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|, Sept. 28, 2014
|Topic: Website comments
Discussion: RENEW ONLINE
I talked with someone from the home office last week about this topic. He said you cannot renew for 2015 until after the worlds are completed in Vegas. He said to try again around the 3rd week of October. He went on to state that if for some reason you cannot renew after that date, you would still be able to play in, let's say Phoenix, with your 2014 card and identification. Provided you are on the teams roster. Hope this helps.
|, Sept. 27, 2014
|Topic: Tournaments
Discussion: Brackets for October 3, 4, and 5??
Book a hotel by the nearest McDonalds.
|, Sept. 27, 2014
|Topic: Bats
Discussion: Why do you swing an End loaded bat?
All other things being equal, bat speed, etc, The end load will give you greater exit ball speed. Therefore, better speed through the infield and greater distance. Other than the physics here, it is a matter of feel and confidence in what you swing.
|, Sept. 18, 2014
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: 2014 eligibility
Will the 2014 card be eligible for Phoenix in November, a 2015 event.
|, Aug. 24, 2014
|Topic: Website comments
Discussion: Field assignments.
65 AAA plays at Shadow Rock and Hollywood. Haven't played either place. For those of you that have, how are those fields?
|, Aug. 13, 2014
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: shoulder injury
You probably need to get a diagnosis through an MRI or Cat scan. Unless you know exactly what you are dealing with, it's hard to treat. I separated my shoulder 3 years ago, and I haven't quite been the same since. Between a 2nd and 3rd degree separation. Could have been much worse. Running between 1st and 2nd on a double play. Ball thrown to first hit me in the neck, knocking me completely out. When I hit the ground, it separated my left shoulder. Had a Cat scan with die for the neck, regular Cat scan for the shoulder. Shoulder injuries are tricky. Best to get a very good Ortho doc to look at this.
|, Aug. 8, 2014
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Help for those with Vertigo
This is great info. I have been having problems with this the past few years. My consistency at the plate has been all over the road. Perhaps this is the reason. We'll see if this helps.
|, July 1, 2014
|Topic: Bats
Discussion: Mike Macenko Ultra 2
Mike, purchased the Macenko signature U2 a couple of weeks ago and used it this week in KC. Very impressed with its performance. You have a winner here.
|, May 12, 2014
|Topic: Tournaments
Discussion: tourney florida
I am in Pensacola this week and plan on hitting with the guys at Exchange Park tomorrow morning. Is there a tournament this weekend? If so where and what days. I might like to watch a couple of games.
|, May 6, 2014
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Pensacola Brothers
Thanks for the replies gentlemen. I will be there next Tuesday at around 8AM. I don't know about other times, since I am there with my wife and visiting my daughter and son in law, with my son flying in from Alaska. Looking forward to meeting as many of you as possible. Ron
|, May 5, 2014
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Pensacola Brothers
Joe Marine and others in the Pensacola softball community. If you are still hitting on Tues. May 13th, love get in on the action. Let me know. Staying not far from Exchange Park.
|, April 18, 2014
|Topic: Women's softball
Discussion: Arroyo Grande & Dos Esquelas Park
Speaking of Arroyo Grande, has anyone played there and how were the fields.
|, March 31, 2014
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Pensacola workouts
Thanks guys. Joe looking forward to several of these pickup games. I'll put this on my schedule. Looking at relocating to the Pensacola area next year, so I'd like to meet some of the guys and play a little this year. Also, great tune up for Reno.
|, March 31, 2014
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Pensacola workouts
Gentlemen, I will be visiting the Pensacola area from the 10th of May for about 10 days. Looking to hit and workout during that time. It looks like Exchange park is the place for senior softball. Any suggestions or invitations? Thanks in advance.
|, March 13, 2014
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: Sofball Pants
I have found that Boombah's are by far the best fitting pant available. They have many styles and color combos. As stated above, the clearance section should have a black pant with a stripe of various colors available.
|, Feb. 24, 2014
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: How do you get fit?
HJ, Didn't check the heart rate, but it has got to be up there after the last 2 all out sprints. The thing you have to be careful of is pulling something, especially during the last 2 sprints. I wouldn't do all out effort until you have built up some time at 70-80 percent.I have trouble with quads and now calves. At 69, this gets a little tougher every year.
|, Feb. 24, 2014
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: How do you get fit?
Lefty and others who have hit both the Barrage and Legit. Which has more pop?
|, Feb. 23, 2014
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: How do you get fit?
I agree, softball is basically sprinting in short bursts. I warm up, then sprint 50 yd. dashes, with a walk of about 50 yds in between, for 6 sets early in the season. Start at 50% the first 2 sets, 80% the next 2 sets, then all out the last 2. I walk and jog for about 2 weeks before this.
|, Feb. 19, 2014
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: How do you get fit?
This is what concerns me about a 2nd batch fix. The original Barrage, by many accounts was pretty hot out of the wrapper. It looks to me as if the 2nd batch is not as hot. Sometimes they stay that way. Only time will tell. When Miken tried to improve the durability of the red end load, it was a disaster. No amount of batting practice could fix it. I'll take performance everytime.
|, Feb. 8, 2014
|Topic: General and miscellaneous
Discussion: How do you get fit?
Gary, The only way I would guess to know the difference would be in the time frame of purchase. I purchased mine in June of last summer. I would guess that anything purchased later in the year, December or so, would be the new formula, according to posts on this board. If you noticed a difference between your first purchase and the second, then you probably have the new and improved batch. Once Miken gets the process down, they will probably stick with it.


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An urgent appeal to the Greek Government to reconsider a bill to drop all prosecutions of war crimes committed during the Nazi occupation of Greece was made today by the World Jewish Congress.
The bill was passed by the Greek Parliament and awaits the King's signature to become law. However, the Central Council of Jewish Communities of Greece filed an action in court against the measure after making a strong protest to the Government.
The World Jewish Congress appeal cited "the profound indignation of Jews throughout the world" against the possible liberation under the measure of Maximillian Merten, who was sentenced to a 25-year prison term by a Greek military tribunal. Merten had been found guilty of active complicity in the Nazi deportations and mass murder of 50,000 Greek Jews out of a total Jewish population in Greece of 70,000.
The appeal "earnestly expressed the hope that the Greek Government will reconsider an act which would be held universally to be a concession to inhumanity and lawlessness and that it will give consideration to this most earnest appeal to take into account the deeply-felt emotion of all lovers of justice and international morality."
The statement added that "the purpose of this law is all the more inexplicable in view of the Federal German Government's oft-declared intention to bring to justice all those guilty of war crimes during the Nazi regime."

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Halloween Custard
For this recipe you will need:
2 eggs plus 2 egg yolks
Preheat the oven to 350°. Butter 6 individual ramekins and place them in a large baking pan.
Combine the eggs, egg yolks, and flour in a bowl and beat briefly with a whisk just to blend. Beat in the pumpkin puree, sugar, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir in the vanilla, 1 cup of the cream, and the milk, mixing until well blended.
Ladle the custard mixture into the prepared dishes. Half fill the surrounding pan with boiling water. Bake for about 40 minutes, or until the custards are just barely set in the middle.
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In Mongolia, an Unexpected Genre Takes Root
Ulaanbaatar isn't the first place that comes to mind when you think about hip-hop. But the Mongolian capital of 1 million people is the unlikely center of a rap renaissance. That spirit has been captured in "Mongolian Bling," a film by first-time director Benj Binks.


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Pension not newsworthy
I was disappointed with Debra Erdley's news story "Ex-PSU counsel's pension criticized" (March 7 and TribLIVE.com). Like every other retired commonwealth employee, Cynthia Baldwin's pension was calculated under Pennsylvania law. Ms. Baldwin was not given any special treatment, and her pension is no more newsworthy than that of any other retired commonwealth employee.
Furthermore, Ms. Erdley omitted some critical information. For instance, by choosing to end her retirement to work as Penn State's general counsel, Baldwin forfeited two-and-a-half years of retirement benefits. Additionally, Pennsylvania law required Baldwin to contribute double what other state employees are required to contribute to the Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System for her first 10 years as a judge and one-and-a-half times what other state employees are required to contribute thereafter.
Baldwin's pension is in full compliance with Pennsylvania law. Baldwin served the people of the commonwealth for over 30 years as a public school teacher, a deputy attorney general, an Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas judge and a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice, among other positions. Erdley's news story was certainly no way to repay Baldwin for her many years of service.
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De Monaco
The writer, a partner in the Downtown law firm Fox Rothschild LLP, is counsel for Cynthia Baldwin.


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Andrea Chiaradio zoned in on catcher Julie Royer's signals. The junior pitcher from Stonington (Conn.) was one out away from accomplishing a feat she had never done for her high school team: throw a no-hitter.
But this wasn't your garden variety no-hitter, this was a perfect game. And it wouldn't be just any perfect game, it'd be a perfect perfect game. The first 20 batters had come to the plate and all exited the batter's box via strikeout, and Chiaradio was now on the cusp of striking out every single batter in a full-length, seven-inning high school softball game.
So with her palms a little sweatier and her heart beating a little faster, Chiaradio dug in.
"You could tell she had more pop to the ball that day," Stonington head coach Ann-Marie Houle said. "Her dropball was really moving and she was hitting spots more than ever."
Chiaradio didn't leave teammates, coaches or fans in suspense long, quickly fanning Norwich Free Academy's (Conn.) 21st and final batter to complete a feat that has only been achieved one other time in the history of Connecticut high school softball.
"The other team was actually very nice," Chiaradio said. "When we shook hands a lot of them were saying 'good game' and patting me on the back."
The only other name next to Chiaradio in the Connecticut record book is Rachele Fico, now a junior ace for the nationally ranked LSU softball team.
Fico hurled a staggering 26 perfect games in her high school career, but Chiaradio's perfection is arguably the best performance in state history for two reasons.
First, this is the first "perfect" perfect game since the high school softball rubber has been moved back from 40 to 43 feet, giving hitters a longer reaction time to square up on a pitch.
Second, and perhaps most impressive, Norwich Free Academy plays in a higher division than Chiaradio's Stonington squad. And, even more mind-boggling, NFA had pounded out 27 hits in the game prior to its matchup with Stonington.
"For games against teams a division up, our team tends to really focus and play hard," Chiaradio said. "We want to beat the bigger-division schools, the teams that we aren't necessarily supposed to beat."
The ensuing media frenzy might mark more than just a historic milestone. It might also set off an alarm to college coaches around the country that there's a blossoming hurler in Connecticut who could really bolster their programs.
Chiaradio followed up her perfect game with a five-inning no-hitter against Tourtellotte (Conn.) last Friday, coming within a fourth-inning walk of her second consecutive flawless masterpiece. In that game, Chiaradio was again dangerously close to perfecting perfection, striking out 14 of 15 Tourtellotte hitters, the 15th of which was thrown out trying to bunt her way on.
"Over the winter I did a lot of pitching and working out," said Chiaradio, who continues to train with her pitching coach, Henry Laudone, as well as with her father.
"As a coach, this is why you encourage your players to work hard," Houle said. "To reap the reward."


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I have no idea if this is big news or not. Probably not. Here's the release from the Rangers:
New York, May 20, 2009 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with free agent defenseman Ilkka Heikkinen.
Heikkinen, 24, skated in 54 games with HIFK Helsinki of the SM-liiga this past season, registering eight goals and 26 assists for 34 points, along with 22 penalty minutes. His 34 points ranked third among all SM-liiga defensemen. He led all HIFK defensemen in goals (eight), assists (26) and points, while finishing second on the team overall in assists, fourth in points and seventh in goals. The Rauma, Finland native recorded two, six-game scoring streaks – November 13 at Tappara to November 25 at Espoo (two goals and five assists) and January 15 vs. Kärpät to January 26 at Kärpät (two goals and six assists) – and posted five multi-point performances, including two, three-point efforts – January 15 vs. Kärpät (one goal and two assists) and February 14 at Lukko (one goal and two assists). In addition, he recorded one assist in two postseason contests with HIFK.
The 6-2, 200-pounder has appeared in 283 career SM-liiga games with Lukko Rauma and HIFK Helsinki, collecting 31 goals and 82 assists for 113 points, along with 255 penalty minutes. In 2007-08, Heikkinen established career-highs in goals (11), points (37) and penalty minutes (96), while his 26 assists led all HIFK skaters. In addition, he has appeared in 21 career SM-liiga playoff games with Lukko and HIFK, registering three assists and six penalty minutes.


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Dr. David Livingston is a business consultant, financial advisor, and strategic planner as well as interview host and creator of the pioneering space commerce-focused online production, "The Space Show". Livingston is an accomplished personal speaker, writer and consultant in the area of future space exploration. He has lectured extensively on the topics of: business ethics and corporate responsibility for off-Earth business ventures and New Space Industries, and has written a Code of Ethics for Off-Earth Commerce. He frequently lectures on venture capital financing for new space businesses, RLVs and space tourism, effective business planning, and developing solutions to the barriers to space enterprise.
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I am chair and professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and full time faculty member at the Beckman Institute. I also have zero-time appointments in the Psychology and the ISE Departments.
President Divsion 21 (Applied Experimental Psychology) American Psychological Association, 2012 - 2013
Member Risk Communication Advisory Committee, Food & Drug Administration, 2012 - present
Ed Psych scholar developing computer-animated doctors to explain medical results to patients (5/8/2017)
Ed Psych chair named to inaugural faculty at new Carle Illinois College of Medicine (5/3/2017)
Beckman researchers examine how comprehension and memory impact self-care (4/24/2017)
'Use-inspired' research that cuts across the lifespan (10/5/2016)
Professor co-authors study in quest to improve patient self-care (3/10/2014)
Daniel Morrow co-writes study that shows images on health websites can lessen comprehension (9/10/2012)
Recent awards and achievements by faculty and staff (9/7/2011)
New grants for FY2011 (9/1/2011)
Prof. Morrow's research focuses on learning, cognition, and communication in complex task domains such as health care and aviation, with a focus on aging. Current projects investigate the impact of health literacy (and cognition more broadly) on older adults' comprehension of information needed to self-manage chronic illness. Focusing on older adults with hypertension, Prof. Morrow's group has found that lower health literacy reflects lower levels of processing capacity (such as working memory) and knowledge (related to language and health). Processing capacity limits impair specific processes involved in understanding information needed to self-manage hypertension, such as recognizing longer and uncommon words and integrating concepts into a representation of the message. However, high levels of knowledge can offset these processing capacity limits to improve memory for self-care information. In a recent study, they redesigned self-care information found on commonly used websites in order to reduce comprehension demands on processing capacity and support the use of knowledge. Older adults better remembered the redesigned information compared to the original web-based information.
Morrow's group has also leveraged technology to support self-care among older adults with chronic illness. They developed a computer-based tool to help nurses collaborate with older adults who have complex medication regimens in order to help the patients learn how to take their medications. A current study is evaluating whether the tool improves medication knowledge and adherence. Prof. Morrow is also collaborating with engineering faculty at UIUC to explore whether older adults better understand numeric health information (such as cholesterol test results) available in patient portals when the information is delivered by a computer-based agent, compared to typical numeric formats used in portals.
Chin, J., Moeller,, D., Johnson, J., Duwe, E., Graumlich, J., Murray, M., & Morrow, D. (2017) A multi-faceted approach to promote comprehension of online health information among older adults Oxford link >
Morrow, D. (2013) Reviews of Human Factors and Ergonomics, Vol 8 Human Factors & Ergonomics Society (Sage Publishing)
Morrow, D., & Fischer, U. (2013) Communication in socio-technical systems. Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Engineering Oxford University Press: New York, NY
Morrow, D., D'Andrea, L., Stine-Morrow, E., Shake, M., Gao, S., Chin, J., Bertel, S., Conner-Garcia, T., Graumlich, J., & Murray, M. (2012) Comprehension processes in multimedia health information Visual Communication 11, 347-362
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Nokes-Malach, T., Meade, M., & Morrow, D. (2012) Expertise and collaborative decision making Thinking & Reasoning 18, 32-58
Chin, J., Morrow, D., Stine-Morrow, E., Conner-Garcia, T., Graumlich, J., & Murray, M. (2011) The process-knowledge model of health literacy: Evidence from a componential analysis of two commonly used measures Journal of Health Communication 16, 222-241
Morrow, D., & Durso, F. (2011) Patient Safety Research that Works: Introduction to the Special Issue on Human Performance and Health Care. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 17 , 191-194
Morrow, D., & Wilson, E. (2010) Medication adherence among older adults: a systems perspective. Aging in America Volume II: Physical and Mental Health Praeger: Santa Barbara, CA
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Film Comment's Best of the Decade Avant Garde Poll/21st Century Limited Program
I was asked to participate in Film Comment's recently published A Decade in the Dark: Avant-Garde Film and Video 2000-2009 poll, and I'm happy to see that in addition to the poll, the FSLC is also curating a series of avant-garde programs based on the results of the poll over the course of three Sundays in July, which includes several films that were on my submitted list. Here are the programs on tap. My list is appended at the end:
July 11
Program 1: Pictures of Quiet Light
Song and Solitude (Nathaniel Dorsky)
The Great Art of Knowing (David Gatten)
Pitcher of Colored Light (Robert Beavers)
Program 2: Breaking the Waves
Observando el Cielo (Jeanne Liotta)
At Sea (Peter Hutton)
The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him (Stan Brakhage)
July 18
Program 3: I'll Keep It With Mine
She Puppet (Peggy Ahwesh)
Nest of Tens (Miranda July)
Poetry and Truth (Peter Kubelka)
Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine (Peter Tscherkassky)
The General Returns from One Place to Another (Michael Robinson)
Rehearsals for Retirement (Phil Solomon)
Program 4: Some Velvet Morning
Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis (Daishi Saito)
Easter Morning (Bruce Conner)
False Aging (Lewis Klahr)
Black and White Trypps Number Three (Ben Russell)
Light Work (Jennifer Reeves)
Lumphini 2552 (Tomonari Nishikawa)
Horizontal Boundaries (Pat O'Neill)
July 25
Program 5: Liberty or Death
Ah Liberty! (Ben Rivers)
Star Spangled to Death (Ken Jacobs)
Footnotes to a House of Love (Laida Lertxundi)
The Fourth Watch (Janie Geiser)
An Injury to One (Travis Wilkerson)
Program 6: Confidential
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee (Apichatpong Werasethakul)
Tabula Rasa (Vincent Grenier)
Dwarfs the Sea (Stephanie Barber)
Let Me Count the Ways 10...9...8...7...6... (Leslie Thornton)
Great Man and Cinema (Jim Finn)
Second and Lee (Kevin Everson)
Something Else (Kevin Everson)
Memory of It - Three Related Documents (The Speculative Archive)
Best of the Decade Avant-Garde Poll Submittal
Eniaios IV "Nefeli Photos" reel 2 Gregory Markopoulous – Robert Beavers, Greece, 2004
Respite – Harun Farocki, Germany/South Korea, 2007
13 Lakes – James Benning, U.S., 2005
A Trip to the Louvre (Une Visite au Louvre x 2) - Jean-Marie Straub & Daniele Huillet, France, 2004
When It Was Blue– Jennifer Reeves, U.S., 2008
At Sea – Peter Hutton, U.S., 2007
War at a Distance – Harun Farocki, Germany, 2003
Song and Solitude – Nathaniel Dorsky, U.S., 2006
Kolkata – Mark LaPore, U.S./India 2005
Michelangelo Eye to Eye – Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy, 2004
Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine – Peter Tscherkassky, Austria, 2005
Poetry and Truth – Peter Kubelka, Austria, 2003
Star Spangled To Death – Ken Jacobs, U.S., 2003
Sense of Architecture – Heinz Emigholz, Austria, 2005-2009
Hide – Matthius Müller and Christoph Girardet, U.S., 2007
Letter to Uncle Boonmee – Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand/UK/Germany, 2009
RR – James Benning, U.S., 2008
Schindler's Houses (Photography and Beyond Part 12) – Heinz Emigholz, Austria, 2007
Let Me Count the Ways Minus 10, 9, 8, 7… – Leslie Thornton, U.S., 2004
Capitalism: Slavery – Ken Jacobs, U.S., 2006
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Being an actuary is probably the best profession to have in the United States. You can find information about the profession at the site: http://www.BeAnActuary.org, and the web site of the Actuarial Program of Illinois State University: http://www.IllinoisState.edu/actuary/. While this is a wonderful profession, candidates for it must pass a series of very challenging professional examinations. Most candidates find the experience of taking those examinations very frustrating and far more difficult than a typical university-level class. There are several important reasons for this situation, and if you want to pass actuarial examinations, you should consider them:
Follow the Money
Actuaries are responsible for massive amounts of other people's money. Billions of dollars. It makes sense for actuarial examinations to have very high standards. And actuaries are paid very well, while having prestigious, comfortable jobs, with low stress levels, and no unemployment. There has to be a catch, and the catch is: it is hard, very hard, to become a fully qualified professional actuary.
You Was Robbed
Despite massive spending on education in the United States, educational standards have been lowered over time. If you went to high school in the United States, chances are you did not study any physics or calculus while being there. Even at the university level, where the United States remains the world leader, low standards in mathematics and science are creeping in. You may have to face the reality that while massive amounts of your own, your parents', and taxpayers' money were spent on your education, you did not learn enough mathematics and science. If you want to be a respected actuarial professional, you must have the maturity to face your own weaknesses and overcome them. Learn to love studying mathematics and its business applications. Be hungry for knowledge. This hunger will serve you well not just on the exams, but on the job, as well.
Welcome to the Real Life
Once you pass actuarial examinations, you will find that the rewards of actuarial work are truly great and satisfying. There are other professions that offer great careers: medicine, law, engineering, accounting. People who study those other professions work very hard and pay a lot of money for their education. It takes far less money to become an actuary. But the process is equally, or maybe even more serious. If you want to become an actuary, you should never try to do the minimum amount of work needed just to pass. If your objective were to become a doctor, would you study medicine this way? If a doctor studied just barely enough to get a medical license, would you want that doctor to take care of your child? Becoming an actuary is not just about getting a job. This is a prominent, prestigious profession. Be very, very serious about it. The day you take an actuarial examination should be as real in your mind as if you were a quarterback playing in the Super Bowl, an athlete competing for a gold medal in the Olympics, a tennis player in the Wimbledon final, or the Yellow Jersey cyclist on the biggest mountain stage of Tour de France.
Many actuarial students ask for tricks and shortcuts to passing actuarial examinations. I firmly believe there is only one trick/shortcut:
The BTDT Rule: When you are taking an actuarial examination, you must be so well prepared that when you read every problem on the test you say to yourself: Been There Done That.
This means that when you are taking an actuarial examination and you read a problem, you will immediately know how to do it. You will not derive any formulas: because you have them all memorized, by having done hundreds of practice problems and having reviewed your list of formulas for memorization daily. You will not think about a good trick to solve a problem, because you have done all thinking during your preparation and you immediately know what to do. You will be a lean mean problem solving machine. You will prevail no matter how bad the exam is and no mater how bad of a day you have.
Here is some more advice on preparing for actuarial exams:
• Ancient Greeks created this adage: Pathemata mathemata. Loosely translated it means: If you are not hurting, you are not learning. There are people out there promising you stress-free studying, easy path, shortcuts, to passing actuarial exams. Those do not exist. You must study things that are new and uncomfortable to you. If you are asking: "Why can't I do this my way?", then you want to fail the exam.
• You must practice under same stress conditions as the real test. Take practice exams under exam-like conditions. Take hard exams, just about the hardest exams that can possibly happen. Do not give yourself any extra time. No snack breaks, no trips to the fridge for a Diet Mountain Dew.
• Keep a diary of your study experience, not just the time spent studying, but what you studied and how it felt. Write down your feelings, including your frustrations and successes.
• After you take a practice exam, study your failures in detail and understand fully why they happened. As if you were a sport team watching their last game, in which they ended up in a humiliating defeat. If the team studies the game in detail, do you think they are likely to repeat the debacle? I do not think so.
• Most importantly: Exam is not a chore! It is a magnificent challenge, which is your ticket to a good job, steady and good paycheck, where they will pay you to make important decisions that will really help other people. And all you need to do is to solve mathematical puzzles. If it sounds to good to be true, you are beginning to have the right mind set. It is too good to be true, but it is true! Do them puzzles! Come to think of it, would you really rather be doing some boring ... fertilizer instead?
Please remember that you must have the background of three semesters of calculus (and preferably a semester of linear algebra) to start studying for the Course P/1 examination, two semesters of calculus to start studying for the Course FM/2 examination, and Course P/1 plus Course FM/2 to start studying for the Course MLC examination. If you think you can ignore these prerequisites, you did not understand my advice stated above.
I work very hard to teach students at Illinois State University following the ideas presented here. I believe our results (we are a Society of Actuaries Center of Actuarial Excellence, since 2009, the very beginning of that designation, and 2016 winner of the University Award of the Casualty Actuarial Society) speak for themselves. If you want to become our student, please contact our Office of Admissions. I have also authored study manuals for the first four actuarial examinations and posted free practice problems for three of those examinations every week in the period 2005-2011. Here is some informatioon about the study resources:
How To Pass Actuarial Exams
Course P/1 Seminar at Illinois State University
Purchase the BTDT Study Manual for the Course P/1 Examination by Krzysztof Ostaszewski
Purchase the Supplement to the ASM Study Manual for the Course P/1 Examination, three additional examinations, set 1
Purchase the Supplement to the ASM Study Manual for the Course P/1 Examination, three additional examinations, set 2
Purchase the Supplement to the ASM Study Manual for the Course P/1 Examination, three additional examinations, set 3
Set of 150 practice Exam P problems online with adaptive testing guiding the student towards the level of exam passing performance
Set of 300 practice Exam P problems online with adaptive testing guiding the student towards the level of exam passing performance
Set of 600 practice Exam P problems online with adaptive testing guiding the student towards the level of exam passing performance
Free weekly practice practice problem for exam P/1: http://math.illinoisstate.edu/krzysio/3-12-5-KO-Exercise.pdf and then every week following March 12, 2005, the date of that first practice problem posted, through May 28, 2011, on every Saturday, with the link adjusted for the date, i.e., 3-12-5-KO-Exercise.pdf for the first problem, 3-19-5-KO-Exercise.pdf for the second problem, etc.
Course FM/2 Seminar at Illinois State University
Purchase the BTDT Study Manual for the Course FM/2 Examination by Krzysztof Ostaszewski
Free weekly practice practice problem for exam FM/2: http://math.illinoisstate.edu/krzysio/KO-FM-Exercise1.pdf and the following problems are posted with consecutive numbers, e.g., KO-FM-Exercise1.pdf, KO-FM-Exercise2.pdf, KO-FM-Exercise3.pdf, etc., ending in Problem No. 310.
Course MLC Seminar at Illinois State University
Purchase the BTDT Study Manual for the Course MLC Examination by Krzysztof Ostaszewski
Free weekly practice practice problem for exam MLC: http://math.illinoisstate.edu/krzysio/KO-MLC-Exercise-4-21-7.pdf and then every week following March 21, 2007, the date of that first practice problem posted, on every Saturday, with the link adjusted for the date, i.e., KO-MLC-Exercise-4-21-7.pdf for the first problem, KO-MLC-Exercise-4-28-7.pdf for the second problem, etc., but, once every five weeks a Saturday is skipped. The problems end at the end of May of 2011. Also, Dr. Ostaszewski's model solutions to some recent Course MLC examinations are posted online as follows:
May 2013 Course MLC Examination: http://math.illinoisstate.edu/krzysio/May2013MLC-KO.pdf
November 2012 Course MLC Examination: http://math.illinoisstate.edu/krzysio/Nov2012MLC-KO.pdf
May 2012 Course MLC Examination: http://math.illinoisstate.edu/krzysio/May2012MLC-KO.pdf
Course MFE/3F Seminar at Illinois State University
Purchase the BTDT Study Manual for the Course MFE/3F by Krzysztof Ostaszewski
When you use these study manuals, it is very, very important that you do more than reading them, you should have paper and pen or pencil ready and reproduce all the work done in them and make certain you understand every detail. Every detail. You cannot skip anything. In case you ever forget: This is mathematics, and that means: every detail matters. You cannot leave any item without fully understanding it. Then you should take practice exams in them, under time constraint and conditions just like during a real exam. A score of 70% or better is what to need to pass. Once you are done with a practice exam, you should study its solutions very carefully. Work very, very hard to make certain that you understand everything. If you have questions about any of my manuals, you can e-mail them to me at: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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OPELOUSAS — Mayor Donald Cravins Sr. is proposing extending closing times for businesses that derive their primary source of income from the sale of alcoholic beverages to 3 a.m — an hour later than the current 2 a.m. closing time for bars.
Cravins told the Opelousas Board of Aldermen during a special meeting he plans to meet soon with representatives of Stallions, an Opelousas restaurant which operates as a restaurant and a bar, to discuss a compromise agreement that would allow that establishment and other bars to stay open until 3 a.m.
Stallions, which closes as a restaurant and reopens as a live entertainment venue after 2 a.m., has been the target of several attempts by the board to amend an ordinance that has allowed Stallions to continue selling alcoholic beverages after other bars have to close.
Under the current ordinance, a business is allowed to remain open past 2 a.m. if its alcoholic beverage sales constitute less than 15 percent of gross revenues.
The ordinance allows establishments whose alcohol sales represent less than 15 percent of their total revenue to continue serving after 2 a.m.
At Tuesday's meeting, the board unanimously voted 5-0 to reintroduce the same amended ordinance it had considered approved on Nov. 14 that was intended to restrict the ability of Stallions to sell alcohol after 2 a.m. Cravins and Alderman Blair Briggs have called the establishment a nuisance.
The board voted 3-2 at that meeting to change the ordinance, but Cravins said the day after the vote that subsequent legal research revealed at least four votes are required for passage.
Alderman Reggie Tatum was absent from the Nov. 14 meeting and the one held Tuesday. City Chief Executive Officer Laura Balthazar said at Tuesday's meeting that Tatum told her he was staying home on doctor's orders.
In an interview after Tuesday's meeting, Cravins said he is agreeable with allowing all bars in Opelousas to stay open until 3 a.m.
Cravins said the current ordinance, as written, gives Stallions and the Evangeline Downs Racetrack and Casino an unfair advantage since both businesses can stay open longer than other bars, which must stop serving at 2 a.m.
Representatives with the casino say they serve complimentary drinks to customers playing slot machines past 2 a.m. to remain competitive with casinos in other parishes, including East Baton Rouge.
Derriel McCorvey, an attorney for Stallions, said that establishment's ownership wants to be treated "fairly and equally." He said the current ordinance regulating the closing times of establishments selling alcohol past 2 a.m. gives the casino an unfair advantage.
McCorvey said Stallions' owners would like to see the closing time for their business and other bars in the city set at 4 a.m.
McCorvey said he is willing to discuss the matter further with Cravins between now and the board's December meeting when the amendment ordinance will be considered for adoption.
Briggs said at the Nov. 14 meeting that Stallions is a "bar masquerading as a restaurant."
Several recent incidents of violence and death which Briggs said began at Stallions create the need for the amended ordinance, which contains a provision that requires an entry fee into the business for events occurring past 2 a.m.
At the Nov. 14 meeting Police Chief Perry Gallow told the aldermen a patron who left Stallions and refused to be restrained by police officers there, was struck and killed by a vehicle while he crossed Interstate 49 in front of the business.
Gallow said another incident in which a man was shot, injured and later released from the hospital is being investigated for a possible connection to Stallions,
Briggs said the entry fee would be considered a "fee for alcohol sales." That entry fee, Briggs said, would increase the percentage above what the current ordinance requires to classify an establishment as one whose primary sales are due to alcoholic beverages.


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Mercedes-Benz Concept 358 Based on C63 AMG Debuts at Australian Auto Show
We gotta admit, this world needs more bright pearl orange cars. In going bold and beautiful, Mercedes-Benz Australia teamed up with AMG to present the Concept 358 to the Australian market, debuting the car at the Australian International Motor Show.
It gets its name from its power output: 358 kW, which is essentially 480-hp. It's based off Mercedes-Benz's C63 AMG platform, sporting an AMG Performance Package Plus that gives it the extra 23-hp. The outside's pearl orange paint (exclusive to the Concept 358) is contrasted with a set of black 19-inch wheels, matte black grille and mirrors.
Included in the Performance Package Plus are also some interior upgrades, though we didn't get a chance to see exactly what – but we're guessing some upgraded leather with matching orange stitching. Anyone out there bold enough to paint their luxury sport sedan a nice bright pearl orange? We dig it.
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If your traffic exchange has a forum, get comfortable using the exchange and then, join it! Forum posts are a way to connect with other marketers and just as in offline business, networking is what online marketing is all about. When people get to know you, they trust you and this may spark them to buy your product or join the program you're promoting. And, it's always a great way to make new friends.
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Then, just read posts for a while. Old-timers in a forum, those who have been members a while, can often be great sources of information. You can learn a great deal just by reading posts, especially if the forum is very active. Take advantage of the free tutoring. It's worth its weight in platinum.
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Traffic exchanges have many features, and you should explore all of them. If the exchange has a forum, get in there and make some posts, even if it's only to respond to what others have posted. First, read the terms and conditions of the forum and read some posts before you go barging into someone else's living room. Get a feel for the tone of its posters. And never post ads, unless the forum has a specific board for doing so. That's a big no-no and will get you into trouble. But don't be shy. People in forums are generally nice and very helpful, and networking is what n-e-t-w-o-r-k marketing is all about!
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Suspected meth lab blast burns two
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A 29-year-old Stow resident and a 28-year-old Middlefield resident were in the home at the time of the explosion. Both of the males were transported to Akron Children's Hospital Burn Unit for treatment.
Det. Tom Gottas of the Stow Police Department Narcotics Unit responded to the scene along with members of the Summit County Drug Unit. The Drug Unit removed a large quantity of materials from the residence for evaluation.
The residence is a duplex and the other resident of the duplex was not at home at the time of the explosion. The duplex has been quarantined at this time.
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Fig. 1: Remove the accessory drive belt(s)-on most models that means the single serpentine belt
Fig. 2: Once the shroud, fan and clutch or spacer are out of the way, remove the water pump pulley
Fig. 3: Disconnect the hoses from the water pump ...
Fig. 4: ... in most cases this means loosening the clamp and pulling off the hose ...
Fig. 5: ... but a stuck hose can be carefully cut away if you determine it should be replaced anyway
Fig. 6: Loosen and remove the retaining bolts, then remove the water pump from the engine
Fig. 7: Exploded view of typical Astro and Safari water pump mountings-note that some early-models use studs at various locations to help mount engine accessories
Disconnect the negative battery cable for safety.
Place a catch pan under the radiator, open the drain cock and drain the cooling system.
Remove the accessory drive belt(s).
Remove the upper fan shroud and the engine cooling fan. For details, please refer to the procedure found earlier in this section.
Remove the water pump pulley.
Loosen the clamps, then disconnect the hoses from the water pump.
Remove the water pump-to-engine bolts. Because the bolt lengths and types may vary from location-to-location (some early-models may use studs in certain locations) on some models, tag or note all bolt locations as they are removed, this will help assure proper installation.
Carefully break the gasket seal and remove the water pump from the engine.
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I'm Still Standing started out in the spring of 2009 when I began jotting down stories about raising a daughter with disabilities while raising another very active daughter, to help me become a more confident writer and like most things in my life it has "evolved."
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Subject: Re: [Q-R] Re: Virginia QUAKERS
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 08:06:02 -0500
I have lots and lots of clark information and would gladly send it, but, it
is so much information I need to find out how you can handle this
I use Family Tree Maker and can send you that sort of file, then I could
translate the family outline tree to Word if you can use that sort of file.
Let me know. The Francis, Christopher, Micajah, Michael line goes from Va
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An unique organization, with caring people who are committed to the mission of enhancing the social lives and reducing isolation among elders in Chicago. Warm, loving, supportive, and open.
I am a physician volunteer for Little brothers,friends of the Elderly.I have been volunteering with Little brothers for several years .I started volunteering because I thought that the concept of helping elders fill their day with company was such a wonderful one. Money is easy to give but time is not as easy because we all have different commitments.We all have to work at our jobs,at home,spend time with kids, old parents,manage personal affairs.Making time for an non relaive elder who has time and even money but less and less company as they grow older and older is really precious.I have visited elders,delivered gifts at christmas time.worked at arranging parties,made nursing home visits.done educational talks.I have learnt so much from the elders,listening to their stories of ther youth ,achievements with their work and family.I have learnt stuff that you can never learn in a classroom or a workshop. By spending time with elders,I can relate to the patients,elders at home and around me.I enjoy any time I can spend at thsi institution and with my 88yr old darling friend that I visit in the nursing home.I love listening to her stories about how she used to dance:Belle,tap dance and just all the food likes and dislikes she has.....I just cannot have enough time with her.....
hdudzinski 04/04/2012
Thank you for sharing your experiences and for the great review! LBFE is very lucky to have you as a volunteer and a volunteer leader! It is very important to LBFE to bring joy to isolated seniors and it is also important to have continuing education for volunteers, donors & the community. Thank you for being a great friend as a visiting volunteer!
Little Brothers is an amazing organization. The employees are warm and welcoming to all, and the elders are fascinating ladies and gentlemen. You can volunteer as little or as much as you want, with no pressure. I enjoy doing the "in home-celebrations" and seeing the faces of the elders light up when they see a gift bag especially for them.
hdudzinski 04/04/2012
Thank you for the great review! In home celebrations are a great way to visit with elders; bringing a special treat with a personal visit!
I've been volunteering with Little Bros. for many years and while I also volunteer with other agencies, Little Bros. has always been my most positive and fulfilling experience. Not only are the elders very grateful, they are fun, exciting, informative and grateful. The agency, Little Bros. is fun to work with, always concerned with their volunteers and committed to making the volunteer experience the most positive it can be. Little Bros. offers volunteers many opportunities to volunteer in whatever area they choose. They listen to the volunteers and are always open and receptive to doing things to improve, what is already a most positive experience. I love volunteering with Little Bros. and encourage others to check the agency out as a potential agency to donate your time and attention to.
hdudzinski 04/04/2012
Thank you for the great review! LBFE is very lucky to have you as a volunteer - you give with your heart & soul. It is great to have volunteers who bring joy to the elders and also contribute by making the organization a great place for volunteers too!
It will be almost a year that I started volunteering with Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly. It has been a great one of a kind experience. The atmosphere created by the staff and volunteers is very welcoming. Through the organizations various programs and opportunities, I have met many Old Friends who have have each taught me something new, for example, how to play dominoes like an expert and even how to be fabulous at any age. I have had nothing but positive experiences with them. Interacting with the elders via parties and outings has truly changed my outlook on aging. Their events are always very well-planned and the food they provide for the elders and volunteers is nothing if not plentiful and delicious. The elders always leave full and happy, filled with both food and joy. I am glad to say that I have made a few of my closet friends through this organization and look forward to continuing working with them in the future.
hdudzinski 04/04/2012
Thank you very much for the great review! LBFE is like a family - not just for the elders but for volunteers too. Thanks so much for sharing your time & talent with the elders.
I have been a volunteer with Little Brothers for almost one year now and have had the time of my life being a part of such an amazing organization! This organization provides the opportunity for life-changing experiences for both the volunteer and the seniors, which I think is a rare treat in the non-profit world. I have been visiting one particular senior for quite some time and when we celebrated our birthdays together (as they are only one day apart) she wrote in my card that he life has changed so much for the better since Little Brothers and myself had entered her life that she felt like an entirely new person. She has become more than just a visit for me, but a truly great friend and even a mentor in my writing. We seem to have everything in the world in common that I wonder how Little Brothers does such a wonderful job putting the matches together. Keep up the great work!!!
hdudzinski 04/04/2012
Thank you for the amazing story & great review! LBFE works to connect volunteers and elders based on their interests, geographic location and personalities. Thank you for being a true friend as a visiting volunteer!
Besides the great work that Little Brothers does for its elders, the organization also shows great love and appreciation for its volunteers. Little Brothers has given me many opportunities to learn during my time volunteering.
hdudzinski 04/02/2012
Thank you for the great review! Beyond friendly visits you definitely have had some challenging and rewarding projects as a volunteer! You've been a great friend to your elders and a fantastic volunteer to work with!
Volunteering with Little Brother's is a life changing experience. This Organization has gifted me with the opportunity to bring joy to the lives of many who are often forgotten and neglected by society. Words fall way short of expressing the total experience I'm having. Everyone should try to volunteer at this organization or one like it at some point in their lives. It is beyond worth it because you will never see life the same.
hdudzinski 04/02/2012
Thank you for the positive review! To connect with another individual is truly a great experience. Thank you for being a friend and sharing your talents with LBFE.
I have been a full time volunteer with Little Brothers for the past year, and during this time I have seen just how great of an impact this organization makes on the lives of the elders it serves. The caring and generous spirit of the organization makes it one that I am proud to serve, and it is with this sincere commitment of the organization that the elders experience the joys of holiday parties, birthday celebrations, and friendship.
hdudzinski 04/02/2012
Thank you for the great review. The elders at LBFE are so lucky to have you as their friend - your visits bring them great joy. We're very fortunate to have great full time Program Assistants like you to form genuine friendships that truly fulfill the mission of LBFE.
I've been a volunteer and member of the Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly Chicago Chapter for almost 3 years now. My engagement with LBFE has been an extremely positive and rewarding experience. LBFE's mission is quite unique, as they seek to provide companionship and social interaction to Chicago Area elders that would otherwise be isolated. Through a variety of individual services and group events, LBFE provides a social network and "friendship" to aging individuals who can not rely on immediate family for the same support. The opportunities to participate and volunteer with the organization are quite varied, which I found helpful while balancing a busy schedule.
hdudzinski 04/02/2012
Thank you for your positive review! LBFE truly appreciates your time and talent - you're a fantastic volunteer and we can always count on you!


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"the Cake of Wisdom"
Recipe by Lalaloula
I found this on a recipe card at the local health-food store. It gets its name from the ginger it uses which is commonly regarded as a "clever" spice... :)
Top Review by Sydney Mike
Definitely something different, & don't get me wrong ~ We thoroughly enjoyed this interesting dessert, even if it's not like most cake I've had (Well, it IS frosted, but still . . .)! Loved the flavor from the ginger & lemon AND the cinnamony icing! Well, worth making again, for sure! [Recipenapped & made in the Vegetarian/Vegan Recipe Swap 23]
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 250 g carrots
- 10 g ginger
- 1 teaspoon lemon peel
- 4 eggs
- 4 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons dry breadcrumbs
- 150 g ground hazelnuts
- 150 g cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Directions See How It's Made
- Clean the carrots and grate them finely. Add grated ginger and lemon peel.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C Grease a spring form.
- Divide the eggs. Cream egg yolks with 2 tbs warm water and the honey. Add cinnamon and bread crumbs as well as the carrot mixture and the hazelnuts.
- Beat the egg whites. Fold under dough.
- Fill the dough into the spring form and bake for approximately 40 minutes.
- Let cool for 20 minutes and then spread with icing.


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Plan for handling bad bosses: Treat them like toddlers
Think you have a bad boss? Join the club: Nearly one in two employees say they have a bad boss, according to administrative staffing firm OfficeTeam. Do an Internet search for "My boss is killing me" and it turns up more than 20 million results.
People waste way too much time stressing about bad bosses — and it doesn't end at the front door of the workplace. On average, employees spend about 19.2 hours a week worrying about "what a boss says or does" - including a whopping 13 hours during the workweek and 6.2 of their weekend hours - according to a survey by Lynn Taylor, a workplace expert and author of Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant (TOT).
What's more, the worries cost companies real money: 77% of employees experience physical symptoms from stress, such as heart problems, according to a study from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Stressed employees cost employers nearly twice as much in health-care costs - roughly $600 more per person per year, on average.
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"Bad bosses aren't necessarily bad people, but they certainly can make work challenging for those who report to them," said Robert Hosking, executive director of OfficeTeam. "Often, individuals are promoted because they excel in a given job, but that doesn't mean they have the skills to be an effective leader."
"Friction between supervisors and employees can stem from differing work styles," Hosking said. "It's not possible to control your boss's actions, but you can change how you respond to them."
There are five types of bad bosses, OfficeTeam found:
•The Bully. Sure, you need to be a bit of a jerk sometimes as a boss, but the bully takes it to a toxic level, publicly or privately threatening and humiliating employees.
•The Micromanager. Sometimes you need to do the job yourself to make sure it's done right, but the micromanager keeps a tight leash, helicoptering over employees' shoulders to manage every little detail.
•The Poor Communicator. It's important to give employees space and not micromanage, but it's crucial to give them enough direction to get the job done. The poor communicator provides little direction, which often results in the tasks having to be completed — or even redone — at the last minute.
•The Saboteur. Oh, this one is a piece of work! He or she undermines the efforts of others. He or she doesn't give credit for a job well done — or worse, takes the credit himself. Then, the blame gets laid on thick when things go wrong.
•The Fickle Boss. This boss may be nice and all, but if he or she lacks clarity and decisiveness, it can leave employees confused and unproductive. Fickle bosses can also have unpredictable mood swings — confiding in someone one day and turning on them the next.
"A lot of times, there are issues going on with the boss that employees don't see — they think it's about them, the employee — and they take it personally," Taylor said. "Then they don't communicate with their boss and wind up acting inappropriately."
Particularly in this tough economy, your boss may be grappling with trying to keep his or her job, defending his turf in an office land grab, making budget cuts or figuring out who to lay off — and even dealing with a bad boss of his own. So, it's your job to remember there are other things going on and devise a strategy for dealing with your boss.
With the bully, OfficeTeam suggests you stand up for yourself. Don't bully back — or get loud or angry — but rather, calmly stand up for yourself and explain your position. Often, this type of manager responds to a "voice of reason." With the micromanager, it's usually a matter of trust - "so make sure you build it," OfficeTeam advises. That means you don't miss deadlines, you pay attention to details, and you keep your boss in the loop.
You can head off the poor communicator by being proactive and asking a lot of questions up front. Don't get aggravated — be diplomatic, OfficeTeam says. The saboteur is tricky, but one way to win this person over is to make him or her look good — just not at the expense of your own career advancement. Also, document, document, document — keep a paper trail, so if things go down, you have evidence.
The fickle boss is, of course, hard to predict . . . like a squirmy child. Your best defense here is to not take mood swings personally. Remember it's not about you and there's probably a whole lot of stuff you know nothing about that's making your boss act that way. When he or she is on edge, OfficeTeam suggests, try to limit communications to only urgent matters.
Employee-wellness company Keas offers three key tips for dealing with a toxic boss: Stand up for yourself — but be diplomatic and respectful; seek clarification when necessary to avoid miscommunications; and try to separate your personal ego from your business persona.
Taylor has a very simple approach to dealing with a bad boss: Treat him like a toddler.
"Employees should look at a boss who's acting out like a toddler," Taylor said. "Employees tend to internalize everything, but they forget that many times behind the pinstripes or pearls are really training pants!" she quipped.
Taylor notes that bad bosses and toddlers share a lot of traits: Tantrums, being demanding, stubborn, self-centered, and, like everyone's favorite television nincompoop boss Michael Scott (played by Steve Carell on "The Office"), fickle with a short attention span, needy, and prone to mood swings.
Just because bad bosses are like toddlers doesn't mean you give them a time out. You know what? Just for thinking of that, give yourself a time out.
Are you ready to listen now?
OK, let's continue.
When dealing with one of these bad bosses, you have to manage up — take almost a parenting approach, Taylor said. She uses the acronym CALM — Communicate (be open, honest and communicate frequently). Anticipate problems. "If you see a tantrum working its way down the hall, don't stick your neck out!" Taylor advises. Laugh, "because it's a great diffuser of tension and breaks barriers," Taylor said. And finally, Manage Up. "We're not speaking about parenting here or coddling," she said. "If you're good parents, you know there's such a thing as tough love. You have to be a proactive problem solver, as well as a role model and provider of positive energy."
If your boss throws a tantrum, your job is to act as quickly as possible. You can't give him or her a time out, so your job is to do what Taylor calls a "reverse time out" — get yourself out of there.
"Stage a coughing fit, or say a client is waiting for your call — try to leave the scene and tell your boss that you'll speak to her later," Taylor said. "You don't fight a bully back with being a bully — or fight a tantrum with a tantrum. It will just backfire."
In these tough economic times, with the labor market still shaky, employees tend to want to blend into the scenery — hope that if they lay low, they'll avoid being the next to get a pink slip.
"The fear factor has gone up," Taylor said. "So it keeps people feeling as if they need to stay under the radar and keep quiet, when now is a great time to be more communicative, more assured, understand what's really on your boss's plate and be more visible so you can rise up the food chain," she said.
That's right, now is a great time to break out of the pack and try to move up — even if you have a bad boss.
Taylor says one of the best approaches in a tough climate is to be the office diplomat.
"Sandwich negative information between positive — and end on a positive note," she said. "Point to other people in the organization doing great work and don't be afraid to praise the boss for things he or she is doing right," Taylor said. "At the end of the day, we all want to be praised."
It also doesn't hurt to mention the things you love about your job.
And, while it's funny to compare bosses to toddlers when you're standing around the office watercooler or throwing back a few pints at your local watering hole — don't act like a wise guy and actually tell your boss that he or she reminds you of a toddler. That's the fast track to the pink-slip list. You'd have better odds of keeping your job if you came into work drunk or got up on your desk with your own rendition of "Sexy and I Know It."
Finally, while there are a lot of bad bosses out there and yes, they are very much like toddlers — you're not off the hook. You and I are part of the problem.
"Absolutely, you and I are part of the problem," Taylor says. "It takes two to tango. So if you're defensive, if you're not communicating with the boss, if you take things personally" — you're only making a bad situation worse.
Does someone need another time out?
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Cris Carter said Monday he was "shocked" by Randy Moss' performance on Sunday and suggested that the Patriots WR was not giving full effort in a win against the Panthers.
Carter, who played with Moss in Minnesota from 1998-2001, joined a chorus of detractors (including some Panthers players) who suggest Moss gave up on the Patriots. However Moss' quarterback, Tom Brady, vehemently defended him on Monday morning.
Said Carter, now an ESPN analyst, on ESPN Radio, via PFT:
"For me, as someone who teaches wide receivers how to be wide receivers and how to run routes and what type of effort and stuff it would take, it was pathetic, and I was shocked. Because I know it's in him, but I thought he had matured to the point where I wasn't going to see it anymore."
Moss was sent home last Wednesday morning with three other players after arriving late to work in a snowstorm. He caught just one pass on Sunday.
Carter said Moss is the type of player who can make others better when he is playing his best, but can drag down his team if he's not working hard enough:
"Something happened to Randy -- something had an effect on him. When they sent those players home, did that have an effect on Randy? I'm not going to say that in particular because I'm not there in the locker room -- I don't know that. But something happened that affected Randy and his approach to the game and what he decided he was going to give out there."
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Does anyone have any information on the Left Occiput Transverse (LOT) position?
Basically, baby's head is in my pelvis, but she won't stay engaged. Sometimes she's *really* low, other times higher up. The back of her head is towards my left hip, shoulder/back area is in my lower left abdomen, and her butt is just below the right side of my ribcage. All kicks are low and on my right side, near my hip, but I do occasionally get kicked higher up when she stretches out.
A quick search on MDC had people saying it was no big deal, that it was a position that some 40% of babies were in before labor.. but searching on google led me to other forums and sites that had people pushing for 2+ hours and needing c/s for deep transverse arrest.
Baby has had an unstable lie.. few weeks ago she was flipping breech every other day. My DD1 (vaginal birth) was posterior. She came out just fine.. almost flew out. My DD2 was a c/s for frank breech (she flipped at 39 weeks, was transverse suddenly just prior) and an ECV failed. Her butt was very engaged...
Anyways, I'm VBACing. I'm dilated to a 2 right now. I had my membranes stripped earlier this week. Lots of bloody show. When my midwife did it she said that my cervix was at a 1 but popped open to a 3 as soon as she started. IMO, my cervix is just not dilating because the baby isn't putting the correct pressure on it.
What can I do *now*? I'm on a clock, I have a week left before my VBAC clock runs out. I plan on firing/being fired by my midwives after that.. I won't RCS because labor hasn't started! 41 weeks isn't even postdates... I cannot get to a chiro for adjustments/accu/moxi.. was thinking about homeopathic pulsatilla. Not sure.. what about positions? Will lots of belly dangling/crawling help? I know inversions are good. Anything else? This is frustrating beyond belief.
Positive stories?
Any midwives or doulas out there see LOT babies born just fine? I'm expecting a normal sized baby.. past two were 7lbs7oz at 42wks and 7lbs even at 39w6d.
Me (25) DW (26) DD1 (8) DD2 (6) DD 3 (3)
Two cats, two dogs, complete chaos.
And, I know it's easy for me to say but try not to stress too much about it. It's likely to resolve itself in labour, especially as this isn't your first baby.
Mother of two spectacular girls, born mid-2010 and late 2012
Thank you so much for your insight! The fact that I've had so much prodromal labor just worries me.. my cervix needs this baby's head!
So... baby repositioned herself! I believe she is occiput anterior (OA) now. Really. I did an inversion before I posted this thread. Crawled a little, did a little knee-chest for a minute or two, crawled a little more. Head was no longer engaged, so I laid back on the couch to see what she'd do (she was awake and active). Huge lump (butt) surfaced and moved. I felt her head turn in my pelvis, the tailbone pain was excruciating. Once she calmed down I checked and sure enough, there's a head VERY low in my pelvis. Heart tones are about 2.5" above my pubic bone, maybe less. I'm going to hang out and bounce on my yoga ball and see if she'll engage and stay there. I can only hope...
By morning it is likely she'll move back or pull some other shenanigan, but I am thankful that it only took a little coaxing on my part.
Me (25) DW (26) DD1 (8) DD2 (6) DD 3 (3)
Two cats, two dogs, complete chaos.
All the best, I'm hoping for a VBAC myself in a couple of months so I get the worrying and trying to optimize your chances.
Mother of two spectacular girls, born mid-2010 and late 2012
It is frustrating.. I must have a very roomy uterus.
Best of wishes with your VBAC!
Everyone else, info on LOT is still welcome, baby is likely to be back in that position by morning, unfortunately :( It will also be helpful for those searching for input in the future.
Me (25) DW (26) DD1 (8) DD2 (6) DD 3 (3)
Two cats, two dogs, complete chaos.
Fledgling midwife on hiatus, Wife to B, mama to C (c/s 12/04) and S (12/07), m/c (3/12) and expecting another bean 6/13 .
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VENICE – In 2001, America was attacked by a small group of terrorists -- some of whom lived among us in places like Venice and Nokomis. 11 years later, a piece of one the towers they took down is being used to help us never to forget.
Tuesday, hundreds marked the occasion at Patriots Park in Venice, where they paid tribute to those who died in the war on terrorism. Many came to see the beam which once held up the World Trade Center, which now bears the names of those who died, etched in stone around it.
Venice residents Tom and Lori Murphy were remembering their son Patrick Tuesday. "He got to work early that morning."
Patrick was in Tower One of the World Trade Center when the first plane hit it. "We think about him every day. Everyone goes on as much as we can, but we never forget. We are still angry when we think about how it happened."
Remembering there will now be easier for even new generations, with a 14-foot high I-beam from the same building Patrick perished in.
"It's a tremendous tribute of what the American spirit is all about," says Gene Sweeney of Salt of the Earth, U.S.A.
The memorial is placed in a city where some of the terrorists lived for a short time, ate in restaurants, used the library to communicate, and even learned to fly. "Venice was in the forefront at the time. Not by any fault of our own. This memorial symbolizes a lot but it is also healing."
The beam is surrounded by marble in a pentagon shape. It includes engravings of those who died that Tuesday, and also military members who gave all fighting the war on terrorism since.
And it really was a community effort to get this done. All the money was raised through organizations like Salt of the Earth, U.S.A., the Community Foundation, and local people who did much of the work at cost and volunteered their time and resources.
The project didn't cost taxpayers a single dime.


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There's a way to see if it's a good time to buy a ticket or to wait as prices tend to drop at the time of year I am booking.
"My gut is telling me it is a pyromaniac having a good time and likes watching the buildings burn," he says.
The New Year is a good time to try to look one, five, even 10 years into the future.
That kind of threat is only likely to make people rally around Putin, and now would not be a good time for that to happen.
And with political dynasties disintegrating the world over, they wonder: is this a good time to go into the family business?
They form one of the principal ingredients of a good time (see Paris).
You floss up to the tallest domino and give him a good time.
Besides, the winter months were not a good time to be upon the ocean.
All in good time: but I am sorry for this mistake about the lady.
Miss Wharton found her, and asked if she was having a good time.
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Time deducted from a prison term for good behavior: a period of solitary confinement and a loss of ''good time'' (1870+ Prison)