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The Truth as a Leadership Imperative
Are the staff at your association telling you the truth? Or are important things being left unsaid, glossed over, or avoided? If you suspect the latter, you have work to do. Read on for some direct and practical advice on how to build a culture based on truth. (Titled "The Truth is Out There" in the print edition.)
In the film A Few Good Men, Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson take on the roles of courtroom adversaries. At the height of their battle, the lawyer played by Cruise demands "the truth" from Nicholson's character, to which he vehemently responds, "You can't handle the truth!"
Yet as powerful as that moment was on screen, it grossly oversimplified the situation being investigated in the story. The characters were discussing a matter that involved alleged murder, international relations, centuries-old military tradition, and dozens if not hundreds of individuals interacting in many different ways and contexts. In a situation brimming with nuance, the film, in true Hollywood fashion, boiled everything down to a righteous (and simplistic) demand for the truth.
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|How would a "dissent agenda" work in a real live board meeting? Jeff De Cagna explains in "Ms. Chariman, I Dissent!", an article from the 2008 Associations Now Volunteer Leadership Issue.
Truth, honesty, and integrity are important, but they are not nearly as simple as portrayed in the movies. We may collectively value truth, but throughout our history we have oversimplified our commitment to it. The result has been a growing weakness in our understanding of truth and how it plays out in our lives—our individual lives, our political lives, and, most importantly for this article, our organizational lives.
Organizations are more effective when truth is spoken more regularly. I am bound to get nearly universal agreement with that statement, and there is plenty of evidence to back it up. Unfortunately, the ways in which we oversimplify what we mean by "truth" actually end up reducing how much truth gets spoken.
Three False Frames
First, we tend to frame the truth as simply "not lying." That sets the bar way too low. Consider a typical staff or board meeting. We do not aim to deceive, but we do carefully choose what information to present or what statements to make. In the moment, we decide that presenting half-truths is going to be easier or at least more efficient than opening up a can of worms with the whole truth. It's too much to tackle the deep dysfunction in that department, for example, so we'll just briefly cover the workarounds that we've put in place.
This strategy rarely serves us. When we encounter tough problems, we can typically trace them back to opportunities we missed to deal with the issue earlier on—opportunities we missed because we settled for half-truths.
The antidote is a focus on learning. When figuring out what to say, how much information to share, or what questions to ask in a conversation, think about what will generate the most learning. If you are truly committed to learning, you'll share a lot more than the half-truths I typically hear spoken in organizations. The result, in most cases, will be better problem solving.
We also tend to frame truth as purely objective facts. That is a piece of what truth is, but such a frame narrows down our conversations to focus endlessly on getting the facts straight. That is important, but it is rarely enough when faced with tough organizational problems. You will never figure out the dysfunction in that department by narrowing down to one or two facts; you need to include the subjective and complex understanding of the various people involved. Building the capacity to have both convergent (fact-finding) and divergent (open-ended) conversations is critical if you want to handle the whole truth in your organization.
The third way we oversimplify truth is by relegating it to the realm of individual integrity. Personal integrity certainly matters, but the level and quality of truth we get from people in organizations is far more dependent on organizational culture than we'd like to admit. In a battle between a culture and an individual, the culture always wins, so if you want to have more truth available to the people in your organization, focus on building a culture of truth.
Building a Culture of Truth
As soon as we start talking about building a culture where truth is spoken more freely, however, too many of us will write this conversation off as something to deal with "someday." Organizational culture is amorphous and hard to get our arms around, and with budgets tightening and workload increasing, the idea of a culture-change initiative is going to take the backseat.
Of course, this leaves us in a Catch-22: Our current system of half-truths and incomplete conversations actually makes us less nimble and less efficient—two qualities we need today more than ever.
We need to break this pattern. We need to find ways to start changing our cultures today, even if we can't afford a series of facilitated offsites or a fancy set of inspirational posters. We need a simple framework to help each of us—no matter where we are on the organizational chart—to immediately start changing the culture in ways that promote more truth and better problem solving.
Here is my first stab at it. If you want a culture of truth in your organization, start by addressing the following three things: walk, talk, and systems.
"Walk" is simply about individual behavior, as in "walking the walk." More truth requires everyone in the organization to consciously choose new behavior in situations where truth used to take a back seat.
The benefit we get from carefully crafted messages later is overshadowed by the cost of not sharing imperfect information today. People in our organizations need what we're not sharing.
If you're on top of the organizational chart, you can't order people to do this. You have to work with them to create new patterns of behavior. You have to model it.
If you're toward the bottom of the chart, you can't wait for permission to do this. You have to make a decision about how much truth you think will help you get your job done. I would just ask that you give it a try.
Believe it or not, the easiest context for testing out this new skill (truth is a skill, by the way) is when you have a disagreement. For example:
- At a senior management team meeting, the marketing VP presents the direction for the new website, and you feel it has some major flaws.
- In your project team meeting, the meeting planner is leaving a number of details unfinished and says they can be worked out onsite, but you disagree.
- Your boss schedules a team meeting for Thursday at 8 a.m., but he knows that you have already paid for an exercise class that prevents you from getting to the office before 8:45 on Thursdays.
- The committee chair emails you to say she is disappointed in your lack of responsiveness from the email she sent "several days ago," when in fact it was sent late Friday afternoon and it is now first thing Tuesday morning.
In most organizations, the typical response would be this: Don't say anything right away, particularly if other people are there. Deal with it later and do it gently, because you don't want to cause problems. If you want a culture of truth, however, you'll have to take a different approach. How about this:
Confront the person directly, but focus your conversation on what's being done and what the impact is on you or others. Repeat back to the marketing VP the specific elements of the design that he described, and connect those elements to possible negative effects on membership, user experience, or whatever your concern may be. It's not that the marketing VP did a bad job—it's that you have concerns about the specifics of this plan and its potential impact.
Focusing on observable behavior or action steps and the impact they will have tends to shift the conversation away from judgment (this design is wrong or bad, this won't work, you should have done better) and toward productive problem solving. Perhaps more importantly, you showed everyone in that meeting that you can disagree out loud and still have a productive conversation. You showed that complicated, even somewhat contentious, truth is valued and works.
The same is true for the other examples above. Everyone in your organization can practice giving people more direct feedback that is focused on behavior and impact (as opposed to judgment), and it goes a long way in supporting a more open and truthful culture.
While the "walk" category looks at behavior and interactions among people and groups, making changes to the "talk" part of the framework focuses on statements we make. You would be surprised at how important this can be to changing a culture.
Art Kleiner wrote a brilliant book, Who Really Matters, in which he argues that every organization has a "core group" (not necessarily located at the top of the organizational chart), and organizations tend to move in the direction that everyone thinks the core group wants to go. Note that the direction is the one people think the core group wants—even if that perception is inaccurate.
This is where truth becomes very important. When you are the executive director and you come back from a board meeting, what do you report to your staff? How much detail do you provide about the conversation? Imagine if the board discussed cutting a program that could, theoretically, imply layoffs. Would you come back and tell your staff about it, that you don't know what will happen, and that it has serious resource implications? Many would choose to say very little, not wanting to worry the staff.
But here's the rub: They are probably already worried. In the absence of your statements, your people will have no other choice but to invent the truth themselves. Ninety-nine times out of 100, the stories they make up will be worse than the actual truth. If you leave them guessing, they might conclude that layoffs are imminent and start asking around about new positions. You could very well end up losing staff regardless of the board's decision.
There's no simple answer in that situation, but at the least you should challenge your own assumptions about it. Pay closer attention to what you share with your staff, with other departments, with volunteers, or even your friend in the cube next door. We have a tendency to withhold information because it gives us the illusion of control. We convince ourselves that if we wait and carefully craft a message or package the right information later, we'll get better results.
That is sometimes true, but decreasingly so. We're all running at an increased pace these days, so the benefit we get from carefully crafted messages later is overshadowed by the cost of not sharing imperfect information today. The rest of the people in our organization need what we're not sharing.
On top of that, sharing information builds trust and strengthens relationships, two qualities that are critical for operating in today's faster pace. We don't have to share everything; that would slow us down and be confusing for everyone. But we can be strategic in sharing more than we're sharing now.
When given the opportunity to share information (like the board meeting summary), consider important questions like
- How will it help build trust?
- How will it help strengthen a relationship?
- How will it enable other people in the organization to get things done?
- How will it counteract fear?
- How will it encourage others to be more open?
Wherever your role, you can find ways to strategically expand the information you are sharing and the truth you are speaking.
I started with "talk" and "walk" to emphasize the point that culture change is accessible to everyone in the organization. Each one of us is faced with different choices when it comes to elevating the level of truth in our organizations, but we all have opportunities to take concrete steps in that direction. The time may not be right for everything, but it's always right for something.
Organizations are systems, however, so we must complement these individual efforts with some attention to our structures and processes. One without the other is insufficient in the long run.
Perhaps the easiest place to start is with staff or team meetings. Most people hate them anyway, so why not start experimenting there? If you designed these meetings with a culture of truth in mind, you might end up with a very different structure.
Instead of having everyone report for 10 minutes each about things they have been doing, you could set up electronic forums for sharing basic dashboard information among all team members, reserving face-to-face meetings for deeper conversations focused on learning. Prioritize topics based on learning value and the opportunity to engage in more divergent conversation. Assuming you've been developing your people's skill in truth telling, the results would make the time spent worthwhile.
The same approach can be applied to board meetings as well. We are all becoming familiar with the time-saving technique of a consent agenda (grouping noncontroversial items together in one item that is voted on without discussion), but what if we specifically identified agenda items where we knew there would be disagreement and put them first on the agenda? Association consultant Jeff De Cagna has long advocated for the creation of such a "dissent agenda."
By building constructive conflict into our meetings, we can actually take some of the drama out of conflict—it's simply a normal part of our board deliberations. It becomes normal for board members to express disagreements, clarify why they are advocating their position, and challenge each other's assumptions. Simple process changes like these can go a long way to building a more truth-friendly culture.
Paying the Price for Truth
Building a culture of truth is not easy, but no one said leadership was easy. You will encounter resistance, and you will add some tension to existing relationships. There is no avoiding this. It is part and parcel to dealing with truth. Gloria Steinem has been quoted as saying, "The truth shall set you free. But first, it will piss you off."
Everyone has a role to play in building a culture of truth, so we all must decide whether we are willing to pay the price. Are we willing to work through disagreements and tension? Are we willing to face our own inner contradictions or call out our colleagues? Are we willing to stay in hard places long enough to reach that point of clarity or insight that produces a new level of results?
I hope we are, because paying this price yields significant returns. Current research points to dangerously low levels of engagement among employees, resulting in lower efficiency and higher turnover. A culture of truth can counteract that. A culture that supports expression and learning does not typically produce disengaged employees. People who know they can speak the truth are not the ones who call in sick on Fridays.
So pick an area to start working on, and make some changes tomorrow. Practice giving better feedback and engaging in constructive conflict. Pay attention to what you say and don't say and how that impacts other people in your organization. Choose to counteract the stories your people will invent by strategically inserting more information. Experiment with new processes and structures and measure the difference.
Don't fall into the trap of oversimplifying the truth. Embrace the complexity, one step at a time.
Jamie Notter is vice president of organizational effectiveness at Management Solutions Plus in Rockville, Maryland. He blogs at www.getmejamienotter.com. Email: [email protected]


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Acting on the basis of intelligence inputs, the Coast Guard sent an interceptor 'Charlie 154' late on Wednesday evening as some persons on board the MSV Yusufi were using a Thuraya satellite phone to keep in contact with a man named Usman in Dubai.
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As soon as the vessel was escorted to a jetty here around 7.30 a.m on Thursday, the Anti-Terrorist Squad and Intelligence officials started interrogating the crew members. Officials of the Home Ministry and the Navy are also involved in the effort to find out what exactly the five men dumped into the sea, and why.
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If indeed the vessel was bringing drugs, the police and intelligence agencies would not be too concerned. Their major worry is preventing a terror attack on the lines of 26/11. It is worth noting that Ajmal Kasab accompanied by his nine accomplices reached Mumbai from Karachi in a fishing vessel and then wreaked havoc here for nearly three days.
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Guest Post Wednesday: That Fat Girl and the Online Dating World by Dana R. Griffin
After a divorce and then a long-term relationship that ended because: a) I got my life together; b) he was jealous of that; and c) he had no idea who Nelson Mandela was…I unleashed myself onto the online dating world.
My point of entry was OKCupid. My life is crazy busy, and online seemed to be the best option for me. My best friend was also on "the Cupid" and seemed to have success there, so I thought what the heck. The first person I contacted who contacted me back was great guy who just happened to have finalized his divorce one month before he met me.
After about two years of trying to feel out if this man was ever going to be ready (honestly if they want to be with you, they will and you don't have to figure it out; men are pretty basic that way). Needless to say, he was not ready for what I was looking for–an eventual life partner. So I went back to "the Cupid" to see who else was out there…or more accurately, I decided to passively online date. I wasn't going to look for anyone; if someone wanted to contact me, I would go from there. But I really didn't have time to waste looking through countless profiles, because, well, I'm busy!
One day a nice guy contacted me and he seemed OK. [Editor's Note/Question: Pun intended?] He had two kids from a previous marriage. Had been divorced for my minimum amount of time. (About four years seems, in my experience, is an optimal time to heal…and sleep with enough people to get it out of their system so that they're ready for an actual relationship.) [Editor's Note: Good. To. Know. Thank you.]
We texted and talked for a couple of weeks before we actually met. We met somewhere close to my house for breakfast because he worked nights, and I had to work that day, and it was the only way to fit it into both our schedules. Unconventional perhaps, but if you can't be adaptable in dating, you can't be adaptable with a life partner so why even bother.
Several things were red flags to me when we met. He felt the need to kiss me as a hello. I'm NOT a PDA girl with someone I don't know. I am barely PDA with men I do know (at least at that point in my life…but that's another story). Throughout the breakfast, he was trying to hold my hand before our food arrived. I told him that PDA just wasn't me and he really needed to stop. Once that ended, I noticed something else. Something I just couldn't believe.
He had no teeth.
When I say he had no teeth I mean NO teeth–not a ONE.
I couldn't believe it. I almost couldn't handle it. My parents spent thousands of dollars on making sure that, not only did I have teeth, but that they were perfectly straight. This man. This 35-year-old man had not one tooth in his head. It's not like he was a professional hockey player or a boxer or something where he might have gotten them knocked out and then replaced with fake teeth. I could handle fake teeth, but gums? Just gums? Oh hell no.
After the date ended, he tried to kiss me some more. I just couldn't get the image of his gums out of my head.
I called my best friend and shared my story with him. His reply was not what I expected: "I hope someone could love old, fat, bald me, but if this isn't something you can get past, then you should put this guy out of his misery." My response to him was, "Well at least you have teeth."
That weekend I was headed to St. Louis for a wedding and to visit with my family who I hadn't seen in years, and I told Mr. Gums I was going to be busy.
The weekend was filled with texts and calls that were above and beyond normal dating etiquette. So not only was this guy toothless, but he was obsessive and, well, annoying. I was going to let him down easy, but changed my mind and went for blunt and to the point. I texted him: This isn't going work, sorry. I hope you find what you are looking for.
A little over a month later, I met the man I am with now. In our early conversations, I said to him, "You seem perfect, but I have to know…do you have all of your teeth?" He laughed and said, "Yes. Why?" I told him, and we've lived happily ever after.
Now I actually enjoy PDA.
Dana is a 43-year-old, white, single mom of a biracial 13-year-old daughter. She started a new career three years ago in video production and she's also an online radio co-host. Her background includes music, musical theater, and improv. She studied at The Second City and took a graduate class with Adam McKay at Piven Theater workshop. Name dropper? Maybe a little. For more on That Fat Girl Media, click here.
[Final Editor's Note: I pretty much fell into a deep girl crush upon meeting Dana. Can we just talk about how she called men basic? #basicboy Happened here first, folks. And in lieu of pumpkin spice lattes, Basic Boys carry Lifetime Fitness cards.]
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Armenians destroyed or misappropriated a number of Azerbaijani monuments. They destroyed 7 pre-school facilities, 22 schools, cultural, agricultural technical schools, 8 culture houses, 14 clubs, 20 libraries, 2 cinemas, 3 museums and factory of Eastern musical instruments.
As a result of the occupation of Shusha by Armenian Armed Forces on May 8 in 1992, 289 sq km of Azerbaijan's territory went to the control of Armenians.


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BeschreibungRobert E. Rodes personifies the best of those brave men, north and south, who gave the full measure of their life to their cause. Rodes' accomplishments in brigade command were legendary. His divisional leadership earned him ranking with the elite of the Confederacy's generals and officers. Born in 1829 in Lynchburg, Virginia, Rodes attended the Virginia Military Institute and worked as a civil engineer before the outbreak of the Civil War. In May 1861, he fought in First Manassas and quickly rose to brigadier general. His fighting leadership at Seven Days, South Mountain, and Antietam added to his reputation. Rodes was given divisional command just in time to attack in the opening offensives of the Battle of Gettysburg. One of Robert E. Lee's strongest fighting generals, he fought in the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Campaigns. There his respect and popularity continued to grow. Rodes was killed fighting near Winchester, Virginia during Jubal Early's 1864 Shenandoah Valley
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April 11, 2014 Approval Letter - GRASTEK
Our STN: BL 125473/0
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp
Attention: Scott Greenfeder, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Worldwide Regulatory Affairs
126 E. Lincoln Avenue
Rahway, NJ 07065
Dear Dr. Greenfeder:
We have approved your biologics license application for Timothy Grass Pollen Allergen Extract effective this date. You are hereby authorized to introduce or deliver for introduction into interstate commerce Timothy Grass Pollen Allergen Extract under your existing Department of Health and Human Services U.S. License No. 0002. Timothy Grass Pollen Allergen Extract is indicated as immunotherapy for the treatment of grass pollen-induced allergic rhinitis, with or without conjunctivitis, confirmed by positive skin test or in vitro testing for pollen-specific IgE antibodies for Timothy grass or cross-reactive grass pollens. Timothy Grass Pollen Allergen Extract is approved for use in persons 5 through 65 years of age.
The review of this product was associated with the following National Clinical Trial (NCT) number(s): NCT00227279, NCT00421655, NCT00310453, NCT00298701, NCT00408616, NCT00293046, NCT01433510, NCT00413556, NCT01728285, NCT00773240, NCT01740284, NCT00562159, NCT00550550, and NCT01385371.
Under this license, you are approved to manufacture Timothy Grass Pollen Allergen Extract drug substance at ALK-Abello A/S in Horsholm, Denmark. The final formulated product will be manufactured, filled, labeled, and packaged at Catalent Pharma Solutions Limited in Wiltshire, United Kingdom. You may label your product with the proprietary name GRASTEK and will market it as a tablet for sublingual use with a potency of 2800 Bioequivalent Allergy Units (BAU) of grass pollen extract of Timothy Grass (Phleum pratense) and supplied in 10-tablet all-aluminum blister packs.
The dating period for Timothy Grass Pollen Allergen Extract Tablet for Sublingual Use shall be 36 months from the date of manufacture when stored at 20°C - 25°C. The date of manufacture shall be defined as the date when the drug substance is added to the excipient solution.
You must submit final blister package drug product together with protocols showing results of all applicable tests. You may not distribute any lots of product until you receive a notification of release from the Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER).
You must submit information to your biologics license application for our review and written approval under 21 CFR 601.12 for any changes in, including but not limited to, the manufacturing, testing, packaging or labeling of Timothy Grass Pollen Allergen Extract, or in the manufacturing facilities.
You must submit reports of biological product deviations under 21 CFR 600.14. You should identify and investigate all manufacturing deviations promptly, including those associated with processing, testing, packing, labeling, storage, holding and distribution. If the deviation involves a distributed product, may affect the safety, purity, or potency of the product, and meets the other criteria in the regulation, you must submit a report on Form FDA-3486 to the Director, Office of Compliance and Biologics Quality, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, HFM-600, 1401 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-1448.
Under 21 CFR Part 208, we have determined that this product poses a serious and significant public health concern requiring the distribution of a Medication Guide. Timothy Grass Pollen Allergen Extract is a product for which patient labeling could help prevent serious adverse effects and inform the patient of serious risks relative to benefit that could affect their decisions to use, or continue to use, the product. Therefore, a Medication Guide is necessary for safe and effective use of this product and FDA hereby approves the draft Medication Guide you submitted on April xx, 2014. Please note that:
- Under 21 CFR 201.57 (c)(18) this Medication Guide must be reprinted at the end of the package insert;
- Under 21 CFR 208 you are responsible for ensuring that this Medication Guide is available for distribution to every patient who is dispensed a prescription for this product;
- The final printed Medication Guide distributed to patients must conform to all conditions described in 21 CFR 208.20, including a minimum of 10 point text; and
- You are responsible for ensuring that the label of each container or package includes a prominent and conspicuous instruction to authorized dispensers to provide a Medication Guide to each patient to whom the drug is dispensed, and states how the Medication Guide is provided.
Please provide your final content of labeling in Structured Product Labeling (SPL) format and include the carton and container labels. In addition, please submit three original paper copies for carton and container final printed labeling. All final labeling should be submitted as Product Correspondence to this BLA at the time of use (prior to marketing) and include implementation information on FDA Form 356h and FDA Form 2567 as appropriate.
In addition, please submit the final content of labeling (21 CFR 601.14) in SPL format via the FDA automated drug registration and listing system, (eLIST), as described at http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/DataStandards/StructuredProductLabeling/default.htm. Information on submitting SPL files using eLIST may be found in the guidance for industry titled, "SPL Standard for Content of Labeling Technical Qs and As at http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/UCM072392.pdf.
You may submit two draft copies of the proposed introductory advertising and promotional labeling with an FDA Form 2253 to the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Advertising and Promotional Labeling Branch, HFM-602, 1401 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852-1448. You must submit copies of your final advertisement and promotional labeling at the time of initial dissemination or publication, accompanied by Form FDA 2253 (21 CFR 601.12(f)(4)).
All promotional claims must be consistent with and not contrary to approved labeling. You should not make a comparative promotional claim or claim of superiority over other products unless you have substantial evidence or substantial clinical experience to support such claims (21 CFR 202.1(e)(6)).
You must submit adverse experience reports in accordance with the adverse experience reporting requirements for licensed biological products (21 CFR 600.80) and you must submit distribution reports as described in 21 CFR 600.81. You should submit postmarketing adverse experience reports and distribution reports to the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Office of Biostatistics and Epidemiology HFM-210, Food and Drug Administration, 1401 Rockville Pike, Suite 200N, Rockville, MD 20852-1448. Prominently identify all adverse experience reports as described in 21 CFR 600.80.
Under the Pediatric Research Equity Act (PREA) (21 U.S.C. 355c), all applications for new active ingredients, new indications, new dosage forms, new dosing regimens, or new routes of administration are required to contain an assessment of the safety and effectiveness of the product for the claimed indication in pediatric patients unless this requirement is waived, deferred, or inapplicable.
We are waiving the pediatric study requirement for children less than 5 years of age since necessary studies are impossible or highly impracticable. This is because the number of children younger than 5 years of age with allergic rhinitis who have been diagnostically confirmed with sensitivity to Timothy Grass pollen or cross reactive pollens is too small.
We note that you have fulfilled the pediatric study requirement for ages 5 to 17 years for this application.
We acknowledge your written commitments as described in your email of April 9, 2014 as outlined below:
Postmarketing Studies subject to reporting requirements of 21 CFR 601.70.
1. You commit to conduct a post-market claims-based study to further describe the safety profile of GRASTEK in marketed use in the United States. The study will enroll all new users of GRASTEK identified through claims data from a large US health insurance database for a period of at least three years from launch of GRASTEK. The study observation period will last for at least 3 years and until at least 10,000 patients are accrued between both post-market studies. Outcomes of interest identified through claims data will be verified using medical record review.
Final protocol submission date: January 31, 2015.
Study completion date: June 30, 2017 (projected).
Final Report Submission date: June 30, 2018 (or one year after study completion date, whichever is later).
2. You commit to conduct a post-market electronic medical record study to further describe the safety profile of GRASTEK in marketed use in the United States. The study will enroll all new users of GRASTEK identified through electronic medical records in a large US integrated health system for a period of at least three years from launch of GRASTEK. The study observation period will last for at least 3 years and until at least 10,000 patients are accrued between both post-market studies. This study will include early exposures to GRASTEK, including administration through starter packs provided in physician offices as well as all subsequent exposures.
Final protocol submission date: November 30, 2015.
Study completion date: June 30, 2017 (projected).
Final Report Submission date: June 30, 2018 (or one year after study completion date, whichever is later).
Please submit clinical protocols to your IND 13143, with a cross-reference letter to this biologics license application (BLA), STN BL 125473. Submit all study final reports to your BLA STN BL 125473. If the information in the final study report supports a change in the labeling, the final study report should be submitted as a supplement. We may also request a supplement if we think labeling changes are needed. Please use the following designators to label prominently all submissions, including supplements, relating to these postmarketing study commitments as appropriate:
- Postmarketing Study Commitment Protocol
- Postmarketing Study Correspondence
- Postmarketing Study Commitment – Final Study Report
- Supplement Contains Postmarketing Study Commitments – Final Study Report
For each postmarketing study subject to the reporting requirements of 21 CFR 601.70, you must describe the status in an annual report on postmarketing studies for this product. Label your annual report an "Annual Status Report of Postmarketing Study Commitments." The status report for each study should include:
- information to identify and describe the postmarketing commitment,
- the original schedule for the commitment,
- the status of the commitment (i.e., pending, ongoing, delayed, terminated, or submitted), and
- an explanation of the status including, for clinical studies, the patient accrual rate (i.e., number enrolled to date and the total planned enrollment).
As described in 21 CFR 601.70(e), we may publicly disclose information regarding these postmarketing studies on our Web site (http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Post-marketingPhaseIVCommitments/default.htm). Please refer to the February 2006 Guidance for Industry: Reports on the Status of Postmarketing Studies – Implementation of Section 130 of the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 (see http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/UCM080569.pdf) for further information.
Sincerely yours,
Marion F. Gruber, Ph.D.
Office of Vaccines Research
And Review
Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research


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Lovehoney Main Squeeze Double Kegel Balls 2.1oz
Average customer review 4.5 out of 5 stars36 reviews
Help improve pleasure and intensify orgasms with these kegel balls. Hiding a pair of free-roaming jiggle balls weighing 60g within a smooth silicone coating, this intermediate weight can arouse internal hot spots whilst providing an effective PC workout.
Product Description
Help improve pleasure and intensify orgasms with these kegel balls. Hiding a pair of free-roaming jiggle balls weighing 60g within a smooth silicone coating, this intermediate weight can arouse internal hot spots whilst providing an effective PC workout.
Your internal muscles naturally clench around the balls to keep them in place, as free-roaming weights jiggle with your every movement to help to enhance your pleasure. With regular use, you (and your partner) may enjoy a stronger, tighter vagina, while you can benefit from the satisfying sensation of stronger, longer lasting orgasms.
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Results may vary.
Key Features:
- 2.1oz intermediate kegel balls with 4.3 inch circumference for effective pelvic floor workouts
- Can help to create stronger, more regular orgasms and a tighter vagina
- Smooth rounded balls are easy to insert and comfortable to wear
- Free-roaming jiggle balls stimulate internal pleasure points for added arousal
- Retrieval loop for easy removal
- Includes instructions to help you achieve the best results
How it measures up
- Base type: Finger Loop
- Circumference: 4.3 inches
- Insertable Length: 4 inches
- Length: 5.75 inches
How it feels
- Contains latex: No
- Contains phthalates: No
- Flexibility: Rigid
- Material: Silicone
- Waterproof: Submersible
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Enhance your pleasure and intensify your orgasms with these kegel balls. Housing a pair of free-roaming balls weighing 60g within a smooth silicone coating, this intermediate weight fires your internal hot spots whilst providing an effective PC workout.
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Lovehoney Main Squeeze Double Kegel Balls 2.1oz 36 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Lovehoney Main Squeeze Double Kegel Balls 2.1oz
Reviewed: May 19, 2017 by Tobymonster, a Straight Engaged Female
I bought these after using the basic ones and I must say these are easier to clean, no nooks and crannies and they're are smooth.
I doubt if the loop will snap because it seems very strong. I wanted something a touch heavier than what I started with and these are perfect. Easy to put in with lube and comfy to wear.
- Pros
- Easy clean.
- Cons
- Nothing.
- Bottom line
- I like how they are easy to clean.
- Was this review helpful to you? Yes
Rolling in the deep
Reviewed: February 21, 2017 by Inkomo, a Bisexual Single Female
I bought these as a replacement for LH BASICS Silver jiggle balls, which had begun to look a bit tired from general wear and tear (stained retrieval string and scratches on the silver).
When I was shopping around for new ben wa balls, I wanted something that was a little bit heavier than my originals, but not too much of a challenge to keep in. Also something that was easier to clean compared to the silver ones that had nooks and crannies and string.
These were perfect! Initially it was a bit of a tight squeeze even when inserting with lube, but once they were inside it felt amazing. They are super easy to clean. Just remember to check the gap where the retrieval cord attaches to the balls. The retrieval cord is pretty stretchy, so take it easy during removal, though I doubt it would snap.
I've been using them regularly and my FWB has noticed a change in my pelvic floor; I can grip him like a vice so he can't escape mwahaha...
Perfect for using for long periods of time. Material feels great when inserted, jiggling increases sensitivity and they're not too cumbersome that it affects the way you walk (although you might wanna move your hips more when you do!). I also managed to have a vaginal orgasm when removing them, which is pretty rare for me, so that's a bonus.
- Pros
- Increases stimulation, improves pelvic floor and orgasms, easy clean.
- Cons
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- Buy some, they're a great investment!
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Reviewed: February 13, 2017 by Pineapples
I'm not sure if I have no sensation down there or not, but these do nothing for me lol!
None of the excitement that other reviewers have said they feel at all... I'm not disappointed, though, as I didn't buy them for that reason.
I just want to work on my strength and I want the lazy girl's option of just putting the balls in and letting them do the work I guess, and squeezing when I remember. Plus I always forget to do my exercises anyway!
The quality is amazing, so soft to touch and smooth all over. A little harder then I thought they would be, but I guess they can't be too squishy or they wouldn't insert and stay in place very well. To use them is easy - I don't use lube, but water-based would be okay. If they are being difficult or not sitting comfortably first go then just pull them out and try again and they slip into place just fine.
I have used them for anywhere between 15 minutes and 4 hours. I guess on the plus side I forget about them once they are in and I have no issue with them slipping, so maybe I just need a smaller or heavier set? I am fairly young and haven't had kids, so that might make a difference. I'll keep using these for a few more weeks and see if I notice anything... can't comment on how they affect sex yet as that's something I won't be able to test for the time being.
Overall a good set and I am more then happy with Lovhoney as usual. Maybe I'm just a newb and don't know what I'm doing, but I can't wait to try some others when I decide which ones.
Just a word of advice, as someone else said, take them out when going to the bathroom if you are worried about them slipping or your muscles not allowing you to pee properly. Apart from that I see no reason to buy these!
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- Colour. Quality. Design.
- Cons
- Nothing.
- Bottom line
- An excellent starting point.
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Clear Heavy Duty Light Set, 200-Count
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The Chow Brothers LLC
A loan of $10,000 helps Chris purchase equipment needed for food service and sales at farmer's markets and refinance debt.
Chris's story
I grew up in the city of Chicago where my parents moved from Poland 45 years ago. They taught me the value of school (they could not attend college), hard work (I think they had 4 jobs growing up), and cooking with fresh ingredients (my mom grew up on a farm)!
I started my first business in College and took that company national as the Operations Director – a moving company called Collegeboxes.com – to over 35 campuses across the country and ultimately sold to Uhaul.
My career after that focused on operations and technology project management in the market research industry. My creative side brought me closer to food via photography, which had also been a passion of mine since youth. I started my own photography business in 2009 and have shot for Edible Magazine, Food & Wine Magazine and several cookbook authors.
In 2013, I was able to take a sabbatical to be trained in Classic Culinary Arts at the Bay Area campus of the International Culinary Center (founded as the French Culinary Institute) and have freelance worked in a handful of Michelin Star and charcuterie kitchens.
I am graduate of Northwestern University, an entrepreneur who was molded in Chicago and now calls San Francisco home. My wife and I will be moving back to Chicago so that I may work more closely with my brother to make The Chow Brothers thrive. I want to make a positive impact in the local and food communities.
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Business Description
The Chow Brothers is a family owned and run food product business. Our revenue is derived from catering, private cheffing, and food sales in retail, wholesale, and farmer's markets.
We are inspired by family and our central European heritage and driven by sustainability to create premium, distinctive food. We take pride in innovating classics and (re)introducing them to new audiences.
While sharing exceptional food is at our core, our goal is for our food to act as a catalyst to bring people together and have fun. Our tag line is "Better Together", that speaks to us both as brothers and the community as a whole.
My brother and business partner, Mark Chowaniec, shares all of my food related passions while maintaining a strong foothold in the technology sector. When combining our backgrounds, The Chow Brothers has all of the guidance and dedication to provide quality products while delivering exceptional food. We strongly believe that stewardship within the food system is recognizing all the pillars of sustainability; respect of the food system, environment, health, social structures, and practical economics.
The Chow Brothers first started the business as a way to cook for others and host fund raising events in 2012, then in 2014, after I finished culinary school we rebranded and focused the business on our food products. Our biggest challenges to date have been state regulations including organic and canning certifications, reducing kitchen rental fees, and production costs.
We are very proud of the community of followers that we have built stemming from our events and Barnraiser (the crowdfunding platform we used for our rebranding and startup costs), our ability to pay homage to our parents and cultural history, and we look forward to a future where we can share our passion and food with an even greater community!
What is the purpose of this loan?
1. We will be investing $20,000 to cover the purchase of a pierogi (dumpling) machine that will produce our gourmet, sustainably sourced pierogi and cover equipment to prepare and sell pierogi at local markets. We need $10,000 from the Kiva community to help pay for additional food service equipment and market/festival operations and refinance debt from the purchase of this machine along with some of the rebranding costs (logos, labels, trademarks, website) we incurred last fall.
2. We cannot sufficiently supply our retail, food service, festival, and farmer's market supply chains with our current manual processes and lack of equipment. Our commercial kitchen and labor rates are be cost prohibitive without the pierogi machine. We have throughly researched the machine that will best suit our needs and budget to increases our production rate twenty fold.
3. This loan would be a game changer for us! It would enable us to become profitable so we can reinvest in more pierogi opportunities as well as our other pickled and fermented product lines.
4. The plan for our projected revenue is to allow my business partner to work on the business full time within 6 months, expand in the greater Chicago area and find sustainable famers and suppliers. Lastly, we plan to put together an advisory and investor board to determine the best course for expanding our operations.
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Jahna Sebastian is Back with a Powerful Ballad Titled "Time To Love"
Her singing is so tremendously potent it trembles at the edge of intelligibility. When you listen to the captivating lyrics it will leave you mesmerized.
As always the record was written, recorded, produced, performed, arranged and mixed by Jahna Sebastian at Multivizion Music. Check out "Time To Love " via her soundcloud link below.
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Ms. Sebastian continues to pursue music while raising her daughter born in 2008 (whose father is American super producer Swizz Beatz) and for three years she had been mostly working behind the scenes juggling motherhood and work. After producing and engineering a few hundred songs for other artists, releasing her "Emancipation EP" in 2009 and a few other songs independently, filming three music videos and acting in three short movies, a feature film "Reversed" release in 2012 and numerous commercials, she is focusing on her solo career and upcoming projects. She has an astonishing track record of hundreds of songs including recording entire album by Oxxxymiron "Vechniy Jid" which had been rated Best Rap Album of 2011 in Russia and nominated for Russian Urban Music Awards. She is currently working on her upcoming album and collaborating with other artist on their projects.
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... staff and the students will be welcomed back to school for the beginning of another year … we were also told that we are expected to each give a 2-3 minute speech about ourselves, to 7000 students!! Absolutely crazy , but if I get through talking to 7000 students all at once then I can definitely cope with 60 students at a time in my class! That was pretty much it at the school and we were taken back to our hotel in Huai'An city, we went and ...
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Wheels Through Time — The American history museum that runs circles around the rest
I spent a few hours at Wheels Through Time Museum this week, and it really opened my eyes to how fortunate our community is to have such a unique, living and breathing collection of American history right in our own backyard.
Now, I'm not normally much of a history buff, but both my wife and I enjoy watching The History Channel — where shows like 'American Pickers,' 'American Restoration,' 'Pawnstars' and even 'Ancient Aliens' keep us amused for hours at a time.
One of those shows, in particular — 'American Restoration' — has resulted in a spike in tourism for WNC, and I saw it first-hand at Wheels Through Time.
I knew the museum was open for the 2016 season, because I saw a marked increase in motorcycle traffic on Soco Road. So earlier this week, I unplugged my motorcycle from the wintery bonds of its battery tender, and rode on over to Wheels Through Time.
Unfortunately, it was a Tuesday and they were closed, but apparently I wasn't the only one who hadn't checked the WTT's schedule — some 20-30 other motorcyclists were also gathered in the adjacent gravel lot, wondering, "Well, what do we do now?"
It was an interesting mix of motorcycles, too — a variety of sleek and quiet, sport-touring machines and only a couple traditional cruisers. As they rode away toward the Blue Ridge Parkway, I noticed that they hardly made a sound.
I had better luck at Wheels Through Time on Thursday, when I arrived to find to find the gates open and the parking lot teaming with activity. Again, I saw more sport touring motorcycles, together with many cars and trucks whose license plates spoke volumes — Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky and both North and South Carolina.
Inside the museum, I saw further proof of WTT's broad appeal — a 2016 map of the U.S. where visitors have put pins indicating where they call home.
In just over three weeks of being open in 2016, Wheels Through Time had pins from every state, including Alaska and Hawaii. I asked myself, what other tourism venue in WNC could boast this breadth of visitation?
Dale Walksler, the 'curator and chief' of Wheels Through Time, can proudly point to years of heavily dotted maps, thousands of remarks in the visitors' book and a volume of fan mail from viewers of The History Chanel.
It's apparent the episodes showcasing WTT on 'American Restoration' have brought the museum incredible notoriety.
And that wasn't Walksler's first rodeo on the small screen. Before 'American Restoration,' Walksler and Wheels Through Time were often consulted by Mike and Frank on 'American Pickers.' Also, the Discovery Network's Velocity TV gave him the nod in their behind-the-scenes look at the quest for hard-to-find motorcycle parts. That series — 'What's in the barn?' — firmly established Walksler's reputation as hands-on and hands down one of the most knowledgeable American motorcycle historians.
Did you know? Dale Walksler has spent years sharpening his motorcycle moxie and developing his presentation skills while compiling some 375 videos — all organic, tangential and unique to Wheels Through Time Museum. This labor of love is available at www.wheelsthroughtime.com in an area of the Web site called 'The Time Machine.'
This is an ongoing, living and breathing archive of historical motorcycle restoration and preservation, and on the lighter side there are even a few motorcycle-motivated music videos.
I don't know where Walksler gets the energy to give so much back to motorcycle enthusiasts, but I do know that WTT has attracted thousands of visitors to Maggie Valley, year after year.
Dale Walksler is a consummate showman. As his staff has commented, "Dale goes 100 mph all the time." I saw that last week as I sat down with him under the new, shaded entrance to WTT to talk shop.
In under five minutes, Walksler greeted a couple from Pennsylvania who came out of their way to visit Wheels Through Time on their way back from Florida. He rewarded them by giving personal directions to Hwy. 81, the scenic way — via the twisty route to Hot Springs via Hwy. 209.
Walksler also greeted three ladies coming to the museum from Ohio. Recognizing one of them, he said, "Hello Kat, It's good to see you again."
Kat then introduced her sister and mother who she was bringing to the museum for the first time.
Finally, Walksler chatted up a WTT visitor, Lou Megleo from Charlotte, who was stopping in on his way to a motorcycle rally in Robbinsville called "Sidecars in the Smokies." This was Meglio's eighth visit to Wheels Through Time.
"I like stopping here," said Meglio, "He (pointing to Walksler) keeps everything running. Other museums just park a bunch of motorcycles in a building and call is a museum."
Yes, Dale Walksler goes the extra mile to make Wheels Through Time a truly special experience. One good example is part-time docent at WTT, Joe Cullen. He wanders the museum answering visitors' questions, bringing the exhibits to life and greatly enhancing their WTT experience.
"I've learned more about American History at Wheels Through Time than all the years I spent in school," said Cullen.
And lucky for all of us who live in Haywood County, that living American history is bringing families in to visit Maggie Valley in droves.
Wheels Through Time's new 'core visitors' are families that have seen Wheels Through Time on television and are now coming for a closer look. That's the extraordinary power of American history that starts up, then runs circles around ordinary museum experiences.
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USD collapse 2012 and the end of the world as we know it
Devolution of the USD 2012?
As the first public article for me just before 2010, it seems appropriate for me to comment on one of the biggest stories we will be all facing - that is an end game of events leading to the end of the USD. The implications for the world are no less than Armageddon - like. I mean it.
Before we get into some details, I have been working on forecasts for 2010, and my study of the USD situation and how much time it has left.
I first came to the conclusion that it was roughly (and I am getting close here on timing, I'm sure of this) two years from 2010. Actually, the calculation is two more years of relative USD functionality before the world realizes in about a shocking week's time that the USD is just about to really go belly up. It's not 5 years out anymore in my calculations, we have roughly two more years left.
Wait, that coincides with 2012!
It then occurred to me, as an afterthought, wait a minute - that takes us right to 2012!...That has some real significance for many reasons. It was an accident my analysis led to that date, I did not ask 'Will the USD collapse in 2012?' and then do the analysis, it was the other way around. I did the analysis first and then was impressed that the date actually came to that fateful date all the prophecies are going crazy about - 2012.
I find this coincidence remarkable. I think we all are aware of many economic and political disasters that will unfold if the USD were to actually collapse. The US economy would stop dead for a period of time. And, the rest of the world, hitherto dependent on the old industrial/consumer economic model will have to find a new economic paradigm to plan their economies...
Let me interpret that last paragraph for you - The USD collapse means the entire structure of the world economy will collapse for a period of time, with a collapsed supply chain, among other things. The world will also go through cataclysms politically during that period. That usually leads to massive wars... starvation and mass homelessness - around the world...
If it fits, then it fits.
Gee, that sounds familiar, wait, it's the same stuff being prophesied in many of the numerous2012 prophecies of various major religions! Hm, that is quite the coincidence. The demise of the USD will collapse the entire world economy and lead to collapsed polities, and then a massive world war. Yep, it fits like a glove. And try this on for size- I do not believe in coincidence.
Of course, some people cringe at an analyst such as myself talking about 'religious bunkum prophecies' or so it goes. But consider that this analyst is a mathematician and also a former Oracle database systems engineer. I'm not exactly some dreamer. I certainly know the analytical methods...
So, why is Chris saying this stuff then? How can you combine prophecies with analytical methods? Well, for one thing, I have a thinking paradigm where 'if it works, it must be true, don't leave out weird things in analysis, insisting only on some calculation based prediction'. That's what for example chartists do. Everything must be analytical to lots of people, and that is totally wrong often! (How do you think I have been able to make major predictions months ahead of others???)
The trouble with being analytical all the time is that there are times, and this is proven, where chaos enters the picture and everything changes. Chaos is not predictable, by definition. But let's not digress too much.
I have various metrics I'm using to come to this 'USD has 2 years left' proposition. By the way, I am not saying definitively, yet, that the USD only has 2 years left. This is a proposition we are discussing here, not yet a certainty.
What would happen in a USD collapse?
· The US and Western economies will all face insolvency simultaneously, with the US first in line.
· The entire Western industrial/consumer/credit economy will fall apart so fast it will make your head spin. The supply chain will stop and stores will empty in less than 3 days.
· The USD will fall over 50% in one week's time, till it temporarily stabilizes before its final last gasp. Remember the Lehman panic over those several weeks? You have seen nothing yet.
· Worldwide currency panic will set in paralyzing what's left of the world economy, that means the 'emerging markets' stop dead too.
· China has a revolution, or goes into military mode, which is worse.
· A one world currency will be demanded and implemented, and it better be fast too since the cities only have 3 days food on average...(by the way I know for a fact that a one world currency can be implemented electronically and turned on in one hour, if they wanted!)
And so on. How will Asia fare? Horribly. Look, if you based your entire economic plan on Western consumerism, and that goes away, so does your plan. It's dead. If Western consumerism goes away, then the entire foundation of the Asia macro economy instantly crashes and stops cold. Do you remember what happened that fateful last quarter of 2008, after the Lehman debacle, and the world banking system almost collapsed en masse? Exports from China and Japan for example collapsed over 30%!
Don't think economic demand cannot stop on a dime, because we already had one very scary case of this last year.
So, all the pundits aside, Asia gets killed too economically. The big question is, can they successfully adapt to a new economic paradigm before they have their own revolutions? I do not think so.
It will be a dark time worldwide.
There is a lot more to say here. Needless to say that will be in our future newsletters for paid subscribers. If you noticed, we have not been publishing as many public articles, and one reason is that our paid people get a great deal more of this analysis than the public articles offer. Obviously. And we have quite a batch of recent newsletters out, that will most definitely intrigue you. They are my best stuff to date.
We are also raising our prices substantially. Basically, I realized that we are often way ahead of the curve, and are followed by other writers. The present PrudentSquirrel is worth every penny. We are not cheap and just another newsletter out there, anymore anyway.
Our present prices are $144 a year for 44 newsletters and mid week email alerts. That will go to $360 a year. However, if you want to subscribe now, since we have not yet raised prices, you may still do it for $144. We offered existing subscribers re-subscription specials before this coming price increase and had a huge response. So, evidently our subscribers agree that the newsletter is worth it.
Another thing that you will be interested in possibly. We are starting a new site that will work in tandem with PrudentSquirrel which will have a futuristic focus and look for longer term trends.
PrudentSquirrel, being a weekly, necessarily is shorter term focused. We needed and wanted a forum for our longer term predictions and analysis. The new site will be called Future-Insight.com (not turned on yet) and will also be priced at $360 a year. In short, we are creating a futurist site to work with PrudentSquirrel. PrudentSquirrel will continue as is, possibly with a slight schedule modification.
Lastly, I would like to point out that we have made some astounding predictions over the last two years about the USD and gold and other currencies. If you stop by our site, we'll have a page showing you them (up hopefully today). We do not make many predictions like that, maybe 2 or 3 a year. But our last batch was quite on the money... you'll see when you take a look.
We invite you to stop by and have a look at www.PrudentSquirrel.com
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