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I dont understand how "oh god what have i done" got rejected, its funny
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I never new it was rejected. I loved it.
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It is a shame but Sasuke does have oruchimarus powers
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Shady deals @ Quarks
So I popped into Quarks the other day just to see what's up, and realized that nothing is every up! The only thing you can really do in there is Dabo and grab some sub par items from the vendors.
I thought it would be cool to have a random vendor in there that would sell some rare equipment in exchange for a trade, some dilithium, some latinum, or whatever else the dealer might want. I think it'd be a great way to get some spare contraband or some lockbox keys or other odd commodities, and it would be very Star Trek, hearkening back to the old days of Quark doing shady deals behind Odo's back.
Agreed. +1
Epic Sig! +1
I can see maybe there being a quest of that sort tied in with the bar, but if they made shady deals with everyone that walked up to the bar, they would have been shut down years ago.
i can go and we can pretend to conduct a shady deal? lol
I can get behind something like this. Wouldn't be a bad idea. Maybe be some kind of daily for Lobi or something.
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This split 7″ marks the vinyl debuts for Richmond, VA's BLEACH EVERYTHING and Los Angeles, CA's VORS. BLEACH EVERYTHING features members of IRON REAGAN and SUPPRESSION as well as former members of JESUIT and CORN ON MACABRE. VORS is J. Bennett from IDES OF GEMINI.
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1) So two nights ago I brewed my "first" batch of mead. I say "first" because previously I had only done two batches opf this - http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f80/joes...pe-mead-57190/ - with fairly good success - but I had wanted to make a more traditional mead. What I ended up using was:
15 lbs of Dutch Gold Clover honey
4 gallons of Water
5 tsp of Superferment
2 Packets of Lalvin 71B-1122
I then spent yesterday reading quite a few posts about how for a show mead you should really use more quality honey, and that some folks have had bad experiences tastewise with traditional meads made with Dutch Gold. So my thought was to get some better quality and make a straightup mead with that and with this batch possibly add fruit / spices to get a more balanced profile to outweigh the lesser quality honey. Does anyone have any suggestions on recipes that I could try that just entails adding fruit and or spices in the secondary (I don't want to add anything to the primary as fermentation is already underway). Thoughts?
2) Is bulk aging preferable to a longer bottle aging? I had been thinking of once the primary ferm is complete (~2 weeks from brewing), racking to secondary (with whatever I end up adding), waiting for it to clear (guessing another 4 weeks), racking it off whatever else fell to the bottom again to bulk age (3-6 months), and then bottle aging for another 6 months.
3) Is there any preference as to temperatures for bulk aging? My basement stays a pretty decent temperature, but I also have space in my keezer and was thinking of maybe aging there if there is any benefit from lower temps (38 degrees)
Hi Jeebas,
My DB and I use Dutch Gold for our traditional meads, but we do use a 50/50 mixture of Orange Blossom and Clover. We haven't had an issue, but now you have me curious as to what people are saying. I'm gonna have to do some searches myself.
As to adding fruit to the secondary, 5 pounds of fresh cranberries will work. ('tis the season for them in the grocery stores) 12 to 15 pounds of Strawberries is good too. These will be a little harder to find fresh, but two cans of fruit base from your LHBS should work. In fact there are a bunch of different fruit bases you could choose from.
If you are using fresh, you will want to freeze, thaw and bruise the fruit before adding to the carboy. It helps break the fruit down a bit and gives the yeast an easier time. Some fruits will make the yeast take off again, so you will want to use a larger carboy for the secondary or you may end up with a big mess.
Most people prefer bulk aging. You get a more consistant taste from bottle to bottle and, once you bottle, you can no longer "play" with the mead. We've made that mistake a few times and have started bulk aging this year. Make sure you top up the carboy once you rack off of the fruit. We make an extra gallon batch of traditional to use as a top up.
Lastly, We age at room temperature (65 - 75 degrees) but I cannot say if that is optimal, its just what we've done. Hope this helps.
Before you throw in the towel on the current batch, you may want to let it age and mature for a bit. It may yet surprise you. If you do decide to make melomel with it, try to keep at least a few bottle of this as a traditional mead.
You can certainly add, fruit or juice or spices and other whatnot into a traditional mead to give it whatever flavors you want. Is there a particular kind of flavor you'd like to try in a mead? If so, we can help you dial in a recipe.
After you add whatever you decide to add, the clearing stage may take a lot longer than 4 weeks. For a traditional mead it can sometimes take 9-12 months to clear. Once it is clear, it can be bottled. Personally, I like bulk aging because I like to wait to make sure I'm really happy with a batch because I don't want to waste time, energy and good cork on something that isn't going to be up to snuff. I also have a tendency to make small tweaks with small additions of acid, or tannin, or oak over time. But once you are satisfied, it is safest to get your mead bottled and under a good closure.
I don't know that there is any advantage to bulk aging over bottle aging. As for aging temp, if it is too cold, the aging will be slowed. Ideal temperature for aging is probably the same as for wine, mid 50s Fahrenheit, but I keep most of my stuff stored at 75 F and it does OK.
Thank you for the answers!
I think I am gonna go ahead and rack this onto some cranberries. I'm not expecting perfection and might even experiment a little - maybe adding some jalapenos (not many and definitely not any pepper hotter than that) - was looking at winemaking: requested recipe (Jalapeno Wine) for some ideas.


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18 Mar A Pastoral Letter In Response To Marriage Redefinition
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
Grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
We have reached a moment of change in the PC(USA) which some celebrate and others mourn. The redefinition of marriage has been approved by a majority of the presbyteries. Beginning in June, the Directory for Worship will now permit the marriage of two people of the same gender. This change is both profound and expected.
By approving this change we are disregarding the clear teaching of Scripture, the wisdom of those who have lived and died for the faith before us, and the continuing consensus of the contemporary church around the world. To do this is both disobedient and unwise. We know this particular change was intended by its proponents to extend the grace and the good news of Jesus Christ, and to further the witness of his Kingdom. We believe it accomplishes neither. Our objection to the passage of this redefinition is no way anti-gay. Our concern is that the church is capitulating to the culture and, in doing so, is misrepresenting Scripture.
We reaffirm that the language of this amendment does not require participation in services of marriage with which we disagree. It remains up to each Session and Teaching Elder to determine what is and is not faithful for themselves and for their congregation.
We continue to face great challenges to our witness as a denomination and, more importantly, to our personal faithfulness. It is not enough for us to simply be for or against something. We who believe this change in the definition of marriage does not extend the grace and good news of Jesus Christ, nor further the witness of the Kingdom must now ask: What would, and how can we accomplish this?
Many of our neighbors do not know the Savior. Will we find a way to build relationships with them and introduce them to Jesus without reinterpreting biblical teaching? We believe, by God's grace, we can. But we must be committed to listening carefully and without judgment to their questions and their needs, and to responding with sincerity and with humility as those who have experienced the forgiveness and persistent grace of Jesus.
Our culture is marked by increasing hopelessness and isolation, yet we who follow Jesus are being nurtured daily in the community of the Trinity. Can we find a way to extend this community without compromising its foundational teachings? We believe, by Gods' grace, we can. But we must be willing to go to the darkest and loneliest places with the compassion, conviction, and hope of the gospel we profess.
Joining in God's mission in this culture and leading others in this time of profound change is difficult. Yet God has called and equipped us for his mission. Accepting that call—growing in Christ's likeness, living by God's Word, and joining in God's mission in the world—cannot be done alone. You are not alone. We have created The Fellowship Community to offer encouragement and accountability; spurring one another on to the type of love and good works that will fulfill our mutual calling.
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Fires are fine and hot coco is nice, but as long as you have hot water why don't you make some fog with ice? All you need is boiling hot water, a frigid temperature outside, and an appreciation for thermodynamics.
Check out the video below to see how to manufacture this icy mist and then stick around for the science:
The science here is relatively straight forward–an interaction of extreme temperatures and the properties of water. First you need some boiling water. As the woman in the video (and other videos like it) tosses the water into the air, some of it rapidly evaporates, turning into water vapor. The same steam would drift around if you threw the water you were using to boil pasta into the air, but in the tundra something much cooler happens. With a vigorous toss, most of that evaporated water is exposed to the freezing temperatures. Nigh-frozen holiday air cannot hold so much water content, so millions of tiny water droplets form. As these droplets continue to freeze, they quickly turn to ice. These ice particles are small enough to drift in the wind, and form fog.
The whole demonstration is a really simple and fun way to see all the phases of water in one swift toss, but to make the most of it, you need to dig into the thermodynamics.
The amount of water that turns to steam when boiling is directly related to temperature–the hotter the water the more fog is created. And to get the best fog, exposure matters. Not all of the water freezes so quickly in the video above. The fraction that evaporates does, but the rest falls to the cold ground. That's because the water vapor has much more exposure to the air, and therefore much more surface area to offer to Old Man Winter. It's like how granulated sugar mixes into your coffee faster than a sugar cube. So more water vapor and surface area you can offer the biting breeze, the better. Lastly, the temperature of the outside air makes a difference. Water freezes at 0 C and 32 F, of course, but the air needs to be cold enough to freeze the tiny water droplets before they hit the ground. All in all, to make the whole affair really impressive, you need water as hot as you can get it–creating the most water vapor–and need to violently spread the water out as you toss it, exposing the most amount of vapor to the surrounding air.
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At halftime Wednesday, TCU's women led Kansas by 22 points and appeared headed to their first Big 12 Conference basketball victory ever.
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But this script had a different ending as TCU coughed up its big lead in a heartbreaking 76-75 loss at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum that left the stunned Frogs 0-12 in their new conference.
"If we're good enough to beat Kansas by 22 in the first half, they're good enough to beat us by 23 in the second half. I can assure you that," Jeff Mittie said of TCU, which fell to 7-16 overall.
TCU stormed to a 20-8 lead in the first quarter and kept pulling away behind the deadly 3-point shooting of freshman guard Zahna Medley.
Medley was 6 of 8 from long range in the half and went to intermission with 27 points as TCU led 49-27. She would finish the game with a career high 35 points, the fourth-highest single-game total all-time for a TCU woman.
Of TCU's 49 points in the first half, 44 came from freshman Medley, Kamy Cole and Veja Hamilton.
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Kansas (15-8, 6-6 in the Big 12) opened the half on a quick 7-0 run and kept cutting into the deficit. Kansas shot 40 percent in the second half while TCU cooled considerably to 23.5 percent for the half.
"It was a tale of two halves," Mittie said. "As good as we played the first half, we couldn't play any worse the second half. You can't do that. You can't play that way and expect to win. It doesn't matter how big of a lead you've got, you have to play 40 minutes and we're struggling to do those things."
With four minutes to play, a foul and then a technical foul on sophomore guard Natalie Ventress let Kansas climb within a point. The Jayhawks took their first lead of the game with 3:29 left on a jumper by Monica Engelman.
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Few autoimmune competitors even come close to commercial stalwarts Humira, Enbrel and Remicade. But as a host of high-science treatments emerge seeking to threaten their reign, an old-fashioned and heretofore illicit drug could beckon patients to look beyond traditional medicines for rheumatology relief. Joe Dysart surveys the sector
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With generics firms taking aim at high-flying blockbusters, Big Pharma stalwarts in the asthma and COPD market are pinning their hopes for the future on a flurry of innovative biotech-developed assets. Noah Pines charts the rarefied air of the respiratory space
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The launch front in this category is relatively calm—for now. A movement is brewing to unseat the top diabetes drug, a long-acting insulin, as faster-acting products emerge. Joe Dysart on the intrigue in the metabolic pipeline
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"New and improved" has entered this space. Alongside the existing compounds that are transforming the lives of patients with orphan ailments, a wave of incrementally better products is coming out. Noah Pines reviews the significant rare-disease market trends
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Despite having the brightest data set of all the oral anticoagulants, the newest one is off to a rocky start. DTC advertising and medical education are under way, but it may take more to revive this launch.
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In MS, a crop of orals has joined the older established therapies, yielding new options—and fierce competition. One thing they can all agree on: there's been a transformation of the treatment landscape in just the last three years. Noah Pines reports
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While public health agencies see eye-to-eye with industry on the need to inoculate, vaccination rates among some patient groups remain stubbornly low. Noah Pines on what this means for drug makers, and other areas where industry is rolling up its collective sleeves in an effort to get patients to roll up theirs
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As you know noise walls are one of the tools that ODOT uses to mitigate the sound that comes off of highways. Most people know noise walls as the concrete or brick walls that we put along the highways. And that's really the only option we have right now. This fall ODOT wants to try an experiment, a research project in which we will construct a "green" wall that is made more of dirt and plants.
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A: That's what we're trying to determine. To give you a sense of perspective, right now those concrete and brick sound walls that we build today cost about a million and a half dollars for every mile. We want to see if something like this green wall can be cost effective. But there's a big difference in how these walls need to be maintained during the year. Typically a concrete wall is erected with very little maintenance needed. A green wall like this is going to require some on-going maintenance. The watering of it. Making sure that whatever grows on it doesn't grow out of control. So we really will use the two years of study that comes after this wall is constructed to getter a better sense of what are the maintenance needs? How does a green wall like this survive Ohio winters? This really is a research project as part of ODOT's growing commitment to be a much greener department. All across the state we've put in a number of initiatives to try to be more environmentally conscious. Whether it be green noise walls, looking at reducing the amount of herbicides we use, to using solar and wind energy at some of our rest areas. It's part of an effort by ODOT to be a more green department.
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Norman Hotel, Dongguan
Located in Shenzhen (Bao'an), Norman Hotel is close to Songgang Park. Additional area attractions include Chang an Park and Chang an Square.
Property Features.
The aparthotel offers a restaurant. A complimentary breakfast is available. Business amenities at this 3-star property include a business center and a meeting room. Additional amenities include an arcade/game room, tour/ticket assistance, and 24-hour room service. For a surcharge, guests receive transportation including a shuttle from the airport to the hotel and a train station pick-up service.
Amenities in air-conditioned guestrooms at Norman Hotel include complimentary toiletries. Guests can use the in-room complimentary wired high-speed Internet access. Rooms are equipped with LCD TVs with satellite channels.
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text: |Waking the Dead leads readers to understand how to live from the heart, care for their hearts like the treasures of the kingdom, and give from fullness instead of emptiness. This message also shows how living from the heart can energize people to love God and others in a way they've never experienced, revealing to them life's purpose: fighting for the hearts of others. Type: Audio CD (Unabridged) Category: Books > Christian Living ISBN / UPC: 9780786188413/0786188413 Publish Date: 1/1/2004 Item No: 50129 Vendor: Blackstone Audiobooks


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|Traded as
|Indianapolis, Indiana
|William S. Oesterle, Angie Hicks
|Key people
|John W. Biddinger, Chairman
William S. Oesterle, CEO
Angie Hicks, CMO
|1. Advertising (70% of revenue) 2. Membership access to crowd sourced review of local businesses (30% of revenue)
|US$ 245.642 million (2013)[1]
|Operating income
|US$ -31.081 million (2013)[1]
|Net income
|US$ -32.989 million (2013)[1]
|1,637 (Dec 2013)[1]
|Traded as
|Indianapolis, Indiana
|William S. Oesterle, Angie Hicks
|Key people
|John W. Biddinger, Chairman
William S. Oesterle, CEO
Angie Hicks, CMO
|1. Advertising (70% of revenue) 2. Membership access to crowd sourced review of local businesses (30% of revenue)
|US$ 245.642 million (2013)[1]
|Operating income
|US$ -31.081 million (2013)[1]
|Net income
|US$ -32.989 million (2013)[1]
|1,637 (Dec 2013)[1]
Angie's List is a US-based, paid subscription supported website containing crowd-sourced reviews of local businesses.
For the quarter ended June 30, 2014, Angie's List reported total revenue of US $78,896,000 and a net loss of US $18,223,000.[5]
William S. Oesterle and Angie Hicks founded Angie's List in 1995. The idea resulted from Hicks's search for a reliable construction contractor in suburban Columbus, Ohio, on behalf of Oesterle, a venture capitalist who was Hicks's boss. Hicks moved to Columbus to join Oesterlein in creating Columbus Neighbors, a call-in service and publication with reviews of local home and lawn care services. The name and concept were based on Unified Neighbors in Indianapolis, Indiana. Hicks went door-to-door, signing up consumers as members and collecting ratings of local contractors.
After Hicks recruited over 1,000 members in Columbus within one year, she turned to Oesterle to raise money from investors to develop the business.[6] In 1996, the company bought Unified Neighbors from its creator and moved the company's headquarters to Indianapolis.
By 1999, the database of local services and reviews was moved to the Internet. In the following years, the customer base and business relationships grew throughout the United States, while expanding coverage to include additional services, such as health care and auto care.
By 2013, Angie's List had over 70,000 subscribers. Despite this growth, Angie's List has never had a profitable year.[7]
Angie's List grades companies using a report-card-style scale, which ranges from A to F; these ratings are based on the following criteria: price, quality, responsiveness, punctuality and professionalism.[3] Each company has its own page, which is composed of a description of its business along with the customer reviews. The aggregate grade is drawn from the combined reviews and grades given to the businesses from the consumers.
Angie's List has been criticized for the fundamental contradiction between its claimed philosophy ("Companies can't pay to be on Angie's List") and the conflict of interest caused by reliance on advertising revenue for 70% of cash flow. [8] Answering a complaint from a user, David Segal found that when subscribers post a negative review of a company to Angie's List, a staff member discusses it with them in an attempt to rectify the situation. If the company is one that advertises with Angie's List, the negative review will be removed and then the customer must give an A or B grade. The company's effort to keep advertisers happy reveals their conflict of interest.[9]
The October 2013 issue of Consumer Reports Money Adviser reported:
"We think that the ability of A- and B-rated companies to buy their way to the top of the default search results skews the results. Cheryl Reed, a spokeswoman for the company, disagrees. 'We don't believe that,' she says. But Angie's List marketing materials intended for businesses say that companies that advertise get 'an advantage of increased exposure' that 'can propel you ahead of your competition.' They get 12 times more profile views than companies that don't buy ads. Angie's List encourages businesses to solicit reviews by giving customers free, postage-paid forms, stickers on thank you notes, and Web links embedded in e-mail invoices. But experts who study survey techniques say that can create a bias for positive reviews. Angie's List misleads consumers by prominently promising that 'businesses don't pay' and that it's a consumer-driven service supported by membership fees. But almost 70 percent of the company's revenues come from advertising purchased by the service providers being rated. Angie's List tells consumers that it provides 'reviews you can trust,' and takes steps to detect and remove fraudulent positive and negative reviews. But company investment disclosures say that 'we cannot guarantee the accuracy of our reviews.' " [10]
Competition is a major concern. Competitors such as Yelp offer similar reviews, with a much larger database, for free, causing concern for the future of ANGI's paid membership model. Angie's List reviews for home services are liable to be hundreds of miles away, and not local as advertised.[11]
Investors worry that the company has been in business for more than 18 years, yet never has shown an annual profit, and that valuations of the company are unrealistic based on the actual revenue the company produces.[12]
There have also been complaints that the stock has been excessively diluted by gifts of stock to business insiders, so that if the company ever did show a profit, little if any would accrue to outside investors/ stockholders.[citation needed]
According to The Washington Post, in March 2007 SCS Contracting Group sued Angie's List and two members for libel because of negative reviews of the company. One of the sued members remarked, "if [contractors are] able to sue, then the value of Angie's List depreciates.... People aren't going to be willing to submit reviews if they could be threatened with a lawsuit."[13] On 7 October 2008, the plaintiffs dismissed the complaint against the two members. Summary judgment was later granted in favor of all defendants.[14]
In 2014, Angie's List Inc. paid $2.8 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that it automatically renewed members at a higher rate than they were led to believe.[15]
Angie's List estimated that its annual revenue in 2008 was $58 million, generated primarily through advertising in its newsletter and membership fees.[16] However, in 2012, 69% of Angie's List's revenue came from advertisers. [17]
Membership fees are based on volume of service providers at a given location. For example, Angie's List reported the following annual membership fees as of 4 December 2009:
In 2010, Angie's List raised a total of $25 million in capital from investors. In September 2010, Wasatch Funds and Battery Ventures invested $22 million.[18] In November 2010, Saints Capital led an additional funding of $2.5 million.[19]
On November 17, 2011, Angie's List began trading on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker symbol ANGI. It priced 8.8M shares at $13 and opened for trading at $18, a 33% premium.[20]
However, shares have remained below $13 since March, 2014. [21]


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"I recently returned from my Maui vacation of 2 weeks at the Royal Mauian. This is the 7th time I've stayed at the Royal Mauian out of the 9 times I've visited Maui in the last 16 years. I keep returning to this property because I find it to be the perfect place for a wonderful Mauian vacation. It is just steps away from two beautiful beaches. Good snorkeling right in front of condo. This time we saw a family of 4-5 turtles! The roof top garden is great for BBQs and to watch the sunset while eating. The property continues to be very well maintained. The swimming pool area is clean and quiet. You have everything you need just around the condo: stores, restaurants, water sports rentals, shaved ice, etc. The one thing that was different with this trip is that it was my first time dealing directly with the condo owner and it proved to be a very good experience. It was great to be able to initially communicate directly with Paul, who really helped me make this vacation possible. He was very kind and understanding. And then, the local property management people he uses to deal with while in Maui are also very pleasant and helpful. Upon arrival to the unit, we found a bottle of wine, a box of chocolates and 2 bottles of water awaiting for us on the dining table. They had gone in prior and turned the lights and the music on to ensure a welcoming ambience. They also offered me their computer, copier, fax machine and their help with anything I needed while in the island. It felt very personal and comfortable to deal with Paul-the owner and with Don and Ken from 5Star Maui Resorts, Inc (their office is across the street from the condo building!). My elderly mother, teenager niece, a friend myself were all very happy with our vacation and truly enjoyed our stay this unit of the Royal Mauian. I would definitely return to this unit and recommend it to friends and family."Guest: jules Date of Stay: May 2014 Review Submitted: June 23, 2014View listing
"Kristin & Marcelo-- Thank you for allowing us to enjoy your piece of paradise - the condo was perfect! We so enjoyed every aspect of your "home away from home". Beautifully appointed, well stocked kitchen, clean & comfortable and a great view from the lanai. Really appreciated having the beach chairs, umbrellas and other beach equipment. It made for a very relaxing time at the beach without the hassle of having to rent something. Good restaurants, shopping & sightseeing made for an exceptional vacation. We'll definitely recommend your property to friends/family and should we travel back Maui in the future, we'll be in touch! Again--Thank You!"Guest: Lois W. Date of Stay: July 2014 Review Submitted: August 12, 2014View listing
"Excellent location steps from the beach. Beautiful clean condo with great amenities. Close to restuarants and surf hire shops. Easy to check in and out. Felt like 'a home away from home' which made our maui vacation just perfect."Guest: Anonymous Date of Stay: March 2015 Review Submitted: March 15, 2015View listing
"Have just been back for a few days and have to say two weeks at Frank & Angie's went by too fast! We enjoyed everything about the condo. It was clean, comfortable and for us the location couldn't have been better. Whether it was for a morning walk on a nearby beach or nice evening stroll for tacos at Fred's or shopping in some of the nearby local stores, everything was delightful. Another thing we enjoyed was the cooking facilities be it cooking something in the apartment or using the B.B.Q. which was kept absolutely immaculate, it goes a long way to make a person feel comfortable and at home. Another thing we enjoyed about the location of the condo was how central it is for exploring other parts of the island, easy access to the highway for a trip to Kaanapali or Lahaina or heading to the north shore for a day at Baldwin Beach. We're already looking at the availability calendar for next year and whether we get there or not next year, it will definitely be our condo of choice for our next trip to Maui. Thanks again Frank & Angie. Harry & Danielle"Guest: Danielle & Harry Date of Stay: February 2015 Review Submitted: March 5, 2015View listing
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Vacationing in Maui, and staying in South Kihei condos, puts you in the hub of a variety of activities, certain to entertain vacationers of all ages. Kids might enjoy going to Kalama Beach Park, famous for its 36 acres and activities which include arts and crafts fairs and concerts. You can take in a game of basketball, picnic in a pavilion, scamper around the playground, or make use of the skate park. If you are in the mood to shop, head on over to Azeka Place, the largest shopping center in Kihei, or the Pi'ilani Village Shopping Center. Kihei attractions also include activities for those who enjoy nightlife. Take your pick among dance clubs, sports bars, and karaoke bars for fun entertainment.
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Uh oh. You just got put on probation at work — your boss and HR gave you a "Personal Improvement Plan".
The bad news is, you're now half-way to being fired.
The good news is, you now have the opportunity to completely change the way people see you at work, and even boost your career.
What's a Personal Improvement Plan?
A Personal Improvement Plan is a halfway point to firing someone — usually because they cannot do their job, or cannot work well with others, or both. Most times, it is an honest attempt to help the employee improve. Sometimes, it is a formality just before firing, to shield the employer from a wrongful termination suit.
Either way, if you've been handed a Personal Improvement Plan (PIP), your job is on the line.
Here's how Sam handled his, and became a superstar.
How to Handle It – Mindset
How you handle yourself during the PIP process will make or break your success. The most crucial aspect is your mindset.
The most common reaction is the worst: to deny the legitimacy of the problem.
Let's put that to rest: it doesn't matter if your boss made a mistake, it doesn't matter if somebody else messed up too, and it doesn't matter if somebody else did the same thing. If your reaction to the PIP is "I'm misunderstood, I didn't do anything wrong, and I'm not going to change" then you should quit before you're fired.
It doesn't even matter, right now, if your boss is flat out wrong.
When you get put on a PIP, all that matters is that your boss has positional power over you. That's the reality. It may not be fair, and if your PIP is based on flawed data, it's not reasonable. But it is so.
There are three truths that are always true, and you deny them at your risk:
Even if you plan to completely change "the way things are" — you have to start here. The most ineffective people are ineffective because they deny one or more of these truths. They get so wrapped up in how things "ought to be" that they forget to, or fail to, deal with what is.
Why a PIP is an Opportunity
Your boss (and some of your other coworkers) may have formed a bad, and maybe a mistaken, opinion of you.
You may have been pigeon-holed.
Sam was. His boss felt Sam was too "risky" on his projects. Once Sam was labeled the "cowboy" all his decisions were presumed to be risky ones. Sam's prudent choices were overlooked, and his arguably more bold choices were assumed to be super risky. It was a bad reputation to have in his firm.
Sam discovered this: the PIP gives you an excuse to behave in totally new ways — and other people will actually notice.
During the first few weeks on your PIP, if you behave in new ways, people will actually notice. Done right, this can get you out of the negative pigeon-hole for good.
What Not to Ask – People and Proof
Don't ask your boss or HR who else thinks you're bad. It's not about personalities.
What to Ask – Behaviors
Do ask for clarification on how to comply with the PIP.
Sam was told he needed a peer to sign off on certain project decisions — but the list of decisions was incomplete and vague. Sam wisely asked for detail so he could be sure to comply — and wrote up a list of specific suggestions, making it easy for his boss to edit the list and give it back quickly.
You also need to sniff out any vague or subjective language. If your PIP says you need to "get better," ask for a number or a metric, and suggest one — a 50% improvement on a quality metric, or "100% of key project decisions are signed off by a peer in writing before being acted on." And you need a list of which decisions are "key."
Sam was given an incomplete PIP and no list of which tasks were "key." This could have blown up in his face, if he'd made a decision he felt wasn't "key" and someone else later decided it was. I told him he needed to get that list made explicit — and he needed to go the extra mile of drafting a suggested list.
What to Tell Others
Your staff and co-workers will find out you're on a PIP. So, be the first to tell them.
Use language like this — it focuses on how they can help, and casts you as a supportive participant, not a victim. Here's what Sam sent:
Be sure to look on the sunny side of the PIP in all conversations with others. Everyone will expect you to dislike or resent it. This will make them — and especially most bosses — reluctant to talk about it, and they may "brace themselves" and expect a fight during every conversation about the PIP. Those won't be happy or constructive conversations.
So you can pleasantly surprise your boss (and everyone else) by taking the positive attitude that you're going to use the PIP to improve yourself.
Sam's boss nearly sabotaged him by giving him a vague and incomplete PIP — and then offering to clarify it "in a few weeks" — when Sam was making project decisions daily. It turns out, Sam's boss is an introvert who hated conflict, and who dreaded the PIP conversations.
When Sam showed up being positive and pro-active, his boss was astonished, and eventually delighted that the conversations he'd been dreading were in fact positive and pleasant.
For your PIP, tell your boss and yourself, "I'm committed to doing anything and everything I have to do, to make my work excellent."
Locus of Control
Your "locus of control" is the location where you mentally imagine most of the control is, for a given situation. Some people think everything is luck — good or bad. Others think everybody else is powerful, that they themselves are powerless. Both these have an "external locus of control." This leads them to be passive and miss opportunities to influence outcomes.
To be effective generally — and especially when you have a PIP in effect — you need to massively develop an "internal locus of control."
I coached Sam to never say anything like "I was late because the traffic was bad." Instead he was to say "I was late because I failed to allow enough time for traffic — and I'll be more careful next time."
In reality none of us have 100% control over our environments or our outcomes all the time. Maybe we average 50% control. The trick is, to be 100% focused on whatever is under our control. The person who has only 5% influence on an outcome — and is 100% focused on their share of that influence — will ultimately be far more effective.
Having an "internal locus of control" is powerful for three reasons:
Read more about it here. You can take a Locus of Control self-test here.
Sam's Outcome
Sam was able to use his PIP as a wake-up call for himself, to re-think how he was working with his peers. He saw that he'd been leaving people out of the loop, making decisions without explaining them. By systematically seeking peer input and educating his peers on his thought processes, he ended up changing very few of his decisions — however his peers finally saw how he thought, and why he made the decisions he did. Their confidence in him shot up, and his boss soon heard about it.
The PIP became Sam's opportunity to change his work and his relationships for the better. Yours could be too.
Tom Cox is a Beaverton consultant, author and speaker. He coaches CEOs on how to boost performance by building workplace trust.
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Pacific Palisades: Iconic Riviera Country Club, which once again hosts the Northern Trust Open this week, is loved by the players for its classic feel and the fact that it barely changes from year to year.
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