaps in a less obvious way - because of our frailties and our sufferings (which in all likelihood will be intense at least at some point in our lives, even if we have been generally lucky). We may not be addicts or homeless or depressive, we may not be stripped of everything nor feel more like a worm than a man (Ps 22:6), but there is not much preventing us from doing so, and certainly not our strength alone (however great that might be). Once we realize this deeply, we are embodying a true spirit of humility without which love cannot exist.
Material poverty on its own does not guarantee a spirit of poverty; misery can also embitter, make angry, rebellious and proud. But if one accepts poverty, as some religious orders do, in order to embody an inner spirit of humility and love, then poverty becomes the road to Heaven. Then it is capable of touching the hearts of those otherwise crushed by suffering. The goal is not to glorify poverty for its own sake; indeed, we are called to help the poor to rise from their misery and many religious orders and various organizations try to address their needs. But people, who truly live the spirit of poverty by giving up all riches, express their solidarity with them, and more than that, a folly of love willing to descend into abject misery to be with those who are poor, such as Christ did for all of us.
Since charity is a universal vocation and the spirit of poverty is essential to exercising it, it needs to be present in everybody, also in people who are otherwise very successful and happy in terms of their work, money, health, and family-life. The temptation, if everything goes for the best in the best of all possible worlds (as Pangloss would have said), is to think that one has obviously got it right, while the rest of the world, or most of it, for some reason hasn't.
Yet only if one unearths one's brokenness, can one exercise true charity and be true to one's human vocation. As long as we take ourselves as the measure for others (they are too sensitive, forceful, chaotic, slow, talkative – compared to, well… us), we can be sure that we are still lacking in this spirit of poverty. Only Christ should be our reference, not we; and He said that we would find Him in those in need. Hence He is especially present to us (even if we are unaware of it) in those who seem to us too sensitive, forceful, chaotic, psychologically unstable etc, all those who appear poor compared to us and our achievements.
Mother Teresa once said that she had never committed the sin of judging others.[1] Few are those who can say this about themselves! But this shows that she truly was embodying this spirit of poverty, for no brokenness, no sin in another could shock her to the point of judging him. She always saw behind all of this the person whom God profoundly loves, even in the dictators of this world. She knew her own brokenness, and thus no misery was foreign to her.
However, this does not mean the saints did not find other people difficult to deal with and bear. It precisely reveals their sanctity that they were able to do so charitably. Dorothy Day's diaries are full of her struggles with other people's irrationality (often due to psychological disorders and much suffering), difficult tempers and lack of personal hygiene.
It is difficult to acknowledge one's brokenness, I mean really recognize it; to state in the abstract that we are all sinners and that, yes, we have some weaknesses we are struggling with, which we keep repeating during confession, is still fairly easy for the practicing Catholic. But to be willing to realize the extent of one's weakness is extremely difficult. For self-righteousness is one of the main vices of the otherwise spiritually awakened, and for good cause. When it rears its ugly head, we are often unaware of; but it is generally at the root of our thinking that this person is simply too difficult to deal with, because of who she is rather than because of who we are. It is a continuous interior battle we need to fight.
Love and awareness of one's brokenness (otherwise called humility) have to go together in order to exist at all. Love without humility becomes hard and judging. Seeing one's faults without feeling loved leads to despair; hence we are afraid of acknowledging our brokenness, since we imagine that we are no longer loveable. It takes faith in being loved to be willing to acknowledge one's faults.
Simone Weil once said that our hearts need to be broken, but that we generally want them to be broken by anything but God. However, only God – one could add – breaks the heart by melting it out of its self-righteousness, and humbling it into acknowledging its weakness. The greatest miracle is not to transform stones into bread, but to transform our heart of stone into a loving one. Then we are truly capable of being poor with the poor.
This is very very timely for me, as my heart is being continually broken, and continually requires me to choose to soften myself further rather than harden myself. Thank you!
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It was good to read this on the feast day of the Queenship of Mary! God has gifted you Marie with words of understanding and insight! I have been enjoying your writings and Bravo dear one! You are right to see the "Poverty of Spirit" in the midst of what most see as the "Poverty of Money and Posessions"-Blessings-Sister Anne Sophie
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A while back I mentioned Jean Vanier's defining human maturity in one word, "tenderness." I keep thinking about that.
Just as you indicate, Kate, we don't get to choose whether to undergo blows. We only get to choose whether we will let them harden us or tenderize us.
At the Charterhouse in Vermont the other day, the Abbot said of his predecessor, Fr. Raphael Diamond (who had become Catholic under the influence of his professor, Dietrich von HIldebrand), "He was the most tender person I have ever met in my life."
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Katie, I love Vanier's definition of human maturity! The morally alert, awakened person is not enough; and tenderness captures that element of love which shows how soft your heart has become and how capable it therefore is potentially to reach others.
Great point also, Kate, how sufferings give us the choice of either greater hardness of heart or of admitting our weakness and turning to God who alone can melt the heart. For this poverty of spirit, this tender heart, is a gift which one cannot simply will for oneself, though one can certainly desire it.
I'm so struck how often the otherwise morally striving person, when she tries to help, can still cause great pain since she's not "with" the person in her pain. Material help, when one is suffering greatly, can be very painful to accept, if it is lacking in that softness which comes from acknowledging one's own brokenness. Perhaps this is why it is often said that gratitude is rare and difficult; perhaps the problem lies not just with the receiver, but also (and perhaps primarily?) with the giver.
And you, Anne Sophie, certainly live the spirit of poverty in the way you help the sick and dying!
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So let me put in a plug for sister Anne Sophie Meaney's booklet (one of many) "On the Frontlines" where she describes her interaction with the sick and dying and also tells us a bit of her own story. Yes, she happens to be my dear sister-in-law, but that's not why I am recommending the book which is beautiful and moving! Because of her story of abuse and terrible suffering (she was adopted by my inlaws late in life), she is capable like few others I know of understanding and empathizing with other people's sufferings.
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I've just started reading a wonderful book on Jean Vanier called "The Miracle, the Message, the Story: Jean Vanier and l'Arche" by Kathryn Spink. Vanier, of course, is also a prime example for being poor with the poor, and being in touch with his own brokenness. Here's a beautiful quote of his, cited on p. 5:
... the whole vision of Jesus is the gradual discovery that the poor are not people whom we have to change from our pedestal and make them like us but people from whom we can drink. That means that the outside poverty and the inside poverty is the same reality to drink from. The presence of God is in our own littleness and poverty, in our need for love and recognition.
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There is the gulf between the rich and the poor and there is the gulf of our own consciousness, and everything in life is the passage through that divide.
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And on page 48:
A small point we forget too, is that God cannot stick us together unless we are somewhat in pieces, and those he wants for greater strength in the Church have to be in pieces, in order that clearly, tangibly, immediately and actually it is He that sticks them together."
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Regular TLT readers know about my one child who has been a veggie-phobe since age two, continually astounding me with his refusal to eat vegetables, no matter how deliciously prepared or how much the rest of the family is enjoying them.
There have been glimmers of hope, and I've shared those here. There was that day in 2010, now known as the Miracle in Houston, when the Veggie-Phobe nonchalantly picked up an ear of corn as though he'd been doing it all his life (not!), and there was also the Feast of the Blessed Malfatti, when the VP learned that some dark green Italian pasta dumplings were chock full of spinach, yet he continued to eat them with gusto.
The latest news is that my son has started to like basil pesto, a favorite of his sister's, and homemade pesto is a great way to sneak in all sorts of dark greens along with the basil, with no one the wiser. (Yeah, yeah, I know I'm on record as being opposed to such tactics — "To Sneak or Not to Sneak: Hiding Healthful Ingredients in Kids Food" — but since dark leafy greens actually have a place in some pestos, I give myself a pass.)
But those are the bright spots in my son's (mostly) veggie-free world.
Example: the other night I served steamed, buttered haricot vert at dinner, one of my favorite vegetables. The beans were tender and delicious and, despite the fact that I generally agree with kid-and-food expert Ellyn Satter that parental pressure usually backfires, I urged my son to just try them. He put a single green bean into his mouth and then began to gag violently, tears streaming down his face. And his reaction wasn't for dramatic effect; he'd seemed open to trying the bean, or at least resigned about it, and then looked utterly distressed once it was in his mouth.
This is what I'm up against, people.
Interestingly, my son recently told me that his third-grade class did an experiment to isolate the "super-tasters" in the group. Using a kit like this one, the students tried to detect a particular bitter flavor, an ability which is the hallmark of the super-taster. I'm sure it will come as no surprise to anyone that my son was able to taste it, lending anecdotal credence to the theory that super-tasters often struggle with eating vegetables.
So what's prompting this post today?
Just a reminder to myself that parent can do everything "right" — model good eating habits, talk about healthful eating, expose kids to gardening, involve kids in shopping and cooking — and still face a long, slow road when it comes to actual food acceptance. Which echos this comment, once left on TLT by reader Shira, blogger at Garden for Dessert:
. . . . My youngest is also terribly picky despite the fact he has been exposed to a steady stream of healthy food (I'm a vegetarian, and am pretty careful about what I eat). Tofu, legumes all sorts of veggies, he's been exposed every day of his life, and still won't try them (okay we are also making some slow progress on veggies).
Another argument I often hear "experts" say is if you grow your own veg, and have the kids help they'll eat it. No dice on that one either. I've grown my own vegetables (March-Oct) for at least 10 years. My kids don't know anything different than helping in the garden and my younger one continues to resist.
Thanks Bettina for sharing this and making me feel less like a bad mom!
So I guess that's my point, in a nutshell. To all of you out there in my particular boat, let's stop labeling our kids as "picky" or ourselves as "bad moms." Instead, let's take a deep, collective breath, slow down our timelines, tamp down our expectations, and agree to compare notes when our kids are in college.
I like to think that by then my son will be able to eat a buttered green bean with pleasure.
But who really knows?
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This notice is about a proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department ("Sheriff's Department" or "LASD") involving the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA").
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WASHINGTON — This is how Northwest Indiana's congressional delegation — U.S. Reps. Jackie Walorski, Republican, and Peter J. Visclosky, Democrat, and U.S. Sens. Joe Donnelly, Democrat, and Dan Coats, Republican — voted on key legislation last week.
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE U.S.: The House passed the Global Investment in American Jobs Act (H.R. 2052), sponsored by Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb. The bill would require the Commerce Secretary to coordinate with other agencies a review and report on strategies for attracting more direct investment from foreign countries into the U.S. Terry said the review and report would guide the government in creating an environment to encourage foreign companies to move operations to the U.S. and thereby promote a stronger domestic economy. The vote, on Sept. 9, was 379 yeas to 32 nays.
Votes: Visclosky, yea; Walorski, yea
COMMUNICATIONS MARKETPLACE REPORTS: The House passed the Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act (H.R. 2844), sponsored by Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La. The bill would streamline requirements for the Federal Communications Commission to produce reports on competition between communications providers, and require the FCC to produce a Communications Marketplace Report every two years. Scalise said the changed requirements "would allow businesses to focus their time and resources on growing our economy and creating jobs instead of complying with outdated and burdensome mandates." The vote, on Sept. 9, was unanimous with 415 yeas.
Votes: Visclosky, yea; Walorski, yea
INSURANCE REGULATION: The House passed the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act (H.R. 1155), sponsored by Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas. The bill would establish as a private nonprofit the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, which oversees the licensing and continuing education of insurance agents who operate in multiple states. Neugebauer said the measure would reform the insurance market by increasing competition, while also "enabling insurance producers to more quickly and responsively serve the needs of their consumers." The vote, on Sept. 10, was 397 yeas to 6 nays.
Votes: Visclosky, yea; Walorski, yea
WORKER WAGE CLAIMS: The House passed the Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act (H.R. 2747), sponsored by Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Mich. The bill would have the Labor Department take over from the Government Accountability Office responsibility for processing claims by employees of government contractors that they have been underpaid. Walberg said having the Labor Department oversee wage claims would "ensure workers receive their pay in a timelier manner while providing greater efficiency" and less expense in processing claims. The vote, on Sept. 10, was 396 yeas to 10 nays.
Votes: Visclosky, yea; Walorski, yea
ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH INSURANCE SUBSIDIES: The House passed the No Subsidies Without Verification Act (H.R. 2775), sponsored by Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn. The bill would require the Department of Health and Human Services to certify the development of a program to effectively check the qualifications of individuals to receive tax credits that offset the cost of health insurance premiums before the tax credits can be issued. Black said the requirement would prevent the issuance of up to $50 billion of wasteful subsidies for health insurance by ensuring that only qualified individuals receive subsidies. An opponent, Rep. Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif., said Health and Human Services already had an effective verification system, and the bill would establish "a duplicative, unworkable process." The vote, on Sept. 12, was 235 yeas to 191 nays.
Votes: Visclosky, did not vote; Walorski, yea
NEW YORK DISTRICT JUDGE: The Senate confirmed the nomination of Valerie E. Caproni to serve as a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York. A supporter, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., cited Caproni's experience as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York and as general counsel of the FBI from 2003 to 2011. Gillibrand called Caproni "a woman with impeccable credentials, incredible intellect, and the kind of fair-minded judgment we need on the Federal bench." An opponent, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, cited Caproni's failure to respond adequately to concerns Grassley had about the FBI's potential abuse of its national security letters program while Caproni was at the FBI. The vote, on Sept. 9, was 73 yeas to 24 nays.
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German-based photographer Edgar Berg's Under The City editorial does its best to remain coy and pensive within each snapshot. It is in this series that model Bryan Mcmullin is found completely alone, even whilst in the middle of busy European streets.
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Service Targets Specific performance targets may be defined for individual products, e.g. a loss adjuster must be appointed within 1 day of the claim notification. By linking this to both workflow & diary, it is possible to enhance the adherence to service level targets. Summary Financials SSP Select Insurance provides 'at a glance' financial summary & movement history, thus facilitating a speedy & efficient response to query. Drill down, to the lowest level, is available from these views. SSP Select Reinsurance Benefits Extensive functionality to cater for all your Reinsurance needs Business processes designed around the way that you work Business control & management of the Reinsurance configuration & process The SSP Select Reinsurance component supports the administration of all types of proportional & non-proportional facultative & treaty arrangements. With this deep & wide support for outward reinsurance, system changes are minimised during installation & in the future. 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Phil Oakey, in black tie really brought back the sound of the '80s - very Guilty Pleasures, encore une fois!
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September 21st, 2013 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) The Woman whose story is told even to this day, as Jesus promised it would be, saw Jesus for who he is and was changed in the encounter with Him. It was not about her, it was about Jesus. She was emptied of self and thereby able to be filled with Love. This encounter is capable of changing all men and women. It is the woman of prayer who teaches us of the absolute necessity of living faith and points us to the path to walk upon if we want to receive faith as gift and cultivate it as a fruit. She is a model for all who want to experience living faith as a light for real life. CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - The Gospel for Mass is St. Luke's account of two people who have encounters with Jesus. One involved a Pharisee who failed to see because his field of vision was darkened by pride. The other involved a humble woman who had clear vision because she knew the secret of prayer and adoration. 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(Lk. 7:36-50) The Evangelists Mark and Matthew also record the encounter, adding this statement of Jesus about this woman, "Truly I tell you, wherever the good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her." (Mark 14:9, Mt. 26:13) I am helping to fulfill their prophetic observation with this homily, standing on the shoulders of others who have done so throughout two millenia of Christianity. This word encounter is a key, a lens, what theologians call a hermeneutic, to understanding this Pope, his way of sharing the Gospel and his way of incarnating the Gospel in his witness of life. He is always reminding all who bear the name Christian that Christianity is about an ongoing encounter with the Risen Jesus Christ. This word encounter also explains his ecclesiology, or theology of the Church. The Church is the place of encounter. It is not some-thing but Some-One, the Body of the Risen Jesus. Jesus is the head of His Body and the head and the Body cannot be separated. Through our participation in the mission of the Church we participate in His continuing redemptive mission. This spirituality of encounter is a beautiful spirituality, a profound theology, and a treasure for this barren age. It comes at a moment when the whole Church - and the world into which she is called - desperately needs this spirituality of encounter more than anything else. It will be seen as the true treasure of this papacy. In explaining the emphasis Pope Francis places on encounter, some observers point to his relationship with the ecclesial movement Communion and Liberation whose founder, Fr. Luigi Giussani, used the word encounter at the heart of the spirituality of the movement. He properly insisted that Christianity, at its heart, is an encounter with Jesus Christ. "Faith is born of an encounter with the living God who calls us and reveals his love, a love which precedes us and upon which we can lean for security and for building our lives. Transformed by this love, we gain fresh vision, new eyes to see; we realize that it contains a great promise of fulfillment, and that a vision of the future opens up before us." (Light of Faith, #4) Both Simon the Pharisee and the woman who anointed the feet of Jesus with ointment and tears, had an encounter with Jesus. However, only one of these encounters shows us the way to be set free and opens us up to participate - even now - in the eternal communion of love for which we long. That path of encounter proceeds along a life of prayer, adoration, contemplation and love. Her posture before the Lord, her response to Beauty and Love Incarnate, her honest self-understanding, her quick repentance; these are our Gospel lessons today. Let us come before the Lord, who is truly present to us as we receive Him in the most Holy Eucharist, and experience the encounter of encounters. Let us take Him into ourselves and become what we receive. Let us discover the spirituality, the way, of encounter. Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) |


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So my two "baby" spinach plants have formed (are forming?) what looks to be a flower in the middle. They are tiny, I just noticed them today. I must admit that I didn't think much of how the hours of light may vary greatly between different plants :/
Anyways, what should I do about my spinach plants, if anything? I have lots more seeds so I could always start again. How many hours under my grow lights should they get? As of right now I tend to turn the lights on when I wake up (8 am or later) and turn the lights off around midnight. I have two shelves which each have 4 t-12 lights, with two warm and two cool lights a piece. I also have a few more baby spinach plants that are only about two weeks old. Should I start giving those reduced lighting? Is 16 hours under the shop lights TOO much? |
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- Posted by nygardener z6 New York (My Page) on Mon, May 2, 11 at 11:04
The problem is probably heat. Spinach likes cool weather and bolts when it's warm. If you can keep the grow room something like 60 degrees during the day and 50 at night, you'll probably have better luck. A small fan with an open window nearby might help. Another possibility is that you're growing them in containers that are too small. Start them in small cells and then transplant them (after teasing out the outer roots) to a 6" pot. I'd still harvest them within 45 days or so, because even outdoors in cool weather spinach is fairly short-lived. |
- Posted by nygardener z6 New York (My Page) on Mon, May 2, 11 at 11:05
Well, 2-4 weeks old is pretty early for the plants to bolt -- they probably have no more than a few leaves! Let them grow a little longer and see if the "flower" stalk is just a stem making leaves. |
Yeah I'm going to leave them be for now. My house is probably about 70 degrees on average now; we still have the heat "on" but it rarely does kick on, as it's been in the mid-60's lately. My set-up is in this small room off of the living room -- it is a bricked-up all seasons room. It is not insulated but it does have two vents to bring in the heat and A/C during the summer. So basically it is probably a few degrees cooler than the rest of the house. Should I take my spinach (and the other lettuces I'm growing) out from under the lights and place them elsewhere for an even shorter exposure? |
I had the same thing happen to a few of my spinach plants. They would rather be 40 degrees than 70 degrees, so if it is feasible, put them outside. I planted my spinach seedlings this weekend in a raised bed that I can cover with plastic if it gets to cold. As I was putting them in, I noticed that the 2-3 largest plants looked to be putting out flowers. I ate them, and planted the rest. I assumed it was a combination of to small a pot and to much heat. |
Well I'm going to call it an experiment, and not plant any more of the spinach seeds I have now. Instead, I ordered some "New Zealand Spinach" seeds, after researching about the plant. I've never tasted this particular plant's leaves before, but it does well during warmer times and, bonus! a lot of people say it is very like Spinach, and some even think it tastes better. I also purchased several varieties of lettuce seeds that are known to do better during summer months and are slow to bolt, as it were. |
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- Conference date: 24-28 June 2002
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The high‐energy electron beam ion trap SuperEBIT at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory allows the study of the x‐ray emission from highly charged ions interacting with electrons with energy in excess of 200 keV. Radiation from ions as highly charged as Cf96+ has been produced this way. The facility is being used to investigate the contributions from quantum electrodynamics in heavy ions. Here the focus is lithiumlike ions, especially U89+, which provide the opportunity for the most accurate test of QED in highly charged ions. We have also used the facility to measure the degree of x‐ray line polarization as a function of the energy of the electron collision energy. For example, we have studied the linear polarization of the K‐shell emission lines of Fe24+ for electron‐impact energies high as 120 keV. A new area of research is the investigation of nuclear excitation by electronic transitions. This is the inverse process of internal conversion, where an atomic x ray is absorbed by the nucleus resulting in an excited nuclear state. We are planning to study this process in 189Os using 217 keV atomic x rays generated in the interaction with a 196 keV electron beam.
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Fundamentals of Designing with Analog to Digital Converters
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Until 1/14/2014 After 1/14/2014 24 HOUR $100 $125 12 HOUR $80 $100 6 HOUR $60 $80 RELAY $300 $350 • The race is limited to the first 200 to enter. • Click here to register.
24 hour race and the Relay begin at 8:00 am on March 29. 12 hour race begins at 8:00 am OR 8:00 pm on March 29. 6 hour race begins at 8:00 am on March 29 OR 2:00 am on March 30.
Teams of 6 can participate in the 24 hour relay. The Rules are simple. Each team member will run 6 loops before handing off their bracelet to the next runner. Each team must cycle through all 6 members before starting the cycle again. The team that accumulates the most miles in 24 hours wins.
One mile flat dirt loop around Stewart Field, Fort Benning, Georgia. Space to set up a personal tent or aid station if one chooses.
The running track at Stewart field is a fine grained gravel path, one mile in length with very little elevation change, 12 to 16 feet in width. The track is partially shaded during the day and fully lit at night. Runners, crew, and spectators may setup/laydown their gear on the field on the inside of the track.
Awesome GUTS aid station at the start finish area with typical ultra fare, grilled cheese, and soup at night. If you want something special, bring it from home.
Bathrooms are a few feet off of the track, and there will be a few porta johns along the race course.
Awards will be given to overall male and female in each category as well as a team award for the overall team winners.
To Ft Benning From the North: Drive south on I-85 toward Montgomery AL Exit to Columbus onto I-185 Continue on I-185 until it terminates within Ft Benning; the 4 lane road continues a couple miles after the main gate. (Note: If your vehicle does not have a decal, then you will have to stop at the visitor center to obtain a vehicle pass. All vehicle occupants will need to show a DL/Passport/Government ID.)
On Ft Benning: (Drive to Smith Gym on the Main Post) Continue south on I-185 inside Ft. Bennning. Merge onto Dixie Road toward Main Post (this area is undergoing construction so watch for flagmen and construction vehicles) Continue on Dixie Road for a couple of miles. You will pass a golf course on your right after about a mile. In another half mile you will pass a fire station on your right and a gas station on your left. After the gas station, Smith Gym is roughly a half mile on the right. You will cross an intersection with Edwards Street (with a stoplight) before you reach the turn into Smith Gym.
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In describing their biggest hiring frustrations, founder-CEOs often mention hiring someone out of a big company who was not able to adapt to the challenges of a new venture. One founder-CEO recently described one of his hiring mistakes – a VP-level hire who had worked at Oracle and IBM – as follows: "He didn't know how to create something from nothing. It's like if you already have a crank, he can crank, but he can't actually build the crank."
Last week, we held our annual IT webcast and annual Life Sciences webcast to unveil this year's Compensation Reports. The webcasts included a panel discussion of compensation and hiring issues within start-ups. The longest panel segment focused on whether it is a good idea for a new venture to hire someone with big-company experience.
As highlighted by the founder-CEO above, a big challenge with hiring someone out of a big company is what one panelist called "the resource issue" – i.e., that the person is used to operating with a lot of resources. (As depicted in the picture below, "big company" Goliath was used to having a full complement of armor and weapons, while little David had only a slingshot and the ability to improvise.) One of the panel members said, "They have to realize that in a start-up, they are the resource. They have to make everything happen themselves."
QUESTIONS, PART 1: In your experience, is it hard for people to transition from big companies to new ventures, or is this issue overblown? If it is hard, what are the biggest challenges, and what are the best ways to address those challenges?
However, the panel agreed that some big-company people can work well in new ventures. What indicates which big-company hires will work out? The following characteristics were proposed:
- Within the big company, the person has succeeded at a variety of very different jobs across many positions and units, which suggests an ability to adapt.
- The person has had some international assignments, which often demand more entrepreneurial skills than do domestic ones.
- The person has enough self-knowledge to know if she fits better in big companies or in new ventures, and what stage of a new venture's life cycle would be the best fit. Relatedly, the person is aware that the situation is "radically different" in a new venture, regarding resources, financing, and the need to wear many hats.
- The person is comfortable with the fact that the probability of success is a lot lower in the new venture.
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