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2006 Mazda Mazdaspeed 6 Sedan Grand Touring 4dr Sport Sedan AWD (2.3L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
A tremendous performance bargain! Very, very fun. No problems during my 20K ownership. Excellent handling and acceleration. Lots of recalls, however, one of which (ECU reprogram) seemed to reduce acceleration. Steering feel superb, shifter itself solid (although car has a very touchy clutch from 1st to 2nd; takes some getting used to. Best clutch operation under heavier acceleration. A true sleeper! Astounding good looks but not riddled with badges advertising AWD, turbo, stability control, etc (e.g. subaru). No juvenile wings/vents. Very supportive front seats. Loved the car. It has been a benchmark by which I judged more recent purchases.
Better-than-advertised acceleration. Good cornering/braking performance. Outstanding looks. A great buy for an auto enthusiast.
Very sensitive clutch. Key card and keyless start system unnecessary gimmick. I think manufacturers have realized this since there are a plethora of models that still use traditional key. Button on door handle didnt work half the time and the card shaped "keyfob" not ergonamic for traditional keyless entry use. Had to use manual key a few times to start because car did not recognize keycard. Armrest poorly positioned for short drivers. Steering wheel controls (though aesthetically pleasing) were hard to use using thumbs alone requiring use of pointer finger. Shift knob easily scratched by rings. Narrow tires that wear out quickly.
2006 Mazda Mazdaspeed 6 Sedan Grand Touring 4dr Sport Sedan AWD (2.3L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
There is a timing chain problem for the Mazdaspeeds (3 and 6) that Mazda realizes and provides a company fix for free charge. Any smoke from the engine or exhaust that's funny colored is also under their extended warranty. You car has to be under 70,000 miles though.
If not timing chain replacement + vvt actuator + timing guides + timing gaskets + cost of labor ~= $800.
Sometimes difficult to shift, but a good fix is the rear engine mount for $125.
Great car, extremely reliable, even with the timing problem, runs every time.
290 torque at like 3000 rpms. Way cheaper than wrx with 220 something torque at 4000 rpms. Smooth daily driver. A good selection of aftermarket parts including the access port ecu tuner.
Weighs a ton... Carbon fiber hood would be a good fix. AWD. Is it really all wheel drive all the time? Question you should ask yourself.
2006 Mazda Mazdaspeed 6 Sedan Grand Touring 4dr Sport Sedan AWD (2.3L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
Ok, I just bought this lovely vehicle in August of 2010. I am the second owner, and I am glad I bought this car. I stepped up to this car from a 2001 Acura CL-S. This car is absolutely amazing! An AFFORDABLE 4- door sports sedan is hard to find! I looked at the Lexus IS300 and BMW 330i/335i that they had at the lot, and to me, this car blew both of them out of the water after test driving all three. The AWD helps with my judgment, the 6-speed manual is rough but it works! The stereo is weak for a BOSE but the car gets compliments no matter where it goes. People behind me think its just a regular Mazda 6 until they can't see it anymore!
The 6-speed manual, the exterior styling, the interior is great also. A lot of trunk room. Comfort. AWD. Thee direct-injection 274 hp 4- cylinder turbo (OMG), the torque (when I drive it hard and power shift from 1st to 2nd, glasses on top of my head jump to the back seat, Simply Beautiful)
Gear Ratios (6th gear, constant 80 mph is 3000 RPM. 3000 RPM!) Better Stereo Please.
2006 Mazda Mazdaspeed 6 Sedan Grand Touring 4dr Sport Sedan AWD (2.3L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
After reading other reviews, I guess I should consider myself lucky. I've not had a single problem since I bought the car new. I've added a Cobb Access Port, drilled and slotted rotors w/ ceramic pads, a Magnaflow Exhaust and the Cobb intake. Car makes 269 RWHP. I will say tire wear is poor. The best I ever got was 17,000 miles. After 4 sets, I've settled on the Pirelli P- Zero-Nero for all weather driving. Soft & sticky in dry and tremendous in the snow. Cost is $114 EA at Tirerack. Don't understand the clutch complaints. Cobb has a simple fix for the smoking issue. For the price (new or used) nothing touches this ride. Power, 6-speed, AWD, Bose Stereo, power sunroof, heated seats etc.
Power, 6-Speed, AWD, heated seats, reliability and of course, the sleeper factor. Overall, this car rates a 12 on a scale of 10 for the fun factor.
About the only thing I would have liked to see was a bigger tire footprint.
2006 Mazda Mazdaspeed 6 Sedan Grand Touring 4dr Sport Sedan AWD (2.3L 4cyl Turbo 6M)
I bought the car with 12000 miles on it and out of the 9 vehicles I have owned it is by far my favorite. The transmission had to be rebuilt at 18000 miles. Thankfully it was under warranty. The reverse lights don't work and I think that has to do with the rebuilt transmission. The car has inconsistent power because of a hyper sensitive knock sensor and I use 93 octane only. I use Mobile1 Extended Performance and it really helps with power. Change oil every 5-7K. I am going to put on a new intake, exhaust, lowering sport springs, and get a COBB ECU programmer. Should take care of the power issues and put the peak HP over 325. Don't buy this car unless you can deal with some issues.
Performance for the price. Excellent value and an awesome car to drive. The AWD gives it great handling. I enjoy the subtle looks. Blending in is good if you want to push it and avoid unwanted attention.
Slightly lower suspension (1-2"). Needs a better intake and exhaust ... California emissions hinders the performance of the car. Really needs to have the ECU flashed. Factory engine management is horrid. The knock sensor is too sensitive and kills the power quite often.
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Voters looking forward to proudly wearing the traditional red, white and blue "I voted" stickers today might be in for a bit of sticker shock.
Several precincts are handing out fingernail-sized stickers, about an inch smaller than normal.
Dorchester County Elections and Voter Registration Executive Director Joshua Dickard said the tiny stickers, provided by the Palmetto Project, are a result of a printing error.
The Palmetto Project sent the board a box of about 40,000 last June and they're using them now because they're running out of the larger ones.
They're better than nothing, said Rose Brown, administrative specialist for the Berkeley County Voter and Registrations Office. Berkeley County hasn't had any stickers to hand out in the last few elections.
"We have to use what we were sent by the state," Brown said. "They're free."
Dickard said they haven't received any complaints about the stickers but he has seen plenty of jokes about them on Twitter and Facebook with some posters likening them to what you might see on a banana.
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By Pam Burke
November 15, 2013
History proves that humankind loves a good tale.
Back in the days before modern amenities like television, Internet and indoor plumbing, people of cultures from all around the world told tales to entertain and teach.
The tale of Cinderella has hundreds of variations from different cultures. One version of the tale, made popular by Disney, teaches us that good things will happen to young women if they work hard and stay pure of heart — and have a fairy godmother.
Other versions aren't so nice, and some involve birds plucking out the eyes of the stepsisters; magic fish bones — or slimy frogs — granting wishes except to the greedy; or a scar-faced girl dressed in a bark dress and her father's cast-off moccasins seeing a man outfitted in rainbows and the Milky Way.
Then there's the one in which Cinderella is actually a mean young witch. Didn't see that comin', did you.
While some experts believe most of these tales are unique to each culture and are only similar because they speak about human truths, others believe the tales have one starting point and spread to other cultures through retelling. The stories end up being altered to suit the norms of each particular culture.
Alan Boyle, science editor for NBCNews.com reports that Jamshid Tehrani, an anthropologists at Durham University, studied all the versions of "Little Red Riding Hood" to find out if it came from a single source. He divided all the story lines and plot elements into categories — that means he looked at variations of "X-eats-Y" and which characters are evil, which are animals and which human, who saved whom, and how the tale ends.
He plugged this data into a computer program that tracked the evolution of the tale back to the original source and, voila!, through the magic hocus-pocus of the electronic machine, he abracadabra-ed the answer of: Europe.
He says the tale of Red Riding Hood started in Europe as something called "The Wolf and the Kids" in the first century, branching out to the world from there, as well as evolving in European-based countries into "Little Red Riding Hood."
You can read all about it in "The Phylogeny of Little Red Riding Hood" which was published Wednesday in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.
But as I said, history proves that humans like a good tale.
Even in this day and age, when duplicating a story word for word or scene for scene and sending it far and wide through the modern magic of the Internet is easy, we still can't resist tweaking a good tale.
The other day I got, for the second time, a link to a website that supposedly shows a video clip of a U.S. Marine knocking out a "champion Bohemian kickboxer." It's unbelievably awesome. Truly unbelievable.
With more than 1,300 comments, I didn't read them all, but the most recent comments echo earlier ones that go something like this:
"Haha, that dooosh is flipping around and then BAM! one fist to the face and he's done. Go (bleeping) Marines!"
"Yes, the Marines are tough (bleeps), but that's actually a scene from a movie."
"Bohemian kick box meets American fist box and goes DOWN!"
"It's actually a movie and the guy, an ACTOR, is doing a form of Brazilian martial arts, not kickboxing."
"That's what I mean! That dood with the wicked right hook looks like a guy my brother served with."
"You mean that actor with the choreographed fake punch? Do you people not understand this is a movie scene?!"
"Yeah, adapt, improvise overcome ... booyah!!!"
We just don't want to let go of our fairy tales.
(Once upon a time, there was this awkward girl who grew up to be an even awkwarder adult. The end, at email@example.com.)
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Glenn Close, Liza Minnelli, Brooke Shields, and Joan Rivers are among the guests who strutted their stuff on opening night.
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Tom Hanks, Bernadette Peters, Tony Bennett, and Liza Minnelli were among the VIPs who celebrated Stritch on her (final?) opening night.
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Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy, Starring Tom Hanks, Celebrates Emotional Broadway Opening Night
A star-studded crowd, including Meg Ryan, Angela Bassett, Larry David, Emmy Rossum, Spike Lee, and Regis Philbin helped welcome the new drama to Broadway.
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Newsies writers Harvey Fierstein, Alan Menken, and Jack Feldman join in the fun.
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Joining the cast was the show's legendary lyricist, Lee Adams.
Phish, Martha Plimpton, and More Welcome Keith Carradine, Hunter Foster, and Hands on a Hardbody to Broadway on Opening Night
Guests of honor also included the real-life inspirations for the characters in the musical, which is based on an acclaimed 1997 documentary.
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I am a researcher at Samsung Research America (SRA).
In 2013, I was an industrial researcher for Samsung in the Ubiquitous Swarm Lab at UC Berkeley. Previously, I was a postdoctoral scholar in the UC Berkeley's Parallel Computing Laboratory (Par Lab), working with Prof. John D. Kubiatowicz, Prof. Krste Asanović, and Prof. David Wessel.
I completed my Ph.D. in the EECS Department at UC Irvine, where I had the privilege of working under the supervision of Prof. Kwang-Hae (Kane) Kim. Before doing my Ph.D., I was a faculty member in the Engineering School's Applied Computing Institute at the University of Zulia, in Venezuela. I served as its Director in 2003-2004.My CV is here.
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Songs From The Howling Sea was recently featured at Flummoxed Festival, Betchley, performing songs inspired by Captain James Wolfe, Angela Burdett-Coutts and Wapping's John Newton amongst others.
This is a great family festival put on annually just outside Milton Keynes, and hosted by the band 'We Happy Few'. Thanks again to Adrian Bannister and the crew for including me on the bill.
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I've recently discovered a great history podcast entitled 'Hardcore History' by Dan Carlin. The most recent episodes are dedicated to the First World War and are an absolute must listen for anyone even remotely interested in history. (He also does a great series on Genghis Kahn). You can find it here.
I've written a few songs inspired by war myself, including this one influenced by General James Wolfe. You can hear it here.
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After years of using my song (inspired By Isambard Kingdom Brunel's SS Great Eastern)'Great Babe'for their closing credits music, the 'Londonist Out Loud' podcast has decided its time for a change. To replace it they've opted for my song written in honour of Charles Jamrach's Menagerie, 'A Stones Throw'. You can hear it here.
Make sure you check out the Londonist podcast – The World's No.1 London-centric broadcast, offering an array of weekly guests (including myself on occasion) and interesting London stories.
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This week I had the pleasure of being invited to take part in this week's Londonist Out Loud podcast recorded live from the Viaduct Pub in the shadow of Newgate Prison.
Hosted by N Quentin Woolf and also featuring the talents of Martin Zaltz Austwick from the Centre of Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL, we discussed sexual bias in the media, dodgy burgers and wrestling bears (as well as last week's current events).
You may also recognise the end credits music; they've been using 'Great Babe' since the show's beginnings but have now changed it for 'A Stone's Throw' from my Five Boroughs Vol.1 album
The full podcast, and all previous episodes can be found either via the Londonist iTunes page or direct from Londonist.com itself.
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I'm proud to announce that SFTHS will be included in the upcoming Matchwomen's Festival next month.
Being held to commemorate 125th anniversary of the 1888 matchwomen's strike that effectively led to the birth of the labour movement, this FREE festival will also be playing host to authors, politicians, activists and celebrities.
Of course I will be performing my song 'Matches' which I wrote back in 2011 in remembrance of the event.
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To kick things off, Ruairidh Anderson tells the tale of Charlie Brown, famous landlord of the Railway Tavern in Limehouse, who assembled a pub full of wonders.
"Over the years, after being thrown around on the waves, seaman would flock to this pub and along with their bizarre and exotic venereal diseases, would bring treasures and trophies from travels around the globe."
Watch the video and enjoy the London song inspired by this tale 'Here Comes Charlie Brown!'


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Reloading Supplies in San Diego??
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January 11, 2009, 11:21 PM
I just moved to the Carlsbad/Oceanside area and haven't found any local stores that sell powder and bullets. Any help???
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January 12, 2009, 01:40 AM
Turner's on Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
Duncan's Gunworks in San Marcos. Only local source for real black powder, if that matters to you.
El Cajon Gun Exchange
Hiram's Guns in El Cajon (used to be the only combined gun/liquor store in California)
California Guns on Convoy St.
Project 2000 shooting range in El Cajon.
Probably others, but those are the ones I know about. Looking in the Yellow Pages and making a few calls will yield happiness. Call the ranges, too. Most have pro shops that sell reloading supplies.
Bullets are pricey around here. Mail order will save bucks. For powder and primers, unless you're buying large quantities, hazmat costs will eat up any savings, and then some.
Welcome to San Diego! If you want to know where to shoot, let me know, I'll hook you up.
January 12, 2009, 03:06 AM
Socal Guns on convoy has VERY little reloading stuff. Turners is ok. El Cajon Gun Exchange is ok.
January 12, 2009, 03:20 AM
I just threw in any place I'd seen that had anything. CalGuns has been blaming their suppliers for their lack of stock for about two years... I don't buy it.
For a North County guy, Duncan's is likely to be the best choice. I have to drive up there to get Goex... nobody else has it.
Turner's is pricey.
El Cajon Gun Exchange has an attitude problem. Good stock list. Pricey.
Hiram's is good people. If they have it, I buy it from them. A lot of times they don't.
Been shopping at Project 2K a lot lately.
I live in El Cajon.
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Simple Definition of racer
: a person or animal that races
: a car, boat, etc., that is used in racing
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This might just be the best Stuff You Should Read post in history. Seriously, it is that good.
1. While not really an article to read, check out this flowsheet sent to me by a reader/former client – How to find REAL FOOD at the supermarket. Overall it is a pretty helpful tool and I find it amusing as well.
2a. A House Divided. By Kellie Hart Davis via Tony Gentilcore's blog. Kellie wrote a guest blog for Tony that might simply be the most touching post I have read all year. This is a must read for every single reader of this website. I think this is my favorite quote of the entire post – "Disease isn't a part of aging; it's a force of habit. It's the inability to take action by putting your quality of life before indulgence, idleness, and insecurity."
2b. Can I Have Your Attention Please: Pizza is Now a Veggie. By Tony Gentilcore. Tony rips apart the fact that Congress passed a new bill that as far as school lunches go, pizza now counts as a serving of vegetables. Seriously ridiculous stuff and Tony covers it in his usual entertaining manner.
3. 12 Tips to Tune the Nervous System. By Anthony Mychal. Anthony provides an easy-to-understand look at the nervous system and how it plays such an integral and misunderstood role in exercise and health. I really enjoyed this article and found Anthony's writing style to be enjoyable to read and educational at the same time. It was really good, much like a Dan John article.
4. Stephen Guyenet's entire series on whether insulin causes obesity. This is a much-discussed topic that in reality is poorly understood by most. Stephan does a fantastic job laying out the evidence and showing that insulin is far from the main driver of fat accumulation. Top-notch stuff as usual.
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To say Shannon Gonzales has "beat the odds" is an understatement of epic proportions.
Gonzales will walk across the stage to receive her accounting degree from the College of Business at West Texas A&M University today.
"If I were able-bodied I might do cartwheels," Shannon Gonzales said. "But I can't."
This is the seventh and final installment in the weeklong series Beating the Odds, which highlights those who have overcome adversity or hardship to continue their education and position themselves for a brighter future. The series also will represent those who have provided the support and foundation for others to succeed, while acknowledging persistent students who spend long hours at school and at work to attain their diploma.
Gonzales, partially paralyzed on her right side and unable to use her right hand due to a stroke at age 6, has endured more difficulties than most experience in a lifetime. Her grandparents raised her after her mother died when she was 2; she moved back to Amarillo after graduating from high school and worked for her father's moving company. She tried college and quit, had a baby with a man who left her five months into the pregnancy, then suffered another stroke, eventually having to live with her father so she could have help with her daughter.
She finally returned to school determined to become an accountant and independent.
With resolve and the help of many people, Gonzales will cross the stage with a large group watching and cheering.
Her 5-year-old will watch her at the United Bank Center in Canyon today, along with her father who is flying in for the event and the grandmother who raised her.
Also applauding her accomplishment will be those who helped her through this past year when she became homeless after leaving a bad personal situation.
Although she had graduated from Amarillo College in 2007 and was attending WT, a year ago she made what she called the "most, difficult choice of my life," - moving into Faith City Mission.
"She was so determined (to finish school) when she came to us," said Dorcas Viven, program director for the Lighthouse shelter for women and children. "She was an excellent mother."
Gonzales had one important material possession - a car, which made it possible for her to drive to and from Canyon for classes.
"We provided a computer and anything she needed," Viven said. "But she decided to be in Canyon to be closer to school and only stayed with us about a month."
She also decided to explain her predicament to her teachers at WT.
"School wasn't at the top of my list," Gonzales said. "I walked up to professor Karen Cooley (her adviser and professor) and professor Alice Upshaw in tears. I told her that I wanted to quit school. I didn't see any point in going."
Cooley counseled Gonzales not to give up with a little more than a year of school remaining for her degree.
"She was decimated," Cooley said. "I took her to my office. She shared her story. I told her God has a plan for us, and trust him. We don't know how things will work, but they will."
Gonzales listened and trusted Cooley.
"I didn't know how I was going to afford day care and gas and more," Gonzales said. "Social Security was how I paid for things."
And she believes that God, through a community of people who believed in her, did begin to work things out immediately.
Lyn Brown of Brown's Playhouse Day Care immediately offered a free month of day care for Nevaeh who had been enrolled there since January.
"I told her not to worry about paying us," Brown said. "I told her I wanted to see her finish school."
"Nevaeh is always well-behaved. We wanted to keep Nevaeh in a routine," said Brown's husband, Randy. "Shannon said she'd pay us back, but we told her the money was the least important (worry) and to get her degree."
"I got a job at Sonic (during finals week)," Gonzales said. "My managers at Sonic, Lori and Scott Townsend, found out I was homeless on May 15. Lori knew about an apartment and brought me over. She said, 'It isn't much but will this work?'"
Later that day, Gonzales left work, picked up her daughter and came to the apartment. The Townsends and Browns had furnished it with everything she needed, and the Townsends also had paid the first month's rent.
"They even lined the wall with toys for Nevaeh," Gonzales said.
Although Gonzales had worked at Sonic for less than two weeks, the Townsends wanted to help.
"Shannon is the most amazing person I've ever met," Lori Townsend said.
Shannon entered school in the fall of 2009 with an apartment and job and eager to finish. When Nevaeh became ill, she worried she wouldn't be able to pass classes, but the business college faculty became the next group of community members to help.
"I was going to drop a class and professor Upshaw told me I could do it," Gonzales said. "She told me a semester ago I was a mess. She referred to me as tin and told me about the melting process and now I was steel."
And financial blessings kept coming as well. Nevaeh came home from day care several times with the following note:
Dear Shannon, God has laid it on our hearts that we could be a blessing to your family providing a free week of childcare for Nevaeh. You will not be charged for the week of ...
Many Blessings, Lolli & Pop
Tutoring from Upshaw and adviser Sissy Campbell, whom Gonzales calls "an inspiration," along with Darlene Pulliam and Karyn Friske, Gonzales made it through to earn what she will receive today: her Bachelor's of Business Administration in accounting.
"All these people believed in me when I didn't believe in myself," Gonzales said.
And through it all, especially the homeless period, Gonzales felt she could hear her deceased mother speaking to her.
"It was her birthday the day I almost gave up, and I heard her say 'Don't give up. There's a better life than you're seeing.'"
And what will Gonzales do now with the better life she's seeing?
"I'm finding it hard to leave Sonic, but I'm looking for a job at a bank or accounting firm," Gonzales said.
And Nevaeh, asked about what she thinks about her mother finishing school, yelled what others will likely be yelling today.
Previous Beating the Odds Stories:
Near-death episode spurred life change(5-07)
Accounting for the unexpected (5-06)
Student knows feeling of swimming upstream (5-05)
Barber's work lays foundations for children's success in school (5-04)
Siblings work, graduate together (5-03)
A sense of accomplishment (5-02)
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I recently attended a 5 day Business Mastery program for entrepreneurs; it was a 20th anniversary gift to myself. I learned a great deal, including that only 4% of new businesses survive 10 years. We have placed more than 800 candidates in over 120 law firms and presented more than 700 training programs over the past 20 years. I believe that our success is due to an unstoppable commitment to our clients and sincere desire to help them achieve their goals! I am deeply grateful for all of your support and trust in us, and I look forward to continuing to work with you for many years to come.
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Knowing how we score on the MBTI makes us even more aware of our preferences. It provides us with insight into how we communicate and work with others. Personally, I am a big-picture person; I love the strategy piece of my business and tend to get weighed down when there are too many details. Knowing that about myself, I like to be surrounded by detail-oriented professionals to complement my big-picture thinking. I believe that one of our biggest challenges as human beings is that we often assume that everyone processes the way we do. Being keenly aware of your natural preferences and how they are different from others' can make for much better working relations!
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Have you ever felt that people you work with are driving you crazy? The reason is that 'different' often feels like 'difficult.' The MBTI gives us a vocabulary to understand how others process, make decisions and operate – often times in a way that is very different than what we prefer. Unfortunately, there will always be people you find difficult to work with, but if you understand why they operate the way they do (because they see the world differently than you do), your tolerance for their behavior will increase.
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The MBTI gives us the tools to control how our communication is received by speaking in the language that the person we are dealing with understands. Have you ever said A, B, C to someone and they heard X, Y, Z? For example, have you ever worked on a project for a Partner, found the correct answer and when you shared the perfect solution with them, their response was, "Can you show me some other possibilities?" This could be a case where you like closure and are comfortable making a decision, while the Partner needs to see more options before committing. In order to bridge that communication gap, it would be useful for you to present this person with several options before asking them to commit. You have the power to control the process by acknowledging and working with their style!
2015 was a great year with a record number of placements, including more senior level placements in recruiting and professional development than we have seen in 5+ years. I also had the privilege of conducting interview training in 7 cities this summer prior to OCI. Being inside law firms and visiting with colleagues across the country is always an amazing learning experience and reminds me of how much I love my work!
As I mentioned in last year's New Year's note, I have continued to "put my butt on the line" and it has continued to reap significant results. As a matter of fact, I created a poster board that sits prominently in our kitchen, where our 3 kids, as well as my husband, note each time they have stepped out of their comfort zone and have done something that is "scary," but key to success.
As you may know, I have been setting goals every year since 1989. I encourage you to identify and write down your goals for 2016, because knowing what is most important to you will help you take advantage of the limited time and energy we all have.
To help me strategically identity business goals and get inspired for the next chapter of WCE's success, I will spend 5 days at a Business Mastery course in Florida this January. I am a big believer that we need to constantly be learning to stay current and focused on what is most important to offer our clients. This is challenging when we are often required to spend our days "putting out fires" and being reactive.
Should you be interested in setting goals for 2016, I hope you find this goal setting packet of value. Please feel free to share it!
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We are very hopeful that 2016 will continue to be a year with plenty of opportunities for top talent. It's the middle of December and we have more than a dozen active jobs interviewing candidates this week! If you are thinking of possibly making a move in 2016, I would highly recommend some reflection at year end, including:
We are very grateful for all of your support, referrals and trust, and wish you a wonderful holiday season! If there is any way we can help you to achieve your goals in 2016, please let us know!]]>
Looking at the overall market, most Firms surveyed reported increasing or maintaining the size of their Recruiting/PD Departments; however, firms in the 750-1000 attorney range show a Big Law market undergoing massive flux. For example, 42% of Firms in this size range said they increased the size of their recruitment & PD team members, while 25% of departments saw a decrease in the number of professionals in these departments. From what we are seeing in the marketplace, some Firms in this size range are thriving, and others are struggling. These dichotomous survey results, as reported by heads of recruiting & PD departments, vividly reflect the uneven state of the current market.
Additional survey findings we wanted to share with you include:
Overall, the recruiting & PD functions in law firms are growing and busy hiring legal talent. But there are firms that are struggling and reducing the size of their departments. We can only hope that the growth and hiring we are seeing continues in 2016. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and let's be grateful for all the good we DO have in our lives!]]>


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Crown Royal Special Reserve Canadian Blended Whisky
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Proof66 Rating : 557 / 831Rabble Rating : 3.3 / 5.0Producer: Crown Royal DistilleryOwner: DiageoWebsite: http://www.crownroyal.com/ABV: 40.0% Proof: 80.0Price (USD) : $40Age: N/A
Rating DescriptionTier 1
This is a Tier 1 score in the Whiskey category. It means the spirit has won the highest recommendation at least once and probably many times.
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Proof66 Notes
This is Crown's "special gift" to whisky enthusiasts: Distiller Andrew McKay personally selects whiskies blended to create the reserve. The brand itself has been recently re-packaged and re-launched--part of the re-launch involved the whisky going from Special Reserve to merely reserve, which shouldn't bother too many people except those who run websites and try to keep up with the various names. According to Intoxicologist, the blends chosen represent less than 1% of total whisky stock.
Drink Hacker was a fan of this whisky giving it an A- and saying, "Crown Royal Reserve is a very pleasant whisky, surprisingly easy to drink even without water... Nothing too complex, but really quite compelling... and I keep going back to it."
Crown Royal was first produced to in 1939 by Seagram's (then a Canadian company but now defunct with the label owned by Pernod-Ricard) to honor the Canadian tour by British royals King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Crown is probably the mose widely known and certainly one of the more widely available Canadian Whisky on the market. Currently, it's the top-selling Canadian whisky in the United States; the brand itself is owned by the Big Liquor Conglomerate Diageo. The distillery itself is, of course, located in Canada. Some may recall a narrowly averted labor strike in 2007 that would--heaven forfend!--have interrupted whisky production. One time produced in Ontario but moved production to Manitoba in 1992.
Rabble Reviews
I received this as a gift from a friend who knows I like whisk(e)y. I was excited initially as I've wanted to try both this and the XO for a while. The presentation is very nice. Gold bag and silk strings with a very nice looking bottle. I agree 100% with Phizbin's review - I can't add anything different. By far, the smoothest whiskey I've had (on the rocks). Certainly not bad, but there's just no real aromas and flavors to really pick out and enjoy. Had I actually paid for this, I'd probably knock the score down to a "2". Given my experience with the Reserve, I think I'll pass on the XO altogether.
The XO is much better than the Reserve in my humble opinion. It might be worth at least trying a glass of it at a bar.
Thanks Muncher, I appreciate the suggestion! I'll be sure to give the XO a try after all.
A little disappointing all around. The nose is that of a mediocre rum. The palate, while inoffensive, lacks depth and drinks like a cheap Irish whiskey. It can be summed up in 3 words: mild grainy sweetness.....and there's really nothing else that's remarkable about it. I'm perplexed as to who the target market is with this whisky. I mean who's going to spend 50 bucks for a Canadian carbon copy of Jameson or some other cheap Irish bottle?
Sadly this whisky is overpriced and uninspiring. Little complexity and not even the fruity, grainy lightness of regular Crown Royal. Buy it instead.
This is a huge disappointment. Its very expensive and has a unsatisfying taste. Will not buy again.
Crown reserve is the perfect whiskey to get people who may have had a couple 'nasty' whiskey shots in college/at bars to overcome their past experiences of 'harsh nastiness'. The whiskey is the equivalent of 'budweiser select' in that it has literally zero bit / after taste. When I think of smooth I think of this (even more so than the venerable blue label)... however it also lacks many (read all) of the flavors/complexities scotch enthusiasts enjoy. My wife & her gf's like this one the best. If you're look for a whiskey training wheels for friends / gals this is my recommendation.
Restored my faith after a very mixed experience with crown products in the past. This goes down without bite and has fairly noticable spices in the mix. Only thing that keeps this from reaching my regular rotation is the steep price for what it is
A good whiskey. A bit saltier & spicier than their normal offering. While drinkable, I prefer "regular" Crown.
This is a beautiful thing and the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because it lacked some of the complexities that I enjoy. Very good though.
This is one of the most astonishing and unusual whiskies I've ever tasted.
It is so smooth--so silky smooth--it almost has no taste. After you swallow, you really can't tell if you've swallowed or not. It has no burn.
And it almost has no flavor. It's a testament to how smooth a whisky can be but, in the end, it's kind of characterless. It's like stabbing yourself after you've been numbed in a certain area--it should hurt, but you can't feel a thing.
Very smooth and absolutely no aftertaste. An outstanding sipping whiskey, that almost suffers from it's own high quality. It's SO smooth that it's easy to forget you are sipping whiskey.
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Haha =POriginally Posted by Brawny
I want a Rosalina sig >.<
so i i just made a "sig" in about 10 mins. give rep. bad or good
If only we COULD give neg rep...
Yeah, the 10 mins show...
Am I the only one that recognises most people by their sigs?
I read look at their sig and/or avatar to see who it is then read their post usually..
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That's not nice...Originally Posted by Brawny
It's not terrible, but anyone with paint could make that. 10 minutes seems a bit long even for that, meh whatever, I'm content with my sig, it's how you all know me.
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My dad likes to say that there's no instrument as expressive as a piano. I'd have to agree. A piano is capable of some incredible things. Sure, guitar and violin are amazing, but there's just something about the versatility of a piano, and the capabilities is has for a single player to manipulate musical vibrations.
In an attempt to inspire myself to continue working on my sci-fi space opera, "To Brave the Crumbling Sky," I ordered two Beethoven CD box sets, one of his piano sonatas, and one of his string quartets. Honestly, when I hear Beethoven, I automatically think of outer space for some reason. His music seems to reflect that cosmic order of planets and suns and terrible vastness.
So here I am digitizing the CD's. What a laborious process. But Mp3's are just convenient, even if they sound thin. I'm going to buy a CD player soon, and play CD's directly off it. I'm a bit of a sound snob, and rather than avoid it I'm beginning to revel in it. I also discovered this website yesterday, HDTracks, which has high definition audio (96khz, 24bit) that you can download. I downloaded Bach's Brandenburg concertos in high def and listened to it, and I was stunned. IT sounded SO good.
The problem with most modern music is there's no dynamics, no nuance, no texture. Instead there's just candy: easy melodies that one can identify with and cast away after a single listen. I appreciate that there are still great bands out there making great music, but I've lost interest in music made by "bands" and "producers", perhaps because of my own hellish experience being involved with the music industry in a band and as a producer.
I've found solace in classical music, both the ancient stuff like I was talking about above, and the new, modern stuff from the last 100 years or so which is as alive as any genre of music. I've grown sick of music that's repetitive (like hip-hop, which I used to love), and that is exceedingly sugary or cranked up. Maybe I'm getting old – I don't know. But the repetition is especially annoying. Music nowadays is so repetitive and boring, just the same shit repeated for three minutes. Three minutes is a lot of time, musically, and you can do a lot of things in that space. But mostly these days, it's just a 30 second loop repeated to hell.
I have no problem if people like music like that, but I can't stand it. I also get annoyed that music is used to convey one of three things: heartbreak, horniness, or party music – and sometimes all three at once. That's cool, as music can express those things well, but the fact is music can express almost anything, and pop really limits itself to what it's going to express. Music has infinite possibilities, and it just feels sometimes that it's trapped in a cage.
Anyway, I didn't want to bitch about this much more, I just get frustrated as there are whole worlds of music out there, and instead we are forced to listen to this mush pushed on us by producers and talentless bands. God, I'm turning into an old crank.
The beauty of music is that there is something for everyone. But I think people need to expand their ears and explore more what's out there.
I had a conversation with my older brother about a week ago; he's a musician too and we were talking about sitars and Eastern scales, and he just didn't like Eastern music at all. To him, it was the 12 tone Western scale or nothing – Eastern scales were garbage. It really made me sad to hear that, as there's a lot to discover in Eastern music, whether it's Ravi Shankar or Balinese bells. I can understand if his ears don't like the music, but to disregard a whole end of music as garbage just because it's different, or should we almost say "Barbaric," is a total cop out.
About the same time I had a conversation with my younger brother about music, and while I know he probably doesn't like Eastern music either, he claimed to gravitate towards lots of stuff, though he focused on metal and thematic music from movies and stuff. I appreciate metal, as it's usually musically complicated, and I also appreciate soundtrack music, even though it's mostly watered down classical music with riffs stolen from composers most people don't listen to anymore.
As far as making music goes, I don't know where I'm at. I've worked on a little, recently, but not much. I kind of have a vision of what I want to do, but I'm limited by technology and my lack of a good musical education. I want to make classical type music, both with and without classical type instruments, but I have to wait until I invest in some new software. In the meantime I have been working on some songs for a vocalist I know in NYC who went to Julliard, and I made her some 7/4 songs with weird timing because I wanted to experiment with pop. I'm not sure if she got it. I could easily make stuff like everybody else is making, and make it good, but I just don't want to. I want to do something that's different.
Bah! I dunno. This is obviously something I think about a lot. The only clear thing to me is the music I want to make for my Batman project: I think about this a lot, and envision simple church organ music with lost of horns. I really want to start experimenting with that but I need to wait a month until I can afford the software. Grrr.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this mad blog about my feelings on music. Thanks for reading!


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Leave it to Betty Crocker to have your afternoon snack well in hand with these Bacon and Egg Savory cupcakes! Looking as it does, you'd be surprised to learn it only consists of buttermilk biscuits, eggs, and 16 slices of your favorite bacon of choice. I think I'll have a few of these for both dinner and dessert ;)
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looks yum. I wonder if I could substitute a butter-heavy scone dough for the biscuit dough (since we don't have your 'biscuits' here). Hmm ....
a runny yolk does not mean it's a raw egg. and, if it is, just cook it a little more. no sweat. personally, I like my whites set and my yolk runny.
Oh man...I love the look of this dish. I will try it. I love bacon, I love eggs. I mean, it's really love.
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The fourth Fayette Faces story under the theme of "Unwrapped Gifts" features the Vandalia Ministerial Alliance and the many volunteers who, for the fourth straight year, provided a free Thanksgiving dinner at the American Legion Home in Vandalia.
The free meal is for all who wish to come together in the spirit of sharing a community meal, regardless of financial status.
Many benefit and enjoy these "unwrapped gifts" and are as blessed by it as the many hands and hearts who prepare and contribute to it.
Holiday activities over the weekend included the Christmas Open House at the Vandalia Statehouse and the Christmas program presented by the Vandalia Elementary School's Honor Chorus. In the first photo, local historian Dale Timmermann tells visitors to the Statehouse about the history of the building and the state of Illinois. In the second photo, Audrey Myers (left) and Alexis Beckman dance during the Honor Chorus program. More photos from the events are on Page 1 B and will appear in slideshows at www.leaderunion.com this week.
A 15-year-old Loogootee youth charged with fatally shooting a couple who lived a short distance from his home pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and home invasion.
Clifford W. Baker entered the plea after a judge ruled that Fayette County State's Attorney Stephen Friedel had presented sufficient evidence to hold the youth for trial.
Presented with three options for a new tax levy, the Vandalia City Council decided on Monday not to go with any of those.
Instead, the council voted to proceed with the approval of a levy with a total that is 10 percent above last year's total tax extension.
At a special meeting, the council received three levy options from Dale Timmermann of Timmermann & Co. Ltd. – one that mirrors the 2009 extended levy total of $559,070.41; one that's 5 percent above that total, $587,0245; and one with a 20.94-percent increase, $676,153.
The Fayette County Board approved a resolution putting on the April election ballot a referendum for a 1-percent sales tax that would benefit school districts in the county.
The board approved the resolution in a 9-4 vote on Tuesday, with a couple of board members voicing the opposition to the plan presented by superintendents in the Vandalia, Brownstown, Ramsey and St. Elmo school districts.
The St. Elmo Elementary School Christmas concert scheduled for tonight has been canceled.
The concert will be held at 7 pm. next Monday.
The Vandalia High School girls basketball team's game against Litchfield, scheduled for Monday at 6 p.m., has been canceled due to inclement weather. A makeup date will be determined at a later date.
The South Central High School girls basketball team's game against Woodlawn, scheduled for Monday at 6:15 p.m., has been canceled due to inclement weather. A makeup date on Dec. 18 at 2 p.m. has been scheduled.
The Loogootee teen who has been charged with murdering a couple in their home in August has pleaded not guilty to those charges.
At an arraignment in Fayette County Circuit Court on Friday afternoon, Clifford W. Baker, through his attorney, Monroe McWard of Taylorville, entered the plea.
The brief arraignment hearing followed a preliminary hearing at which Judge Michael McHaney of Salem ruled that Fayette County State's Attorney Stephen Friedel had presented sufficient evidence to hold Baker over for trial.
Grace Lynn Cook
Brian and Tina Cook of Vandalia are the parents of a girl born at 5:50 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Breese.
She weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces, and was 20 inches long. She was named Grace Lynn.
She has one brother, 3-year-old Aaron.
Grandparents are Dorothy Jones of Vandalia, Charles Jones of Nokomis and Deb Cook of Mulberry Grove.
Great-grandparents are Lynn and Dorothy Paine.
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David and Ruth Dugan of Mulberry Grove will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 12, at the Mulberry Grove Community Building.
David and the former Patrechia Ruth Hathaway were married on Dec. 24, 1960, at First Baptist Church in Vandalia by the Rev. Archie Brown. Their attendants were Lily Hathaway Reed and Edward G. Dugan.
He was a dairy farmer for more than 40 years, and later worked as transportation director at Mulberry Grove Community Unit No. 1.
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