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This is a discussion on Mrs. HKinNY applied for Nassau County Pistol Lic within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by 10thmtn Nassau County issues unrestricted full carry permits? No only under certain circumstances full carry retired police victim of crime- which gets ...
One more step and it's on!
If I may interject ( as a former NYer )
NY state Law is such that a NY Handgun license is valid STATEWIDE , except for NYC.
It also allows you to conceal carry your weapon UNLESS the local judge issuing the license PUTS RESTRICTIONS ON IT
GETTING AND KEEPING A HANDGUN LICENSE IN ORANGE COUNTY NY by Orange County NY Shooters
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As I wrote if you belong to a private range that you have 24 hour access to you can be heading alomost anywhere and then swing past the range on way home. It does not say anything about going straight to there or going straight home. Nothing is off limits. Ok to carry in a post office,bars,school. So it not so so bad.
No problems Nassau accepts Suffolks. Suffolks accepts Nassau.
If you dont mind the 6 month wait it is not really a big deal.
Took me 4 days to get my permit in AZ.....
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HKinNY. Ok to carry in a post office,bars,school.
Post Office. Federal Building off limit's ?.
Congrads to the Wife.
Get caught at 12pm and no where near your range your gonna lose that permit. Federal places are all off limits. Suffolk allows stops for meals and such coming home from the range. Nassau I am not sure of. Alot of people have tried that 24 hr range trick and get caught in the local store shopping what do you tell the cop then?
One more step and it's on!
First thing at 12:00 at night I should be tucked into my bed catching some zzzzz. Nothing good happens after 1:00 am. It is all bad after 3:00.
There is nothing in the Nassau County handbook about going straight home and straight there. Nothing about Federal buildings. Of course I am Not carrying to the court house. Post office, schools, places that serve alcohol are all ok.
Even if you were going to carry and did get stopped it is not agaist the law, It is a violation agaist your license and could lose your ability to carry.
On a side note. I have flown out of JFK 8 times. Presenting my Nassau county License and Congressman Young letter. Out of all the times I have flown. Only 1 Port Authority officer gave me a hard time. There are post here. He called Nassau County Pistol licensing while I waited he thought I was doing something wrong but since he was not sure he allowed me to fly. When I returned home a few days later I got a phone call from HQ. Long story short. I explained to the Pistol Licensing officer that I was correct in what I did. It took a day for him to reseach that I was correct. Case closed.
Mrs. picked up her License and purchase order. Small steps.
Good deal.
Glad to see you will both be at a range soon. My wife has her's for almost 2 years now.
We co-own our pistols. Can you down in Nassau?
Hi Hitch.
Since my wife got her's I got rid of a pistol or two and now she can handle anything we own. I had to add a Walther P99 Compact 9mm to the list (her favorite). Nice to know your wife now has some added security in this nutty world.


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This document explains how the Cisco WAN Manager (CWM) core is started and what CWM processes make up the core. Use extreme care tuning your CWM and only when TAC recommends.
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All CWM processes require the right environment. This one is configured by svplus.cshrc, startup scripts and configuration files. Changing the information affects the behavior of the CWM server. Any modification can cause serious problems.
Start the CWM server using CWM scripts. The following describes the main function of the startup sequence:
If CWM runs for the first time, check if Corba is running. If not, starts it, and then initializes the database.
Launch the scripts start_SV+
The start_SV+ performs these main functions:
Launch chkcore if not running;
Check if Corba is running; if not, starts it.
Starts watchdog process.
Starts iosmgr process.
At this time, all the CWM processes are running. Watchog is the executable that actually launches and controls the CWM core.
After CWM installation, the three first set of processes are running. These processes serve the CWM core:
For CWM 11.0:
Differences with CWM 12.0:
In 12.0, the difference is only with Corba. Because Orbix 3.3 is end-of-life, CWM development replaced it with new Orbix 2000 (Orbix E2A ASP). All GUIs communicate with Servers using CORBA. SCM modules (Control server and Collection server) use CORBA to communicate with each other.orbixd daemon process is replaced by three processes (Use the psg bin.it command to list them - lsit and psit are no longer available):
moonfish% psg bin.it 22651 ? S 0:03 /usr/users/orbix/asp/5.1/bin/itlocator -ORBdomain_name 22652 ? S 18:05 /usr/users/orbix/asp/5.1/bin/itnode_daemon -ORBdomain_n 22659 ? S 0:39 /usr/users/orbix/asp/5.1/bin/itnaming -ORBdomain_name c
These three processes must be running for CWM operations. If not, the user can re-initialize the Orbix doing the following: Stop the core and orbix. As root user, run the conf_orbix.csh script to reconfigure orbix with the domain name. For example:
# stoporbix2000 # conf_orbix.csh cisco.com
Replace cisco.com with the domain name that you want, and start CWM core.
Caution: Informix, Orbix, and CWM web processes are independent from the CWM core. To stop them, you must use a manual operation or a system reboot.
The main CWM control process is to watchog. As explained above, the executable is set off with start_SV+ script. Watchdog allows processes to be started/terminated in the proper sequence. It makes sure all processes are running well and if needed, it restarts processes in case of crash.
Watchdog uses four configuration files:
watchdog.conf: designed to save all the parameters that are used to control processes
process.conf: lists all the CWM processes that watchdog needs to manage with their options
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shutdown.conf: specifies the shutdown dependencies among CWM processes
Here is a copy of process.conf for version 11.0:
tftpmgr on on . tftpmgr cwmsmap on on . cwmsmap -b 9000 -v /usr/users/svplus/log/cwmsmap.log eventd on on . eventd -l 4 -b 9000 configd on off . configd -b 9000 CWMGateway on on . CWMGateway extractd on on . extractd sctDaemon on off . sctDaemon -v sctd.log topod on on . topod -V 4 snmpcomm on off . snmpcomm cwmftpd on on . cwmftpd dmd on on . dmd databroker on on . databroker -b 9000 sdbroker on on . sdbroker xdbroker on on . xdbroker vnd on on . vnd emsd on on . emsd -b 9000 emd on on . emd -b 9000 csridd on off . csridd rtm on on . rtm -b 9000 -l 7200 -s 7000 cmgrd on on . cmgrd -c private -i 5 xcmgrd on on . xcmgrd svmond on on . svmond CwmGs on on . CwmGs cmsvr on on . cmsvr TopoServer on off . TopoServer LogServer on off . LogServer DiagServer on off . DiagServer scmctrlsvr on on . scmctrlsvr AuditLogger on off . AuditLogger scmcollsvr on on . scmcollsvr nickfish spwatchdog on off . spwatchdog nickfish MasterAgent on off . MasterAgent -d -tcpany -pkt_size 4096 -log_file -log_format 1 -log_nostdout -log_nostderr LineProxy on off . LineProxy -v ./config/SNMPProxy.conf PortProxy on off . PortProxy -v ./config/SNMPProxy.conf ConnProxy1 on off . ConnProxy1 -d ConnProxy1.log ./config/SNMPProxy.conf ConnProxy2 on off . ConnProxy2 -d ConnProxy2.log ./config/SNMPProxy.conf ConnProxy3 on off . ConnProxy3 -d ConnProxy3.log ./config/SNMPProxy.conf CardProxy on off . CardProxy -v ./config/SNMPProxy.conf DiagProxy on off . DiagProxy -v ./config/SNMPProxy.conf RtmProxy on off . RtmProxy -v cdparrsd on off . cdparrsd -maxsets 1 -port 8163 -logfile cdparrsd.log cmparrsd on off . cmparrsd -maxsets 3 -port 8164 -logfile cmparrsd.log dgparrsd on off . dgparrsd -maxsets 1 -port 8165 -logfile dgparrsd.log lnparrsd on off . lnparrsd -maxsets 1 -port 8166 -logfile lnparrsd.log pparrsd on off . pparrsd -maxsets 1 -port 8167 -logfile pparrsd.log rtmparrsd on off . rtmparrsd -maxsets 1 -port 8168 -logfile rtmparrsd.log
This set of processes are building up the CWM core. We can divide them into sub-systems that each specificy responsibility, for example Topology, Statistics, and Service agent. You must trust the watchdog process to keep all these processes up and running. Some processes on this list can also spawn sub-processes such as topod, part of the Topology subsystem responsible for discovering the network, fork three clients such as linktopoc, ilmitopoc and filetopoc. Again, you must trust parent processes like topod to restart the clients in case of process crash.
These sections describe all of the CWM processes. They are sorted by functionality. If available, the configuration and log files are named.
These are the main process changes introduced with 12.0:
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The degree of acceptance of this process led to the widespread use of GRIMech. It was particularly valuable for researchers who knew that their work required a reliable kinetic mechanism for methane or natural gas combustion chemistry, but who were not personally experienced or knowledgeable about combustion kinetics. GRIMech gave these people a tool that was ready to use, had been thoroughly tested by combustion-chemistry experts, and was freely available in a common and convenient format.
Although details of GRIMech are no longer considered to be leading-edge kinetic expertise, the model continues to be used extensively, for exactly the same reasons that made it successful 20 years ago—namely, easy and free access; thorough testing, evaluation, and validation; and common acceptance. This mechanism provided a combustion simulation tool of significant value that unified the international combustion community and accelerated combustion progress for 20 years. It is interesting to note that GRIMech shared most of these attractive features with the CHEMKIN software, described in Appendix B of this report. For more than 10 years, a large fraction of the combustion community used one or the other or both of these research tools in their daily efforts, and the community prospered and made significant advances in all types of combustion research, experimental and theoretical, as well as in computer modeling. These were two essential parts of an effective combustion cyberinfrastructure, and they form a template for a possible new cyberinfrastructure based on more modern software tools and chemistry models for practical petroleum-based fuels and biofuels for future combustion systems.
The GRIMech panel of experts envisioned extending this approach to larger and more complex hydrocarbons and other fuels, but the disappearance of the GRI as a research funding agency and the lack of other continuing support commitments made further extensions impossible. A combustion cyberinfrastructure would make these extensions possible. If the GRIMech history is any predictor, such a set of tools, enabled by a combustion cyberinfrastructure, would again have the same type of generally unifying results. It would also significantly accelerate the pace of progress in combustion research and lead to greatly improved combustion systems.
Frenklach, M. 2007. "Transforming Data into Knowledge—Process Informatics for Combustion Chemistry." Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, pp. 125-140.


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text: Kids' health care can vary widely by location, New England study showsBy Jen Christensen, CNNUpdated 12:20 PM ET, Wed December 11, 2013A new study finds regional differences in children's healthcare.Story highlightsStudy is "raising troubling questions" about quality of care for kidsThe number of tonsillectomies are on the rise despite lack of medical support Study authors hope the report will encourage other states to collect health care dataA new study of pediatric care finds wide regional variations in the kinds of treatment and medication children receive, which is "raising troubling questions," according to its authors.The Dartmouth Atlas report released Wednesday replicates and expands upon a groundbreaking study done in the 1970s. Back then, scientists discovered a wide variety of care for children with throat problems. The 1970s study found 60% of the children who lived in Morrisville, Vermont, had their tonsils out by the age of 15. In other communities, fewer than 20% of kids in that same age group did.The variety surprised researchers, and the previous study had a big impact on children's health care in the region. Doctors reexamined their practices and tried to establish exactly why there was such variation. The number of surgeries declined, and the rate of tonsillectomies in Morrisville fell to one of the lowest in the state.Researchers wanted to revisit the same issue using current data to see if the regional variations in care continued. Again, they found a wide variety in the quantity and quality of children's care.Researchers focused on the northern New England area, since state legislatures in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire require medical claims reporting. In many other parts of the country, there is no such requirement for reporting data, which has created a data gap for researchers. "The regional differences are striking here," said Dr. David Goodman, professor of pediatrics at the Dartmouth Institute and an author of the report. "What makes this particularly striking is the data we now have is so vivid detail, we can identify the very hospitals" at the heart of the variations. See the mapLooking at tonsillectomies again, researchers found that there is still a wide regional variety in how many are performed. Tonsillectomies are mostly done in children with problems with sleep apnea or for kids who suffer from chronic sore throats. Randomized trials show these surgeries have limited effectiveness. Consequently, fewer tonsillectomies had been performed since the 1960s when the rate peaked, but researchers have noticed a small upward trend between 1996 and 2006. The rate rose from 4.97 to 8.7 per 1,000 children (that's 243,000 procedures per year). Rates in the region did vary significantly. They were lowest in Bangor, Maine, at 2.7 per 1,000, compared with Berlin, New Hampshire, where the rate was nearly four times higher. "These surgeries are fairly common in younger children, where there are absolutely no studies showing that this is beneficial, and even with older children, the beneficial effects are quite small," Goodman said. "What this shows is that whether a child has this surgery depends more on where they get their care as opposed to who they are." The report looked beyond tonsillectomies. The authors also looked at the number of well-care visits children had, what kind of tests they were given, and what kind of prescriptions they received. Again, researchers continued to find a wide variety of treatments across the region. For instance, when it came to adolescents' annual doctor visits, 55% of teens in Lebanon, New Hampshire, annually saw a doctor, versus only 29% of teens in Colebrook, New Hampshire.Children were screened for lead exposure in varying numbers as well. While 86% of children under the age of 2 were screened in Berlin, New Hampshire, between 2008 and 2010, only 8% were tested in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. ADHD care also seemed to have wide differences. Medication rates varied more than twofold, with more than 75 per 100 children in Caribou, Maine, compared with less than 35 per 100 children receiving it in Greenville, Maine. (Nationally, only 8.4% of children ages 3-17 were ever diagnosed with ADHD through 2009, the latest year available in a 2011 survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).What this suggests, according to the Dartmouth study authors, is that children are being under-treated in some areas and over-treated in others. Goodman said there is intense interest from doctors and hospitals in the region in the findings of this report. "They want to understand what is occurring and to use this information to improve care," he said. He also hopes that other state legislatures will now make this kind of data collection on care mandatory. "We'd like for other states to realize the value of this data and know that its collection is important for the well-being of their population." More from healthParents arrested for not vaccinating children Can you find the 'best' hospital for you?Educación: clave del futuroPowered by Livefyre


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Cassie's bad self has reached her limit in the latest presumably from her "upcoming" Rock-A-Bye Baby mixtape.
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wow WTF just happened wit da real cassie, Can't take dis seriously, when she's looking like some random hungry crack whore..
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I sell cars for a living. I do not have to do any of this to get a paycheck at the end of the week. I take serious offense to this. Have you sold cars before? Do I tell you how to do your job? Nope. So back off.
Seven Sneaky Car Sales Strategies
A good car salesman can "sell bubble gum at a lockjaw ward in Bellevue" (yes, we quoted that from Boiler Room). So how do you make sure you're not the one buying the bubble gum? We did some investigating to see if we could learn some of the tricks of the trade that are used to get you to sign on the dotted line when you go looking to buy a car.
- Make me an offer: The most classic line in the business--"make me an offer." As the unsuspecting victim, you have just given them an edge to see if you are really serious. The salesperson responds, "I'll need to get that approved by my manager." They leave you to sweat for what seems like forever. Your own thoughts work against you. They often come back with some random counter-offer that they pulled from you know where just to see if you really want the car. Play it cool while they are gone. Act uninterested because they know how people react when they really like the car. Don't make them an offer in the first place. Be willing to walk away.
- The one-two punch: If the salesperson can get you to make an offer, the salesperson may bring in the sales manager or another sales person to join in the discussion. Watch out because they are probably thinking that you are sold and want to push the price up or close the deal by going two on one. They may seem nice but they are increasing pressure. Insist on only talking to the person you started with. Stay in control of the situation.
- Changing prices: "This price is just good for this week." Do they honestly think you were born yesterday? Each week there is a new deal. Walk away and you usually get a call back with a better offer.
- Gift exchange: They get you to write down what you can afford on a piece of paper. The salesperson comes back with a counter offer and slowly slides the offer across the table to make it seem like they are giving you a present. This process may repeat another four times; be firm with what you wrote down.
- "Take it home today!": Sales people know that when you take the car home it is very hard to think about returning it, even if you figure out that you are going to have difficulty paying for it.
- Show me you're serious: The salesperson asks, "Can I get your driver's license or social security card to show my boss that you're serious?" Meanwhile they now know your grandmother died of heart disease, you have a huge house and money in the bank. Don't give them any advantages of being able to check you out while you are not looking.
- Friend or salesperson?: Often people go to someone they know to buy their car because they think they will get "hooked up" with a sweet deal. But just stop a second and think, if a sales person "hooked up" everyone they knew with great deals, the dealers wouldn't be making the money they wanted to make. So the sales manager always wants to know from the sales person two things. First, "Do you know these people?" followed quickly by, "How much can you get them for?"
Keep in control of the sales discussion and always be willing to walk away. If you do, you're more likely to come out with better results. Let the salesperson control the flow, and you're bound to be chewing bubble gum on the way home in your new car.
The article isn't meant to offend to sales people. Certainly not all sales people or even dealerships are this sneaky. However, it's our job to help our readers defend agaist those that are. It's absolutely imperative to watch out for these seven things, and perhaps if they're spotted, go to a dealership such as your that won't take advantage of customers.
Fact is, salesmen are paid min wage (their career choice) + commission. They love the job when taking advantage of people for thousands of dollars, but don't like when it's done to them.
Also. Most dealerships don't make any money on the car itself. They sell you a loan, most often at a interest rate HIGHER than you actually qualify for. This is why you go get your own financing from a credit union before you go to the dealership.
For extra fun... ask a dealer about the holdback or carryover.
They may have their sneaky tricks but they can't get someone who really knows what to buy and how much it should cost. It all depends on how well informed you are about the vehicle you want to buy, so the best thing to do is to look for as much information as possible. I would check out various car dealer websites and compare prices and cars, then make my mind about how much I am willing to spend on a specific model and never cross that sum. It should be quite difficult to fall for their tricks this way...
The auto business is a for-profit business just like any other. Vehicles sell for what a person is willing to pay. Just like anything else. I look out my window and see a few examples right here. Mcdonalds has a double cheese burger for a dollar. Across the street a double cheese burger is 3.99, Shall I go negotiate across the street for a dollar. How about the gasoline. It is .04 cents cheaper across the street. I think I would like to talk to the manager of this station and let him know what a rip-off he has going here. In the local press laying here on my desk, I see the same products offered for different prices. Guess what? People are buying at each place for the amount offered.weird huh? The house around the corner from mine is much, much nicer than mine, Yet it sold for less. weird huh? So where does your ignorance end? Caskets? Child care?.....Your own website? Why dont we all just pay the same price as the business providing the product, and see how fast America ends up in the toilet. Seriously!!!!!
I wonder what it would be like if every seller sold based on purchase value plus a reasonabl profit. It would likely make things very different. For example, a friend of mine is a physical therapist and she was looking for a little cart for her office. At a medical supply store, the cart cost $250, but she found basically the same thing at Costco for $40. Unforunately, until we get we get to that point, we're going to negotiate and watch our backs.
lets not forget the sales person gets paid if he or she sells a car. Not if they talk to a customer that's not serious for a hour. How about people stop wasting sales peoples time and only go in a dealership after you've done your research, have your trade with you and be ready to buy. It will make things go much smother. I will straight up ask if your serious and I sell a ton of cars. Don't listen to this guy who wrote this, he has no idea what he is talking about. Research the car and the price you want to pay go in with an offer. As far as you're trade find out what other dealers in the area are asking for them. don't use kbb, nada or any of them they differ dramatically. find a similar car in your area and take 2 to 3k off the asking price, this depends on the condition of your car.


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Full-time position in Mathematics Department since 1989. Courses taught include Elementary Algebra through Trigonometry, Quantitative Reasoning, Calculus, Discrete Mathematics, Elementary Statistics, Nature of Math, and Probability and Statistics. Special topics courses include Set Theory, Philosophy of Mathematics, Probability and Gambling, The Mathematics of Social Choice, and Combinatorics. Involved in developing and teaching Freshman Seminar designed to assist in the transition to college.
Committee work includes Curriculum Committee, Board of Trustees Finance Committee, Library Committee (Chair), Academic Appeals Committee, Faculty Affairs Committee (Chair), Faculty Senate, Chair of the Faculty, and Diversity Council. Prior experience includes one year of teaching at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and two years at the Seychelles Polytechnic in the Seychelles Islands with Peace Corps from 1986 to 1988 teaching Cambridge Board O Level exams and City & Guilds of London Institute technical maths exams. Edit this page?If you are Bill Bynum, please click here to edit this page. |


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To overcome palatability and stability challenges associated with low-fat petfood diets, Kemin launched PALFRESH, a portfolio of palatability enhancers with additional antioxidant protection.
Low-fat petfood diets have a unique stability challenge because they include less topical fat, which is where antioxidants are typically added to stabilize the kibble.
"Low-fat petfood diets have historically been the most difficult diets to stabilize," says Lynn Deffenbaugh, global product manager for palatants at Kemin. "The one-size-fits-all antioxidant dosage in topical fats works for standard diets, but low-fat diets are under-dosed because the stability program depends on the antioxidant to be carried by the topical fat."
With less topical fat, kibbles from low-fat diets are unevenly coated—leaving kibbles susceptible to rapid oxidation. In addition, low-fat diets may have reduced pet acceptance, which can be further compromised by stability challenges.
PALFRESH palatability enhancers deliver targeted antioxidant dosage through liquid application, ensuring that petfood kibble is evenly coated and protected from oxidation. PALFRESH also improves shelf-life by utilizing palatants that do not have a pro-oxidant effect.
Deffenbaugh will share additional research on PALFRESH at Petfood Forum in Schaumburg, Illinois, USA, during her presentation entitled, "Stabilization Technology to Deliver and Maintain Palatability throughout Pet Food Shelf Life." The presentation will take place on Wednesday, April 17 at 10:30 a.m., and Kemin representatives will also be available at booth 223.
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Time-Varying Procedures for Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Control
1CONICET and Center of Systems and Control, Department of Mathematics, Buenos Aires Institute of Technology (ITBA), Avenida E. Madero 399, C1106ACD, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2CONICET and Department of Electrical Engineering, ITBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Received 12 October 2010; Revised 28 January 2011; Accepted 26 March 2011
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Burgaw PonytailsBurgaw Ponytails honored for Dixie World Series winSubmitted by Marissa Jasek on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 10:13pm.READ MORE:
A Pender County softball team is honored for their Dixie Youth World Series title Monday night in Burgaw. The Burgaw Ponytails captured the Dixie Youth World Series title last week in Louisiana. Burgaw beat Florida 2-1 in the championship game.
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If you want to start things with the end in mind (as Habit 2 of the 7 Habits book tells us) you first need to create the end. Or better, what the end, the result, the outcome should look like. Some people might call it having a vision or a mission statement or even a constitution in context of a whole nation. The catch is, normally these things don't just pop into our minds. Visions, results, desired outcomes and constitutions need to be formed, gathered, defined. It is a creative thinking process. It is the first creation, which is always done with our minds. Once formed we can ensure our resources and actions are directed towards the right thing. If I am climbing up a ladder, I better make sure it is leaned against the right wall. If I fight through a jungle, I better make sure it's the right jungle. The first creation of everything is done in our minds, which then brings the second creation into the physical reality. If I don't follow that principle I don't create at all, but just live my life by somebody else's script. And nobody really wants to do that, right?
The End
It came a little bit as a shock, the Habit 2 introduction. Habit 2 made immediately sense to me: "Begin With The End in Mind". Been there, done that, got the Tshirt – what's next. – A funeral came next. Covey said we should picture ourselves at the funeral of a loved person. What would we think, what memories would we cherish, what would we say to the others about the loved one who died? And now – it's getting a bit morbid – walk to the coffin and look inside and see… You. It is you, who is in the coffin. It is your funeral. What do you want people to think about you, talk about you, remember you for when you die? I have to say, for a business self-help book, this is tough stuff. It goes to the essence of who we are and what we are made of. When you strip everything away, what is left? Begin with the end in mind, quite literally.
Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it and learn from it. Don't get into a blaming mode. Work on things you have control over. Work on you. On be.
This is quoted from the last page of the Habit 1 chapter in the 7 Habits book. And this is what "being proactive" is all about. It is about ourselves. Sometimes it seems there is close to nothing we can do. The truth is, there is almost always something we can do and unless we do it, positive change is unlikely. We can't change all of our circumstances, but we can choose how to respond to them.
I tried this yesterday, when playing Settlers of Catan at my sister's. I hate this board game, because I always lose against the odds. It makes me feel like the unluckiest person at the table, while everyone else has a blast. Yesterday was no exception. With the 7 Habits in mind, I tried to change my response and to be happy for the lovely people at the table, who were blessed with unbelievable luck. But I couldn't. I just COULDN'T. When the die produced unlikely 3s and 4s like there was no tomorrow, and I was the one who was left out round after round, my mood spiralled down. I just couldn't BE positive and happy for others. IT WAS SOOO UNFAIR. But I think I might be on to something: Whenever life seems to be (IS!!) unfair, I withdraw and sulk. Let's see how much "working on me" it takes to figure that one out.
Watch Your Language
So, it's all about getting into Habit 1, huh? Things can sometimes sound so easy. "I told you, be more proactive! Just do it!" A friend once said to me: "Self-help books are like strong espresso. It gives you this extra boost when you have it, but it does not last for long." I know what he means. But is this not exactly what the 7 Habits book does not stand for, the quick fix that does not last? Is not about this inside-out approach? Nice ideas, but how to get to an inside-out proactivity? The book suggests to work on self-awareness. One way to do that is to watch your language. For Habit 1: Be Proactive it could be words like: I don't have the time; I can't do it; this person makes me mad; if I had more money … all stand for a reactive attitude and show I make others and circumstances responsible for situations in my life. Proactive language looks more like this: I have other priorities; I choose not to do that; it is up to me how I respond to the weird and wonderful around me; let's see what options there are to improve my financial situation … Watching your language does not mean to force yourself to use "better" words in order to reprogram yourself (even thought that might also work to some extent). It is more about making reactive thinking habits visible, so that you can explore the underlying reasons, question them and work on a paradigm shift, a change of how to view the situation. Phew, a simple "Just do it" sounds so much easier, right? But to be fair, no one said it's gonna be easy.
Habit 1: More than pulling the finger out
I have reached the Habit 1 now, after reading through 60 pages of preparation. The 7 Habits book is different to what I thought it was, in a good way somehow. It seems to come with a twist to many thoughts that you thought you have heard before. No surprise that Covey takes his time before he even starts talking about the seven habits that apparently will change your life. He tries to initiate a paradigm shift in his readers, a shift from quick fix to sustainable growth, from outwards to inwards, from being a rat in a rat race to becoming human. One of the key thoughts about being human is that we are able to respond to the things that happen around us, to us, and within us. Humans can take a step back and think about what they think about. With that comes the ability to respond rather than to simply react as an impulse. This makes us responsible: able to respond, able to choose, able to be proactive rather than reactive. Which leads to the wording of Habit 1: Be Proactive. As the introduction to the first habit suggests, it means more than just to pull the finger out. It's obvious, right?
The Golden Egg
Ever heard about the story of the goose who laid golden eggs? Anyone? No? Me neither. Until today. This is how the story goes. It's very simple. Poor farmer's boy owns a goose, who suddenly lays a golden egg. In disbelief the boy checks if it is real gold. It proves to be true. The goose continues to lay one golden egg per day. The boy sells the eggs and starts doing very well for himself. But with the unexpected prosperity greed comes along. Soon one egg per day is not enough anymore. The boy thinks the secrets to the gold are inside the goose and slaughters it to get to all the gold at once. He finds nothing and loses his steady income. The End. The 7 Habits book attributes the story to Aesop, whoever that is. (I think this book is too clever for me, it quotes all these people I've never heard of.) Well, the story shows that if we are not prepared to put the time and effort into the things that enable the desired return, there will at some point be no return. The productivity will end. This can be applied to all kind of scenarios. I am thinking about my running: If I am not nice to my body and only ask it to do more distance and faster times without taking care of it, I am likely to end up injured and won't be able run at all. Or work scenarios: expecting some output from my colleagues without investing in respect, communication, and trust. Same with friendships, or career moves, or creativity. There is a natural law of growth that ensures sustainability. And there are these other laws, too familiar to us, that will kill sustainable growth: greed, impatience, quick wins, cutting corners – you name it. One golden egg per day or a dead goose, that's the question.
Interdependence is not a word used much in our daily speak; we are more familiar with the terms dependence and independence. Yet in The 7 Habits book interdependence is introduced as the next step in personal and social development – from being a dependent child, growing up, becoming more and more independent, and eventually maturing to an interdependent individual in a flourishing social context. That is, from "you", to "I", to "we". That is the theory at least. I am surprised at how new this very sense-making observation feels to me. I'm not sure if there is much real interdependence (which can include physical, emotional, mental, and intellectual aspects) going on in my life. A little bit of an unsettling thought. I turned 44 last month. Surely by this point you could hope for some sign of interdependent life patterns. However, if you believe the book, I don't seem to be alone with my lack of maturing towards more interdependency, which is one of the reasons why the book was written, I guess. Let's see what difference the book will make for my personal growth.
Jesus wept.
It is the shortest sentence in the Bible: Jesus wept. He wept when he saw friends and family mourning Lazarus' death (Gospel of John 11). He wept despite knowing that shortly after he would resurrect him from the dead. He wept, and people were asking could he not have kept him from dying? Jesus could have, and Jesus did a much greater thing as it turned out later. Still Jesus "was deeply moved in spirit and troubled", and he wept. It seems that knowing all the answers, knowing that it was gonna be all right in the end, did not stop him from engaging with what was happening right then, and responding to death with the most adequate human reaction: tears. And if Jesus weeps it suggests God is doing the same. Which does not really answer the big "why" question, but maybe some "hows".
Psalm 22
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
This is how Psalm 22 starts, and also what Jesus says on the cross before he dies. Did he just pray Psalm 22, as a sign that these words written by King David one thousand years before the crucifixion were now fulfilled? Or does Jesus really mean it? Or both? "Meaning it" like a genuine expression of what was on his mind at this point in time. If Jesus really meant it, what does that mean to us? Did he not know what would be coming? Was he surprised that dying on the cross also meant feeling forsaken by God? Did God actually forsake him? Did Jesus really ask "why" and not know? The thought that these questions might have the answer "Yes" is gut wrenching. And it would mean vulnerability is somehow godly.
Paradigm Shift
I am not even sure what paradigm means, but the story Covey tells in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to illustrate a paradigm shift got me thinking. It is about a situation in the morning on the New York underground. Everyone is in their little, quiet commuter bubble, the same way I know it from London. Until a guy with his two kids enters the coach, the kids behaving in a way that can only be described as disruptive, disrespectful and rude. After a while Covey, sitting next to the father, tries to give him a subtle hint about the situation and whether there is a way to get the kids under control. The father answers in a calm voice: "Oh, you're right. I guess I should do something about it. We just came from the hospital where their mother died an hour ago. I don't know what to think, and I guess they don't know how to handle it either." – Boom. That puts the whole situation in a totally different light. That's a paradigm shift, I reckon. How often do we look a things in our life with a certain presumption not even thinking of the possibility to question it?


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4 Colourful language in a great film!Posted: 01/09/2009I missed this in the cinema, so I was very excited when the BluRay arrived a couple of days ago.I watched this last night and really enjoyed it. The acting is phenomenal, as is the colourful language! I have not heard such fantastic swearing in a long long time! I am a huge James Gandolfini fan and was curious to see him in this film and he is great.The story slightly meanders towards the end but it is still a great fun film to watch.The BluRay quality is good though I did notice a few indoor scenes where the picture was fuzzy. Other than that, the quality is good and the sound is great.Well worth purchasing.
4 Above average comedy.Posted: 01/09/2009Watched this last night and enjoyed it a great deal. Great idea for a story and there are several laugh out loud moments. There is also a heart to this comedy and a few nice moments throughout. The acting is good and all the characters are likeable in their own way.BluRay quality is very good, nice clear picture and excellent sound. I haven't watched the extras yet, so I cannot comment on them.Overall a good, fun and enjoyable film that I am already recommending to my friends.
4 Michael Chiklis rules!!!!!!!!!Posted: 15/07/2009I recently bought this BluRay, not for Shia LaBeouf but for Michael Chiklis who is better know for his role as Vic Mackey in the US tv series The Shield. Chiklis is fantastic in this movie and although he only appears in around 20% of the film he really stands out and gives a great performance. It was strange to see him play a different character after so many seasons of The Shield, but I was overjoyed to see him in a big Hollywood action movie, albeit in a supporting role. I really hope that he is given the chance to make more big movies and move on from the role of Vic Mackey now that The Shield has finished.The movie itself is a solid action film with a pretty implausible storyline, but it's a fun couple of hours and the action scenes are well shot. This is a definitely better than Disturbia, which LaBeouf and the director D.J. Caruso last made together.On the negative side, I am getting quite tired of Shia LaBeouf now. He is a great actor but is becoming guilty of playing the same role over and over again. He could easily have walked straight off the Transformers movies and into this one. I hope that he tries to play different roles in the next year or so and before the inevitable Transformers 3.Billy Bob Thornton is worth a mention as well as he plays a great character and is excellent throughout the film.Overall, a good piece of entertainment that you can switch off your brain, relax and enjoy.Look out for Michael Chiklis! He is fantastic! ;-)))
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Tyler Bray
Position | QB | School | Tennessee |
Height | 6' 6" | Weight | 232 lbs |
Class | Junior | Number | 8 |
All-Star | --- | 40 Time | 5.05 |
Initial Thoughts:
Eric Stoner: A tall, wiry pocket passer that has the type of arm coaches dream of. Still learning the craft of playing quarterback. Has some issues with stride length and will occasionally shift his weight backwards upon release. Eye level is very good, and he will hang in the pocket while under duress to find a target (he does need to speed up his decision making, however). Loves to take shots in the intermediate and deep areas of the field, but his placement can get wild while throwing over the middle. Trusts his arm a little too much at this point, and is still learning the craft of the position – however, I like the overall aggressive nature of his decision making and his toughness in the pocket. Very thin and has missed time due to injuries. Poised for a breakout junior campaign and is throwing to arguably the best wide receiver duo in the country in Justin Hunter and Da'Rick Rogers.


text: A cessation of bodily life, caused by the separation of the soul from the body (bodily or physical death). Death is, in general, universal (Hebrews 9; Romans 5). As to the debt (debitum mortis) it extends to all defiled by sin, therefore to all except the God-man and the Immacmate Virgin; as to the fact (factum mortis), it certainly extends to all except those who will be living at the second coming of Christ. Concerning these latter, theologians are not agreed (1 Corinthians 15; 1 Thessalonians 4). Death is a punishment for sin. "By one man sin entered into this world, and by sin death" (Romans 5), and though the character of punishment is wiped away in Baptism, death itself remains as an effect of sin (prenalitas). Death marks the end of time for merit and demerit (Luke, 23; Council of Florence, "Decretum pro Grrecis"). Besides bodily death there is spiritual death, i.e., a privation of sanctifying grace; and eternal death, i.e., damnation, called also "second' death" (Apocalypse 2; 20; 21). Christ by His atonement took away the second death, eternal damnation, but not physical death.New Catholic Dictionary