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On losing, letting go of little sisters, and warm biscuits:
We never talked about this. I didn't know how to bring it up. The 2009 Bloggies. Remember? Best New Blog? So… I sorta…. kinda…. mostly… didn't win. The thing is, I really really wanted to win. I did. I played it cool though. On the outside, I pretended to not care either way. That was a big fat lie. But the thing about losing… it's pretty cool actually… it makes me want to be better. It also makes me unbelievably grateful for all of your smiling faces. Fact.
I found myself in a frenzy this morning. My little sister left for a many month long European adventure. The thought of her being so far away that I can't easily call her at two in the morning to scream our favorite Mariah Carey song at her sent me into panic mode. I calmed myself, safe in the knowledge that my sister deserved some life changing adventures and I am due many presents from far away lands upon her return.
Biscuits. If I were to hand you a warm biscuit with raspberry jam would you: a) throw it on the ground and shove me on the floor or b) thank me kindly, gobble the biscuit and give me a giant hug? If your answer involved shoving me on the floor… well, that's kinda funny, but throwing biscuits on the floor is just plain rude. Don't do it.
These Buttermilk Biscuits… well, they must be blessed by the heavens. I don't think there's any other way to explain just how good they are. They're best right out of the oven, steaming hot, doused with butter and jam.
My dad has been making this recipe for Buttermilk Biscuits for our family for, exactly, ever. Incidentally, my sister has been swiping them of the table for as long as I can remember. They're simple family goodness.
Dad's Buttermilk Biscuits
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 Tablespoons sugar
4 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening, cold and cut into cubes
1/4 cup butter, cold and cut into cubes
1 egg, beaten
3/4 cup buttermilk, cold
In a mixing bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar and salt. Cut in shortening and butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. In another bowl, combine egg and milk and beat lightly with a fork. Add to flour mixture all at once, stirring enough to make a soft dough.
Turn out onto a floured board and knead about 15 times. Roll or pat out into a 1-inch thickness. Cut into 2-inch rounds using a biscuit cutter or cut into 2×2-inch squares. Reshape and roll dough to create more biscuits with excess scraps. Place on an ungreased baking sheet and bake at 425 degrees F for 12-15 minutes. Serve immediately.
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I am soooo making these this weekend! I hope your sister has a fun (but safe) European adventure!
Buttermilk biscuit are the best, and they go with any meal, any time of day! My sister is leaving for Australia for five weeks in May, so I hear ya.. I'm sure they'll both have a blast (my sister and yours) and they can tell us all about it when they get back :-)
I've never cooked anything that was made with shortening. Ever. Although I grew up eating many biscuits and always having the shortening in Mom's cupboard, I've never had any in my own. It's funny how life rolls. I'm going buy myself some shortening and make myself some biscuits! I'm going to dig in to that cardboard container and scoop out that ultra white magic and recreate a bit of family history. Thanks for the push from the past this morning.
I have some buttermilk that's about to expire in the fridge so this is the perfect recipe today. Thank you :) They look so good. I hope your sister has the time of her life on her travels.
Biscuits make my heart sing. Seriously. And on a rainy day like today, heart-singing sounds awesome. By the way, I was sooo excited to send you my picture of me and my teacup (such a great idea by the way), but I got sick and was in no mental state (or photogenic state) to do so. Next time, I'm all. over. it. And I'll be dealing with my own sister's-out-of-the-country-for-longer-than-I'm-happy-with when mine heads to Africa and France. I feel your pain. I have a suggestion – soothe your soul with biscuits. There's this awesome blogger I know who has a great dad-approved recipe.
Those look so good! I am drooling, I love any hot fresh carb,!
Wow, these look perfect! How weird is it that I grew up baking with my southern grandma and still to this day don't have a good buttermilk biscuit recipe to turn to?? I'll give these a try.
Do you ever serve your biscuits w/anything savory? Like sausage gravy or stuffed with eggs and bacon?
I made biscuits with chicken gravy just this past weekend for my visiting family—must be something about biscuits and family that go together, huh?
About losing. I took a gander at the bloggie awards and was irked. It seemed like certain blogs won all the awards—it would've been nice for them to share the glory, I thought. Your blog is already a spendid creation, so just relax and have fun (though I'm victim to the I'm-never-good-enough mentality, too, so I have no room to talk).
Welcome to your sister!!! I hope she likes Europe so so much to convince you to come, too! You could enjoy a lot of incredible present. Every country here it's a world apart, so a lot of things to know and to bring home! In the meantime take comfort with us, smiling faces :)
Why should someone throw away this wonderful biscuits? Take my huge hugs for these,
cheers Martina
Felt the very same when my sister went to Afghanistan on a months long humanitarian trip. Terrible, and the worry wart in me became enormous!! Hope your sister has a wonderful and safe trip.
The bisquits look marvelous, and we'll be trying them tonight!
my order of events: gobbling cookie, thanks, hug.
always the cookie first, always.
I am so glad you are posting these. I have been on a hunt for the best homemade biscuit and have been so sad to find that every single one I've made so far has been "ok," but not nearly as good as the ones from a can. Horror, I know! Especially when the kitchen is covered in flour and my husband is like "why didn't you just buy the ones at the store?" Erghhh!! Anyways, I have loved everything I've ever tried from your site though, and can't wait to try these out!
Yep…this weekend's breakfast. Your sister will have a wonderful time and she will be forever changed by her experiences in Europe. And yes, presents are expected. ;)
Never mind them, Joy. You're a winner with us!
Thank you for the blog. I'm loving your recipes and your fun approach to life.
Mmmm….they look so good, and the thought of a steaming hot, butter and jam covered biscuit is very enticing indeed having woken up to very grey damp weather. These may be just the thing for a post-work comfort snack. Thanks Joy!


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what i'd say is that we don't know how those guys look in practice. Clowe could be 10/10 in practice for all we know. The coaches knows.
We got pretty lucky having Kovalchuk who was almost a sure shot goal (and we lost everytime he missed) and we had Zach who was really really really good too (of course most people here focus on the few missed in a row he got later in on season to convinced themselves that he was sh!t since he left)
but fact is we have guys who "can" get the job done they are just not doing it. Even Henrique on his penalty shot couldnt get it, so thats 0/9
Parise is a 46% career guy and Kovy is a 39% career guy.
Elias and Clowe are both 37% guys.
So just comparing those 4 guys, it's not like the Devils had slam dunk goal getters before and the 1 less goal every 20 attempts is the reason things are bad. We, as Devils fans, are probably just sensitive to this because the Devils were on the good luck side of the shootout in the early years and now we're on the bad luck end of it.


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One of my boys is kind of like this. Everytime he gets a new gf he's always posting about how much he loves her and how important she is to him, then she ends up breaking up with him and he'll post like 50 youtube videos of sad break up songs and say shit like "I lost the most important thing in the world today". This one time he even recorded himself singing to his ex cuz she broke up with him, but he took it down quick. And he does this with every girl. Nobody takes him serious anymore.
He had no business getting with a girl in the first place .
Honestly , if you're younger than 25 what's the point of a relationship ?
Do they really think they're going to marry this girl ?
Well it depends though if she is mature and knows what she wants to do with her life and has already started on her path and im in the same mind state and im on my path and im focused and not concerned about shit like clothes, cars money and all that other bullshit all the time then hell yeah i could plan on marrying her since im under 20. But on the other hand i use to date a bitch who was dating a nigga in nyc though email that she never meet saying she loves him and cant wait to be with him in 2years and wanting to marry him, but she was sucking my dick at the same time, so its goes half and half.
edit: your friends sound like a frail attached lil nigga.
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By Wayne Ens
Old business-to-consumer sales tactics no longer work in the business-to-business sales arena.
Gone are the days of "tricky closes" for example. Your prospects have taken those same tricky-close sales courses, or have had other sales reps try those tricky closing tactics on them, and they see through them as just that sales tactics.
The good old days of "dropping in" or cold-calling are gone too. Today, cold calls without an appointment are simply rude interruptions to a busy business professional's day.
Your prospects today are confused by too many media salespeople "selling" too many media, in person, online, by phone, email, and voicemail. Business decision-makers need a consultant they can trust to teach them how to sort through all of the new and evolving media choices.
They just heard about MySpace when Twitter came along, and were starting to think about marketing via Twitter when Facebook became the rage then Pinterest, LivingSocial, and so on and so on.
In addition to a wide range of social media sites, and mobile media salespeople, your prospects hear from daily deal sites, various online directories and "malls," web designers, search-engine-optimization consultants, and, of course, a long line of traditional media all claiming to be number one.
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Jim Swill's latest documentary meditates on society's use of technology with a particular focus on Southern Televangelists and the Selfie Culture. As always, he shoots his films on Smart phones, this latest one was shot on a shattered iPhone4. Swill made No Dogs No Masters while traveling around the United States and filmed, scored, wrote, and narrated the entire piece.
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"I make these films on Smart phones, this time a shattered iPhone4 while traveling the United States. This one in particular focuses on Southern Televangelists and Selfie Culture, while I was migrating out to live in Los Angeles California. There are a lot of themes relating to the municipal constructs that surround a more basic way of living, cleaning up after the messy thoughts, and the lack of interest in our own impending decays of sorts; like how technology advances around us at this rapid rate while morally we remain very much the same and things socially are still simplistic and grittier yet we're holding this preview into a technologically saturated future."
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This article is part of the supplement: Mentholated cigarettes and public health
Menthol cigarettes and smoking cessation behavior
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Tobacco Induced Diseases 2011, 9(Suppl 1):S6 doi:10.1186/1617-9625-9-S1-S6Published: 23 May 2011
Although much is known about smoking cessation behavior, the vast majority of research has not assessed menthol as an independent factor. The objective of this review is to assess the effects, if any, that use of menthol cigarettes has on smoking cessation success in adults and youth. A total of 20 articles are included in this review. Although some studies have found that menthol smokers have less success in quitting smoking, others fail to find significant differences between menthol and non-menthol smokers. Some clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of various cessation treatments have suggested that menthol smokers have poorer outcomes, however two secondary data analysis studies (which used the same original dataset) failed to find any difference in success rate associated with particular treatments. Although there is some suggestion that smoking menthol cigarettes is associated with worse cessation outcomes, differences are not always found. However, if there was a difference, it was always in the direction of worse outcomes for menthol smokers. Given that Black/African American smokers prefer menthol cigarettes more than White smokers, possible interactions with race/ethnicity are discussed.


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Last night I attended a Dado family dinner at a fancy-schmancy Spanish restaurant because one of my aunts is getting married to a chef from Tuscany. At the gathering, half of my female relatives were telling me to have fun while I'm still single; the other half joked about how I'm probably going to get married next. Hah! I can't really blame them for thinking that because the last time I attended a Dado family wedding, I caught the bouquet. I was twelve years old.
So all that talk about marriage reminded me of this meme Aileen tagged me to do. Eight traits my ideal guy should have, off the top of my head:
1) Good-looking and attractive enough to make me want to make babies with him. Contrary to what a lot of people say, looks are very important. If you're going to spend the rest of your life with one person, he might as well be eye candy.
2) Emotionally stable. I don't want someone who's depressed and who still cries about how his father didn't make it to his kindergarten graduation ceremony. I tend to become emotionally volatile and I need someone who's calm, rational, and sane to balance me out.
3) Intelligent and articulate. I don't just want someone I can mate and procreate with. I need to be able to talk to him too. :P An intellectual connection is essential.
4) Artistic tendencies. People who aren't creative are the most boring people on earth. But I don't want somebody who's all temperamental and angsty, either. My ideal guy can either play an instrument, write, sing, paint, make movies, sculpt, or blow glass without being such an artist about what he does.
5) Faithful. Words cannot stress how important this is to me. I have a jealous streak and the notion that I'm not the most important woman in his life would just kill me. My ideal guy might check out other women every now and then, but he never chases skirts. Ultimately he considers me a goddess among girls and he wouldn't even think of sleeping with someone else.
6) Honest. I think the root of a lot of problems in relationships–and even with friendships, actually–is that both people involved can't bring themselves to be completely honest with each other. I can't stand being lied to. My ideal guy has the balls to call out my mistakes and let me know if I'm doing something that hurt him. If there are problems in the relationship, we talk about it as rationally as possible. Also, if he no longer loves me, he flat-out tells me instead of faking it and keeping a 19-year old college chick as a mistress or something.
7) What is the opposite of chauvinist? Well whatever that is, my ideal guy is it. Nothing screams "Tiny penis!" louder than guys who act like alpha-male assholes.
8) Enjoys doing the dishes. Washing the dishes is my least favorite chore in the whole world. Cooking takes effort, and the only proper way to thank me is to clean up after. Unless of course he's a better cook than me; then I'll try not to look at the clumps of food that gather up on the kitchen sink drain when I do the dishes.
Don't get me wrong though. I'm definitely in no hurry to get married or to even be in a serious relationship. It'll happen when it happens and I highly doubt it'll happen anytime soon, simply because I'm not ready for it (and because no sane guy ever gets attracted to me :P). Although if I happen to find the ideal guy by some miracle, I will ditch everything and go for him. Decent guys are a dying species these days.
It's really not like me to be so optimistic about love or whatever, so I shall add a dash of cynicism to this entry and end it with yet another poem by Dorothy Parker.
Men I Am Not Married To
No matter where my route may lie,
No matter wither I repair,
In brief – no matter how or why
Or when I go, the boys are there.
On lane and byways, street and square,
On alley, path and avenue
They seem to spring up anywhere
The men I am not married to
I watch them as they pass me by;
At each in wonderment I stare,
And, "But for heaven's grace," I cry
"There goesthe guy whose name I'd wear!"
They represent no species rare
They walk and talk as others do
They're fair to see – but only fair –
The men I am not married to
I'm sure that to a mother's eye
Is each potentially a bear
But though at home they rank ace high,
No change of heart I could declare.
Yet worry silvers not their hair;
They deck them not with sprigs of rue.
It's curious how they do not care –
The men I am not married to
In fact, if they'd a chance to share
Their lot with me, a lifetime through,
they'd doubtless tender me the air-
The men I am not married to


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Steel company executive put business before self
Raised in a Christian home by a strict Methodist mother, Bill Jackson at an early age was taught the basic tenets of service and stewardship.
These tenets enabled William Richard Jackson as an adult to assume the responsibilities of managing Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel, a major steel-fabricating company founded by his father.
William Richard Jackson, of Sewickley Heights, president and chairman of the board of the former Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. on Neville Island, died from prostate cancer on Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at his home. He was 94.
"The businessmen and entrepreneurs of my father's and my grandfather's generations understood the meaning of stewardship and lived up to a saying of that time: 'You put your business before yourself,' " said Bill Jackson's son, W. Richard Jackson, who operated the company until it was sold in 2002.
"My father truly believed that being the owner of a company also entailed being a steward who was concerned with the well-being of the men and women who worked for you and depended on you for their livelihood," said Jackson, who also commented on how the management of Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel for years overfunded the company pension plan in order to provide its employees with a comfortable retirement.
Besides his commitment to managing Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel, William Jackson also became involved with the Boy Scouts. In 1973, he served as chairman of the National Boy Scouts of America Jamboree in Moraine State Park, Butler County, where more than 43,000 Boy Scouts attended.
"My father believed in the value of the Boy Scouts and their oath of honor, duty to God and country, helping others and staying morally strong," his son said.
"Dad served the Boy Scouts, both locally and nationally, and had received the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope and Silver Buffalo awards."
Born in Des Moines, Iowa, and raised in Crafton, William Jackson was one of three children in the family of John T. Jackson, who founded the steel company in Des Moines in 1892, and moved it to Neville Island in 1903.
"At that time, Pittsburgh was the leading steelmaker in the country, and if your company was located within 50 miles of the steel mills of Pittsburgh, you didn't have to pay freight charges," said Jackson. "That's when my grandfather decided that moving to Pittsburgh was good business."
William Richard Jackson attended Ohio Wesleyan University for two years, and in 1930 graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with an undergraduate degree in business administration and civil engineering.
In 1936, he joined his father's firm after being employed as an industrial engineer with the American Bridge Co.
In the ensuing years, Mr. Jackson served the company, which was a prime builder of wind tunnels used for testing aircraft, as a director, secretary-treasurer, president and chairman of the board. In 1989, he was elected chairman emeritus, a position he held until the company was sold in March 2002.
In June 1932, he married Lucilla Scribner, a childhood friend from Squirrel Hill, whose father was a professor of Greek at the University of Pittsburgh. Scribner received her degree from Pennsylvania College for Women, now Chatham College.
"My father was a man on the go with many commitments," said Jackson. "Mom was content with staying home and raising my sisters and myself."
In the years after their move to Sewickley and Sewickley Heights, Mr. Jackson served as a trustee of Sewickley Presbyterian Church, board member of Sewickley Valley Hospital and treasurer of Sewickley Heights Borough Council. He was also a life member of the board of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
He was a member of the conservative Heritage Foundation, headquartered in Washington, D.C.
After Lucilla Jackson's death in 1989, he married another childhood friend, Margaret F. Rundette, who died in January.
Mr. Jackson is survived by his son, William R. Jackson Jr., of Yarmouth, Maine; daughters, Polly J. Townsend, of Manchester, Mass., and Mary M. Jackson, of Bellingham, Wash.; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
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Israel Kills More Civilians as Gaza Attacks Escalate
Rockets From Gaza Slow, But No End in Sight
Israeli warplanes attacked the Interior Ministry today in the Gaza Strip and killed two senior Hamas military commanders in some of what were ultimately at least 200 distinct attacks against the tiny strip today alone.
Other strikes hit refugee camps in the strip, and several children were among the dead overall. The bulk of the strikes never had any obvious target and seemingly just hit random residential neighborhoods.
Estimates on the ground say that some 250 civilians have been wounded since Israel started the war on Wednesday, though Israeli officials have been mum on the matter, preferring to emphasize the handful of intended targets they actually hit while insisting that they are making some vague efforts to not hit civilians.
Despite predictions of increased retaliation for the Israeli offensive, rockets from the strip actually slowed today, according to some reports coming at the behest of Egyptian officials who were pressuring Hamas not to retaliate.
The relative lack of retaliation doesn't appear to enter into the equation for Israeli officials right now, with Defense Minister Ehud Barak insisting he "sees no reason" to stop attacking and other suggesting that the attacks on the strip could go on for weeks, regardless of the reaction or lack thereof.
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Isreal kills more civilians as Gaza attacks escalate? No sh*t, Sherlock! If you take a barrel, fill it up with water, put a few hundred fish in it and then take a stick of dynamite and drop it inside the barrel, what do you think is going to happen? Well…the same happens in Gaza. You have one of the best armed and most vicious armies in the world pounding a few square miles of besieged land full of civilians that are trapped with no way out and start dropping bombs on them from air, land and sea and what do you expect to happen if not those civilians to drop like flies?
How can somebody blame Palestinians for what is happening right now? We have been witnessing Israel push for total war for at least few months. Illegal demolishing of Palestinians' houses and villages, burning Palestinians' olive trees and building of Jewish "outposts" on stolen land is direct violation of international law. There has not been even beep from US administration, Canadian government or any of those condemning now Palestinian futile attempts to show Jews and their enablers their pains. Netenyahoo is now using them again for his own purposes – in his push to become elected again. It is totally ridiculous.
They cant get out? Theres a border with Egypt, ruled by Islamist Bedouins and Muslim Brotherhood Egypt. Get real, kid.
Other strikes hit refugee camps in the strip, and several children were among the dead overall. The bulk of the strikes never had any obvious target and seemingly just hit random residential neighborhoods.
I think the term you are looking for is weapons caches. Hamas tends to put them in residential areas, in "random" places.
I think you are a bit confused. It is Arabs and anti Israel activists who destroy JEWISH olive trees. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embed…
Palestinians can be blamed for shooting rockets at civilians in southern Israel, land which only the insane ideologues on the other side dispute.


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Gov. Neil Abercrombie proposed setting aside money for less prosperous times while Hawaii enjoys a record budget surplus.
The state had an $844 million surplus at the end of June, which is a record. Instead of starting new programs, however, the governor wants to focus on putting money toward financial reserves and filling shortfalls in state employee pension and retiree health care funding.
Abercrombie said at a news conference today he wants to build state reserves so they reach the equivalent of 10 percent of general fund revenue.
He's proposing that the Legislature transfer $50 million to a budget reserve fund and $50 million to a hurricane relief fund during the fiscal year beginning next July.
This would raise Hawaii's total reserves to more than $370 million. That's more than 5 percent of the state's general fund revenue next fiscal year.
Doing this will build Hawaii's financial strength, the administration said. Abercrombie noted credit ratings judge states on their ability to sustain reserves.
"The philosophy of this budget and the budgets to come reflects my desire to see that our fiscal turnaround is sustained," Abercrombie said.
The governor said he doesn't want to fund programs only to have to cut them in the future because of fiscal problems.
Abercrombie's proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning in July also includes $117.4 million for state employee pension and retiree health care funds.
A change to accounting rules in 2008 exposed an enormous shortfall in state payments to these funds.
Abercrombie's budget also include $4.5 million to support the establishment of preschool education and $4.2 million to help pay for home and community-based services for seniors.
The University of Hawaii would receive $14 million to restore faculty salaries and $19.5 million for faculty salary increases.
In all, the governor is proposing $6.12 billion in general fund spending. That is $183 million, or 3 percent, more than what the Legislature has already allocated as part of the state's two-year budgetary process.
State Sen. David Ige, the chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, said the governor's proposed budget increases general fund expenditures but stressed it's important to be aware of and monitor tax revenue.
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The Art of Organising a Good Meeting
Meetings – you either love them or you hate them. But you can't avoid them – they are an integral part of today's business world.
Have you ever been invited to a meeting, and already within a few minutes you realise that this is not the most productive use of your time? There seems to be no structure and everyone leaves the meeting feeling that nothing has been achieved.
Organising and leading a meeting is an art in itself.
It requires the right skills, a thorough preparation and a clear vision of the objectives you want to achieve.
It sounds simple. What could be difficult about getting a group of people together around a table to have a discussion?
But to run a meeting well, you need to be like the proverbial duck – calm and smooth on the surface and paddling like mad below the water.
Often the first challenge is finding a date. With so many business people travelling, or living and working remotely, finding a time when your whole team is available can be nearly impossible. You may need to help them to prioritise – let them know exactly what your meeting is about, what the outcomes are, and, most importantly, what is in it for them. The trend in working remotely has upsides and downsides – although it makes physical contact less frequent, it also engenders a more flexible and solution-oriented mind-set in today's business people. If necessary, you can negotiate – perhaps it's more convenient for the team member from Jakarta to join for only the first half of the meeting – you can make sure the agenda is arranged so that her key items are covered during that time.
Drawing up the agenda can be another hidden challenge. Usually, the fact that you are calling a meeting means that you know what subject is going to be discussed. But having the whole team together around the table can be too good an opportunity to be missed. A good meeting organiser will ask all the invitees ahead of time if there are any other items they would like to be addressed during the meeting. And an excellent meeting organiser will then use her skills of prioritisation to select the items that will be included, and to diplomatically reject the others.
Remember that time is money – and a longer meeting doesn't mean a more effective one!
When the agenda is agreed, the next chore is to collect and distribute related documents. This can demand a high level of inter-personal skills – or in plain language, chasing people up! Everybody wants to be able to put as much time into their reports or presentations as possible, and the later they are prepared the more up to date the data in them will be. We have all been to meetings where the relevant documents are handed out a few seconds before the meeting begins. But how useful is up-to-date information if no-one in the meeting has had time to read it? Give your contributors a deadline – say two days before the meeting – for distributing their documents – and don't give in to excuses!
The meeting itself !
Meeting formats have moved on dramatically from the simple group of people sitting in a room, which was the norm thirty years ago. With conference phone lines, voice-over-Internet Protocol (such as Skype) and video conferencing, all the members of your group can join the meeting even if they are spread over the entire globe. I have sat in a meeting room listening to colleagues updating on their projects from a poolside in Singapore, from an airport in Sao Paulo, or from their car in the Scottish highlands. It sounds exotic, but when the novelty has worn off, the challenge of a modern meeting manager is to keep these people focused on the agenda – and not let them be distracted by a passing cocktail waitress or a flock of sheep.
A few years ago video conferencing was hailed as the new miracle. But who hasn't sat in the conference room looking expectantly at a huge screen on which the only information displayed is "Searching for a connection…" – and meanwhile a flustered admin assistant is desperately logging off and logging on and plugging and unplugging cables? After ten minutes or so – of your precious time – the decision is made to forget the video and hold the meeting over the phone. Several thousand dollars' worth of equipment sits unused because no-one thought of checking it the day before to make sure it was properly connected.
Think about whether it is really necessary to take the risk of proposing a video conference. Quite often the only benefit of video is a distorted and blurry view of your colleagues sitting around their conference table, and after you have all waved to each other across the intervening miles, not much extra value is actually added to the conversation.
We've said it before and we'll say it again: Time is money! Your job as meeting manager is to keep the meeting on track so that all the agenda items are successfully covered without the meeting going over time. And the first challenge is to start on time. Try to remember the last meeting you were in that started exactly on time – it doesn't happen often! We have all heard about managers who lock the door of the meeting room at the scheduled start time of the meeting. How useful this is can be debated; but there are other ways to make sure people get the message – and it is your job as meeting manager to get your message over in an authoritative way – without being despotic!
Six people waiting five minutes for one colleague have wasted half an hour of the company's time!
There are a number of tips you need to remember to keep the meeting rolling. If every item on the agenda has a specific time, this can help to structure the time flow. If not, you should have a note yourself of how long you expect – and how long you will allow – for each item. Flexibility is fine, but not complete loss of control.
Banning mobile phones is not always popular, but even a phone switched to silent can be disruptive as it vibrates its way across the conference table, and the owner grabs it and rushes out of the room.
Nobody is going to suggest that your meeting might be boring – but conference rooms are notoriously soporific. Not only just after the lunch break – commonly known as "the graveyard shift" among presenters – but at any time in a semi-darkened, warm and airless conference room, you can find your participants struggling to keep their eyes open and prevent themselves from becoming comatose. Give your meeting several shorter breaks, rather than expecting people to sit for two hours before they have a chance to stretch their legs. Make sure they can leave the room during the break, and preferably go somewhere to breathe outside air for a few minutes. Choose refreshments that give them fast energy – fresh fruit instead of stodgy buns and biscuits. For all-day meetings, insert five minutes of physical exercise on to the agenda – arm stretching and head-and-neck exercises will wake people up and refresh their bodies and minds. And they will enjoy themselves – you will benefit from some team-building on the side.
The outcomes of the meeting
Make sure that somebody – it doesn't have to be you – is taking good notes of the meeting. This doesn't mean writing down every word that is said. The key points to note are decisions that are made and the action points. Try to avoid having the notes taken by an admin assistant who doesn't have experience or knowledge of the meeting content. Ask someone who has a working knowledge of the agenda items, and understands the implications of what is being discussed.
We all know it is important to record who is responsible for an action – and make sure they understand that they have taken on the responsibility. But it is easy to forget that all actions need a deadline. Having clear deadlines for achievement of the actions gives you the power to chase those responsible up for completion afterwards!
Even a meeting that seems to flow perfectly and finish on time might be able to be improved. Don't be afraid to ask your participants at the end of the meeting for their suggestions for improvement for next time.
It is easy after a meeting to be so satisfied that it all went well that you "put it to bed" in your mind, and move on to your other priorities. But the meeting is not completely finished until the minutes have been typed up and distributed. Give yourself a timeframe for sending out the minutes – and be strict on yourself.
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- Taking good notes of the meeting helps you to achieve a productive outcome
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Great Article! Thank You for the suggestions. I'll be sure to use them.
I've sat in many meetings where the focus seemed to be on making excuses, not making progress.
I also sat in a company mandatory meeting with the trainer talking about how rude it is to be using your cell phone, even if you are just texting, and the president of the company was obliviously typing on his phone.
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2012 International Fire Code: Highlights of Selected Changes
The 2012 International Fire Code (IFC) includes important safety updates aimed at providing both public and firefighter safety.
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This section addresses rooftop gardens and landscaped roofs. The requirements limit the area of roof gardens, require the use of roof assemblies designed for severe fire exposures and provide for the installation of a standpipe connection. It sets forth requirements for establishing a maintenance plan for the vegetation installed on rooftop gardens or landscaped roofs.
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The ever-increasing demand for alternative power sources brings with it new hazards that emergency responders must be aware of. Among the most popular are solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems, which offer property owners the ability to generate their own electricity and sell excess electricity back to the utility provider.
The greatest danger to emergency responders working close to solar energy collection systems is the lack of knowledge needed to operate safely around these systems. Potential hazards include firefighters on the roof tripping or falling, the potential for earlier roof collapse due to the added dead load and electric shock.
The provisions of these sections provide for the proper installation of PV systems and address the potential hazards to firefighters by requiring compliance, with the provisions of the International Building Code and Section 690 of NFPA 70, identification of PV circuits and disconnects, location of conductors to reduce potential trip hazards and creation of pathways where firefighters can perform manual ventilation operations on roofs.
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The evaluation confirms that exterior stair egress satisfies a minimum design load requirement prescribed in Section 1104.17.5 and is properly maintained and available for service if an emergency requires occupants to exit the building. The code establishes the frequency of inspections that must be done by a registered design professional.
Section 6109.15 – LP-Gas Cylinder Exchange for Resale
This section addresses all LP-gas cylinder exchange stations and provides important safety requirements for the operation of exchanges, including security of the cylinders, restricted access to cylinders, warning signs and posting of emergency contact information.
Section 6109.15 – Automated Cylinder Exchange Stations
One of the bigger advancements in LP-gas cylinder-exchange programs is the use of automation at the point of sale. These improvements have allowed exchange stations to become self-service; consumers can now use an electronic banking card at automated exchange stations where they receive a properly filled and code-compliant cylinder of LP gas, while the supplier receives an empty cylinder in return.
This section contains provisions regulating these automated LP-gas cylinder-exchange stations. The requirements limit access to one cylinder at a time, restrict how return cylinders can be put into the cage, require classified electrical equipment, allow manual override only by authorized persons and require regular safety inspections of the equipment.
Appendix J – Building Information Sign
Appendix J was added but isn't mandatory unless it's specifically adopted by the jurisdiction. It sets forth requirements for a building information sign that may be useful to firefighters in understanding basic information about the building. The provisions provide a uniform format so the information provided is consistent across the jurisdiction. With the exception of one- and two-family dwellings and Group U occupancies, the provisions are applicable to all new buildings and are retroactive to any building that undergoes a fire inspection or change of occupancy.
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The cast of 'Rizzoli & Isles' obviously mourned heavily in August 2013 when their co-star Lee Thompson Young tragically took his own life, but the show itself wasn't able to address the young actor's death until last night, June 24, on the second episode of the fifth season. Watch a clip from Lee's character's funeral below and tell us if you think 'Rizzoli & Isles' handled his death the right way.
Lee Thompson Young, who got his start as the star of Disney's The Famous Jett Jackson, tragically committed suicide in August 2013 as his show Rizzoli & Isles was filming the penultimate episode of their fourth season. Lee's character, Barry Frost, was written out the season four finale and sadly killed by a car accident in the season five premiere. So finally, on the second episode of the fifth season on June 24, Angie Harmon and the rest of…
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Hello! I'm new to the forums, and was hoping someone could help me out. I used to sew quite a bit when I was younger, and recently became interested in sewing again. I just picked up a gorgeous old Singer from the original owner's son. It works like a dream, but having used mostly modern machines, and because it's been so many years since I've sewn anything, I'd like to try to find the manual before I start on any projects. After emailing Singer with the serial number, we were told it was a Model 15 manufactured in New Jersey on March 12, 1935. My problem is, I can't find a manual that is specific to a Model 15. They're all for 15-91, 15-90, etc. I'm not sure which manual to download. I was hoping someone here might be able to help me. I'll include a couple photos of the machine, although they're cell phone photos so not great quality.
Sewing Machine 1
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Thanks in advance! I'm looking forward to getting started on some projects -- Edited on 9/7/11 1:26 PM --
Singer 15-86
Bernina Artista 200E
Brother 1034D
I have this same machine (my Grandmother's), a 15-91, manufactured in 1935 in NJ. The Yahoo group "Vintage Singers" has a wealth of collective knowledge and free copies of many Singer user manuals. Just Google on the group name to get the link. Your machine looks lovely. I need to do some work on mine.
------May your bobbin always be full !
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91, 1956 Singer 401a Slant-O-Matic, 1954 Elna Supermatic,
Singer Featherweight
Thanks! I didn't think it was a 15-91, as it does have a belt. I thought the 15-91 didn't have a belt driven motor?
I'll definitely check out the vintage Singer group, thanks!
It looks like a 15-90 from the picture. I don't think there's much difference between the two models other than belt vs gear driven, but the yahoo group could tell you for sure. Here's a link from Ismacs.net to the 15-91 manual. It took a while to download, but I have a slow internet connection.
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I could only see the first picture, the second said "this picture is private".
Its a lovely machine and cabinet! The only diff between 15-91 and 15-90 is gear vs belt drive. From the standpoint of operating the machines, they are identical. I have found a free 15-90 manual download online but NOT a 15-91....go figure. For the most part, any manual for a 15 machine will work for you as far as using the machine.
I am a proud and happy 15-91 owner so let me know if you have any questions. They are fantastic machines, either model. Enjoy!
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Whoops, fixed that second picture - thanks!
Thanks everyone! I'm starting on my first project on this machine - as well as first sewing project in general in about 15 years - this weekend. I'll let you know how it goes! :-)
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I think this is a 15-86 - definitely not a -90 or -91. It uses a different bobbin case, its needle is inserted differently and it threads differently than a -91. It has no reverse, nor can the feed dogs be dropped. I have a 15-96 which is similar, except for the bobbin winder.
If you cannot find a 15-86 manual online, try a 15-96, or even a 15-30. A manual for a 15-88/89/90/91 will only confuse you, since the threading is so different.
Jennifer in Calgary
How can you tell the difference?
I think your bed decal is an RAF...so called because it looks a bit like an airplane. Very nice find. Enjoy your machine.
Yup - listen to Jennifer! I'm not knowledgeable about the details of the non- 90 & 91's, but that machine is neither.
What I'm pretty sure of though, is that your lovely bench is from the coveted (by some of us) #42 deco Singer cabinet. The cabinets seem to be easier to find than the benches, so I would call that a very nice find!
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Rotunda Work is Coming Along
We received a note earlier this month from Amy Yancey, the executive director for development at the Jeffersonian Grounds Initiative, with an update on the work on the Rotunda. Amy's note is dated March 13, so undoubtedly more progress has been made in the 12 days since, but it gives a nice overview of where we stand.
This month, major work on the roof and drum of the building continued. Copper sheeting began going up on the roof steps and dome. Installation of the new skylight should begin within the next two weeks. Work also continues on the masonry, cornices, and windows. The scaffolding has been enclosed to allow masonry work to continue through cold weather without delays. We expect the bulk of the current phase to be complete this spring or early summer.
The Commonwealth recently passed a budget that includes $24.1 million for the Rotunda. If the Governor approves the budget, it brings the total commitment from the state to $26.8 million, with the understanding that the University must raise the balance from private sources. Success will allow us to move forward with the full-scale renovation, including work on the capitals, porticos, terraces, marble stairs, and arcades; renovation of the Rotunda's interior and infrastructure to make the building more suitable for enhanced student and academic use; and restoration of the surrounding historic courtyards and landscapes.
The goal is to have the scaffolding off the building before Finals Weekend. But this is only phase I; there is more work yet to be done.
Amy also sent along a link to a very nice video explaining the entire project, which is embedded below. Of course, her job is to raise money for the project, so there is a little fundraising pitch at the end. But it's a soft sell (if you're so inclined, click here), and the video explains things very well.
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Update: 3:38 a.m. - Fire officials say the evacuation and shelter in place have been lifted for residents living around the accident site on I-10 at Essen.
BATON ROUGE- Emergency crews began the process of cleaning up a hazardous materials crash scene on I-10 early Thursday morning.
Around midnight, chemicals were ignited in a controlled burn and venting event- creating a huge fireball.
Homes and a hotel near the scene on I-10 at Essen were evacuated.
The fire was the most dramatic part of a chaotic day where I-10 was closed between Essen and the 10/12 split. The 120,000 daily vehicles which travel that section of highway were forced to use surface streets to get around.
Wednesday morning, two separate crashes happened on I-10 East just east of the 10/12 split.
The first wreck happened when a vehicle hit a second vehicle, then struck the retaining wall on I-10E before flipping onto its top.
The second wreck happened shortly after, when a tanker truck hauling isobutane stopped for the crash and was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler. The impact caused the cargo tank to start leaking the highly flammable chemical onto the roadway.
After the burn Thursday morning, crews will start clearing I-10. But, there's no word on when it will reopen to traffic.
For now, drivers should plan on I-10 being closed.
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10,000 Words | NPR | Huffington Post
Every year since 2009, 10,000 Words has given us Valentines for Journalists. Here's a gem from this year.
Valentines For Journalists http://t.co/u5bLbKF6JO My fav @10000Words post of the year! #journolove #journovalentine pic.twitter.com/x841d7Mayb
— Meranda Adams (@meranduh) February 12, 2014
If the journalist in your life is an NPR listener, NPR's got their own public-radio-themed Valentines, too.
But maybe you don't want to send a journalist a Valentine. Maybe you don't even want a journalist as a Valentine. Shitika Anand made the case for that on Feb. 7 in the Huffington Post with "8 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Date a Journalist."
3. They are ridiculously observant: They know when you're lying, when you're speaking from your heart and when you're goddam bored. They're trained to sense the tone of an interviewee through the phone — they're like guard dogs at an airport — so never think you've said or done something that's gone under the table. Chances are, it'll come back to haunt you about four months and 18 days later, with a proper reference to the original scenario. Plus, some journos even come with photographic memory — that's a whole new level of freak show!
Are you married to a journalist or dating one? Do you still bear the scars from a previous relationship with a content provider? Whatever your Facebook status, I'd like to hear from you for a Valentine's Day feature. Email me with the best and worst things about being in a two- or one-journalist couple.


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