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MLAs will open their offices to all Nova Scotians
Contrarian friend Gus Reed, co-founder of the James McGregor Stewart Society, sums up the significance of a unanimous decision today by the House of Assembly Management Commission that will require that constituency offices for all Nova Scotia MLAs to be barrier free:
This simple regulation marks a sea change in approach for the provincial government:
- People with disabilities are acknowledged to have the same rights as others
- Written rules, rather than promises, are the solution
- All parties agree on the principle, the problem and the solution
- The initiative came from the community of Nova Scotians with disabilities
Let's hope that the lesson is not lost and that it sets a precedent. In order for Nova Scotians with disabilities to become full citizens, they need equal access to all parts of their world.
Amen. Congratulations to all involved (and a special salute for Kelly McKenna, the James McGregor Stewart Society intern who bird-dogged the issue all summer, insisting that MLAs get the job done).
Finally. Commission will pass MLA office accessibility rule Wednesday
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly Management Commission will meet Wednesday to clear up an injustice that should have been fixed decades ago. Its members will pass a new rule requiring MLAs' constituency offices to be free of barriers to wheelchair users.
The commission reached all-party agreement on the change a month ago, but inexplicable last-minute foot-dragging by senior NDP officials threatened to deep-six the deal. Lobbying by the James MacGregor Stewart Society, a disability rights group, embarrassed the government into action Friday.
The new rule will come into effect after the election, at which time newly elected MLAs will have one year to find a standards-compliant office. Re-elected MLAs with existing office leases will have three years to comply. All leases will be with the Speaker's office. The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal will ensure compliance with building code accessibility standards.
Had the election been called before the new rule was passed, the commission would have ceased to exist, and the large crop of freshman MLAs expected this fall could have rented inaccessible offices.
Responsibility for calling the commission meeting rests with Speaker Gordie Gosse, but it seems unlikely he was NDP honcho who wanted to scuttle the deal. A former steel worker, Gosse represents a working class constituency, and is widely regarded as sincere in his efforts on behalf of disadvantaged constituents. He also has personal experience with disability issues in his own family. Contrarian's calls to Gosse's office on the issue were returned by Jennifer Stewart, press secretary to the premier.
The Stewart society surveyed MLAs' offices last spring, and found most to be party or completely inaccessible. Which of the powerful, long-time social democrats in cabinet was keen to keep them that way remains a matter of speculation.
Will the government trample wheelchair users in its rush to an election?
Last spring, a disability rights organization surveyed the constituency offices of Nova Scotia MLAs and found hardly any were fully accessible to citizens who use wheelchairs.
In May, the James McGregor Stewart Society cajoled the House of Assembly Management Commission into meeting and considering ways to remove barriers from MLAs' offices. The campaign hinged on passing changes before the election, so newly elected MLAs could be required to find accessible space, while returning MLAs would have a modest grace period to comply.
I was skeptical. I expected the inconvenience of modifying or relocating constituency offices might trump the obvious injustice of preventing citizens from entering MLAs' workplaces, let alone working in them.
I was wrong. Commission members from all parties recognized that Nova Scotia lags behind other jurisdictions on this human rights issue. To their credit, they worked collaboratively to develop a practical plan for breaking down barriers that separate Nova Scotians who use wheelchairs and their elected representatives.
That plan is now in jeopardy due to an inexplicable delay in calling the commission meeting required to pass the regulation, something only Speaker Gordie Gosse has the power to do. Calls and emails to Gosse's office were eventually returned by Premier Darrell Dexter's press secretary.
"We have every intention of getting a meeting called as soon as we can," Jennifer Stewart said. "All three parties are agreed, and it has to happen."
The problem is that the Commission ceases to exist the moment Stewart's boss calls an election, an event some predict as early as this Saturday.* At that point, the Commission can no longer pass the agree-upon regulation, thus destroying the crucial proviso that MLAs elected for the first time in the forthcoming vote must find barrier-free offices.
That the matter has drawn the attention of "the centre"—the premier's office, from which all decisions in this highly centralized government flow—is a good sign. An opposition member of the commission told Contrarian he expects a meeting August 14, although he hasn't received official notice yet.
Meanwhile, the James McGregor Stewart** Society continues to entreat the Speaker to get the meeting called and the regulation passed. Surely Darrell Dexter will not want to begin an election campaign in a way that wrecks an all-party agreement to remedy this lamentable injustice.
* Find Contrarian's prediction of the probable date here.
** I did not think to ask Ms. Stewart if she is related to the redoubtable Pictou native, one of Canada's most accomplished lawyers, who had lifelong mobility issues arising from a childhood bout with polio.
A human right that's inconvenient for MLAs
A committee meeting at Province House this week has the potential to correct a logstanding injustice in the way Nova Scotia is governed.
At the behest of the James McGregor Stewart Society, a disability rights organization, the House of Assembly Management Commission will consider requiring constituency offices to be fully accessible before MLAs can claim reimbursement of office expenses.
You might expect this to go without saying in 2013, but it doesn't. Many MLAs' offices are only partly, if at all, accessible. They may have a level entry or a satisfactory wheelchair ramp, but lack a paved parking lot or an accessible washroom. They may have a wide enough door to admit a wheelchair, but no automatic door opener to let wheelchair users come and go unassisted.
People with unrestricted mobility sometimes miss the significance of that last distinction. Wheelchairs users value their autonomy as much as anyone else. They want to participate without having to ask for help.
The House Management Commission doesn't have to guess about what constitutes an accessible office. The standards are clearly set forth in Section C of the Nova Scotia Building Code, which all new commercial construction must meet.
It's not clear that any of the constituency offices now in use fully comply with this standard. This effectively bars Nova Scotia's 28,000 wheelchair users from full participation in the political process. It puts constituency office jobs beyond reach of applicants with disabilities.
MLAs know this is unacceptable. The gentle explanation for why it wasn't fixed a generation ago is inertia. In many parts of the province, it's hard to find good office space. Many MLAs enjoy a close relationship with their landlords, which they aren't anxious to disturb. No one likes the hassle of moving to new quarters.
That's why the summer of 2013 offers a unique opportunity to correct this injustice. The election that's expected this fall will produce an unusually large crop of new MLAs, all of whom will be seeking office space. The Commission could require any new constituency offices to comply with Section C in order to qualify for reimbursement. It could establish a firm timetable—certainly no more than the five-year term of a typical commercial lease—by which existing constituency offices must be brought into compliance. The first election after 2013 could serve as a final deadline for existing offices.
Leasehold improvements are a standard feature of office leases. The landlord carries out the work, builds the cost into the rent, and ends up with a more desirable, barrier-free property at the termination of the lease.
Fixing this problem will undoubtedly cause some inconvenience for MLAs. In a letter to the Commission, the society put that burden in perspective:
The challenges MLAs will face meeting this requirement are real, but they must be weighed against the perpetuation of second-class citizenship for 28,000 Nova Scotians. One is a matter of inconvenience; the other a human right.
Speaker Gordie Gosse chairs the Management Commission, whose members include MLAs Frank Corbett, Becky Kent, Pam Birdsall, Moe Smith, Michel Samson, Chris d'Entremont, Andrew Younger, and House of Assembly Chief Clerk Neil Ferguson. The Commission meets Thursday at 1 p.m. in the Red Chamber.
If it fails to act before the upcoming election, we'll have to find a strong word than "inertia."


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Macromill Gets Set To Disrupt MR By Embracing "APPification" Of ResearchWednesday, February 25, 2015, 11:55 am 1 Comment
Macromill has just emerged as the first large MR firm to embrace the app model of research as an embedded strategic initiative. What does this mean for the industry as a whole?
The MetrixLab/Macromill Merger Is A Massive Shakeup Of The Market Research IndustryTuesday, November 4, 2014, 6:20 am No Comments
Macromill, the largest online research provider in Japan, and MetrixLab, a global provider of marketing insights and analytics, today announced a merger of the two companies.
An interview with MetrixLab CEO Han De Groot on the RawData AcquisitionThursday, July 25, 2013, 10:07 am 4 Comments
Interview with Han De Groot, CEO of MetrixLab on their acquisition of Insight Innovation Competition Phase 3 runner-up RawData and the future of MR.


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To everyone who listened in on the livestream of Justin Timberlake's new album The 20/20 Experience, can we all agree that the general consensus is "Mmmmmm... it's ohhhh-kay, I guess. Didn't blow me away."? And of course, that's the problem with his newest album—there isn't any real risk-taking going on, which was certainly NOT the case when he recorded FutureSex/LoveSounds and its breakout first single "SexyBack." (I believe I remember saying when I first heard it, "Whaaaaat the faaaaaaawk??")
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We know how Ranveer Singh is going to be playing a major role in Zoya Akhtar's upcoming film Dil Dhadakne Do and now since Zoya knows how busy an actor Ranveer Singh is, she's decided that she will have him work only for her for a time span of four and a half months and even made him sign an agreement. So for four months after they begin shooting for Dil Dhadkne Do, Ranveer Singh won't be doing anything else, not even an ad or a performance at any event.
If everything goes as per the plan, the movie will begin its shooting this May, and the rumor is that we will get to see Ranveer Singh in a never seen avatar so far, as a really rich businessman. The movie as already reported will be taking place on a cruise and will be shot on exotic locales like Turkey, Spain, Italy, France and Tunisia.
Along with Ranveer Singh, Farhan Akhtar, Anushka Sharma and Priyanka Chopra will play major roles in the movie. Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit might also be roped in for some major roles, if what we've heard is true.}


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Pupendo Trailer (2003)
01 March 2003 Drama, Comedy 120 mins
Artist Bedřich Mára (Bolek Polivka) is unable to find much secure work due to his public antagonism toward the ruling Communist Party. He has a wife and two children. Life begins to change when art historian Alois Fábera (Jiři Pecha) begins working on a piece about Bedřich, leading to a job offer from a Party official. Things are looking up, until the wrong people hear portions of the historian's writing.
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August 4, 2005
New York, the first American city to track infectious disease, has now proposed a similar system to monitor diabetes, says the Las Vegas Sun.
Nationally, diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death and afflicts about 18.2 million Americans. In New York, it is the fourth leading cause of death and at least half a million people suffer from the disease. Many of them are at risk for blindness, kidney failure, amputations and heart problems because they are doing a poor job of controlling their illness, says the Sun.
The new plan, which will cost $1-$2 million annually, would require medical labs to report the results of A1c tests -- which indicate blood glucose levels over several months -- for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
- The program wouldn't initially get consent to collect data, but would allow patients to opt out later.
- The database would also be tightly controlled, off limits to anyone but department staff, the patients and their doctors.
- Over time, doctors could receive letters telling them whether their patients have been getting adequate care; people who skip checkups might get a note from their doctors, reminding them of the dangers of untreated diabetes.
City health officials maintain that the plan is necessary to monitor the quality of treatment; however, opponents say that the plan would violate patient privacy and argue that it is not the business of the government to know that a person's diabetes is not in control.
But since diabetes treatment costs the city and residents about $5 billion annually, and 1,891 people died of diabetes-related complications in 2003, supporters contend that they cannot afford to do nothing.
Source: David B. Caruso, "N.Y. Diabetes-Tracking Plan Draws Concern," Las Vegas Sun, July 25, 2005.
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The Effects of
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Harvoni is a new medication for hepatitis C. It's a single tablet taken once per day that contains two drugs: ledipasvir and sofosbuvir. When taken for 12 weeks, Harvoni cures most cases of hepatitis C.
Previous drug treatments for hepatitis C took longer and had lower cure rates. On average, treatment took two to four months with a cure rate of 50 to 80 percent. Harvoni cures 93 to 100 percent of patients in just 12 weeks.
Harvoni causes few side effects compared with previous drugs. But because Harvoni is so new, we're still learning about its side effects. These are the main side effects we know about today:
When taking Harvoni, you may be more tired than usual. Read More »
There's a chance that you may get headaches when taking Harvoni. Read More »
You may have trouble sleeping when taking Harvoni. Read More »
If you have reduced liver function, you should still be able to take Harvoni. Read More »
When you take Harvoni along with certain drugs, it can cause a slow heart rate. In some cases, this can be life-threatening. Read More »
Harvoni may make you feel weaker than usual. Read More »
When taking Harvoni, you may have mild digestive upset, such as nausea or diarrhea. Read More »
If you have severe kidney disease, you may have increased side effects from Harvoni. Read More »
Because Harvoni is new, it's not certain what effects it may have on a pregnancy. Read More »
You may feel irritable or depressed while taking Harvoni. Read More »
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Central Nervous System
One of the main side effects of Harvoni is tiredness. This tends to increase the longer you take the drug. Tiredness may be related to an interaction with other drugs that can slow your heart rate. If you feel tired while taking Harvoni, talk with your doctor about how you can increase your energy level.
Some people have headaches when they take Harvoni. This side effect generally gets worse the longer you take the drug. If you have headaches during your Harvoni treatment, ask your doctor about ways to increase your comfort.
For a small number of people, Harvoni causes insomnia (trouble sleeping). This side effect also may get worse the longer you take the drug. Your doctor can suggest ways to improve your sleep if you have problems while taking Harvoni.
Recently, warnings about mood changes like irritability or depression were added to the drug label. These effects may be linked to sofosbuvir, one of the drugs in the Harvoni tablet. Some patients have reported that taking sofosbuvir with other hepatitis C treatments caused them to feel irritable, depressed, or suicidal. These effects are more likely to occur if a patient has a history of depression or other mental illness.
If you have mood changes or become depressed while taking Harvoni, call your doctor right away.
Digestive System
Like many drugs, Harvoni can cause some stomach problems. A small number of patients have reported nausea and diarrhea while taking the drug. Like some other side effects, these tend to get a little worse the longer you take the drug. If you have these side effects, your doctor may suggest some over-the-counter treatments that can help.
If you have reduced liver function, you should still be able to take the normal dosage of Harvoni. Before taking Harvoni, be sure to share all of your medical records with your doctor, including information on your liver health.
Urinary System (Kidneys)
If you have mild kidney disease, you should be able to take Harvoni without any problems. Your doctor will likely prescribe the normal dosage for you. But if you have severe kidney disease, your body may not be able to process the drug well. This could lead to increased amounts of the drug in your body, and increased risk of side effects. Before taking Harvoni, talk with your doctor about whether this drug a good choice for you. And be sure to share all of your medical records with your doctor, including information on your kidney health.
Circulatory System
A more serious side effect of Harvoni is bradycardia (slow heart rate). This side effect usually happens when Harvoni is taken with another drug called amiodarone. Amiodarone is used to treat heart rhythm problems.
Bradycardia typically occurs up to two weeks after you start taking these drugs together. It can cause multiple symptoms because a slow heart rate can prevent your body from getting the oxygen it needs. These symptoms can include:
- feeling like you're going to faint, or actually fainting
- lightheadedness
- tiredness
- weakness
- shortness of breath
- chest pains
- confusion or memory problems
If you have symptoms of bradycardia (even if you're not taking amiodarone with Harvoni), call your doctor right away. This side effect can be life-threatening.
Reproductive System (Pregnancy)
If you're pregnant or planning to become pregnant, talk with your doctor before taking Harvoni. Harvoni is a pregnancy Category B medication. This means there haven't been enough studies done in pregnant women to confirm whether this drug is safe to use during pregnancy. Harvoni has been tested in pregnant lab animals (rats), but the results of those studies can't always be applied to humans.
You should take Harvoni only if the potential benefits outweigh the risks to your pregnancy. Talk with your doctor about your health and how this drug could affect your pregnancy. If you decide to have treatment while pregnant, you may be able to enroll in a pregnancy registry. These registries track the results of Harvoni treatment. This data can provide information that can help other women make decisions in the future.
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Entrepreneurs Should Do It AnywayWritten by Dave Lavinsky on Sunday, March 27, 2016
The other day, my wife came home from a meditation class with a sheet of paper. On it was a verse written by Mother Teresa. Supposedly, these same words were written on the wall of Mother Teresa's home for children in Calcutta, India. They were as follows:
- Do It Anyway
By Mother Teresa
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you.
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight.
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, others may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.
While I believe these words to be true for all people, I find them especially relevant for entrepreneurs.
As entrepreneurs, we have elected to take on a challenging life, and a business life that is clearly harder than that of the average worker. We must constantly take risks, and success is never guaranteed.
As a result, to succeed as an entrepreneur takes a special mindset and commitment. Thinking and acting like an ordinary individual will get you ordinary results. And ordinary results just don't cut it as an entrepreneur. Unless you act extraordinary, you can't possibly achieve the success you desire.
This being said, below are my entrepreneurial comments and thoughts to Mother Teresa's writings.
People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.
These people may be your customers, your employees, your investors and/or your family (who I will hereafter call your "constituents"). Forgive such actions when you come across them. And try to surround yourself with people who don't do them.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
Be kind to your constituents. If not, they will not follow you.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
Some of your current constituents will not want to see you succeed. Succeed anyway. And create a new group of constituents as needed (perhaps a peer group or Board of Advisors) of successful people you want to emulate and who DO want you to succeed.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you.
Be honest and frank anyway.
Be honest in all your dealings with your constituents. Entrepreneurs who cheat never win; it always catches up with them. If someone does cheat you, learn from it and don't let it happen again (yet still be frank and honest).
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight.
Build anyway.
As an entrepreneur, your job is to build, build, build. Build a great company. But while building, think about ways that others will NOT be able to "destroy" you. For example, a business model in which you have customers on a subscription plan (think mobile phone service providers) is very hard to destroy. Always think about ways in which you can "lock up" customers, employees and other constituents. How can you make it so that they'll never want to leave you?
If you find serenity and happiness, others may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
Yes, when you achieve success as an entrepreneur, many others will be jealous. And many will call you "lucky." Yes, you're "lucky" because you have the right attitude and mindset that allowed you to work hard and persevere. And you're "lucky" because you invested your time reading articles (like this one) and learning the skills you needed to become a successful entrepreneur.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Keep doing good to your constituents. Doing good once is not enough. Continue to astound your customers, employees and others so they follow you to the finish line.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.
Give the world the best you've got anyway.
To succeed as an entrepreneur, you need to give 100%, and keep giving it. Never surrender. Never back down. Rather, persevere and make it happen. And if the best you have isn't enough, then get others (advisors, peers, employees) who can give alongside you so collectively you ARE able to give enough.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them anyway.
Succeeding as an entrepreneur is more about you succeeding within yourself and less about you beating out a competitor. If you are thinking and acting the right way, you will naturally surpass your competition and achieve great success.
Right now is the time for you to "do it anyway" and become the successful entrepreneur you're capable of becoming!
Chopping water when you should be carrying wood?Written by Jay Turo on Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Don't chop water when you should be carrying wood.
- Old Zen Proverb (updated for the 21st Century)
Last week, I wrote about the connection between vision, strategy, and action in a business, and how great organizations find the balance between:
a) Making the right changes at the right time and
b) Having the discipline to "keep on keeping on" and just doing more of what is working.
Note well that b) is particularly hard to maintain when the tasks and activities that ARE working become repetitive and lack in excitement and drama.
So how does do executives find this balance - between being creative and just keeping their heads down and plowing forward?
Well, luckily in the past few years a large and impressive business literature has sprung up that codifies best practices of how to find this all-important balance.
It can best be summarized by the phrase "immersion plus spaced repetition" and goes like this:
1. Everything, of course, begins with ideas, with the best ones arising from a series of introspective strategic planning and goal-setting sessions that clarify objectives and the obstacles standing in the way of their accomplishment.
This immersive process - done at least annually but at the best companies quarterly - both defines what needs to be done and inspires all to take on the hard work of getting it done.
The value of inspiration cannot be underestimated – Thomas Edison famously said that "genius was 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration" but that 1% "spark" is uber-critical in propelling an organization through the various thresholds of change.
2. But, as anyone that attended an exciting or invigorating conference or strategic planning session can attest (and as I am sure Mr. Edison reflected on often during long nights at the lab), inspiration fades over time.
Even worse, when the inspiration is not followed through on, cynicism can set in and actually leave an organization worse off than if the planning sessions were never done in the first place!
So how to avoid this distressing fate?
3. Well, by keeping the ideas, goals, and objectives of the planning session alive through their regular review and adjustment.
Think of it this way - if a well-run strategic planning session is the essence of good leadership, then repetitive goals reviews are the essence of good management.
Great managers check in with their teams as often as daily - if only for 5 or 10 minutes - to review the day's objectives and to keep the shorter term work flow aligned with the longer term planning and mission objectives.
The old adage that the only way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time is never more true than when is comes to these spaced and repetitive management check-ins.
When done right, they measure, acknowledge, and reward incremental progress and prevent the desire for the perfect from getting in the way of the doable and the done.
Then, the organization reconvenes and reviews progress against stated goals, assesses what worked and what didn't, and then refines and updates the key goals and objectives.
And after this next round of strategic planning, what is done?
Well, the spaced and repetitive management check-ins begin anew.
Wood is chopped, water is carried.
Following this simple but disciplined formula, over time great ideas become great realities, businesses are built, and legacies and fortunes are made.
And for investors, far more than technology these "above the line" leadership, management, and company culture disciplines separate the well-run companies to back from the disorganized ones to avoid.
So what are you waiting for?
7 Habits of Highly Successful EntrepreneursWritten by Dave Lavinsky on Sunday, March 20, 2016
In writing his book, "Rich Habits - The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals," author Thomas C. Corley studied the daily habits of hundreds of wealthy and poor people.
He defined wealthy people as those earning at least $160,000 annually and owning assets of at least $3.2 million. Conversely, he defined poor people as having an annual income below $30,000 and less than $5,000 in assets.
Read below to see the stark differences between the two groups.
1) Maintain a to-do list
- 81% of wealthy does this
- 9% of poor does this
Answer for successful entrepreneurs: Maintain a To Do List
2) Wake up 3+ hours before work
- 44% of wealthy does this
- 3% of poor does this
Answer for successful entrepreneurs: Most entrepreneurs pretty much work all the time, and clearly work more than the general 9-5 work day. I prefer highly organized work to a ton of work. But either way, you need to put in the hours to succeed as an entrepreneur.
3) Listen to audio books during commute
- 63% of wealthy does this
- 5% of poor does this
Answer for successful entrepreneurs: Educate yourself during your commute. EVERY single one of the video training products I offer has an audio download component so you can listen to them during your commute. Yes, I did this on purpose.
4) Network 5+ hours or more each month
- 79% of wealthy does this
- 16% of poor does this
Answer for successful entrepreneurs: Network more. Networking is a great way to meet great people who can become: investors, mentors, advisors, customers, employees, partners, etc. If you need more of any of these things, then network more.
5) Read 30+ minutes or more each day
- 88% of wealthy does this
- 2% of poor does this
Answer for successful entrepreneurs: Read at least 30 minutes each day. Here I'm probably preaching to the choir, since you're reading this essay of mine - good job!
6) Live a healthy lifestyle
Eat less than 300 junk food calories per day
- 70% of wealthy does this
- 3% of poor does this
Exercise aerobically four days a week
- 76% of wealthy does this
- 23% of poor does this
Answer for successful entrepreneurs: Treat your body well. You need the physical and mental energy to succeed.
7) Use television smartly
Watch one hour or less of TV every day
- 67% of wealthy does this
- 23% of poor does this
Watch reality TV
- 6% of wealthy does this
- 78% of poor does this
Answer for successful entrepreneurs: Don't watch too much television and when you do, don't watch garbage.
The final, and most important habit for the world's wealthiest entrepreneurs is that they have built and sold their companies. Of Americans with a net worth of $5 million or more, an overwhelming 80% of them are entrepreneurs who have sold their businesses.
So, in summary (and feel free to print this out):
1. Maintain a To Do list
2. Wake up early/work hard
3. Listen to audio books during your commute
4. Network more
5. Read 30+ minutes each day
6. Maintain a healthy lifestyle
7. Don't watch too much (or garbage) television
8. Build a sellable business
When you think about it, none of this is really that hard. Yes, YOU can do it!
First Great Strategy, then Decisive ActionWritten by Jay Turo on Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Every business needs a vision - a clear definition of what its leadership seeks the business to become.
And every business needs a strategy - a road map of how the business will reach its vision.
Once the vision and strategy are clear (and yes, this is hard), the next step is action planning – the day-by-day mapping of how all of this good but sometimes theoretical "stuff" will actually get done.
This, involves determining which projects will be completed (and as importantly, which ones will NOT be done), by whom and when, and how many resources - work hours, money, and assets - will be required.
Now, this is lovely for the whiteboard but what a company's strategic plan more often than not looks like is this:
Unclear, Unshared Vision. With all the time most management teams spend talking to each other, it's surprising how often they have different pictures of what everyone is supposed to be doing and in what direction they are supposed to be heading.
It's the hard and repetitive job of leadership to repeatedly communicate the plan (i.e. the vision, the strategy, and the day-to-day road map of how to get there) until all are on the same page.
And then rinse and repeat.
Planning Once Per Year, Out Of Routine. So many of us, right around New Year, think about our personal goals for the year ahead.
Similarly, many businesses work on their yearly plan during the same month of every year.
And then they forget about it.
The best businesses, in contrast, create, refine, and live their business plans in real time, every day.
Yes, this is hard, now more than ever because of…
The Tyranny of the Urgent. A HUGE challenge to executives and businesses attaining greatness is how difficult it is, because of technology, to not let those "urgent, but NOT important" activities dominate our days.
More than ever, we must fight for the time and attention to do the great and important work, and block out those insidious distractions everywhere and always around us.
No Process or Methodology For Strategic Planning. A best practice is to focus on vision and strategy in one set of sessions, and then on the day-to-day action planning, accountabilities, and progress measurements in another.
In discussing vision and strategy, we are in creative mode, exploring any and all options and ideas.
In contrast, figuring out action plans and accountabilities are best suited for separate, more "Tough Love" and analytical-type meetings.
With appropriate time set aside for vision, strategy, and action planning, a business can experience the collective joy that comes from knowing exactly what it is striving toward and how it will get there.
Everyone at the business will feel more grounded, balanced, and centered.
Being so all will come to work with greater purpose and passion.
And, at the end of the year, we will all have far more to show for our efforts.
5 Things a Great Leader Would Never DoWritten by Dave Lavinsky on Sunday, March 13, 2016
Great leaders delegate. They get other people to do the work for them. They focus on vision and strategy, and getting their people to perform at their highest possible level. And when their people perform, the company executes on the strategy and achieves its vision.
While much about leadership has been written over the years, much of it has changed. Because many of the old rules and strategies, such as the "it's my way or the highway," strategy no longer apply. People are different today than they were even a decade ago. We have different needs and thinking, and nurturing your team to get them to perform is more complex.
In fact, when it comes to outsourced employees, leadership is even more complex. Because when you can't look your employee in the eye, it's hard to tell if they're bought into your strategies and goals, and if they will perform to your standards.
What makes this so more important is that any good HR strategy nowadays includes outsourcing. Because outsourcing certain roles allows your company to achieve great progress at a significantly lower expense, and without increasing your fixed costs which decreases flexibility.
This being said, the following are five things a great leader would never do when managing their outsourced employees.
1. Rely exclusively on email. Email is generally the easiest way to communicate with outsourced employees, particularly if they live in different time zones. However, email is rarely the most effective communications method, particularly when you want to motivate people. Rather, make sure that occasionally you also use telephone calls and video calls using services such as Skype. By seeing your employee, and having them see you, you can gauge and influence their levels of engagement and excitement.
2. Give vague directions. If someone's seen you do something several times, and then you ask them to do it, they might do a good job. But if someone's never seen you do something, particularly when they don't work in your office, they'll generally fail wildly. Unless, that is, you give them precise directions. When you outsource a task, be sure to document precisely what you want done and why. This will guide the employee and set expectations for them to meet.
3. Wait to see finished work. When you outsource a project to someone, don't wait until the end to judge their work. Rather, check in periodically. Ideally, break the work into pieces. For example, if an outsourced employee is responsible for creating a video, natural pieces or project stages might include: 1) writing the video script, 2) sketching or finding the images to be included in the video, 3) creating a video draft, 4) finalizing the video. If you wait to see the final video, you inevitably will be disappointed. Rather, check in after each stage and provide feedback. The end result will be infinitely better.
4. Fail to set deadlines. Employees, particularly outsourced employees who don't see you, need deadlines. If not, they'll generally take way too long to complete a task. When employees work in your office, they should have deadlines too; but, because you see these employees, if there is a deadline, you'll simply remember to tell them. You don't have this luxury with virtual employees, so make sure they know the deadline for each of their projects.
5. Fail to give time expectations. Even when you set a deadline, you still must set time expectations, particularly if you are paying your outsourced employee on an hourly basis. While two people can both complete a project in a week, for example, you're clearly paying a ton more if one worked ten hours per day and the other two. So, at the beginning of each project, have the employee give you an estimate of the work hours, and have them check in periodically to let you know if their estimate is on track or not.
When you outsource properly, you can dramatically grow your company at a fraction of the cost as your competitors. But, make sure you avoid these leadership mistakes; when you do, you can effectively manage your outsourced workforce to get the most benefit from this key HR strategy.
Can Your Business Survive on a Handshake?Written by Jay Turo on Wednesday, March 9, 2016
"Good businesses are ethical businesses. A business model that relies on trickery is doomed to fail."
- Charlie Munger, Wesco Financial Corporation Annual Meeting, 2009
I am blessed as part of my work to regularly moderate executive team strategic planning and group sessions for companies and organizations that have been around for a long time, including:
• One of the oldest continuously operated hospitals in the Western United States, founded in 1887 and whose Board Chair is one of the most famous investors in the world.
• One of the largest commercial collections agencies in California, boasting of more than 20% of Fortune 500 companies as their clients, and now entering its 85th year.
• A Michigan - based, automotive tool supply company that this year will celebrate its 70th anniversary and whose founders trace collaborations back to Walter Chrysler and other giants of the car business.
• One of the United Kingdom's largest multi retailer voucher and prepaid gift card companies (2015 revenues US$ 420 million+), that this year will celebrate its 50th year in business.
While these organizations compete in vastly different industries and cultures there is within them all a common "longevity core" that has allowed them to navigate, pivot, and win through various and multiple storms and dramatic shifts in their markets where the vast majority of their competition have not.
And always when I moderate these kinds of sessions, and ask executives to share the "Whys" of their companies, what they stood for when founded and how that meaning has evolved over time what comes often to mind is the theme of one of the greatest and most under-rated business books of all time – Arie de Geus' The Living Company.
In it, the author shares a lifetime of research and study as to why some companies and organizations "live…through the upheaval of change and competition over the long haul."
As de Geus' so eloquently writes:
The idea of a living company isn't just a semantic or academic issue. It has enormous practical, day-to-day implications for managers. It means that, in a world that changes massively, many times…you need to involve people in the continued development of the company. The amount that people care, trust, and engage themselves at work has not only a direct effect on the bottom line, but the most direct effect, of any factor, on your company's expected lifespan. The fact that many managers ignore this imperative is one of the great tragedies of our times.
This inspirational and almost idealistic point may seem contestable in our age so dominated by tech high-flyers (to say nothing of the tenor of the current political campaign!) that seem to have gained their prominence through such a powerful combination of IP prowess, network effect, and first-mover advantage that really any company culture and any collection of reasonably talented individuals could run them well.
For a short time, maybe yes.
But to sustain themselves over periods measured in decades, to transition leadership and management through generations require a robust, flexible, and truly "living" culture.
And that in turn requires something we don't talk enough about in business nearly enough – leadership.
The kind of leadership that once was the obvious expectation for persons granted the blessing and privilege of being at the head of an organization of any size.
The type of leadership that does not sacrifice the long-term for the sake of the short-term.
The type leadership whose goal is not "an exit," but rather a contribution - to shareholders, to employees, to customer, to community.
Leadership that knows that a handshake and one's word is a better and more appropriate form of agreement between gentlemen and gentlewomen than a contract can ever be.
And leadership that recognizes that to survive and prosper through multiple generations is both an amazing accomplishment, and a charge to keep.
The charge to not only match the good and hard work of those that have gone before us.
But given the opportunities afforded by our technological and global age, to far exceed them.
In growth and profits, absolutely.
But, in character, principle, and doing the right thing too.
A Five Step Approach to a Great Financial ForecastWritten by Jay Turo on Wednesday, March 2, 2016
What makes up and how does one develop a great financial forecast for a smaller, privately held company?
Should the forecast be "realistic" – i.e. feel "doable" and in line with past results or…
…should it be "aspirational," not hot air by any means but also representative of goals that makes managers feel more than a little anxious as to their ability to attain them?
What is the actual "projections-making" process? Is Microsoft Excel the only "tool" option?
How much industry, market, and competitive research should be done to benchmark our forecast against relevant comparables?
And perhaps most poignantly, if there is not a regulatory or shareholder requirement, why even do it?
Answers to these questions and great way to think about the process and purpose of financial projections can be had via what I call the "HMCBW" approach - examining the Historical data, the Market conditions, the Competition, the "Bottom-Up" assumptions, and finally and most importantly what management Wants.
It looks like this:
#5. Let History Be Our Guide. The first thing to do in assembling projections is to evaluate what was, and was not, financially accomplished by the business in the past.
While the previous period (most usually the previous year) is usually most indicative, there is also great wisdom to be had in looking back to more chronologically distant periods as well.
This is especially important in our now seemingly permanent "uneven" economic environment, driving the need to defend our assumptions in various (bullish to bearish) future market and competitive scenarios.
#4. How Big is My Market? Undertaking a formal and comprehensive study of a business' industry, market, and competition usually leads to one of two results - either the target market is much smaller and less lucrative than surmised or…
…it is defined so imprecisely and broadly as to uncover faulty strategic thinking / an unsound business model.
Either outcome, both painful, naturally lead to the kind of hard introspection and business model re-positioning upon which solid financial projections (and ultimate business success!) depend.
#3. How is the Competition Doing? We live in this most amazing time where our competitors - as part and parcel of their sales and marketing strategies - just post to the Net their business models for all to see.
Additionally, amazing tools like CapIQ, Hoovers, IBISWorld, LexusNexis, Statista, and Follow.net give us inexpensive access to often shockingly accurate financial data (even profits!) on even the smallest and most secretive of private companies.
Utilizing this data as benchmarks for our projections is incredibly powerful. We do not need to be wed to how our competitors do it, but we would be foolhardy to not study and learn from them.
#2. Bottom-up! The business analytics revolution - as represented by the dozens of SaaS business process applications and productivity tools (with their incredible reporting functionality) - allows for the assembly of Bottom-Up financial projections with an "actual data" specificity like never before.
This might look like building revenue projections based on the conversion ratios of web traffic to inquiries (phone, e-mail, text, etc.) to proposals, to sales, to retention, to ongoing revenue.
These bottom-up models, in addition to being powerfully predictive, are also highly insightful as to the performance of various aspects of an enterprise - its marketing, its salespeople, the quality and efficacy of its products and services, etc.
#1. What Does Management Want? The fuzziest - but also by far the most important factor when developing projections is just asking what management and ownership want to see happen.
What kind of revenue and profit projections will inspire and embolden? Will force to the forefront the need for breakthrough business model thinking and doing?
Answering these "inspirational" questions is fundamentally important in assembling projections that serve the objectives of managers and owners, and not the other way around.
Historicals. Market size. Comparables. Bottom Up. Want.
Follow this five step model in building your growth, revenue, and profit projections and watch the Manna from Heaven flow!
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5 Quick & Easy Ways to Improve Your WebsiteWritten by Dave Lavinsky on Sunday, February 28, 2016
Your website is a critical component of your marketing strategy. If set up properly, your website can be the source of tons of new customer leads. And even if they hear of you elsewhere, in many cases, customers will still visit your website to learn more about you.
So here are 5 quick and easy ways to make your website more effective.
#1: Establish a blog
Setting up a blog is the easiest way for you to continually add new content to your website.
And each piece of content you add is another opportunity for someone to do a search (on Google.com, etc.) and find your company.
Also, your blog posts can be used to show your subject matter credibility, and further prove to prospective customers that you are the best provider in the market.
#2: Promote your blog posts
In addition to adding new blog posts (ideally once per week, and at a minimum twice per month), make sure to promote your posts.
You can promote your posts by posting them on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites.
Your goal is to drive more traffic to your blog posts. Also, try to get visitors to comment and/or ask questions about your posts. And then, respond to their questions and comments.
Finally, remember that each question posed by your visitors may be a great topic for a future blog post.
#3: Create videos
Particularly if you don't like to write, create videos.
Videos that teach prospective customers how to do something are extremely valuable. And they can be used to "soft-sell" your product and/or services.
For example, let's say you offer carpet cleaning services. A short video teaching people how to tell if their carpet is in need of cleaning would be extremely valuable. And, people who watched it would be prone to purchase your service.
#4: Add sharing buttons
Particularly if the content on your blog is good, make sure it's easy for visitors to share it.
You can quickly and easily accomplish this by adding buttons that allow people to share your posts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, StumbleUpon, and other social media networks.
This is how blog posts go viral; by making it easy for others to share them.
#5: Make your website mobile and tablet friendly
More and more people are visiting websites from their mobile devices and tablets. But not all website look good on these sources.
Make sure your website does. If it doesn't, there are some inexpensive services that manage this for you. Such services can tell when a visitor is not coming from a desktop, and will automatically push them to a version of your website (which they create and host) that is more mobile/tablet friendly.
Each of these five tips can be implemented very quickly and easily. And they will result in more customers and sales. So make completing this a priority.
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Is Crowdfunding Better than Peer-to-Peer Lending?Written by Dave Lavinsky on Sunday, February 28, 2016
Both Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Lending are great new ways to raise money for your business. Below I explain the differences, and some of the advantages and disadvantages of each. I end by determining which is better.
Peer-to-Peer Lending
Peer-to-Peer (or P2P) Lending is one person lending money to another person at a pre-defined interest rate. It's basically debt capital without the bank or traditional "middle man."
The benefit of P2P Lending is that 1) the interest rates are typically lower, and 2) the likelihood of getting the loan is greater than the likelihood of getting a traditional bank loan.
There are several popular websites that connect borrowers and lenders directly. The biggest two are:
- Prosper.com
- LendingClub.com
The downside of P2P lending is that you need to repay the loan and that there are limits to how much you can raise (generally only $25K at a time).
Crowdfunding is raising money from the "crowd" or general population. In Crowdfunding, you don't need to repay the amount raised. Rather, you give rewards (usually the product you want to develop) or equity to those who fund you.
The most established rewards-based Crowdfunding websites are:
- Kickstarter is the largest Crowdfunding site. The downside of Kickstarter is that not every project is accepted and they charge a success fee of 8% in the event you get funding.
- Rockethub is primarily for funding creative projects. Their network is not as large as Kickstarter's, but is still pretty big. They accept more projects, and also have a success fee of 8%.
- GoFundMe is a large and growing Crowdfunding site. It is unique in that it doesn't charge a success fee if you get funded. GoFundMe does charge a $9 fixed monthly fee.
- IndieGoGo is another very large Crowdfunding platform. It has more creative (e.g., film, music) projects than some of the other sites.
On the equity side, Crowdfunding if still extremely new and still only limited to accredited investors (expect this to change shortly). Crowdfunder is one of the leaders in the equity based Crowdfunding market now. We will see how it grows and other sites pop-up as non-accredited investors enter the market in 2014.
So, Which is Better?
I prefer Crowdfunding over Peer to Peer Lending because of the potential to raise more money through a larger group of people, and not having to pay the money back. I also like that all the people who crowdfund you 1) are potential future customers, and 2) can spread the word about your business.
However, the two funding sources are NOT mutually exclusive, so definitely consider using BOTH Crowdfunding and Peer to Peer Lending, since both are great forms of funding.
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Wisdoms of The Pricing ManWritten by Jay Turo on Wednesday, February 17, 2016
"It is not the business that earns a profit adequate to its genuine costs of capital, to the risks of tomorrow and to the needs of tomorrow's worker and pensioner, that "rips off" society. It is the business that fails to do so."
- Peter Drucker, The Delusion of 'Profits,' Wall Street Journal, 1975
I was recently recommended a great book, Confessions of the Pricing Man How Price: Affects Everything by Hermann Simon, widely considered the leading expert on business pricing of all time.
Doubt this? Well, Mr. Simon is so renowned and respected as THE pricing guru that he has built a $300 million+, 32 offices (in 22 countries), 860 employee consulting firm focused exclusively on advising many of the biggest and most profitable companies in the world (including American Express, BMW, Coca-Cola, Goldman Sachs,Grainger, LinkedIN, Skype, among very many others) advice on pricing strategies that maximize profitability and the customer purchase and consumption experience.
This "Win-Win" duality - that yes we can charge a profitable price for our products and services and that our clients and customers can feel good about it, is a simple but incredibly profound wisdom that the vast majority of businesses just don't get.
And not doing so costs them dearly.
Because in this Internet Age of ours - with no matter what businesses we are in or what we sell - there are thousands of competitors offering similar, comparable wares, far too often we are all seduced by the siren song that if we just lowered our prices...
...sales would increase and with greater volume "eventually" we would figure out how to reduce costs to make up for the lost margin.
Unfortunately, as Mr. Simon explains in his book, lowering prices is almost never the right strategic choice, and referencing the Peter Drucker quote above, makes the profound point that as business owners maintaining sustainable is not only a business imperative, but a moral one too,
To achieve and maintain high prices, Simon advises that as sellers we must 1) shun from our minds forever the "Engineer's Fallacy" that if we just build a good product "they will come" - i.e. that marketing and branding do not really matter and 2) to truly "get" that the buyer's pricing experience is decidedly not a one-time event at the moment of purchase, but an "experience over time."
And as that experience is a high quality one where our product / service delivers on its promises and confers emotional, psychological and social benefits that are important to buyers, then the price charged - no matter how high - will be experienced as a fair one for almost all buyers.
Let's put this all into three quick ways to put these pricing insights to work right away:
#1. Buy and Read Simon's book. It will change forever for the better how you think and act about pricing in your business.
#2. No time for that? Then start thinking less about the features of your product and services (technical specs, input costs, delivery time, etc.) and far more about its benefits (safety, prestige, sex appeal, contributing to the greater good, etc.). "Benefits Thinking" like this will immediately get us focused more on marketing and branding and less on operational costs and considerations.
(For a brilliant illustration on the power of Benefits Thinking, watch this video of arguably the greatest business strategist of all time announce and explain the launch of one of the most famous and successful marketing campaigns of all time).
#3. No time for #1 or #2? Then just raise your prices! Reference my "Using the 20% Rule to Double Business Results" logic and challenge oneself to raise prices 20% this year, consequences be darned.
My strong bet, and Mr. Simon would most concur, that doing so will create a virtuous circle - happier customers at the moment of purchase and throughout their consumption experience, and more profits too.
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Polycystic kidney
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An inherited progressive disease characterized by formation of multiple cysts of varying size scattered diffusely throughout both kidneys and resulting in destruction of the kidney parenchyma, hypertension, bloody urine, and uremia. Also called polycystic disease of kidneys.
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Love those sparkly pants, so festive and fun! Wishing you a marvelous 2017, may all good things come your way.
Hey Lovelies,
Just two days left until 2017. Yay! I can't wait, I have a feeling it is going to be a good year.
2016 wasn't a bad year at all, highlights were being invited as a guest at two events – Startup fashion week media launch and Lock in your love for sick kids campaign. Both events were fun/ interesting and I made a few contacts.
For some reason I use to dread attending events like these and would just ignore the invitation but little did I know I was missing out on a lot of things . I plan on attending more events this 2017 and would love to collaborate with more Canadian organisations.
I wore this look a while ago and just sharing it now. This H&M pants have stood the test of time. It has been three years and counting and it is the perfect pants to ring in the new year. I don't wear it that often so it still looks like new. I paired it with a burnt orange vest and completed the look with a grey boots. I love how this look is not too dressy but stylish at the same time.
What will you wear on new year's eve?
Congratulations Veronica. L, and thank you all for entering!
I have sent you an email and hope to hear from you within 48 hours.
Outfit Details:
Vest: Reitmans
Pants: H&M
Boots: Sirens
watch: Daniel Wellington. Use code dashuayem15 for a 15% off your purchase
Love those sparkly pants, so festive and fun! Wishing you a marvelous 2017, may all good things come your way.
Awesome giveaway, dear! Good luck to all! xoxo
You can never go wrong with sequins for a festive look! Hope your holidays were wonderful! Happy new year to you and your family!
Nice pants, they are so sparkly!
oh my god i Need those fab Pants, happy new Year
Diana, those pants are awesome… I love the sparkle, it really is a perfect pair of pants for the New Years… I Hope you had fun and enjoyed ringing in the new Year… I wish you lots of love and joy xox
Very beautiful look and sweet color combination.
Happy new year.
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Wine Description
(2004 Vintage) It is the Vega Sicilia flagship. The qualities of the Tempranillo and cabernet sauvignon in different proportions are assembled to perfection in this wine. Each provides a differentiating factor that makes the wine great in every vintage. The vines are grown on plots where the land is located at the point between the slopes down from the wasteland and the alluvial plain. The soil nearest the surface is made out of fine colluvial deposits from the hillside with small fragment of limestone. There is abundant quartz gravel deeper down in a sandy main soil. There are many angular limestone boulders on the surface. Red wine made in controlled fermentation using native yeast in wooden tanks. Malolactic fermentation also takes place in wood.
Brick red and full of color this '94 delivers mineral and tobacco on the nose. A solid core of black fruit accompanied by blueberry and coffee deliver balance with the tannins. A long and slender finish with a dusty road for good measure!
Sex in a bottle- decant and wow- special occasions only
Robert Parker(2000 Vintage) Rating: 93/100 - As reviewed by Robert Parker on 08/15/2012


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Properties Database and Filtering
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Filter content by type "property"
Then click on edit to edit a specific property.
Currently, every property entry was loaded from the spreadsheet import. (more on future imports below).
You can override anything from the import and turn a property search result into a featured property – see below.
NOTE: What's displayed as a property name in the search results is not always the name of the property as identified within the spreadsheet.
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New Spreadsheet Imports
NOTE: The import runs up hits to Google Maps, and if we run it too often, they'll block us.
Create a new properties search interface that bypasses the click map with a UI that allows for instant filtering and results.
Return 3 types of property listings:
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- Listing Type B: The existing property pages
- Listing Type C: Data from the spreadsheet in a simplified, limited, but complete (as far as search) results set.
Website Data September 2016 (cube)
Square Footage Low/High
10/3/2016 Carla to Rick Greenbury
The purpose of the list is to create a multi-select search function on the website - instead of a map or other means to find a building (think: Zillow).
Fields to build the database of current owned/managed buildings for the website would include:
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- Address
- City
- State
- Zip
- County (if available)
- MSA (if available)
- Geocode coordinates lat/long (if available)
- Building name
- On / off campus
- Health sys affiliation
- Hospital affiliation
- Building size (sf)
- If there is a field indicating building is a disco - please include
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- State
- Property MSA
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- Hospital
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- On Off Campus
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By John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter
Phil Joanou's 1987 teen comedy Three O'Clock High, while not a remake of High Noon, signaled its heritage and its comic anxiety in the title: The solemnity of Fred Zinnemann's midday-showdown Western was transformed into something sounding like the name of a high school, with the ticking-clock deadline now timed to the final school bell — three more hours of desperation than Gary Cooper had to endure.
Richie Keen's Fist Fight, which isn't a remake of either film, makes a considerably blander promise to viewers: There's going to be a fight. With fists.
Related: 'Fist Fight' Director to Helm Action Comedy 'Partners'
If that's an attempt to manage expectations, fair enough. The movie is funnier and more colorful than its flat moniker suggests, and when that dreaded rumble finally arrives, it involves much more than fists. But the feature debut for TV vet Keen also represents a missed opportunity, given the talents of this charismatic and game cast. Moviegoers may respond well given the dearth of grown-up comedy on screens at the moment, but the pic will add little to the reputations of leads Ice Cube and Charlie Day.
Day plays mild-mannered English teacher Andy Campbell, who's trying to get through the last day of school without losing his job: His principal (Dean Norris, outperforming most of the comedic actors around him) is laying off much of the faculty, and to add to the stress, an annual "Senior Prank Day" has brought mayhem to campus. (Think drug-addled horses galloping through the halls.)
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Ice Cube is Mr. Strickland, a history teacher whose perpetually elevated anger level is never adequately explained. Sure, he eventually rants about budget cuts and disrespect for teachers, but really the cause seems to be that he's Ice Cube, and the movie needs Mr. Strickland to be scary.
After some classroom misbehavior triggers a tantrum in which Strickland takes a fire ax to a student's desk — sure, why not? — Campbell is forced to bear witness against him, getting Strickland fired. Strickland, who has already threatened to "go postal" on the administration, tells Campbell that he'll take his revenge on him instead. The two are to meet for a smackdown after school, or else Strickland will follow Campbell home (where his daughter and very pregnant wife are already worried about his ability to care for them).
Related: 'Fist Fight' Premiere: The Cast and Crew on the Film's 'Epic' Brawl and Return of Tracy Morgan
Perhaps in a nod to Three O'Clock High's active camerawork (by Barry Sonnenfeld, before he became a director), Keen and DP Eric Alan Edwards enjoy pushing in on Strickland and Campbell as threats are delivered in this and later scenes. But that's the extent of their use of technique to generate anxiety as Campbell tries to get out of the fight. Instead, the movie relies on a script full of often unbelievable complications. At their worst, these are utterly baffling — like the French teacher (Christina Hendricks) who makes threats so psychotic they outstrip Strickland's. Others are just filler, as when the school's security guard tells Campbell that, since the danger he faces is after school ends, there's nothing he can do. (With luck, after the release of The Big Sick, Kumail Nanjiani will never need to take another role this thankless.)
Some of the gags work, though, especially when co-stars Tracy Morgan and Jillian Bell are on hand. (Morgan's lines could use a punch-up, but he's a very welcome sight after being kept offscreen so long by his 2014 injury.) While he doesn't employ as much of the weirdness he brings to It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (a show Keen has occasionally directed), Day does eventually come to life as Campbell exhausts his options and realizes he will have to defend himself. The film's last act grows more enjoyable by the minute, observing as the teacher stands up not just to his tormentor but to everyone else who might want to demean him. (His daughter follows suit in a talent-show scene that brings down the house.) Whatever punishment he has to take after that 3 p.m. bell rings, at least Campbell is no longer accused of that ultimate big-screen sin: being a wuss.
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Since recording its first AIDS cases in 1983, Tanzania has reported nearly 90,000 more to the World Health Organization—more than any other country in Africa. As AIDS spread, the devastating syndrome came to be known simply as ugonjwa huo: "that disease."
The AIDS epidemic has forced Africans to reflect upon the meaning of traditional ideas and practices related to sexuality and fertility, and upon modernity and biomedicine. In A Plague of Paradoxes, anthropologist Philip Setel observes Tanzania's Chagga people and their attempts to cope with and understand AIDS—the latest in a series of crises over which they feel they have little, if any, control.
Timely and well-researched, A Plague of Paradoxes is an extended case study of the most serious epidemic of the twentieth century and the cultural circumstances out of which it emerged. It is a unique book that brings together anthropology, demography, and epidemiology to explain how a particular community in Africa experiences AIDS.
Setel (research associate at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne School of Medicine) observed Tanzania's Chagga people and their attempts to cope with and understand AIDS. Here he offers an extended case study of this epidemic and the cultural circumstances out of which it emerged. Drawing from anthropology, demography, and epidemiology, Setel explains how a particular African community experiences AIDS, and how it has been forced to reflect on its traditional ideas and practices concerning sexuality and fertility. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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Chris Hardwick: Mandroid Trailer (2012)
10 November 2012 Comedy 63 mins
Hipsters beware: there is no irony in Hardwick's affinity for Captain Picard, Comic-Con and the Atari 2600. Filmed at Skirball Center for Performing Arts in New York City, "Chris Hardwick: Mandroid" features candid comedy tales that cover virginity, chess club, shark vaginas, awkward childhood, awkward adulthood (which in this case is an extension of awkward childhood) and a myriad of other topics which may or may not include Quidditch. From unearthing his old MySpace page to the futility of attempting to delete his Facebook account, Hardwick displays his comical approach to all things trivial in the digital era, all while #hashtagging completely out of context.
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Because it's a slow news day over here at the OTR, I wanted to remind you that 'tis the season for cheap packages to Europe. Not least of which:
Gate1Travel has a $549 4 night air/hotel package to Paris.
GoToday has a 6-night London air/hotel package for $499.
Icelandair has roundtrips for around $450 to Iceland through mid-June, which is a huge bargain for that time of year.


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IPCC to investigate NCA over handling of child sex abuse intelligence by CEOP
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to investigate how staff at the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), which is now part of the National Crime Agency (NCA), handled intelligence provided by Canadian police in July 2012. The intelligence package that was provided included details of UK individuals relating to the purchase of videos containing images of naked and partially-naked children.
The NCA made a referral to the IPCC in September 2014 detailing a failure by CEOP to disseminate the intelligence to police forces until November 2013. The intelligence was provided to CEOP by Toronto Police under an operation called Project Spade.
Following the initial referral the IPCC asked the NCA for more information including whether the conduct of any individual staff should be referred, to assist our assessment. In December the NCA and Lincolnshire Police subsequently referred the actions of three officers, two NCA officers and one junior Lincolnshire officer who was on secondment with CEOP at the time, and the IPCC will now conduct an independent investigation.
The investigation will look at how CEOP received the intelligence from Canadian police and how it was dealt with. It will also consider why the referral to the IPCC took until September 2014 rather than at the time delays were identified.
IPCC Commissioner Carl Gumsley said:
"The public are rightly concerned about the safety of the most vulnerable members of society and issues concerning the protection of children.
"Independent IPCC investigators will be examining closely the actions taken by CEOP and NCA officers and staff over a sixteen month period to determine if they acted appropriately and promptly as well as looking at any possible organisational failings."
Notes to editors:
In July 2012 CEOP was an independent body affiliated to the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) and funded by the Home Office.
In October 2013 it was amalgamated into the newly created NCA.
The IPCC is separately investigating the actions of three police forces, Essex, North Yorkshire and North Wales in how they acted upon Project Spade intelligence sent to them by the NCA.


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We stock a huge range of premium and super-premium products at Smokin' Aces and we make every effort to ensure that our customers are able to try some incredible beers, spirits and cocktails at sensible prices.
We are always on the lookout for new and exciting products and our range changes on a weekly basis. For that reason, it would be completely impossible for us to provide a comprehensive price list. We do, however, have a whisky list (complete with a few Old Fashioned suggestions and boilermakers), which you can download in .pdf format below…
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] It is the year 1813 and two soldiers return home after having survived the grueling Napoleonic Wars. But on his return, some meteorites fall in the vicinity, carrying with them some beings who seek to destroy everything in its path. You can watch Tartarus online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in German at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2010.
Rating: 5 by 131 users./
Runtime: 106 minutes
Moritz Thate, Martin Kroissenbrunner, Ines Gruber, Leopold F.J. Keber, Stefanie Kammerhofer, Peter Kolb, Gunde Fürpass, Christine Vrijs, Gwendolin Barnard, Marian Cencic, Peter Gucher, Senad Halilbasic, Peter Kleinsasser, Patrik Knapp and Georg Marius.
Drama, Adventure, Terror.
106-minute film (full movie) directed by Stefan Müller.
The original audio of Tartarus has dialogues in or German, it was produced in Austria.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2010.
Screenplay written by Stefan Müller and Martin Kroissenbrunner.
Martin Schneider.
Leopold F.J. Keber, Martin Schneider and Stefan Müller.
This film was produced and / or financed by LOOM, City of Graz - Office of Cultural Affairs, Cine Styria and RuntimeError.
Composed by Matthias Erb.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie Tartarus has a duration of 106 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in English or German in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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One person was killed and three people wounded in an accident on Sunday at a nuclear power plant in Russellville, Arkansas, according to CNN.
Officials said a worker was killed when a generator broke as it was being transported from the turbine building at Entergy Corporation's Unit 1 plant, reported Reuters. A local coroner told CNN the victim was 24-year-old Wade Walters of Russellville.
"There was no nuclear release of any kind," Reuters cited Arkansas Health Department spokesman Ed Barham as saying.
"We can understand the concern of all Arkansans about the situation at Arkansas Nuclear One," the health department's emergencies director, Dr. William Mason, said in a statement cited by CNN.
"We are closely monitoring what's happening there and will make recommendations for additional action if the need arises," the department said, recommending that "residents to take this time to review their Emergency Instructions Booklet" and other emergency resources.
Those injured have been hospitalized.
Unit 1 was taken offline to refuel, said Reuters, while Unit 2 was automatically shut down following the incident, an Entergy statement said.


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Mira Costa wrestlers advance to CIF Inland Division championships
Six-time Bay League wrestling dual meet champion West Torrance continued to show its dominance in the Bay League Championships held Saturday at El Camino College, but Mira Costa matched its rival in the number of grapplers advancing in CIF competition.
Mira Costa wrestlers reached the finals in 13 of 14 weight divisions and will send all 14 to the CIF Inland Division championships to be held Friday and Saturday at Temecula Valley High School.
The top five qualifiers from in each weight class from the divisional championships advance to the Masters Meet on Friday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, Mar. 1 at Citizen's Business Bank Arena in Ontario.
While West captured eight individual league titles, senior Jake Shapiro (152), sophomore Zack Schraeder (182) and sophomore Niilo Niemi (220) earned championships for Mira Costa.
Peninsula's Garrett Ahn (126), Ben Granger (140) and Triston Martinez (170) were champions in the other three weight classes.
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Mario Lopez carries around Audrina Patridge on the latest issue of TV Guide. The couple are pushing the hot bodies issue that is geared to get people reading TV Guide to get off the couch and go exercise. Seriously guys? If people are too lazy to get the internet or use the online cable guide to see what is on TV do you think working out is on the top of their to do list this summer?? At least there is a sexy bikini picture of Audrina inside the issue.<
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Easy to get to, ample parking Staff very helpful and cheerful Server was excellent Food was brilliant 8 of us and there was nothing left in the plates all cooked to perfection I would deffo come here again
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Easy to get to, ample parking Staff very helpful and cheerful Server was excellent Food was brilliant 8 of us and there was nothing left in the plates all cooked to perfection I would deffo come here again
Wait staff are very kind and helpful and their soup, hot sandwiches, ribs, salads and burgers are excellent, but it is a very active, lively pub and tends to be noisy. Still, the booths are very comfy and easy to sink into between flights🗻
Great service, good food, perfect sit down area. We had plenty of time so a nice sit down meal was perfect for us, PLEASE TELL THE WAIT STAFF HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE. The staff at this restaurant are very accommodating when they know your...More
Stopped in for a quick dinner and tried the BBQ flatbread pizza and it was very good. Most I have had put was too much BBQ sauce on it but not this one it was very good.
When we sat down at the TGIFs at the MSP airport, it wasn't terribly busy. Our waitress was inattentive and not very friendly. We each ordered a mixed greens salad with kale. I could actually count the number of small kale leaves - three. The...More
You don't typically expect great food and an awesome experience when you eat in an airport. But I was totally surprised when I had time for dinner recently in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport (code: MSP). I walked around looking at the various places, but I...More
Flying through on my way to someplace else; had 1 1/2 hour layover. It was close to noon and it was on the way from one side of the airport to the other. I generally avoid chains at all cost, but it was convenient so...More
I loved their burgers, but their salads are tasteless and should not be served. the combination of cold and hot items in one plate was shocking, waiter was slow to get me the check and I had a plane to catch.
Service and food were good. Prices high but it's an airport. Unfortunately it's to be expected. We shared the chicken strips with fries. They were kind to split the servings onto two plates without an extra charge.
Had a burger and coleslaw. There are also gluten free options here as well. The burger was great. Meal was kind of small but good for late lunch. Also ordered a new drink on their menu which was also pretty good. Prices are average. Would...More