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Tea Party Madness…
How Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories May Pose a Genuine Threat to Humanity
The paranoia infecting a broad swath of the American right-wing can be comical at times — think about Orly Taitz and her fellow Birthers. But we laugh at our own peril, because what Richard Hofstadter famously characterized as "the paranoid style in American politics" poses a serious threat to our future: the right's snowballing conspiracy theories could ultimately lead to disaster.
Consider what's happening in Virginia's Middle Peninsula on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, among the areas in the U.S. most vulnerable to climate change. Earlier this month, Darryl Fears, reporting for the Washington Post, offered a glimpse into the madness that city planners have faced in recent months as a local Tea Party group, convinced that a nefarious plot by scientists and city officials is afoot, have disrupted their work trying to mitigate the potential impacts of rising sea levels.
"The uprising," wrote Fears, "began at a February meeting about starting a business park for farming oysters in Mathews County." He continued:
The program to help restore the Chesapeake Bay oyster population was slated for land owned by the county, but it was shouted down as a useless federal program that would expand the national debt. The proposal was tabled.
As the opposition grew over the summer, confrontations became so heated that some planners posted uniformed police officers at meetings and others hired consultants to help calm audiences and manage the indoor environment, several planners said.
In James City County, speakers were shouted away from a podium. In Page County, angry farmers forced commissioners to stop a meeting. In Gloucester County, planners sat stone-faced as activists took turns reading portions of the 500-page Agenda 21 text, delaying a meeting for more than an hour.
"Agenda 21″ is one of a number of silly but dangerous conspiracy theories sweeping through the fever swamps of the right. Although admittedly sinister-sounding, Agenda 21 is just a blueprint for sustainable development, especially in emerging economies. It outlines how wealthier countries can contribute to smarter growth through technology transfers and public education. It stresses the importance of fighting deforestation and conserving bio-diversity — all things that normal people would consider wise.
The important thing to understand about Agenda 21 is that there is absolutely nothing binding or compelling member countries to implement any part of it. It's not a treaty — it is entirely voluntary and certainly doesn't have any connection to local governments. Yet for the right, with its long John Birch Society undercurrent of paranoia about international institutions, Agenda 21 represents some kind of dark UN conspiracy to impose socialism on the "free world."
That craziness lies at the heart of Michele Bachmann's quixotic war on energy-efficient lightbulbs. Tim Murphy reported, "The Minnesota congresswoman is part of a movement that considers 'sustainability' an existential threat to the United States, one with far-reaching consequences for education, transportation, and family values."
Last year, during the Denver mayoral race, Tea Party candidate Dan Maes argued that a local bike-sharing program, a popular initiative among city residents, was a "very well-disguised" part of a plan by then-Denver mayor (and now Colorado governor) John Hickenlooper for "converting Denver into a United Nations community." Alex Jones constantly hawks the conspiracy. Glenn Beck warned it would lead to "centralized control over all of human life on planet Earth." And in September, Newt Gingrich, hoping to burnish his wingnutty creds, told a group of Orlando Tea Partiers that, if elected, his first order of business would be "to cease all federal funding of any kind of activity that relates to United Nations Agenda 21." (Currently, no federal funding of any kind is used for implementing Agenda 21.)
It's causing uprisings like that seen in Virginia at ordinarily dull city planning board meetings across the country. As Stephanie Mencimer reported for Mother Jones, "Agenda 21 paranoia has swept the Tea Party scene, driving activists around the country to delve into the minutiae of local governance… they're descending on planning meetings and transit debates, wielding PowerPoints about Agenda 21, and generally freaking out low-level bureaucrats with accusations about their roles in a supposed international conspiracy."
Agenda 21 is inextricably linked to the most dangerous conspiracy theory going: that 97 percent of the world's climate scientists are lying when they say human activities are contributing to global climate change. This, too, is supposedly in service of the goal of destroying capitalism, which means one has to believe that climatologists around the world are not only all very political — enough to conspire to deceive the entire world — but they also all share the same largely discredited ideology.
Back in Virginia, the Coastal Zone Management program is struggling to "help prepare for the predicted effects of climate change, especially sea-level rise on Virginia's coastal resources." The area is uniquely imperiled; in June, Darryl Fears, a science correspondent, reported that Hampton Roads is especially vulnerable because several rivers run through it on their way to the Chesapeake Bay. He continued:
Unfortunately, this crowded, low-lying area also has long-term geological issues to deal with. Thirty-five million years ago, a meteor landed relatively close by and created the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater. Hampton Roads is also home to a downward-pressing glacial formation created during the Ice Age. Scientists theorize that these ancient occurrences are causing the land to sink — and together account for about one-third of the sea-level change.
Fears notes that "the water has risen so much that Naval Station Norfolk is replacing 14 piers at $60 million each to keep ship-repair facilities high and dry," but "this geology is lost in local meetings, where distrust of the local and federal governments is at center stage."
And their harassment is having the desired effect of "freaking out low-level bureaucrats" trying to prepare the area for the changes to come, preparations that have absolutely nothing to do with the United Nations, Agenda 21 or "socialism." According to Fears, Shereen Hughes, a former planning commissioner, is "worried that some officials are giving ground to fearmongers. The uprising against smart growth 'is ridiculous' and 'a conspiracy theory,' she said. But it's effective."
Planners aren't saying this is wrong, Hughes said, because "most are afraid they won't have a job if they're too vocal about this issue." Tea Party members have political allies who "might stand up" against planners who complain, Hughes said.
In his excellent book, Collapse, scientist Jared Diamond looked at a number of societies that had seen their physical climates change. He tried to determine what made some cultures die out while others persevered. According to Diamond, it wasn't the severity of the change, or its speed that was the determining factor. One important variable was the foresight of those societies' leaders — their ability to properly diagnose the problem and adapt, to come up with proactive solutions to the problems they faced.
Diamond, in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, said, "one always has to ask about people's cultural response. Why is it that people failed to perceive the problems developing around them, or if they perceived them, why did they fail to solve the problems that would eventually do them in? Why did some peoples perceive and recognize their problems and others not?" Diamond explained:
A theme that emerges…is insulation of the decision-making elite from the consequences of their actions. That is to say, in societies where the elites do not suffer from the consequences of their decisions, but can insulate themselves, the elite are more likely to pursue their short-term interests, even though that may be bad for the long-term interests of the society, including the children of the elite themselves.
Today, oil and gas corporations are still funding a bunch of crank climate change deniers in order to avoid regulations that might slow their "short-term interests" in extracting as much wealth as they can from traditional hydrocarbons. And here we have Tea Partiers — a "movement" nurtured by business-friendly Republican operatives and backed by the Koch brothers' dirty energy money — being whipped into a frenzy by the likes of Glenn Beck and shouting down local planners trying to do something about rising water levels. They're freaking out about energy-efficient lightbulbs and bike-sharing programs, the very sorts of things we need in order to stave off disaster.
So the next time you hear a wingnut spewing feverish nonsense about "climategate" or the "globalist agenda," remember that this is not just fodder for late-night TV monologues, but the kind of stuff that has in the past brought societies faced with changing environments to their ultimate end.
© 2011, agentleman.
True Colors Shining Through!
© 2011, agentleman.
Hey Jeb: You Next?
2008: George W. Bush is the term-limited president.
2004: George W. Bush is the incumbent president, winning re-election.
2000: George W. Bush is elected to the presidency, though losing the national popular vote.
1996: George W. Bush is the governor of Texas.
1992: George H.W. Bush is the incumbent president, but loses re-election.
1988: George H.W. Bush is elected to the presidency.
1984: George H.W. Bush is re-elected Vice President of the United States, on the Republican ticket with Ronald Reagan.
1980: George H.W. Bush is elected Vice President of the United States, on the Republican ticket with Ronald Reagan.
1976: George H.W. Bush is the country's Director of Central Intelligence, having been appointed to the office by President Gerald Ford.
1972: George H.W. Bush is the country's Ambassador to the United Nations, having been appointed to the office by President Richard Nixon.
1968: George H.W. Bush is a Congressman from Texas.
1964: George H.W. Bush is the Republican nominee for Senate from Texas, losing to incumbent Democrat Ralph Yarborough.
1960: Prescott Bush — George H.W. Bush's father — is a Senator from Connecticut.
1956: Prescott Bush is re-elected as a Senator from Connecticut.
1952: Prescott Bush is first elected as Senator from Connecticut, winning a special election held at the same time as the presidential race.
1948: Here we are — as near as we can tell — the last time that a member of the Bush family did not currently hold, or run for, a significant national or state office.
(But just to be complete, in 1948 Prescott Bush was a delegate to the Republican national
© 2011, agentleman.
What Happened To Customer Service?
In the spirit of the season, I'd like to file a complaint – about complaints. Corporate America just doesn't handle them the way they used to. As in, at all.
I grew up in retail. My father owned a drugstore in upstate New York and was as old fashioned as the next guy when it came to the rules of doing business. As in, Rule #1: the customer is always right. Rule #2: see Rule #1.
Unless, of course, he caught a customer shoplifting, in which case all rules and rights were suspended, including habeas corpus. Make an attempt to sneak out of his establishment with a bottle of moisturizer or a pair of sunglasses and prepare for the thunder of God's own drums. I never heard him yell at his own kids the way he yelled at any young, incipient Artful Dodger who tried to skip the joint with a purloined Snickers bar tucked under his shirt.
As I got older, some of my classmates who sought the five-finger discount came to me directly, hoping I'd grab for them what they feared to take themselves. I trace the evolution of the sixties counterculture through their requests. When we were high school freshman, they wanted prophylactics and cough syrup. By the time we reached senior year, it was blank prescription pads and several hundred empty gelatin capsules, to be filled with who knows what homemade hallucinogen.
In those days, before the notion of Black Friday spread across the land and early rising consumers clamored for the privilege of getting stomped upon and pepper sprayed, my father's busiest time at the store wasn't the day after Thanksgiving but the day after Christmas, when holiday items were steeply discounted and customers arrived to exchange gifts received or complain about faulty products. Each complaint was handled with aplomb, cash returned or merchandise traded, no questions asked.
So having been raised to honor the sanctity of the complaint, when I reached my majority, I took my own complaining very seriously, drafting letters of such savage wit, spellbinding rhetoric and logic that any commercial enterprise in receipt thereof was compelled to immediately see the error of its ways and yield. Or so I imagined.
I always copied my missives to the Better Business Bureau and once – in the matter of a defective watch battery from Macy's – received from a woman who worked at the bureau the epistolary equivalent of a standing ovation. Several years later, when my then-wife was having problems with a furniture store coming through with the proper door for a new credenza, I drafted a complaint letter in her name and copied the BBB. A note came back from the same woman, announcing – and I am not making this up – that it was the best one she'd read since that guy with the bad watch battery. Okay, maybe she simply noticed that the return address was the same, but in that moment it felt like I had won the Academy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Whining, Original or Adapted.
Now, however, complaints go largely unanswered. I blame this, at least in part, on the Internet. Websites for stores or other businesses more often than not have a place where you can register a grievance but they disappear into cyberspace like those microwave transmissions of "Leave It to Beaver" now racing past Alpha Centauri, never to be heard from again unless alien civilizations have a twisted sense of humor and a desire for revenge.
In the last few months, I've dutifully typed onto my screen various grievances to various companies, including a hotel where, if the sheets were indeed changed daily it was from bed to bed, and a drugstore chain, the branch of which in my neighborhood more and more resembles a Matthew Brady photo of the day after Gettysburg – if you replaced the bodies strewn on the ground with toothpaste cartons, containers of painkiller and shredded circulars.
Not one has been answered, which makes it all the more frustrating that when a store – the hardware behemoth Lowe's Home Improvement – proves the exception and finally does respond to a complaint, it's not for anything legitimate but in reaction to a right wing fringe organization's hysteria over a cable reality show that depicts Muslims as normal people instead of terrorists. Lowe's pulled its commercials from the TLC series All American Muslim (as did some other companies), reportedly caving to pressure from the Florida Family Association (FFA), a group which apparently consists of a single paid employee – its president — and a mailing list of an alleged 35,000 members. (Lowe's now says the FFA did not force its decision; it was "negative chatter about the show… appearing on social networks.")
What's more, I noticed the other day that Mark Ryan, who retired last year from his job as chief executive of the drugstore chain to which I complained – CVS Caremark – was one of the ten most highly paid bosses in America. That's according to the corporate governance group GMI Ratings. The New York Times reports, "In his last year at CVS he received total compensation of $29.2 million and an additional $50.4 million from stock awards and options." He's now an operating partner with Advent International, a private equity firm specializing in corporate buyouts. Which is interesting because during the time he was CEO at CVS, its stock price dropped by more than half.
As my Christmas gift to the One Percent, here's a suggestion to Ryan and all you other "job creators." Take back some of those millions in executive compensation and invest them in real customer service. Generate work — hire people to take care of the people who buy your products and sincerely, productively respond to their concerns and problems, just like the good old days.
Admittedly, I did find one other exception, which is why I have to get over to Starbuck's. The other evening, I was griping because they ran out of the stuff they put in their holiday eggnog lattes. They gave me a coupon for a free drink. Say what you will about the caffeine empire – they know how to handle a complaint.
So in the words of The Simpsons' Krusty the Klown, ""Have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Kwazy Kwanzaa, a tip-top Tet, and a solemn, dignified Ramadan." And speaking of complaints, I just know I'll be hearing about this.
© 2011, agentleman.


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Jul 26, 2005
I'm giving up caffiene. I'm giving up not sleeping. I'm giving up working my ass off for people I don't know or like. I'm giving up caring about the dust. I'm giving up junk food. I'm giving up the little things.
I'm going back to hiking and writing in my journal. I'm going back to going to bed at a decent time. I'm going back to being outside more. I'm going back to the work I love. I'm going back to working out and doing Yoga and drinking ten glasses of water a day.
Damnit, I'm going back to fitting in my clothes, having energy and being myself. I'm goin' hippy.
He watches LB for a whole day while you spend that day at the spa getting a full treatment:-)
By periwinklejen on 2005 07 26
Oh yeah, go for a spa treatment while he does baby duty
By Sarah on 2005 07 26
lol! good luck with that! you can do it after watching supersize me..all I could think about was gettin' me some fries…. hehe
ditto on the spa treatment…or if not that elaborate..at least a pedicure or something
By Bree on 2005 07 26
Ooh - good luck on the bet!
Hubby and I *almost* decided to watch Supersize Me tonight, but we decided to order pizza instead.
Sad, huh?
By Seuss on 2005 07 26
I watched "Super size me" a year ago and have not touched Mcdonalds since. Seriously! blaaaaaaack.
By T on 2005 07 26
I eat out way to often to touch that movie. I mean hell then I may have to learn to cook or something!
Spa treatment - even if it includes him going to walmart and buying stuff to give you a pedicure and such - go for it!
Hey it could even lead to something more then just a spa treatment by Mr. Flinger. HAHAHA!
By Nicole on 2005 07 26
Why you win a trip to lovely SC of course!!
By RB on 2005 07 26
Gosh…I'd go with Karyn on having the car washed and vacuumed. Too practical for my own good sometimes.
By Paige (CoraBelle) on 2005 07 26
Definately babysitting- even if you don't get a spa treatment! Get out by yourself and do something for YOU! (Not just grocery shopping/errands- do something FUN!) And GOOD LUCK with the bet! You can do it!
I admire your zeal- Every once in awhile I make those types of resolutions, and go cold turkey (usually towards sweets) and then I hit the 3rd day or so and end up eating more sweets that day than if I would have been moderatley eating sweets all along. *sigh*
By Holly on 2005 07 26
Did you by chance watch the extras? The "rotting" experiment was enough to turn me off of Mc. D's fries FOREVER!!!
By Annie De on 2005 07 26
yeah… I've found you really have to slowly wean yourself from coffee…. I'm sure you've had those caffeine headaches, no? GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH….
Btw, I think now's the time to go for the Powerbook.I know you said nothing expensive… but damn girl, you're giving up COFFEE. (she said, as she sipped her morning mocha, lightly flavored with hazelnut….mmmmmmmm)
By Erin on 2005 07 27
OH… and I've seen Supersize Me… OH…MAH…GAH… I was grateful for my dislike of fast food in general… and I will never look at a box of french fries (the ONE fast food item I am a sucker for) the same again…. ew ew ew.
By Erin on 2005 07 27
Hey lookee, I'm posting in Pacific time! It's 4a.m.!! Weeeeeeee!!!
By Erin on 2005 07 27
We just saw Supersize Me a couple weeks ago…YIKES that was scary. We had ordered a pizza and were eating it while we watched and I gotta tell ya I didn't even want to eat THAT! I think I ate salads for dinner for a full week after.
And for giving up coffee for a WEEK…I would go for the day at the spa! Or the new Powerbook would be nice too. Hey, do you think he would go for both?? Hehe.
By Carolyn on 2005 07 27
Yea! I like that, Sleepingmommy. Of course, I'd *really* like the powerbook, but naturally, I'm thinking I'll get that soon anyway. HEH.
Perhaps in my weekend of "you do it" I can squeeze in the car thing. Muhahahaha.
And y'all.. this is SO not easy. I was jonsin' by 10am yesterday. Hmph. But, Holly, did you see Supersize me? I guess the "three day hump" is a thing. He says that, too. So if you can make it past day three, you're good to go. Naturally, I've only done that once with caffeine and I was pregnant with LB.
Totally saw the extras on the Fries. WHAT. ARE. THEY. Not potatoes, that's for sure!
By Mrs. Flinger on 2005 07 27
hrmmmm. i know! You fly to Texas and visit mememememe and I'll make you some decaf!
By texasbelle on 2005 07 27
No, I haven't seen Supersize Me- I guess I will have to! I got rid of caffiene when I was pregnant with #1 and still can't get used to it 6 years later… anytime I have it I am bouncing off the walls and very talkative! (Can you believe C will be 6 this year?! OH MY, I feel OLD.)
By Holly on 2005 07 27
Way to go on the coffee. Truthfully, I don't think Bob can give up pop. Just my inkling. Maybe, but my bet is on you girl. Come on over and read that damn Caffine Blues book, that will keep you motivated. Yeah, I saw the movie and was totally grossed out. I have NEVER like McDonalds, but that movie confirmed my hatrid for fast food. (Now Baja Fresh doesn't count.) Yum. As for your wager. Have Pops take LB for a day and I will get the hubs to do the same and for at least part of the day we could go PLAY! Hell knows what we would do, but something baby free!
By traci on 2005 07 27
Good luck with giving up coffee for a week. All the things you listed. I need to do too. Most importantly. I need to get my butt in bed earlier. You can do it girl! I'm all for the spa treatment too!! I'm going to start the South Beach Diet. I haven't had sugar at all today. I'm about to snap! I had splenda in my coffee this morning.YUCK!
By kelli on 2005 07 27
Oh yeah… SuperSize Me. Yowsa.
Go Leslie! I'm with the others who say Mr. F gets baby duty, while you do whatever the hell you want to do!
By Marie on 2005 07 28

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I was thinking of how to improve the recent topics/blogs hooks when positioned on the center position of the page. In the current scenario they are leaving a lot of empty space which doesn't look nice especially when on the top portion of the main page. Attached is my proposal how this could be improved. (don't know how to program it)
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svit added a review on a file Current Version InfoIt is a very practical Plugin, thank you very much for sharing it with us.
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svit added a topic in Product FeedbackRecent Images hook - Not to be animatedHello,
I wish there was an option for the Gallery Animated hook of the Recent Images not to be animated. The animation attracts too much of attention and I feel it is distruptive for our members. I would like to keep it without animation though, it is very nice and useful hook..
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svit added a post in a topic Mass edit photo captionsI remember this function was present in the previous versions.. hope we will see it soon in 4.x too
svit added a topic in Product FeedbackMass edit photo captionsI was unable to find out how, once uploaded, I could mass edit photo captions. E.g. if I need to change the copyright, do I have to open and close each photo separately?
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svit added a post in a topic Cannot create albums in IP.GallerySame here,
I was so desperate that I had to upload a fake image so that I could create an album, then move the needed pictures to the new album, and delete the fake image.
This really seems to have been overlooked and needs to be fixed asap please.
svit added a post in a topic Gallery 5.01 FeedbackI am using Social/Patchwork
At present when being in the 'album view' and looking at the thumbnails of the photos, the admin has the option to tick them and chose action from a small pop-up window. At present those actions are Approve / Hide / Delete / Move - why not to have more actions such as 'Set as album Cover' or other. For us to be able to chose the album covers we have to do one more click to say 'edit album' and tick the option from there.
svit added a topic in Product FeedbackHook of the Calendars I followHello I think this would be a very useful hook. To display only the events of the calendars one is following. (!)
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svit added a topic in IP.GalleryGallery 5.01 FeedbackHello,
Being a loyal user of the gallery module for years I thought I should provide feedback on the latest 5.01 release. I have to say I consider the new release to be a very good step. The gallery feels more logical, easy to understand. We are using it for large databanks of photos as well as for rather smaller communities. Here are my few comments on features we would find useful and at present are missing:
Main Gallery Page
- Categories should have (optionally) a preview icon
- Option to hide links to subcategories from the main page (long list is graphically disturbing)
- Option to have displayed random images in the patchwork (Feature photos are useful though)
- Option to mass select (e.g. by a tick box) and move/delete/edit categories/albums (it took us half a day to rearrange the albums after the upgrade, what if we need to switch on rating option for all albums?
Album View
- Highlight a Cover photo from the album vie (e.g. by tick and roll down menu, the current rolldown options are limited)
- Drag and drop to rearrange photos within an album
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- Have back the option to show the latest photos thumbnails on the 'forums linking to albums'
Thank you for the successful release, keep doing the great work!
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svit added a post in a topic IP Gallery - It's driven us away from IPS to the competitionI too got to 500 server error after upgrading to the new gallery, as there was no apache error log available from my ISP and IP helpdesk werent able to help, I decided to revert both the files on server as well as the db backup to the state before the upgrade and requested IP helpdesk to upgrade the gallery themselves. Just an idea..
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svit added a comment on a blog entry IP.Gallery 5.0: Some Further ChangesFrom what I could see in the attach thumbnails (and i know it is not a final version) there are categories listed so that their width covers the full width of the page. I think it is a waste of space which will not look nice. Imagine you have resolution 1900 pixels covered by just links of category links, from this perspective i think the previous solution was much better (categories as squared thumbs in the right sidebar)
svit added a comment on a blog entry IP.Gallery 5.0: Some Further ChangesI wish the layout of the Gallery wasn't a missed opportunity. I wish our members were impressed by the layout and could be proud they are registered users of the Gallery. The galleries are dealing with images-photographs where aesthetics often play role (photography, travel, design sites) and so are our requirements for the gallery itself to have design without any compromises. Please think carefully of each element of each page of the Gallery, define its importance and think how is it graphically expressed. It is 2012, the trends are known to everyone and expectations are high.


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The diagnostic criteria for NF1 has been established by consensus of experts in the field. A person is thought to have NF1 if they have two or more of the following:
- 6 or more café au lait spots
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- osseous lesions
- family history of NF1
- Lisch nodules
- freckles in the axillary (armpit) or inguinal (groin) region
- optic pathway glioma
Only a doctor with expertise in NF1 can provide an accurate diagnosis.
If you suspect you have NF1, but no diagnosis has been made, please visit the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Neurofibromatosis Center for a consultation with a genetic counselor.


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Employment Criminal Background Check And What To Look For When Hiring A New Employee
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When having a real business, you need real employees, so how do you go about this. So what do you do to find these people and after you find them how do you ensure that they are people you can trust to do this task. Make sure you don't hire people who job hop, and […]
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Once you have a few people calling you for the job you want to have them come in, but before they come in listen to how they speak on the telephone. If they are not very professional on the phone then perhaps they will not be very good in a work type environment and you might not want to waist your time. Up next is the chance to invite them in for an interview, if they sound promising on the phone. So once they agree, you should then check to make sure they are on time to your business, this can play a big factor in hiring someone, because if they can't even make it on time to the first interview then they probably wont be a very good person to hire. Next, if they show up on time then you want them to have all the paper work you asked for, this will help you determine if they are an organized, and prepared type of person. If they seem to have passed all these test, then the next step is to do a full background test on them, now this can be a very expensive process, and can take some time to get the results you need. You should always check into this, because it can cost you time and money in the end.
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|Affording social intelligence in multi-user gaming and simulation learning environments: social affordances and cognitive load for improving lifelong learning
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|Education is experiencing significant changes. Emphasis on traditional, initial school and university education is shifting towards new modes of lifelong learning. At the same time traditional classrooms are being extended into virtual classrooms for distributed learning and distance education (Onderwijsraad, 2003). In light of this, present learning paradigms espouse situating learning and cognition in authentic, often group-based asynchronous distributed learning situations (Van Merriënboer, Kirschner, & Kester, 2003). Games and/or simulations (Achtenhagen, 2001; de Jong, & van Joolingen, 1998; De Caluwe, Geurts, Buis, & Stoppenberg, 1996) are often used to promote the needed situating, supported by computer mediated and supported collaborative learning environments. Traditional content domains are making way for fields that are making use of these techniques such as public safety, environmental science, and risk assessment and management. Such environments exhibit both social and cognitive drawbacks. Socially, the environments are meagre. They do not provide the necessary affordances (Gaver, 1996; Gibson, 1977; Norman, 1988) for social interaction (Kirschner, 2003; Kreijns & Kirschner, 2001), namely a reciprocal relationship between user needs and environment functionalities and a salient perception action coupling between them. The environments exhibit low sociability, minimal social presence, and weak social spaces (Kreijns, Kirschner, & Jochems, 2002). Tools being used to 'combat' this problem are social agents and group awareness widgets (Kreijns & Kirschner, 2002). Cognitively, these information rich environments represent situations that are not properly aligned with the human cognitive architecture, threatening the learner with "cognitive overload" and inefficient learning (Paas, Renkl, & Sweller, 2003). The intrinsically high cognitive load of these environments is often unnecessarily increased by spatial and temporal split attention effects of realistic and metaphorical multimedia representations of data in the graphic, auditory, and haptic modalities. This is compounded by possible modality effects in the multimedia environments used (Mayer & Moreno, 2003; Tabbers, Martens, & van Merriënboer, 2003). Tools that take the control of cognitive load as a pre-eminent consideration in these environments are needed to tackle this problem. Finally, the collaborative aspect of learning and working in virtual teams places additional challenges on both the educator and the learner. Special attention has to be paid to virtual team-building and conflict handling and resolution. This adds to the social problems and cognitive load already present in learning in real teams. In other words, distributed learning has its advantages and disadvantages for students. The advantage is that they can learn at a time and place they prefer. A disadvantage can be that they lack the stimulating interactions with other students and teachers that typically take place within the same proximity. There have been several attempts to combine the best of both worlds by replicating the benefits of the classroom in a virtual world. The pioneering experiences with collaborative learning in virtual teams show interesting results but also stress the need for improved understanding of learning and cognition in virtual teams (Rutkowski et al, 2002). Goal of the workshop is to bring scientists from several disciplines together to discuss the problems and deliver the foundation for an integrative multidisciplinary project proposal to research this further. Four bodies of knowledge will be tapped, namely: * gaming for the creation of interactive learning experiences, * affordances of software to strengthen an environment for social interaction, * cognitive load to promote effective learning, and * collaborative learning in virtual teams. The overarching purpose of this multidisciplinary initiative is to overcome the social and cognitive drawbacks of learning by multi-user gaming and simulation by identifying the major problems, conducting conclusive research, and developing good theory aimed at improving lifelong learning. This preparatory grant is being requested to organize an intensive workshop to be attended by prominent Dutch and foreign researchers with as proximate goal, the production of a special issue on this theme in either the journal Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning (definite acceptance) or Applied Cognitive Psychology (in negotiation) and as ultimate goal a full proposal for an integrated research proposal within the Cognition Programme. Achtenhagen, F. (2001). Criteria for the development of complex teaching-learning environments. Instructional Science, 29, 361-380. De Caluwé, L., Geurts, J, Buis, D., & Stoppelenburg, A. (1996). Gaming: Organisatieverandering met spelsimulaties (Gaming: Organisational change by simulation games). The Hague, NL: DELWEL Uitgeverij B.V. De Jong, T., & van Joolingen, W.R. (1998). Scientific discovery learning with computer simulations of conceptual domains. Review of Educational Research, 68, 179-202. Gaver, W. (1996). Affordances for interaction: The social is material for design. Ecological Psychology 8(2), 111,129. Gibson, J. J. (1977). The theory of affordances. In R. Shaw & J. Bransford (Eds.), Perceiving, Acting and Knowing (pp. 67-82). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Kirschner, P. (2002). Can we support CSCL? Educational, social and technological affordances for learning. In P. Kirschner (Ed.), Three worlds of CSCL: Can we support CSCL. Inaugural address, Open University of the Netherlands. Kirschner, P. A., & Kreijns, K. (2003). Enhancing sociability of computer-mediated collaborative learning environments. In R. Bromme, F. Hesse, & H. Spada (Eds.). Barriers and biases in computer-mediated knowledge communication - and how they may be overcome. Dordrecht, NL: Kluwer. Kreijns, K., & Kirschner, P. A. (2001). The social affordances of computer-supported collaborative learning environments. Proceedings of the 31st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Reno, NV, USA. Kreijns, K., & Kirschner, P. 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Jarvis Jones raised his scoring to a whole new level, and this time he finished it in style.
The senior guard poured in a career-high 36 points, including three deep 3-pointers late in overtime, as East Tennessee State rallied past Lipscomb 90-88 on a snow-swept Saturday night at the Dome.
Jones had just turned in his best offensive performance, 23 points, there two nights earlier, but he missed a layup at the horn in a two-point loss to Northern Kentucky. He admitted that he hadn't slept very well thinking about it.
"I was very frustrated the other night," he said, "but I knew this time was going to come again. I had to redeem myself."
Jones did so in a big way, leading the Bucs back from 10 down with 6½ minutes left, and it looked like he might write a dramatic end in regulation when he buried a 3-pointer from the left corner with 16 seconds left to give ETSU a 79-77 lead. But Deonte Alexander slashed to the basket on the other end and was fouled with eight seconds to play.
The senior guard calmly made both free throws to send the Bison to overtime. They seemingly had regained the advantage.
The Bucs were without leading scorer Lester Wilson and big men Kinard Gadsden-Gilliard and John Walton — all of whom had fouled out. And they were already missing starting forward Hunter Harris, who was home in Nashville with his ailing father.
The lineup in overtime included Jones, sophomore Rashawn Rembert and freshmen Petey McClain, Mario Stramaglia and Yunio Barrueta. The Bucs had to play smallball.
"The overtime was a gritty, gritty performance by five guys," said coach Murry Bartow. "We were playing with five guards."
The Bison still had all their weapons, and that included 6-10, 285-pound freshman Stephen Hurt. They led 83-81 after a free throw by Hurt when Jones rose to the occasion.
His 3-pointer put the Bucs up by one with 1:26 to play. Martin Smith gave Lipscomb the lead again with a spinning floater in the lane. Then it was a long 3-pointer by Jones that hit hard on the front of the rim and softly bounced through. ETSU led 87-85 with 47 seconds left.
The Bison again had an answer 10 seconds later when J.J. Butler stroked a three from the top of the key. Trailing by one again, Jones delivered the decisive blow with another left-handed bomb from the left wing with 13 seconds left.
"I think everybody sensed he was going to finish it this time," said Stramaglia, who was seemingly in the middle of everything down the stretch. "He was pretty frustrated the other night, but we want the ball in his hands at the end."
Said Barrueta, "We all contributed together; we fought. Jarvis hit big shots. If not for him, we wouldn't have won this game."
The Bucs were able to escape when Alexander's hard-driving shot rolled off the rim and the Bison couldn't , sending a crowd of 2,585 out onto treacherous roadways.
They had been treated to another thriller between these teams — the fifth overtime contest in seven years. (ETSU has won four of them.) This one featured five ties and 12 lead changes.
The Bucs are now 7-17 overall and 5-6 in the Atlantic Sun Conference as they get ready to head south for games at Florida Gulf Coast and Stetson.
Lipscomb, which had won the earlier meeting in Nashville 60-56, fell to 8-14, 3-8.
Bartow had said Friday that his team needs Jones to be more efficient with his shooting. He had taken 23 shots to get his 23 points against Northern Kentucky.
Jones responded by going 12 of 22 from the field against the Bison and had five of his team's 12 3-pointers. He was on the floor for 44 minutes.
"I'm so proud of Jarvis Jones," said Bartow. "The other night after he missed the layup, he didn't sleep the whole night, nor did his coach. He was spectacular tonight."
The Bucs got 11 points apiece from Wilson, Rembert, Stramaglia and Barrueta, who also had seven rebounds in just six minutes.
Wilson didn't score in the second half and fouled out with 6:33 left in regulation. He's been the team's leading scorer all season but has now been surpassed by Jones, who raised his average by over a point, to 16.5.
The Bison were led by the Smith brothers, the sophomore forwards from Clarksville. Martin finished with 21 points, while Malcolm had 18 and nine rebounds.
Alexander scored 16 points, and Hurt chipped in with 11 and nine rebounds.
Lipscomb lost despite shooting 54 percent from the field and outrebounding the Bucs 40-34. The Bison committed just a few too many turnovers (20) and missed a few too many free throws (18 of 31).


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There was a great article in the Post-Star last week concerning school employees insurance. Everything I'm about to say is stated in the article. Teacher's health insurance premiums are going up 12 percent this year. There are 2 plans employees can purchase. The most expensive one will cost $21,828 yearly for a family's coverage. The other one costs $18,300 yearly for a family's coverage. Of course the employees only pay 10 percent of that, the rest comes out of Our budget. Last year we paid 2.9 million for health insurance and now it's going up 12 percent. The article stated what some other school districts employees pay for their insurance.
Glens Falls teachers: 16.5 percent. Queensbury teachers: 12 percent. Warrensburg 10 percent South Glens Falls 11 percent to 20 percent depending when they were hired. New York state public employee's federation is up to 31 percent. The private sector average is 25 percent.
Districts are being forced to negotiate higher employee contributions to help offset escalating insurance cost. We need to do the same thing.
Our teacher's contract was up this year so it was a great opportunity for our board to address insurance premiums contribution and salary increases over the next 4 years. What did they do? They extended the current contract for 2 more years with a 2.8 percent increase in salaries. Why would they do that knowing this year was going to be a very challenging budget year? I have asked them that now for the third time. So far no answer! My opinion is we have a very pro teacher/employee board. Most all of them have relatives working for the school. This is acceptable according to the New York school laws, but the perception can be questionable. My perception is that if a board member has a relative working in the school system their opinions and/or votes are going to be pro relative for obvious reasons. My advice to you is, that in the future do not vote in board members who have relative working the school district.
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- Judgment and decision making with applications to management and consumer behavior
- Ethical decision making
- Negative impact of goal setting systems
- Emotions and decision making
Recent Publications
Ordóñez, L.D, & Welsh, D.T. (In Press). Immoral Goals: How Goal Setting May Lead to Unethical Behavior. Current Opinion in Psychology. (special issue on behavioral ethics)
Welsh, D., Ordóñez, L. D., Snyder, D., & Christian, M. (In Press) The slippery slope: A self-regulatory examination of the cumulative effect of minor ethical transgressions. Journal of Applied Psychology.
Welsh, D., & Ordóñez, L. D. (In Press). The Goal-Setting Treadmill: Linking Consecutive Performance Goals, Depletion, and Unethical Behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Process, Special Issue on Behavioral Ethics.
Welsh, D., & Ordóñez, L. D., (2014). Conscience without cognition: The effects of subconscious priming on automatic ethical behavior. Academy of Management Journal. 57, 723-742.
Ordóñez, L. D., Benson, L., & Pittarello, A. (In Press). Time Pressure Perception and Decision Making. In G. Keren and G. Wu (Eds): The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Judgment and Decision Making.
Ordóñez, L. D., & Wu, G. (2014). Goals and decision making. In S. Highhouse, E. Salas and R. S. Dalal (Eds): Judgment and Decision Making, SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series, 123-139.
Connolly, T., Ordóñez, L. D., & Barker, S. (2013). Judgment and decision making. In N. Schmitt & S. Highhouse (Eds): Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology, Volume 12: Industrial and Organizational Psychology. New York: John Wiley.
Janakiraman, N., & Ordóñez, L. D. (2012). Effect of effort and deadlines on consumer product returns. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 22, 260–271.
Kugler, T., Connolly, T. and Ordóñez, L. D. (2012). Emotion, decision and risk: betting on gambles vs. betting on people, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 25, 123-134.
Ordóñez, L. D., Schweitzer, M. E., Galinsky, A. D., & Bazerman, M. H. (2009). On Good Scholarship, Goal Setting, and Scholars Gone Wild, Academy of Management Perspectives, 23(1), 6-16.
Ordóñez, L. D., Schweitzer, M. E., Galinsky, A. D., & Bazerman, M. H. (2009). Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects of Overprescribing Goal Setting, Academy of Management Perspectives, 23(3), 82-87.
Schweitzer, M., Ordóñez, L. D., & Douma, B. (2004). The Dark Side of Goal Setting: The Role of Goals in Motivating Unethical Behavior. The Academy of Management Journal, 47, 422-432.
Cherry, B., Ordóñez, L. D., & Gilliland, S. (2003). Grade Expectations: The effects of expectations on fairness and satisfaction perceptions of grades. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 16, 375-395.
Connolly, T., & Ordóñez, L. D. (2003). Judgment and decision making. In W.C Borman., D. R. Ilgen, & R. J. Klimoski (Eds): Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology, Volume 12: Industrial and Organizational Psychology. New York: John Wiley.
Rapoport, A., Seale, D. A., & Ordóñez, L. D. (2002). Tacit coordination in choice between certain outcomes and endogenously determined lotteries. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. 25, 21-45.
Schweitzer, M., Ordóñez, L. D., & Douma, B (2002). The Dark Side of Goal Setting: The Role of Goals in Motivating Unethical Behavior, The Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management Conference, Denver, Co.
Ordóñez, L. D., Connolly, T., & Coughlan, R. (2000). Multiple reference points in pay satisfaction assessment. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 13, 329-344.
Ordóñez, L. D., & Connolly, T. (2000). Regret and responsibility: A reply to Zeelenberg et al. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 81, 132-142.
Ordóñez, L. D., Benson, L., & Beach, L. R. (1999). Testing the compatibility test: How instructions, accountability, and anticipated regret affect prechoice screening of options, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 78, 63-80.
Ordóñez, L. D. (1998). The effect of correlation between price and quality on consumer choice. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 75, 258-273.
Professional Presentations
- Motro, D., Ordóñez, L.D., Pittarello, A., & Welsh, D. (2014). Emotions and Ethics: Understanding the role of self regulation in examining the effects of anger and guilt on unethical behavior. Paper presented at the seventy-fourth annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA and honored in the Best Paper Proceedings (2104).
- Welsh, D., & Ordóñez, L. (2013). The Dark Side of Overprescribed Goals: Consecutive Performance Goals, Depletion & Unethical Behavior. Academy of Management Conference, Orlando, FL.
- Welsh, D., Ordóñez, L., Snyder, D. G., & Christian, M. S. (2013). The Cumulative Effect of Minor Transgressions on Major Ones: A Self-Regulatory Approach. Academy of Management Conference, Orlando, FL.
- Welsh, D., & Ordóñez, L. (2012). Without Cognition: The Effects of Subconscious Priming on Automatic Ethical Behavior. Behavioral Decision Research in Management. Boulder, Co.
- Ordóñez, L. (2012). Goals and Decision Making. Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology. San Diego.
- Ordóñez, L. (2012). The Impact of Goals on Ethical Behavior. Rady Conference on Deception. UC San Diego.
- Welsh, D., & Ordóñez, L. (2011). Without Cognition: The Effects of Subconscious Priming on Automatic Ethical Behavior. Society for Judgment and Decision Making. Seattle, WA.
- Welsh, D., & Ordóñez, L. (2011). The moderating effect of subconscious priming on goal setting and unethical behavior. Academy of Management Conference, San Antonio, Tx.
- Kugler, T., Connolly, T., & Ordóñez, L. (2010). The Role of Incidental Emotions in Decision Making Under Risk. Soceity of Experimental Social Psychology. Minneapolis, MN.
Invited Addresses
- Ordóñez, L. D, & Welsh, D. (2011). Productivity vs. Ethics: Winning at Both. EthicsPoint (Webinar).
- Ordóñez, L. D. (2009). The Dark Side of Aggressive Goal Setting in the Workplace: A Shortcut to Unethical Behavior. EthicsPoint (Webinar).
- Ordóñez, L. D. (2009). Goals Gone Wild: Managing Inherent Risks in Goal Setting. Hewlett Packard Project Management Roundtable (Webinar).
- Ordóñez, L. D. (2009). Incidental Emotions and Decision Making. University of British Columbia.
Editorial Work
- Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Editorial Board
- Judgment and Decision Making, Editorial Board
- Organization Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Editorial Board
Honors, Fellowships and Grants
- UA Center for Leadership Ethics Faculty Research Award, 2012 and 2013
- Eller MBA Outstanding Teaching Award
- UA Black Alumni Association 2012 Phenomenal Woman Faculty Award (first recipient of this award)
- National Science Foundation, Decision Risk and Management Science, Ordóñez (PI), & Gilliland (Co-PI), "Ethics Hotlines: Investigating Decisions to Report Ethical Violations," 2012-13. ($120,000)
- Eller College Women Leadership Networking Event, Faculty award, May 2011
News and Broadcasts
- "It's not always good to create goals." NPR/Marketplace, American Public Media, January 14, 2010. www.marketplace.org/topics/life/its-not-always-good-create-goals.(Audio)
- Performance Mismanagement: To Get Results, Stop Measuring People By Them
Media Citations/Interviews
- "101 Ways to Build Wealth". Money Magazine. May 2015, pp. 48.
- "The Slippery-Slope Effect: Minor Misdeeds Lead to Major Ones" Psychological Science at Work. March 10, 2015. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/minds-business/the-slippery-slope-effect-minor-misdeeds-lead-to-major-ones.html.
- "Ethical indiscrtions and missteps: The slippery slope is all downhill" Forbes India, March 27, 2015. http://forbesindia.com/article/kenanflagler/ethical-indiscretions-and-missteps-the-slippery-slope-is-all-downhill/39779/1
- "When Goals are Combined (or Not) with Large Companies" Exame.com, January 29, 2015. http://exame.abril.com.br/negocios/noticias/quando-as-metas-sao-aliadas-ou-nao-de-grandes-empresas
"When Bribery Pays, People Bribe" JDSupra Business Advisor, September 22, 2014.http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/when-bribery-pays-people-bribe-82662/
"How unethical behavior becomes habit," Harvard Business Review Blog Network, September 4, 2014.http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/09/how-unethical-behavior-becomes-habit/
"A series of unconscionable events: Why do injustices snowball? Research explains." Psychology Today, October 2014, pp. 18-19.
"The slippery slope of getting away with small stuff". BBC.http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20140806-the-slippery-slope?utm_content=7288005&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
"Performance Mismanagement: To get results, stop measuring people by them". The Conference Board Review. tcbreview.com/tcbr-human-capital/performance-mismanagement.html
- "Dirty Business" WUNC. July 10, 2014. http://wunc.org/post/dirty-business.
- "When Tiny Fibs Create Big Risks For Businesses." BloombergBusinessWeek. June 26, 2014. www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-06-26/how-telling-little-lies-eventually-leads-to-major-ethical-breaches.
- "Stealing a pen at work could turn you on to much bigger crimes". Omaha Sun Times. June 26, 2014. omahasuntimes.com/2014/06/stealing-a-pen-at-work-could-turn-you-on-to-much-bigger-crimes/.
- "Stealing a pen at work could turn you on to much bigger crimes." Huffington Post. June 26, 2014. www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/stealing-from-work-corporate-fraud_n_5530999.html
- "Small ethical lapses lead to slippery slope, study shows." WMBB.com: Northwest Florida Homepage. June 25, 2014. www.wmbb.com/story/25868744/small-ethical-lapses-lead-to-slippery-slope-study-shows.
- "Performance Mismanagement: How an Unrealistic Goal Fueled VA Scandal".NBCNews. June 25, 2014. www.nbcnews.com/storyline/va-hospital-scandal/performance-mismanagement-how-unrealistic-goal-fueled-va-scandal-n139906.
- "Just before they cheated: How a lofty objective fueled VA Woes". Insurangle. June 25, 2014. www.insurangle.com/just-before-they-cheated-how-a-lofty-objective-fueled-va-woes.html.
- "Caution: small ethical lapses lead to a slippery slope". UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. June 25, 2014. www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/news/2014/06/Slippery-Slope.
- "University of Arizona Leader Spotlight: influential Women in Higher Education". Blog posted by Emmi Edwards. Prism Global Marketing Solutions. June 3, 2014.www.prismglobalmarketing.com/blog/the-university-of-arizona-spotlight-influential-women-higher-education
- "Managers – think twice before setting negotiation goals." Blog. Harvard Law School: Program on Negotiation. May 5, 2014. www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/business-negotiations/managers-think-twice-before-setting-negotiation-goals/.
- "How unethical behavior becomes habit," OrthoSpineNews, April 9, 2014.http://www.orthospinenews.com/how-unethical-behavior-becomes-habit
- "Eller Experts: Dr. Lisa Ordóñez on big data (Part 1)". YouTube. February 24, 2014.www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be_1j003Jrk
- "Eller Experts: Dr. Lisa Ordóñez on big data (Part 3)". YouTube. February 24, 2014.www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RxRwN_gP5I
- "Goals gone wild". Blog. Ruby Star Associates. September 16, 2013.rubystarassociates.co.uk/goals-gone-wild
- "Finer points of greenhouse gas goal setting". Coppervale. September 12, 2013.www.coppervale.org/index.php/supply-side-energy-management/item/46-finer-points-of-greenhouse-gas-goal-setting/46-finer-points-of-greenhouse-gas-goal-setting.
- "Goal Rush: Why goal-setting isn't always a good thing". CNN. February 8, 2013.edition.cnn.com/2013/02/07/business/goals-business-management-route-to-the-top/.
- "Secrets of Motivated People". Fox News. February 1, 2014.www.foxnews.com/health/2013/01/31/secrets-motivated-people/ .
- "Why setting goals can do more harm than good". Forbes. January 2, 2013.www.forbes.com/sites/hbsworkingknowledge/2013/01/02/why-setting-goals-can-do-more-harm-than-good/.
- "The Power of Negative Thinking". The Wall Street Journal. December 7, 2012.online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324705104578147333270637790.
- "Goals Gone Wild". Blog posted by Jon Picoult for Customer Think. October 10, 2012.customerthink.com/goals_gone_wild/.
- "Experts' Advice to the Goal-Oriented: Don't Overdo It". Online Article. The New York Times. October 5, 2012. www.nytimes.com/2012/10/06/your-money/the-perils-of-setting-goals.html?pagewanted=all.
- "A downside to goals? While important, goals can be dangerous if used improperly".Desert News. September 24, 2012. www.deseretnews.com/article/865563093/A-downside-to-goals-While-important-goals-can-be-dangerous-if-used-improperly.html?pg=all.
- "Letting go of Goals". Blog. The Psychological Wellbeing. August 21, 2012.psychologyofwellbeing.com/201208/letting-go-of-goals.html.
- "Goals gone wild". Blog posted by Keith Lutz. Harvard Law School: Program on Negotiation. June 13, 2012. www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/negotiation-skills-daily/goals-gone-wild/.
- "Why Goal Setting Doesn't Work". Financial Post. April 13, 2011.business.financialpost.com/2011/04/13/why-goal-setting-doesnt-work/.
- "Why goal setting doesn't work". Blog posted by Ray Williams in Wired for Success.Psychology Today. April 11, 2011. www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/201104/why-goal-setting-doesnt-work.
- "Performance Goals – Great if you use them wisely". Blog for Stevehackingblog. January 7, 2011. stevehacking.blogspot.com/2011/01/performance-goals-great-if-you-use-them.html.
- "Musing on strategic investigation, performance, improvement, and rhetoric". Blog posted for Latitude. January 7, 2011. www.latitude.co.uk/page2/index.php?id=4843262080872791567.
- "Goals gone wild: the paradox of stretch goals". Blog. Orgtheory.net. January 1, 2011.orgtheory.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/goals-gone-wild/.
- "Goals gone wild: the systematic side effect of over-prescribing goal setting". Blog by Etsko Schuitema. August 27, 2010. careandgrowth.com/care-and-growth-leadership/goals-gone-wild-the-systematic-side-effects-of-over-prescribing-goal-setting-2009-lisa-d-ordonez-maurice-e-schweitzer-adam-d-galinsky-max-h-bazerman/.
- "Goals under attack!" Blog by Canidium. January 15, 2010. canidium.com/goals-under-attack/.
- "It's not always good to create goals." News broadcast. MPRNews. January 14, 2010.www.mprnews.org/story/2010/01/14/pm-no-goal.
- "It's not always good to create goals." NPR/Marketplace, American Public Media, January 14, 2010. www.marketplace.org/topics/life/its-not-always-good-create-goals.
- "Ready, aim…fail". Boston.com. March 15, 2009.http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2009/03/15/ready_aim____fail/?page=full.
- "Shooting at goals: Why setting performance targets can backfire". The Economist.March 10, 2009. www.economist.com/node/13256293.
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- "Goals gone wild: the systematic side effects of over-prescribing goal setting".Harvard Business School: Working Knowledge. February 11, 2009.hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6114.html.
- "Goals gone wild – a bracing indictment of the business objectives culture". Blog by John Caddell. February 2009. caddellinsightgroup.com/blog2/2009/02/goals-gone-wild-a-bracing-indictment-of-the-business-objectives-culture/.
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- "The science of keeping your New Year's Resolutions". MSN.com. December 29, 2014. http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/the-science-of-actually-keeping-your-new-years-resolutions/ar-BBhjjfq.


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DePaul University College of Law
LLM, Univ. College Dublin and Columbia Univ. Law School; MA, Languages and Linguistics, Trinity College Dublin; JSD, Int'l and Comparative Law, Columbia Univ. Law School. Formerly, Transnational Corporate and Antitrust Litigation Practitioner, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, NYC. 2007-08, Fulbright Visiting Prof. of Comparative Law and Legal Pluralism, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill Univ. 1994, joined De Paul Univ.; currently Distinguished Research Prof. of Law, Associate Dean of Int'l Affairs, and Director, Int'l Aviation Law Institute. 2011-13, Keeley Visiting Fellow, Wadham College, Univ. of Oxford. Concurrently lecturer in law, Wadham College, Oxford, and visiting prof. of law, Leiden Univ. and Univ. College Dublin. Editor-in-Chief, Issues in Aviation Law and Policy. Member, Editorial Board: Kluwer Law's Air and Space Law; Annals of Air and Space Law, McGill Univ. Author, law review studies and books incl.: Beyond Open Skies: A New Regime for International Aviation (


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Suicide Survival 1.1Dec 12, 2008 Full Version 67 comments
This is release 1.1 of the HL2 mod Suicide Survival.
Suicide Survival is a modification of Half-Life 2 Deathmatch.
There are two teams. You either play as an overweight WW2 pilot in the survivor team or as a suicider disguised as a pot plant in the suicider team.
The goal for the survivors is to stay alive and to spot the suiciders. They have a couple of throw-able copies of the book: "Gardening for Beginners – by Barbara Bush" as a self-defense weapon.
The goal for suiciders is to sneak up close enough to the survivors in order to blow themselves up. Because each map is full of shrubberies its very hard to spot a real suicidal pot plant among the many fake ones. If a shrubbery isn't moving, you can't tell if he is being controlled by another player or not.
Currently the game doesn't have any other goal then being simple team deathmatch. However it still is a lot of fun and you should definitely try it out with a few friends.
You will need any game from Valve (i.e. Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2, Left 4 Dead 2, etc.) in order to be able to play this mod.
Minimum System Requirements: 1.2 GHz Processor, 256MB RAM, DirectX 7 level graphics card, Windows 2000/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection
Recommended System Requirements: 2.4 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX 9 level graphics card, Windows 2000/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection
10 comments by judasbenhur on Sep 16th, 2013
Our mapper and modeler Clément has been hard at work on a new theme. Can you spot the suicider?
Suicide Survival 1.2. should be ready for release this fall/winter 2013.
This is release 1.1 of the HL2 mod Suicide Survival.
Suicide Survival is a Mod of Half-Life 2 Deathmatch. There are two teams so you either play as Survivor or as Suicider. The goal for Survivors is to stay...
finally, I've been waiting for more people to pick this game up since it died a few years ago.
Do you have any plans for a new HUD?
The HL2 default looks out of place with the mod's art style
definitely yes! :)
Maybe a TF2 style hud?
Yeah, this would be good.
can't wait
I have a Mac and when I went to download using one of the two ways to download, I tried using Desura, it didn't have a Mac option. Will there ever be a downloader that is Macs are capable of using? Thanks.
This is so unique, and epic fun! I hope it gets even more active now :)
I did a PlayDB for it, so you guys can check it before downloading.
Says mod is invalid after download and right when I'm trying to launch


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Q: On a scale of zero (no chance) to 10 (virtual certainty), how likely are the Republicans to take over the House this November?
Democrats (101 votes)
Average score: 6.7 September 2010
Low (0-3): 5% Moderate (4-6): 34% High (7-10): 61% e>
Average score: 6.6 September 2006Low (0-3): 0% Moderate (4-6): 44% High (7-10): 56%ADVERTISEMENTe>
*In 2006, Insiders were asked the likelihood of Democrats taking over the House.
1. "Despite the chattering class narrative du jour, this is not 1994."
4. "The math is still tough to overcome: The GOP needs to win between 41 and 43 [Democratic] seats to do this. That's a lot."
5. "A 39-seat gain would require the Republicans to win the vast number of the current toss-up races. If Democrats close the enthusiasm gap, the national and local polls will start to look better."
5. "They will fail, because at the last minute Democrats will get off their collective asses and cringe at the Republican alternative."
6. "Environment's looking tougher every day; we need to give our base something to vote for."
6. "The Democrats have got to start an 'enthusiasm' drive and get their base fired up. If not, control will be in the hands of the Republicans."
7. "Voters are angry at incumbents, and this election could still turn if Democrats ever manage to define who they are and [show] that Republicans are not offering action."
7. "Dems have money, but the environment is not getting better."
7. "I'd have been higher if it wasn't for the fact that I believe a good number of low-on-the-radar incumbent Republicans will also lose. Incumbents are fair game right now on both sides."
7. "By October, it'll be a 10 -- a complete and utter blowout."
8. "The only reason it is not higher is that Democrats retain a financial advantage and may be able to compete in places where the Republicans will simply not have the money to play."
8. "Democrats lack a message that resonates and a leader who can articulate what we are for."
8. "The jobless recession means many Democratic [members of Congress] will be jobless."
9. "The die seems to be cast: Independents have made up their minds, and it isn't pretty for Democrats."
9. "Money can't buy you love."
10. "The anger tide is real, and there is nothing emanating from Washington to change the dynamic."
10. "It is a done deal."
Q: On a scale of zero (no chance) to 10 (virtual certainty), how likely are the Republicans to take over the House this November?
Republicans (102 votes)
Average score: 8.1 September 2010Low (0-3): 0% Moderate (4-6): 12% High (7-10): 88% e>
Average score: 5.7 September 2006Low (0-3): 13% Moderate (4-6): 49% High (7-10): 37% e>
*In 2006, Insiders were asked the likelihood of Democrats taking over the House.
5. "There's a lot of baseball left. People need to stop dancing and go work on campaigns."
5. "The GOP's good candidates and enthusiasm will get doused in expensive seats by the DCCC bankroll."
6. "Dems cannot fund so many tough races; NRCC finally in gear."
7. "It's clear there is nothing Dems can do before November 2 to change the momentum. The die is cast for major [GOP] gains."
7. "This is a referendum on Obama-Pelosi. The era of Big Government is over again."
7. "There's no place for the Democrats to hide. It's a Category 4 storm approaching, and there's nothing in the way to slow it down."
8. "When [political analyst] Stu Rothenberg says that 81 congressional seats are in play, 69 of them currently held by Democrats, you know the Dems are in trouble."
8. "They'd really have to do something ridiculous not to get a majority at this point."
8. "The ship carrying the Democrats' fortunes needed to start turning by now to be headed the right way in November. Instead, it started taking on water in August."
8. "[Rep. Chris] Van Hollen has already set up the DCCC 'death panel' to cut off [Democratic] members with no chance."
8. "But many of our nominees are only now starting to have their 'welcome to the NFL' moments. Democrats have more money and the RNC is not going to fund turnout, so this one ain't over yet."
9. "Barring an October surprise, the toxic brew of economic
indicators and right-track/wrong-track numbers has made taking back the House almost a sure thing."
9. "Only the total collapse of the RNC could screw it up."
10. "The economy is not improving, and neither is the president's approval rating."
10. "Washington is just catching on; the tea party is merely the stormy surface of an oceanic tide in American politics."
10. "It is an electoral tidal wave and riptide that will swallow up the existing majorities."
Q: On a scale of zero (no chance) to 10 (virtual certainty), how likely are the Republicans to take over the Senate this November?
Democrats (101 votes)
Average score: 3.7 September 2010Low (0-3): 46% Moderate (4-6): 46% High (7-10): 9% e>
Average score: 4.7 September 2006Low (0-3): 16% Moderate (4-6): 71% High (7-10): 13% e>
*In 2006, Insiders were asked the likelihood of Democrats taking over the Senate.
2. "For Republicans to control the Senate, they need to win virtually every competitive race. An eight-seat gain falling short of control is more likely."
2. "Better chances than I gave them six months ago, but incumbency is still more of an asset than a liability."
2. "The Democrats will hold on to the Senate by a couple of seats with [Barbara] Boxer and [Russell] Feingold having political skills too powerful for their rookie opponents."
3. "But the Republicans will be in an excellent position to complete the takeover in 2012 ... 23 of the 33 seats up for grabs are Democratic."
4. "The Senate may be a harder road for the Republicans, because voters will have more information about each candidate and be less affected by a national trend."
5. "The wave will have to hit California, Washington, and Wisconsin. The tea party nominees will have to hold up. Possible, but everything has to fall in place for the Republicans."
5. "The trend lines are still headed in the wrong direction. If Democrats don't stand for something, voters apparently will fall for anything. That is what is happening."
5. "But it feels like the number will be getting higher."
6. "It's amazing that we are on the verge of losing seats that never should have been in play to begin with."
6. "Some Dems as safe as Lehman Brothers."
7. "The light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train for Democrats."
8. "The bottom seems to be dropping out. This feels very much like the 1980 tsunami when Republicans picked up 12 Senate seats."
Q: On a scale of zero (no chance) to 10 (virtual certainty), how likely are the Republicans to take over the Senate this November?
Republicans (102 votes)
Average score: 5.3 September 2010Low (0-3): 13% Moderate (4-6): 65% High (7-10): 23% e>
Average score: 3.5 September 2006Low (0-3): 54% Moderate (4-6): 45% High (7-10): 1% e>
*In 2006, Insiders were asked the likelihood of Democrats taking over the Senate.
0. "Too many races with weak Republican candidates will give victories to weak Democratic incumbents."
2. "It is just a bridge too far right now."
4. "Had the GOP chosen different primary candidates in at least three states, chances would have been a 7 or 8."
4. "The Democrats' money advantage will help them in just enough states for them to hold the Senate."
4. "To do so, Republicans will have to avoid any strategic mistakes in the September legislative work period; not overplay their hand."
5. "If [Sharron] Angle beats [Harry] Reid, Republicans will win everywhere."
5. "Republicans pick up at least eight or nine [seats]. The 10th vote is the toughest."
6. "Various candidates and state dynamics play against us. Power of incumbency is more pronounced. Challengers need more money to be effective. The RNC's lack of fundraising hurts us here."
6. "What was once unthinkable is now becoming possible."
6. "The $25 million question: Can the Right fund [Carly] Fiorina?"
6. "Democrats playing defense everywhere."
7. "The Western time zone holds all the cards: It comes down to [defeating Barbara] Boxer and [Patty] Murray."
8. "Senate seats tend to fall like dominoes, and they are starting to fall."
9. "I am a recent convert to this optimism, but when you go state by state it sure looks like it will be a Republican tsunami in November."
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John McCain comes out against Sonia Sotomayor.
A very impressive Liz Cheney dissects Obama's foreign policy at a RedState gathering.
Gregory Craig, whose advice on everything from release of the detainee-abuse photos to Guantanamo to Hugo Chavez has landed the administration in hot water, may be out.
Maybe they should just stick to saying "soon": "Don't back Sen. Mike Enzi into a corner with a health care deadline. Blowing off the latest target date, the Wyoming Republican, a top negotiator on the Senate health care bill, says a Sept. 15 deadline set by Senate Democrats for the stalled Finance Committee bill is bogus."
Now even liberal lawmakers are miffed at Nancy Pelosi over health care.
Ira Forman, head of the National Jewish Democratic Council, weighs in on "birthers," but he won't answer a query about Mary Robinson. When the Medal of Freedom winners were announced, the NJDC noted the two Jewish recipients but was entirely mute on Robinson.
Richard Cohen doesn't think much of "hate crime" legislation: "The real purpose of hate-crime laws is to reassure politically significant groups — blacks, Hispanics, Jews, gays, etc. — that someone cares about them and takes their fears seriously. That's nice. It does not change the fact, though, that what's being punished is thought or speech."
Rahm Emanuel pressured the networks to carry the president's prime-time press conference even though the nets would lose money. The Obama spinners say the networks carry him because he's "good for ratings." Hmm. No. That's why Emanuel had to strong-arm them. Someone should bring it up in a shareholders' meeting — doesn't sound like the network brass is looking after the bottom line.
Robert Gibbs says no middle-class tax hike. But who believes that? "The undeniable reality is that you can't run a European-style welfare-entitlement state without European-style levels of taxation on the middle class (and eventually without low European-style growth and high jobless rates). It's looking more and more like Mr. Obama's no-middle-class-tax pledge was one of the greatest confidence tricks in American political history."
All that "daylight" between the U.S. and Israel for nothing: "Jordan on Monday joined Saudi Arabia in publicly rejecting U.S. appeals to improve relations with Israel to help restart Middle East peace talks, throwing a damper on the Obama administration's push for Arab support behind new negotiations."
And here's the real lesson: "David Makovsky, co-author of the book of the Middle East 'Myths, Illusions and Peace,' assessed that the US focus on the 'perfect' — a complete freeze — instead of the more doable 'good' of halting settlement expansion had raised Arab expectations to the extent that now they don't want to negotiate with Israel, as it is resisting the freeze. 'It's hard to ask the Arabs to be more Zionist that the US on settlements,' he said. 'We can't meet those expectations, and instead of facilitating an early resumption of talks, we're totally blocked.'" In short: Obama has made things worse.
A Saudi-funded school was granted permission to expand a facility in northern Virginia. Don't worry: "The stuff about killing, it's not there anymore." Well, yes, the textbooks "clearly remain guided by Wahhabism, the fundamentalist school of Sunni Islam that is dominant in Saudi Arabia. [Critics] object particularly to some references to the marriage of children and say other concerns remain."


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|Sunday-Saturday: 5 a.m. – 11 p.m.
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John Tobin Community Center was originally constructed in 1957. The first building was designed by the architectural firm of Jones and Grobe and built by Walter E. Bowden at a cost of $14,643.
In December 1957, City Council formally named the new recreation building the John Tobin Youth Center. According to Council minutes, the name was one of several suggested by school children in the vicinity. A committee of City officials appointed to review the names chose to name the facility for Mr. Tobin who served as San Antonio's mayor from June 1923 until his death in November 1927.
John Tobin was a descendant of San Antonio's original Canary Island settlers. His grandfather, John W. Smith, fought in the Texas revolution, was the city's first mayor under the Republic of Texas, and served in the first Texas congress. John Tobin first served as Bexar County sheriff for 21 years. He was then elected mayor shortly after the devastating 1921 flood and therefore understood the importance of flood control. Tobin was instrumental in building the Olmos Dam and widening Martinez and Alazan Creeks.
Under his administration, the City greatly expanded its parks and recreation system and also built the Municipal Auditorium.
The center's location on Alazan Creek and its importance as a recreation facility are fitting tributes to Tobin's work. Thirty years after it was constructed, the City Council approved a contract to enlarge and renovate Tobin Recreation Center. Under the direction of architect Paul Garcia, $367,000 was invested in improvements to the center. It was rededicated on November 17, 1979.
Numerous additional improvements to Tobin were made in 1999 and 2000. The first was a multi-use addition that allows additional programming and activities at the center. This $200,000 park bond-funded project also included accessibility improvements in the rest rooms, interior renovation, a kiln room, drinking fountain and concrete walkways. The consultant for the project was Louis Cruz Associates and the contractor was LVA Construction Co.
An additional $85,000 in improvements were made by Parks and Recreation Department Park Operations Division staff. These included replacement and installation of new bay light fixtures and scoreboards in the gym; lighting in the kitchen, game room, hallway and rest rooms by departmental electricians. New security lighting was also installed outside the building. Carpenters installed new drop ceilings in the game room, kitchen, office and rest rooms. They also built shelves for the kiln room, storage rooms and in the new addition. They replaced floor tiles throughout the building and installed exhaust fans in the rest rooms. Park Operations masons poured new walkways to the front and back entrances of the center and sealed off the old air conditioning vents throughout the building's interior walls. They also assisted HVAC crews in modifying duct installation in the rear door over head. The HVAC crews installed new units and ducts throughout the entire building and gym. Painters painted the center's interior and exterior walls. Plumbers made minor repairs to existing fixtures in the rest rooms. The new improvements were dedicated on May 15, 2000.<<BACK