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What does it take to be happy? We've all asked ourselves this question at some point, but few of us have found the path to lasting fulfillment. David Michie thought he had achieved his life's goals—the high-level job, the expensive city apartment, the luxury car, the great vacations—but a small voice was telling him he wasn't really happy. A chance remark from a naturopath sent him to his local Buddhist center. There he began the most important journey of his life.
In this simple but beautifully written book, David Michie opens the door to the core teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. With wry, self-deprecating humor, he shows us how he began to incorporate Buddhist practices into his daily life. He explains how he came to understand the difference between the temporary pleasures of ordinary life and the profound sense of well-being and heartfelt serenity that comes from connecting with our inner nature.
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"This is an unashamedly personal account, and who can resist a good confession? Poignant but entertaining, informative but not pedantic-these were among the fastest 200+ pages I ever read. If Buddhism is a mirror, then Michie kindly holds it up for the reader. Here's the essence of Buddhism, and better-why it matters and how to access it." —Elephant Journal
"Enjoyably practical advice on transforming our everyday thoughts and actions into a spiritual adventure." —Venerable Tenzin Palmo, author of Reflections on a Mountain Lake
"Michie demystifies the ancient teachings of Buddha and writes about them with easy style." —Australia Sunday Mail
"Provides an easy handbook which links Tibetan Buddhism teachings to daily life beginning with the author's own efforts. Chapters show how life goals can be linked to spiritual exploration and cover everything from cultivating compassion to understanding memory and rebirth experiences. . . . A top pick for both new age collections and general interest libraries." —The Bookwatch
"For those who have been searching for a sincere, accessible introduction to Tibetan Buddhism . . . this is your book. . . . Michie employs storytelling and humor without being falsely enthusiastic or superficial." —Shambhala Sun
"The pursuit of happiness is a time-consuming roller coaster ride with plenty of ups and downs—especially when we allow our galloping desires and our entrenched aversions to dominate our emotions each and every day. Tibetan Buddhism offers an alternative to this frenzied ride, and David Michie . . . describes this inner path to a more peaceful and rounded life. He describes Buddhism with its Four Noble Truths as 'the ultimate self-development program.' The doctrine of karma grants us permission to create our own future happiness or misery. This inner path eschews the predominant blame culture and emphasizes personal responsibility instead. The author recommends that we live each day as a bonus." —Spirituality & Practice
"This guide offers the personal story of one man's journey into a more spiritual and focused life through both philosophy and action. . . . Profound." —Eastern Horizon
"A useful introduction and handbook. . . . Encouraging people to develop the daily habit of meditating can take some writers dozens of pages, but using succinct aphorisms, coupled with [Michie's] own personal testimonials, creates an easy entry to begin this practice. . . . The author's style . . . ensure[s] that the busy, engaged people who reach for this work will find it seminal." —New Age Retailer
"Weaving Buddhist Dharma into scenes from his own fast-paced lifestyle in London, [Michie] gives us practical applications for use of the ancient dogma in the Western world's rat-race existence. . . . Goes a long way in dispelling common misconceptions of the teachings of Buddhism. . . . The irresistible quest of the author makes us want to go with him on his path to enlightenment." —Venture Inward


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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — A spokesman for Sears Holdings Corp. said that the owner of Sears and Kmart stores is cutting 100 jobs at its headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
According to Chris Brathwaite, Sears spokesman, the cuts cover a range of positions. The terminated employees were notified Thursday.
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Capito Backs Gun Manufacturer Protection Law, Bill Goes to the President
In order to protect the 2nd Amendment Rights of every single sportsmen and gun enthusiast in West Virginia, Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) backed a federal law today that will protect gun manufactures from being sued for the criminal or unlawful acts of individuals using their product.
"Suing a gun manufacturer for an individual's crime is like suing a car manufacturer because a motorist drove drunk - it makes no sense," noted Capito. "Today, thirty-three states including West Virginia have a law on the books protecting gun manufacturers from legal action against them for the illegal use of their products. Without this law gun manufacturers are still at risk of being sued possibly forced into bankruptcy from court cases filed in states without strong protections."
Capito added, "West Virginians have a Constitutional right to bear arms. That right should not be infringed by activists taking gun manufacturers to court for the purposes of putting them out of business."
"Establishing this new law averts a possible nightmare situation feared by many hunters in West Virginia. I have heard from hundreds of people concerned that hunting season is in jeopardy for the next generation of hunters if gun manufacturers are forced to stop production. I believe the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act will help preserve the great tradition of hunting in West Virginia. Once signed into law, the bill will help preserve a citizen's access to firearms and ammunition for hunting, self-defense, collecting, and competitive or recreational shooting."
The U.S. House passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (S. 397) today by a vote of 283 to 144. Earlier this summer, the legislation passed the U.S. Senate by a vote of 65 to 31. Today's successful adoption by the U.S. House sends the legislation to President Bush for his signature.
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The Westminster press lobby are set to follow their White House counterparts and hold a swanky annual dinner at which the head of government makes a speech. The White House correspondents always get lots of publicity for their annual dinner, at which the US President makes a humorous speech.
Now the same is to happen here. David Cameron has agreed to speak at the first dinner, which will be held later this year in the members' dining room at the Commons. It will be quite formal — and the Londoner understands it may even be televised.
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Fieldbus Foundation embraces Ethernet, wins IEC vote
Working overtime at their 1998 General Assembly, Fieldbus Foundation (FF) members took action March 5 on an array of milestone issues. Most of these related to controls and instrumentation end-users preparing to install FOUNDATION Fieldbus systems, according to John Pittman, president of the Fieldbus Foundation (Austin, Tex.
Working overtime at their 1998 General Assembly, Fieldbus Foundation (FF) members took action March 5 on an array of milestone issues. Most of these related to controls and instrumentation end-users preparing to install FOUNDATION Fieldbus systems, according to John Pittman, president of the Fieldbus Foundation (Austin, Tex.). The foundation expects many member suppliers to release Foundation-registered products and a number of major end-users to announce FOUNDATION Fieldbus installations during first-half 1998.
Other major foundation business at the assembly included: hearing application presentations by FOUNDATION Fieldbus end-users, such as Arco-Alaska, Daishowa America Corp., Sunoco Canada Ltd., and Syncrude Canada Ltd.; holding a panel discussion on end-user-related topics; viewing a table top exhibit of manufacturers' products; and demonstrating a device configurator.
During the general assembly, FF members also incorporated 100 Mbit/sec Ethernet into their H2 fieldbus program, in direct response to end-users' expressed needs and requirements.
Foundation officials add this program is intended to meet the market demand for a cost-effective, high-speed fieldbus solution for industrial and process automation, and will aid completion of a single, international, interoperable fieldbus standard. However, significant attention will be given to ensuring that all FOUNDATION Fieldbus H2 functionality is supported by the enhanced program. Development work will be funded and undertaken by Foundation members. FF plans to have draft specifications available for membership review by 3Q98.
Such functionality as configuration and maintenance, monitoring and control applications will be included in the Fast Ethernet program. The use of standard Ethernet hardware and software will be supported so that Ethernet-based hosts can interface with field devices and I/O subsystems. The program will enable Ethernet-based hosts to interface with FOUNDATION Fieldbus H1 devices through a linking device, and will permit devices on multiple H1 buses to communicate peer-to-peer or directly with the host. There are no changes to the Foundation's H1 technology.
Function blocks and device description language (DDL), which are features of FOUNDATION Fieldbus, will provide added value when used in conjunction with Fast Ethernet. The ability to move control to the field, a capability of FOUNDATION Fieldbus technology, will also be enhanced.
IEC counts Brazilian DDL ballot
The foundation also announced on March 5 that the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Committee of Action (Geneva, Switzerland) recently voted to count a disputed ballot by the Brazilian national committee in favor of the proposed fieldbus Data Link Layer (DLL) standard for IEC 61158. All IEC committee members supported the decision except Germany, which voted "no," and one other country, which abstained. The DLL documents will now go to an FDIS (up-down) vote by the IEC Standards Committee and Working Group, with an opportunity for parallel voting in CENELEC.
Data Link Layer standards—DLL Services Part 3 (IEC 65C/178/CDV-IEC 61158-3) and DLL Protocol Part 4 (IEC 65C/179/CDV-IEC 61158-4)—are strongly supported by the foundation, the ISA SP50 standards committee, the British Standards Institute and other leading proponents of a single international, interoperable fieldbus.
The Foundation's specifications comply with specifications approved by the IEC 65C fieldbus committee, and possess well over the required two-thirds vote by national standards committees. However, the ballot of the Brazilian committee was later disqualified by the IEC secretary general because it was not physically received at the IEC headquarters until after the Oct. 31, 1997, voting deadline. The Brazilian committee appealed this decision, arguing that since the IEC fax machine in Geneva was unable to receive their transmission, they followed the approved backup procedure and faxed their vote to the SC65C secretary in France prior to the close of voting.
Mr. Pittman says confirmation of the Brazilian vote is not only a victory for the great majority of IEC committee members who voted for the DLL standards, but also for the world's end-user community. "Despite objections by those with vested interests in EN 50170, the IEC Committee of Action made the correct decision on behalf of the world's measurement and control industry," he says. "EN 50170 is a collection of three noninteroperable standards that only serves to protect the market share of certain European controls manufacturers. We're hopeful the IEC will disregard the commercial interests of these companies, and vote in favor of a technically advanced, internationally supported fieldbus standard."
Interoperability tester OK'd
FF also announced formal acceptance of the members-only version of the FOUNDATION Fieldbus Interoperability Test Kit (ITK). The ITK contains distinct parts developed for the foundation to test field devices for interoperability.
Developed by the Fraunhofer Institute (Karlsruhe, Germany) for interoperability testing of field devices based on the FOUNDATION Fieldbus specification, the test system consists of a test engine, a communication stack, and a function block interface card. The test engine executes test library functions (macros), as well as test cases which exercise the device under test.
Fraunhofer designed the interoperability tester to verify a unique aspect of FOUNDATION Fieldbus that makes device interoperability possible: standard function blocks. The tester includes a device description (DD) viewer that allows examination and verification of a device's DD, another unique aspect of FOUNDATION Fieldbus. There is also a conformance test procedure for the physical layer.
"Acceptance of the interoperability tester opens the way for the testing and registration of suppliers' FOUNDATION Fieldbus-compliant products," adds Mr. Pittman. "This is a watershed event for the Fieldbus Foundation, its members, and the entire controls and instrumentation industry. A number of devices are currently in line for interoperability testing, and we intend to begin the product registration process as soon as possible."
With registered interoperable products, users can choose the best device for a specific measurement or control function, regardless of manufacturer. For a device to pass interoperability testing, it must contain a foundation-registered communication "stack" that has passed conformance tests. Foundation-member suppliers who make reservations for interoperability testing will be given time slots based on a first-come, first-served basis. Members must perform the Physical Layer tests, FF-830, before submitting a device for testing.
Test beds established
To help users secure testing, FF further announced March 5 that it is establishing independent, multivendor "test beds" at several worldwide locations to be used for interoperability testing and stress analysis of suppliers' FOUNDATION Fieldbus products. Test beds at FF's laboratory in Austin, Tex., and at Sira Test & Certification Ltd. (Chislehurst, U.K.) will be operational by June 1998. A third test bed, to be located in Asia, will follow.
Kurt Zech, the foundation's technical services manager, says the test beds will be useful for manufacturers who wish to verify interoperability of their devices when installed on a FOUNDATION Fieldbus segment with multiple host and field devices from other suppliers. In addition, device developers can use the facilities to perform tests to determine the extended performance parameters of fieldbus products.
For more information, www.controleng.com/info .
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The the perfect romantic getaway, historic Baranduda Homestead B&B Cottages is a peaceful, pet friendly family retreat just minutes from Albury-Wodonga in North East Victoria.The property offers two beautifully renovated cottages, Lotties Cottage (circa 1917) for the family holiday, the Saddle Hut (circa 1885) a romantic retreat and the Homestead Suite (circa 1936) a private nook with a cosy open fireplace.Enjoy country hospitality with Liz and Ken, fourth generation owners of this historic farm stay.Baranduda Homestead is close to Yackandandah and Beechworth, wineries and alpine resorts. Albury-Wodonga is a short drive and some of the region's best attractions are within a short drive, including mountain bike and rail trails, wineries and national parks.
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Rookie quarterbacks made a huge impact on the game last season like no one has ever seen. While everyone expected Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III to perform well, everyone had low expectations for Seattle Seahawks' rookie quarterback Russell Wilson. After having an average first five games, Wilson said his turning point came in week six against the New England Patriots when he led them on a miraculous comeback in the fourth quarter.
Via NFL.com, Wilson said once the Seahawks starting loosening the leash around him, the team really starting clicking after that.
That was a crazy, crazy game," Wilson explained. "To come back and win like we did, against a quarterback like Tom Brady — who I have so much respect for — it really started clicking after that. That game gave me some credibility and it showed me that coach truly believed in me. I definitely feel like the Patriots game's when we really started to click,
After amazing rookie years, people usually expect a sophomore slump. I think arguably that Wilson will be the favorite out of all second year quarterbacks (Ryan Tannehill would of received this honor if he would of played as well as the top 3) to go through this. Hopefully Wilson will realize this and use this as motivation to prove everyone wrong.


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So that didn't work but w/e you get the idea.
metal4eva_22 wrote on Dec 17th, 2013 at 9:56pm :Hey man, I accidentally clicked on your profile and wanted to tell you. This is also one of the only profile comments I've posted, so, like, you should feel special.
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i sigged you again
Here's my FB if you ever want to chat to someone
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I miss you in the BT. Some of those new kids are horrible.
You got in trouble for posting in the spam thread that wasn't a spam thread too? I got banned for no fucking reason. I'm pissed.
banned. do you have folders of ponies?
metal4eva_22 wrote on May 21st, 2011 at 1:11am :I go to LU (Lakehead University) I guess I can't be of any help then ... oh well.
I've been looking at that to do a postgrad. Is it any good?
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I'm going there to see friends .
Which school in Tbay you go to? You might know them. Also, I'm looking for a cheap return flight Toronto to Tbay
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Bash scripting has evolved a lot in the last ten years.
I get used to relay on bash for all normal "data domination" tasks (like file system refactorings, database extraction and reporting and so on) and switching to python/ruby/perl when the complexity gets bigger. I didn't imagine bash is even more powerful :) This article by Robert Muth so you new nice tricks: I add here some other like mapfile and stress the most important one.
Update2016:Last but not least,if you do now know about bash history, this link will teach you a huge set of tricks


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Here's a surprising factoid: The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that in the past 12 months, the price of medical care has risen only 4% -- and that's down from roughly 5% jumps in 2001 and 2002. But try telling the average hard-pressed American that medical-care inflation is modest and falling. Kaiser Family Foundation says private employer-sponsored health-insurance premiums rose 13.9% this year, the most since 1989.
Can both numbers be correct? Yes -- and here's why. First, people are using more medical care these days. So even though prices of individual items such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) aren't rising rapidly, the total bill is. Second, insurers have raised rates faster than costs to boost margins.
Cost-saving technology, combined with competition, is a big reason that medical-care prices have risen just 4%. Laser eye surgery, for example, has plummeted from thousands of dollars to a few hundred dollars per eye. The rise of generic drugs has also helped. In 2002, the first full year that Prozac was off-patent, the average price of antidepressants rose less than 2%. Those factors are reflected in the government's inflation measure, which simply compares price changes for a set list of items.
Unfortunately, the modest increase in per-item charges has been swamped by the public's rising consumption of medical care. More services -- as opposed to higher prices -- explains close to half of the jump in medical spending this year, says the Center for Studying Health System Change, a Washington think tank.
Why are Americans using more medicine and medical services? There are several reasons. Many employer-sponsored health insurers now allow participants to see specialists without preauthorization, which has boosted usage. Doctors are providing more treatment to improve care -- and their bottom lines. The availability of new drugs, such as cholesterol-lowering statins, has sent the number of prescriptions soaring. Plus, people are switching to more costly items, such as Johnson & Johnson (JNJ ) drug-coated stents for angioplasty. They're better than ordinary stents, but they cost three times more. The government misses those effects in the Consumer Price Index because it doesn't pick up changes in usage volume or the mix of what's consumed.
Health insurers, meanwhile, are intent on rebuilding their profits, which collapsed after a price war in the late 1990s. But even they are surprised by how much money they're making. Aetna Inc. (AET ), for example, says it overestimated the increase in costs it would face this year. The company, which raised premiums 13% to 14%, says its costs went up only about 8% in the first half of the year. So Aetna now anticipates full-year operating profit margins of 8%, up from an expected 6%.
Health insurers are likely to raise their premiums a bit less next year, but the hike will still be in the double digits, experts say. And with consumer usage increasing, medical spending is likely to run ahead of measured medical-care inflation for years.
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I find food on the street is safer and better than in the restaurants. They've got 20 years' experience and cook the same thing over and over again. At the pho place over the road, she knows what stage the stock is at just by smell and they turn out 300 bowls a day. Restaurants with huge menus make me nervous: somewhere offering 100 dishes covering Western, Vietnamese and Indian food … the ingredients can't be fresh and they won't know how to prepare them all.
• When selecting street food, select somewhere that is full of locals.
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My bull?<quoted text>Methane gas eats away at the ozone just like your ignorant bull.
Did you go back and read the thread that led to this comment?
I think not. You clearly are not qualified to open your mouth.
And exactly what does methane gas or the ozone have to do with some body's blow up doll?
Have you re-thought your decision to live your life known as a liar?


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Throughout its history, Chiropractic has had a reputation as a family profession. Founder D.D. Palmer practiced with his son B.J., and generations of Palmers soon followed. Especially for those who grow up in chiropractic families, entering into the family business is natural, or even expected—in practices all over the country, wives work with their husbands and children work with their parents.For some DCs, working in the family business can be a sustainable way to practice, but for others, striking a balance between healthy familial relationships and professional boundaries can be overwhelming. Three DCs who have worked with their families share their experiences on managing conflict, finding your niche and formulating an exit strategy.
Whether it's a parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle, many DCs follow in their family's footsteps when it comes to choosing a career in Chiropractic. "I can remember filing cards at the end of the night and listening to my father or mother giving the new patient orientation," recalls Denise Rassel, D.C., who co-owns Rassel-Daigneault Family Chiropractic in Lansing, Mich., with her husband. "I am from a family of more than 25 chiropractors by marriage and generations. I have two sisters who are also chiropractors." Rassel started working in her family's office at age 11. At age 20, she married and left Chiropractic to pursue a career as a manicurist. After her first marriage ended, Rassel worked her way back to Chiropractic and the family practice. She graduated from Life University, where she met her husband. "We were given an employment offer we could not refuse by my mother, Dr. Linda Rassel," she explains.
Like Rassel, Kreg Huffer, D.C., owner of Huffer Chiropractic in Jackson Center, Ohio, grew up surrounded by chiropractors. "I knew early on I wanted to be a DC, because I'd seen my father help so many people throughout the years," explains Huffer. After his graduation from Palmer College of Chiropractic, Huffer went into practice with his father, who had owned his own practice for 13 years. A couple of years later, Huffer's brother joined. When their father passed away at age 96, the brothers took over the practice.
For Jackie Legault Valcourt, D.C., and her brother Marcel Legault, D.C., their path to Chiropractic seems to have been preordained. Their mother and father practiced together at Legault Chiropractic Health Center in Hollywood, Fla., until their father retired. "Chiropractic was the only thing we knew," says Legault. "It was a normal transition." Legault Valcourt agrees, noting that she went straight to the family practice after her graduation from Palmer. "When you get out of school, you're broke. With your family, you know they're going to work with you, and you have a place to stay," she says with a laugh.
No matter what the relationship between practice members, the key to any successful practice comes down to communication. "I tell my associates and my kids, it comes down to two simple letters: C and A, communication and appreciation," explains Huffer. "Communicate clearly what your desires are and what you want to accomplish, and if you're open and honest, people will want to help you." Especially in a family-based practice, it is important to not take your relationships with people for granted, since you are all working together toward a common goal.
In addition to communication, respect is another important aspect of maintaining a successful practice. For families, that can mean not blurring personal and professional boundaries, even on simple things like how you address one another. "When we were kids and we called the office, we asked for 'Dr. Virginia,'" explains Legault. "Outside of the office, it was 'Mom.'" His sister notes that their practice operates by a set of rules that is understood by all staff members. For example, arguing in the office is against the rules. "We kept the respect," she says. Legault also notes that, when it comes to the level of necessary communication, working with one's family is similar to being married. "You have to get everything out in the open," he says.
As someone who has worked with her mother, husband, three children and a niece, Rassel understands the need for respect. Especially in the case of children working for their parents, there may be an expectation that the rules will not apply, however, it is important that this not be the case. "I have to say, they were truly hard workers and my best employees," Rassel says of her children. "I basically rode them hard, did not accept excuses and expected them to do every task in the office. I would recommend clear expectations … and do not give them an inch. In fact, expect more." As a child who worked for her parents, Legault Valcourt says that it is especially important that children respect the history of the practice and not try to change the way it is structured. "I bent and broke some of the rules," she says. "But after fighting, I came to realize that the way they had their practice was smart … why should I try to change it?"
One way to avoid unnecessary conflict when working with one's family is to establish clear roles and expectations for those roles. Huffer's advice for people in a family practice is to recognize and acknowledge each member's strengths and weaknesses and delegate tasks accordingly. "Because I had been in practice longer, I was married with a family, there were certain aspects of my life that put me out front to be that natural leader," he says. "I stepped into those roles even before my brother was in the practice." When his brother did come on board, Huffer made sure that they communicated about their respective roles. That level of communication is important even outside of family practices. In his current practice, Huffer works with a husband and wife, and he has had the same conversation with them that he had with his brother. "You have to establish certain standards and acceptable behavior in the office," he says.
Rassel's experience working with her mother demonstrates the importance of negotiating roles at the outset of a family partnership. She and her husband came into her mother's practice during what they thought would be a transitional period prior to her mother's retirement. "Although she had good intentions for us to learn and take over the business, Mom soon realized she did not want to retire and things got challenging real fast!" says Rassel. "It's comical now, but at the time it really strained our relationship and [caused us to] move on shortly after starting there." After they left her mother's practice, Rassel and her husband worked out of her father's practice.
Eventually, Rassel set up shop with her husband and encountered some of the same issues that she had with her mother. "We had struggles because of not having clear-cut 'hats' with clear-cut responsibilities for those roles," she says. As an example, even though Rassel was considered the go-to person for staffing concerns, practice members continued asking her husband when they needed time off or had to leave early. "This led to resentment and arguments and hurt our relationship," she says. As a solution, Rassel and Daigneault put together an organizational chart that detailed everything from their titles to their day-to-day responsibilities. As vice president, director of office operations, office manager and marketing manager, Rassel knows she is responsible for the front desk and back office, among other jobs. When issues do arise, Rassel and Daigneault have a meeting in neutral territory, if possible, or behind closed doors in the office.
At Legault Chiropractic, the family easily fell into their niches. Legault is the IT guy, and his sister describes herself as the employee manager, while their mother takes care of the financials. The benefit of clarifying roles also extends to other, non-family practice members. "I realized it was an issue for the associates to have four bosses," says Legault Valcourt. Rassel notes that it is also important to not be disrespectful to one another in front of other employees.
While there are plenty of tangible and intangible benefits to working side by side with family members, it may not work for everyone. Learning how to recognize that a business arrangement is not working, and extricating yourself from that situation without damaging relationships is vital. For Huffer, that involved several conversations with his brother. "After a few years, it became evident that we had different management styles," he explains. "We came to an agreement on who would buy whom out. It was a learning process for both of us." With the benefit of hindsight, Huffer recommends creating this agreement ahead of time. "Recognize that no relationship is going to last forever," he says. "Start from the end and pre-arrange a buyout." Huffer says he was doing two thirds of the work, yet his brother owned half the business, so that played into their negotiations. His advice is for people to discuss things they think may never happen and put everything in writing. In the end, everything worked out for Huffer and his brother. Huffer now runs his own practice with two associates, and his brother moved to a new town and is doing well in his own practice.
Rassel's experience taught her the importance of transition planning, especially in the case of a family member's retirement. "If you are retiring and your child is taking over, let them," she says. "Meaning, give them encouragement, have a transition period of no less than two months where you observe and comment in front of the patient that your child did a great job, great adjustment and that you have full confidence that they will take good care of that particular patient." Her father implemented a clear plan for himself when he retired, and Rassel notes that three years after his retirement, 30 percent of his patients are still her patients. Her mother, on the other hand, is nearly 70 and still works six days per week.
For many DCs, the built-in trust that comes with working with family members is enough to sustain a practice. After all, as Huffer notes, "[That trust] extends into patient care as well. Patients trust they can depend on that family heritage." But for others, the closeness can impede patient care, especially when different methodologies and techniques conflict. In those cases, it is better to reach a mutually agreeable exit strategy in order to preserve the most important relationships in your life: those with your family.


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Use crop residues for soil conservation
Managing residue matters! As you make tillage plans for this spring and throughout the year, keep in mind the important role that crop residues play in your overall conservation plan. You have already made many choices for this year, starting with the amount of residue left on the ground during combining and after fall tillage last fall. But reducing tillage and leaving as much crop residue as possible in the field each season is good residue management and part of an effective conservation plan.
In 1992, the statewide annual average soil erosion loss was estimated in excess of 6 tons per acre on cropland. In some areas, Iowa's losses to soil erosion may be as high as 25 tons per acre. Because the amount of soil lost to erosion each year is directly proportional to the amount of crop residue remaining on the surface, good residue managers intentionally leave as much of the past year's crop residue on the soil surface as possible. You may already have made substantial changes in your farming operation to reduce erosion, but at the heart of your conservation plan should be some provision for conservation tillage. Conservation tillage is defined as tillage that leaves at least 30 percent of the field surface covered with crop residue after planting. Conservation tillage practices are compatible with any cropland and crop practice, and they are also a solution to a serious problem that reduces labor, fuel, and time costs.
How residues work
When rain falls, every individual drop forcefully strikes the ground. Drops can be up to 6 millimeters in diameter and can hit the soil at 20 miles per hour. The pounding of raindrops can dislodge soil particles and splash them up to 3 feet away. And the accumulation of that force on bare soils can turn a simple rainfall into a pounding that erodes soil that has been left with no cover to cushion the impact. If there is no residue, not only is rain left on top of the soil and not absorbed but also the process seals off the soil's surface, further reducing rainfall infiltration, allowing it to collect and travel downhill, carrying soil particles with it. Depending on the amount of the flow, slope of the land, and energy level of the flow, runoff rainfall can lead to gullies and severe rill erosion. Crop residues and the cover they provide play an important role in hindering erosion. Cushioning the force of falling raindrops with crop residues can help reduce the number of soil particles dislodged, giving the soil time to absorb the rain. Crop residues also prevent soil compaction, allowing greater water infiltration into the soil.
Winning against soil erosion
Soil erosion leaves others dealing with the problems of unwanted sediments, negatively effects aquatic habitat, and contributes to water pollution and excess nutrient runoff. It is also carelessly washing away your most important and irreplaceable resources. Using crop residue is a simple, powerful strategy for saving that resource.
Top 10 Ways to Leave More Residue
From Conservation Catalog. USDA Soil Conservation Service, Des Moines, Iowa, October 1991.
This article originally appeared on pages 49-50 of the IC-482 (8) -- May 3, 1999 issue.
Updated 05/02/1999 - 1:00pm


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Great SRT read - from Canada
Just came up in today's news alerts... well written :thumbsup:
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Awesome article!
Lol...great article. This thing really get those...mouth dropping....what the hell is that looks from so many people. I can read their lips...."that's a jeep?"
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Hi, I am a 30 year old caucasion woman and am very insecure with the shape of my eyes. I've been made fun of in school as a child and people still ask if I am ethnic. I was wondering if slanted almond shaped eyes are normal for caucasion people and if a surgery is available to correct the slant for both eyes? My lower lids also have puffiness underneath them. They're not like an asian persons', but the outside corners are slanted upwards.
Slanted Almond Shaped Eyes (Caucasian) - Can This Be Fixed?
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Almond shaped eyes in the caucasian.
Your almond shaped eyes are beautiful--don't let anyone touch them. The bags in your lower lids can be removed thru the inside of the eyelid without a scar.
Almond shaped eyes
Actually, having almond-shaped eyes (with the lateral canthus being higher than the medial canthus) is a very desirable trait. Many of the most beautiful women in the world have this look....and many women come in to see plastic surgeons trying to get this type of look!
Don't mess with it!
All the best,
Canthoplasty Can Change The Position Of The Outer Corner Of The Eye
The position of the corner or canthus of the eye can be surgically changed through a small procedure known as a lateral canthoplasty, either creating an upward inclination (almond eyes) or making it more level. Whether you should change the position of your outside eye corners is a personal one. The bags that you have under your eyes is herniated or extruding fat. These can simply be removed through an incision placed inside the lower eyelid, an operation known as a tranconjunctival lower blepharoplasty.
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Canterbury University vice chancellor Rod Carr says while it's easy to look at what fell down, Christchurch is still the second largest urban centre in New Zealand, and it remains home to more than 300,000 people.
Fifty years ago the university abandoned what is now the Old Arts Centre in the central city and shifted out to three farms at Ilam.
Carr praises their foresight and says not only has the campus weathered the quakes well - only 14 of the 240 buildings are still out of bounds and only a handful have been demolished - but it is an indication of what the central city could be like in another 50 years.
"If you ask what a city in a garden feels like, it's like walking round here - low rise buildings, mounded land, riverscapes."
The university is using the upheaval to improve where it can, despite the reluctance of its insurers to make things better than they were.
When it found the aftershocks were snapping off pins in the 40-year-old steel windows in the library, the insurer proposed to surround the 11-storey tower with scaffolding, check all 800 windows, and replace only those which were failing with aluminium-framed panes.
"It seemed dumb to replace some and not all, and the windows would only be singled glazed because that is what we had," Carr says.
Eventually the insurer agreed to pay over what it would have paid, and the university is paying extra for double glazing.
"We did a business case and found the pay-back period was 12 years because of savings in heating, so we were able to do it," he says.
"That is a greening of this building that we would probably not otherwise have been able to do."
Carr says greening will occur, and not just in the university.
"I don't think there is any doubt that as the city rebuilds, the choices that will be made, the technologies that are available, the relative cost of all of this stuff will push us in a direction of more sustainable, more eco-friendly structures."


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by roscoe36, Oct 26, 2005.
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In theory I like the no uncontested layup idea. In reality it could cause the officials to come down hard on the team but for the Pistons....I can see Maxiell fitting into this mold. I'd like to see it used for the Pistons.
What made the Bad Boys much more than thugs was the fact that they were ALWAYS in position to stop the layup. No matter how much they had to chase, somebody would find a way to cover down low. Jerome James is a fat pantload who is simply too lazy to leave the lane. He is a $30-million speedbump.
Don't hold back LanierFan. Just let it out man. It isn't good to keep your emotions all bottled up like that. I'm starting to sound like my wife.
Yeah, I agree. Can't go wrong with "fat pantload" though. Excellent work.
Jerome James Unfortunately for me I can only hope LB inspires him, because he is my center on my Fanstasy team and right now he is the only BIG man available until the season starts and I can see who the unknown breakout undrafted big man out there.
I feel for you, man. When Jerome James is your fantasy center, you're riding the emotional rollercoaster without a friendly carnie to strap you in.
yep, I have him in one of my deep fantasy leagues. you can imagine how disappointed I was when I looked at the ESPN preview for New York and his name wasn't even MENTIONED. I can't believe he came to camp fat and out of shape. I know Larry is not afraid to let him ride the pine too.
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Henebery brings production home
Legacy whiskey brand opens tasting room and distillery in Vista
Ian Anderson noon, May 27
Well, no, not really. But wouldn't that be awesome?
Just to be clear. I liked Terrence Malick's latest a bit more than Reader critic David Elliott, who dinged it with a single star, saying, "Sadly but blatantly, the gaseous inflation of themes virtually destroys anything personal or profound...The Tree of Life strains so hard for the Big Picture that it suffers a soul hernia." Ouch! But I take his point.
Still, I liked the film's juxtaposition of the whole wide world of creation with the teeny tiny world of a single family, and also the way it illustrated a child's gradually expanding consciousness - from the point where Mom is the whole world, then the family, then the neighborhood, then the town, and on and on all the way to God.
THAT SAID, I'm not sure I'd be down for the six-hour version that Malick is rumored to be prepping. And wonder of wonders, his cinematographer has apparently said that the film's first cut was a full eight hours long (down from the that's-gotta-be-a-typo report of 370 hours of raw footage). That kind of cinematic excess, however profound, is just begging for a response from Tom Servo & Company...


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Dear Frankie Parent Review
Movie Review
Was there ever a parent who, with the best of intentions, wasn't tempted to tell a lie to their child in hopes of shielding them from a hurtful truth? That is the dilemma single-mother Lizzie (Emily Mortimer) finds herself in with her young, deaf son Frankie (Jack McElhone).
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For years, she has encouraged Frankie to write letters to his father who is supposedly working on the HMS Accra. However, the loyal boy is really posting his mail to a private box, which Lizzie checks every couple of weeks. She reads each note and pens a reply, telling Frankie about the excitement of being on a ship and seeing the world.
The truth is, Lizzie left Frankie's father when their son was very young. And she continues to hide her whereabouts from her estranged husband for reasons slowly revealed as the plot unfolds. Living with Frankie and her mother, Nell (Mary Riggans), the frequent relocations have meant a life of near-poverty. Yet through it all, including their latest move to a small flat in a town on the Scottish coast, she has kept the clandestine mail relationship alive--along with Frankie's love for his imaginary Dad.
That is until the fanciful HMS Accra becomes reality when the local paper announces the ship's arrival at the town's port. Frankie is thrilled at the prospect of finally getting to spend time with his father, and Lizzie is desperate for a solution. Stretching the deceit further, she decides to hire a sailor (Gerard Butler) to play the role of Frankie's father. It is a precarious situation, but it only has to work for a single day.
This UK film doesn't follow the familiar Hollywood formula. Shot with relatively dim lighting in realistic locations, it offers a peek into small town Scotland--a trip worth watching on its own--not mentioning the admirable performances by the cast.
Of course, one of the greatest issues of showing Dear Frankie to your family is "The Lie." However, unlike other films where the protagonist chooses to cover the truth for personal reasons (Hillary Duff's character in Raise Your Voice, for example), as this story unfolds you gain a greater understanding of the unselfish purpose behind Lizzie's decision. So, does her sincere desire to have her son love his father instead of hating him justify her course of action? That will be the big discussion question after the film.
There are some other content concerns parents will want to be aware of. While the script contains infrequent mild profanities, a heated argument between Lizzie and her ex-husband brings out an extreme sexual expletive and a few other harsher terms. (This language accounts for the PG-13 rating the movie received in the US.) A moment of sexual innuendo on the playground and frequent drinking and tobacco use by adults are also included.
The movie draws you into the lives of these hard-working, imperfect adults who are doing their best to bring some joy into the life of the hearing-impaired boy. Although their methods may deserve some criticism, it's hard not to sympathize with their motives.Starring Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone. Running time: 105 minutes. Theatrical release March 3, 2005. Updated May 2, 2009
Dear Frankie Parents Guide
Is a lie ever warranted? What were Lizzie's other choices? If you've seen the film, keep in mind how Frankie may have reacted after knowing the consequences of his father's actions.
How does culture change the way people are portrayed in movies? What do you see in this film that may not be included in an American movie?