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I hired a attorney for a simple first offense poss schedule 2 class 4, ie hydrocodone,1 pill I also had my own prescriptions on my person, with pertinent documentation and a copy that my roommate's prescription was filled 2 days earlier, showed that to the police, then gave it to my attorney, he said he lost it , now mind you no prior convictions of this type just small amounts of marijuana, no felony convictions. He charged 3500,00 which I produced right away, early on he told me at our first meeting I would not end up in jail, this was why I hired a attorney for this, the pd would have gotten me the same sentence in the end anyway 2+2 suspended,but he said I would not go to jail at my district court arraignment,first I was given summons to appear on felony charges,I had all my pills accounted for while being accused of selling,also with no money at all (also this was on block island ri only 2 ways on and off , he the actual chief of police walked up behind me while I was speaking to an officer I was friendly with and stuck his hand in my pocket while doing so told me exactly what I had,I should note you have to carry that kind of stuff with you because the rooms are always getting broken into,the chief also had this published including my own legal meds essentially ruining my reputation) now the reason it was imperative u did not go to jail on that date is because I was in the process of moving,I had a x holding all my valuables in an apartment that I leased originally but due to her failure of a drug test dcyf got involved and because of my mess I had to stay with a friend,and I was having a hard time the local Leo would not do a keep the peace or anything so while I was incarcerated she got married and took all my furniture,trivial,but my contractor tools,we r talking 50,000 at least my local police will not take a complaint, and I am only mentioned some of what I lost she also took 3000 cash which my lawyer watched me give to her as they took me away now I know I was set up by the girl,but on the first page the charges are me being charged with possession of my own meds, now that tells me my attorney didn't even look at it and every time I tried to tell him he would tell me to be quiet he knows,when I told him after I had to plead nolo he said too late now ,no sh,t Sherlock, sorry it took so long to tell but do I have any relief,monetary or legal?
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Started by jb7775 , Nov 18 2012 08:45 AM
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Posted 18 November 2012 - 08:45 AM
Posted 18 November 2012 - 11:58 AM
It's impossible to pursue a malpractice claim when you pled guilty...the first thing that has to happen is you have to figure out how to undo the conviction. The RI appellate courts haven't taken a definitive position on whether or not actual innocence must be asserted/proven on top of a reversed conviction but it appears that is what they may be inclined to do should the case present itself. Consult local counsel.
Posted 28 November 2012 - 08:13 AM
You may need to consult with local counsel to determine whether a "failure to investigate" claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is possible. Once you plead guilty, voluntarily, you waive just about every right you have except the effective assistance of counsel. Good luck.
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Posted 28 November 2012 - 08:36 AM
I agree with the previous poster, this is a matter you may wish to consult with a local Legal Malpractice Lawyer to address.
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There is a trend here in the CafeTerraBlog kitchen, this recipe took me two tries….BUT I ended with some delicious bread! Remember last week, it took me two tries to get lemon curd right. Now I am huge lover of lemon curd, what a gorgeous treat!
Give me a bran muffin of any kind and I am a happy girl! The other day I found a mango berry bran muffin at Trader Joe's, what a great flavor combo. The muffin was perfect with lemon curd slathered on top…..which got me thinking, lemon curd and bran…..
The first try, well I got a little excited about the blackberries I picked up at the store. I should've put only 1/2 of the package in the batter. So the blackberries went to the bottom, and the bread did not come out nicely. I had to share the mistake with you, though, because it tasted fantastic!
For the second try I used raisins instead, keeping more true to the original recipe. The recipe I adapted is from the recipe on the Hodgson Mill package.
- 1½ cups flour
- 1½ cups unprocessed wheat bran
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1½ cups raisins
- ⅓ cup lemon curd
- 1½ cups hot water
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease and lightly flour a bread pan.
- In medium bowl, Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- In separate medium bowl, combine wheat bran, raisins, lemon curd, and hot water and stir well. Add egg and vanilla and mix.
- Mix together the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients.
- Pour ingredients in a loaf pan, and bake for 60 minutes depending on oven.
- Enjoy!
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|Palestinian Lutheran pastor urges: Preach hope and amid hopelessness
Palestinian Lutheran Pastor urges:
"Preach hope and amid hopelessness"
Charles P. Lutz
When a Christian congregation is situated squarely in the middle of a war zone, living under a 36- year- long military occupation, with violent death daily considered normalcy – to what ministry does God call that congregation?
"We're asked to continue what our Lord Christ began 2,000 years ago, the ministry of preaching, teaching and healing."
That was the message from Pastor Mitri Raheb of Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, Palestine, to 350 listeners in Bloomington, Minnesota, on Pentecost Sunday afternoon.
They had gathered at St. Stephen Lutheran church to hear the Palestinian pastor speak about the pursuit of Israeli- Palestinian peace as a special call to Christian, in both the Holy Land and the United States.
"God has a unique role for us to play as a bridge over troubled waters," said Raheb.
He noted that the Christian presence is less than 2% of the total of some 10 million in Israel and Palestine.
The bridging task for Christians is to connect equally with Muslims and Jews, both of whom are increasingly attracted to radical fundamentalist expressions on their faiths.
"The challenge in all that we do is to lift up hope in what seems always to be a hopeless situation," Raheb said.
"We try to help create, especially for the children, a sense of normalcy in the midst of highly abnormal realities.
We want to show that the Christian Gospel promises life before death, just as much as life after death."
Central to the ministries of Palestinian Lutherans, said Raheb, is to work of their schools. They enroll more students than total membership of five the Palestinian Lutheran congregations, which is 3,000 baptized.
In all, Muslim students are nearly as numerous as Christians (Christmas Lutheran's student body is 52% Muslim).
"Muslim families tell us they want their children in our Lutheran schools precisely because of the Christian values we offer," Raheb said.
He spoke of the distance- learning program the Lutherans are now launching as a way of continuing education when their schools are closed by curfews imposed by Israeli military.
"In 2002- 03, closure days for our Bethlehem school totaled four months," Raheb noted. "We lost almost half the school year."
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The White House is once again turning to a former Republican president to get a leg up in the messaging war with Republicans.
This time the administration is using Ronald Reagan to make its case for raising the debt ceiling, a vote GOP lawmakers have demanded be accompanied by spending cuts.
From the podium Tuesday, White House press secretary Jay Carney read from a 1983 letter Mr. Reagan wrote to then-Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, where he argued that "the full consequences of a default, or even the serious prospect of default by the United States, are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate" and urged the Senate to raise the debt ceiling.
One difference between Messrs. Reagan and Baker in 1983 and President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner in 2011: Messrs. Reagan and Baker were both Republicans while Messrs. Obama and Boehner represent different parties.
But that didn't stop Mr. Carney from invoking the letter's stated goal. "We agree with Ronald Reagan and many others that we cannot default on the full faith and credit" of the U.S., he said.
The White House has been here before. Mr. Obama made the case for a spending freeze in his 2012 budget with the help of Presidents Reagan and Dwight Eisenhower. "Because of our budget, this share of spending will be at its lowest level since Dwight Eisenhower was president," Mr. Obama said. "That level of spending is lower than it was under the last three administrations, and it will be lower than it was under Ronald Reagan."
And when he was campaigning for Democrats during the midterm elections last fall, Mr. Obama regularly tried to cast Republicans as outside the mainstream by remarking that Abraham Lincoln couldn't win the presidential nomination in today's GOP.
The Reagan letter fits neatly into the West Wing's plan to put public pressure on GOP lawmakers in the run-up to the Aug. 2 debt-ceiling deadline.
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The White House's refusal to criticize the vote while congressional Democrats have been on the attack comes ahead of Mr. Obama's meeting Wednesday with the House Republican caucus.
"We remain confident that there will be an agreement that will significantly reduce the deficit," Mr. Carney said. "We also believe quite strongly that we have to raise the debt ceiling – there is no option to doing that – and that that will happen, because the economic impacts of not voting to raise the debt ceiling would be calamitous."


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Chelsea continued struggling to co-parent, so she invited Adam along to a meeting at Aubree's preschool. After dropping Aubree off, Adam arrived to the school late and wearing a tank top, so Chelsea scolded him for being late and not wearing sleeves. The two then chatted briefly after the meeting before parting ways.
Jenelle was still spending a lot of time with Nathan and talked to him about her upcoming court date and trying to get over her heroin addiction. Nathan assured her the only judgment he would place on her was judging her that very second, and he thought she was doing a great job.
Leah and Jeremy returned from their vacation and immediately began preparing for Ali's next doctor appointment. They met Corey and his parents at the doctor's office the next day. The doctor examined Ali and told them she would eventually start to get weaker and may not be able to walk. He suggested some testing options and recommended a power wheelchair for her at school. After the appointment, everyone discussed what to do next.
Kailyn woke Isaac up from his nap to take him to Jo's, but she received a text message from Jo saying he wasn't home. After a quick call to consult with Javi, Kailyn texted Jo back to tell him she would just keep Isaac if he wasn't going to be home. She took him along to dinner with her friends and filled them in on everything going on with Jo and her move. They wondered if Jo was scared to see Kailyn moving on with another guy and was having a power trip over letting Kailyn move out of state. Jo and Kailyn got into a text message war, so she sent everything to her lawyer.
Jenelle met with her lawyer to discuss her impending court dates. He explained the pending charges and the potential for a plea deal. Jenelle knew a felony on her record meant bad news and hoped to avoid it. Once Jenelle got back home, she told her mom what the lawyer said as she played with Jace. Barbara hoped Jenelle wouldn't end up in prison. Nathan came to pick Jenelle up and immediately impressed Barbara with his handshake and manners. Jace fussed as Jenelle and Nathan headed out on their date.
Chelsea stopped back at her mom's house to pick Aubree up and filled her mom in on how everything went at Aubree's new school.
Leah struggled to deal with everything the doctor said, and the discussion continued over lunch. Corey didn't feel like anything was wrong – he thought it was just Ali's way, and it was fixable. Leah couldn't understand why Ali had to have this happen and be different from everyone else. On the way home, Jeremy and Leah stopped to have Ali fitted for her wheelchair, and Leah cried the entire time. Jeremy reminded her she needed to be strong for Ali, and Leah blew her nose into her shirt, saying this isn't how she wanted her daughter's life to be.
A friend of Chelsea's stopped over, and they talked about Adam. Chelsea told her she didn't want Aubree to have a sibling.
Kailyn finally dropped Isaac off at Jo's, and they argued about what time Jo got home and what time Kailyn should have dropped Isaac off.
Jenelle and Nathan hung out at Myrtle Beach together. Nathan wanted Jenelle to stay there longer and even told Jenelle she should keep her stuff at his house. Jenelle wondered if they were moving too fast, but Nathan didn't think so, since they got along so well.
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Yamamoto's name delicately emblazoned in white lets everyone know that Y-3 Boxing Shoes are no ordinary adidas sneaker. He basically schooled cheeky sport shoes with etiquette classes. The result is an athletic shoe so refined and cool that, ironically, you would feel guilty doing anything athletic in it. The adidas Y-3 Boxing Shoes almost seem more at home in the office than on the outfield. As luck would have it, this spring is all about getting dressed up by dressing down, and these shoes arrived just in time to ride the trend wave. But don't think you can wear those gnarly Nike Airs from the gym with your suit to work. That's Y-3 territory.
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Keywords: Ear parasitic; Genetic; Intelligent insect; Ear infestation; Lateral DNA transfer; Emulation; Intelligence processor; Hybrid; Language translator; Ethics; Hypnotism; Ultrasonic; Schizophrenia; Disease vector; Parasitic insect; Hypnotic psychosis; Ultrasonic spectral codes
__The mammal's environment exerts a survival pressure for high fidelity senses and responses, which require massively parallel processing, and thus the mammal's large brain. Internal to the mammal is a vast and complex community of cells, organs, sub-systems, --- exerting instead a pressure for intelligence on its dwellers. Intelligence requires exceptionally fast processing of sequential logic, and thus a very small (in fact sub-cellular) processor.
__The middle-ear-parasitic insect, 50M years in that intelligence-pressured environment, had an additional crucial advantage: the ability to genetically pass its knowledge to subsequent generations. It is hypothesized that that insect acquired a superior sub-cellular logic processor, and 6M years ago introduced it into the Chimp's genome, causing its 'overnight' transformation to intelligent Man. A rare en-masse ear infestation case, supportive of this hypothesis is summarized, and additionally offers a physical model for schizophrenia, --- a baffling mystery in psychiatry today.
Intelligence vs 'Environmental Interface Expertise'
__In the evolution of life on Earth, insects came onto the scene roughly 400M years ago, and mammals roughly 200M years ago, of which time Man has occupied only the last 6M years.
__Whether Man stemmed from Chimp or Ape, how his superior Intelligence
Processing Requirements
__While they cannot see their way clearly toward the emulation of Intelligence, they do know that, in stark contrast to the massively parallel processing required for EIE, one essential requirement for Intelligence is the exceptionally fast sequential
Pressure for Intelligence came from Within
__The question then is, how did Man's IP, in 6M years become so far advanced of other mammals? Its as though some community of Chimps suddenly caught an "Intelligence disease", --- a virus, bacteria, or perhaps an upgraded sub-cellular IP.
__If the infestation case (summarized later herein) is any indication, the vector for this Intelligence disease may well have been the middle-ear-parasitic insect. Communicating on the mammalian neural network for 50M years he became a symbiotic member (sentry of the middle ear) of that vast, complex community of cells, organs, etc. of the mammalian body; a community of inter-dependent specialists, having sophisticated communications for task coordination and for maintenance of law and order in the presence of a wide variety of entities, many wishing to establish unlawful residence, some simply motivated to be disruptive. A community whose complexity, organization and structure would challenge our proudest city and its citizens. Unlike the Chimp's external EIE-pressured environment, this internal microbiological environment exerts a pressure for Intelligence.
__According to the infestation case this insect had a major advantage: a large FIFO (first in first out) memory in which information learned each generation is genetically passed on to subsequent generations. Additionally, insects genetically adapt to new environments orders of magnitude faster than mammals. Moreover, having previously been an independent entity, he learned and adapted in a more global, general and self-directed manner than the specialized cells, etc., inherent in that mammalian body. Thus during that 50M years he was a very 'fast study' in that complex microbiological world. He was the vehicle in which advanced Intelligence evolved.
1__The mammal has always specialized in EIE development, i.e., in high-fidelity senses/responses. The Insect, too small for EIE's massively parallel processing, has always specialized in IP development. Thus, Intelligence (and its IP) evolved in the Insect, over its 400M-year evolution, and especially rapidly in the middle-ear-parasitic Insect in the last 50M years on the mammalian neural network.
2__Mammalian evolution began 200M years ago, with an initial "IPold" obtained at that time from the Insect (or else IPold is simply IPcell).
3__6M years ago the elite ear-parasitic Insect, by one of the lateral DNA transfer mechanisms, either intentionally or inadvertently, dropped its updated, vastly-improved IPnew into the Chimp's genome, --- call this particular Chimp "Chimp/Man"6
4__Such IPnew lay in every cell in Chimp/Man's brain, acting7 only as a consultant/advisor (the God voice of the Bicameral8 mind) to IPold, since IPnew, not yet integrated with Chimp/Man, was not ready to take the reins.
5__Some 3000 to 6000 years ago IPnew became integrated, and took control of all conscious decision-making, leaving IPold to handle direct EIE management only (including senses/responses, animal instincts/emotions). In this way the semi-conscious IPold relinquished control to the "fully conscious" and "introspective" IPnew, and the God-voice was no more.
6__The Chimp's kernel memory, however, because it was required for EIE/survival, was not replaced by the Insect's memory. Thus the Chimp continued to 'be' an upgraded Chimp, not an Insect. Even so the ear-parasitic Insect, after IPnew integration, took such Man off his target list (or did he simply go underground, now the anonymous cause of schizophrenia?). He is likely busy upgrading other mammals, perhaps in a long-term effort to acquire EIE.
__Thus, during the 6M-year Chimp-to-Man transition, Intelligence/IPnew (having evolved in the Insect for some 50M to 200M years since IPold) had only to integrate with the Chimp.
__In this way we avoid not only the unrealistic assumption of a 6M-year evolution of Intelligence, but additionally we allow most of that Intelligence to evolve (in the Insect, on the mammalian neural network) in an environment that exerts pressure for Intelligence rather than for EIE, and in a vehicle capable of very rapid evolution when confronted with a new/complex environment.
__Most likely the IPnew transfer was intentional, in which case we can expect that the Insect was also instrumental in the massive 6M-year Chimp/IPnew integration process, and developed a language translator for such purpose.
__For such training, the Insect would have utilized those subjects which his world and the Chimp's world have in common: music appreciation and then social ethics (The LAW).
__In the process of training in The LAW, Chimp/Man was forced to fully utilize the logic capability of his newly-acquired IPnew, leading thus to articulate language/Intelligence. Thereafter it was up to such early Man to apply that newly-acquired Intelligence to the world around him, --- all quite foreign to the Insect. Now Man's upgraded IP and resultant expanded brain organs have taken charge. --- The Insect has 'done himself out of a job', --- except where marginal health may beacon ('schizophrenia').
__We cannot add further to the logic already given in support of the hypothesis that the overnight Chimp-to-Intelligent-Man transition was Insect-assisted, such Intelligence coming from within.
__We can, however consider a most apropos case
Case Summary: a rare en-masse ear infestation
__Mercury poisoning, my ears odorously discharging, as I bent to welcome my cat's return from a two day sojourn, insect nymphs (no-see-ums) blew into my face like a single whiff of fine sand. Such en-masse infestation of a human, I learned, is quite rare.
__Settling into left ear, I medicated them down the eustachian tube for 19 months as they came, one at a time from mastoid into middle ear, --- about 1000 total.
__For the first nine months, there was nothing but their piercing ultrasonics from the crowded mastoid (causing neighborhood dogs to complain), the snap-crackle-pop as each was medicated down the tube, and a needle jab from a long cone nose, through skin and through an air hole drilled nocturnally (sounding like a high-speed dentist's drill) in the lower mastoid.
__In month 10 music began: scales, arpeggios, then familiar church music, then music heard while shopping, culminating in The Star Spangled Banner11 in full orchestration, complex harmony, --- not likely gleaned from my brain.
__In month 13 speech began. Orchestral granularity (refined after the first day) made it obvious they were synthesizing host-language words orchestrally, i.e., accurately imitating each word's dynamic frequency spectrum.
__In months 16 through 18, fifty or so insects, each in his last moments spoke with me. When extremely weak they reflect only the host's own thoughts. When not quite so 'thin', they can become mesmerized by the host's sincerity, and in this state sometimes responded to my unspoken questions. From these sessions and other events I came to the following conclusions :
__Each Insect has a FIFO memory module containing the inherited record of hundreds of prior hosts (giving him an air of wisdom). He considers himself a part of The Human Being Race.
__'Normal' schizophrenia is caused by a single insect. Entering through the ear-drum as a nymph, he takes a discreet nocturnal blood meal12, becomes adult, impregnates a few host white blood cells and waits nine months for their birth ('Whitey' hybrids). The host is totally unaware of the insect's presence, and remains so.
__At birth, these hybrids, ignorant of their own heritage, under the insect's silent suggestive13 guidance, take three months musical training, then three months of speech training. This is all done by communication with the host's brain via the auditory nerve canal. Whitey remains dependent on communication with the host brain for his functioning, often utilizing the host's secondary/tertiary thought trains in his jabber. He is the voice of schizophrenia, and knows of no 'insect'.
__Fifteen months have elapsed (9 for gestation, 3 music, 3 speech) since infestation, and Whitey is now a full-fledged communication translator. He can himself speak (his personality taking about two years to mature), and the insect can also 'talk through' him. In month 17 the insect, working through the duty hybrid, creates the various psychoses (paranoia, delusions and various sensory hallucinations) of schizophrenia. He may also utilize direct nerve-override to 'talk through' the host (an awkward 'insect possession').
__The psychoses are induced by hypnotic suggestion. For example, if the host is out driving, the Insect might tell him (silently and unknown to him) "your car is having an old-fashioned blow-out". The host's own mind (just as in stage hypnotism) will then create all the complex, coordinated sounds and vibrations etc., which he would expect to experience. On checking, he will be consternated to find that his tires are fine.
__If the host passes the insect's mental tests then the hybrids' sonic/ultrasonic and verbal, neural and physical assault begins. Whitey is programmed to respond to a good/evil mystique (in contrast to the insect's own 'cool' nature). If the host is judged as morally deficient, Whitey will be pushed to be more 'evil' (aggressive). It is made clear to the host that he must prepare prayers14 and dynamic decrees which, when orated after topical medication15 may put the 'would-be-intruder' into a submissive departure. If such departure ceremony is not sufficiently 'harmonious' (perhaps include a tape of Ave Maria) Whitey, on departure can, if he chooses reproduce asexually. Thus, medication by itself is seldom a viable option.16
__The stated mission is to spread The LAW (like the Christian ethic). Reminiscent of the Spanish Inquisition, his Operational Law (OL) allows behavior far outside of The LAW, in order to intimidate the host into submission to The LAW17.
__Decrees are to put the hybrid down, e.g., "this is my space", "you have no space now", "you are totally impotent", "directly or indirectly causing any harm whatsoever to the host's body, mind or soul is denied", "reproduction in any form whatsoever is denied", etc. The hybrid says the decrees along with the host, altering key words to favor himself, and learning to imitate the host's voice perfectly. In insect decrees, the insect (silently) causes the host to see a possible interpretation that is in the insect's favor (no matter how well the decree is worded), --- excellent advanced language training for the host.
__By month 19 all but one insect had departed.18 From that point the hybrids can carry on for years. They cannot create the insect's hypnotic psychoses19 but, unless kept suppressed can neurally enlist microbic outposts20 and in time overcome the host physically and neurally, leading to death or to takeover of the host's soul (i.e., self, personality, aspirations), as the hybrid may choose. Such takeover, if done correctly21 will be noticed only by the (former) host's closest friends, --- as an overnight "personality change". The new host will only wonder how he could have had his prior values/goals. (Waking up watching someone else think with your brain is obviously a bad sign). As each hybrid is medicated down the tube, the next in line activates, neurally communicating with the same memory module22, so no momentum is lost.23
__I would like to mention here that in month 19 the last insect sang "We are the song" for a week, then "We are The LAW" for a week, in many moving renditions of R. Schumann's Concert in A minor/major for piano and orchestra, the theme music in Schumann's biography24 I'd watched on television two weeks earlier; a great honour.
Extrapolations on the Infestation Case
Intelligent Insect --- Credible?
And Schizophrenia?
__A mental disease, Satan's work, Demonic possession, yes. Or is schizophrenia simply the price which evolution exacts for having brought Intelligence to the middle-ear-parasitic Insect (by the microbiological complexity challenge internal to the mammal) and thence, genetically and motivationally (The LAW) to Man. Today schizophrenia weeds out the weak much as the lion tends to the deer herd, keeping it healthy and on its toes.
__The LAW (the Christian ethic, etc.) has been Man's source of inspiration in the arts and sciences. The Insect did his job well, spreading The LAW and Intelligence. Now it is Man's turn, --- to see if he can figure out how to manage the seemingly unmanageable power of his new technology. The Insect manages his advanced (plague-potentialed) microbiological power by his divinity package. --- Is it time for Man to don such a fail-safe package? --- Considering the alternative, the package looks pretty good.
In Closing ---
__We have addressed four questions : "what environment may have exerted a pressure for Intelligence, rather than for EIE", "what was the vehicle for the evolution of Intelligence", "how did the Chimp transition to Intelligent Man in 6M years", and "what conceivable physical model could explain the weird phenomenon of schizophrenia".
__These questions are at Man's very foundation, their resolution having major long-term implications in psychiatry, medicine, neurology, microbiology, anthropology, entomology, theology, philosophy and other fields. It behooves Man to consider all coherent theories, keeping in mind that, until sufficient progress is made to support scientific method, there are no authoritative sources regarding those four questions, --- there is only conjecture. Strangely though, all four are amenable to Intelligent Insect resolution, as case-supported herein; --- as are a myriad of other anthropological and sociological phenomenon, beyond our scope here.
1 Capitalized to indicate Man's level of Intelligence or higher, the ability to support a complex argument.
2 Processing produces data for other processing, whose content and sequence are determined 'on the fly'.
3 Assumes the velocity of light is the upper limit; however, knowledge of Quantum Biology and thus of the mechanism by which the brain supports Intelligence, is still very much in its infancy.
4 See, e.g., www.mrshowalter.net/kochanno/ : Koch's complex dendrite activity and Showalter's extra-synaptic communication (by concurrent broadcast frequency bands) makes the envisioned neural network a truly amazing and versatile switching mechanism. Perhaps 100 forward ripples of a million visual (I/O-bound) data lines in 100ms provides pattern/facial recognition. But, unlike such 'canned' routines, Intelligence (intermediate–results-bound) requires much faster un-pre-determined sequential logic trains.
5 However, in the absence of that mammalian microbiological world that he evolved in, his capability and Intelligence are quite likely very limited.
6 By now the Chimp's EIE is sufficiently advanced that he can afford the added pressure (from within) for Intelligence. Moreover, he is the most capable mammal, and thus the preferred choice.
7 Likely with the Insect's support.
8 "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind" : Julian Jaynes, 1976
Jaynes theorized that one of the brain's hemispheres had been the 'God mind'.
9 A summary of nine years of notes provided privately to the author, by one highly respected in his field.
10 Psy. Dept., UC, San Diego "On rare occasion schizophrenia has been observed secondary to infestation".
11 Heard by many, according to the 'Voices' groups around the world. --- It likely announces "orchestra is connected, tuned, fully operational and ready to commence speech indoctrination".
12 If interrupted by host awakening, a "bat-wing-flapping" routine is invoked.
13 In neural space, one can easily mistake another's thoughts for his own.
14 They always overrode my "Divine God of the Universe" with "Divine God of the Human-Being Race".
15 At your risk: on ear swab snipped to .5": natural pyrethrins + ground Risperdal in .2% to .8% peroxide. Niacin. 8% ammonia. Beer. Pyrethrins in BromoSeltzer soln. or olive oil. Petroleum jelly around ear.
16 To diminish peroxide's support of reproduction and regeneration: in its diluting water add one part saturated BromoSeltzer solution to 40 parts water. Alternate medications frequently, --- Whitey is a surface-protein fast-change artist. He feels no pain, --- a 'harmonious' medication is one which eats him up without affecting him mentally; e.g., light natural pyrethrins in light peroxide.
17 An attached 'divinity' package kills or shocks the hybrid immediately if he disobeys the Operational Law or if he simply wants to depart. But for free-will this package is removed from the hybrid preparing for takeover. The insect, though he loves the law, is not immune to an occasional shock.
18 That one sheds his exoskeleton?/memory-module (purged of data of prior hosts) and apparently retires to monitor the hybrids' progress.
19 However, by silently storing many copies of a decree (e.g., sleepy, sleepy, --- ) and suddenly releasing it (when the host's mind is in a creative, semi-awake or otherwise susceptible alpha mode), they can cause the host to fall asleep (or the doorbell to 'ring' on his awakening, etc.). Minimize and medicate semi-awake time. Don't converse with them. Don't make them feel human (and hesitant to depart). Don't stand idly by while their neural signals are making subtle inroads, doing physical damage to your brain. Alternate mild medication. Keep ear healthy for the long haul.
20 Throat and sinus bacteria are enlisted by Whitey to improve his communication with and control over the host brain. Eat a grapefruit or a few almonds to break up the phlegm. Similarly, an entity "IR eyes" in the cheek skin looks through the maxillary sinus and into the brain --- much as the repeater-amplifiers at the auditory nerve canal. Use 4% ammonia on a 3x2x.5" cloth pressed against itchy cheek for 15 minutes. Other skin nodules near temple and elsewhere also assist. Try mentholatum, or KonkToo (pyrethrins spray) in olive oil, or dip head into 1.5 gallons soapy water into which 1 teaspoon BromoSeltzer is added (don't over-do this acetaminophen); leave soap foam on head to dry.
21 If done incorrectly, i.e., by a hybrid who is unfit and not properly positioned at the 'soul seat', the ugly, much-publicized (hybrid) 'possession' results. He feeds on fear; laugh at him and cuss him out. Try vitamin C solution (not too strong) on swab. He is programmed to respond to religious exorcism, especially in Latin. Such hybrid is 'dead' (i.e., immobile) and thus lacking 'spirit' but, with the aid of repeater-amplifiers (ultrasonically modified host skin cells) and other aids, is still able to express his will. While this mode of takeover is a flaw (and against the Operational Law), its effects are still quite in accord with the Insect's 'spread-The-LAW' mission.
22 Presumably provided by the insect on his exit, cleared of data of prior hosts.
23 Whitey can go into cystic hibernation and return years later. He is genetically most like the host. Impregnation of a red blood cell produces a 'Red' hybrid who, genetically similar to the insect, can regenerate. He is a biological techno-whiz. He can repair the ear overnight, during which he unlatches its anvil for silence (this might explain the mammal's otherwise-unjustified but evolutionarily-recurring three-bone ear structure). Little else is known about Red, except that when Whitey is torn up and in short supply, he and Red may combine homogeneously (so it seemed). Such 'reinforced' Whitey, on departure can, if he chooses do a disastrous 're-iteration', in which he breaks up into ~1000 pre-instructed 'bugs' which go down the tube, sit on the tongue unnoticed a few days, and thence via the trachea/bronchi into the heart-lung cavity to cause damage. Gargle immediately with un-diluted Angioprim (amino acids of cystine, lysine and caysine), spit it into a jar, and go see your doctor.
24 Schumann became schizophrenic toward the end of his 46 years.
25 His divinity package tripped, either by mental shock or by being 'fettered' (fooled), --- a game of wits.
26 Signal detection in middle-ear-infested canines might provide useful source data, --- a place to start decoding the ultrasonic spectral codes which relate to IP instructions.
27 Showing the same visibility the Church demonstrated when it grounded Galileo.
28 If, e.g., the host had harbored religiously-motivated aggressive feelings, the new person may act on them.
29 Note that 'soul' is more a product of upbringing than of heredity. --- An entire advanced civilization can rapidly become decadent (regressing, becoming pre-occupied with the emotions of IPold) if it fails to provide itself with constructive goals (such as science) with which to exercise IPnew, its "higher mental body". Though his judgement of Man is limited, the lawful Insect's morals are evenso a countermeasure to such decadence.
30 KeepMedia Weekly World News : 'Mutant' Mosquitoes Terrorize … Louisiana_files.
31 Lady-bug geometry: SCIFI_COM Sci Fi Happens.htm (article), and scifi.com/happens./bug_footage.html (video). If legitimate, then obviously every attempt should be made to communicate with this bug.
32 However, there is no reason why the Insect species parasitic to the deer's middle ear might not also be microbiologically Intelligent, and he would likely be less pro-Man and more pro-ecology, pro-Lyme-disease.
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The Miami Herald reports federal engineers on Wednesday ordered drainage gates opened wider after water levels climbed nearly a half-foot even though they've been releasing water for two weeks.
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1. Can't wait to get the party started? Neither can we! Happily, on Feb. 12, JRDN at Tower 23 gets your motor revving with a pairing of bubbles and shellfish. Experts from Domain Chandon curate a selection of sparklers, paired with icy oysters and cheese nibbles from the fromage fanatics at Venissimo. The sleek Pacific Beach resto's patio has our favorite ocean view, but a seat in the intimate wine room may be the perfect perch to kick off a lovefest. $25 per person. 723 Felspar St., 858.270.2323
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The Crane Mountain Trailhead accesses the Crane Mountain National Recreation Trail. Just south of Crane Mountain Peak, the trail is within the Crane-Bidwell Semi-Primitive Motorized Area, which is open to motorcycles, off-highway vehicles, 4 x 4 vehicles and snowmobiles. North of Crane Mt. Peak is NONMOTORIZED.
Accommodations at the trailhead include a parking area with adequate trailer turnaround and signed trail directions. The trail is accessed from the 4011 road about three miles west of the trailhead. Activities offered include mountain bike riding, off highway vehicle riding, four-wheel drive vehicle driving, photography (Crane Mountain is the highest point in Lake County), and forest product gathering.
Directions: From Lakeview: Travel east on Highway 140 for 7 miles, then turn right on Forest Road 3915. Go on Forest Road 3915 for 9 miles and turn right on Forest Road 4011. Go on Forest Road 4011 for 2" miles. Turn left onto the 012 road and go for about þ mile to the parking area. The 4011 road, past the turn off to the trailhead, goes to the top of Crane Mountain. If you choose to drive to the top of Crane Mt., the road is very rough and steep, a 4x4 vehicle is recommended.
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Dispatches from the Front - Dispatches from the Front is a series of DVDs that I absolutely love. They have just shared the trailer for the newest episode which will be out next week. They sent me a preview DVD and I've already watched it twice!
Luther's Desperation - Steve Fuller finds a lesson in Luther's life: "God's Word promises that your own prayers will powerfully bring God's help. But since God's Word encourages us to ask others to pray, that must mean their prayers will bring even more of God's help."
Christian Art - Over at Scribblepreach you'll find some interesting reflections on Christians and art. "Rather than heaping more negativity onto the canvass of Christian criticism, I'd like to offer some positive tutorials the Bible offers on 'art'. The Bible is an art masterpiece, created by a Master Artist. Here some of its pearls…"
The Kingdom of God - Jim Hamilton has a short primer on the kingdom of God. "Any kingdom will consist of a king, his realm, its citizens, and the law that regulates their lives. This is true of God's kingdom as well. What follows is a short overview of the Bible's presentation of God's rule over God's people in God's place according to God's law."
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It's been a few days since your argument with your mom. She seemed to stop mentioning Laughing Jack, probably because of your father. You're sitting on the couch with your parents. Your mom is reading a magazine and your dad is flipping through the channels. You haven't seen Jack in a while, and you hope he's alright. He's normally back the next morning.
Caroline also hasn't been at school either. Nobody knows what happened to her, not even the teacher. You guess she's sick. You might stop by her house later today.
It's about seven thirty at night, your dad eventually stops on the evening news channel. Your mom looks up, slightly intrigued.
"The average temperatures in (T/N) for Friday afternoon are 80 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit. The low is 70 degrees and the high is 90…" The news man said. Just as your dad was about to change the channel to something more interesting:
"In more important news, police have found a dead child just this morning. The girl was told to be eight years old, right on (Street/N ). The child seems to have been torn apart, and was found dead in her room. The parents heard no sound of anyone breaking or entering. Police are still seeking out the killer, with no luck so far. The child's name: Caroline." The news man finished.
Your jaw drops right open.
No…that can't be right. There has to be more than once Caroline the same age as you on your street, right? You feel your palms start to sweat at your knees start shaking. You look at your parents, who are just as shocked as you are.
"Caroline's mother….told me over the phone this morning…" You hear your mom mumble. She knew? Was she even going to tell you?! She looks over to you.
"I'm…so, so sorry, (F/N)…" You're mom practically gasps. Your dad says nothing and changes the channel.
You shake your head and run up to your room, sobbing and sniffling. You close the door as tears silently run down your face. You need him. You go to your dresser and grab a small Jack in the Box that you've had for as long as you've known Jack. You remember what he said shortly after you first met him.
"I won't always be here with you, (F/N), but if you ever need me, just wind this up and sing the song I taught you."
You take a deep breath and start to wind it up.
"All around the Mulberry bush, the monkey chased the weasel, the monkey thought it was all in good fun…'till POP goes the weasel…." You sing with the tune. "All around the Mulberry bush, the monkey chased the weasel…the monkey thought it was all in good fun…" Just as you expect, the box opened and the little Laughing Jack doll pops out. "…'till POP goes the weasel…"
You look around. Jack isn't anywhere in sight. You start to get scared. Was he imaginary all along? No, that couldn't be right. If he never existed, how did he give you this box? Did your parents give it to you all along…but, they never recognized it, and you always said that your friend gave it to you. You crawl on your bed and put your face down on the pillow. You even tried to imagine him there, but that didn't work. You hope and hope that he comes, because with Caroline gone, Jack was all you had.
You wake up with a start in the middle of the night, sitting straight up, breathing heavily. Your room was very dark, only lit by the dim hallway light. You looked at your digital clock on your dresser. It was 3 in the morning. You could tell you had a nightmare, but couldn't seem to remember any details. Just as you're about to go back to sleep, you feel extra weight on the edge of your bed. You're light turns on, revealing Jack. He looks like something is troubling him, which is unusual. You rub your eyes tiredly.
"Jack?" you mumble.
"Hey, (F/N). Listen, I'm real sorry I've been gone for so long and I didn't come when you called. I…had to do something important." He said, tapping his long fingers together. You were about to tell him what happened with Caroline, but by the look on his face, you guessed he already knew.
Your eyes getting used to the light, you notice that light silver replaced the blue in his irises. But what really catches your eye is the crimson splatters on his hands and shirt.
"What happened to your shirt?" you ask, pointing at Jack.
"Oh, um, I…I was…painting. A barn. A red barn. Yes. That's what I was doing." He replied. Painting? Before you could ask any more questions, he ran his fingers through your hair. "It's late, you should go back to sleep."
You nodded and lied back down as the lights turned off, even though Jack didn't touch the light switch. You could faintly hear a song in your head that sounded like it was being played on a piano as you fell asleep.
'All around the Mulberry bush,
The monkey chased the weasel,
The monkey thought it was all in good fun…
'Till POP goes the weasel…'
I had a feeling that Caroline wouldn't be around for long. Jack's "just a tad" possessive... Yes, that was sarcasm.
LJ is jelly of Caroline... XD
Lol the description: GEE. I WONDER WHO KILLED CAROLINE...
Whyyyy LJ!!! Why did u kill Caroline!!
D: L.J. Why you jelly that Glacier got a friend?!?! >:L i am dissapointed!
L.J: Since when did you become my mom? T_T
Me: SINCE NOW T^T NOW GO TO YOUR ROOM AND THINK WHAT YOU DID!~
L.J: FIINNE *goes to room* wait...... *facepalm*
Glacier: O_o he actually listened to you?....
Me: Yep if he didnt I might have "sat" on him
Glacier: Oh O_O
L.J: Since when did you become my mom? T_T
Me: SINCE NOW T^T NOW GO TO YOUR ROOM AND THINK WHAT YOU DID!~
L.J: FIINNE *goes to room* wait...... *facepalm*
Glacier: O_o he actually listened to you?....
Me: Yep if he didnt I might have "sat" on him
Glacier: Oh O_O
LJ killed Caroline!
I would do anything to have laughing jack as a friend or to at least have a real imagery friend
I almost cried to this
I almost cried to this
Wait, wait, wait... That Jack was Rainbow Jack all along? I like him better as LJ instead of RJ. Better color scheme.
I am catbug!
Don't mess with LJ, or he'll aggressively paint a barn at you.
Amy: *about to cry*
Jeff: Whoa bro, and I thought LJ was just kidding when he said he hung out with an 8-year-old.
Amy: *hits Jeff* shut up Jeffy or I'll sick a puppet on you!
Hey Amy send tinyman on him XD
Amy: *glares as much as a girl with no eyes can* my puppets are life-sized


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Low, low prices!
Have you noticed them? Did you pay any attention to them?
It's kind of hard to tell one from the other. The car ads are especially bad. They tend to fall into one of two categories.
Look at us!
The first is what I call "isn't our car pretty" ads. They tend to feature the car perched on a mountain. Or, driving down a twisty road. They sometimes talk about mileage or horsepower, or "best-in-class" accolades. These are the brand ads.
We have experience!
The local dealer ads are a bit different. They star the owner, or sometimes, what appears to be his daughter (not a professional actor). They usually spend the entire ad talking about how long they've been in business, or their great service, and great prices. Sometimes, they shout (this is New York, after all).
I call these the "me! me! me!" ads.
Either way, they all tend to blend into each other. You really can't tell the Honda dealer ad from the Lexus dealer ad or the Ford dealer ad. The only difference is the strength of the "New Yawk" accent. It would be easy to switch them around, without noticing a change.
Generic isn't remarkable
This often happens with freelancers and other small businesses too. The marketing all looks pretty much the same. You could swap the logos on their web sites and not notice much of a difference between business A and business B. They fail the remarkability test.
Be memorable, not broken
Back to the car dealers for a moment. What if, instead of the same old, boring, interchangeable ads, they decided to do something a bit different. Something that would be memorable, rather than dull and "broken."
And involve the viewers, rather than encouraging them to hit the mute button. I don't know about you, but I can find mine without looking. And it's the most worn-out button on the remote.
Tell a story instead
All businesses need stories. Stories and emotions are what really sell people, not shouting, or 'rational' arguments, or long lists of features.
There are so many stories associated with buying cars. The first car you ever bought. How excited you were. Maybe a little nervous too. It seemed like such a grown-up thing to do.
Imagine if the car dealer showed a college grad buying her first car. Saving her money, going in to the dealer, choosing the car, and the joy on her face when she bought it.
Or, what about a couple buying a bigger car because they're going to be parents (and need more space). Put it that way, and the ad practically writes itself.
Much more interesting than yelling about years in business or big discounts if you buy a car before next Tuesday.
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Take another look at your own marketing. Is it generic? Or is it memorable? If it's generic, do you have stories to tell instead? They can be your own stories of success, or even better, your clients' success stories.
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No Nukes: Of Exelon and Rising Government Influence
Exelon Corp. has called off plans to build two new nuclear reactors in Victoria, Texas. The culprit, chairman and chief executive John Rowe, told the Associated Press was "worries over the economy and the limited availability of federal loan guarantees."
Let's put to the side for a minute that Exelon is trying to acquire NRG Energy, which is developing two reactors not far off near Bay City, Texas, and perhaps developing four nuclear reactors in South Texas was overkill.
We could also raise all the issues that hound the nuclear revival – where to store the waste and the economics. (We have already, if you're interested.)
What caught our attention was the second part of what Mr. Rowe said. The death knell is that Exelon wasn't on the shortlist of energy companies to receive $18.5 billion in federal loan guarantees. It's worth noting that NRG is on the government's loan list, putting Exelon on the list if the acquisition goes through.
This all underscores a critical issue in the fast-changing energy economy – and it seems to be as true for nuclear power as it for advanced biofuels or even wind and solar: the roll of governments is critical today, more critical than at any time, perhaps, in decades. Governments from the U.S. to Japan to China and the E.U. are picking winners and backing certain energy sources.
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April 8, 2012 12:00 AM
" Hundreds of pay phone booths across the city will soon be transformed into "smart screen " stations as part of a pilot program, according to the New York Post.
Next month, 250 phone booths across the five boroughs will be outfitted with 32-inch smart screens with Internet connections, the Post reports. They'll display local neighborhood information, including lists of nearby restaurants and store sales, as well as traffic updates, landmark information and safety alerts, all in multiple languages.
The free touch-screen technology will also feature on-screen 311 icons that will allow users to file complaints or request city information.
City 24x7, the company that will install and maintain the smart screens, says they're built to be cleaned with a jet hose, and promise they'll be more sanitary than an ATM.
They're waterproof and dust-proof, adds company CEO Tom Touchet.
The smart screens will eventually be wired to make Skype calls, log onto email accounts and serve as WiFi hotspots, but they'll have protected search capabilities, the Post says.
The screens cost the city nothing and will eventually bring in revenue through advertising "
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It is an emblem from a bygone era: the outdoor pay phone. For more than a century, in booths along New York City's sidewalks, public telephones have connected residents, one pocketful of change at a time. But next month, under a pilot program, ...Read more
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Scrabble word: YAWN
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Definitions of YAWN in dictionaries:
- noun - an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth
- verb - utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired
- verb - be wide open
- To open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation, usually involuntarily from drowsiness, fatigue, or boredom.
- To utter wearily, while or as if while yawning: yawned his disapproval of the silly venture.
- The act of yawning.
- A fatigued or bored response.
- One that provokes yawns; a bore: The movie was nothing more than one big yawn.
- verb - to open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation of air
There are 4 letters in YAWN: A N W Y
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Cynthia Bailey celebrated her birthday over the weekend, and joining her for the festivities were her fellow Real Housewives stars, NeNe Leakes, of Atlanta, and Marysol Patton, of Miami.
On Saturday, Cynthia and the girls took in the sights of New York Fashion Week, sitting front row at Michael Costello's fashion show. Also in attendance at the show were fellow Bravolebrities Kenya Moore and Lily Ghalichi. However, unlike Cynthia, NeNe, and Marysol, Kenya wasn't sitting in the front row. Instead, she was out of sight and the only photos that have surfaced of her at fashion week were prior to the show's start.
Following the show, Cynthia, NeNe, and Marysol hit up LAVO Nightclub where they enjoyed a few cocktails in celebration of Cynthia's big day. They also were seen wearing light-up headbands and LAVO party glasses.
On Saturday, along with one of the photos of the group, Marysol wrote on Instagram, "Disheveled Divas celebrating @cynthiabailey10 Bday w/ @neneleakes #NYFW #rhom #rhoa." On Sunday, Cynthia re-tweeted the photo and added a few more of her own.
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Even if you don't follow or care even one single tiny bit about college basketball or who makes the final four and wins the championship, it's going to affect you at work over the next few weeks, even if you're self employed.
If you thought business's lost thousands of hours of productivity during football season to fantasy football participants. March Madness beats that hands down. When you add up everyone who wastes time getting their bracket sheets, then making sure it's filled out in time, turned into whomever is the office bracket keeper, tracking your picks, and of course bragging or defending about your choices every single chance you get, then you will see that college basketball is a bigger production killer than any fantasy football season.
This type of unproductive workplace behavior will cause a noticeable and devastating decline in work place productivity. People will not only track their alumni, but become obsessed with their picks for the final category and which teams make it the farthest. Even employees who never attended a single minute of college will transform into overnight die hard alumni as long as they were one of their picks.
Add the money involved in office betting pools and every workplace now has the excitement of a Las Vegas craps table. This brings me to another issue, gambling in the workplace. Does your company have policies against it? And when you as a Manager or Human Resources professional try to enforce it, do you find out the Boss is in on it? What do you do? I could write an entire article on the quandary this creates.
To give you some quick advice, if your boss or any senior person is involved in any office gambling, this includes any sports betting pools, March Madness, or even a vocal monetary bet made between to employees in the presence of others, you're going to have a very difficult time ever winning an unemployment hearing in the future. Especially if it's for gambling in the workplace. Remember, violation of a company policy is violation of a company policy and many unemployment judges see it that way.
Now don't get me wrong, I am not against the spirit of the contest and just because one of my institutions of higher learning has not made the championship in almost two decades, I am not saying this is bad. The point to this article is the facts that just like most distractions in our lives; March Madness has taken its place as just another disturbance from our productive workplaces. I want to give you some ideas on how to deal with it and not let it become a wrench in the gears.
March Madness Disruption is not just about the people who will spend their work hours checking scores on their work computers. Actually, smart phones have eliminated that abuse of workplace equipment. But now you will see employees taking longer breaks and hanging out in restroom stalls as they scroll through their phones to find out how they are doing in their brackets. With all the restroom breaks, you might start to believe dysentery has spread among your staff.
If you're fortunate enough to have an employee break room with a television, you're also going to have the conflict of what channel (game) to watch during the break times. For some reason, March Madness (hint it's called this for a reason) seem to convert even the mildest accountant into a British Soccer Hooligan.
People will be late to work as they sit in their vehicles waiting to hear the updates coming in over the radio or just blatantly call out sick so they can sit home and watch more college basketball in one day on their recently expanded channel service, than they have all year.
All superficial items aside, employees are going to be taking their eye off the ball. Safety and security lose their importance as the latest basketball scores takes priority over making sure it's done right and safely. "I heard there is a website that gives second by second updates." Now this employee in search of a way to find out the scores in their cubical has just allowed an unsafe website implant a trojan horse into your work computer crashing every terminal in your office, which reminds me of that Southwest Airlines commercial "want to get away."
"I only took my eyes off the ladder for a minute because my I Phone chimed the latest score and I wanted to see if my picks were still good." Now you have a worker's compensation claim and the problem of conducting an investigation into how and why this happen. This will eventually be followed up with disciplining that over indulgent hoop fan for his failure to comply with safety and company policies.
"Sorry Boss, I meant to get the payroll submitted in time, but my university went into double overtime." While the Boss may not care right then because your both cheering on the same college team. When payday comes and those dedicated employees, who busted their rumps to make sure the company, met its quota and quarterly profits do not receive their paychecks, overtime, etc… you will.
OK, now you see some of the problems, how do you solve them? Cancel the sport? No, but as they say, if you can't beat them join them. If you have found that March Madness is a disruption, then it's time to put this on your meeting agenda to work out some ways to keep employees focused on their jobs while also giving them the information they are so desperate to have. If you ban it, they will find ways to work around it and you as the Manager or Supervisor will spend your next few days being the going insane due to the Madness.
It would be better to have one employee take some time out to post scores, track the brackets in the break rooms or even send out an email (do not allow gambling), than to have 50% of your staff stopping what they are doing to do the same thing. Put it out there that you as the company will update and post this information as a favor to the employees and so that production does not suffer. Did we just turn this negative into a Win/Win for both sides? Dr. Stephen Covey would be proud of us. https://www.stephencovey.com/7habits/7habits.php
For all my fellow Operations and Human Resources Managers out there, let's all remember that while we enjoy the excitement of March Madness and cheering on our favorite university and the excitement of betting (not gambling) that we will pick the final four and win the bragging rights, we also want to make sure that come April, our businesses are still operating efficiently and were all still employed. Let make sure that your Alma Mater is the only one who loses during the madness.


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CLEVELAND — First it was a sore left knee. Then it was his grandmother's death. Now it's back spasms.
Cavaliers point guard Baron Davis did not play Monday against the Orlando Magic at Quicken Loans Arena due to back spasms, but could be back in uniform as early as Wednesday when Cleveland hosts the New Jersey Nets.
Davis was bothered by a bad knee when the Cavs acquired him from the Los Angeles Clippers at the Feb. 24 trade deadline, then missed three games due to his grandmother's death.
The 31-year-old returned Thursday against Portland, only to experience soreness in his lower back that sometimes resulted in pain shooting down his leg. He sat out Saturday against the Clippers.
Davis, who is averaging 14.3 points on .455 shooting and 4.3 assists in four games with the Cavs, had similar problems on occasion while playing for New Orleans and the Clippers, but doesn't think the injury is anything serious. He does, however, want to get things right before he takes the court again.
"The way I look and feel, and the way I felt in Portland, it's not doing me any good and it's definitely not doing the team any good (to play)," Davis said. "I want to be out there when I can definitely have an impact on the game."
Cavs coach Byron Scott normally requires a player to go through a full practice before returning to action, but didn't follow that philosophy by allowing Davis to play against Portland, largely because it was his grandmother's death and not a physical ailment that caused his absence.
"I'm second-guessing myself now, saying, 'You know what? You should have stuck to your principles as far as practice and this wouldn't have popped up,'" Scott said.
"I really want to see him practice (today)," the coach added. "Then we'll kind of go from there."
Davis appeared to be on the verge of moving into the starting lineup prior to his grandmother's death, but will likely continue to come off the bench behind Ramon Sessions when he returns, which is just fine with him.
"I'm not worried too much about this season as far as starting," he said. "I just want to be able to put my best foot forward and help us win some games."
Scott, however, would like to get the 12th-year pro in the starting lineup before the end of the season.
"That's still the plan," he said. "I want to see how we play with him as the starter."
Always a coach
Scott said he watched a lot of NCAA Tournament games over the weekend, but pointed out it's impossible for him to enjoy them from a fan's perspective.
"You're always trying to pick out something," he said. "I can't remember the last time I watched a game just for fun."
Scott was particularly impressed with Ohio State's 98-66 dismantling of George Mason on Sunday.
"They looked real good," he said of the Buckeyes. "If they play like that the rest of this tournament, nobody will beat them."
Asked about potential pro prospects on the Buckeyes roster, Scott was careful because NBA personnel aren't allowed to talk about underclassmen before they declare for the draft.
"We saw some guys that will be pretty good on the next level," he said.
Playing with pain
Sessions, who began the night averaging 16.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 7.0 assists since Feb. 2, has been playing with a hernia for much of the season.
"Heat and ice are my best friends," he said. "I just try to go out and play through it the best I can."
- In an attempt to be 100 percent next season, Davis said he will split time between Cleveland and his native Los Angeles this summer.
- Orlando guard J.J. Redick missed his sixth straight game with a lower abdominal strain.
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