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The Care and Feeding of a UX Services Team
Published: June 18, 2012
"Quality means doing it right, when no one else is looking."—Henry Ford
This edition of Selling UX is about leadership in our profession. Over the past few months, I have had many conversations about what it means to build and lead a user experience team. While these conversations included a lot of general management themes, there are some specific differences in not only leading a UX team, but in leading a team that exists as part of a larger services organization. I would like to share my experiences with this aspect of UX leadership so others facing similar situations may benefit from my experience, as well as to raise a topic that people don't often discuss.
Building a quality UX team in any setting is a tough challenge. Trying to build a quality UX team in a services organization presents unique challenges, because a ready pool of qualified applicants simply does not exist. Thankfully, our profession is in demand. The unfortunate side effect is that we can't easily find the right people to grow our team, even in this challenging economy.
I find myself talking to a lot of people—including internal and external recruiters, people I know professionally, and people I know socially—about the ideal UX person. The one common response from all of them: "That's tough. Good luck finding one." I realized that this challenge is as much about the space I work in as my own quality standard as a manager.
Anyone who is responsible for hiring and managing a team of professionals knows the challenges of finding that perfect person. The old adage is constantly in my thoughts: "A players hire A players, while B players hire C players." Having a team of A players challenges you to step up your own game and be that true A leader that you want to be. Unfortunately, these days, there are a lot of people looking for work—although in user experience that does not seem to be quite the case. However, the large number of people who are looking seems to make it that much more difficult to find the right person to meet your needs.
When you strive to be a great leader, you must think about the type of people you would like to lead. I look for four qualities in a UX person working in services:
- A willingness to travel up to 75% of the time
- Having a true consultative nature. This means being comfortable talking to an hourly call center employee, then walking into a meeting with the CIO right afterward without skipping a beat.
- Deep technical knowledge. In services, you are pretty useless as a UX person unless you not only know how to design a beautiful user experience, but actually know what it takes to build it.
- A solid UX background. This can come from formal training or a lot of experience in the design world.
I made a solid UX background the fourth criterion not because it is less important, but really because I expect anyone walking in the door for an interview to have this. I hire UX people after all. To be honest, all four of these qualities are absolutely critical to the success of any UX services consultant.
What UX Hiring Has Taught Me About the Value of Relationships
Finding all four of these qualities in candidates has proven to be quite the challenge in the field of user experience. We simply do not have enough UX people who possess all of these attributes. I've had spots on my team remain empty for long periods of time while I tried to find the right person to fill them. There is a positive outcome from this though. I have learned that it is better to keep a spot open and believe in your leadership vision, than to bow to pressure from others to fill those spots with people who do not meet your criteria.
Why is this? Because the consulting business is very relationship driven. My success in this area stems in no small part from the fact that a client can call me up and be assured that whoever I send from my team is going to do a quality job for them. The first time I fail to deliver on that promise, I will have effectively damaged a relationship and failed to radiate within that client. Deliver poorly on a first project, and any further projects the client is doing will not include you.
This experience has taught me that, as you build your UX team, you need to stay true to your vision and believe in your people—even if they don't work for you yet.
A Consultant's Time Truly Is Money
One of the unique challenges facing any services consulting organization is the fact that there is little time to invest in a new person before your organization expects a return on that investment. Everyone working in this type of organization is a billable resource. And the clock starts ticking on a new person's first day. Even the most enlightened organizations that do take the time to train their people properly soon expect people to be out there, engaged with clients, and racking up billable hours.
This puts extra pressure on anyone who is in charge of such an organization to find the right people and ensure that those people are providing value internally to the organization, as well as providing value that a customer does not mind paying for. Being strict about those four qualities you want to have in a UX person is critical to overcoming this challenge. If I don't believe in the value and the quality of my people, how can I convince a customer to?
Our Customers Are Numerous
A wrinkle that usually crops up when trying to grow a services UX team is the fact that we have numerous customers—both internal and external—who shape the demands that get put on the team. When working within a larger services organization, the book of business that helps you to grow your team is often not your own. This means that you don't have as much control over where and when you'll need to place your people.
When running a global team, geography and language skills are just as important as the four quality attributes I described earlier. The trade-off comes when you need to find local resources in areas where the profession of user experience is not as robust. While there are UX people in almost all markets, quality UX people are often difficult to find. I am often asked to consider geography and language to be a fifth quality attribute. If you face these types of pressures to add ancillary quality attributes to your requirements, resist. They cloud your ability to find the right people, and while you may not own the book of business, you do own the responsibility for managing your people properly. Remember, ultimately, it is your hire, and you need to be able to feel good about the people you bring in.
Once You Get Them, How Do You Keep Them?
The challenges don't stop once you find these magical people. In fact, the challenges have just begun. Working in services can be draining for some people. The travel, the long hours away from home, being in the field, and feeling that you are in a solely tactical rather than a strategic position is not for everyone. The job of the leader of a UX services team also includes ensuring that your team is happy and challenged, both emotionally and professionally. In services consulting, you might be helping a customer envision long-term strategic design plans one day and writing a CSS to make an application look pretty the next.
While variety is good, you want to be sure that you are providing the right blend of UX assignments to your team members. Otherwise, those people you looked high and low for can easily disappear.
Next Steps…
I readily admit that I don't have all the answers. I face this challenge on a daily basis as my team grows. I've found opportunities for engaging in a meaningful dialogue on how to apply this approach to hiring in the UX services field just as hard to come by as great UX resources. As I continue this journey of discovery, I will periodically share updates with you in this column. Hopefully, next time, I'll be able to share solutions for the challenges that I've identified in this installment.
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Report: More companies seek flexible IT staff
The IT worker of yore is gradually morphing into a consultant, according to a recent report from career expert Dice. Cloud computing and other technologies designed to improve IT efficiency are changing the essence of the IT professional into a more flexible worker, reports Samuel Greengard at Baseline magazine.
The uncertain economy is driving more companies to turn more often to flexible IT talent, Dice found. Consulting firms added more than 70,000 new jobs last year and another 16,000 in the first quarter of this year. IT consultants earn approximately $20,000 more than full-time IT employees.
For IT professionals, working as a consultant can provide the additional benefit of access to newer technologies, and it can prevent the tedium of always working for the same organization. Access to a variety of clients also provides insight into more businesses.
Dice also found that increasingly, IT projects are conducted by virtual teams and for more than one customer at once. The same was found true for software development. Developers with skills in highest demand are earning approximately twice as much as general IT workers.
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Reverberations from drug raid felt in US, Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras Bullets flew as U.S. helicopters swooped toward a river boat. Honduran national police rappelled to the ground and locals scattered after loading close to 1,000 pounds of cocaine. Now reverberations from a drug raid that locals say killed four innocent people are being felt from the sultry jungles of Central America to Capitol Hill.
Last week's DEA-supported predawn raid on the banks of a remote Honduran river began when U.S. drug agents and Honduran national police tracked an airplane loaded with cocaine as it entered the country from South America, Honduras National Police Chief Ricardo Ramirez del Cid said in an interview Thursday.
Ramirez said his officers were in four helicopters when they came under fire from the boat. They fired back and then descended on ropes to the river after the shooting stopped. By the time they got there, they only found a boat full of cocaine. He said they didn't know if anyone died. There were no people, dead, alive or injured.
Numerous local officials, including Mayor Lucio Vaquedano of the coastal town of Ahuas, said four people, including two pregnant women, were killed. He insisted they were diving for lobster and shellfish when were killed and that they were not involved with drug trafficking.
Congressman Howard Berman said Thursday that if the reports that innocent people were killed are true, the U.S. should review this part of its assistance to Honduras.
"I have consistently expressed deep concerns regarding the danger of pouring U.S. security assistance into a situation where Honduran security forces are involved in serious human rights violations," said the California Democrat. "The problems are getting worse, not better, making such a review all the more urgent."
There were many versions of what happened in the early morning May 11 and by the end of the day Thursday, the DEA wouldn't confirm many details.
The DEA never fired during the operation, acting only in an advisory role, both the U.S. and Hondurans said. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said she didn't know if the DEA told the Hondurans to fire back.
"As I understand it, the Honduran authorities are doing a broad investigation of this incident to evaluate what exactly happened and how it happened," she said in a briefing Thursday. "I think we need to let that go forward."
The U.S. has assisted with drug operations in Honduras since the 1970s, but activity has increased in the last few years, officials and statistics indicate. As the Mexican government has cracked down on drug cartels, transport of cocaine has shifted to areas like Honduras' Miskito Coast, a remote jungle along the Caribbean that is isolated, hardly policed and populated with poor people willing to load and unload illicit cargo to make money.
The State Department says 79 percent of all cocaine smuggling flights leaving South America first land in Honduras.
Ramirez gave one version of the operation, saying U.S. and Honduran agents were monitoring the ground from four helicopters in a region known as Gracias a Dios, about 300 miles (500 kilometers) from the capital of Tegucigalpa along the coastal border with Nicaragua. It is known as the Mosquitia for the indigenous Miskito that have lived in the region for centuries.
Honduran forces have conducted numerous operations in the area and have a policy of not attacking when the plan lands, because it is quickly surrounded by families who unload the drugs, Ramirez said.
"They're not drug traffickers," he said. "They're just local residents who do the work because they get paid."
Honduran President Porfirio Lobo said Thursday that it's a huge problem along the country's Caribbean coast.


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Women of the World: Unite With Pope Francis
No one in the world has more love, regard, respect, and gratitude for women than the Roman Catholic Church. And that's unmistakable watching Pope Francis.
"The Virgin Mary is more important than any bishop and any apostle," Pope Francis said — not for the first time — during an interview published this month in Italian.
As with much of what he says and teaches, this is not new, but when the first pope from the Americas — a media-friendly priest who has become an international sensation — says it, it has a newfound shot at being heard.
It's become a bit of a parlor game to guess when it might be that Pope Francis shatters the glass ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, appointing women to all manner of hierarchical office. Holding your breath for the ordination of women not only will cut off your oxygen supply longer than you can handle, but it will also blind you to the rally he's driving. Papa Francesco (when in Rome) keeps urging women of the world to unite in confidence behind the truth that the Church needs, loves, and indeed is led by feminine genius.
"Feminine genius" is a phrase first popularized by Pope John Paul II. In a letter overflowing with thanksgiving, issued around the time of the United Nations conference on women in Beijing in 1995, JPII wrote: "Thank you, every woman, for the simple fact of being a woman!" Women, he wrote, "enrich the world's understanding and help to make human relations more honest and authentic."
In a speech earlier this year, Pope Francis focused on the practical struggle of so many modern women's lives:
[H]ow can one increase an effective presence in so many areas of the public sphere, in the world of work and in the places where the most important decisions are taken, and at the same time maintain a presence and preferential and wholly special attention to the family? And this is the field for discernment which, in addition to the reflection on the reality of women in society, requires assiduous and persevering prayer.
He urged nothing less than a "dialogue with God" about it, "illumined by his Word and watered by the grace of the sacraments, that the Christian woman seeks ever anew to respond to the Lord's call, in her practical circumstances."
"The human vocation cannot be fulfilled," he said, without women's "gifts of refinement." Here, like on so many other fronts, he is nourishing a complementarity. Men and women not made to be a Mars and Venus at war, but co-workers with gifts unique to each.
Since his first days in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis has been pleading with the world to encounter the merciful love of the Creator of the Universe. And he both celebrates and beckons for women's leadership here — as he makes a monthly call to an 80-year-old widow who lost a child, as he tells us about missing his sister, as he asks that Blessed Mother to keep him near her Son as he shepherds a world where the tortuous knots of fear and anxiety, depression, and abandonment rip holes in hearts that only God's love can fill.
We can renew our lives and our culture if we celebrate the "holy patience," to use another Pope Francis phrase from a recent weekday morning homily, of a young woman from Nazareth who had faith: Mary, the first disciple of Christ, who followed God's will in freedom and leads us in a necessary counter-cultural revolution where a woman's love aids mankind from falling.
On Divine Mercy Sunday next month, Popes John Paul II and John XXIII will be canonized by Pope Francis. The symbolism is unmistakable. After decades of some false divisions in the Church — and the ravages of tyranny in the world — two peacemakers will be highlighted as models of holiness. In a unifying celebration, centered around the sacrament of the Mass, Christian identity as a people of the Beatitudes will be renewed. Blessed are the peacemakers! And how do we sow peace? By encountering Divine Mercy, knowing we are sinners in need of the healing mercy of God. And we miss a key element of the story if we do not notice the Divine Mercy devotion was entrusted to a Polish nun, St. Faustina, to share with the world.
Catholic women don't need to be priests, for we have Christ. Mary bore the Incarnation in her womb. This is the power that can "save the peace of the world," as read a letter Pope Benedict XVI, now pope emeritus, handed me in the twilight days of his pontificate. His resignation ushered in a divinely inspired reboot. We ought not miss this message in all the frenzy of the media swirling around Francis: Women of the entire universe, whether Christian or non-believing, thanks be to God for you. Know the gift that you are to the world. We all need you to!
Kathryn Jean Lopez is editor-at-large of National Review Online and a nationally syndicated columnist. She is a director of Catholic Voices USA and blogs on Catholic things at K-Lo@Large.
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A U.S. Marine with Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) guides a crance driver carrying a rotor of an MV-22 Osprey on the flight deck of the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), at sea, May 4, 2013. The 26th MEU is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. The 26th MEU operates continuously across the globe, providing the president and unified combatant commanders with a forward-deployed, sea-based quick reaction force. The MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response and limited contingency operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Gunnery Sgt. Michael Kropiewnicki/26th MEU Combat Camera/Released)
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MIAMI — A Florida jury has slammed the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. with $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer in 1996.
The case is one of thousands filed in Florida after the state Supreme Court in 2006 tossed out a $145 billion class action verdict. That ruling also said smokers and their families need only prove addiction and that smoking caused their illnesses or deaths.
Last year, Florida's highest court reapproved that decision, which made it easier for sick smokers or their survivors to pursue lawsuits against tobacco companies without having to prove to the court again that Big Tobacco knowingly sold dangerous products and hid the hazards of cigarette smoking.
The damages a Pensacola jury awarded Friday to Cynthia Robinson after a four-week trial come in addition to $16.8 million in compensatory damages.
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Robinson individually sued Reynolds, the country's No. 2 cigarette maker, in 2008 on behalf of her late husband, Michael Johnson Sr. Her attorneys said the punitive damages are the largest of any individual case stemming from the original class action lawsuit.
"The jury wanted to send a statement that tobacco cannot continue to lie to the American people and the American government about the addictiveness of and the deadly chemicals in their cigarettes," said one of the woman's attorneys, Christopher Chestnut.
Reynolds' vice president and assistant general counsel, Jeffery Raborn, called the damages in Robinson's case "grossly excessive and impermissible under state and constitutional law."
"This verdict goes far beyond the realm of reasonableness and fairness, and is completely inconsistent with the evidence presented," Raborn said in a statement. "We plan to file post-trial motions with the trial court promptly, and are confident that the court will follow the law and not allow this runaway verdict to stand."
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court turned away cigarette manufacturers' appeals of more than $70 million in court judgments to Florida smokers. Reynolds, Philip Morris USA and Lorillard Tobacco Co. had wanted the court to review cases in which smokers won large damage awards without having to prove that the companies sold a defective and dangerous product or hid the risks of smoking.
The Supreme Court refused to hear another of the companies' appeals last year, wanting the court to consider overturning a $2.5 million Tampa jury verdict in the death of a smoker.
Some large jury verdicts awarding tens of millions of dollars in damages to relatives of smokers have been upheld by appeals courts.
Philip Morris is the country's biggest tobacco company and owned by Richmond, Va.-based Altria Group. Reynolds is owned by Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Reynolds American.


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Emily Maynard Finally Says "I Do" In A Secret Wedding
June 08, 2014 11:53 AM by Megan Thompson
Former Bachelorette star, Emily Maynard, finally got her dream wedding this past Saturday night. The blonde bombshell married Tyler Johnson in a romantic ceremony in South Carolina.
Fans first fell in love with Emily Maynard when she appeared on The Bachelor. The single mom won the heart of Brad Womack and he proposed to her in South Africa. "You're my once in a lifetime," Brad told Emily in the Bachelor season finale. But it wasn't happily ever after for these two and the relationship ended shortly after the show aired.
So what is a single girl to do? Be The Bachelorette of course! After dating 25 men, Emily thought she found Mr. Right with Jef Holm. The couple's relationship fizzled out just months after the season finale of the show.
But finally, Emily Maynard walked down the aisle with Tyler Johnson. And Facebook and Twitter are abuzz with congratulations for the new bride. What friends and family thought was an engagement party, actually turned out to be the wedding. Surprise! The wedding took place on Tyler's parents' farm and Emily's daughter (Ricky) was her maid of honor.
Emily exclusively shared with People why she chose her daughter to be maid of honor. "It's just as much her day as it is mine because it's a big change for her. She just adores Tyler and he is so good with her," Emily shared with the magazine.
After four engagements, Emily Maynard is finally a married woman! Congratulations Emily and Tyler!
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MyPatients provides referring primary care providers with secure access to their patients' information.
Boston Children's has launched the world's 1st program dedicated to offering hand transplants to children who qualify.
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Read the latest blog by a Boston Children's doctor, clinician or staff member.
There are many ways you can help children and their families get the care they need.
Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) involves a brief but intense attack of inflammation (swelling) in the brain and spinal cord that damages the brain's myelin. Myelin is the protective covering of nerve fibers. Myelin is also called white matter due to its color. Because ADEM affects myelin, it is a type of a "demyelinating" disorder.
Boston Children's Hospital treats ADEM at the Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders Program. Our program includes a pediatric neuropsychologist, a nurse and a social worker.
The future of pediatrics will be forged by thinking differently, breaking paradigms and joining together in a shared vision of tackling the toughest challenges before us."


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SDSU rewards Hoke with more money, longer contract
Uncertain situation at Michigan still looms in background
SDSU's planned football upgrades
- Coach Brady Hoke's guaranteed salary may increase to around $850,000 or more, up from $700,000, but he could earn over $1 million with incentives. Athletic Director Jim Sterk said $1 million was the major college football average. Details are still being worked out. In 2005, SDSU head coach Tom Craft made about $400,000.
- Two years have been added to Hoke's contract through 2015.
- The buyout to end Hoke's contract -- if another school hired him -- will stay at $1.5 million through next year, Sterk said. His current contract had been scheduled to go down to $1 million after Dec. 15.
- Assistant coaches will get salary increases. Offensive coordinator Al Borges and defensive coordinator Rocky Long last year made $205,000. Other assistants made around $118,000.
- Facility improvements. A renovation to SDSU's practice field is planned, plus "hydrotherapy improvements" in medical training. "There is a list of things we talked about," Hoke said. That includes new computers. "As you know, newer computers go a lot faster," he said.
Hoke's head coaching record
San Diego State
- 2010: 8-4
- 2009: 4-8
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- 2008: 12-1
- 2007: 7-6
- 2006: 5-7
- 2005: 4-7
- 2004: 2-9
- 2003: 4-8
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San Diego State has agreed to give football coach Brady Hoke a pay increase, possibly up to $1 million annually, plus many other upgrades, including facility renovations, salary increases for his assistant coaches and two more years on his contract through 2015.
It's all part of the Aztecs "football excellence plan," announced Monday, much of which was made possible by a potential $5 million "challenge gift" from donor Ron Fowler and family. The first $1 million of that donation is scheduled to arrive by early next year, with more coming in later years depending on whether other donors match Fowler's pledges.
Hoke said he was "humbled" by it.
"This is a great day for us as a staff," Hoke said.
Even so, questions continued to loom about a possible opening at the University of Michigan within the next month. Hoke coached there as an assistant coach from 1995 to 2002. Michigan Athletic Director Dave Brandon said he will wait until after the Gator Bowl on Jan. 1 to decide the fate of coach Rich Rodriguez. After Jan. 1, it would also be cheaper to fire Rodriguez, whose contract buyout then decreases from $4 million to $2.5 million.
If Michigan called, would Hoke listen?
"They don't have an opening," Hoke said.
What if they do soon?
"We wouldn't have signed a contract today," Hoke said, implying his new deal shows his commitment.
Hoke said neither he nor his agent have spoken with Michigan. Hoke said he only talked with one other school, Minnesota, which sent its athletic director to San Diego last month to talk to Hoke about the job opening there. Minnesota filled that opening Monday by hiring Northern Illinois coach Jerry Kill. Hoke may be a candidate at Michigan if Michigan fires Rodriguez and doesn't hire Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh, a former Michigan quarterback.
"I think if they (Michigan) were going to make a change, they would have done it," SDSU Athletic Director Jim Sterk said.
The football upgrades were part of a "retention package" to keep Hoke amid the job talk and follow through on discussions Sterk has had with Hoke on advancing the program. Sterk said he will make the decisions on how to use the donation.
Some of particulars include:
--The buyout to end Hoke's contract -- if another school hired him -- will stay at $1.5 million through next year, Sterk said. His current contract had been scheduled to go down to $1 million after Dec. 15.


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WholeFoods Magazine SourceBook: The Natural Products Directory
Silver Spring, MD-—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in a press release on January 6, 2016 that U.S Marshals, at the agency's request, seized approximately 90,000 bottles of dietary supplements labeled as containing kratom from Dordozin Natural Products LLC, South Beloit, IL. Marketed under the brand name RelaKzpro, the seizure is valued at greater than $400,000.
Canned and jarred goods might be a staple in our pantries and lives now, but emerging technology may soon alter the way we preserve our food. The technology in question is Microwave Assisted Thermal Sterilization (MATS) from 915 Labs, a new approach to shelf-stable food which is clean-eating friendly.
United States—Various sources are forecasting top flavor trends for 2016, and many have an international flair. These trends may affect 2016 options for foods, beverages, functional foods/drinks and food service items.
On Tuesday, December 29, the Natural Product Association (NPA) submitted comments regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed rule under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) called "Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals." According to the summary, the rule proposes a "tailored, sector-specific set of regulations for the management of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals by healthcare facilities
New York, NY—The NY Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has made a deal with Whole Foods Market requiring it to pay $500,000 for allegedly overcharging shoppers.
Los Angeles, CA—Healthy men who regularly do resistance training may want to consider adding ashwagandha to their exercise routine, based on the results of a recent clinical trial.
East Windsor, NJ—A new comprehensive book about curcumin is now available. Written by Muhammed Majeed, Ph.D., founder of Sabinsa Corp., and co-authors, Curry Powder to Clinical Significance (NutriScience Publishers, 2015) discusses the clinical use of curcumin and the history of Sabinsa's Curcumin C3 Complex.
Orlando, FL—The Southeast Natural Products Association (SENPA) held its annual SOHO Expo in early December, and is said to have been its biggest tradeshow of all time. The tradeshow boasted an exhibit hall of more than 372 exhibiting companies and more than 3,000 attendees.
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Former MI Chief Amos Yadlin says unrest in Syria may push it out of radical axis naturally
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"This could happen today naturally, without us paying that price. Peace with Syria is needed regardless of recent events, but the process is positive," he said.


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RadioShack has four of its Tour nine already confirmed, but team boss Johan Bruyneel is asking fans' help in rounding out the squad.
Andreas Kloden, Levi Leipheimer, Chris Horner and Janez Brajkovic are already secured spots on the team's nine-man lineup for the Tour.
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Yaroslav Popovych, Haimar Zubeldia, Sergio Paulinho, Grégory Rast, Robbie McEwen, Jason MCartney, Dmitriy Muravyev, Sébastien Rosseler, Geoffroy Lequatre and Markel Irizar.
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Brides! Listen up. There is a very, very good chance that your groom will make a few mistakes. Some small, some big. This can bum you out and add more stress. So let us pull back the veil and show the 5 biggest mistakes he might make… Feel free to forward to your fiancé. These are targeted for him.
Mistake 1: Completely shut down.
We get it. You think the words "wedding planning" are the two most disheartening words in the English language, or at least in the Top 5, right up there with Erectile Dysfunction and Valentine's Day. So you're tempted to let your fiancée do everything. Don't. For one, it's not fair, as you're throwing her under the bus. More importantly, though, you lose the ability to actually influence the things that matter. Use the 80/20 rule. By helping with the Big Three (guestlist, the location, and the date) you influence results without drowning in details.
Mistake 2: Become Debbie Downer.
This is the #1 complaint we hear from women: that their fiancés say they don't care, but then, after months of gloomy silence, they criticize at the last second without offering anything constructive. It's a fair complaint. To keep good Groom Karma, every once in a while you must offer some positive suggestions, take a stand, and, if you must, fake enthusiasm. (You think she hasn't?)
Mistake 3: Ignore the gift registry
It's only human nature. When your woman suggests that you spend 14 hours at Bed Bath and Beyond to lock down your "gift registry," the male response—coded deep in our DNA—is to go fetal. There's a better way. If you take some initiative, you can actually avoid the gifts of gravy boats, garlic presses, and waffle makers by learning how to game the system. You can register at places like Amazon, Target, and Wal-Mart that offer a range of non-sucky gifts. You can also exploit generous return policies. More on that here. (OneWed editor's note, oh boys, think much bigger, why not register at places like My Wines Direct if you really want non-sucky gifts!)
Mistake 4: Turn into Groomzilla.
Careful. Don't let the pendulum swing too far. Yes, you shouldn't be a zombie. Yes, you shouldn't be oblivious. But don't go crazy. Don't get so pumped for your wedding, so fired up, that you morph into the obsessive, penny-counting, micro-managing Groomzilla. This is the guy that cares way too much about every little detail, grilling florists and poring through wedding magazines and out-brideing the bride. Never be That Guy.
Mistake 5: Lose perspective, and forget that your wedding is a party.
Your wedding is a party. And parties should be fun. This is a fact that often gets overlooked by the very people planning the party. So, as the groom, it's your job to keep things in perspective and remember that a good party should have good music, good food, good people, and good booze. To be more blunt: ensure you have an open bar, pick a good DJ/band, and have plenty of input on the guestlist.
One more thing about perspective. At your bachelor party, you might be goaded, tempted, and guilted into doing something dumb. Let's say, for example, that your fiancée forbids lap dances, but your buddies insist. Don't go there. We get these emails all the time—a lap dance throws an ugly wrench into the final weeks of the engagement. Wherever she draws the line, respect it. (For more on this, check out What Counts as Cheating at Your Bachelor Party.)
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Anne Gillespie Mitchell is a Senior Product Manager at Ancestry.com. She is an active blogger on Ancestry.com and writes the Ancestry Anne column. She has been chasing her ancestors through Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina for many years. Anne holds a certificate from Boston University's Online Genealogical Research Program. You can also find her on Twitter, Facebook and Finding Forgotten Stories.
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The picture above of the two Civil War gentlemen sitting on the porch are 'Old enemies who are burying the hatchet at the 50th anniversary reunion at Gettsburg, Pennsylvania in 1913. Picture found is 'People and Places of the Civil War"; 125 Unforgettable Photographs From 1861 – 1865 Oct Fall 2013 . This magazine is the 'Collectors' Edition and is full of Civil War photos. Wonderful!
Anne, my gggrandmother was Elizabeth Gillespie born 6/19/1816 died DOB: 5/1/1891 from Clinton county , ohio. She married Henry Swingley who came from Berkeley county , then Va. in 1835 I believe. Elizabeth is buried in the New Antioch cemetery , Clinton county, Ohio , in the Swingley plot. Just wondering if any connection? Linda
I just want to thnk and praise you and Christa Cowan for all of the invaluable education; quite the benefit for me. I have not been able to successfully find all the important info for my great grandparents yet, but I think if I keep on studying you guys I may just get it. When I joined Ancestry, I had no idea what to expect. I then found out how difficult it could be and am still finding that out. But, this is the best investment I have EVER made. Even if I have to ask you guys for help this has been the most interesting journey I have ever made. WOW!!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! Sincerely, Rosalind Marvin
Hi Anne… we are looking for information on Gilbert Gillespie and any Campbell/Gillespie connections. On 23 and me, we are Jim Campbell; Myrtle Campbell Carraway and Joyce Mitchell. I'm Marge Campbell and Jim and Myrtle Campbell Carraway provided the dna for our Campbell's.
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Another day, another trip in which to take pictures of trailer parks. This trip also took place on a lovely afternoon, albeit cold, and was mostly on my way to a work function. Again driving the blue bug with its unfortunate lack of leg room for Brian, we made our trip. The first town we visited had not given us anything, but luckily we metaphorically struck gold in Wayne. We came upon a rather sad looking trailer park and Brian proceeded to document it photographically while I did the usual creepy slow driving. Again during our drive we are greeted with the ever popular trailer park cat, two of them to be precise. They appear friendly, but we do not attempt to exit the vehicle and make contact. Our camera unfortunately murders the batteries inside it by draining the life out of them, much like the rust on the many dilapidated vehicles we encounter on our tour. We had to leave the trailer park halfway through and purchase batteries from the hardware store nearby. This was not a pleasant experience for anyone who is or appears to be under the age of 25 for the record. The man in the hardware store gave me a very dirty look and the prices on the batteries were outrageous which Brian told me happened mostly to screw over the college students in the area, and he would know he was one of those college students at one time. After purchasing batteries we continue our documentation and then I haul ass to get the heck out of there and we move on to our next find of the day.
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A New York nursing home food service worker made videos with Legos depicting former co-workers in sexually or violently threatening ways.
We will have to wait for a Republican White House before we seeing meaningful change on the issues that are important to employers.
There are plenty of lessons to take away from these tales of broken hearts, improper gropes, and untoward passes.
What did your employment attorney give you? How about Facebook firings, collective actions, FMLA notices and trade secrets to name a few.
Bad bosses beget revolving-door workforces doomed to failure. Good bosses create loyalty and retain good employees.
Employees may have a valid retaliation claim if an adverse action occurs following an internal complaint.
U.S. employers are obliged under OSHA as well as common-law duty to act reasonably in eliminating or reducing risk of injury to workers and patrons.
This case is a scary reminder of how far the NLRB and its judges will go to fine protected concerted activity.
Conventional wisdom suggests that arbitration is quicker and cheaper means to resolve lawsuits. Research, however, suggests the opposite is true.
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Founded in 1976 with a small team of researchers from the UK National Health Service, Simbec Research is now one of Europe's leading contract research organisations specialising in early clinical research services for the international pharmaceutical industry.
- In 1979, Simbec was awarded the title; Small Company of the Year by the BBC for its pioneering work post the thalidomide tragedy.
- In 1980, Simbec moved into a single storey building (now occupied by its bioanalytical group) at its current location in Merthyr Tydfil.
- 1984 marked the addition of a new 2-storey clinic (now housing our Project & Data Management).
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Duccio di Buoninsegna (painter)
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The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew, 1308-1311
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painted surface: 42.7 × 45.5 cm (16 13/16 × 17 15/16 in.) overall: 43.3 × 46.2 × 4.4 cm (17 1/16 × 18 3/16 × 1 3/4 in.) framed: 53.3 x 55.9 x 4.4 cm (21 x 22 x 1 3/4 in.)
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This was one of the rear panels of Duccio's magnificent Maestà in Siena cathedral. With more than fifty individual scenes, the altarpiece was about fourteen feet wide and towered to gabled pinnacles some seventeen feet over the main altar. It was installed in June 1311 after a triumphant procession through the streets of Siena. Priests, city officials, and citizens were followed by women and children ringing bells for joy. Shops were closed all day and alms were given to the poor. Completed in less than three years, the Maestà was a huge undertaking for which Duccio received 3,000 gold florins—more than any artist had ever commanded. Nevertheless, Duccio, like all artists of his time, was regarded as a craftsman and was often called on to paint ceiling coffers, parade shields, and the like. Not until the middle and later fourteenth century did the status of artists rise.
Duccio signed the main section of the Maestà, or "Virgin in Majesty," which is still in Siena. His signature, one of the earliest, reads: "Holy Mother of God, be the cause of peace for Siena and life for Duccio because he painted you thus." This plea for eternal life—and perhaps fame—signals a new self-awareness among artists. Within a hundred years signatures become commonplace.
This rear panel of the Maestà is at least partly the work of Duccio's students and assistants.
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26 Feb 2008 9:53 AM #1
Basic multilingual support
I have the need to have my own separate language files. This is a basic implementation of my translation object, which I use for every piece of text on the page.
This is a JS object, with a PHP(4+) script doing the server processing.
Like I said, it's basic, but it should be an easy plugin for any noob who needs simple translation.
Here's a light demo.
Any comments or suggestions?
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Good start!
Sorry for my English.
I think in a "Ext.ux.language.literalItem". When you want to put a multilanguage literal must be use this class.
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They roll incredibly smooth and grip incredibly well even descending fast on mountain curves. While others get pinch flats, I always keep rolling. Incredible system. That said, I get six months out of these tires in the desert southwest. My previous set up was Continental Gatorskins and those would last over a year, but when you compare the ride, there simply is no comparison. They end up costing almost twice as much but I get the return in comfort, handling and speed. Never had the defects they describe in over four sets so far. Won't go back to tubes.
I had been running a set of Fusion 3 on my Fulcrum Racing 0 wheels for around 4000 miles with no issue other than air loss after sitting a day in my rear tire. So I replaced the tire and found the slow leak in the process. However, Ive now been through two more rear tires and both have had the same issue. They are defective with sidewall cracks. I even purchased the tires from different shops so its not like it was a bad batch. Both shops have taken them back under warranty. My original front tire is still going strong. Therefore Im giving them a mixed review. If you get a good tire they are great long lasting with a nice feel, but if you get a bad set look out for sidewall cracks.
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I tried Fusion 3 tubless on Fulcrum Zero 2-way rims on a Pinarello Paris. They provided a comfortable ride, however, being a lower pressure tire, my rims took a beating. I think that the rubber is softer as well, and the tires themselves became pock-marked, and eventually went prematurely flat and unusable. They don't measure up for me. I'll try them again when the Fusion 5 comes along. My favorite tire with high performance and no problems is the Continental Attack/Force combination. Now your talkin....


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The critical consensus today on W. Somerset Maugham, perhaps best known for works such as "Of Human Bondage" and "The Razor's Edge," seems to be that of a tepid respect, an acknowledgment of significance more than the hero worship accorded the likes of Oscar Wilde or Noel Coward.
The critical consensus today on W. Somerset Maugham, perhaps best known for works such as "Of Human Bondage" and "The Razor's Edge," seems to be that of a tepid respect, an acknowledgment of significance more than the hero worship accorded the likes of Oscar Wilde or Noel Coward. This is an unfortunate oversight. In 1926, when his play "The Constant Wife" opened in New York, the ideas it contained concerning marriage, infidelity and women's liberation could scarcely have been less startling in their audacity. The current production at the Pasadena Playhouse, a delightful confection of sparkling wit, is a welcome reminder of Maugham's genuine talent.All of Constance Middleton's (Megan Gallagher) friends and family know that her husband, John (Stephen Caffrey), is having an affair with her best friend, Mary-Louise (Libby West). Her mother, Mrs. Culver (Carolyn Seymour), thinks it typical of all men, and would ignore it. Her friend Barbara (Ann Marie Lee) is happy to gossip about it. Constance's younger sister, Martha (Monette Magrath), is dying to tell her and see her get divorced from John. Constance, however, knows about the affair, and doesn't really mind. When old suitor Bernard Kersal (Kaleo Griffith) comes back into her life, though, she begins to rethink what it is she really wants. Gallagher is marvelous as the self-possessed Constance, in a perf that delivers both an exquisitely droll reserve and the shadow-play of turbulent emotion beneath a cool facade. Caffrey excels as the blustering, fumbling John, particularly at the end of the play, when he must finally deal with the reality of his situation. Seymour is adept as the dryly humorous Mrs. Culver, a staunch representative of an older way of looking at marriage, and West is amusing as the dim Mary-Louise. Griffith is effective as the lovelorn Bernard. Magrath and Lee are both fine in their roles, but their characters seem to be more figureheads than three-dimensional. Director Art Manke keeps the pace lively, and brings all the subtleties of the piece to the surface, although a coda with Constance pirouetting beneath a fall of flower petals is a bit much. Angela Balogh Calin's lavish costumes bring a sense of the time period and the characters' personalities to bear, but her airy living room set — complete with symbolic gilded birdcage — seems generic.
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And yet another accused bomb plotter named…wait for it…
This morning, the feds arrested Muhammed Hussain, a Muslim convert formerly known as Antonio Martinez, in the Baltimore area on charges related to a bombing plot against military recruitment centers.
Scant details, but here's the story via FNC:
An official told Fox News that the arrest was part of a sting operation and that there is no threat to the American public. The official said the suspect was given a phony bomb and was arrested after trying to detonate it.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the suspect's goal was to blow up a military recruitment center in Baltimore County.
One official told Fox News that this is "another Portland-type case."
Martinez is reportedly a U.S. citizen.
I'll add his mugshot to my jihadi gallery when it's released.
If you need refreshers on other Baltimore area jihad activity, see my posts here, here, here, and here.
On a more disturbing note, the feds say this latest arrest is not connected to the still-unsolved spate of Beltway-area shootings at military recruitment stations and other military targets.
Remember: If it's Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, it's just another day in the life of a true believer in violent jihad.
Iowahawk's David Burge tweets: "Dear Media: Jose Padilla=Abdullah al-Muhajir. Richard Reid=Abdel Rahim. Antonio Martinez=Muhammad Hussein. Use their preferred names."
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text: I debated doing a race report, but decided some folks may be interested in my experimentation for this race. I didn't really taper for Columbia this year, just cut back intensity for three days prior. My focus is on Eagleman, so I wanted to try out my pacing strategy and nutrition at CT to see how it went. Many of my workouts have been geared to finding the right pace I should do Eagleman at, since I have no HIM race experience. Since running is my nemesis, I have geared the swim and bike to make sure I have enough left in the tank for the run. I had a bowl of oatmeal with almond milk and a coffee for breakfast and headed out the door without my bike rain jacket. That turned out to not be a major issue, but I was worried about it until the rain finally let up. Gloria S and I are next door neighbors, so we end up sharing a ride to a lot of events. Thanks Gloria! We sat in her car watching folks get stuck in the mud in the parking lot until about 6:00. I didn't do anything different in my set up except put two small plastic bags over top. I put a small towel over my helmet and glasses. I ate half a bagel about an hour before the race (at the wonderful club tent - thank you all so much!), and I had one Gu just before the swim start.Swim 33:46As with all the legs of the race, I started easyish and built up my pace as I went. I have been working on keeping my elbows higher and gliding more, and my times have been coming down in the pool, but I guess I reverted to bad habits somewhat in the race. My time was pretty much the same as last year. Perhaps I took it a bit too easy at the start. This was by far one of my most stress-free swims since I took it a bit wide and avoided most of the crowds.T1 5:15Ouch. I attribute about 30 seconds of that too fumbling with putting on my Garmin. First time I have used it in a race, but I wanted my HR and pace. Some of that was the mud, and some of it was trying to wipe my feet with a sopping wet towel.Bike 1:36:05I wanted to keep my HR in the mid 140's (at AT) for the first third of the bike, which is very difficult at Columbia! I let it go up to the mid-150's on the climbs, then I let it stay in the mid-150's for the middle section. I couldn't really push it harder later on the downhills because I was being more cautious in the wet conditions. I did grab a water bottle at the Ten Oaks Circle on the way back just to try it out since I plan on doing that at Eagleman. BTW, great cheering section at the circle! I was impressed at and grateful for all the MMTC supporters all through the race course! My effort level for the bike felt about the same as last year, but I ended up 8 minutes faster, so that's a good sign I'm getting fitter. One thing different for me was not really knowing or caring what my time was out on the bike. I was fixated on my HR the whole time. I had one bottle with 300 calories of Heed and one water bottle that I just sipped at. It wasn't hot enough to drink too much water.T2 3:07It felt faster than that. Guess it needs more work.Run 1:03:29Again, I started the run trying to keep my HR below AT, which for me is 148 on the run. It kept wanting to creep up to 151, and I felt okay, so I let it. I let the HR go into the mid-150's the first time up Gatorade Hill and pretty much kept it there through the whole back of the course in the neighborhoods. I had one Gu at mile three and sipped water the rest of the time. Again, I wasn't hot enough to drink too much water. For the last two downhill miles, I let the HR go into the mid-160's, and boy I felt good passing people! I was determined not to go over my LT of 168, though, since I needed to still be fresh enough for my peak week starting on Monday. I love going downhill now. My house is at the bottom of a mile-long descent with a couple kind of steep places, and I've learned how to run down without messing up my quads (very short strides, keeping my foot strikes as far under me as possible, letting gravity do most of the work). It turned out that my time was 2 minutes faster than last year, which I think is good because I did it without trashing my legs this year.I think the experiment payed off in that I am now a true believer in starting out easier than I know I can go, and building momentum toward the end of the race. There is a danger in starting out too slow, but I think the risk of losing a little time outweighs the greater risk of blowing up on the run and losing much more time. I'm looking forward to putting all this into practice at Eagleman!


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