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NORTON COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL BE GOING TO THE POLLS TODAY TO VOTE ON SCHOOL BOARD POSITIONS MAYORAL AND CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES. ON THE BALLOT FOR NORTON MAYOR ARE INCUMBENT DAVID CORNS, SARAH DURHAM AND RON BRIERY. FOR NORTON CITY COUNCIL IN WARD ONE, JERRY JONES IS ON THE BALLOT, ROBERTA RYAN IN WARD TWO AND JERRY MORITZ AND JUSTINA ... Read More »
Diabetes Program
The Norton County Hospital and Doctors Clinic will once again be hosting a wellness program for area residents. This program will deal with diabetes. Due to the tremendous response of the last wellness program in February, the program will be held in the basement of Prairie Land Electric. Internal medicine physician Doctor Martin Griffey will be leading the session to ... Read More »
Scholarships Available
THE DANE G. HANSEN FOUNDATION ANNOUNCED THAT HEALTH CAREER SCHOLARSHIPS WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE IN 2011. ANY APPLICATION FOR A HEALTH RELATED CAREER THAT WILL ENHANCE THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE IN THE PHILLIPSBURG/NORTON AREA WILL BE CONSIDERED. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP, THE APPLICANT MUST HAVE COMPLETED THE PRE-REQUISITE CLASSES AND BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THEIR CHOSEN MEDICAL FIELD. ... Read More »
Full Circle-An Aging Expo
Hansen Scholarship Winners
The Dane G. Hansen Foundation of Logan, Kansas has named 250 high school seniors from 59 Northwest Kansas schools as winners in its 36th annual scholarship competition. In addition, eleven scholarships have been awarded to Kansas Community College students who are planning to continue their education at a Kansas four-year college or university. One hundred Hansen Student winners were selected. ... Read More »
Rural Enterprise Zone
A bill aimed at helping rural Kansas counties in decline is on its way to the Governor's desk. Approved last month by the Kansas Senate 34-5, the Kansas House of Representatives voted 102-18 last week to give its final approve to Senate Bill 198, known as the Rural Opportunity Zone Bill. "As part of our Road Map for Kansas to ... Read More »
Court Report
A LONG ISLAND MAN WILL BE BACK IN COURT NEXT WEEK IN NORTON COUNTY MAGISTRATE COURT. BRIAN SPOONER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF FELONY THEFT, A LEVEL NINE NON PERSON FELONY. THAT IS IN CONNECTION WITH AN ALLEGED FEBRUARY 28TH INCIDENT IN WHICH A VEHICLE BELONGING TO WILLIAM ALEXANDER WAS TAKEN FROM ALMENA. SPOONER WILL have HIS PRELIMINARY ... Read More »
Secretary of State in Norton
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach plans to speak at the Annual Meeting of Sunflower Electric Power Corporation at Prairie Land Headquarters tomorrow (today) starting at 12:45 p.m. His remarks will include the voter identification bill being considered by the legislature. house bill 2067 is called the Secure and Fair Elections (SAFE) Act. It was passed on the floor of ... Read More »
Commissioners Minutes
THE UPDATE ON THE ROAD DEPARTMENT AND A GRANT FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WERE ITEMS FOR THE NORTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT THEIR MEETING MONDAY. SANDY SMITH AND TOPPER COOK FROM THE ROAD DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT SEVERAL MAINTENANCE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE AND OTHERS ARE BEING SCHEDULED. THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE MOWERS AND MOWER TRACTORS. A DISCUSSION WAS HELD ON THE ... Read More »
Court Report
A NORTON WOMAN WILL BE ARRAIGNED TOMORROW (TODAY) IN NORTON COUNTY DISTRICT COURT FOR FORGERY. ALICIA NICKELL HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF FORGERY, LEVEL EIGHT NON PERSON FELONIES. THOSE CHARGES STEM FROM INCIDENTS ON DECEMBER 30TH AND JANUARY 19TH FOR CHECKS WRITTEN ON THE ACCOUNT OF JESSICA MENGER. NICKELL WAIVED HER RIGHT TO A PRELIMINARY HEARING IN MAGISTRATE ... Read More »
Superintendent Mann Award
Norton Community School Superintendent Greg Mann has been named the Kansas School Superintendents' Association (KSSA) 2011 Distinguished Service Award recipient. Mann was recognized by fellow superintendents during the recent Council of Superintendents meeting at the State Department of Education in Topeka on February 23rd. Each year, KSSA recognizes a superintendent for outstanding contributions and exemplary leadership – in the organization ... Read More »
School Board Agenda
The audit report and the staff appreciation event will be items for the USD 211 Norton Board of Education tonight. The board will receive the presentation of the financial audit for the 2009-10 budget year. They will also consider the summer school program for the eisenhower school that was presented at the last meeting. They are proposing to split up the ... Read More »
Hospital Board Agenda
THE UPDATE ON THE CLINIC AND THE RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING CLINIC BUILDING WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NORTON COUNTY HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES TOMORROW NIGHT. THE BOARD WILL GET AN UPDATE ON THE CLINIC PROJECT THAT IS SCHEDULED TO BE FINISHED NEXT MONTH. THEY WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE PLANS FOR THE CURRENT AND CLINIC RENOVATION PLAN. THE ... Read More »
Airport Board Report
GRANT MONEY FOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE AIRPORT AND A REQUEST WERE ITEMS FOR THE NORTON CITY COUNTY AIRPORT BOARD LAST NIGHT. THE BOARD WELCOMED JERRY JONES AS THE APPOINTEE FROM THE CITY ON THE BOARD TO REPLACE KIM SNYDER. TOM BENNETT FROM BG CONSULTANTS WAS AT THE MEETING TO DISCUSS THE FEDERAL GRANT MONEY THE AIRPORT WILL BE RECEIVING. THEY ... Read More »
Court Report
A NORTON MAN HAS REQUESTED A COURT REPORTER FOR HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING IN NORTON COUNTY MAGISTRATE COURT. JONATHAN DAVIS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT EACH OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE A FELONY FOR HIS THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE AND TRANSPORTING AN OPEN CONTAINER, AN UNCLASSED MISDEMEANOR. THOSE CHARGES ARE IN CONNECTION WITH AN ALLEGED OCTOBER 31ST INCIDENT. DAVIS MADE ... Read More »


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It is one of the less attractive aspects of child-rearing that the little buggers seem to have a knack for changing the game on you just when you think you have them figured out. No sooner do you think that you have a handle on the whole newborn thing, they go and start crawling, and the fact that they will no longer stay where you put them forces you to reassess everything you do. Your happy little grade-schooler overnight morphs into that most-dreaded of all jungle creatures, the "Tween" and suddenly everything you do as a parent is dead wrong. The feeling of competency as a parent is fleeting. I don't care how capable that mom at the bus stop looks, scratch the surface and you'll find someone who's constantly off-kilter, holding it together with paper clips and duct tape. Just like you.
When you're living life on the spectrum, raising a kid with Asperger's, it's really no different. They grow up at a different pace, and with different quirks, but they do grow up in their unique way. Little Man has been surprising us this way a lot recently.
This fall has been rather ambitious. After last year's debacle with the bigoted private Montessori school, we enrolled Little Man into two different preschools for this year. Three mornings a week he attends a private community preschool that leases space on a county-owned park that is also a working farm. Many of my friends' kids attend this school and have loved it. When I was first told that I would not be allowed to send Little Man back to his other school, this school was my first phone call. I will forever be indebted to them for the compassionate and caring response I received. Five afternoons a week, Little Man attends the local public special needs preschool program.
I have discussed the issues that surround public special needs education before. And as recent news stories will attest, special education in America is a hit or miss proposition. School systems are required by law to provide it, but often underfund it, understaff it, or fail to watch over it. I am blessed to live in a county that has a vibrant special needs program, and a community blessed with excellent, caring special ed teachers. My son loves his teacher, Miss Katie. He calls her "sweetheart" sometimes. If there is even a hint of protest at having to go to school, he softens when I remind him that he's going to see Miss Katie. If he were a little older I'd swear he has a crush on her.
We've also kept up private therapy, both speech and occupational, and we're doing swim lessons. It's a full schedule, and keeping up with it has been grueling, both for me and for him. Two different schools three days a week, school five days a week and therapy two days a week is quite a schedule for a four-year-old, disability or no. And it took him almost a month to adjust to the change. I know his teacher at the farm school thinks we're a little crazy.
But we had our reasons. Little Man is at a stage in his development where his brain is a little sponge, capable of absorbing things quickly and making rapid strides in a short time. And indeed, he is an entirely different little boy than he was before school started. His social interaction has improved dramatically. His speech is coming easier, and though he is still engaging in way too much scripted speech, he's made progress.
The most dramatic improvement has been in his eating. The little boy whose signature trait used to be his refusal to eat anything in quantity and from only a small range of foods now surprises us daily with what he's willing to try, and how much he'll eat when given a chance. Little Man now eats peanut butter and pasta. He'll put away kiwi fruit and now eats cupcakes with gusto. Yesterday at the grocery store, he insisted on buying celery, and he was so excited he couldn't wait to get home to try it. Literally. His volume has gone way up too. Although we still keep a watchful eye on whether he's putting on weight, and monitor his percentiles, mealtimes are no longer the minefield they were two years ago. We've even started adding small quantities of dairy (mostly cheese) back into his diet, because we have discovered that cheese is a huge motivator. Promise my son cheese and he'll try just about any other food once.
I have to admit we pushed him a little, and it's been really gratifying to see him not only stand up to our expectations of him, but in a lot of ways exceed them. Sure, kids with disabilities cannot always do what a "normal" kid does. A paraplegic might be able to drag himself up a flight of stairs, but they should not have to. A kid with a severe case of autism might not be able to talk, and even if they can may not be able to have a conversation. But I've seen parents cop out on their kids, too. The truth is the list of things that a disabled kid can't do is often a lot shorter than his parent thinks.
Take that classic bugaboo for kids with autism – the ability to transition and adapt to new situations – the fact that it's going to be difficult doesn't mean you shouldn't try. And it's definitely true that very often kids on the spectrum cannot live up to the social expectations of being out in public. Inexplicable things will send them into a screaming fit. But I do know parents who never challenge the presumptions of what their kids can or can't adapt to. If the child demonstrates a fear of a certain kind of shopping cart, the parent will spend the rest of his life assuring that Junior never again encounters it. If the child acts out when they try to take him to a birthday party, the child might never again accept an invitation, or at least not for several years. Once bitten, twice shy seems to be the operating principle.
In fact it's very easy to become almost enamored with the "specialness" of your disabled child. You are the parent of a beautiful, unique child for whom the rules that seem to bind others just don't apply. There is a certain wonder and adventure in discovering parenting methods that work for your very different child. And quite frankly, it's a great way to shut up judgmental parents who want to tell you how to raise your kid. Play the "autism card" and not only do they forfeit completely any right to question you, you become their brand new favorite supermom. Because hey, if you have a disabled kid you must be a saint, right? Well, that's the theory anyway. The allure of being "special," outside the rules others have to play by, has its charms. Given how difficult raising a special needs kid is, it's actually surprising more moms don't fall into this trap more often.
The trick is to never let the diagnosis turn into an excuse. The diagnosis can explain behaviors and educate you as to why something is happening or not happening. But pointing a finger at the diagnosis and saying, "because of this my child is absolved from trying to do something other kids his age can" is a whole other matter. You've crossed the line from compassionate parenting of a disabled child to copping out.
People marvel at Little Man's ability to calm himself when he starts to get anxious and wind up towards a tantrum. I've had parents, teachers, social workers, therapists, and others tell me how amazed they are at his ability to self-soothe, something that kids with Asperger's often have difficulty with. And it's a skill that has come with much hard work on our part. We've worked extensively with him from the time he was a toddler, teaching him that he can pull himself together when he feels like he's losing control of his feelings. While it was hard at the beginning, and he's by no means perfect all the time, he's at a place now where most of the time, if he's upset, with a few minutes of conversation, a couple deep breaths, and the occasional time out, he can work it out.
It's a fine line that every parent walks with toddlers – teaching them that they can control how they express their feelings while still communicating to them that it's perfectly natural and okay to have the feelings in the first place. With autistic kids, the reaction is so disproportionate, so overblown, that the temptation is to assume that it's uncontrollable – that control is something the child simply can't learn right now, and the only thing to do is remove the child from the situation and pray the screaming stops. It was perhaps a willful blindness on our part that enabled us to avoid the trap. We simply didn't accept that it was impossible or even difficult. Until he demonstrated to us that he couldn't control himself, our presumption was that he could, and we would continue to try to teach him to do so.
I'm not perfect at this, though. Even I fall into the trap. And over Thanksgiving, Little Man found a very special way to remind me that I should never presume that he can't do something.
The dive shop in my community put together a Thanksgiving weekend dive trip to the Bahamas, one that was so inexpensive that we couldn't pass it up. And although the resort hotel we stayed at was run down, the diving was excellent. The other attraction that seemed to not have suffered the ravages of time and inattention was a real, honest-to-god twenty foot-plus high circus trapeze, manned by a troupe of three performers who did a really basic acrobatic and trapeze show in the afternoon, and gave lessons to guests during the day.
The first day after we arrived I was supposed to go diving. When I woke, I realized that I wasn't going anywhere. The muscle in my back just behind my shoulder blade had seized up overnight, immobilizing my neck and putting me in a state where nothing was comfortable most of the time, except for those moments that were punctuated with sharp, blinding pain that caused me to scream. Until I could spend a few hours on my back in bed and get a proper deep tissue massage from someone competent, I was useless. My ever-reliable, wonderful husband agreed to watch Little Man for the day while I lay in bed reading, and occasionally screaming.
By lunch I was eagerly awaiting a massage and had made it about halfway through my paperback when my husband and son burst into my room, triumphant.
"Tell mommy what you did."
"I went on the trapeze," Little Man said.
My husband was beaming. "Twice!"
There was that moment of shock as I visualized it in my mind – my son twenty feet in the air, swinging from a slender bar with nothing but a belt and few pulleys for safety and net for when he fell. My heart jumped.
"He went all the way up there?" I asked.
"Yeah, he just climbed up the ladder, and he did it! Then when it was over, he did it again!"
I was proud of him. I would never have thought my skinny little boy with his poor muscle tone and his grip problems would have ever proven to be a budding trapeze artist. Of course, fate being a cruel mistress, there are no pictures of him on the trapeze. Daddy is not as camera-happy as mommy, and missed the chance to photograph the event.
And I knew in my heart of hearts that I would never have allowed it to happen had I been with him instead of his daddy. I would have assumed he couldn't, that he would get up there and choke, that there is no way he wouldn't get up there and freak out and balk at actually jumping off the tiny platform. Had it been up to me, I would have denied my son the joy on his face, I would have assumed that he was incapable. Because he was on the spectrum. I was guilty of presuming that the mere fact of his disability precluded even an attempt. He would not have been able to demonstrate the newfound confidence in his body that we had been seeking for months in his occupational therapy.
The list of things my son can do is obviously a lot longer than I think it is. And it includes swinging on a circus trapeze.
and yay for you, a wonderful mom. xo
I don't think underestimating kid magic is limited to parents dealing with out of the ordinary issues. We all do it and they all shame us with their staggering courage. It's all a matter of degree.
And you're such a great mom!
(thumbified because I'd elbow-crawl through a minefield for some cheese.)
Chuck, Little Man has a knack for making people smile.....one of the many reasons I love him, would love him even if he weren't my son.
Verbal, honey, the day he eats suckling pig and foie gras, I'll be calling you and together we'll take him to Restaurant Eve......
Emma, I do believe you're right.
Jodi -- ah, the power of cheese......and the magic of children. I like that.
Roger, you make me smile.
Besides appreciating all your hard work and constant vigilance, your post made me remember to appreciate that special guy called "Dad." Dads (at least my husband & my dad, too) have that special knack for loosening up the reins and pushing the boundaries that we Moms sometimes have a little more trouble with.
Thanks for sharing your Little Man stories with us.
By the way, I fell in love with your first paragraph (THE most perfect description of parenting ever).
Thank you for this happy and inspiring essay. :)
Catnmus, there's some truth to what you say. All mom's have a little trepidation about things like trapezes. And I considered that point. But being really, really honest with myself, I know that my first thought went to his autism as being a reason why he might not be ready to do it, even though he was in the age guidelines set for the activity.
marcel, thanks. He is an adorable Little Man. People tend to fall for him.
lps, you are absolutely right. It is part of the sacred duty of dadhood to sometimes thumb your nose at Mommy's rules and worrying and go do things primal and stupid.
AR, thanks for coming by! You are so right. One of the reasons I am so open about Little Man and what he goes through is becuase I want people to understand that he is not to be pitied because of his disability. Like everyone else, he has things he is good at and things he struggles with.
Sourie, thank you. And I think I married an Aspies too....
Lisa, thanks. You are kind of one of my favorite role models for parenting, so this is high praise for me.
Karin, thanks for coming by, and for your kind words.
LulLu -- The eating is what's astonishing me most, actually. I think back to where he was two years ago and I almost can't believe it. I sometimes go back over the older Little Man blogs and I am so happy he's doing better. He's not all the way there, by any stretch, but he's getting there.
Some one I work with has a grown son with full-blown dyslexia and a sequencing order. And, yet, she was able (as a school psychologist in those days) to teach him to read contextually. They had lots of tutors and teachers for him, too.
He's in college now, studying criminal justice, and doing B work. He's told her he's not desk material, but is planning to be a cop. He'll probably be a good one, too. You have to be awfully smart and confident to do beat those kinds of obstacles. Just like you and yours...
I've been away for awhile, and this post reminds me how much I missed some of the voices here on OS.
As tightly constructed and eloquently said as I remember.
Swimming sounds like a great idea. I'm a water gal, so I can't say enough about the power of being in the water. Its good for the mind and soul. Good for the body on such a comprehensive level - more than most physical activities, I think.
I'm really glad to hear so much positive news. Though I do understand, your schedule must be grueling. Take time for yourself. Next time, write about what you've done for yourself. So your back doesn't seize up!
Down time, relaxation time. Very important. Vital.


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Music-on-Parade for Scholarship
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Concordia Conservatory hosts an annual event to raise funds for its Scholarship and Outreach program through student and faculty involvement and participation. The annual event takes place in the Sommer Center Schultz Chapel at Concordia College. Music-on-Parade is open to the public. Concerts by faculty and art participation will run throughout the two day event.
The Music-on-Parade ensures scholarship funding to students with promising musical talent, with an inability to afford instruction. In addition, the Conservatory offers tuition-free outreach at Project Music. Achievement at Rosedale in the Bronx, The Andrus Early Learning Center, and free outreach enrichment to area elementary, middle and high schools in the lower Westchester communities with "challenged" budgets for the arts. The scholarship fund awards over 300 need-based and merit-based scholarships per year and its outreach programs reaches 2,000 students annually.


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Stop Watching The News
Stop watching the news! Come on folks is this what we're destined to become? A nation of bad news junkies? And the reason I say this is because every time I turn around someone is telling me how bad it is out there.
Well guess what, we're the only ones who can make it better!
And I'll tell you another thing, there are salespeople, entrepreneurs and business owners out there right now that haven't even had the time to look up and witness a recession. Why? Because they're too damn busy opening up new markets, capturing market share and beating out all the competitors who have been scared off by bad news.
Listen, for 26 YEARS, from 1982 until September of 2008 the U.S. economy was in a recession for a grand total of 16 months! In other words, we are coming off of 26 total years of economic prosperity; the longest economic boom in the history of the United States, which is amazing. But therein lies the problem.
Most salespeople and business owners have been order-takers for decades.
Let's face it, when business was booming did you really have to sell? Or did you just sit around waiting for the phone to ring or the door to open?
The big problem for far too many salespeople and dealers is they only know how to sell this way. They're still sitting there waiting for the phone to ring (which it's NOT) or the door to open (also NOT).
What is needed right now is a strategic attitude change when it comes to goal-setting, client relationships and prospecting for new business.
I am in the business of motivation and aggressive business development. Getting professionals of all stripes to take action in their lives, careers and businesses is what makes me tick. And with all the negativity every where you turn, I want to make an extra effort to get my programs into the hands of people like you.
My programs will help you create a game plan for your life, career or business and get back that crucial confidence you need to make 2009 a big winner. I promise you that.
For the first business week of December ending this Friday, I am offering a 50% discount on all of my products. They can be found by clicking these links:
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A Downturn is a Terrible Opportunity To Waste
I can't take credit for the title of this article. A client of mine said to me the other day, "A downturn is a terrible opportunity to waste," and I thought to myself, "Boy, that really sums it up."
While there is always business to be done (let's not forget, there were people who made fortunes during the depression), there are plenty of other things you can and should be doing during a downturn to make your business smarter, sharper and more efficient.
Develop your own. The biggest complaint I hear from small business owners is: "How do I find good people?" The solution is one of two things: steal them from your competition or develop the living hell out of what you have. Personally, I think you're better off developing what you have.
Stealing someone from the competition might work during boom times, but during a downturn you just might be getting someone else's mistakes. Remember what I wrote in my recent posting titled, "A Swift Kick in the Rear." Our economy has been so good for the last 26 years (only 16 months of recession in that time) most salespeople have no idea what tough times are like and are not used to selling in them. Do you think the competition's people are any different?
Turn up your training effort. Get back to the basics in your sales training. So often when business is booming and everyone is doing well, we tend to forget about the basics.
Don't forget about sales managers! The sales manager is the key link in any sales organization. Give me a mediocre to poor sales force and let me put them with a great sales manager and guaranteed, you will soon have a great sales force.
When business is great who notices bad sales managers? Heck, we don't even notice bad salespeople, since anybody can do business in great times. But, in uncertain times like these, the cream rises to the top. If you haven't started already, it's time to teach your sales managers how to motivate, educate, inspire, coach and lead the people that report to them.
Don't forget your service people ; or anyone else who has any contact with the clients and customers. It's time to really emphasize everyone's role in the sales process. Remember, everyone sells.
Just because you are a customer service rep, an installation technician, an administrative assistant or a delivery person don't think you are not part of the sales process. Sure, you're not responsible for bringing in business, but just like everyone else in the company, you're sure as hell responsible for keeping what you have and making it grow.
A Swift Kick In The Rear
There's an old saying, it goes like this: "Just because you keep on doing what you've always done, don't expect to keep on getting what you've always received." Unfortunately, a lot of business owners and salespeople haven't figured this one out yet.
In the last few weeks I've spoken to three different clients whose business is suffering. Right away you're probably saying to yourself, "It's the economy," and to a certain degree you may be correct.
However, after speaking with these clients and really understanding their sales process, I realized that the economy was only part of their problem; and not necessarily the biggest part.
The real problem is that their salespeople or dealers have been using the same sales process during tough times that worked for them during boom times. They refuse to change; mostly because they either don't know how or they're afraid.
Let's face it; we've had it pretty good for the last 26 years. Since 1982 the economy has been in a recession for a grand total of 16 months! At this point, any kind of downturn brings panic because there are literally millions of people out there who have no idea what a real downturn looks like. These same people have mostly sold during good times. They don't know any other way.
During boom times, many of these salespeople and dealers didn't sell; they didn't have to. They just waited for the door to open or the phone to ring and the orders would just pour in. They never had to leave the office and actually drum up business.
Guess what? The phone's not ringing and the door's not opening and that's not good. But what's worse is that there are too many salespeople, dealers and business owners who are still sitting there waiting for that phone to ring or door to open.
It's time for a strategic attitude change. If the business is not going to come to you, you have to go to the business. I'm not saying you'll necessarily do as much business as you did during boom times, but you'll do a lot more business than you would sitting there waiting for the phone to ring and sucking on the gas pipe.
And I don't care that you don't know how to do it because you've never done it before: Learn! You have no choice. What's the alternative? Besides, that's just your "fear" speaking. Everyone is afraid of doing things they've never done before. Also, don't give me the tired excuse, "That's not the way things are done in our industry." Baloney! Times have changed, so that means the rules have changed too. If you don't change with them, you will be left behind.
Talk to people. Go back to all of your past clients and ask for referrals. Will you hear a lot of NO? Sure you will. But I can tell you from experience, "No," from a real live person is a much nicer sound than a dead phone.
Doing Business By Accident Is Over
The age of doing business by accident is over. Clients and customers have so many choices today that you can't expect to just show up, throw your briefcase on the table, and grab an order.
Now, is this a doom-and-gloom scenario, stating that there's no more opportunity out there? Of course not. In fact, there's more opportunity out there today than ever before. I really believe that no matter how successful you are right now, you have an opportunity to be more successful than you've ever been before.
There's just one catch: In today's competitive world there is no more margin for error.The companies and the people that will succeed today, tomorrow, and on into the future are the ones who will be willing to do everything RIGHT.
I know that as a client, customer, or consumer I can buy almost anything I want from the Internet and I never have to talk to you! So the question now becomes, what is it that you are willing to do for all your clients, customers, and prospects that creates so much extra value that it is more beneficial for them to buy directly from you than to just click on their computers?
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In other words, how are you differentiating yourself from the competition?
I think the single biggest question I have for you is this: What are you really selling?
Are you just selling whatever will get you the fastest commission, or are you selling extraordinary quality, service, convenience, and value? Are you just selling the first thing out of your bag, just to get your boss off your back, or are you selling "Save me time and make my life easier"? Are you just selling whatever the customer thinks they want and need, or are you selling knowledge, expertise, information, and education?
Are you just selling stuff? Are you just selling what everyone else is selling? Because if you are, I can click on my computer and I can buy stuff from the cheapest guy in town.
Get out there and sell some value.
It's Never Too Late To Do The Hard
Two years ago, I posted a blog article titled, Consequences of the Easy Way Out.
It detailed the experiences of my son, Michael who was 18 at the time. It told how his penchant for taking the easy way out had put him in a position where he had limited his college choices. He ended up at a school he hated and while he did well, academically, in his one year there, his transfer choices were limited, to say the least.
I wrote in the article, "The good news for Michael is that these are not earth shattering or life threatening mistakes, and since he's only 18 his actions, or lack of it, have become a valuable learning experience."
Thankfully, I was correct.
Michael decided, since he couldn't go where he wanted to go, he would take a year off from school and work full-time. Let me tell you something: there is nothing like a dose of the real world to really help you appreciate what it takes to be successful.
Michael worked hard as a Pizza delivery man for the local Pizza Parlor. He made a lot of money and saved a lot money. He invested wisely in the stock market and made a significant profit.
After a year, he decided it was time to go back. Through an acquaintance of ours, he was told about an excellent small private university 45 minutes to the west: Elon University. We checked it out; Michael loved it, applied and was accepted.
If he would have applied right out of high school, no way he gets in. But since he decided to "Do the hard," his first year of college, those freshman grades got him accepted to a school he really enjoys and where he is not taking the easy way out.
Mistakes, bad judgment, always looking for the easy way out; these are not irrevocable tragedies. You can easily turn these around to your advantage just by realizing "The extra effort I put in up front, will save me far more time and effort in the long run; make my life better overall and assure me a successful future."


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North American Ecology (US and Canada)
Boloria bellona is a year round resident across the northern United States and southern Canada, from Labrador south to the mid-Atlantic, west to central British Columbia, with several smaller separate populations in central US states (Scott 1986). Habitats are moist meadows in upper transition to Hudsonian zones. Host plants are restricted to one herbaceous genus, Viola (Violaceae). Eggs are laid haphazardly around the host plant. Individuals overwinter as third- or fourth-instar larvae. There are variable numbers of flights (up to three) each year depending on latitude between May15- early Sep. (Scott 1986).
- Scott, J. A. 1986. The butterflies of North America. Stanford University Press.


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Join Photoshop and Illustrator expert Deke McClelland for a live presentation of some of his most popular Deke's Techniques. Learn techniques for making your images look their best and new ways to achieve the looks you're after.You will learn how to:• Create line art or text that automatically inverts everything behind it in Photoshop.• Miniaturize the world with Deke's special tilt-shift recipe in Photoshop.• Use a hidden feature in Illustrator to create classic movie poster credits.• Construct a very special ambigram (text that appears the same upside-down) in Illustrator.• Create a Lord of the Rings-style text effect in Photoshop.
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This game is a part of the 2012 Pennsylvania Girls State Basketball Playoff Brackets: PIAA - A tournament. These two teams meet in round 3 (Quarterfinals). You can view the full bracket here.
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Could Rahm Emanuel fit in as Chicago mayor? Obama thinks so.
(Read article summary)Brash White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has much in common with outgoing Mayor Richard M. Daley – but not everyone is sold on his candidacy.
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Chicago and Rahm Emanuel: would they be a good fit?
As the city adjusts to the idea of life without a Daley as mayor, the speculation is growing about who will replace him.
And the person who has generated the most buzz is President Obama's chief of staff.
Emanuel has some of the same qualities that have served Richard M. Daley well: He's in love with the city, has a reputation for being ruthless, and he's a fierce power-wielder who is more known for his use of four-letter invectives than his eloquence.
In one famous story, he and several colleagues sent a dead fish to a political enemy.
Unlike Daley, he's a Northsider and a Cub's fan, and he doesn't have the same sort of citywide power base that Daley built up. His career has been in national politics; he has less experience with the cutthroat, machine-driven dynamics that can drive local elections.
Still, his brash personality may mesh well with what Carl Sandburg dubbed the "stormy, husky, brawling" city, which has largely thrived under the dictatorial style of Daley.
Emanuel is still weighing his options, but he's already received one powerful endorsement from his current boss. Emanuel would be "an excellent mayor," Obama told ABC's Good Morning America on Thursday. He added that he expects Emanuel will not make a decision until after the midterm elections – perhaps revealing his own feelings about what his chief of staff needs to be focused on for the next few months? – but it's doubtful that would leave him enough time to run.


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Saturday, August 3, 2013
NEWMARKET — Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter has announced a $10.34 million USDA Rural Development loan and a $1.96 million USDA Rural Development grant to the town of Newmarket to help upgrade its wastewater treatment facility.
In April, Shea-Porter held a town hall in Greenland to provide local officials and community members an opportunity to discuss ways to reduce wastewater pollution and protect Great Bay. At the event, she discussed her support for federal investments that help communities upgrade wastewater treatment facilities and protect America's waterways. |


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Garrett Sanders and Phil Kuchinsky have live previews of John Tyler and Whitehouse playoff games near Dallas
Friday, November 16, 2012 - 6:55pm
KETK's Garrett Sanders and Phil Kuchinsky were live in Garland.
They previewed the bi-district playoff games between John Tyler and Waxahachie as well as Whitehouse against Ennis.
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Stayed at Monte Cabeço de Ouro and the first impact wasnt good. The road leading to the Monte is just terrible, full of rocks and should be easier to park the car there. The Monte is in a beautiful location, the rooms are spacious but the furniture and the room itself really lacks a renovation. Everything is very old. Also,... More
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NEW HANOVER COUNTY -- The search is on for the next New Hanover County Schools superintendent.
The school board is meeting right now to discuss its options.
Wednesday board members began a closed session meeting to figure out how and possibly who they'll choose as the new superintendent.
The New Hanover County School Board is weighing its options for hiring a new district superintendent.
School board Chairman Don Hayes said, "All the components that we're looking for will come later, with board input, community input. All these things will be looked at, at that time."
After current Superintendent John Morris resigned a few weeks ago, board members say they sprung into action, considering two options: hire someone from within the school system or launch a widespread search, in-state or nationwide, for the next district leader.
"You can hire the North Carolina School Board Association to do that for you, to conduct the search and send you the applications. And you can do that yourself and in the coming months, that will be discussed."
Until a final decision is made board Chairman Don Hayes says an interim superintendent will step in, giving the board more time to search for a permanent replacement.
Local teachers and administrators say whoever the new candidate is he or she will have some big shoes to fill.
Eaton Elementary Principal Heather Byers said, "Dr. Morris has done a great job getting New Hanover County started on the right foot all these years and this new person just has to continue with what he started."
Byers says she has high hopes for the new superintendent.
"I think it would be nice for this new person to be visible in the schools, was a people person and worked with the community members, as well as being an advocate for principals and for students," Byers said.
No matter how they go about choosing the next superintendent school board members say they are keeping their deadline in mind.
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I wouldn't trust an arbitrary number in a book to the safety of properly working breaks. When they're up for new pads, they're up. Even if it's at 15k, or 120k. It depends on how you use the vehicle, hard stops, towing, ect...
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Unlike several barn fires over the past six months, a barn fire near Polk City is not considered suspicious.
It took five fire departments several hours to tear down the walls and put out the flames.
The large metal barn sat on an acreage where a family of seven resides. Two boys had been in the barn playing ping-pong about an hour before the fire and said they didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
Homeowner Randy Franzen said he's just glad the boys are O.K.
"There was a vehicle, motorcycle, couple of four-wheelers, shop equipment and then my wife's aunt had a lot of personal effects in there. We were getting ready to move out so, that's probably the worst part of it," Franzen said.
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"Casa Bella del Rio" has recently been renovated and new on the market.
Situated on 2 acres, this lovely Spanish ranch home sits right on the river with mountain views surrounding. What a beautiful spot to enjoy the hot tub and look at the stars. The interior has new hardwood and tile floors, all new furniture, a fully equipped kitchen. Linens are provided. Please call for rates as they vary from low to high season.


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Kuroma unleashes a dark and ominous aura capable of serving multiple purposes. The aura was able to subdue and restrain the opponent. The aura is also able to serve as an attack and defence, deflecting another attack or forcing the opponent into the defensive by blowing them away.


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Any ideas, I had a look at and a play with the Checkout config.xml file but I couldn't see anything obvious in there.
Hi Sam,
There's no easy way nor configuration option for it at this time. Though you can try to play with app\code\core\Mage\Checkout\Helper\Url.php and controllers under app\code\core\Mage\Checkout\controllers\ directory.
I've been looking into this and I have managed to switch over, to achieve this I have copied the Mage_Checkout_Block_Onepage_Link class file into a freshly created app/code/core/Mage/Checkout/Block/Standard folder, I then amended the file changing the class name and amending the getURL statement from checkout/onepage to checkout/standard.
I then amended app/design/frontend/default/default/layout/main.xml by changing the following code:
<block type="core/text_list" name="checkout.cart.methods" as="methods"> <block type="checkout/[i]standard[/i]_link" name="checkout.cart.methods.[i]standard[/i]"/> <block type="checkout/multishipping_link" name="checkout.cart.methods.multishipping"/></block>
N.B. our installation only uses the Basket link to get to the checkout so I am sure there are other places this would need amending if other links are being used but maybe this will help get you started there too.
Oh… my fault. I thought you were talking about swithching to multishipping checkout.
We don't have the standard checkout at this time. There are only single-page and multiple-addressess checkouts.
We are going to include standard checkout in one of the next releases.
Ah, well some of the code is in there but it's quite buggy, I'm having real difficulty get the shipping page to work I'm getting the following error:
Fatal error: Call to a member function append() on a non-object in \sitepath\app\code\core\Mage\Checkout\controllers\StandardController.php on line 58
It seems to not be able to locate the 'content' block and I'm obviously not defining the block correctly in the XML.
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Perfect Man
Sue - 10/01/2002
There's no such thing as a perfect man! but I quite like the dance. So do the men in my class!! I WONDER WHY!!!!
Perfect Man
Andy Peacock - 10/01/2002
Easy dance with an interesting end, taught it at 2 classes, enjoyed by everyone, the title gave everyone a good laugh trying to decide which member of the class it was dedicated to. Especially like the Heather Myles track which is a little more uptempo.
Ballymore Boys
Andy P. - 10/01/2002
I think it's best described as one you can get your teeth into to. All the class love it!!
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Andy P. - 10/01/2002
Class like it, but like a few others, how long will it last? Non country music dances tend to come and go very quickly whereas country ones stay the course for ages.
Sweet Pea
Craig Johnson - 10/01/2002
Well written, fun, and not difficult to learn. Learned this from the choreographer on board cruise ship in 1999. Still being done from Central Florida to Alaska. I see people doing this dance just about wherever I travel.
Mmm Bop
phil marson - 08/01/2002
wonderful dance,flows really well to the music.well done gary!!!!!!!
Open Arms
am - 07/01/2002
I have just learned this and it is brilliant, i love the music and it flows great.
Karen Hunn - 07/01/2002
I initially taught this at the beginning of November, because we had Scooter at our club, but 2 months later this dance is still regularly requested, and enjoyed by many. A lovely dance to an great song.
She Is (The Queen Of My Heart)
Sue Ridder - 06/01/2002
One of the best dances I have done, the Collin Raye track is beautiful, everything about it is great! Pity some people have trouble getting the hang of it, but it really is worth persevering. VERY popular in Holland at the moment, especially among the competition dancers.
Keep On Movin'
Tom Rankin - 06/01/2002
Brilliant dance - so simple yet tricky!! Such a great show put on by this guy!! Thanks
Queen of My Heart
Hank & Denise - 01/01/2002
Not much to say really except WOW !! what a fantastic dance. Well written it fits the music like a glove a definate must do
Nicola Barker - 01/01/2002
This dance is fantastic, ive taught every line dancer i know this dance!!!! what more can i say, well done


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More suspected drug dealers were arrested today in New Hanover County as operation Clean Up Lady continues.
The bust started yesterday and was the result of a 7 month undercover investigation by New Hanover County sheriff's detectives that identified 117 suspected drug dealers.
An agent disguised as a cleaning lady purchased countless illegal drugs like crack cocaine, heroin, marijuana and pharmaceuticals.
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Need some advice. My puppy Zeus is 6 months old now. He weighs 59 lbs. He is on Acana Grasslands and absolutely loves it. He loves to eat ....period He gets 4 cups a day of kibble. Each cup has 423 calories. He has an average activity level with two walks a day. No excessive exercise...like hiking etc . In addition he gets a couple of treats and a banana everyday. I don't want him to put on excessive weight. He wants to eat and I am getting a lot of different websites stating he needs around 5 or 5.5 cups a day. His poop is solid...good quantity. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am attaching a couple of pictures
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The procedure for calculating the supplement is clearly spelled out in Chapter 51 of the CSRS & FERS Handbook, but it is a difficult process. The author offers a more concise explanation.
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Kindergarten graduation songs are a great addition to any graduation ceremony for kindergarten or adapt them to pre-school too! When planning your celebration, a sing a long is such a fun event. We have created an easy to learn special graduation song that can be even more fun when you add some props. See our song below .. sung to the tune of "The Farmer In The Dell".. which all the kids already know.. it is the perfect sing a long song!
Here are the song lyrics to "Yay For Kindergarten".. one of our favorite kindergarten graduation songs! To make this especially cute, add the suggested props and/or actions while singing. There are enough verses that every child should be able to participate and some stanzas include all the students. We don't want to leave anyone out of our graduation song! We have noted our suggestions beneath each set of lyrics. You can have everyone sing a long the whole way or have the whole class sing the starting and ending verses and let the selected students solo their individual lines with the group joining in for the chorus of "Hi Ho, the MERRY E-O". You could also have the whole group do a fist in the air during each chorus of Hi Ho, the Merry E-O, Yay for Kindergarten. ( Note that since this is a happy occasion we changed the chorus from DAIRY E-O to MERRY E-O!!!)
Yay for Kindergarten
Sung to the tune of "The Farmer In The Dell"
Yay for kindergarten, Yay for kindergarten
Hi Ho the MERRY E-O
Yay for kindergarten
(students raise their hands like a cheer)
We learned our alphabet, we learned our alphabet
Hi Ho the MERRY E-O
Yay for kindergarten
(selected students holds up a letter)
We learned all our numbers, we learned all our numbers
Hi Ho the MERRY E-O
Yay for kindergarten
(selected students hold up a number)
We read lots of books, we read lots of books
Hi Ho the Merry E-O
Yay for kindergarten
(selected students hold up books and open them)
The balance of the song lyrics are available in our printable pack, available below:
If you like this idea, purchase our .99 printable pack via Paypal below. Our 5 page packet includes the complete set of lyrics that can be printed for distribution to the students, a list of suggested props and/or actions for each verse as well the directions on how to organize this fun Kindergarten Graduation song into your classroom celebration.
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How about adding this adorable "Candy Guessing Game" where you assign a candy with a clever description and let the students guess "Whose Candy is That". We have done it as a Valentines day activity the kids absolutely love it. Here's all you need to add this kindergarten graduation activity, including a list of candy and clues. Or use our "Over the Rainbow" themed kindergarten graduation decorations.. the kindergarten graduation poem is a free printable.. so cute adorning the classroom!
See the rest of our Kindergarten Graduation ideas here! An easy and creative theme makes them so special! Plus free printable Kindergarten Graduation Certificates.. page 1 for kindergarten, page 2 for a Pre-school graduation ceremony! All our ideas for kindergarten graduation are so easily adaptable to a pre-school graduation celebration too!
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